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Johan Vandevenne
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I'm finishing my FBN application and I would like to know if it is needed to have help in the application itself.
I explained how to use the application in the readme.txt file, but maybe it is needed or nicer to provide it in the application as well.
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My requirements state something to the effect that the help "may" be online (meaning accessible from a help menu item).
I think it would be a good idea, since what self-respecting app doesn't have "online" help? That doesn't mean your entire documentation (e.g., design decisions) has to be online.
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i am also finishing mine and i have a help menu item wich opens a jdialog to show some html help with nice images
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Ok, thanks alot guys...
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Concord, NH - The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) has issued an interim operation plan for the Lake Waukewan Dam (Dam # 155.01) in Meredith, NH. A copy of the plan is available on DES’s website at, search the A to Z list for Dam Safety and Maintenance. The plan is listed under Hot Topics.
The owner of Lake Waukewan Dam, Hampshire Hospitality Holdings, Inc., will implement this interim operation plan for one year, from April 1, 2010 through April 1, 2011. As the 2010 recreational season draws to a close, DES will solicit public comments on this interim operating level to assess the effects of the plan on recreation and other public and private interests.
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Last Week with the HP OfficeJet Pro 8600 - TechProbe
Last Week with the HP OfficeJet Pro 8600
So, this was my final week assessing the Hewlett-Packard Officejet Pro 8600.
This printer has been a good all-round product. Right from the set-up, which was very easy, the printer has performed well. A printer that does not require constant attention is a good printer.
The 8600 is also a very feature-rich printer. With printing, scanning and copying, the functions are well thought out, and as simple as possible to use.
The "scan to network folder or PC" is a breeze. "Scan to memory stick" is simple, and printing from a memory stick is really easy. You can also select multiple pictures to print, as well as being able to decide how many to print per page. And, all this can be done from the printer's touch display. In fact, to print things, you don't really need a computer, at all.
The 8600's sheet feeder works well for scanning. When scanning individual items, these can still be collated as one file, which is a good feature.
The ePrint functionality is also very useful when wanting to print direct from a mobile phone. This function was very easy to set up, both on the printer and on the phone. The remote printing works very well, ie, sending an item to print via email. The only thing, we wonder, is why you would want to do this. The other puzzling feature is the ability to print dinner recipes and news items from the internet, directly from the printer's display, without having to use a computer.
This is an ideal multi-function printer for the small or medium enterprise. It easily rivals the functionality of some of the larger multi-function devices, bringing the same power to a small business, at a lower cost, which is a good thing. Now there is no reason not to produce quality documents. The one thing, we would say, is to use good-quality paper for promotional material. Perhaps 100gsm paper, especially if printing anything that has a lot of block colours, as the amount of ink required could wrinkle thinner paper.
Using a mix of phones, PCs and different operating systems, there has not been any instances of not being able to print. The provision of Linux drivers gets a big tick from us.
Overall, we at Proaxiom would rate the Officejet Pro 8600 a nine out of 10. We have marked it down by one point because of:
• Lack of a hinge damper on the lid
• No place to manually feed paper
• Lack of a bit of a handle for lifting the lid.
On the plus side, the 8600:
• Is quiet
• Produces high-quality print
• Is speedy, including first page print time
• Is easy to set up
• Is easy to use
• Has numerous options for printing and scanning
• Is energy efficient.
We were expecting a quality product, as it was from HP; and we were right.
A highly recommended multi-function printer.
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Shares of Pitney Bowes (PBI +3.3%) move higher after sorting out the news from the USPS that Saturday mail delivery was being curtailed. According to the USPS, the move to Monday through Friday service will only affect street addresses, and packages will continue to be delivered six days per week, as will mail addressed to PO Boxes. Additonally, Post Offices currently open on Saturdays will remain open.
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This is a stupid plan. If they want to eliminate one day of mail delivery per week, why not eliminate Mondays? There are already six Mondays a year when there is no mail delivery because of Monday holidays. If Saturday delivery is eliminated, there will be at least six times a year when there are four days between mail deliveries. And it could be more if any holidays fall on a Friday. If package deliveries and post office operations are continued on Saturdays, how much are the real savings. None of those occur on Monday holidays anyhow, so the savings would be greater by eliminating Monday deliveries.
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Even more ridiculous is that there isn't even a real problem. The USPS had nearly 800 million in positive operating cash flow in Q4. The whole problem is accounting BS where they are expected to recognize gigantic future obligations right now.
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Very thought out. I could live without Monday deliveries. Most of my mail is junk. And the mail I do get is never time sensitive. And it's a bother to empty out my mailbox everyday.
How about removing Monday and Saturday deliveries?
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Dirty Dreamer – Missy Pink’s Sex Advice
Missy Pinks at MrPinks.comDear Missy Pink,
I guess I should begin by saying I’m a 35 year old woman, never married and not a professional at relationships period. I’ve always been very shy and to be honest, I was in my late 20’s before losing my virginity. I reached puberty early in life and have always had a high sex drive, but, have always used masturbation as my release. The problem with that, the fantasies I would come up with. I have a wild imagination and as the years went on, it took extreme things to really have me satisfied, even with high powered sex toys involved. Now that I am having more dates and being more active, I’m not finding myself as turned on by the men in my bed as I can get from my own imagination, have I ruined myself?
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Dear Dirty,
There’s nothing written in stone as to what is a suitable or acceptable age for losing your virginity, some are earlier in life than others, but thank goodness, we always are in possession of the box our cherry came from! If the world were open and honest about taboo topics, we’d probably find the majority of the population experienced their first orgasm by their own hands, and even if they find themselves in a steady relationship, marriage, whatever the case may be, there’s still something familiar, comfortable and exciting about stealing those private moments of masturbation, it’s like cumming home to an old friend.
It sounds as if even though your saturation was solo generated, it was done for a very long time, and I’m guessing frequently, so, you achieved a routine and not just an orgasm. No one knows their body like themselves, but, when you’re in the right relationship, the exploration and training sessions can be extremely stimulating. You didn’t say if your dates of late have been more of the one night stand type, or those where you’re building on something a bit more long term, but, if you are seeing someone on a steady basis, explain to them you bloomed a bit later in life with your shared lust and you need someone to take the time to make you feel like a woman, even in the presence of a man.
If a guy truly wants to be in a relationship with you, he’ll not just see it as a challenge, but also as a portal into a deeper connection, both physically and emotionally. Share some of your taboo fantasies, while sharing pillow talk during foreplay, explain in detail the things that would turn you on like the switch of your vibrator, he’ll become more aroused and so will you by feeling as if you’re “living out” your dirty dreams. It could turn into a win/win sexual situation.
One thing to keep in mind, when you close your eyes, you can be anywhere you want to be, you’re not bound to the bed you’re sharing with your lover, or by yourself for that matter. It’s okay to fantasize even when you’re with someone, that’s all a part of human nature, just because your sexual interludes now include a partner doesn’t mean you have to shut down the erogenous zone of your brain, the two can go hand in hand nicely. Be yourself, be wild, and be honest, and if he can’t handle your physical needs for orgasm, then maybe he’s not the man for you, but luckily, as the saying goes, there are plenty of fish in the sea, so toss your rod back in the water and see if you pull back a keeper. After all, with your practice, you’re already a “master-baiter!” Hang a sign on your door that says, “Gone Fishin’” and then head for the watering hole!
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
....It's like Riding a Bike
Unfortunately, I've always been a bad bike rider. I dunno, when I was a kid I could ride a bike okay, I was never one for tricks or stunts. I enjoyed the basics, the feel of rushing through the air, my legs pumping to pick up speed, the freedom a bike gives a kid.
As an adult, well, bike riding takes too much focus. Its work. Insulated by youth, I never really worried about the cars around me when I was a child. Now, I'm constantly aware of the speeding vehicles and my own lack of skill on a two-wheeler. It takes all my concentration to remain balanced. The seat is uncomfortable and bike riding hurts my back (I fell down a flight of stairs in college and add childbirth to it, my back isn't the best).
So where am I going with this besides the observation that I should be kept away from anything with the word "Schwinn" on it? Writing works the same way for me. If you asked me to ride a bike from point "A" to point "B" I could do it. It would be ugly and I wouldn't enjoy it, but I could make it. If I did this everyday, I would get better. My balance would improve. I'd find a way to ride where my back wasn't achy. Eventually I'd go further and enjoy it.
Once you learn to ride a bike, the basics of it are pretty programmed in. You don't forget. For me writing is the same way. Tell me to write something and I can do it. I can get to point "A" to point "B." It might be ugly and I may not like it. But it would get done. If I write everyday, I will get better and would eventually start to enjoy it again.
For me, its getting the motivation to even try. How much do I really want to do this? Why do I want to start writing again? Is it worth the effort? I think I have to remember the rush of when I was writing everyday and working on a project. I have to remember the wild abandon I felt putting words together. I have to go back and recapture the feelings I felt much like when I was a kid riding a bike.
Like anything worth accomplishing, it takes practice. It takes work and it isn't always fun. As Susan and Toni its going to take some writing garbage first. And I think the blogging helps. I do believe the writing will come back and be as good or better than ever. Sadly, I don't think the same can be said for bike riding. Think I will stick to my car.
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babe, have you SEEN gas prices lately?
Get on that bike.
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Mosaic artist Laura Hadland is at it again, this time making a giant Bread Mona Lisa Mosaic in the city of Matera, Italy. The Bread Mona Lisa Mosaic measured 29 feet wide and 35 feet long and was constructed using 10,080 pieces of bread. Oh, the sandwiches that could have been.
The Bread Mona Lisa Mosaic was made using plain bread, toasted bread and my personal favorite, bread with dark and milk chocolate poured on top of it. The mosaic was built for the Japanese television show Morisanchu, a show featuring a comedic trio of women. While I have never caught an episode of the show, I am interested in seeing it now, as we share a common love of bread with chocolate on it.
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First off, we'd like to thank all of you awful writers out there who bring smiles to our faces when we see that you have 65 chapters and 4 reviews. Inspired by Flame Rising, we'd like to help him out and help flame the moron's out there who call themselves "writers".
If you get flamed... please, take it into consideration that there is a reason for us flaming you.
For all of you idiots out there who don't know how to spell/use grammer/can't understand what you've written, here is our personal favorite quote from a moron like all of you,
"...just because I suck at spelling, doesn't mean I'm smart". Thank you B Gal for that inspiring quote, it is going down in Brutal Embers history.
The main reason we have for flaming you is because you have no idea how awful you sound, and how pitifully horrible your attempts of "humor" are.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Calling the bluff on Najib’s fairy-tale
The Government Transformation Programme is a shameful record of under-achievement, mismanagement, failure to deliver the goods and empty promises.
By Chua Jui Meng
All the statistics regurgitated by a compliant Barisan Nasional mass media are meant to impress Malaysians but they actually bring scorn and disbelief.
Some rural infrastructure has finally been delivered by the BN government. But how much exactly?
Are these so-called accomplishments the long overdue entitlements to the rural areas? Are these KPI (Key Performance Index) on rural infrastructure what has been promised by so many BN prime ministers for so long? Have the rural folk who have waited for decades finally been given what the BN rural representatives have promised every elections without fail – ever since 1957!
On closer scrutiny of the statistical data, it is clear that only a very small number of the rural population are benefitting from the GTP. Malaysia has a rural population estimated at eight million people or two million rural households.
Electricity was delivered to even less households – 27,000. Finally, only 780km of roads were constructed.
The truth is that the rural development record of the government in the GTP is no better than its past woeful record which saw our rural people neglected and impoverished so that many had no choice but to migrate to the urban areas to find a decent living.
‘Shameful record of under-achievement’
The GTP is a shameful record of under-achievement, mismanagement, failure to deliver the goods and empty promises. A few rural constituencies where by-elections were held during the past two years where the government was forced to provide roads and other infrastructure so as to bribe voters have benefitted. A very small number of favoured rural households of BN supporters have also benefitted.
In contrast, the vast majority of the over two million rural households have got nothing from the GTP.
The same pack of lies is being told to the average Malaysian on the other five NKRAs (National Key Result Areas). Has the urban transportation system really improved under the GTP? The best people to answer this question are the commuters caught in countless hours of waiting in queues in the cities and urban areas.
Rather ask the average Malaysian who has to pay coffee money for everything and who is fully aware of how high-level corruption continues to flourish under BN rule.
The government and the GTP drafting team may have their statistical fairy tales but few believe or have any confidence in what the BN spin masters are pushing out. Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and his back room boys and consultants massaging the GTP may believe like Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda chief, that if they repeat a lie long enough, it becomes truth.
Former cabinet minister Chua Jui Meng is now Johor PKR leader. - FMT
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Friday, June 28, 2013
This waiver applies to the following WMAs in western North Dakota and along Lake Sakakawea: North Lemmon Lake in Adams County; Bull Creek in Billings County; Alkali Creek and Spring Creek in Bowman County; Smishek Lake and Short Creek Dam in Burke County; Harris M. Baukol in Divide County; Killdeer Mountains in Dunn County; Camels Hump Lake in Golden Valley County; Indian Creek in Hettinger County; Audubon, Custer Mine, Deepwater Creek, deTrobriand, Douglas Creek and Wolf Creek in McLean County; Beaver Creek and Hille in Mercer County; Storm Creek in Morton County; Cedar Lake and Speck Davis Pond in Slope County; and McGregor Dam in Williams County.
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Ricky Gervais hammers Charlie Sheen, Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Angelina Jolie, Mel Gibson, Hugh Heffner’s 24-year-old fiancee, Hugh Heffner’s penis, and the entire cast of Sex and the City. Not to mention, Gervais points out the organization who votes on the Golden Globes (the Hollywood Foreign Press Association) was caught taking bribes. He does this from their own dias, during the show’s opening monologue, in front of millions of viewers.
Gervais eventually toned down his material and actually left the stage at one point during the awards show leading to all sorts of conspiracy theories. Still, with Gervais’ performance, rating for the Golden Globes were up (the highest since 2007) and this was NBC’s biggest ratings winner in a long time. An estimated 17 million Americans tuned in to the show.
Lock of the year: Ricky Gervais will not be hosting the 2012 Golden Globe Awards.
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From what I have read they prey on ppl that have recently lost a member in your family. They bagger you into thinking you owe money to them. It is a scam. I didn't talk to them.
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she is a nurse at United Health Care. She is calling to help set up a health plan for a new diagnosis of diabetes. Not a spam caller
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I just got the exact same message. I'm just gonna add it to my reject list
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I received a call on my cell phone from 425-209-1668. I did not answer. A computer generated message said this call was for Jill Womack regarding a legal documents regarding a complaint that had been filed and to call back 1-888-505-1317 and reference number 2251552. I called the toll free number back and nobody answered and it rolled over to another phone number. Nobody answered there a voice mail greeting came on and said that nobody was available to take my call. So, I called the 425-209-1668 back from a land line and a live person answered. I told her I was returning a call and she asked me what my phone number was. I told her the call stated it was for Jill Womack which was not my name and she hung up on me.
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Caller introduced herself as being from "Helping America". I said, "Yes?" and the phone disconnected. Huh... I only answered it because of the 720 area code, and I'm waiting on a call. Internet says, Helping America Group, out of Boca Raton, FL: From their webpage: We take control of your debt to reduce your stress! We are Helping America Group. We are the only program you need to fight for your rights against creditors, debt collectors and collections law firms. Helping America Group requires debt collectors prove that the debt is 100% legal, collectible, valid and verified…or you should pay nothing. We are Consumer Advocates legally disputing debts for our clients. When you sign up with us, you assign your rights associated with alleged debts to us. We assume all or a portion of your liabilities pertaining to those alleged debts that are valid. We step into your shoes, acting as your representative in fighting the creditors and collectors. so take it for what it is... probably a scam. They received their business charter last fall, and it's a different address than what the webpage says.
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Pastor Emeritus, the Rev. Dr. Charles F. Stevens, 84, of Mesa passed away into the Lord's Eternal Care, on Sunday, April 28, 2013 with Alzheimer's Disease. He was born on April 7, 1929 in Lenoir, North Carolina. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Donna Swanson Stevens, daughter Amy Stevens Jones (David) of Tempe, and son Charles Todd Stevens (Kelly) of Ahwatukee, 5 grandchildren, Katherine Jones (Brendan), and Rachael Jones, Matthew, Connor, and Maya Stevens, a sister, Anne Stevens Carlton Clay (David) of Salisbury N.C. and a sister-in-law, Allene Broyhill Stevens of Lenoir, N.C. Charles (nicknamed Moe) graduated from Culver Military Academy, Northwestern University in Civil Engineering, and McCormick Presbyterian Seminary in Chicago. He first served as the Youth Minister at House of Hope Presbyterian Church in St. Paul, MN where he met his wife, Donna. He was called to serve First Presbyterian Church in Virginia, MN. He co-chaired a Speakers Bureau with his friend, Herb Pfremmer, speaking around the state to encourage people to pass the Taconite Amendment for the iron mining industry. The Jaycees awarded him an "Outstanding Young Man of the Year" award. His third church was First Presbyterian Church in St. Cloud, MN. Charles was President of the United Way for 2 years, President of his Kiwanis Club, and was active in Cursillo, a religious retreat. Huron Presbyterian College of Huron South Dakota awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Divinity degree. Dr. Stevens moved his family to AZ to plan and build a Biblical Theme Park. It did not come to fruition. His last church calling was to Apache Wells Community church in northeast Mesa, a church for Seniors in retirement. Charles Stevens (Moe) was creative in his ministry. Each Christmas for the last 40 years, he and his church congregations would present a 4 day Christmas pageant of stereophonic music and electronic lighting, plus an Easter Holy Week worshipful presentation of 2' high figures representing the life of Christ. A "Celebration of the Life of Moe Stevens" memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 23, at 2:00 p.m. for friends and family, with a reception following the service. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memori
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03-21-2012, 03:19 PM
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Good Country Songs?
Hey guys! So I really like country stuff all of a sudden (I'm a cowgirl, I guess I feel the need to like country haha) but I'm not sure exactly what to listen to.
So far I've listened to lots of Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift and Tim McGraw and Shania Twain but I need more!! Haha
What are some of your favourite country songs?
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03-21-2012, 05:18 PM
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Some of my favorites are older like:
Everything that Glitters
I was Country
Why'd ya come in here lookin like that?
Newer ones would be Lee Bryce, Jason Aldeen, Rodney Adkins, Jamey Johnson
03-21-2012, 05:39 PM
Check the billboard top 100 country section for the latest hits.
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03-21-2012, 09:22 PM
You'll never see these artists on the billboard 100 list but I think they're a lot better.
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03-21-2012, 09:35 PM
I like Josh Turner George straight Toby Kieth reba Martina Sugarland rascal flatts David Ball
03-21-2012, 09:42 PM
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03-21-2012, 09:43 PM
Red Solo cup by Toby Keith. Only country music can come up with an entire song about a cup and make it sound good. Great video too!!
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Only country can make a song about a pair of shoes and make you cry big tears...
03-21-2012, 09:56 PM
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Yay I'll have lots of songs to try tomorrow! Haha
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On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 09:36:51PM -0500, J. Scott Kasten wrote:
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Phew, now that we're finally beginning to progress (I now have two amazing dressage coaches, one who trains and shows at GP but only comes bi-monthy; and my weekly coach, who is her student but also rides upper levels) I feel better about showing a video.
I do have vids all the way from the beginning, but many will make you cringe! We've gone through a lot since March, when my horse arrived: a bad fall on cement that left him mildly lame and its recovery, one coach ruining his mouth, playing with the french method (that recovered his mouth and taught me valuable lessons I still use) and now, training with two amazing german training scale coaches. In the last two months, we've made leaps and bounds, now that I have weekly lessons again.
We're still working the canter, which is still very green. Some horses have natural balance in the gait-- but Capataz does not! But he longer bolts when he loses his balance and we're finally working up to going straight along the long side of the arena. But you won't see canter in this vid, I know it needs a lot of work.
Our trot and walk still need work too. More impulsion from him, more steadiness from me. I'm still re-training myself to ask my aids correctly (upper calf, instead of the ankle) and I'm incredibly right-sided (I have some trouble keeping my left leg directly under me but working on it!). Going to the right in trot is always visibly easier.
I've been taught now to use side-reins (and my coach watches me lunge for a bit before every lesson, to continue giving me lunging advice) and he's been working so hard! His trot is beautiful on the lunge, and he reaches very well underneath himself. It's been harder getting that same reaction under saddle going to the left, he really doesn't want to engage that left hind, but I know he can, I see it on the lunge!
Anyways, I'm ready. I know I have lots to do and what I have to do, but I always enjoy a fresh pair of eyes!
Flipper 01-29-2013 06:26 PM
The two main things I notice is firstly, that you have a tendency to lean backwards with your upper body which causes you to develop a chair seat at times. Secondly, that yours reins appear to be very long so that when he is reaching into the contact you are fine , though his neck is still a bit too stretched out I would say, but the minute he comes above the contact you have little control.
Hope this helps!
disastercupcake 02-01-2013 11:42 AM
I agree with Flipper. You have a tendency to get behind the vertical, which is when your horse raises his head and evades the bit.
Other than that, you look okay. Sometimes your rein looks a little slack. Consistent contact will encourage your horse to be 'on the bit' more :)
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"The Multimedia Arts Program at Cal State East Bay provided me with the opportunity to explore my creativity and artistic interests in a technological environment," says Elba. "My studies opened the door to a broad range of employment opportunities, allowing me the flexibility to seek a variety of jobs that require different skills. Not only am I marketable as a practitioner and as an instructor, but I will never be bored on the job." In addition to working as a freelance designer, Elba is an instructor in Web design, digital graphics, and digital video arts production.
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Did Americans suffer four times as much chronic pain in 2007 as in 1999? Probably not; but (according to the November 18 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine) they were four times as likely to die of accidental overdoses of opioid medication prescribed by doctors to treat pain. Indeed, in the state of Washington, death from overdose of medication is now the leading cause of accidental death, exceeding road traffic accidents. Moreover, it seems that the legal prescription of pain killers has introduced abuse of opioids into rural areas where it hardly existed before.
In Oklahoma, for example, methadone (the drug most commonly used as a substitute for morphine or heroin in the treatment of addicts, and also used as an analgesic) was implicated in the deaths of 21 people between 1994 and 1996; but between 2004 and 2006 it was implicated in the deaths of 377 people. (I take the figures from the October 2010 edition of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.) The figures in the same state in the same years for hydrocodone were 9 and 220, for oxycodone 1 and 220, and for fentanyl 2 and 78, respectively. It seems that abuse of such drugs on a large scale is now happening, and diversion on to the black market also.
Most deaths associated with opioid analgesics occur when the person is taking other drugs as well, notably benzodiazepine anxiolytics (drugs like valium). Either doctors continue to prescribe combinations of drugs known to be dangerous, or patients consult different doctors and deceive them as to what they are already taking (or, of course, they resort to the black, or open, market).
