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This set was issued as a separate set by Topps, but was apparently not widely distributed. It was folded many times to fit the packaging and hence is typically found with relatively heavy fold creases. Each team poster measures approximately 12" by 20". These posters are in full color with a blank back. Each team features nine or ten individual players; a complete list is listed in the checklist below. Each player photo is accompanied by a facsimile autograph. The posters are numbered in the bottom left corner. The unopened wax packs cost 10 cents in 1969. [Collapse]
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And let me just say that I hope Megan Rapinoe continues her hot streak by scoring all the remaining USWNT's goals while leading the U.S. to the trophy.
For obvious reasons.
Posted by: Ugh | July 02, 2019 at 09:35 AM
It's farcical that there will be a small number of tanks sitting on display so Rump can say he had tanks at the 4th of July celebration. He certainly had visions of a dictatorship-style military parade, but what he's going to get is an appease-the-toddler nominal presence of "brand new" tanks (that he can't seem to properly identify).
What an ass-clown of a president.
Trump? Read???
Maybe a PBS-type show would hold his attention briefly. If his favorite Faux News channel could be tricked into running it...
my bad wj, I meant read off the teleprompter...(which admittedly he has done before, I think...).
Nice save!
I know about as much about football (soccer) as I do about cricket. But a quick web search reveals that, while more diverse, your #2 still applies to the women.
Oh sure!
No offense taken. Still hoping that the German male team will one day get kicked out already in the preliminaries.
One impression I get is that the general low opinion of soccer in the US (which I attribute in part to the fact that the US are fourth rate in the male version) is even lowered by the female team being so good. "We can't be #1 in the proper (male) version, so the whole thing is not worth it. And that the b-words are good at it is even more proof of its general unworthiness!"
And of course it's denied its proper name which is reserved for what used to be named after that Limey school.
One impression I get is that the general low opinion of soccer in the US (which I attribute in part to the fact that the US are fourth rate in the male version) is even lowered by the female team being so good.
I don't think so. And just to be clear, it's not a negative opinion so much as a substantial number of "no opinion." But I would bet that the net opinion (positive minus negative) is well into positive territory.
I think we're actually seeing a couple of things. First, there all the folks my age, for whom soccer wasn't visible when we were growing up. (Hence my level of ignorance.) Second, we don't have a professional league getting substantial prime time TV time. Admittedly that's something of a chicken-and-issue. But until it's there for the sports junkies, the "no opinion" cohort will remain significant.
It's a beautiful thing to see someone at the peak of their power absolutely killing it. Magic.
The Beautiful Game is not popular in the US primarily for Cold War cultural reasons. After WWII, baseball was nearly metonymical for America as a sort of cultural export for the little peoples of the world, but the burgeoning militarism of the US was reflected best in (American) football, and US generals bragged about the role that college football experience played in our decisive WWII victories.
Soccer was for foreigners and people who could tolerate long, drawn out conflicts where advantages were rare and draws were common. The American Spirit could not abide this mediocrity. Somebody had to win, dammit.
This was still the state of affairs in the late 70s and early 80s in the midwest when I committed the double heresy of loving soccer and cycling. Thanks a lot, PBS.
Posted by: Nous | July 02, 2019 at 12:50 PM
Personally, and as a football refusenik (all sports actually, with the exception of tennis), I'm torn. Obviously, I want Rapinoe to kill it for POTUS-baiting purposes, but on the other hand the UK football world has been so deeply inimical to women for so long that I long for the UK team to "bring it home". For anybody not familiar with the genesis of that last quote, look up the various iterations of the song "Three Lions" on Youtube.
soccer is simply too new to the US. it hasn't been around long enough for generations of kids to have grown up with it. and, frankly, for casual sports fans, the market is pretty full: baseball, basketball, football and hockey, pro and college, with long overlapping seasons. and they all have deep established fan bases of people who grew up with their favorite sport(s).
soccer just needs time.
still, go into almost any 'brewpub' in the US and there's a soccer game on.
Crikey, shows how ignorant I am about this stuff: it's not the UK team of course, it's the England team!
go into the kitchen area of any software engineering organization, same.