It might be argued that the 11,499 deaths in the U.S. caused by opioid drugs in 2007 (mainly of people between the ages of 35 and 54) were a small price to pay for the increase in pain relief that such drugs give. After all, four million Americans receive such a drug in the course of a year; only slightly more than a quarter of one per cent of them die as a result. All benefits have risks attached; in any case, is a doctor his patient’s keeper?
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The Prepaid Card Grocery Experiment – Final Update!
Author: Anna Newell Jones
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For the last two months, I’ve been writing about our prepaid card grocery budget experiment in an attempt to get our ever increasingly out of control grocery budget under control. (See post 1 and post 2.) We’ve been doing the experiment for two months now, and today, I have the final update for you on how things have been going and my final thoughts on the card.
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We all know eating out is expensive but do know exactly how much more you’re getting charged than if you were to cook at home? reports that pop is marked up 800%, potatoes 977%, pizza 600 to 800%, salmon 900 – 1000%, chicken noodle soup has a 1650% markup, and since eggs wholesale for less than 10 cents apiece — and are one of the least labor-intensive dishes — they are one of the absolute most marked up restaurant foods with the average egg dish costing $5-$12.
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Who hasn’t been on the way home after a long day at the office and you know the last thing you want to do is cook a meal. Be sure to take an actual lunch break and eat snacks throughout the day if you need to. Also, resist the urge to stay up late scrolling through an Instagram black hole into the wee hours of the night so you get all the sleep your body requires.
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Having a plan in place will help you end that omnipresent question: “What should we eat for dinner?” Pre-planning your meals for the week really doesn’t take that long (use these free meal-planning calendars) but it makes a huge difference with how much time and money you can save by doing so.
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My husband, Trevor, has a green thumb, remnant of a country-boy upbringing, I imagine. When we were house hunting a few years ago, his number one priority was a backyard for a beautiful garden. And, mind you, this was before gardening was a cool hipster thing to do. So I rolled my eyes and shrugged my shoulders through the entire first planting season after we moved into our house. He poured hours into that garden, moving raised beds to different places in the yard, carefully mapping and marking what should go where at what time.
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Rice and beans is usually the first thing that comes to mind (regarding food) when we start thinking about saving money, and why do we think about rice and beans? Because they’re both really cheap, and lucky for us if we choose black beans and brown rice it’s super healthy and filling because of all that fiber they’ve got up in ’em.
Sometimes, I get major buyer’s remorse and a spending hangover (both feel terrible), and I like to take breaks from spending because there’s something about not spending that is, surprisingly, kind of a relief.
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3 with a freighter at Overton to haul from Caliente for 1 3/4 cts and if much freight was hauled he would do better. I also learn that lumber at Caliente is worth from $40.00 to $45.00 but this is not from a reliable source. I don't see where we will require much more lumber except we do some building.I do know we should have one thousand ft of one inch galvanized pipe as soon as possible to bring water from a clear spring to the house. The pipe that is in now taps the creek about 600 ft above and has been in ten or twelve years and has become so corroded and choked up that hardly any water comes throught it at all. And besides this there are times the water is not fit to drink which is when a dead animal lies in the creek or stuck watering in it but especially when they are irrigating the upper field which makes the water very bad at the house. To lay the pipe and cut a shallow ditch is but a small job or at least it wuold be if I was here to do it
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Tuddenham: Tuddenham Mill head chef Paul Foster leaves for new challenge
18:30 15 January 2014
One of Suffolk’s most high-profile chefs is to leave the county as he pursues his long-term goal of securing a Michelin star.
Paul Foster will cook his last meal at the Tuddenham Mill hotel at the end of February having been head chef at the west Suffolk venue since 2010.
It was the 31-year-old’s first role as a head chef after learning his trade in restaurants around the world, and he has won a host of accolades during his time at the hotel near Newmarket.
He has now been recruited by the Mallory Court Hotel in Warwickshire, where he has been charged with regaining the Michelin star it lost in the autumn.
Mr Foster said it would be “incredible” to achieve the accolade, adding: “Tuddenham Mill has been a fantastic platform for me as a first head-chef role. I have been able to hone my style and build a great team of chefs around me.
“However, it wants to move in a different direction and offer a broader range of food in the restaurant. I think this suits its customer base.
“I was looking for somewhere I could take my food and evolve it further, and I feel Mallory Court is the perfect place for me to grow as a chef.”
Mr Foster has taken Tuddenham Mill from a one to three AA rosette hotel during his time there, as well as winning a prestigious Acorn Award and the Observer Food Monthly Young Chef of the Year 2011. He was also invited to appear on BBC2’s The Great British Menu.
He trained at Henley College in Coventry, and has since worked at restaurants in France and New York.
A spokesman from Tuddenham Mill said: “Paul has produced some amazing food, given us a third AA rosette as well as earning many of his own awards, accreditations and media appearances along the way.
“Paul remains with us until the middle of February, delivering his unique style of food, whereafter the menus will start to be evolved with our new head chef.”
Last year Mr Foster was part of a team of chefs and restauranteurs that climbed to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of Farm Africa.
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Microsoft announces new Studio Series mice
Yesterday Microsoft Hardware announced a new range of mice, in keeping with Microsoft tradition, they have a long name, Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000 Studio Series, but it would appear that they are being referred to as the Studio Series. These mice have a similar small form factor to many other Microsoft mice, but the difference with these is that there is a greater focus on the designs. There are 6 designs all inspired by places people are likely to use the mice, “around the house, at a coffee shop, on a park bench”.
Three of the designs will be exclusive to Best Buy in the United States whilst the others will be available to all other retailers. The mice are expected to go on sale for $39.99 in the US with no word on availability or price for the rest of the world.
Some of the designs are very interesting and Microsoft seems keen to have these mice in homes to become “a little piece of everyday art”. The designs range from a grid like design which looks to be influenced by a map of a city, to a magenta colored design inspired by a spirograph.
Microsoft Hardware also released a video in which two designers talk about how they decided on the designs for the mice.
The mice all feature Microsoft’s BlueTrack technology that allows the mice to be used on a variety of surfaces such as carpets and marble. There are 4 customizable buttons on the mice and a 4-way scroll wheel. The mice work with Windows 7, making use of Windows Flip, Vista and XP. Official product page.
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FCC Forum Starts This Week
So it will be with great interest that I watch what happens at the FCC Forum next week. It is a fair bet that issues of net neutrality will be very important as we progress as a nation. In addition, the odds are good that other countries will adopt similar ideals to those in the US.
We must have a balance in our policies which allow service providers to make as much money as they can without interfering with competition. We need service providers to be strong, invest in new technologies and help us compete as a nation. We also need to draw strong lines in the sand so service providers will know how far they can go without crossing over into areas that they shouldn't.
But then again, perhaps the biggest issue is that of transparency. If a service provider decides to take liberties such as slowing a customer's internet connection, shouldn't customers be informed along the way?
Likewise, some service providers will boot subscribers off their networks or put limits on their future browsing speeds if they exceed certain limits.
While it is nice for service providers to protect the integrity of their networks, who are they to arbitrarily do these things without telling their customers.
If service providers will engage in practices such as shutting off customers who go over certain limits it is incumbent upon the FCC in my opinion to force these providers to set up a web dashboard where users can see how close they are to going over their allotted download amounts.
Perhaps a three strikes and you're out policy makes sense here.
In other words, service providers have a power over customers which seems awfully arbitrary and customers have shown they are not fans of this sort of behavior. I suggest the FCC spend some time discussing these issues with service providers if they want to act in the best interests of US citizens.
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Brunei Darussalam sharpens focus on renewable energy
Brunei Darussalam | 3 Nov 2013
Selling power to the national grid
Speaking at the opening of a workshop on policies, feed-in tariff frameworks and best practices for grid-connected solar photovoltaic projects on September 9, the minister said such a system would help reduce consumers’ power bills, encourage the use of renewable energy and promote a wider acceptance of efficient energy use.
Later, on the sidelines of the conference, the minister said that while many things needed to be done before the scheme could be implemented over the next 18 month to two years, the programme had much to offer both consumers and the national economy.
The government flagged the possibility of developing a feed-in tariff system at the beginning of the year, with officials suggesting Brunei Darussalam could adopt the scheme as a means to improve energy efficiency. However, it was not until the September workshop that a proposal was fleshed out and a time frame presented.
To support take up of the programme, the government is considering a number of incentives, including low-cost loans to consumers to fund solar panel installation, which could then be paid back using earnings from electricity generation.
According to the minister, the feed-in scheme would be complemented by the development of smart-grid infrastructure, which uses digital technology to help balance supply and demand using two-way communication, improving efficiency and reducing energy consumption. A smart-grid system can, for example, advise consumers to lower their consumption at peak-demand times. The minister added that since this would be a major investment, private sector participation was a possibility.
Greater use of renewables could cut carbon footprint
A study conducted by the World Bank shows that, on a per capita basis, Brunei Darussalam is one of the top electricity consumers globally, ranked seventh behind Iceland, Trinidad and Tobago, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. The Sultanate also has one of the broadest per capita carbon footprints outside the Gulf region, with emissions per person amounting to almost 21 tonnes, according to the US Energy Information Administration.
Most of Brunei Darussalam’s electricity is produced by gas-fired power stations, though there is some use of diesel generators in rural regions, mainly as a back up to the central grid. The only renewable facility is the 1.2-MW Tenaga Suria Brunei solar plant in Seria, commissioned in May 2011, representing around 1% of installed capacity. The minister of energy told local press in August 2012 that the plant is “a small but important first step in the development of renewable energy sources”.
The Sultanate has set a target of 10% of electricity production from renewable sources by 2035. Other countries in the region, however, are aiming much higher. Thailand’s Alternative Energy Development Plan 2011-21 targets 25% renewable energy and 2000 MW of solar power capacity. A number of projects have already come on-line in Thailand, bringing its installed solar capacity to well over 100 MW.
In Malaysia, a US-based firm, SunEdison, announced in July that it is investing RM170m ($39m) to build two solar plants, with a combined capacity of 15 MW, while the government there is aiming for 1250 MW of renewable power capacity by 2020. Meanwhile, ASEAN, of which Brunei Darussalam is a member, has committed to 15% renewable energy by 2015, a deadline that is fast approaching.
While it seems unlikely that the Sultanate could meet the overall ASEAN target, movement forward on both a feed-in tariff scheme and smart-grid infrastructure suggests that Brunei Darussalam is well-positioned to achieve its more modest goals.
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Driver injured in car-truck crash on turnpike in Cumberland County
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A Lehigh County man was flown to Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center around 1:30 a.m. today with a head injury after his car collided with a tractor-trailer on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County, state police said.
Police said Rodney Youwakim, 41, of Catasauqua, was driving his car slowly in the right westbound lane when trucker Theodore Rees, 60, of Columbus, Ohio, moved into the left lane to pass. As Rees was passing, Youwakim pulled into the path of the rig, police said. Troopers said Youwakim's car caught fire and spun out when the truck hit it, but he got out before the car was consumed by flames.
Youwakim was listed in good condition at the medical center. Police said Rees wasn't hurt.
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reviewed Argo Tea. December 15, 2008
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In the interest of full discloser, I will tell you that my opinion is wholly biased. I work for a Chamber of Commerce, and the manager at our neighborhood's Argo Tea always brings our office free tea. …
reviewed Ryanair. December 15, 2008
Ryanair quickly became my best friend when living in London. I was able to fund weekend trips all over Europe for dirt cheap prices (via ryanair.co.uk) - most of my flights cost well under $40 round-trip. …
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reviewed Kanye West. December 14, 2008
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I first noticed him on some of Jay-Z's albums, and first saw him at a Jay-Z concert in Chicago, where Kanye was announced the newest member of Rocafella. First concert I saw him perform in, however, was …
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reviewed Topshop. December 14, 2008
Topshop was my go-to store when I lived in London, as the flagship location was less than two blocks from my flat. They have a great selection, halfway decent prices (though Forever 21 is still much cheaper) …
reviewed A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. December 14, 2008
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I was forced to read this book by my mother, who was forced to read it by HER mother. I'll be keeping the legacy alive, as my children will DEFINITELY be forced to read this one. A …
reviewed Zappos.com. December 14, 2008
I am not a typical female in the sense that I HATE shoe shopping. Hate it with a passion. I've been known to wear shoes until they get holes in them just so I can avoid shoe shopping. And then I discovered …
reviewed Chicago (city). December 14, 2008
reviewed Craigslist. December 14, 2008
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reviewed Cannes, France. December 14, 2008
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Cannes was the first place I visited in France. I wasn't quite sure what to expect, as I had never known anyone who had visited. I had sort of envisioned it to be a beautiful yet overpriced sea-side village …
reviewed The Golden Girls. December 14, 2008
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reviewed Macy's. December 14, 2008
reviewed Make Him Look Good. December 14, 2008
Make Him Look Good
This book is a lighthearted, easy read. Good for a beach read or a distraction from stress, but not much else. One thing I did secretly love about this book were the thinly veiled …
reviewed Bridget Jones's Diary (book). December 14, 2008
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Although I am admittedly a huge fan of "Chick Lit", I was expecting to dislike Bridget Jones, thus, never bothered to read this book when it first came out. Fast forward several years -- I was in …
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This book is by far one of my favorites! I read it at a time where I had just been broken up with, was "down on my luck", and overall, pretty depressed. Elizabeth's story was inspirational to me- instead …
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CatsRule Tue 20-Nov-12 21:34:17
How long do buyers have to pay. My item was bought on Saturday night and they buyer hasn't paid yet? I have emailed them twice and sent an invoice. I don't want to sound too pushy by emailing again!
fergoose Tue 20-Nov-12 22:08:12
you can open a case on day 4 - then close it 4 days later to get your fees back. No point emailing and sending more invoices in my experience. If they aren't going to pay just get the case opened, and closed, then you can relist or do a 2nd chance offer
CatsRule Tue 20-Nov-12 22:55:17
I'll do that...thanks for the advice.
I've bought plenty on ebay but this is my first time selling.
sherbetpips Wed 21-Nov-12 11:32:07
I usually wait a week, people go on holiday, etc. I always email the invoice and on the 7th day ask if they will be paying.
fergoose Wed 21-Nov-12 11:38:51
If you open the case on day 4 the buyer does have another 4 days to pay before it closes - and emailing them isn't going to make them pay I reckon. If they aren't going to pay there is no point hanging around waiting.
CatsRule Wed 21-Nov-12 12:04:54
I have looked at the buyers feedback, I don't know why I never thought to look before now, and it looks loke they have not paid quite a few times before.
I just don't want any bad feedback, I haven't done anything wrong, their feedback has said they haven't paid and sometimes left bad feedback for others!
Not sure how to avoid this!?
fergoose Wed 21-Nov-12 12:17:15
they won't be able to leave any feedback if you open the non paying bidder case and then close it.
CatsRule Wed 21-Nov-12 18:26:36
Great thanks for that
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Shakespeare in Performance: Film
As You Like It (1953)
TitleAs You Like It
Release LocationsGB
Length48 mins
Play ConnectionsAs You Like It (teleplay)
A major difference between this program and the earlier BBC 1946 As You Like It is the presence in the cast of major actors such as Margaret Leighton, Michael Hordern and Laurence Harvey. The program notes for the music are especially revealing in their scholarly concern to bring the authentic music from Shakespeare's own day into the production. The BBC also used 125 feet of film to support the televised script. The cast included 24 principals plus extras, and the cost came to £2,343
Cast Overview
Duke SeniorWalter Hudd
RosalindMargaret Leighton
Duke FrederickHenry Oscar
CeliaIsabel Dean
OliverRoderick Lovell
Jaques De BoysGuy Verney
OrlandoLaurence Harvey
AdamHorace Sequeira
DennisMichael Malnick
Le Beau And WilliamStanford Holme
CharlesMichael Brennan
TouchstoneKenneth Connor
AmiensJohn Schlesinger
JaquesMichael Hordern
CorinEliot Makeham
SylviusPeter Wyngarde
PhebePamela Alan
AudreyVida Hope
Sir Oliver MartextStuart Latham
Lords, Attendants, Foresters, Musiciansnot specified
Production Team and Crew Overview
ProducerPeter Ebert
ProducerCampbell Logan
ProductionStephen Bundy
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Producer BBC Enterprises
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OCEANSIDE: FPPC reopens investigation into Sterling vote
The state Fair Political Practices Commission has reopened its investigation into whether Tri-City board member Kathleen Sterling inappropriately voted on a matter that could have benefited her financially.
The agency had previously suspended its probe because Sterling was facing a misdemeanor criminal charge related to the same vote, but prosecutors announced last month they were dropping that case.
That left the status of the FPPC probe in question.
"As the case is now reopened and under investigation, I can't comment further on the status until it is resolved," Gary Winuk, chief of the commission's enforcement division, wrote in an email response to the North County Times on Tuesday.
Sterling did not return a request for comment Tuesday evening.
The case centers on a vote that Sterling cast on July 12, 2010, over whether she should be removed from all hospital board committees and stop receiving reimbursement for attending conferences in her role as a hospital director.
Because the vote affected her personal finances, the board's attorney advised the director not to vote, but Sterling did anyway.
Soon after, the Tri-City board directed hospital administration to file a complaint with the FPPC about the matter.
On Aug. 8 of this year, Tri-City directors received a copy of a five-page FPPC document that indicated the regulatory agency had been set to fine Sterling $3,500 for the infraction.
Winauk said in an interview last month that the FPPC had "deferred to the DA's office on the case to pursue criminal penalties."
In November 2010, the San Diego County district attorney charged Sterling with one count of felony vote trading and a misdemeanor count of undue influence for voting on the committee appointment issue.
The felony charge was dismissed last year and, on Aug. 30, San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis announced her office had dropped the misdemeanor count after determining that the case was not strong enough to move forward.
The FPPC did not say Tuesday why it has decided to reopen the probe.
Sterling announced in mid-August that she will not seek re-election in November.
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43. Future of transportation Part One
Blog: In search of fuel efficiency nirvana Green Energy Futures goes to the car show
Glitzy graphics, a booming sound system and a fancy curtain drop reveal. This was the big media event that we had been invited to at the Edmonton Auto Show. Alas, we weren’t there to ogle the latest concept truck from Ford.
No, this auto show gave us the opportunity to see how North America’s big auto manufacturers are approaching the marketing and sales of their fuel-efficient electric vehicles and hybrids.
Electric vehicle pioneers
Electric vehicles, or EVs, are still in their early stages of development. Though there are several production models available, but sales are soft, especially in jurisdictions like Alberta where there are no government incentives for the vehicles or charging stations like there are in Quebec, Ontario and B.C.
There are five full-on battery electric vehicles for sale in Canada right now. Only three were on display at the Edmonton Auto Show, the Ford Focus Electric, the Nissan Leaf and the Mitsubishi i-MiEV. The Chevy Volt is an electric car too, but it also has a gasoline-powered generator on board to extend its range. Absent from this show is the best selling electric car for the first quarter of 2013: the Tesla S. More…
Podcast: The world's automakers show off their latest EVs, hybrids and ultra-efficient gas cars
We head to the Edmonton Auto Show to check out the new lineup of EVs, hybrids and even some super efficient gas vehicles. We talk to auto industry execs and check out their lineups and find out where they're headed and what they really think about these new products.
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This article examines various facets of travelling between home and work. Part 1 begins with information about commuting times and how frequently workers are caught in traffic. In particular, it compares commuting times in major metropolitan areas by mode of transportation used by workers. Part 2 looks at workers’ perceptions of the time they spend commuting. Are they happy with this time or not? In the past, there was no way of answering this question, but now there is data from by the General Social Survey which allows this question to be addressed. GO >
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A list of frequently asked questions about electric vehicles answered by the people at the Canadian Automobile Association. GO >
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New Report: Reduction in driving likely to continue
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New report: Reduction in driving likely to continue - US PIRG
List of electric vehicles available in Canada - CAA
Types of electric vehicles - CAA
List of government incentives for EVs and hybrids - CAA
Interview with CEO of GM where he talks about slashing $10,000 off the cost of the next Volt - Fortune
Commuting in Canada statistics - Statscan
Electric cars in winter - CBC
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I just got my bfp and baby will be expected on Christmas Eve. It has me thinking about Christmasy/Wintery names, so hit me with whatever you've got.
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South Australia
Red - (these don't all mean Red directly, but they have red correlations) Adamina, Coral, Garnet, Robin, Ruby, Rowan, Scarlett, Suri (apparently it can mean red rose) Ula
Green - Beryl, Esme/Emerald/Esmeralda,
Gold - Aurora, Christa/Crystal (Gold in Greek,) Dawn, Eldora, Marigold, Ophira, Oracia (prayer or gold)
Silver (since its one of the things that was brought to Jesus) - Argene, Argenta, Ariana, Arianwen, Eirian, Silvestra, Silver/Sylva (Connects to the evergreen idea)
Belle names - Amabel, Annabelle, Arabelle, Belinda, Belle/Bella, Christabelle, Maribel (star of the sea)
Light - Alaula, Alcinda, Alina, Alumina, Annot, Anwar, Aonani,Ciana,Ciara, Cindy,Dawn, Elaine, Eleanor, Elena, Eliora, Ellen
Fulgencia, Helen, Ilene,Leora, Lucia/Luciana, Lumina, Meira, Onella, Phoebe, Roshan, Thea
Star - Altaira, Asta/Astor, Citali, Csilla, Dannica, Estelle/Estella, Esther, Hesper, Hester, Itzel, all forms of Mary as well, Nova, Sescheta (Egyptian goddess of the stars,) Sidra, Starla, Starling, Tara, Twyla, Vesper/Vespera, Wynstelle
White - Alba, Alva, Arianwen, Bianca, Elva, Gwen, Ivory, Jennifer, Nola, Whitley, Whitney,
Snow - Eira, Eirwen, Neiva, Neva,
Ice - Chrystal/Crystal, Isolde, JanICE (I hate this name, aha)
Evergreen - Cinnamon (way too out there!, ) Ginger,Heather, Ivy, Myrtle,
Winter - December, January (depending on where you live!) Cora (goddess who lives in the underworld in Winter,) Perdita (Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale)
Candle - Candelaria, Chandelle, Chandler, Chaney, Nera
Fire - Aida, Aithne, Ardea, Blaise, Edana, Enya, Mckenna/Mackenzie, Tandy, Vesta.