15 or even 10 years from now the US fan base will expand as all the kids who grew up playing soccer in the burbs become adults.
The Storm and the Sounders are quite popular in the 'redder' areas of the 48th Soviet of Washington.
Apparently Rapinoe isn't starting, but unclear wny not.
Apparently her weakness is stamina...
Soccer is not new to the US and certainly not newer than American football. We had a professional league in 1894 and the US Open Cup dates back to 1913. The Great Depression hit the reset button on all that while baseball got on with it because it was such a radio friendly sport.
Gosh, the US looked awfully good to this ignorant viewer, even before the goal
LOL twitter suspended my account for 12 hours for paraphrasing the old Marx quote (or whatever) "The Capitalists Will Sell Us the Rope with Which We Will Hang Them ...". What a bunch of morons.
Thought about appealing but I just don't give a sh1t
I guess I am only allowed to send DMs to my followers.
The Great Depression hit the reset button on all that
so, it's new... again.
what's really new is that it has become a (the most, in fact) popular high school and college sport. that will grow its popularity.
(most popular HS, not most popular college)
Hmm, we give up possession much more easily than the US, and their skills just seem generally better than ours. What luck I'm happy about either of them winning, and hopefully going on to win the World Cup!
Guess it depends on where you live and such, about soccer I mean. Here in Atlanta among the sports fan contingent for years there's been strong interest and team fan-groups for the English Premiere League, the German League to a lesser extent. And lots of interest and support for the US in the World Cups.
So when Atlanta got an MLS franchise, with the owner Arthur Blank (Home Depot co-founder) striking a deal with the city for a fancy new stadium to house the soccer team as well as the NFL Falcons, which he also owns, there was a built-in, knowledgeable fan base excited and energized to have a home town team to root for. The fact that they've played well, and won the MLS Cup last year in their second season has certainly helped.
The average home attendance over their first two seasons was 51,457, which ranks 10th world wide. MLS teams play 34 games per regular season, so a little over twice as many as pro American football. On top of that you see lots of people out and about wearing team gear, team banners hanging from porches, in store windows, etc. A big contributor could well be that this is a city with a lot of transplants, who came here with attachments to teams in other cities in football, baseball, basketball. Atlanta United is all "our" team, no divided loyalties.
We'll see what happens if the team stinks for a few years.
Posted by: Priest | July 02, 2019 at 04:16 PM
The HS differential will only grow with the cost of liability and safety equipment for football. Though I fully expect that there will be a hard backlash in the reddest states and football will become even more of a badge of manhood.
I'm curious to see how the CTE thing plays out in youth soccer. I know that they are phasing out heading in the younger ages...
baseball got on with it because it was such a radio friendly sport.
Baseball is a game for radio. (American) football works best with TV. And for basketball, you have to be there in person to really follow what is happening. Which medium is ideal for soccer?
The HS differential will only grow with the cost of liability and safety equipment for football.
I expect that, as evidence of the long-term bad effects of football grow, its popularity will fall off. Rather like what happened with boxing -- time was when that was really big; today not so much.
Though I fully expect that there will be a hard backlash in the reddest states and football will become even more of a badge of manhood.
Thus completing the split between Jesusland and the United States of Canada. ;^)
Posted by: hairshirthedonist | July 02, 2019 at 04:54 PM
Wasn't pretty, but US holds on to face the Dutch or Swedes in the Final.
Soccer, like hockey, is a sport best followed live. So much of what is happening tactically goes on outside of the field of view for the camera. Hockey is a little more telegenic because there are more stoppages and the ice is a lot smaller. Soccer can be shot a little wider because the ball is easier to see and follow than is a puck.
And soccer has such a vibrant fan culture with the singing and tifo. Not as much of that comes through in broadcast.
In 2010 I got the strong feeling just watching the World Cup of TV that I would not want to be surrounded by thousands of vuvuzelas. . .
*on TV*
And for basketball, you have to be there in person to really follow what is happening.