Prayer - Anina, Hannah, Hosannah, Osanna
Angel - Angela, Angeline, Angelina, Angel, Gabrielle/Gabriella, Celine/Celina, Celeste,
Song - Carmen, Carol, Daina, Gita, Avis/Mavis, Odele, Ranita, Raina,
God related names - Ada, Adlai, Amadea, Amaris, Arella, Eliora, Elsa,Emmanuelle/Emmanuella, Gianna, Katriel, Michaela, Odelia, Samantha, Theodora, Tiffany, Uriela,
Symbols of Christmas - Dove, Joy, Holly, Grace, Noel/Noelle/Noella, Natalie/Natalie, Christian and all is variations, Serene/Serena, Glory/Gloria/Glorianna
As well as Mary, Joseph, etc.
There is also people in literary classics or famous stories and films, like as some people have mentioned Clara or Marie (in some verisons,) Eloise, Eden
Sorry I know there are repeats; but I got carried away! Hope it helps!
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Mary Belle - Conrad - Elaina/Elena? - Jonas
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Natalia, Winter, Christina, Christa, Holly, Hollis, December, Dorothy, Angelina, Noelle, Hope, Gwendolyn (white ring), Stella, Estelle, Virginia, Hermione, Serafine, Gloria, Gloriana, Joy, Eve, Juniper, Ivy, Bianca (white), Neva(snow) would be great for a girl.
Joseph, Michael, Nicholas, Nikolai, Christopher, Rudolph, Balthazar, Noel, Jasper, Gabriel, Melchior Robin, Claus, Yeshua are handsome X-mas related boy names.
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Already blessed with a daughter Ella Paige and now planning number 2!!
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Girls - Lois, Ava, Genevieve, Sophie, Ines & Alice
Boys - Luca, Arlo, Evan, Leo, Tomas & Henry
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Rush’s Wedding
Rush Limbaugh got married for the 4th time and you’ll never guess who was the musical entertainment. Check out the next plage to hear Steve talking about it.
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• Christmas Means Fisting to Me.
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• Tim finally gets his bottle of Pepsi White.
• Lazy Town feat. Lil Jon - Cookin' by the Book Remix.
• A guy pulls the switcher-roo (dick into the ass) and a girl screams. Why did it take 3 seconds for her to realize?
• A woman who is bat-shit crazy dressed up like a cheetah; holding her cat; explaining that she wants to be a cat. How many cats do you know want tacos?
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• Shit and Tits on the Nintendo DS
• Santa Claus Will Take You To Hell
• High on AIDS!
• Sextastic abuse of the elderly
• Somebody lost their Christmas Shoes cherry
• Freak Moment - Sad that you missed a suicide in church
• Who buys the semen cookbook?
• Juggalos don't wear meat-cleaver necklaces
• Can I smell yo' dick?
• Farting through cunts?
• Somebody never pressed the pound key! Muwahaha!
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FIVB - Women's Volleyball World Cup 2011
Press release
Powerful sister act for Italy
Judging on her first full outing in the senior team, Italy's Caterina Bosetti has a very bright future ahead of her
Hiroshima, Japan, November 8, 2011 – Caterina Bosetti, 17, rejoiced after playing her first full match for le Auzzure in the defending champions’ straight sets win over Argentina in Hiroshima Sun Plaza on Tuesday and she did it in style, scoring 10 points and being given the Most Impressive Player award. The match also signalled the first time Caterina and older sister Lucia, 22, played a complete game for Italy together.
“I’m excited for this, happy and excited to play with my sister in the national team and club,” Caterina said. “My mother and father saw the match on TV and I’m very happy for my family.”
See match report
The Bosetti sisters both play for Italian Serie A club MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese and while Lucia has played 126 times for Italy since making her debut in 1997 – going on to collect Grand Champions Cup and European Championship titles in 2009 – Caterina played her first match in blue at the senior level at the World Cup, coming on as a sub in the earlier matches.
“I learnt a lot from my sister because she spikes very well and I’m not so strong but I will practice every day in the gym,” Caterina explained. “So far we have had some good matches, we haven’t made a lot of mistakes, we have some mistakes in receiving because the serving of Argentina was so good.”
The highly promising wing spiker was named Women’s Junior World Championship Most Valuable Player as she helped Italy capture their first-ever title in the event with a 21-25, 25-13, 25-20, 25-22 victory over Brazil earlier this year in Peru. She also collected the Best Spiker award for the top attack percent among all players. She scored 20 points during the championship match and finished the tournament with 103 points (93 spikes, nine blocks, two aces) while converting a tournament-leading 42.3 percent of her attack opportunities. In addition, Bosetti ranked third in Best Receiver with a 41.8 efficiency percent on 170 total chances.
Caterina and Lucia are the daughters of former Italian national team coach Joseph Bosetti and Franca Bardelli, who played 93 times for the national women’s team. A third sister Lucy also plays volleyball having joined the joined the youth team of Athletic Orago.
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What happened tonight was terrible - Guidetti
17.11.2011 13:12:29
Speedy Japan defence withstands German onslaught
17.11.2011 12:24:28
We used our brains today: Serbia coach
17.11.2011 11:45:11
Serbia power their way to 3-0 win over Argentina
17.11.2011 09:47:00
USA coach Hugh McCutcheon: We're going to London
17.11.2011 09:41:25
USA women join Italy at Olympic Games
17.11.2011 09:13:43
My team is still learning: Algerian coach
17.11.2011 08:21:23
Brazil show power in win over Algeria
17.11.2011 05:50:13
We're getting better every game: Dominican coach
17.11.2011 05:28:19
Dominicans beat Korea in another five-setter
17.11.2011 05:10:44
17.11.2011 05:00:02
Kenya struggle in loss to China
16.11.2011 23:37:53
"Final" highlights drama day at FIVB Women’s World Cup
16.11.2011 13:58:39
Italy qualify for 2012 Olympic Games after superb victory over Germany
16.11.2011 12:27:23
Japan coach Manabe - Today our serving was the key
16.11.2011 12:17:51
We played better tonight: Ze Roberto
16.11.2011 11:52:10
Japan all aces versus Kenya at home
16.11.2011 11:50:12
Brazil defeat Argentina in three sets
16.11.2011 10:08:56
16.11.2011 09:59:05
Costagrande superb as Italy clinch Olympic Games berth
16.11.2011 09:09:36
16.11.2011 08:48:16
We're young and have a lot to learn: Algeria captain
16.11.2011 08:27:42
Korea defeat Algeria in three sets
16.11.2011 06:18:03
16.11.2011 06:13:59
Hooker the hero as USA pip China
16.11.2011 06:11:21
We turned a big minus into a big plus: Dominican captain
16.11.2011 05:14:53
Dominicans pull off super comeback against Serbia
15.11.2011 23:53:47
Exciting matches as World Cup final leg kicks off at Tokyo
15.11.2011 11:42:01
Italy must stay alert - Barbolini
15.11.2011 11:23:59
Brazil in need of three wins at Tokyo Metropolitan Stadium
15.11.2011 04:42:41
“The Russian” from Argentina set to play in Germany
13.11.2011 13:22:43
13.11.2011 13:20:58
Japan captain Erika Araki: Takeshita's block was really outstanding
13.11.2011 12:28:09
Japan's tiny Takeshita rises above in stunning win against Brazil
13.11.2011 12:25:41
We have a lot of respect for the Dominican Republic: Berg
13.11.2011 11:53:39
USA defeat Dominican Republic in three sets
13.11.2011 10:07:39
Kenya in mourning for Maiyo's father
13.11.2011 09:38:06
I'm proud of my players: Algerian coach
13.11.2011 09:15:22
13.11.2011 09:06:43
Algeria win 'Battle of Africa' against Kenya
13.11.2011 08:36:39
China show no sign of weariness in quick win over Korea
13.11.2011 06:02:14
Brakocevic back but can't prevent defeat
13.11.2011 05:30:53
13.11.2011 05:14:28
We reacted well after yesterday's loss: Germany coach
13.11.2011 05:12:30
Italy overcomes early scare to beat Serbia in three
13.11.2011 04:34:25
Germany overcome Argentina in three sets
13.11.2011 02:26:00
Coaches and teammates rate young Martinez as a raw diamond
13.11.2011 01:40:34
The race heats up as teams prepare for final stretch
12.11.2011 13:48:44
Italy shock Brazil as unbeaten run continues
12.11.2011 12:50:09
12.11.2011 12:36:24
We have good momentum, USA's Logan Tom says
12.11.2011 12:15:14
Ebata and Japan rebound with big home win against Korea
12.11.2011 11:42:24
USA cruise past Algeria in three sets
12.11.2011 10:02:52
China's Ma Yunwen: We are still tired but we played well
12.11.2011 09:09:36
We have to keep our errors down: Argentina coach
12.11.2011 09:08:00
China claim their fourth come-from-behind win against Serbia
12.11.2011 08:28:54
Argentina down Kenya in three sets
12.11.2011 06:31:05
We have to maintain this level: Dominican coach
12.11.2011 05:37:04
Dominican Republic stun Germany in five sets
12.11.2011 05:15:46
12.11.2011 04:41:31
Italy stay perfect, beating Brazil in three
12.11.2011 03:44:14
Classic battle opens second day of third round action in Sapporo
11.11.2011 23:23:14
Angelina Grün returns with magic touch
11.11.2011 14:45:47
Italy maintain lead as Brazil beat China in thriller
11.11.2011 13:50:01
11.11.2011 13:06:47
Serbia stun Japan in straight sets in Sapporo
11.11.2011 12:47:42
11.11.2011 12:23:15
USA have little trouble beating Argentina
11.11.2011 10:33:36
11.11.2011 09:47:03
Fabiana block denies China in five-set thriller
11.11.2011 09:27:45
We played with good motivation: Germany coach
11.11.2011 08:58:36
Kim rested ahead of Japan match
11.11.2011 08:24:23
Germany overwhelm Algeria in Okayama
11.11.2011 05:44:56
An important victory for us: Kwiek
11.11.2011 05:16:46
11.11.2011 05:02:18
Dominican Republic overcome Kenya in four sets
11.11.2011 04:30:16
Italy stay hot in Sapporo, taking sixth win
11.11.2011 03:00:30
Hart hoping for Germany
11.11.2011 01:09:01
Serbian Brakocevic hopes to play before the Cup is over
10.11.2011 13:17:17
Germany on a high going into the third round in Okayama
10.11.2011 12:08:58
Italy bring undefeated record to third round in Sapporo
09.11.2011 16:18:10
Japanese combinations struggling according to legend Morita
09.11.2011 13:19:44
09.11.2011 13:15:22
Japan coach Manabe: We studied De La Cruz well
09.11.2011 13:03:11
My team has incredible spirit: Germany coach
09.11.2011 12:15:07
Germany stun USA in straight sets
09.11.2011 12:08:47
Japan come up aces against Dominican Republic
09.11.2011 09:47:43
We had good help from the bench today: Ze Roberto
09.11.2011 09:24:06
Brazil top Serbia after dropping first two sets
09.11.2011 09:03:17
09.11.2011 08:45:45
Italy too strong but Algeria show spirit
09.11.2011 07:05:57
The art of the ball
09.11.2011 06:20:48
Around 600 volunteers contribute to success in Toyama
09.11.2011 05:19:04
China's coach Yu: Our players are getting more confident
09.11.2011 04:50:44
My players have a bit more confidence now: Korea coach
09.11.2011 04:33:59
China finish World Cup second round in style
09.11.2011 04:28:05
Korea cruise past Kenya in three
09.11.2011 02:50:12
Favourites USA take on Germany in key World Cup clash
08.11.2011 13:34:11
Germany are so consistent in what they do: Brakocevic
08.11.2011 13:25:38
08.11.2011 12:54:57
Germany edge Serbia in five-set thriller
08.11.2011 12:51:57
Manabe: Our bench players did well
08.11.2011 11:59:52
Sakoda carries Japan past Algeria
08.11.2011 09:50:38
We have to play better: Ze Roberto
08.11.2011 09:21:28
Brazil edge resurgent Korea in five sets
08.11.2011 09:03:03
08.11.2011 08:29:21
Italy continue magical run against Argentina
08.11.2011 08:20:21
Determination pays off for Scott-Arruda
08.11.2011 06:16:07
China's coach Yu: We are managing out mental setbacks well
08.11.2011 05:25:11
Impressive captain Wei leads China to victory over Dominican Republic
08.11.2011 04:57:40
It's an honour for us to play USA: Khadambi
08.11.2011 04:26:24
USA overcome Kenya in three sets
07.11.2011 12:40:34
USA the team to beat as teams move to Toyama
07.11.2011 09:55:50
Stamina the key says Obayashi
07.11.2011 04:36:29
Barbolini pleased with Italy's great start
06.11.2011 14:17:11
06.11.2011 14:16:26
06.11.2011 13:02:56
China hand Japan another heartbreaking loss
06.11.2011 12:08:42
We came out to take care of business: Berg
06.11.2011 11:45:11
Americans crush Korea
06.11.2011 09:54:02
We had a tough match: Ze Roberto
06.11.2011 09:37:51
Argentina coach on captain: She's dependable all the time
06.11.2011 09:25:32
Argentina pick up second win, Algeria take first set
06.11.2011 09:14:29
Brazil edge Germany 3-1 in Nagano
06.11.2011 05:51:51
Kenya’s Bitok hopes to be in London next summer
06.11.2011 05:33:19
"Our block won today" - Barbolini
06.11.2011 05:29:24
06.11.2011 04:57:37
Gioli leads Italian block party against the Dominican Republic
06.11.2011 04:47:25
Kenya impress despite 3-1 loss to Serbia
06.11.2011 03:05:36
Wang no lone ranger for China
06.11.2011 02:43:42
05.11.2011 13:12:51
05.11.2011 12:51:19
05.11.2011 12:32:24
We had good concentration today: Ze Roberto
05.11.2011 12:04:42
05.11.2011 11:39:56
Brazil breeze past determined Kenya
05.11.2011 10:03:25
Barbolini happy to start beating two of world's top teams
05.11.2011 09:29:28
I'm happy with two wins from Brazil and Serbia: McCutcheon
05.11.2011 09:22:20
Costagrande powers Italy past China in five-set marathon
05.11.2011 09:14:03
World Cup a great boost for Algeria volleyball - Mazori
05.11.2011 08:38:14
USA overcome resilient Serbia
05.11.2011 05:06:54
Dominican coach Kwiek satisfied to pick up first win versus Algeria
05.11.2011 05:06:04
I'm very happy with our performance: Guidetti
05.11.2011 04:35:54
De La Cruz key as Dominican Republic cruise past Algeria
05.11.2011 04:33:32
Germany dominate Korea in three sets
05.11.2011 02:02:24
04.11.2011 22:29:42
Lo Bianco "honoured" with 500 game achievement
04.11.2011 14:30:41
Memorable start as World Cup begins with plenty of drama
04.11.2011 13:31:57
04.11.2011 13:13:31
Victory over Japan holds special meaning for Italian captain and coach
04.11.2011 12:33:40
Short-handed Italy disappoint hosts Japan
04.11.2011 12:32:30
USA win thriller over Brazil 3-1
04.11.2011 12:21:23
Saori the key if Argentina are to win says Yamila Nizetich
04.11.2011 09:08:50
"We really enjoyed playing this match" - Horacio
04.11.2011 08:41:29
Argentina stun Dominican Republic in comeback win
04.11.2011 08:38:06
We can learn something from Kenya: Guidetti
04.11.2011 07:54:49
Germany cruise past Kenya
04.11.2011 05:37:49
Malagurski injury was a big shock: Terzic
04.11.2011 05:06:22
After Algeria, China look forward to tough Italy
04.11.2011 04:43:09
Serbia overcome Korea 3-0 in Nagano
04.11.2011 04:36:46
China takes down Algeria in World Cup opener
03.11.2011 18:11:42
Top three at World Cup not guaranteed glory in London says Virna
03.11.2011 17:57:32
Rising star Tandara eyes perfect birthday present in Japan
03.11.2011 12:07:20
Coaches ready for tough competition in Nagano
03.11.2011 11:24:52
Italy set to defend World Cup without key attacker
03.11.2011 03:36:10
World Cup fever hits Japan
02.11.2011 17:07:19
Zorzi tips USA and Brazil as favourites for Women's World Cup crown
02.11.2011 16:39:21
Brakocevic named as new Serbia captain
01.11.2011 14:29:34
Kenya women see off Egypt in World Cup preparation
01.11.2011 04:58:06
Fifth time lucky perhaps for Brazil women
25.10.2011 16:09:06
World Cup Media Guide launched online
20.10.2011 16:52:35
Fofão backs Brazil to shine at World Cup
20.10.2011 16:44:28
Jaqueline potentially out of World Cup
14.10.2011 16:02:46
Full World Cup schedule announced by FIVB
12.10.2011 12:41:10
World Cup preliminary squads unveiled
05.10.2011 16:03:29
Match pairings released for World Cup
05.10.2011 09:36:31
World Cup wild cards announced
03.10.2011 12:56:19
Ten women’s teams book spots at first qualifier for Olympic Games volleyball
03.10.2011 11:11:25
Serbia clinch World Cup ticket after dream finish at European champs
03.10.2011 04:06:45
Brazil seal 17th South American title to deny Argentina World Cup place
01.10.2011 23:44:03
Brazil confirm World Cup ticket at South America Women’s Champs
01.10.2011 05:13:00
Colombia make semifinals as Brazil tops Pool B
30.09.2011 14:43:26
Serbia and Germany clinch place in final four following dominant displays
30.09.2011 04:52:16
29.09.2011 15:28:36
Turkey stun Russia to book semifinal spot
29.09.2011 05:50:48
Peru, Brazil, Argentina begin Women's South American champs with wins
28.09.2011 17:59:45
Dutch and Turkish delight as quarterfinals begin to take shape
27.09.2011 11:48:53
Germany beat hosts Serbia to top Pool A at Women's European Championship
26.09.2011 17:22:28
Opening weekend of EuroVolley provides thrills and spills
23.09.2011 18:57:02
22.09.2011 19:52:00
Japan and China to vie for gold at Asian Women’s C'ship
22.09.2011 01:44:28
Semifinal lineup confirmed at Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship
19.09.2011 19:56:17
China, Japan qualify for quarterfinals with perfect record
18.09.2011 05:06:45
USA women win NORCECA gold and ticket to World Cup
17.09.2011 15:39:03
Dominican Republic and United States to play for the gold medal
16.09.2011 15:11:03
Dominican Republic and United States move into Final Four
16.09.2011 09:26:44
Favourites begin well at Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship
15.09.2011 13:09:54
Puerto Rico and Cuba reach semis at NORCECA Women’s
14.09.2011 18:31:00
Asian women set to fight for World Cup ticket
14.09.2011 16:11:50
Asian Women’s Senior Championship through the years
14.09.2011 12:54:52
Wins for USA, Mexico and Cuba at NORCECA champs
14.09.2011 10:26:04
13.09.2011 07:04:07
12.09.2011 06:05:51
Dominican Republic and Panama to open NORCECA Women’s
07.09.2011 17:34:33
Serbia national sides in street scrimmage
07.09.2011 11:18:48
Jacqueline returns as Brazil name South American champs squad
06.09.2011 09:22:32
Chinese Taipei to host Asian Women’s Championships
05.09.2011 14:22:17
Top NORCECA female squads to compete in Caguas
25.08.2011 15:00:01
Kenya qualify for World Cup
21.08.2011 23:28:58
21.08.2011 14:39:48
Kenya, Egypt and Algeria secure semi final tickets
20.08.2011 01:13:09
Senegal, Algeria and Egypt continue winning ways at Africa Nations Champs
19.08.2011 10:10:05
Egypt pick up win in their first African Championship match
18.08.2011 12:12:30
Kenya, Algeria, Tunisia pick up wins in African Nations Championship
17.08.2011 05:23:21
15.07.2011 15:07:03
FIVB President hopes for "new future" in Japan
14.06.2011 15:34:58
Kenya to host 2011 Women’s African Nations Championship
24.05.2011 08:26:25
FIVB confirms World Cup in Japan
12.05.2011 12:02:16
The Netherlands set sight on World Cup
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MLS: Mutiny to play Celtic in January
December 20th, 2000 12AM
The Tampa Bay Mutiny will host Scottish Premier League leader Celtic in an international friendly match on Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Tampa's Pepin-Rood Stadium. Tickets for the contest are $20 for adults and $15 for children (19 and under). The game will mark Alfonso Mondelo's debut as Mutiny coach. The Mutiny received special permission from Major League Soccer to train before the scheduled Feb. 1 official start date in order to prepare for the match with Celtic. The Mutiny players will begin reporting back to Tampa the first week of January and begin training Jan. 8 at Land O' Lakes Recreational Complex. Celtic will venture to Orlando for training during a break in its 2000-01 season. Following a Jan. 2 Premier League meeting with Kilmarnock, Celtic will break from competition for three weeks before playing in a Jan. 27 Scottish Cup match. The event marks the Mutiny's first meeting with Celtic, the first British team ever to win the coveted European Cup (1967). Tampa Bay has participated in four other international friendlies in its history -- falling to Colombian First Division club Millonarios in July (6-2), defeating the Puerto Rico National Team (11-0) in 1999, and producing draws with English Premier League club Leicester City (0-0) in 1997 and Dutch First Division team Feyenoord (1-1) in 1996.
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Guide to laser eye surgery
Most people are happy with the results of their laser eye surgery.
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01 .Choosing a clinic
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In brief
• There’s no guarantee you’ll end up glasses-free, but many people experience an extremely reduced dependence on them.
• It’ll cost you around $2500 per eye, and neither Medicare nor most health funds will pay for it.
Please note: this information was current as of April 2007 but is still a useful guide today.
Most people happy with the results
Since it was first performed in Australia in the early 1990s, laser eye surgery to correct vision has become very popular, with many thousands each year choosing it to correct their long- or short-sightedness or astigmatism. Forty CHOICE readers told us about their experiences with laser eye surgery. The vast majority were very happy with the results and would recommend or repeat it:
• "It’s amazing to look at a distant mountain range and actually see trees." Michelle, NSW.
• "I feel younger and it’s so much easier running, exercising, swimming and generally enjoying life." Dee, Victoria.
No regulation
It's fortunate so many people are satisfied with the results of laser eye surgery, because essentially it's an unregulated industry. A surgeon needs no formal postgraduate training in laser eye surgery before setting up to do it, and you don't have to have a referral from any medical practitioner.
So how do you make sure you get an experienced surgeon and a good clinic?
• Your GP, optometrist or ophthalmologist may be able to recommend a surgeon.
• Check out more than one clinic, both to get a second opinion and compare the services offered. Be wary of clinics that guarantee you perfect vision — it’s not something that can be guaranteed.
Checklist for choosing a laser eye surgery clinic
Things to look out for when selecting a surgeon and clinic:
• Holding an academic appointment indicates the surgeon is actively involved in research or teaching and exposed to peer review.
• What’s the surgeon’s experience with correcting the type and degree of your refractive error? This is particularly important since they need no extra postgraduate training to do laser eye surgery.
• What’s the degree of the surgeon’s involvement pre- and post-operatively? They shouldn’t see you just for the operation and leave the assessments and check-ups to assistants.
• Ask for data on their surgery outcomes. How do they track them? How do the results compare with national benchmarks?
• The clinic should inform you comprehensively about what’s going to happen on the day of the surgery and afterwards. Ask questions and read all the material you’re given.
• If you wear contact lenses, ask for how long you shouldn’t wear them before the assessment.
• Does the price include check-ups and, if necessary, enhancement procedures? (These are further operations that may be necessary if the first procedure leaves the eye over- or under-corrected.)
• Accreditation to a quality standard such as ISO 9000 is an indicator that the clinic has written quality procedures in place.
• Don't go by cost alone; the decision you make will affect you for the rest of your life. Or, as David from Victoria put it: "It was pricy but I was happy to pay it for a very experienced surgeon. My eyes are too important to penny-pinch."
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02.Expectations and costs
What to expect
Most people will see better after laser eye surgery, but there’s no guarantee you’ll no longer need glasses or contact lenses.
• Slightly to moderately short-sighted people have the best chances of success, with more than 90% achieving 6/12 vision and many 6/6 vision or better. A person with 6/12 vision — the legal requirement for driving in many Australian states — can see at six metres what a person with normal vision can see at 12. The old term for normal vision was 20/20 vision, referring to feet instead of metres.
• People with worse short- or long-sightedness can still benefit from the surgery, but might have to temper their expectations.
• Although astigmatism can be treated as well, its type and severity will affect results.
So keep your expectations realistic — no surgery can guarantee you can throw away your glasses. In fact, you’re very likely to need reading glasses anyway as you get older, as laser eye surgery won’t prevent the onset of the age-related vision problem presbyopia. (It won’t speed it up either, though it might become more noticeable after surgery.)
As Georgia’s story shows, her expectations seem to have been a key point in how happy she was with the results of her surgery. It didn’t leave her free of glasses but greatly reduced her dependence on them. So if you’re aware of the surgery’s limitations and the potential complications and risks it entails, and you’re still convinced it’ll improve your lifestyle, laser vision correction might well be worth the thousands of dollars it’ll cost you.
The costs
The cost of laser eye surgery varies, depending on the type of procedure and the technology used. The clinics we consulted — some of which offer interest-free loans — charge between $1500 to $3700 (on average $2500) per eye. This is in line with what you told us you paid for your surgery over the last few years, mostly without any contribution from a health fund.
"It’s the best money I’ve ever spent … Unfortunately, I was unable to claim a cent through my health fund [as] it’s considered cosmetic surgery. I’m unhappy about this as I won’t be claiming either glasses or contact lenses ever again." (Shelley, WA)
Health fund contributions
• Five of the six major health funds we contacted confirmed they pay no benefit for laser eye surgery to correct vision (NIB, HBF, HCF, MEDIBANK PRIVATE, MBF); only one of the ones we contacted (HBA) covers it, with some conditions. (Smaller, industry-specific health funds such as Defence Health and Teachers’ Federation Health Fund may also give some rebates.)
Medicare benefits
• Medicare pays no benefit for most laser eye surgery either — only if it’s required to treat certain eye diseases. Otherwise it’s seen as cosmetic, as it’s generally done to eliminate your need to wear glasses.
• In something of a contradiction, however, the Australian Tax Office regards the surgery not purely as cosmetic, as it’s changing the eye’s function, not its appearance. It’s therefore still a claimable expense for the medical benefit tax offset (which pays for 20% of your net medical expenses above $1500).
03.Techniques and technologies
LASIK (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis)
The procedure
• The surgeon cuts a tiny flap in the outer layer of the cornea so a laser can reshape the tissue underneath, before the flap is placed back over the treated area.
• The flap is either cut with a miniature scalpel or created ‘blade-free’ with a fast, computer-guided femtosecond laser, which is also called by its brandname, IntraLase.
• Currently the most popular procedure — your eyes should feel fairly comfortable the day after surgery, when you can probably resume normal activities.
• The more effective option if you’re more severely short- or long-sighted.
On the downside
• It has been linked to the rare condition ectasia, where the cornea bulges out because it’s been structurally weakened, resulting in poor-quality vision.
• There’s a small but significant additional risk of surgical complications, mostly associated with the corneal flap — it can get lost or damaged, cut incompletely or completely cut off, to name a few. However, the developments in computer-guided femtosecond laser technology are designed to improve precision and make flap creation safer.
PRK (photorefractive keratectomy)
The procedure
• A type of laser treatment to the surface of the eye that entails no flap creation. Instead the surgeon scrapes off a portion of the very top corneal layer — it’ll grow back naturally — before reshaping the surface with a laser.
• A simpler procedure than LASIK with a lower potential for complications — the most common technique before LASIK gained popularity during the last decade.
• Particularly suitable for correcting lower degrees of short-sightedness and astigmatism.
• May also be recommended if you have a very thin cornea.
On the downside
• Compared with LASIK you’re likely to feel more discomfort.
LASEK (laser-assisted subepithelial keratomileusis) and EpiLASIK (using a finer tool)
The procedures
• Modified and refined procedures based on PRK, where the top layer of the cornea is pushed aside during the surgery and replaced afterwards to preserve more corneal tissue. However, both procedures still involve laser surgery on the surface of the cornea, not inside the eye, as with LASIK.
• Developed as a treatment for people whose cornea is unsuitable for LASIK.
Wavefront-guided technology
• The latest development in laser eye surgery that can be used with both types of procedure and has the potential to improve the quality of vision, especially when correcting larger refractive errors.
• It involves taking a detailed scan of the eye that’ll reveal all its refractive errors and programming this information into the laser, which can then deliver a more tailored treatment.
04.Risks and complications
Laser eye surgery for vision correction can change your life for the better, but you need to be comfortable with taking a certain risk, as no medical procedure is totally risk-free and the results are irreversible.
Laser eye surgery has been performed for more than a decade now and over that time, the complication rate has proved to be generally low. Around 5% of patients report problems following it.
The most common problems occur during the first few weeks after surgery and include:
• Over- or under-correction, or residual blurry vision, which requires another ‘fine-tuning’ enhancement after three months.
• Dry eyes, or inability to produce enough tears to keep the eyes comfortable, especially after LASIK.
• Visual symptoms, especially after PRK, affecting night-driving ability, such as corneal haze, glare and/or haloes, starbursts around lights, blurry double vision or light sensitivity.
• Eye sensitivity after PRK or other surface treatments.
• Other, less common problems include myopic regression (where eyesight changes back to the pre-surgery state), lower contrast sensitivity and less crisp vision, even with glasses or contact lenses.
• Visually threatening complications are very rare. But as with any other surgery, there’s always a slight chance of infection, especially within the first two days after surgery. It’s rare and more common with PRK than with LASIK. Infections can lead to scarring and, in extreme cases, blindness.
• As it’s a fairly recent procedure, the long-term effect of removing corneal tissue is unknown, but so far no studies have suggested that there’ll be complications in the long term. Most problems discovered so far occur in the first year after surgery.
Common vision problems
In the normal eye, light rays pass through the cornea at the front of the eye and the lens behind it focuses them as a sharp image onto the retina at the back. When the cornea or eye is misshapen, however, we see a distorted or blurred image (called a refractive error). The most common errors are:
• Myopia (short-sightedness) - light rays are focused in front of the retina, leading to an inability to see far, or blurred distant vision.
• Hyperopia (long-sightedness) - light rays aren’t yet in focus when they reach the retina, leading to blurred close-up vision.
• Astigmatism - light is focused at different points because the cornea is uneven, leading to blurred or distorted vision at all distances.
Laser eye surgery
Laser eye surgery is an irreversible procedure that’ll permanently alter the curvature of your cornea. (There are other procedures, such as a lens implant, but this is the most common.) Varying degrees of myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism can be corrected with laser eye surgery, either singly or in combination.
• An ophthalmologist (opthalmic surgeon) performs the operation, most commonly in a laser eye clinic, with a computer-controlled excimer laser that uses pulses of ultraviolet light to reshape the corneal surface — flattening it in short-sighted people, sculpting a steeper curve if you’re far-sighted and evening the curve out to correct astigmatism.
• Ophthalmologists are registered medical doctors who assess eyes, diagnose diseases, prescribe corrective devices and carry out medical and surgical procedures. However, they need no formal training to do laser eye surgery.
• For a description of the various laser eye surgery see Techniques and technologies.
Presbyopia — the age-related loss of our ability to focus on near objects — can’t be corrected with traditional laser surgery, but monovision or conductive keratoplasty may help. With monovision your eyes work independently — you use your dominant eye for distance and the other for near vision. This condition can occur naturally, or can be created with contact lenses or laser treatment. But not all people can tolerate it, so you may want to trial monovision first with contact lenses before you decide on surgery. Conductive keratoplasty (CK) is a radiofrequency heat treatment to the peripheral cornea that’s less invasive than laser surgery. It can be used to correct small degrees of long-sightedness or improve reading vision in one eye.
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Extremely happy, but not glasses-free
Georgia from Bega, NSW, had LASIK surgery a few years ago after early, unsuccessful PRK treatment, and is “extremely happy” with the results, although it hasn’t left her glasses-free.
“I can legally drive a car without glasses and only need my glasses occasionally,” she says. “Before the treatment I had a myopia of –7, which meant I had to leave my glasses beside my bed so when I awoke I could find them to read the time on the bedside clock. Being short-sighted controlled my life, now it doesn’t,” Georgia says.
She now chooses to wear glasses when she wants to see really clearly — such as for driving at night, or at the movies. Otherwise she doesn’t need them.
“It’s given me much greater freedom, even if it’s only perceived. I didn’t expect to get 20/20 vision after the operation, and I think that was the most important thing in the way I view the success of the treatment … I have no regrets.”
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Jim, of Echuca, Victoria, couldn’t tolerate contact lenses, so was stuck with glasses for 30 years and got pretty tired of wearing them all waking hours.
"The worst for me was when snow-skiing, which I loved. I’d get partway down a run and the glasses would fog up from the exertion, so I’d have to stop three or four times to wipe them. If I left the glasses off, I couldn’t see ruts and bumps and kept falling over," he says.
A few years ago Jim gave LASIK a go. Apart from a few days of gritty and dry eyes, he had no complications. With his dominant eye he now has better than normal vision. The other eye was deliberately left a little short-sighted so he can read fine print without glasses.
"I can see better than I ever could with spectacles,” he says, “and six years later it still gives me pleasure to be able to look at things without those pesky bits of optical plastic in the way. Pity I’m too old for skiing now …"
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I have been reading your responses for some time to not only my questions but to many others. Your answers are most definitely guided by the Holy Spirit. One day when all is done I am certain that Our Lord will grant you a precious place in His kingdom. The reason? You stand out for truth in the most catholic way. I most sincerely appreciate your nurturing love for us and giving us hope in a most changing, uncertain sad country. All of my love and peace of Jesus continue to inspire and guide you in your mission of truth.
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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE:RCL) closed at $73.69 after seeing 1772110 shares trade hands during the most recent session. This represents a change of -1.40% from the opening.
Let’s take a look at how the stock has been performing recently. Year to date Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE:RCL) is -24.81%. Over the last week of the month, it was 0.79%, 10.19% over the last quarter, and -6.06% for the past six months.
Over the past 50 days, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. stock’s -2.68% off of the high and 13.96% removed from the low. Their 52-Week High and Low are noted here. -27.53% (High), 16.70%, (Low).
Earnings Per Share (EPS) is the earnings made by a company divided by their number of shares. EPS enables the earnings of a company to easily be compared to their competitors. The higher the number, the more profit per dollar is being made on investor capital. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.’s trailing 12-month EPS is 3.49. Their EPS should be compared to other companies in the Services sector.
Projected Earnings Growth (PEG) is a forward looking ratio based on anticipated earnings growth. PEG is created by dividing P/E by the projected rate of earnings growth. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.’s PEG is 1.07.
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE:RCL)’s RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 59.80. RSI is a technical indicator of price momentum, comparing the size of recent gains to the size of recent losses and establishes oversold and overbought positions.
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Driving While Texting vs Driving Under the Influence
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
So which is more dangerous: driving under the influence or driving while texting? And which one is severely punished?
Dewd, U Think DUI is Bad…Try DWT
CNET News, Dec. 22 — It's no surprise that driving while texting (DWT) falls under the category of driving while stupid (DWS).
Yet another study–this one out of the University of Utah–reinforces the fact that driving while texting is incredibly dangerous (PDF).
According to the study's results published in the Human Factors journal:
So if DWT is more dangerous than DUI, why is DWT legal in some states and subject to a $50 fine in others? Why is DUI considered morally repugnant and treated like a felony? Why is it illegal to even have alcohol over .08% in your body — even if you're not under the influence? Why are politicians stumbling over each other to pass ever-harsher DUI laws — but doing nothing about driving while texting?
What's the difference between the two, besides DWT being more dangerous?
Oh, right…DUI involves alcohol. And the prohibitionists at MADD.
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Philip D. Rutty, age 58, of Medina, formerly of North Tonawanda, suddenly, November 7, 2013. He was a former employee of Confer Plastics. He enjoyed bowling, hockey and football. He loved spending time with his family.
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Loss in floods over estimated Rs 2,575 cr: Virbhadra Singh
Jun 29, 2013
New Delhi: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today said the loss to the public and private property due to flash floods in the state could be much higher than the state government's preliminary estimate of around Rs 2,575 crores.
Singh said the detailed estimate of flash floods loss would be assessed after normal life is restored in the entire area.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. Image courtesy PIB
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He said revenue officials would conduct a detailed survey of the loss of property and the state government will give suitable compensation to kin of people who have lost lives and property in the devastating floods.
The state government has demanded an immediate relief package of Rs 1,000 crore from the prime minister.
The chief minister said the tragedy has pushed the state years back in terms of development and around 90 percent cash crops, particularly apple crop, has been completely destroyed by flash floods in Kinnaur district.
He said consumers of metropolitan cities will miss the popular apple varieties of Kinnaur during current apple season and added the government has para-dropped 300 horticulture experts in Kinnaur region to restore the damaged apple trees and bring them to original shape and size through various horticulture techniques.
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The government's antimalware efforts don't receive as much attention as those of private businesses (perhaps because said efforts are perceived as having no observable impact), but the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Department of Justice (DoJ), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) all work towards securing cyberspace. Yesterday, the FTC secured a temporary injunction against the keylogger software vendor CyberSpy, ordering that company to cease and desist from selling its product online.
In its original complaint, filed November 5, 2008, the FTC alleged (PDF) that CyberSpy (under the ownership of one Tracer R. Spence) has committed unfair/deceptive acts, either in or affecting commerce. Since August 2005, CyberSpy's main product has been a charming keylogger named RemoteSpy. As keyloggers go, RemoteSpy is (or was) fairly run-of-the-mill. Upon purchase, the would-be spy chose a login/password that would be used to monitor the collected data thereafter. The company's hook appears to have been the level of service that accompanied the program. The FTC's complaint states that numerous tutorials and "how-to's" were included with RemoteSpy, including information on disguising the payload in order to maximize the chance of infection.
Once it infects a machine, RemoteSpy devotes a fair amount of energy to staying invisible. According to CyberSpy, the program will not display entries under "Add/Remove Programs" or the Start Menu, and is invisible to both the list of running programs and the list of running processes as displayed by the Task Manager. RemoteSpy hides its own install/data aggregation directories (no word on whether or not these are made visible by ordering the OS to reveal normally invisible folders and files), and will copy itself from location to location to prevent the end-user from permanently deleting it. When it's not busy ducking under bridges or diving into storm drains, RemoteSpy aggregates chat logs, login information and associated passwords, email, IM conversations, and pretty much anything else it can find. Screenshots of the unwitting user's desktop are reportedly snapped every five minutes or so, though that's probably variable.
Understanding the FTC's objection to this kind of software doesn't require a law degree. The complaint states: "Defendants have collected personal information from computers without the knowledge and consent of the owner... have stored the information on Defendants' servers, and have disclosed the information to unauthorized third parties. Defendants' actions cause or are likely to cause substantial injury to consumers that cannot be reasonably avoided and is not outweighed by countervailing benefits to consumers or competition."
The presiding US District Court judge agreed, at least enough to issue a temporary restraining order. As much as the FTC deserves an "A" for effort, however, the timeline of the case is an excellent example of how poorly equipped the government is when it comes to addressing this type of problem. The brief states that RemoteSpy has been available since "at least August 2005." The company in question—CyberSpy—apparently did business in Florida for long enough to be clearly identified as residing in that state, while the company CEO/manager, Tracer R. Spence (a close anagram of Spencer Tracy, though I'm not saying it's an alias) is similarly known.
The FTC's own press release states that it authorizes the filing of a complaint when "it has reason to believe that the law has been or is being violated, and it appears to the Commission that a proceeding is in the public interest." Apparently, the public interest can take a while to sort out.
Botnets, malware, and other various forms of attack evolve and spread at a rate that's literally multiple orders of magnitude faster than the FTC's most expedient response. Long term, I suspect we'll ultimately see a joint team, led by both industry white hats and government investigators, but the framework for operating this sort of organization (US-CERT is the most relevant current example) has yet to fully materialize. Until such time as it does, government organizations will have only a very limited ability to address current malware threats.
UPDATE: The fine folks at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) have informed me that they filed the initial investigation request with the FTC.
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BREAD KILLS!!!!! Conspiracy????
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Bread Kills!
1. More than 98 percent of convicted felons are bread users.
2. Fully HALF of all children who grow up in bread-consuming households score below average on standardized tests.
3. In the 18th century, when virtually all bread was baked in the home, the average life expectancy was less than 50 years; infant mortality rates were unacceptably high; many women died in childbirth; and diseases such as typhoid, yellow fever, and influenza ravaged whole nations.
4. Every piece of bread you eat brings you nearer to death.
5. Bread is associated with all the major diseases of the body. For example, nearly all sick people have eaten bread. The effects are obviously cumulative:
99.9% of all people who die from cancer have eaten bread.
a) 100% of all soldiers have eaten bread.
b) 96.9% of all Communist sympathizers have eaten bread.
c) 99.7% of the people involved in air and auto accidents ate bread within 6 months preceding the accident.
d) 93.1% of juvenile delinquents came from homes where bread is served frequently.
6. Evidence points to the long-term effects of bread eating: Of all the people born before 1839 who later dined on bread, there has been a 100% mortality rate.
7. Bread is made from a substance called "dough." It has been proven that as little as a teaspoon of dough can be used to suffocate a lab rat. The average American eats more bread than that in one day!
8. Primitive tribal societies that have no bread exhibit a low incidence of cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease, and osteoporosis.
9. Bread has been proven to be addictive. Subjects deprived of bread and given only water to eat begged for bread after as little as two days.
10. Bread is often a "gateway" food item, leading the user to "harder" items such as butter, jelly, peanut butter, and even cold cuts.
11. Bread has been proven to absorb water. Since the human body is more than 90 percent water, it follows that eating bread could lead to your body being taken over by this absorptive food product, turning you into a soggy, gooey bread-pudding person.
12. Newborn babies can choke on bread.
13. Bread is baked at temperatures as high as 400 degrees Fahrenheit! That kind of heat can kill an adult in less than one minute.
14. Most bread eaters are utterly unable to distinguish between significant scientific fact and meaningless statistical babbling.
In light of these frightening statistics, we propose the following bread restrictions:
1) No sale of bread to minors.
2) A nationwide "Just Say No To Toast" campaign, complete with celebrity TV spots and bumper stickers.
3) A 300 percent federal tax on all bread to pay for all the societal ills we might associate with bread.
4) No animal or human images, nor any primary colors (which may appeal to children) may be used to promote bread usage.
5) The establishment of "Bread-free" zones around schools.
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Wonderbread! Those damn murderers!
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Next week, the frightening statistics and unrelated facts behind Breathing Air................
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Anyone who has ever dreamed of bread, or been sent breadcrumbs, or sold bread, should have Wednesday off to offset the imminent peril, then all will be fine.
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got the urge for pizza for that damn bread you know..i should have never had that slice for breakfast.:shk:
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"I'm a white boy but my neck is red, I spread miracle whip on my wonderbread!"
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NORTHUMBERLAND -- Northumberland County has sided with Hamilton Township in urging the Ministry of Natural Resources to do something about coyotes, which are a danger to family pets.
County council heard first-hand Feb. 15 how much of a problem the animals have become. A Hamilton Township woman reported having a pet taken by a coyote on three occasions. In one instance, a large cat was killed.
"The coyotes have become so brazen in our area that they have actually come on our second-storey deck," Nancy Blakely said. It "terrified" her daughter "because she thought it was a burglar on the deck."
The Dale Road resident said she used to leave her children outside when they were young.
"I don't feel I could do that now," she said.
Ms. Blakely was told by the MNR "there was nothing they could do" and that she had the right to shoot coyotes on her property.
"I don't want the shooting of animals in my area," Ms. Blakely said. "Nor do I want to kill the animal ... It really is the Ministry of Natural Resources' responsibility to come trap the animal and relocate it."
Hamilton Township staff contacted the ministry and learned the coyote population is "at a peak right now," clerk Kate Surerus said in a report to council Dec. 6. The ministry added, however, that the coyote population, "through nature, is self regulating" with diseases such as canine distemper and mange reducing their numbers.
The clerk concluded the MNR "supports balancing nature" and believes people and animals should "learn to live in harmony with each other."
That didn't stop Hamilton Township from urging the ministry "to take action against coyotes due to their brazen behaviour and danger to pets" but Mayor Mark Lovshin admitted he didn't know what that might involve.
"We were looking for their expertise as far as a solution," he told County council. "I don't know what the answer would be ... They're the experts in the field, I would hope they could come up with something."
Warden Gil Brocanier said coyotes have migrated into Cobourg. He spotted one standing on a sidewalk one night.
"The problem is pervasive, it's not unique to the rural areas," he said.
The MNR is not considering bringing back a bounty on coyotes that kill livestock because it's "more random than solving a problem" and "does not address menacing coyotes," Ms. Surerus said in her report.
On its website, www.mnr.gov.on.ca, the ministry advises residents to discourage coyotes by removing sources of food by protecting pets and livestock, fencing gardens, and securing garbage and compost.
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Black History Month: “They need to hear our story.”
By Tom Fritz | 17 February 2014
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As African Americans, often in this country, we don’t always see how valuable we are in sharing the gospel, our value in the world, and how the world sees us.
The world knows a little bit about our struggles. I believe as a people, we are here.
Our forefathers have paid a price for us, they suffered, they were sold into slavery, they were beaten on the boats to get here. Mistreated. They split our families up, couldn’t go to school. They paid a price.