I don't agree with that at all. I've been at a few pro games in my life and countless kids' games through the high school level, and I've even played a little. Okay, a very little.
For pro games it depends on how high up in the stands you are -- high enough, and you get the kind of bird's eye view that TV gives you. Lower down, whether pros or kids, there's a lot you can't see in the scrum of players. TV gives you a much better view, IMHO, although there's nothing like being up in good seats to be astonished at how big NBA players actually are, and on top of that, how unbelievably quick and skilled.
When I'm at home I don't watch sports at all any more. But I'm often at my brother's place in Ohio at World Series time, so I do see some baseball games each year. (Not to mention any other sport that happens to be on TV, since he keeps it on all the time. Golf, football (college and NFL), NASCAR, baseball, basketball, you name it.) (Even soccer sometimes. ;-)
Once a few summers ago my boss, an old friend, invited me to a Red Sox game. [P.S. Typepad's auto editor marks "Sox" as a misspelling. For that matter, it marks "Typepad's" as a misspelling. Also "Fenway." Also "heh." Heh.]
Being at Fenway Park felt like nothing so much as being at a Little League game. Because it was all right there in front of me, living human beings going at living human being pace. There might have been replays and commercials on big screens scattered around the stadium, but that couldn't change the fact that there was no cutting away to commercials or replays or news flashes or nothin'.
It was fun, even for a Yankee fan!
VIP for clarity's sake: "up in good seats" s/b "up close in good seats"
In Kipling's days cricket seems to have been treated as the game to infuse boys with a warlike spirit (while Tom Brown's Schooldays promoted the original rugby as the basis for its 'muscular Christianity'). Kipling's opinion on both was extremly low ('flannelled fools at the wicket or the muddied oafs at the goals') and his scorn was never more bitter than for those who sent professionals onto the playing field but amateurs to the battlefield.
In Germany soccer was at first ill received by the authorities because they feared that it would infect the German youth with the dreaded English liberalism (apart from not being manly enough). Iirc there were even laws and ordinaces against it.
Posted by: Hartmut | July 02, 2019 at 05:23 PM
If soccer wasn't manly enough for Germany, what sport did they prefer?
That's a joke. I suspect Hartmut was talking about a period long before He-Trump-with-a-toothbrush-moustache came on the scene.
Yes I was talking about Germany under William the First. The proper sports was (military) gymnastics where the individual does not count. Fußball (despite being a team sport) was considered too individualistc. It was actually vilified as The English Disease (and, exactly like Kipling, called oafish).
How times change. The Nazis emphasized the team aspect of it and despised individual sports. Disciplines that served as military preparation were accepted as such but never as expression of individual athleticism but only regarding the benefit for the 'team'.
The Great Depression hit the reset button on all that while baseball got on with it because it was such a radio friendly sport.
So much so that many "live" broadcasts were actually reenactments with in-studio sound effects.
The Nazis emphasized the team aspect of it and despised individual sports.
I guess Jessie Owens was particularly galling.
Soccer and the Third Reich combined for one of the finest cinematic cheese fests of all time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOxj26vcwMI
Gloriously, lovingly cheesy.
The Trump administration has dropped plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, the Justice Department said Tuesday
Glad to see that's settled. Now to work repairing the damage already done to probable response rates.
Posted by: Adam Cole | July 03, 2019 at 12:56 AM
wj, let's wait and see. Maybe through a 'clerical error' it will still be on the form in selected areas and/or the instructions for the census workers could be misleading on that topic.
Not that The Donald himself could come up with such subtlety; his fellow travellers on the other hand...
Oregon's Democratic administration is almost as bad as the Republican opposition, apparently:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/oregons-tsunami-risk-between-the-devil-and-the-deep-blue-sea
England banned soccer, too. n the 1300s. it took time away from their archery practice.
https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2014/jan/25/archive-1890-football-banned-archery
OT, but the thread, she is open.
Short of a Ken M post and/or the kitty-cat Immigrant Song video, this might be my favorite thing on the Internet ever.
Look, I'll ruin it for you. Here's the punch line:
The vice president of Super Happy Fun America told CNN that a law enforcement official later informed him that the substance was glitter.