And the reason they paid was a door for us. And that door is for others to hear our story. We need to take it to the world. There are others who are suffering, others are going through struggles.
They need to hear our story, they need to hear how we made it through.
Listen to the early spirituals that talk about the Jordan River, talking about getting across the Red Sea. Nobody knows the Jesus that I know.
After the Civil War, African Americans went to the mission field. The country of Liberia was founded by freed slaves. Some of our historically black schools, like Spelman College, one of its reasons, it’s development, it’s founding, was to send African Americans – missionaries – to Africa. If you could see the old pictures, you’d see the nurseries, these Spelman people ministering in Africa.
People want to know more about us, they want to hear our story and it gives them hope.
They know somehow or another we went to this country, and they see us as prosperous, whether it’s good or bad, whether it’s entertainment, seeing the movies, or music. We have some significance.
I remember being in Venezuela, out in one of the neighborhoods, and one of the guys said, “now, is Tupac dead or alive?” That was the beginning of a conversation. They love our music, we have talents that we can take, they want to listen to us.
People came to us, and asked all the questions.
The doors are wide, wide open.
People listen to us. And when we go overseas, at least when I did, people wanted to ask questions.
We were up in the mountains, and this African, from a distance, recognized that perhaps my voice was different, or I had more weight than the average Kenyan, and he yelled from a distance, and he said, “you! You negro from America!” And then he came running to us, and he hugged me.
And he asked a question, he said, “Are there any negro Christians in America?” And I said, “Sure. Plenty.” And he said, “Why don’t we see them?”
Then I thought, the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.
And then it became important that part of our movement literally sends African Americans to Africa, and I promise I will do the best I can to see that happen.
It’s the gospel, and we need to take it to the world.
We need to take it, and they want to hear. They want to hear the rest of the story.
And they’re willing to listen, and we can go and all those to do go see God use them in a great, great way.
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Today’s great Empty Chair photo comes to us from Melanie in Wisconsin who writes, “I did the sign myself. Pretty proud of it, I have stage 4 lung cancer and also had a fusion done on my neck 3 weeks ago. It just about killed me!”
The sign is awesome! Thank you, Melanie, for your amazing patriotism. And thank you, LI readers, for all of your amazing photos and patriotism.
Well, I’m off to the polls, then dropping by Chick-Fil-A for some good chicken and to show my continued support.
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Jun Dishes
verb/diSH/ : food or gossip
Big Brother Alum
I’m thankful I was on Big Brother so many years ago, because I would never go on the show now. I’d never go back on the show again. For a while I thought I would given the right amount of compensation from CBS, but no. I wouldn’t put my friends and family through the hassle, and I don’t want to be remembered for going on the show anytime after this current season. Big Brother is becoming less and less CBS, and more MTV.
When they were casting for All-Stars in 2007 I was flown out to LA and I met with the gang at CBS again. I’d lost my dad to kidney failure in 2004, and my mother had tried to take her life as a result in 2005. I sat there with the producers and I answered their questions about what’s new and how does a second season of Big Brother sound to me. I felt like I was in a cave most of the interview, and I felt disconnected from reality. I was an emotional wreck since winning BB, but nobody knew it.
I answered all the producers’ questions but they knew my heart wasn’t in it. I’d already returned to work in banking since winning my season, and I’d also been running a little side business. I was focused on making money and running away from having to deal with death and depression in my family. Going back on Big Brother was not the right move for me. All-Stars happened without me, but I did judge a Food Competition that season with Marvin and Nicole. That was enough for me.
Since All-Stars I’ve stayed in touch with many people still on the Big Brother team, even after moving to Belgium and starting a family of my own. It’s their job to keep in touch with BB alum. CBS always has a way of tracking you down somehow even if the rest of us think you’ve gone MIA. It’s their job. For all those who think CBS doesn’t keep tabs on BB alum to use them if ever there comes a time, for anything, you’re wrong. They do. It’s their job, even for dinosaurs like me. Dinosaurs can be coaches too.
Their jobs must be getting harder in recent seasons with all the death threats and FBI-calling. I’m thankful my season was so long ago when less was at our vicious fingertips. I remember my cousin Miran, who was barely a teenager, had watched my season from home and ventured online to a Big Brother forum. In the forum I was being torn apart by rabid fans who hated me, and naive little Miran attempted to defend me. Quite innocently Miran thought that letting internet trolls know that she was related to me, and that she could vouch for me, would help support me.
Miran was chased off the forum crying, and traumatized. Growing up in a sheltered suburb of Delaware, Miran had never been accused of being “probably a lesbian who eats Jun’s pussy” or the like. I felt horrible. I still feel bad, but it’s funny to us now. That really was mild compared to 10 years later, today.
The internet is a wondrous place, but it’s also a clogged drain of anonymous hate to an extreme degree when it comes to Big Brother. It’s the reason I stopped watching Big Brother 15 and I know I did the right thing because my summer’s been peaceful. This is the first summer in years that I haven’t had my life threatened, or my family threatened, and my distancing myself from Big Brother has been better all-around.
I say I’d never go back on the show because nowadays some fans take it so far that people losing their livelihoods is not enough. Threats of rape and torture and death, and harassment of all kinds and outlets, has become the norm in recent Big Brother seasons. No amount of money or thirst for fame could ever make me get close to any of that, even if I know I’d win if I ever got back in the Big Brother house. I know I would, but it wouldn’t be worth my family having to have to go into hiding for months for their own sake.
It’s not easy to turn off the hate when it’s coming at you consistently in the public. Ignoring it is harder than you’d think, even though it’s the easiest thing to say. Some Big Brother alum choose to stick around and interact with fans while others drop their Big Brother experience and return to life. Some do both, and some do it better than others and for different reasons. The more you’re in the public eye, the more everything.
There’s a lot wrong with people who go into the Big Brother house, but they’re exponentially outnumbered by the lots going wrong with fans outside the Big Brother house. Fan rage escalates every year. How far can it go?
Always dishing,
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• Jun,
Thank you so much for this post. Some of these fans sicken me. It has been a dream of mine to do BB since I was younger. I just graduated college and no longer think I will do it. These people try to destroy you if they dislike you. Just know we all aren’t like this. They are messing it up for everyone. Have a great day :)
• Oh there are some true friends I’ve made through fans. Thankfully there are fans who still respect themselves and others and make the BB experience a good one. I don’t think I would have ever applied for the show if not for 10 years ago :)
• Here I thought this article was going to be more about the realities of BB and holding them accountable for their own misdeeds. The whole world knows there are sicko’s everywhere and no one in the public eye is omitted from their insane attacks. They aren’t just limited to people who appear o BB so I have to assume you knew the risks. In this article you speak of the death threats and so on that you and your family endured but strangely you wait 10 years to voice your concerns which makes me wonder how serious did you take those threats. Don’t get me wrong I sympathize with you and your family and everything you’ve experienced as a result of your appearance on BB, I just have to wonder if your speaking out now because your really fed up or is it because of the backlash “Helen” has received.
• Shelly on August 29, 2013 at 12:39 pm said:
I count myself as a true friend…and blessed because of it! This has been the most disgusting season of human display ever. I want on so bad and yet I am so glad I’m not tied to this season. I think BB should go away now..but it won’t. Too cheap to make every one says. Great article…and surprsing but awesome decision my friend. So what I never got to be ur AS2 campaign manager…as in gifting..it’s the thought that counts. :)
• I applied to be on BB 4, 5 , 6, 7 and 8 . It consumed me for 5 years. It is all i talked about and thought about. I got called in for an interview for BB4. I flew into LAX and got a Taxi to take me to the Hotel that they were doing the interviews . I spent the night and got up early the next morning for the interview and in my head it was a No Brainer… They were going to pick me to be on the show. :) They didn’t….. I got my notice in the mail 3 weeks later saying Thank You for meeting with us etc etc, please apply again next year. So I did…. year after year after year. My son and I went to the casting calls in Sacramento, Bakersfield and at CBS Studios. I met / talked to a few of the house guests from previous years and I will always remember Marcellas telling me ” Be careful for what you wish for ” and then he said…. Laura, you are too nice to be on Big Brother. :( It broke my heart, but the older i got, i realized Marcellas was right. I am not a mean spirited person. I don’t believe everyone that goes in the BB house is, but I think when you are verbally attacked over and over again then your claws will come out. I am sure that would have happened to me and that i would have gotten pretty ugly in there and would have embarrassed myself and my family. So I have to say Thank You to Big Brother for not picking me. The fans would have called me lots of names I am sure and even though I might have been able to handle it back in my early 40′s, i am now 53 and I wouldn’t subject that to myself or my friends and family… It just isn’t worth it. I feel the most sorry for is Amanda’s, Aaryn’s, Andy’s and Spencer’s families…. I am sure their families wish they had never heard of Big Brother. :(
• NewHavenMom on September 2, 2013 at 8:41 pm said:
I agree. Don’t forget GM’s family. Not alot to be proud of. I can’t even get anyone I know to watch BB because it is so disgusting. Amanda and her sex, bullying and hate is deplorable.
• T. Burke Hodgson on August 28, 2013 at 11:40 am said:
Big Brother isn’t fun any more. Both the cast and the fans in the live feed chat rooms are mean and vicious. I thought last years series was great fun — particularly Ian — but these are ugly people with ugly morals or the lack there of. I hope the consequences in real life of their appearance on the show is severe. I also hope the CBS legal department is having a very nervous summer.
• I’m glad you didn’t go back for all-stars. I know you’re the most hated houseguest in big brother history, but i’m not going to threaten you. Have a good day Jun. :)
• I’m glad I didn’t go back. Am I really the most hated HG?! No way! Where can I get confirmation of that?! I’d need to add that to my bio…
• I’m pretty sure that Maggie still holds the title. I don’t understand why because she played the hell out of the game in her season and actually deserved to win. I wasn’t a fan of her as a person but not every BB fan can put their personal feelings aside and judge someone based on their gameplay and that’s just sad.
• just_a_dude on August 28, 2013 at 10:04 pm said:
For what it’s worth, you were my favorite houseguest in BB4, and, in my opinion, the best winner thus far! (BB3′s Lisa is a close second in my book.)
• Shelly Erb on September 2, 2013 at 3:22 pm said:
Seriously?? The most HATED??? Not in a million gazillion years… Try Russell or the Hanz guy… and now… Amanda and Andy… Jun ~ you are classy and honest and you have a good heart… I loved you on your season and these “fans” who are so hurtful and mean-spirited need to remember that you are speaking about HUMAN BEINGS and think about how it would feel if you were spoken to or if it was YOUR family who was being spoken to or about… Come on people… I get not liking someone or not agreeing with someone ~ but can’t we be kind about it and not use personal attacks on each other… Peace
• Oh, I don’t believe that at all…. until this year, I believe Evil Dick was the most hated… Now I think it is a tie between Evil Dick, Amanda and Aaryn…. Most annoying this season is McCrae, Andy and Spencer…. JMO though :)
• Evel Dick has a ton of fans. Amanda will top him 10000 times over in the most hated department.
At least Dick being an asshole was strategic. He never talked about wanting to kill people or “harpoon” there child
• LoveableNiki on August 28, 2013 at 11:58 am said:
Jun, when you initially stated on Twitter a few days ago that you’d never return, it caught me off guard being a Twitter follower for so long. Thank you for this post. I understand. I often tease my mother that I am going to apply. I actually downloaded the application last summer. I’m no BB3 Dani, so I’m not sure I would get far. (My mother says I’d be evicted first. She’s probably correct.) It saddens me the vile comments and thoughts that have surfaced this season. Thankfully, therapy is available to these HGs. They will need it.
• Yeah. Sadly this season and recent seasons have pushed me away a little. It’s all good.
As far as therapy goes…it’s not what it sounds like. Nobody’s holding your hand or available 24-7… These HGs will probably just go back to their lives…some of them jobless.
• With the threats being made, there are petitions available to have a HG removed. Hoping this will happen, Jun. The season you were on my daughters watched it with me. Sadly now, I wouldn’t ever consider letting any kids watch. PG18 .
• I always wished they’d do an “All Stars” where every previous winner came back and played. But with one in prison and others who probably won’t return (do you think they could keep Evel Dick in the house THIS time?!), it’s unlikely to happen. I liked that they did the first six seasons, THEN had an All-Stars, then went on with the original concept. I don’t like the mix-and-match they did the pat two seasons, even though the concept was great. But I know what you mean about Big Brother and The Real World. The Real World was good when it was real people, but when they started choosing only beautiful people and finding ways to get them into hot tubs all the time, I lost interest. There must be a demand for Real Housewives-type reality, but most of us like watching REAL people act genuinely. Once it feels scripted or everyone starts looking like they’ve spent the last five years in a Botox factory, people like me will move on to something else.
• Anonymous on August 28, 2013 at 2:02 pm said:
Jun, you are, and always will be a class act to me! I don’t blame you one bit for feeling the way you feel, nor do I blame you for stepping away from this season! I have loved this show from episode one in 2000, and I am deeply saddened that in the past few years it’s become increasingly like a looks & youth contest, instead of a diverse group of regular people who are willing to participate for the fun and because they actually love the game. I, personally don’t want another all-stars for season 16. What I would love to see is for CBS to revamp the show with regular folks, aged 30 & up. It would be refreshing to the platform for Big Brother, because it would redirect the show to a point where there is actual gameplay. Nothing that these people are doing this year could compare to what older & wiser people would bring to the game, because with age & life experience comes real deceit & treachery! I have wanted to be on the show for years, but the age demographic has been lowered too much & that’s a problem! There are many many super fans like myself who are in their early 40′s, 30′s & others who want it so badly, but won’t get that unless CBS changes something. It’s become a show about young hot kids, and that’s very unfair to the show itself, as so many of us apply, but get turned away because of our age or we aren’t “pretty” or “handsome” enough. Sure they may have cast one or two “average looking” people in the past few seasons, but it made no difference, as the “beautiful people” quickly got rid of them. CBS needs to mix it up, or I feel as if they will end up pulling the show, leaving us regular folks in the lurch with nothing great to watch during our summer. Just my opinion. Love to you, Dave, & beautiful little Noah!! Keep being the beautiful, loving, funny woman you are, as you are an inspiration & a blessing to us all!!
• Anonymous on September 1, 2013 at 8:02 pm said:
I totally agree with this poster’s comments and suggestions for a BB16 season. I have just been furious with this season in all ways, questioning why CBS doesn’t step in to help, then realized this is exactly what they wanted. Makes for good TV. BTY: my hubby & I are age 70, and we love BB. I’d like a season with an entire older cast. We could kick ass too!
• I hope it feels good for you to make that decision and get it off your plate. I know I am way too invested for you to ever return!! Hahaha. It sickens me that “fans” often exhibit the traits they claim to hate in the targeted HG. I was so disillusioned when I first discovered recruiting. I could not imagine why CBS could not cast < 20 people from what has to be thousands who apply. And then I realized my naïveté. Money. Cheap "talent", inexpensive production, huge ratings. So why not make it "better"? They knew what they needed in a cast and damnit, they were going to "find" it. BB jumped the shark when they got too heavy-handed, IMO. I still love my BB. But where has it gone?
• @nojobny on August 28, 2013 at 2:12 pm said:
Another great post. I remember years ago, for a brief millisecond, I actually thought about signing up to be on the show. Then I found my first messageboard about BB -OMG they had every detail of the contestant’s lives. I wanted no part of that microscope. Now the scrutiny is 1000x worse.
You’re so right to move forward. I’ve seen some of the vitriol you’ve gotten on twitter. I would hate to see that directed to Davy or Noah (since no one is off limits to the crazy cat ladies!)
• For all of the mob mentality that goes on at BBUK evictions, it is all, as they say in G.B., panto. The crowd boos and cheers but at the end of the day it’s all in good fun. Like at a wrestling match. I am turning more and more to other countries BB shows for my BB fix. They are just more fun. I think I have turned my US feeds on maybe 10 times mostly for live comps. I’d rather watch the nightly UK feeds or the fun tasks and open feelings of AU’s show. Maybe because of these shows, I am still hopeful that our BB can regain what it has lost. Humanity.
• James Baker on August 28, 2013 at 2:48 pm said:
Hi Jun, CBS is kind of in a Catch 22 when it comes to Big Brother. If they play to diehard BB fans they will completely isolate the game from potential new fans, if the pander to the masses and cast a bunch of strong personalities that make watching compelling or that evoke polarizing opinions, the natives get restless about the game. So it’s really no win for them. I agree with you though, seems like this season more than most has brought the crazies out both inside and outside the house. I would propose that CBS take a one year hiatus and send Kass and Grodner on to other projects and maybe try BB 16 in a couple of years with new production and casting and see if they can recapture some magic because this season has just been sad.
• I stopped watching 3weeks ago. I think the game is no longer BB as it was. The HG are even worse than in season 8. Racism threats etc. It became to much for me. I’ve seen enough of that kind on VH1 and Mtv. It’s not Big Brother game anymore. How can Alison Grodner allow all this crap? I hope this is the last season I will never support the show again by watching live feeds or watch the episodes. They have rules after the people they hate or love in the production. Like last season they let Willie go though they should let Joe go too. My god even his coach (so called) provocted him. The production knew exactly how they should do to provoke him out of the house. In Chima’s case the had no choice but to let her go (they wanted her there but she started misbehave in such matter they had to expell her.) This years production favorite is Amanda Aaryn and GinaMarie and probably Elissa too. But it wasn’t the viewers that voted her MVP for the week it was all CBS like it was CBS that nominated Amanda just to get her angry.
That girl is mental and should not be there. I even “like” Aaryn more than her.
I watch clips on YouTube (Amanda making a fool of herself) and keep Free update online. I don’t need to watch and I don’t want after this very nasty season that really shows that it’s Big Brother that pressures the player making moves they don’t want. They pressured Jen last year to save Dan.
Thank you for writing this June. Now I know there’s nothing wrong with me hating BB15 .
Take care from Scandinavia
• I agree that the Internet is a “clogged drain of anonymous hate to an extreme degree”…and not just about Big Brother. The faux courage of an avatar and screen name give people license to display the worst that humanity has to offer about entertainers, politicians, athletes, and even their neighbors. But I agree that there is something that has happened to stoke the fires of fan rage surrounding Big Brother and other reality shows. I saw it when my 11-year-old son was watching with me the night the Judd was evicted and when we discovered the Helen was responsible, my son pointed at the TV and screamed, “You B***h!” That was a stellar parenting moment that I tried to turn into a teachable moment by talking about editing and how it’s just a game and we don’t really know any of those people well enough to judge the entirety if who they are. But an 11-year-old doesn’t get that so he’s not watching anymore. I really wish I could walk away from it myself because I haven’t watched a single episode after which I didn’t feel the need to go shower AND brush my teeth, but I confess I’m still tuning in…not because I’m rooting for anyone, but because my husband and I have watched this show together for so long that I have a sentimental attachment to it as our summer guilty pleasure. But the guilt is getting to be too much…if you can get over any attachment that YOU might have as a former houseguest, then maybe it’s time to get over mine.
• Yeah, fans are assholes. To be honest, I think that this is the Internet in general. When people are anonymous, they think can be as vile and disgusting as they want. It’s probably for the best if we ignore people like that. They’re just a bunch of cowards anyway.
• Dear Jun,
thanks for sharing this. I’ve been watching since Season One. I’ve always wanted to be a part of Big Brother. I know in my heart I’d never play like a lot of players have played and are playing this season. I used to Love Big Brother. I liked you on the show. I never had a problem with you hon. :) I was happy when you won. :) but, now, 11 season’s later, I think I’m done. Simply because they choose to leave Amanda inside the house. They’ve removed players in past seasons for being a threat to someone’s well being inside the house. why can’t they do that with Amanda? why, because she’s not physically acted upon her verbal threats? are they waiting for her to act upon her threats? are they willing to let Elissa die inside the house just for Ratings? I pray to God that’s not the case. I, as well as thousands of other Big Brother fans Fear for Her safety. She fears for her Safety, inside the house. So much, she feels the need to lock herself inside her HOH room, just to protect herself from Amanda. What happens next week when she can’t lock Amanda out, to keep her away from her? what then? must she be forced to just wait til no one’s watching, at just the right moment, and then die in her sleep because of the Threat that Amanda made about slitting her throat while she’s sleeping? I do not want to see it come to that. Why is CBS allowing Amanda to stay inside the house? isn’t it in the Rules that if Any houseguest is made to feel like they are no longer safe inside the house, then the one that’s making them feel that way, would be removed immediately from the game? if so, why are they Not removing Amanda for doing just that!? they’re basically saying it’s Ok for Amanda to Terrorize Elissa by keeping her inside the house and doing nothing! this is Why I no longer want to be a part of this show. this is Highly Unacceptable. I’m glad your not inside the house now…. simply because I’d hate to see you going thru what poor Elissa is going thru. If Amanda wins, as is the rumor going around that she’s been predertmined the winner, I’m Done with Big Brother & I’m Done with CBS for Good. Sorry this is so long… but I needed to Vent. and thank You for your time, and for sharing your story. I greatly appreciate it. and I don’t blame you for how you feel about them now. I honestly don’t. not after this Season. God Bless You & Keep your family Safe & well.
Love You, Eve
• Nancy Alexander on August 28, 2013 at 4:40 pm said:
I really don’t think El feels threatened by Amanda. If so she wouldn’t be lol in her face. And I think the reason she’s locked herself in hoh was to have a peaceful place that was quite and serene to do her yoga then take a nap. If she felt Amanda’s threats were real she would have gone to the Dr and told them. She’s a smart lady and knows Amanda is all hot air
• Nancy Alexander on August 28, 2013 at 4:35 pm said:
As you know I adore you and as you know I don’t care for Amanda. Last pm when people were threatening Amanda’s parent on twitter I made the comment most parents don’t raise their kids to act this way and it’s not their fault that she’s accountable for her actions not them..I got my 1st threat. As a mom I know and you know we raise our kids to be polite and kind to others. My son is 20 yrs older than Noah and it hurts you as a mom when you see or hear your child be unkind and you correct them and reason with them why we don’t hurt people or be rude. The man’s next post after threatening me was his wife was in labor and headed to hospital. God help that innocent child. I still defend Amanda’s parents of being innocent of her actions, she did it not them. This coming from an Elissa fan
• This is why you are one my favorite alums. I’ve never seen your season, but simply because of your Twitter and this blog you’ve became of my favorites. Thanks for being real and enjoyable unlike the HG’s I’m currently living with. I know I’ve got big lips, but I’m not trying to suck ass. I promise. Enjoy your day!
• well written article as a die hard bigbrother fan, thanks you for giving so much back to the fans . if you ever go back you would rock it ! i will always have love for big brother one of my favs shows! and would never stop watching cus its soo addicting! anyways thanks jun for everything whoooooooooooooooooo
kid shacky!
• Jun, you weren’t above trashing people yourself when you were a special consultant to BB CBS some where along BB 5 or 6. You only tucked tail and ran when some of the posters turned it back on you.
• Great post, Jun. I have been a huge fan of BB since Season 1, and miss the days of smarter players and more interesting seasons. I also miss the days of fans not being rabid & out for blood. :(
• I happen to come across your blog because britney haynes retweeted you. never knew who you were, but going through your blog, why do you keep talking about bb in every single freaking post of your blog if you hate BB so much. obviously you wouldn’t be where you are if you had never been on bb. if you have given up on watching bb bc of all the things that have been this season then stop talking about it. but yet you still continue to talk about bb bc without it, you’d be irrelevant. (as evident by you; saying your most viewed post was about you no longer watching bb anymore)
just saying don’t bite the hand that feeds you, hypocrite.
• If Jun never EVER wrote about big brother again, she would still retain most of her followers. Jun is more than BB. Jun > BB. For a while she wrote about it because she was paid to do so. People enjoyed it and she gave them what they wanted. But her writing encompasses so much more than a quick perusal of recent topics will show.
• Jun,
what a great post, I agree this season is unlike any other Big Brother Season in my opinion, After watching your season on YouTube I was a fan of yours, I like how you won’t go back to Big Brother and want to be remembered for who you were and not go on now and become somebody your not just to please a group of people. It sickens me that so-called fans today have to hate one another for liking who they like. I always like Big Brother in the fact that you watch the strangers enter a house and you know nothing about them but then end up knowing everything about them and become fans of them and cry for your favorites being evicted. Then get emotional when the winner is announced. But this season I think the cast was a series of misfortunate casting. I think this season they tried to cast the young players, but then super-fans were in the mix and what they said led them to cast them and it was mixed up casting. I think these super-fans would do much better in a different season. But the this is the time they auditioned and got chosen because of what they said about this is the only time they could be on the show because like Helen wants to have more kids and better job and won’t be able to be cast later on.
I don’t understand why “Fans” have to go out of their way to find information of the family members and treat them as if they were garbage. I don’t do that, I know this is a game I pick the houseguests that I like and root for them and the ones I dislike I love to hate sort of thing that is all.
Big Brother is summer reality show where you can get involved in so many ways, Fans please don’t turn on the hate, Keep it fun and remember the true reason you became a Big Brother fan in the first place.
• Anonymous on August 28, 2013 at 7:03 pm said:
I can’t blame you for not wanting to come back Jun cause the casting for the last few seasons has been horrible. This season may have been better if not for the automatic MVP twist going to the only person with a Big Brother family connection. They either cast a bunch of brain dead zombies like BB14 who were willing to throw money out the door for their precious coach (the Final 4 screw-up) or were willing to do whatever their coach wanted them to even at their own detriment. This season the overloaded the house with A-types (I wonder why they never put A-types in the house with returning players….hmmmmm) that were just going to explode all over each other.
Robyn Kasting proved she can put a good cast together (Canada) but it seems like she doesn’t have the same power with Grodner running the show. Do you think Grodner is the reason for the downfall cause Shapiro seemed to run a better and less production manipulated game? Sorry to see you never again playing Big Brother but will always listen to you snark-out the hamsters in the house.
• Great decision not to ever go back! The fact is – you won! Most people will never even get close to being on a show like that and you accomplished that to the max! No need to prove yourself again nor put your whole family through the trauma of it all – too many jealous haters out there. Bravo Jun!
• seems this season that you are allowed to threaten peoples lifes for the sake of higher ratings but do it on the outside then the police get involved. to get families involved for what their kids are doing is wrong in my book.
last season frank berated ian on a constant basis but no threats of death or rape were said, this season shouldnt even have happened. who is to blame? CBS is to blame for allowing people to speak their minds, slapping a disclaimer at the beginning of the show is just a cover up for- we like the racism,threats,bullying etc in the house because more viewers tune in to see what is going on. in my opinion i think its sad to exploit people for the sake of ratings but then again the Hgs chose to go on a reality show for a chance to win big money and possibility of fame, but was it worth it?
• You ” know” you would win? Yeah okay, haha. But yeah BB fans can get quite nasty, especially nowadays, just read the bb15 hash tag.
• scott whitmon on August 28, 2013 at 7:27 pm said:
Its sad to me that its gotten so easy for people to show how stupid and vile they can be . I’m a huge BB fan and have opinions on HGs . But I can’t imagine the need to threaten someone’s family or try to get then fired . It makes me embarrassed to be a fan of the show when I read that kind of thing .
• Anonymous on August 28, 2013 at 7:34 pm said:
• I love this letter and its one of the reasons why I adore Jun… I have been a fan of Big Brother since season 1. I have started watching feeds during season 10. Late bloomer for the feeds but I do recall following forums especially during Season 6 of Janelle, Kaysar and the Nerd Herd … As I watched the feeds each year I tend to always find one or two house guests to “hate on” which is normal…. I also tend to forget about it when its over and think its funny how, as cray cray they appeared on the feeds, they became integrated into the Big Brother “family”. I disliked Shelley and Kalia when the trashed talked Rachel but once the season ended I saw there was no “hard feelings” at least not publicly…. I grew to like Shelley and Kalia in the twitter world and thought how they really must have had to deal with the hate of others once out of the game… This season Is the first time I found myself disgusted with 90% of the house… I found myself shocked by the homophobia, racist comments, and just plain vile talk. I hate the word “C**T” and have never heard it used so much by one group of people.. As a 50 year old gay man in NY I have heard a lot… but nothing like this cast of Big Brother folks. I have been guilty in calling the House Guests “Parasites” “fame whores” and my favorite “Vile Waste of Human Flesh”. I have cancelled my feeds but realized I had an addiction to this show when someone sent me a free link and I again watched… After speaking to several people who have played in the game of Big Brother I have realized my name calling in Facebook groups and twitter only contributed to the hate of these people. I would never dream of threatening someones life or even calling, harassing or threatening a family member of one of these people… I had to look at these people and realize whether real or fake or scripted or rigged… these house guests will have to deal with the real world when the game is over. Most will be forgotten by the masses and only remembered by the die hard BB fanatics (am i one?) … I realized I would no longer say the house should be fumigated, these people need to be exterminated yada yada… I actually have begun to feel sorry for them. Especially my home girl Gina Marie, who because I know where she is coming from, I can see why the things that come out of her mouth are falling. I will no longer call her a parasite but what she is is an uneducated young naive girl who is a product from her area in Staten Island….. its sad. I wish i was in the house to shake her up and speak to her… Much Like Elissa tried to do last week. ALL in all I don’t hate these people …even Amanda and Aaryn … I think they have some serious issues that they will need to handle in the coming weeks. Part of me also will now always question the game of Big Brother and just how much is REAL ? How much is stunt casted? How much is production prompted ? etc. I thank the former BB players including JUN for giving us this insight… Jun you will always be my number one BB gal!
Johnny – Gianni862 on twitter
• After reading this I’m really turned off by big brother. I mean this season has been bad enough with all the disgusting comments from the contestant but now I see how some of the fans are just as bad as the contestants. This really changed my view on big brother. All the years I wanted to go on but now I feel like it would be a terrible decision for myself and my family.
• Jun, why does it seem like the crazies are at an all time high this year. I don’t blame you for not going back & subjecting your peeps to all of that. Like you I’ve pretty much given up on BB15 & have been just reading BBDish. Some chick was on there yesterday wanting to start a petition to get Amanda kicked out & went on some rant about Amanda working for CBS & that it’s all rigged for her to win. Spouting off about lawsuits & threatening bodly harm. It’s crazy!! I like the “old days” when most folks just watched the 3 nights on TV & had no idea what was going on the rest of the time.
• Anonymous on August 28, 2013 at 8:47 pm said:
Yes the fans comments can be vicious, but this season the fans were provoked. Normally, the fans are upset because of game play and/or because they don’t personally like the players. BB15 is different. Fans have the right to be upset. The racial comments offends many. In my opinion, the mean comments made by fans are in defense to the racial and degrading comments being made by the house guests.
• Jun, I wish every “fan” of the show would realize that people outside of the game are off-limits. Time and time again, it is hard to join in on a chat on the live-feeds or post a tweet about the game. There are “feeders” who condemn the personal attacks on the HG by make personal attacks about the HG. I just don’t get it. Since there have been a lot of remarks made by HG this season that are full of bigotry, it does not do anyone any good to contact outside family members by making threats what-so-ever. Social media has done more damage to the Big Brother game due to the “fans” of the show. Instead of attacking, threatening, or wishing harm to HG or his or her family members, why not take these moments to educated and have a civilize conversation about the themes going on. I love watching the live-feeds because I get more out of the game play and I understand the HG better. As for the bigotry comments made by HG, I can only hope that they will learn from this experience. Many of them have already been punished by losing their jobs and even some respect by their friends and family. It is not up to me or anyone else to make threats against family members or antagonize the family to get a response. No one else knows what it is like to be in a place where every single move you make is taped except for those who have actually been a HG on that show for the last 15 seasons. My mother and I talked about the other day is that HG who seem to be “enemies” on his or her season are not that way after the game. I am sure there have been past HG who kind of drop away and do not have a connection with the BB world anymore. As much as I would like to see you play again for an All-Star season, I can respect your decision not to play again. I do enjoy your tweets on Twitter! Thank you for a well-written blog.
• Interesting comments, good read. I have watched every season and I too turned it off around week 3. It is disgusting the way the fans treat the HG’s. I keep asking how can fans get so upset and go to such drastic steps to make the HG;s life miserable. Then I ask myself how can CBS let the HG’s do what they have gotten away with this summer and not expect some one to get upset. I have watched BBAustralia and the HG’s are disciplined for making any form of strategy comments to other HG’s. I have never seen bullying, name calling, yelling, rubbing some one’s clothing article up their ass or manipulating other HG’s. They are also discipline if they break the rules, 3 strikes you are out of the BBAustralia house Why isn’t CBS calling these HG’s out? Is this what is upsetting the fans to take such drastic steps? You can talk racism and say it is inappropriate all you want like Julie Chen did on “The Talk” but the only way to stop it is to take action. CBS put a disclaimer on their live feeds and at the beginning of the show. BIG DEAL. In my humble opinion CBS doing that is saying, sorry folks you may find this defensive but we have a tv show to run here and we have to do whatever it takes to get our ratings up so tough shit. CBS has lost the concept of what the show was meant to be and will allow the house guests to do whatever they want and let them say whatever they want. Like many other shows that loses the concept maybe it is time to say good bye to BBUSA before someone really does get hurt.
• Good for you :) I’ve never watched your season, but I can already tell there’s a reason why you won. You are a strong and intelligent woman. Keep doing ya thang <3
• You can count me as a fan and most important a repectful fan of the show and people. This season is in a class by itself. The earlier seasons consisted of ordinary, regular individuals with ordinary regular jobs. Something went wrong along the way when models, hopeful actors filled the show. Not everyone is in perfect shape and looking for more exposure for their modeling and acting.
What is it when people come into the house and have sex. Come on people you are playing for $500,000. I miss the game play, I miss the alliances (secret & open). I miss the talks of trying to figure who needs to stay or go. You don’t put up and vote out people for personal reasons. The decisions should be based on what is best for you. I miss regular people like Chicken George. Who didn’t like Chicken George.
I don’t understand death threats inside and outside of the house. People should go in and play the game and remember it is a game worth $500,000.
I still like to follow some of my favorite players. I follow because I care and because they made the game fun.
The hate needs to go inside and out of the house. Why can’t we just have fun like we use to.
I think BB should go back to everyone playing for the veto, it was more fun to watch.
The nasty behavior is horrible this season and I quit watching. I want the Big Brother of the past back where I like some, dislike some, but never truly hated anyone.
• jezziebezzie on August 29, 2013 at 1:30 am said:
I can’t even believe what this has all turned into. I engaged someone yesterday to explain the FBI was involved to someone seemingly unaware without realizing that they were playing dumb & had directly contacted one of the HGs family. I was sickened when I scrolled back & saw what they’d typed.
I do think CBS/Producers bear some responsibility. If they had similar rules in place for hate speech as in other countries (BBUK S8 for example) then the 1st to say something horrible would be gone & the rest wouldn’t think they could so freely speak the way they’ve continued. (I hope that will be addressed for next season.) At the same time, I think the feedsters wouldn’t have been quite so divided & whipped into a frenzy if players got kicked out. In my mind the blows inflicted upon Candice will impact her longer & were much harder than any Willie dealt to the Chef last year.
That being said, there is NO excuse for what’s been done. There’s no excuse to threaten a family member or try to interfere with a HGs personal life in any way, shape or form. Particularly while they’re in the house & unaware of what’s happening.
I’m so sorry for what your cousin went through during your season. And sadly, you’re so right. The immediacy of the technology makes it even more invasive today.
• Jasmine Voosen on August 29, 2013 at 1:59 am said:
Jun, I watched your season and you rocked. Keep taking care of your family and telling it like you see it. If others don’t agree, it’s their issue. :)
• Matt Jones on August 29, 2013 at 10:33 am said:
First things first – you’re just so damn sexy Jun. You are welcome to come marry me if you ever find yourself in need of a new husband ;) haha Now, on the topic of the article, I really enjoyed reading things from your standpoint. I can totally see why you have had more than enough of BB. The “cat ladies” of BB online forums have gotten to be so ridiculous. Apparently, Amanda’s family is now receiving death threats, Silly.
• Is it really that bad? How many threats do people actually get? Is it just a few? Or are we talking thousands? No one should threaten someone over a tv show. I would never do it but you have to wonder how bad could it be? only 7 million people watch and only thousands watch live feeds.
• Hello Jun. Yes the BB concept started out good but has morphed into something I do not recognize. I understand the strategy,lying,wheeling, dealing and yes maybe even the pots and pans of Evel D. I do not condone the bigotry, racism, slurs, death threats (on the show itself), destruction of personal property, the child porn that was discussed on this season, sexually explecit scenes, personal attacks on fellow hg families, BB has become legal porn in this sense.
To listen to a contestant saying “I want to choke them till I feel the bones crumble in their throat” and other various personal attacks is unacceptable. I can’t imagine how I would feel trapped in that house with another hg saying “I want to cut them up”, “I want to kill them”, “rape”, “stab”, “put their personal parts in their mouth”, etc. These statements are not only directed at fellow hg but children and family of the hg.
My thought since CBS feels they can hide behind a disclaimer, is to contact the sponsors of the show/CBS and inform them that this is not a show they should invest in. Not the families of the hg. CBS can put up a list of disclaimers but in reality they are teaching the viewers, (teens, college, and some times younger) that being a bully is not only ok but profitable. We wonder why our youth has gone nuts?
The casting of hg is seriously lacking. Psych medications should be a red flag to investigate further before they place some one in the house. Sharing of drugs is illegal and that has happened this season, probably not the first time.
I disagree vehemently that the public fans contact family members outside the house. They are innocent bystanders and have zero control of a chronologically designated adult in the house. Even though a number does not make you and adult.
Production has rules that the hg sign, an agree on, and they have penalties for activities that can get control of an out of control guest. The hg have blatant disregard for themselves, the fans, and production. They shout out to production “f… you”, “I hate the fans”, etc. Never have I seen a penalty nom, stipend punishment, or carried a out reprimand on an inappropriate hg.
Public outcry can be taken seriously now so that is one benefit of the internet. Directed appropriately it has the possibility to be effective.
You can not go on the internet sites and have a decent discussion of opinions without being bashed and harassed, so the fun has gone from the supporting fan sites. Some of those sites even insight more hate.
As far as anonymous posts, some are usually by irate fans that are out of control themselves, others are more likely to protect themselves from harassment and bashing because of a difference of opinion. “If it’s not my opinion, death to you” type thing. No one can seem to agree to disagree in a dignified manner or allow some one else to have an opinion.
I too have stopped the live feeds, stopped the AD show, and glimpse now and then to see “with hope” if some kind of change has taken place. Thus far it hasn’t so I am ending my viewership with this season. Which will be easy since I will be starting my travels to visit all of the states and see the sites. No tv in the Grand Canyon, etc. When I settle back down BB will not be on my list of must see tv shows any more.
Your decision note to go back on BB, appears to be a sensible one. No amount of money is worth the nightmare this show has become. I remember when the hg would laugh and dance and play along with the planning and scheming. That BB is gone. I doubt it will return. BB—other countries seems to have a handle on their hg and control what is acceptable and what is an ejection from the game. Kick out the bad seed and enter a new hg if you need to.
Thank you for bearing with my rant.
Good luck and God bless in all you do.
• Jesstears on August 29, 2013 at 9:31 pm said:
What gets me about BB now is they will allow racists remarks and beds being turned over but they won’t allow a little head butting to take place. Aaryn’s word could insight and if they did, who would be at fault, Aaryn or the others?
• Sooooooo, if you are done with and saddened by Big Brother, then why not dish about something else? Why even promote it at all, or blog about it any more? I don’t understand devoting time and energy to something that no longer serves you, and you claim your life us happier without it. You have managed to stretch your 15 minutes out into a decade, so why not pursue other interests that represent less negativity to you? I am sure someone as talented as you are has other interesting things to share with your fans. Best of luck to you, and I will be interested in hearing about new and more important things from you!
• I do believe i’m allowed my own dramatic exit after a decade of involvement with a show that gave me half-a-mil haha. But I get your point. 15 minutes is nothing and I never saw my interactions with decent fans as “fame”but it’s a television show so it’s been public.
I actually do spend copious amounts of time blogging about things other than BB…
Thanks for the vote of confidence and backhanded slaps on the butt :)
See you in the future!
• Anonymous on August 30, 2013 at 2:06 pm said:
Wow! That is crazy and so so hard to imagine people saying/threatening such horrible things…it is truly sad. I hope you and your family are happy and doing well now! Thank you for such insight into the BB world I knew was insane but just not how much…
• Don’t you think the houseguests get worse too? That in turn makes fans worse? I know we’ve had vile HG other seasons but watching the feeds this season I hear threats of rape,killing daily. I heard Amanda say she wanted Elissa to get her throat slit & the blood used as lube to rape her..I felt physically sick. Nobody is innocent but the casual way she makes these comments scares me. I guess people on general are going downhill. Sad!
• Anonymous on August 31, 2013 at 8:31 am said:
I tend to agree and disagree with your post. But before I do that, I must profess to you Jun that you have always been my favorite bb winner, as I’ve watched through the years since I was 13 years old. You’ve always been the smartest and only winner I actually wanted to win a season. I used to dream of going on the show until I realized fame is not for me and I prefer to be out of the limelight, so to some respect I think people accept (just like celebrities) when they agree to join BB that there is a possibility they may be harassed, stalked, or shed in a negative light (not that it’s right but its inevitable to some extent). I am glad you came out about the stuff and struggles your family went through and it sucks as I am sure Candice and Howard and all these contestants will feel form the backlash after this season is over. And yes, this season sucks – totally agree, but I really don’t think it is a decline and BB has gone crappy on us in total. Don’t equate this season with all seasons, don’t lose your love for a show that reminds us of humanity on a small scale. I loved last season. I hated season 9. It’s hit or miss based on casting. And this is unfortunately a miss. Same goes for the world I guess…. hit or miss. Not all people are great out there and some people will be bullies and mean girls (and sadly racist too) even more so if pressured in a house, BB is a microcosm of reality on a smaller scale. The fans are reality as well on a larger scale. So don’t give up hope on the show. This glimpse at the world that is Season 15 is a terrible one.
• Richard Wilts on August 31, 2013 at 5:26 pm said:
rawilts Jun i’m a big fan of yours most of the time didn’t like when u attack Jenelle because she left her baby to go on BB . of course when i mention that to u on twitter u block me But here is how u fix BB you let America choose who goes on the block and who is evicted every week that way the HGs will have to respect each other if they want to stay off the block and if they act like an ASS America will put them on the block and at the end of the game America and the World votes and decides who wins… by the way frist prize should be 1,000.000 second prize 100,000 third prize 50,000 Jun i,m still a big fan of yours i use to love reading your twits God bless u an your family
• Anonymous on September 1, 2013 at 7:48 pm said:
this show is rigged and Allison Grodner is friends with amanda… thus, she will win come hell or high water! Used to love this show but cant deal with the producers manipulating this game any more!
• I watched the first episode online the day after it aired and haven’t watched since. I’ve been a fan of the show since season 8, but I’ve done a 180. It’s trash, nothing but trash. When most house guests are wanna-be actors/models, people who apply for every reality show in existence, the appeal is lost. People forget that it’s supposed to be a social experiment, but that angle no longer exists. It’s about who can be the loudest, most obnoxious attention whore, or which guy can be the biggest douche. They cast low rent people for this very reason, anyone who believes they genuinely look for decent human beings when casting is going on, is simply naive.
As I said before, I haven’t watched but the first episode of this season, but I check Jokers every now and then and I’m aware of the controversies of the season. This isn’t anything new, the show hasn’t regressed to the point that people believe it has. It has always been this way. The reason the racist/”homophobic” (what a ridiculous word) comments were made into a big issue this season is the same reason everyone knew about the Trayvon Martin incident. We live by double standards in America, the media especially. Black people and gay people are off limits, anyone else is fair game. A perfect example of this is when Chima repeatedly called Russell a “muslim extremist terrorist” multiple times during her season. Did CBS blow that up? Did that make TMZ? No, of course not. Why not? Because Chima is black. Why did we hear so much about Aaryn, GM, and even George Zimmerman? Because two are white and one is “white-hispanic”. Love when the media invents a term when an agenda needs to be fulfilled. I guess we have a white-black president then.
The point I’m attempting to make is that BB has been straight trash for quite awhile now, the controversial comments made this season are nothing new…they’re just being blown out of proportion because of the double standards that exist in this country. The sooner you people stop watching this horrendous show the better, I promise you’ll be better off for it. Don’t reward AG and CBS with your time/money for intentionally preying on and exploiting mentally unstable people for financial gain.
• Great post Jun. Just wondering, I noticed through past comments/posts that you aren’t too keen on Julie Chen. What’s your thoughts on her?
• Jun…I can say this in complete honesty, during season 4, and even re-watching the season I was never a fan of yours. Not that it matters, and at the same time it was never personal like I would want anything bad to happen to you or anyone. As someone watching the show we all had players we would pull for to win the game.
Your honest perspective on the show prior to and since BB4 is much appreciated and exposing your thoughts is a comfort. As we all age and mature we gain a better understanding of who we are, how we treat or talk with others, and a real emotional connection in and out of our own personal lives.
I did not want to see you on BB7 for the simple reason the players on that show would have been anything but beneficial to any type of game you would have played. Look at Allison, Diane, Jennifer, and Jase as an example of strong “players” who were just brushed off because they were not a part of that specific in-crowd.