There is a common theme here. The distance between the "Straight Pride" crowd and the cats in the Immigrant Song video is vanishingly small.
Contemporary digital television has really helped with this. Higher definition, bigger screens, and especially the 16:9 aspect ratio allow a much better view of the game.
Posted by: Michael Cain | July 03, 2019 at 09:10 AM
I can't envision cats, even in a cat video, referring to themselves as an "oppressed majority." Some things are beyond parody.
my favorite thing on the Internet ever
That's a very odd collection of favorites, russell. Then again, tastes differ, hallelujah. ;-)
I followed a car home from town yesterday -- nice shiny newish well-tended black station wagon (I suppose they're not called that any more but I don't know what to call it; it was too small to be an SUV, or at least what I would call an SUV....).
Anyhow....it had a bumper sticker on the back -- "I'm pro-life."
Also, a sticker on the back window that I could see was a dinosaur and some little stick figures, so I connected it in my mind with the day, many years ago, when my son came home from our babysitter's place (good babysitter, sort of a friend) and said, "Mom, guess what? People *were* on earth when the dinosaurs were alive!"
This was a big deal, since my son was in his years-long dinosaur obsession phase, but of course being my son, he was learning what scientists think about the world, and not what back country preachers think about the world.
Because yes, the babysitter and her family had taken up going to church, and a deeply fundamentalist one at that, the kind with a back country preacher who can interpret the accurate meaning of the inerrant word of God as conveyed in the Bible etc. etc. etc.
That babysitter and I parted company soon afterwards, for complicated reasons not only having to do with the indoctrination of my children. She was a nice lady, and I've run into her over the years and we always have pleasant conversations. But not about God, or dinosaurs.
Anyhow, back to the car in front of me. I got close enough at an intersection to see that there was a caption in which the dinosaur was saying something to the effect that that stick family sure tasted good, as it chomped on one of them.
I had no idea what this was about, but I was curious to know whether it had anything to do with the babysitter's tenet that of course humans lived when dinosaurs did. And google, of course, could inform me.
Turns out there's a whole bumper sticker industry of people who sell stickers that make fun of the other people who keep the other whole bumper sticker industry alive, where you buy a sticker to put on your car that shows your family's hobby in stick figures: softball, bowling, apple-picking, who knows.
And now there's me, bemused at the spectacle. I keep thinking there's a money-making niche out there somewhere for me.........
Posted by: JanieM | July 03, 2019 at 10:27 AM
i've always liked the little car ornament that shows a T-Rex munching on a Jesus fish.
@cleek -- Much like the internet itself: people making fun of people who make fun of people who make fun of......
I'd say it's turtles all the way down, but I think the whole think rests on the earnest people who stick their decorations on with a straight face.
Anyhow, the Jesus fish reminds me of the cackle I once got out of an old friend's "Nuke the whales" t-shirt. Yeah, it was making fun of *me*, in effect -- but it still made me cackle.
That was the same friend who had the t-shirt I'm sure I've mentioned here before. "Jesus is coming" on the front. "Look busy" on the back.
This reminds me of Martin Amis and his father Kingsley, as follows from a piece in the Independent:
There's a lovely story in the introduction to Einstein's Monsters about Martin trying to explain to his father the iniquities of the whaling trade - how the, you know, gentle monsters of the deep, right, are being killed and dismembered, and their blubber converted into soap, rubber and cosmetics. "I don't know," mused Kingsley in reply. "Seems rather a good way of using up whales..."
My favorite sweatshirt slogan, stolen out of my closet by my daughter when she was in junior high, was "Free the Bound Periodicals." I was reminded of it the other day when I came across this local company that still offers journal binding.
I love "Free the Bound Periodicals" as much as I love "Jesus is coming -> Look busy"! I have never seen anything to equal these, although I did like the bumper sticker in 70s California saying "I brake for hallucinations".
On the back of the "Free the Bound Periodicals" shirt we could have "Bind the Free Radicals....."
That would have appealed to a certain segment of the population in the sixties, no?