I applaud you for over time getting on with what is important in your life and family. BB4 was the summer of 2003, 10 years later your obvious expressions of the games evolution should be read by all, thank you.
• the difference with bb is the live feeds …no other reality show has that..that just brings out the crazy obsessed people to choose who they what to hate on…i don’t like julie chen who was an mistress of moonves and broke up his marriage to question anyone’s else character flaws in a ambush stlye..will chen read amanda , ginamaire..chinese remarks on air or all the boys foul mouth remarkes…julie chen can’t pick who is the scapegoat the season..cbs hired jeff schroeder who made gay remarks on his bb season…cbs survivor is bringing back vile racist colton this upcoming season…cbs is the hypocrite and acting like they don’t like it but their action say they don’t give a crap as long as they get good ratings
• It makes me sad to know that BB alum are hassled even years past their seasons. I had assumed that once the next season started, the previous housemates were not on the front burner and people would mellow in their feelings. I’ve been in the BB world since the beginning and this season is different. When 2 housemates lost real jobs, and TMZ had it on their front page (as well as main stream talk shows, etc.) I knew something was different this year. A few weeks into the season, when I heard (or read, I can’t remember where I saw it) that you had stopped watching Big Brother this summer, that mattered to me, because I’ve enjoyed watching you on Dick at Nite through the years as well as your blogs and commentary. I know how much you like the show and for you to stop watching it – it confirmed a lot of what I was feeling about this season. I have watched BB since S1 (with feeds) and this season is a turning point for me also. I like the feeds to see what’s really happening and comparing that to the CBS edited show. As the years have gone by, the forums have turned into a minute by minute dissection of the houseguests. Rarely is anything positive spoken about. This was the season of sheep and for the first time ever I would literally get angry, watching a core group of people spending a stress free summer. My friends would say ‘isn’t that the point of the game?’ but there is something different about this season. I have already decided I will not pay for feeds again (after paying for them every year since they were black and white and free in S1) and after reading your blog, maybe it’s time for me to have a BB-free, peaceful summer too. I spent weeks angry as the feeds played and that’s not something I want to contribute to again. Big Brother changed this summer and I no longer am entertained. Thanks for your blog Jun – I’ve always appreciated your views on the show (you, James Rhine and Evel Dick are the combo I really look forward to on Dick at Nite). Thanks for letting us comment and not all of us that have watched the feeds are nutty – but speaking for myself, this season could be my last. Very disappointed.
• Hugopetty on September 3, 2013 at 6:59 am said:
Wow! What an excellent point. That is exactly how I feel about this season. My family and I have all said “Remember when this used to be so fun every Summer?” The new hate-fest feel of these shows just isn’t fun anymore.
Jun’s article is awesome and so well said. Every fan should read it.
• Jun, I started to watch during your season and I still feel you are the best winner there ever has been since. Casting should stop seeking out people like Kaitlyn, a bartender who didn’t even know what the show was and just cast people that come from the auditions. They always have a few different races and always someone gay, why not have all different ages like they use to. Jerry was always one of my favorites players because he was in his 70′s and wasn’t cast for his looks.
It is a total shame that people go to these auditions who might be a little overweight or a little older than 30 and not be cast because of it. It’s total discrimination on CBS. Alison Grodner and the whole Kassting team need to be replaced.
I don’t know why Julie Chen is surprised by this seasons Houseguests. I would think She who is married to the President of CBS might be able to change the way CBS does it’s casting or if not, maybe this show should not come back for 16.
• forget rabid fans – sadly, it seems the HGs were the ones spewing the threats and hate. (in between sleeping and slobbering over their food!)
• I agree Blah! It’s unrealistic for HGs to spew hatred and not expect hatred in return. I don’t think it’s wrong of them to lose their jobs if their behavior isn’t in line with what the company expects or wants to be associated with. I do think death threats to HG’s are extreme and unacceptable. However, these HG’s have invited lots of problems upon themselves with their own mouths. I don’t think the HG’s families should be mentioned or involved in anyway. This year, the HG’s started the death threats inside of the house upon each other. Such a sad season. I hold CBS 90% accountable for the HG’s behavior. I believe they encourage it by casting.
• Much love and respect to you Jun, I completely understand you’re reasoning and agree with you 100 percent. After this season I have a feeling CBS is going to have a lot of damage control to do, I’m honestly surprised that they’ve announced a 16th season at all. This is one year that I wish they’d do a follow-up special say 3 months or so after the finale, just to see if any of the players have had any changes of heart, or to hear of all the backlash they’ve received. Not that I want to hear about death threats, by no means, but I want to know that what we saw on the feeds resonated with at least SOME of the houseguests, and they regret things that they’ve said and done. Tall order but I think the fans were subjected to enough hell, we need some sort of closure.
• Bobby flynne on September 15, 2013 at 6:25 am said:
Thanks heaps for this post Jun! It honestly angers me how far big brother fans take it sometimes. It’s like they’re trying to fill the void in their own lives by screwing over someone else’s!! Case in point: Danielle from big brother 14. And the funny thing is, the psychotic fans who are leaving death threats to Andy’s, Aaryns and amandas families, while also trying to get them fired from their jobs, are the SAME ones who are complaining about the racism going too far because its “personal!” Practice what you preach you hypocrites… Attacking someone’s family and job makes you a much more horrible person than any contestant on a simple reality tv show and no amount of comments from your imaginary fatass cat lady friends on jokers updates and the like will ever change that. /Rant. Sorry about that, I just get infuriated sometimes by the nerds who get too involved with the house guests personal lives.
• In all honesty, I really did enjoy this season IF you took out all the hatred this cast had. It just baffles me on how vile some people are. The people who I was rooting for on Week 1 are the people who I don’t like no more because of their actions. I just wish things went back to when it started where you put a certain amount of different strangers in a house to compete for a big cash prize. That is probably why the international versions of BB I enjoy since they do that while here they don’t. Plus they enforce the rules while on here they just get a small slap on the wrist and let them continue on. I guess when something that has lasted for so long people will do anything will grasp for anything to gain viewers and such and I guess promoting the nasty behavior from some of these housemates is a way for that.
As for the fans, I feel like some of them take it to the extreme especially when Shelly got bombarded with threats and everything for evicting “America’s Favorite”. I understand that you will be upset that the person who you were rooting for got evicted, trust me when Helen got evicted and lost her shot to come back in the game I was upset since I was rooting for her, but you don’t see me sending threats to someone’s family because Helen couldn’t keep herself safe. It is just sad to see how vile people can get over something they have no control over. It also makes me scared to try out for the show because I could try to get someone out and that person could be the one everyone is rooting for. So because of me getting them out everyone hates me and wants to make my life a living hell once I get out of the house. That is something I don’t want to experience for playing a game neither should anyone else. People just need to understand the perspective of the situation that these people are put in. If you have a shot to win 500K you will do anything for it and if someone is in your way to win it, by golly you will do your best to get them out. I wouldn’t want to spend 3 months of my life stuck in a studio to hand someone money that I really want. This isn’t a charity, this is a game.
Enjoyed the post Jun and I’m glad that someone is finally speaking out about this giant mess that BB has turned out to be.
• I think the problem with this season (and the “fan” response) boils down to casting. They’re not going for different viewpoints (age/race/economic status), instead they’re just turning it into a Fame-Whore Love Connection nightmare. Personally I think that the level of inappropriate comments by people was only so bad because there were so many people openly expressing them, I think it just grew into an inferno of horrible statements so quickly because there wasn’t really anyone trying to say “Hey this is wrong” (at least not anyone who wouldn’t then say something horrible themselves). As long as the statements aren’t rocking the boat in the house, then nothing changes.
I guess what I’m saying is I hope that the producers learned from this that having a few loudmouth contestants can be entertaining, but if you get a mob of them it becomes a mess. Granted the ratings went up so they might not have learned a lesson at all, but if they got back to the times when they actually had an age gap between players of more than 15 years, I think the show could be amazing again.
• I loved your season. I never understood why the other HG disliked you (Alison I could understand). Glad to hear that you are happy and doing well.
• I was a huge fan of BB up until the season of Dick. The show was so blatantly skewed in favor of him it was nauseating. The Americas player was a snooze up until the week Dick was scheduled to be evicted and suddenly the Americas player was forced by vote never verified to switch up the vote. From there on the show tanked. After his foul threatening rabid dog performance ( now called strategy ) casting must include screaming, crude, freaks of nature who are fully aware they are cast for this purpose and willingly play to type to the point they corner other contestants threatening them and screaming at them for hours. Although it’s nothing but bullying if you call it “strategy” and it creates some sick P.R. for the show it’s acceptable. Meet these freaks after the show and they slop so much sugar you quickly realize it was a type cast for ratings which means it was as jun suggested.. MTV.
I loved season 4 and thought Jun was the winner on week 3. I appreciate the sneaky, manipulative, control freaks that don’t need to show that control but simply implement it while they sit back watching every thing fall into line the way they have perfectly scripted it. To me these are hard working BB players that we won’t ever see again. Although Dan was a bit of fresh/misty air.
The great Dr. Will in my opinion was more D.R. manufactured then actual truth. It was a given Nicole was shooting herself willingly sending each friend out the door while keeping him in the game. He got lucky during the waterbed key challenge and suddenly he had a chance and they ran with his pontificating in the D.R. about being a puppet master. I never considered him that good at the game. Nicole was just really bad at it. During all stars he had a prior cast and his loud mouthed buddy to hide behind and in the end in one quick move the girl he thought he was using tossed him. Dan I believe would have avoided that moment. JMO
For me Danielle Reyes remains the queen of this game. Even without the larger check to her name. Never nominated. Never in danger and literally controlled the outcome of every single vote. She had both Lisa and Jason taking her to the end. She listened so carefully to each person she knew how they ticked. Even the implementation of calling Roddy the devil came after a conversation with Jerry first pointing out Roddys creepy control of so many in the house similar to the anti christ. And she simply regurgitated it to let the house marinate on it to get him out. I thought it was brilliant. Getting Marcellus to not use that veto was also methodical brilliance and she did it based on an early conversation at night when he admitted his weakness had always been a desire to be loved by all. All she had to do was assure him he didn’t even need the veto as there would be no way someone so loved by those remaining in the game would ever vote him out. Unfortunately her game was too methodical for a jury with too much information. Roddy couldn’t stand being defeated and along with that bruised marcellus ego worked that jury into a frenzy to make sure the very person who ran that entire jury to the door one by one didn’t get the larger amount of money. It’s a shame because for me she is the ultimate player of this game.
I caught “the scandals” of this season and just rolled my eye’s. Although the powers that be would swear they didn’t approve of the comments and behavior you have to wonder if the real thought was .. RATINGS! What a shame. The concept starting from season was incredible. What it has become is a mess.
• In reading these comments, I am encouraged. Maybe the pendulum has swung far enough now that we can agree. If enough of us are frustrated with this ever increasing hostility, we might be able to change it.
If CBS won’t impose limits, then we fans can do it ourselves. By our own behavior, we model what is acceptable. We cannot blame CBS when we do the very thing of which we accuse them. Can we join together in setting some boundaries for each other and for ourselves? Can we agree on some basics? Hate speech and threats are not acceptable. Family is off limits (including real-life facts such as addresses and phone numbers, info on spouses and children).
What I love the most about BB is that it is a microcosm of ourselves; it is about relationships and power, how we get it and how we keep it. It’s fascinating because it is the ultimate challenge, the human condition. We each have strengths, and we all make mistakes. Remembering this, can we make room for everyone to participate, and make it safe to play and safe to watch? I hope so.
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Family Business Around Since 1894 Still Going Strong
Sumbaum Cycle has served generations of local families.
When you walk into Sumbaum Cycles, technicians are busy working on bicycles - repairing tires, doing tune-ups, getting them in top condition. Customers in the store are asking questions about bikes, anything from a question about a model on the floor to a more specific need to find a light bicycle for competing in a triathalon.
One can imagine that back in 1894, when the store began, the bikes were less technologically advanced, but the services were not much different.
For more than 20 years, Ted Sari has been at the helm of the store as its owner.
"I started off just assembling bikes," he said. "It was just a job for me in the early days."
Two decades later, it's much different. Sari always knew he wanted to own his own business. He did not always know that it would be the family-owned business, but that was how it worked out.
Sari said that while some people find bicycles in big box stores these days, customers find their way to Sumbaum for a variety of reasons. In addition to families looking for bicycles or individuals looking for repairs on their bikes, people change what kinds of bicycles they need based on why they are riding them.
He said a lot of his customers are looking for lighter-weight bikes because triathalons are gaining in popularity.
These days, customers are finding Sumbaum not just by word of mouth, but also by the store's Facebook and Foursquare.
In addition, Sari said good weather drives his business.
"Our busy season has to be now," Sari said.
In addition, familes who are staying closer to home on break bring up business.
Sumbaum has lots of local customers, but the closest bicycle shop is at least 15 miles away, so they have a large base of customers.
"We draw from all over," Sari said.
Mr. Joliet August 22, 2012 at 01:52 PM
Ted Sari and his family are great people. He's always been a stand up guy and a very honest business man.
Ron Kremer August 22, 2012 at 06:15 PM
Ted is a neighbor and friend. Nice to see that hard work pays off.
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How Much Are Dolly Parton's Breasts Worth?
Hospitals haven't seen as many stars in one week since the last season of "ER" finished shooting.
Madonna started the trend, as usual, when she was in the hospital with several broken bones after being thrown by a horse on her birthday. Then, Eva Longoria visited the hospital after hitting her head on the set of "Desperate Housewives."
Both are recovering from their injuries.
While most people have health insurance to cover medical costs, celebrities -- who have so much riding on their physical appearance -- often have extra insurance policies, sometimes just on specific "assets."
Betty Grable started the trend of insuring individual body parts when she insured her legs for $1 million in 1940. Since then, celebs from dancer-actor Fred Astaire to singer-actress Dolly Parton have had one body part or another covered by a policy.
The trend of insuring one part of the body has faded in favor of insuring the entire person, but there are several celebs who have put a premium on one particular part in the past:
• Astaire insured his legs for $75,000 apiece and his wrists and arms for $20,000
• Parton's breasts are insured for $600,000
• Former baseball player Mark McGwire's ankle was insured during his record-setting season
• Model Heidi Klum's legs were insured for a one-shot ad
• Musicians who reputedly insured their voices: Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Bruce Springsteen (for $6 million) and the Beatles
While there are no estimates on how much a policy on Longoria's head might be, a representative from Accordia Insurance estimated a premium for the "Desperate Housewives" star is probably around $15,000 a year. That figure is to protect the production company from the loss of services of the actress, because it can cost between $75,000 (TV movie) and $400,000 (feature) to rearrange a shooting schedule.
The Accordia representative said that amount skyrockets when a show goes into syndication, because the financial stakes of a long-running show are much higher.
Often, production companies take out life insurance on key cast members. The policy on insuring a lynchpin stars, such as Kelsey Grammer of "Frasier," could be worth as much as $50 million to $100 million, because his loss would have such a great impact on the long-term financial worth of the show.
Most films and TV shows take out cast insurance. One insurance company estimated that for "Desperate Housewives," the premium could run anywhere from $75,000 to $100,000 to cover the entire cast.
Feature film insurance can run to $1 million for the entire cast for a movie with a $50 million budget. In general, insurance is 1 percent to 2 percent of the production budget.
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Status: Ended
Air Date: April 1, 2011 - July 16, 2011
Episode 113
Proof of Life
Episode 112
Jul 9, 2011 When a Middle Eastern dictator on his deathbed must choose a successor, the CIA sends the CHAOS agents in undercover to convince him to keep his violent son from taking power.
Episode 111
Deep Cover Band
Jul 2, 2011 The team is sent to Germany to bring home a rogue agent, but they soon learn that not only is he still a loyal spy, he's also uncovered an underground drug ring and needs their help to take it down.
Episode 110
Glory Days
Jun 25, 2011 When the CIA uncovers a private security contractor's attempts to place moles in US embassies, they turn to a legendary former agent to aid in the investigation, not knowing if he still has the skills to succeed in the spy game.
Episode 109
Defending Sophia
Jun 25, 2011 When a U.S. ally is assassinated on the eve of her country's presidential election, the ODS travel abroad only to discover that her death was staged. They vow to keep her safe from her own government so she can participate in the election.
Episode 108
Core Fortitude
Jun 18, 2011 When Rick's new team goes against orders to apprehend an arms dealer, Rick must decide if he can trust them or if he should report their unauthorized activities to the CIA director.
Episode 107
Remote Control
Jun 11, 2011 When the CIA learns that a terrorist is hiding in Paris, the CHAOS spies are sent in to capture him. But when French intelligence agents shut their operation down, they must continue the mission while avoiding an international incident.
Episode 106
Eaten by Wolves
Jun 4, 2011 In order to track down a scientist selling nuclear secrets, the agents travel to Russia posing as tourists looking for brides but when one woman falls for Rick, the romantic entanglements cause his cover story to come crashing down around him.
Episode 105
May 28, 2011 The CIA director puts the building into lockdown when he suspects they may have a mole in their midst, but his investigation hinders the agents' ability to provide support to a foreign operative who is helping to take down a drug cartel.
Episode 104
Two Percent
May 28, 2011 Casey is thrown off his game when the agents are sent to China to extricate a compromised spy who happens to be his former flame and partner, Linda. When she reveals that she's on the trail of a major terrorist, the team decides to stay and finish the job.
Episode 103
Love And Rockets
Apr 15, 2011 The Chaos agents pose as lawyers to infiltrate an international arms dealer's Russian compound and capture him, but when his daughters befriend Rick and Billy, the team must work around the distractions.
Episode 102
Song of the North
Apr 8, 2011 When a North Korean diplomat embarrasses himself in front of the UN, Rick agrees to have the CIA orchestrate his defection. But when he demands that they also smuggle his family out of the Communist country, the Chaos agents pose as anti-capitalism entrants in the Pyongyang Film Festival to accomplish the mission.
Episode 101
Apr 1, 2011 After his new job at the CIA is cut on day one, Rick Martinez is enlisted by the CIA Deputy Director to be a mole in a team of unruly agents that he would love to fire. But, when the agents end up getting dirt on Rick, he's forced to play by their rules.
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Network: CBS
Time Slot: Saturdays at 8pm
Status: Ended
Original Air Date: Apr 1, 2011
Finale: Jul 16, 2011
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New Year's Balloon Drop, Closed Schools and Book Sale
Here are some of the things you should know for the week ahead.
Credit: Michael Woyton.
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• Kids 2 to 8 and their guardians can Ring in the New Year at Noon Tuesday at New Roc City in New Rochelle. The event is from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and will feature games and other activities along with the big balloon drop at noon. Attendance is limited to 1,200 people so you need to register now for your family's free pass. Go here to fill out the registration form.
• New Rochelle district schools are closed for the week. Classes resume January 6.
• There will be no garbage collection Wednesday due to the New Years Day holiday. Trash and commingled metal, glass and plastic will be collected Thursday in the north end and Friday in the south end.
• Both branches of the New Rochelle Public Library will close at 1 p.m. Tuesday and will be closed all day Wednesday.
• The Friends of the New Rochelle Public Library will sold a Book Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the lobby of the library at 1 Library Plz.
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Questions for a Presidential candidate
If you are tired of the mudslinging, dredging up of “gotcha’s” and the other exercises that pass as political campaigns in America, strap on your vomit bag because this ain’t nothing yet. No matter which Democrat is selected to carry the party’s banner this fall, the attacks on “character”, “experience” and everything under the sun except what really matters will grow more intense and more ridiculous. Is this any way to select the person who will preside over the largest military and economy in the world? Hell no.
For those who have followed my scribbling on this site about the campaign, you know I originally picked Dennis Kucinich because he was right on the issues that matter. When he dropped out of the campaign (I refuse to call it a “race” for what I hope are obvious reasons) I resorted to WWJVF – “Who would Jesus vote for” as my test and joined those favoring Barrack Obama.
I have, however, been increasingly disappointed by the horrid way in which this campaign has gone. Sen. Clinton has made me wonder whether the right wing cabal against her husband and herself during his Presidency weren’t more correct than it appeared. Sen. Obama has not descended quite as far, but he is also not saying a whole lot about what I think really matters, so I am going to lay out what I think are the some real issues that receive scant attention.
1. Will you as President renounce and reject the doctrine of pre-emptive war? It is so fundamentally opposed to the very essence of our national history that to not completely reject this policy of the Bush administration will leave us permanently exposed to other misadventures and ultimately our extinction.
2. Will you as President renounce and reject the so-called “unitary executive” theory and its bastard child “signing statements.”? The genius of the Constitution was the creation of a tripartite system with each branch balancing the other. We are not at war. We do not want need nor can we suffer a dictator under the guise of a “commander in chief.”
3. Will you as President bring our budget back to balance by:
a. Reducing military spending by 30%, including a reduction in “foreign aid” that is really military spending, such as to Israel and Columbia.
b. vetoing any legislation containing earmarks
c. End all subsidies to oil companies and large agribusinesses
d. Increase taxes on those earning more than $200,000
e. Eliminate the Bush tax cuts except for middle earning Americans
4. Will you as President immediately renegotiate all trade agreements so that we stop exporting industry, push jobs offshore, allow companies to place earnings beyond our tax laws and fail to insist on fair labor practices offshore?
5. Eliminate “faith based” programs. Can you say “First Amendment?”
6. Veto any bill that addresses marriage, gay or straight.
7. Sponsor legislation that repeals the Supreme Court decision that corporations are “people.”
Oh there are more issues, and I am sure readers here will add their own. But this is a list that might take up just a few minutes over the next 5 months. Of course we will have to see if they can be wedged in between all that crap thrown at us by the candidates and the media. But maybe as much time as was devoted to misleading us about Rev. Wright? Please?
23 Responses to "Questions for a Presidential candidate"
1. AustinRanter April 5, 2008 at 11:43 am
New President be willing to shutdown and no longer accept or sign off on legislation with “earmarks” slipped in to accommodate special interest of Congressional members.
If a Congressional member wants appropriations for new highways for his or her district, then he or she must construct a stand-along piece of legislation and submit it to the appropriate committee just like all other bills.
2. buckethead April 4, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Old curmudgeon, you are right. You need eyes in the back of your head,though. Also, Rove is still very Rovian.
3. JudyB April 4, 2008 at 6:34 pm
It would be a dream come true to see ALL of the above presented to & answered by the candidates in a nationally televised question & answer session.
I despise lies and abuse. Bush and his “People” started lying early in the 2000 primary race and has been lying, abusing his Presidential powers and the the constitution every since and have never had to face the music for doing so…There should be some punishment enacted before they leave office in order to scare hell out of any future president who even thinks about pulling the same crap.
Bravo to Phil for the article and to: pollchecker, austin, and old curmudgeon for their great additions..thanks!
4. SEAL April 4, 2008 at 7:15 pm
The president can initiate and support any or all of the obvious bills to make the necessary changes in the way our goverment conducts itself. But that would require our house and senate members to put in a 40 hour work week 50 times a year.
Imagine the good things they could do if they would just show up for work
5. Charlie Couser April 4, 2008 at 7:54 pm
* Term limits! Our Fore Fathers envisioned that those elected to federal office should ‘service’ their country for a specific period of time and not become entrenched in it. Career politicians are a cancer that eats away at the system. One six (6) year term for the senate and two (2) four (4) year terms for the house should do it. If they haven’t accomplished their goals by then, they ain’t gonna…
* No lobbyists and no special interest legislation! Again, our Fore fathers envisioned a government ‘…of the people, by the people and for the people… .’ They did not mention a government ‘…of big business, by big business and for big business… .’
Charlie Couser
6. Stratocaster April 5, 2008 at 1:53 pm
No Presidential Pardons to put their cabel of thugs above the law.
7. DejaVuAllOver April 6, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Good points, all. And how about THE BIGGIE:
Q.) Are you, as President, going to continue to aid and abet the occupation, theft and destruction of Palestine for the sake of Old Testament prophecy and the Chosen People, or will you join every other country in standing up to racism and fundamentalist nationalism, for the sake of survival of the planet?
8. ekaton April 7, 2008 at 5:17 pm
One six year term for the senate.
One four year term for representatives.
One two year term for president.
The president is the least necessary to the republic as that position is one of law enforcement only. This includes signing bills into law (NO SIGNING STATEMENTS ALLOWED) or vetoing them only. Bush and previous presidents have usurped way too much power. And NO military action EVER unless WAR is DECLARED by a 2/3 majority CONGRESS, and thats BOTH houses, 2/3 in each.
On more than one occasion Bush has stated as justification for his signing statements that purport to state which parts of a law he will enforce or ignore, that it is the president’s job to interpret the law. No one has ever called him on this. (Do I really need to tell you whose job it is to interpret the law?)
–Kent Shaw
9. SEAL April 7, 2008 at 6:23 pm
OK: Now: how are going to get those who make the law and have the power, to take it away from themselves?
10. ekaton April 8, 2008 at 12:49 am
Where are the well regulated militias now that we need them?
– Kent Shaw
11. Dr.D April 8, 2008 at 1:50 am
I agree 100% about getting rid of signing statements,but what about executive orders? They should be outlawed too.And if we really want to return to our original system fashioned by the founding fathers,it would also be necessary to repeal the 17th amendment and return senatorial seats to the control of the respective state legislatures.Senators should be legally bound to represent their respective state legislatures,and not just redundant components like they are in our current’free agent’system.
While we’re at it,repeal of the 16th amendment would be a real good idea too,since it flies in the face of the original constitution. Ed
12. ekaton April 8, 2008 at 9:31 am
Dr. D,
Yes, executive orders also. Would’ve mentioned that if I’d thought of it. And, I believe neither the 16th nor the 17th were properly ratified, so they don’t need to be repealed, we just need the government to stop illegally enforcing them.
– Kent Shaw
13. Flapsaddle April 8, 2008 at 11:10 am
Some of these will fly and some will explode while taxiing out of the hangar:
1. When Congress grows a pair and stops handing the President a blank check for these “splendid little wars” without Congress exercising its duty. Blame Harry Truman for starting the trend.
2. Congress needs a bigger pair. It needs to stop trying to usurp executive authority and reclaim the congressional authority usurped by executives over the last 60 years.
3. It is the job of Congress job to control the budget, it is not the job of the President. Thank FDR for beginning the modern tradition of telling Congress what it must do.
4. The Senate needs to reassert its authority on “advice and consent” to treaties, and Congress needs to reform tax laws that allow corporations to “off-shore” otherwise taxable returns.
5. Absolutely, positively and immediately!
6. The Feds have no more business in this than it has in controlling education.
7. The power to restrict the class of cases that the USSC reviews is available to Congress; they need to use it.
What many people seem to forget is that it was/is the so-called “progressive” element of the left-leaning that has over the last 70 years encouraged and approved the land-grab of the executive for authority.
Most sincerely,
T. J. Flapsaddle
14. pollchecker April 4, 2008 at 9:26 am
great questions Phil! How do you know if they are telling the truth when they answer them? Body Language?
I mean if all politicians are liars who will say whatever it takes to be elected, then wouldn’t they just give you the answers that they think you want to hear?
Does it matter what we ask if they are only go to lie and then do as they please like George W did.
15. old_curmudgeon April 4, 2008 at 9:34 am
8. Commit to beginning War Crimes trials for Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, Rice, Sanchez, Abizaid, Pace, Feith, Wolfowitz, et. al. I could go on… The only way the United States is going to regain it’s moral standing in the world view is to bring those responsible for the invasion of a sovereign nation to trial. If the trial is started and a real investigation of what happened is performed convictions are guaranteed to follow. The evidence is all there.
16. AustinRanter April 4, 2008 at 10:19 am
* Campaign Finance Reform
* Lobbyist/Special Interest Roles and Influence in Washington (34,000 Lobbyist now residing in D.C.)
17. AustinRanter April 4, 2008 at 10:37 am
* In major elections (presidential / Congressional) 90 prior to election date candidates (nominees) must not only publicly publish personal and party platform issues that they support, but an outline on how they will implement solutions to address social issues that they claim to reform, erradicate, or introduce.
18. AustinRanter April 4, 2008 at 10:34 am
* National Presidential Primary Day – All of nation votes on same day for both Republican and Democrat candidates for the nominations of the respective parties.
* Do away with or reform state delegate system. Do away with Super-Delegate systems.
* Do away with Caucus System. Caucuses don’t offer equal access to all voters to voice their political choices.
19. AustinRanter April 4, 2008 at 10:40 am
* Presidential and Congressional candidates must publicly publish a complete personal resume of professional and educational background and the previous 3 years financial statement at the time they declare their candidacy.
20. AustinRanter April 4, 2008 at 10:46 am
* Rovian Political Election Tactics – Punishable by law.
* All political candidates must be pubicly and legally accountable for all claims made against another candidate during elections.
21. Stratocaster April 4, 2008 at 11:37 am
Does a democracy need a president or would it be better off without one? In order for a democracy to work its president has to have very limited power. If the president has limited power how is it that Dubya managed to singlehandedly get more than 4000 Americans killed, bankrupt the country, and destroy my civil rights?
22. pollchecker April 4, 2008 at 1:10 pm
I would like to point out that the United States of America is a Republic that uses a Democracy to elect its representatives.
That said…..this does not invalidate your comments.
23. calico_jack April 4, 2008 at 11:44 am
I disagree with a national primary day. It gives too great an advantage to the establishment candidates such as Hillary Clinton. Someone like Obama never could have had a chance if he would have had to campaign everywhere on one day. I think a good reform would be rotating regional primaries. Divide the country into regions (New england, Mid atlantic, Southeast, midwest, pacific coast, southwest) and have each region vote on a different day. Then every primary period the order is changed so each region gets to vote early once in awhile.
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A veteran White House reporter reveals our 37th president was even more sinister and haunted than we knew.Richard Nixon left the White House in 1974 as our most disgraced president, but the American people never knew the full extent of his demons, deceptions, paranoia, prejudices, hatreds, and chicanery.Calling on his work in covering Nixon, scores of interviews with members of Congress, White House staffers, and others close to our nation’s thirty-seventh president, and invaluable, newly declassified documents and recordings, veteran journalist Don Fulsom sheds new light on “Tricky Dick.” The author’s revelations include:That the future president sabotaged the 1968 peace talks for political gainBy the time Nixon became president in 1969, he had linked to the mob for more than two decades and, as president, had a close connection with New Orleans boss Carlos Marcello, the most powerful Mafioso in the nationThe president had a drinking problem and top aides referred to him as "Our Drunk"Nixon had a misogynist streak and was abusive toward first lady Pat NixonThe intimate and possibly homosexual nature of Nixon's relationship with confidante Charles "Bebe" Rebozo, a banker with mob tiesTestimony alleging that the president had ordered the killing of White House reporter Jack AndersonFulsom’s examination of these and other startling aspects of Nixon’s personal and political dimensions paint an unflinching portrait of a leader who was once the most powerful man in the world. Nixon’s Darkest Secrets provides a chilling final chapter in literature on our most troubled president.
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Does The Holy Spirit Come And Go?
Q. I have a question regarding the Holy Spirit. I believe as you do that when we became saved God sealed the Holy Spirit within us. However, this confuses me at times. My question is: If the Holy Spirit is God and God can have no part in sinning, how can the Holy Spirit stay in us while we are sinning? Does the Holy Spirit leave us while we are sinning then return when we repent? If so how can the Holy Spirit be sealed in me if it leaves me while I am sinning?
A. You’ve hit on one of the most remarkable characteristics of God’s grace, and that’s His decision to see us not as we are but as we will be when we’re perfected. 2 Cor. 5:17 says that from God’s perspective we’re already a new creation, that the old is gone and the new has come. 2 Cor. 5:21 says that because of the Son’s sacrifice the Father sees us as being as righteous as He is. In Romans 7:20 Paul wrote that when he sinned God knew that it wasn’t him but the sin living in him that was to blame.
I heard one teacher explain Romans 8:29 to mean that when God looks at us it’s through the image of His Son, so He sees only that part of us that conforms to the Son’s image.
In three different places Paul said that the Holy Spirit is sealed within us. He can’t leave no matter what. The best I can tell you is that where we’re concerned God is the ultimate expert at separating the believer from the behavior.
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National campaign "Fix The Debt" gives special attention to Washington state
State has active local chapter of effort to resolve budget and debt problems
Tacoma News TribuneOctober 14, 2013
Co-founders of the Campaign to Fix the Debt Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles are launching a national advertising campaign. It underscores the need for lawmakers to end the harmful partisan posturing that continues to divert attention from passing a budget, protecting America's full faith and credit, and dealing with the nation's significant fiscal challenges such as our national debt.
Maybe a folksy scolding from the two political figures most-associated with a bipartisan effort to reduce spending and reduce the national debt will help.
Given the recent failures of the incumbents in Washington, D.C., it couldn't hurt.
A national organizing focused on getting the president and the Congress to seek bipartisan solutions to the growing debt is including Washington state in a TV ad campaign.
"For crying out loud, Erskine, who isn't fed up with what's going on in Washington?" asked former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson in the TV spot that will play in the Seattle-Tacoma market.
"These politicians are playing games, they're jerking our country around from crisis to crisis," responds Erskine Bowles, a Democrat and chief of staff to former President Clinton.
The two co-chaired a 2010 national commission on how to fix the debt issues. It recommended both revenue increases and reductions in entitlement spending. The report was mostly ignored and the pair have co-founded the Campaign to Fix the Debt.
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Paul Lawrence's Blog for His Capstone I Class
December 14, 2009
Comments on “Developing A Community of Learners”
Filed under: Uncategorized —— plaw07 @ 2:26 pm
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This is an old idea, but one that needs to be said out loud every couple of years so that people won’t forget how well a collaborative, Project Based Learning classroom can function if it is set up correctly and is given time to blossom. I thought that the Zoo class sounded fantastic, but like the author was surprised to hear that such a place actually existed. It seems like a luxury in this time of layoffs and budget cuts; however, I would love to see this model at least considered when new schools are developed. The trend in my area has been for increased technology but also consolidation of population. Hampton is building two K-8 schools despite the fact that many researchers agree that small learning communities are more successful in promoting student sucess and reduceing the achievment gap. I would lvoe to think that school boards consider research when making big decisions about construction but my guess is that they mostly play it safe and follow a historical model.
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Social services considering an exorcism – in the name of child protection?
I found this via the blog of Maryam Namazie: the social services in Islington seriously considered sending a child back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo for an exorcism. Yes, that’s right, for an exorcism.
Exorcisms are a load of shite. I don’t care if people believe them or not; what I do care about is people being harmed because they’re “possessed” by a supernatural entity for which the only evidence is a person who is behaving strangely, when said strange behaviour is far more likely to be be the result of an epileptic seizure, or being schizophrenic or autistic. Here’s a section from the article I linked:
The deliverance that the boy was to undergo would have involved starving him of food and fluids for three days.
At the end of the fasting period, he would be surrounded by the deliverance team who would pray over him and command the evil spirit to be cast out of the child. When deliverance takes place, the child vomits up the “sorcery bread” that has been infecting him.
Dr Hoskins also met the pastor from the Pentecostal church attended by the grandparents, who warned that if the evil spirits were not dealt with, they would cause “strife, illness, divorce, hardship, poverty and death”.
The pastor claimed that the boy would have sorcery tools to perform magic with, such as mirrors, brushes, sticks and string, and warned that these would have to be confiscated.
Dr Hoskins asked whether the boy would be beaten, and was assured that this was not part of the normal deliverance process. However, when he was presented with a boy who had recently undergone the ordeal, he found the child “scared and traumatised”.
Starving a child for three days sounds like child abuse to me. And it gets worse: in that article, the expert they sent mentioned that some children are beaten, shaken repeatedly, have chilli pepper rubbed into them or even being cut with razor blades. That is definitely abuse, and it should be called out as such, regardless of the religion: whether Pentecostal, as in this case, or Catholic or any other form of Christianity, or Judaism or Islam…I don’t care what it is. The right to freedom of belief or disbelief ends when it starts to hurt somebody else.
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"This is a pivotal moment that will carry with it a wave of change, the ripples of which will reach far beyond videogames" - Steven Spielberg
Previously code-named "Project Natal," the slim black Kinect sensor plugs directly into any Xbox 360. Despite its small size, the Kinect device contains a camera, audio sensors, and motion-sensing technology that tracks 48 points of movement on the human body. It has the ability to recognize faces and voices.
With Kinect, game-players no longer need to memorize different commands for a hand-held control. You are the controller, simply step in front of the sensor and Kinect sees you move, hears your voice and recognizes your face.
Kinect brings games and entertainment to life in extraordinary new ways - no controller required. Easy to use and instantly fun, Kinect gets everyone off the sofa moving, laughing and cheering. See a ball? Kick it. Control an HD movie with a wave of the hand. Want to join a friend in the fun? Simply jump in. With Kinect, technology evaporates, letting the natural magic in all of us shine. And the best part is Kinect works with every Xbox 360.
With the Kinect sensor, you can experience gaming like never before. Easy to use and fun for everyone, the Kinect sensor utilizes revolutionary full-body tracking to put you in the center of the fun. This amazing new technology allows the sensor to recognize your body and mirror your movements in the game, making you the controller. The sensor is compatible with every Xbox 360 and comes with the Kinect: Adventures! game.
With Kinect Xbox 360 now has the best controller ever made - you.
You are the controller - Introducing Kinect, a revolutionary new way to play: no controller required! See a ball? Kick it, hit it, trap it or catch it. Unlike 2D cameras and controllers, Kinect tracks your full body movement in 3D, while responding to commands, directions, even a difference of emotion in your voice.
Personalised play: Kinect provides an in-game experience in which the player's face and voice are recognised. Greet and speak to characters in the game, or simply step into view of the sensor to log into Xbox LIVE and connect with friends. Only Kinect is smart enough to remember voices and faces. Fun has never been so personalised.
Off-the-couch play: Kinect provides gameplay that gets you off the couch, on your feet and in the fun. Each Kinect experience is designed to get players moving, laughing, cheering and playing together. Kinect makes social gaming off-the-couch fun.
Kinect: Adventures!
Float in outer space. Experience the thrill of roaring rapids. Tackle mountaintop obstacle courses. And dive into the deep to explore a leaky underwater observatory - all from your living room. With Kinect: Adventures, you are the controller as you jump, dodge and kick your way through exciting adventures set in a variety of exotic locations.
• View how Kinect works here
• Get off the sofa and into the game by using your body as the controller
• Connect with friends and family with easy and interactive gameplay, video chat and more (requires Xbox LIVE Gold membership)
• Revolutionary technology that includes body recognition.
• Works alongside your Xbox 360 controller to enhance your entertainment
• Works with every Xbox 360 (Requires 190MB of memory)
• What's in the Box?
• Sensor
• Kinect: Adventures!
• Power Supply Cable
• Kinect game
• Manual<
• Wi-Fi Extension Cable
• What you need to use the sensor:
• Xbox 360 console
• Kinect Ready games
• You!
• Controller-free gaming and entertainment. Kinect provides a whole new way to play. It uses a sensor to track your body movement and recognise your face, even listen to your voice. If you know how to move your hands, shake your hips, or speak, you and your friends will be able to jump instantly into any Kinect experience
• Full-body play. Kinect provides a new way to play where you use all parts of your body - head, hands, feet and torso. With controller-free gaming you don't just control the superhero, you are the superhero. Full-body tracking allows the Kinect sensor to capture every move, from head to toe, to give players a full-body gaming experience
• Easy-to-play fun. Kinect makes sharing in the fun a snap. Talk or watch a movie in the same living room or on the other side of the world - no headset, no keyboard and no controllers required. It's just you, your friends and your family
• Kinect: Adventures!
• Explore the world from the comfort of your living room. Jump, duck and dodge in beautiful mountaintop obstacle courses, test your reflexes in Rallyball, or experience anti-gravity in outer space. With 20 adventures to complete, there is plenty of action to go around
• Dive into social adventures. Whether you want to play for five minutes or five hours, Kinect: Adventures is a rich mine for fun with friends and family members. Take turns jumping in and out of games whenever you like, or jump onto Xbox LIVE to play online
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Calibrate correctly and it will work!
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The kit its self is amazing although their is a minimum height recommendation of around 40 inches (1 meter / just over 3ft) so younger kids won't register correctly with the censor.
I keep seeing people talk about lag, I've not noticed any lag, in fact its very responsive but I think thats down to the fact that I took a little more time to make sure it was calibrated correctly. Our room lighting isn't bright, but it lights the place up and I imagine the lighting also has an affect on how responsive the device is.
If you've calibrated and lit your room but notice some lag, try closing the curtains because perhaps there is some other light affecting your Kinects sensor.
I thought more about how this could be better and some kind of button control for FPS and similar, perhaps a glove control like in Minority Report?
I'm impressed, I love the Wii and I'm an old school Mario fan, but this tops it. Joyride is comparable to Mario Kart.
I just hope there are a lot more innovations and games to come. :-)
MS's new controller, is it any good?
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I waited at my local Asda for an hour last night to get this and after eagerly handing over the money, i rushed home to try it out.
The packaging was average and i found that because i had treat my 360 well (and as such i was running an early 360) i was rewarded with the faff of an aditional adaptor.
After the firmware update - which was quite slow to download bespite having a very fast BB connection - i finally had a working Kinect... well, once i had cleared an enormous amount of room space and added more lighting. I see why they have large, wide open, overlit spaces in the adverts. But thats a small price to pay.
I suppose the control of the dashboard is ok, although not very intuative to start with. However, Kinect isnt about dashboard control, its about game control.
Im sorry to say that despite what you may have heard, this is far from the next generation of game control. Even allowing for the fact that this is new technology to MS, its still noticably laggy and lacks the precision of Playstation's Move or even the Wii's wimote, due to the (by modern standards) lower resolution camera. Its also obvious how much processing power this device requires to make it work, which brings me on to the next part...
The game its self plays like a graphicaly enhanced Wii game, with all the inherant flaws there in. It then dawned on me, that this is a very limited controller, in terms of the games you could play. There are no buttons, so any action must only be gesture related. This may work acceptably for puzzle or maybe driving games but it certainly wont work for RPGs or FPSs.
In summary, its an expensive accessory (let's not be shy about it, its nearly the price of a new console), which needs a quite specific environment to work in and has limited use/functionality for the average gamer. Yes, the technology is interesting but its technology for technology's sake.
This control system is slightly behind the wimote and, sadly, miles behind the Playstations Move controller.
Its a pretty average controller at a very expensive price
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The concept certainly isn't new, The playstation 2 with the eyetoy was the first console to introduce controller free gaming using a camera. Of course the technology is now updated with the xbox360, but is it worth 130 pounds?
To be quite frank no, most commentators are hoping firmware updates will fix the faults, unfortunately the kinect uses a very low resolution sensor, so it will never get better at sensing / detecting, firmware cant upgrade hardware. It will always be quite imprecise and will always be quite laggy. The camera itself apparently costs around 35 pounds to make, so there is quite a heavy mark up for the price as well.
There is a reason both Nintendo and Sony turned this technology down, you are the controller, but with no controller you are left to run on the spot to actually run you have no buttons so have no way of firing weapons or using tools.. Its great for dancing and excercise, for anything else its mediocrity at its finest and will probably drop down in price quite heavily after christmas.
On the fence still.
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The technology behind Kinect is impressive and it has the potential to deliver entirely unique experiences that the several motion camera experiments that have already been made for video games consoles never could have come close to. The issue is that none of the games are attempting to offer a compelling experience and Microsoft is doing everything to make their core base of gamers feel excluded from the experience.
My honest suggestion for those who are still on the fence is to wait it out until next year (when the bigger releases pile on; Kinect Star Wars, etc.). Because right now there is certainly no rush to buy this (that is, if you're into motion controls in the first place). No game release as of yet is going to make you certainly rush to the shops just to buy the Kinect.
My concern is finding out how well the Kinect will do in the games department months down the line. Will it continue to give us shovelware like the Wii did? Or will it, in time, bring better and brighter experiences in the gaming world. It's hard to say.
You can only fully appreciate the fun with a Kinect party!
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I'm not reviewing the technology of Kinect, I'm just going to say how much FUN it is! In addition to the supplied Adventures games, we bought Kinect Sports and Dance Central and invited a few friends around to play it. There were seven of us, male, female, ages ranging from 23 to 61, some of whom had no previous interest in video games. It was an absolute hoot, everybody had a go. It's a long time since we all laughed together so much! It's definitely not just for children, it's for anybody who has an inner child and doesn't mind making a fool of themselves. Just get one and have fun.
Rating3+ (PEGI)
Minimum RequirementsSensor
Colour and depth-sensing lenses
Voice microphone array
Tilt motor for sensor adjustment
Fully compatible with existing Xbox 360 consoles
Field of View
Horizontal field of view: 57 degrees
Vertical field of view: 43 degrees
Physical tilt range: ± 27 degrees
Depth sensor range: 1.2m - 3.5m
Data Streams
320x240 16-bit depth @ 30 frames/sec
640x480 32-bit colour@ 30 frames/sec
16-bit audio @ 16 kHz
Skeletal Tracking System
Tracks up to 6 people, including 2 active players
Tracks 20 joints per active player
Ability to map active players to LIVE Avatars
Audio System
LIVE party chat and in-game voice chat (requires Xbox LIVE Gold Membership)
Echo cancellation system enhances voice input
Speech recognition in multiple
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