RE-UNITE GONDWANALAND
SAVE THE LEMMINGS
What font should I use for my TRUCK FUMP bumpersticker? I already have the color: orange.
Never mind. What I really want to say, on this eve of the 4th of July, is:
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
For the benefit of Real Murkins, this (and not "We hold these truths ...") is the opening line of young Tom Jefferson's and old Ben Franklin's declaration. For the benefit of MAGA maggots, what Tom and Ben were saying was, in modern American English:
The purpose of this memo is to justify our revolution in the eyes of the world.
But of course those guys were effete coastal elitists, unlike He, Trump.
Who'd better be described as covfefe coastal colitis.
Trump has really brought out the best in the NeverTrumpers.
https://thebulwark.com/the-fourth-of-july-is-an-idea-and-donald-trump-doesnt-understand-it/
Well, it's not quite a flying saucer, but....
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190703.html
I've been reading some stuff by the Founders recently and among statements made by Thomas Jefferson, who is mentioned in cleek's link about the 4th, regarding the living versus the dead Constitution, he said the document should be rewritten every 19 years because who were they, the Founders, to shackle subsequent generations to their possibly irrelevant words.
Of course, Jefferson said EVERYTHING at least once in his lifetime, apparently without any sense of self-contradiction, but the point is be careful what fake news conservatives in 2019 tell you about the document and those who wrote it.
Can you imagine though a Constitutional Convention every 19 years, on top of non-stop Presidential campaigning for most of every four years and completely non-stop campaigning for the House every two years.
We'd be utter wrecks.
Unlike conservatives generalizing about ALL immigrants crossing our southern border, we must be careful to discriminate between the murderous p-selected conservative subhuman filth stealing taxpayer money among border agents and the paramilitary ICE, and the few good, decent Americans among them, who are patriotic truthful bleeding heart liberal public servants and will testify against their vermin racist republican colleagues who are now in the majority.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/border-patrol-official-confirm-poor-conditions-migrant-detention-centers
The executions of the bad, bad ones will take place during July 4th celebrations during the next Democratic Administration down by the reflecting pond along the Washington Mall.
The military and their weapons will be consigned to barracks, however, as we allow red-blooded American immigrants, newly made citizens, to serve as firing squads for the malign guilty.
The NPS will be reimbursed for costs occurred for the clean-up of the necessary carnage with a sizable poll tax on every registered republican.
That's a very odd collection of favorites, russell.
there was a caption in which the dinosaur was saying something to the effect that that stick family sure tasted good
stopped on the way home yesterday to get an ice cream. a jeep in the parking lot had a window sticker of jeep chasing a bunch of stick figures.
the text read "run you stick bastards!".
made me laugh out loud.
my favorite thing, besides viking cats and Ken M, is making fun of people who make fun of people who make fun of people... until it all circles back to myself. sometimes I make fun of myself in my dreams. my wife thinks it's hilarious, and I do, too.
self-awareness - an endless source of humor. perspective is everything.
If the two NRA parties aren't going to use their sizable caches of guns and ammo on each other in self-defense during this life-threatening dispute, what the heck are all the guns for?
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/nratv-severance-ackerman-mcqueen
Why aren't these punks more polite to each other, given the armed society they have made of themselves?
I wish them the worst in the form of massive workplace violence.
For our British comrades:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/06/24/the-empty-promise-of-boris-johnson
"I've Got Nothing" seems as good a campaign slogan as "Make America Nothing Again".
"What next, Dracula as health minister?" is a bit of delicious quotability in the article.
But then, as Woody Allen said: "It's hard to satirize a guy with shiny boots."
http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2019/07/concrete-milkshakes-and-street-fighting-men
In an area I use to live in I would see from time to time a beat-up pickup that looked like it had been in a crash or two. In the rear window was a sticker that said, "God Is My Pilot."
"run, you stick bastards" made me smile a lot
Messages without words... You know you're in Boulder, Colorado when the $500 car that pulls up next to yours at the traffic light has a $5,000 bicycle strapped to the roof.
Posted by: Michael Cain | July 03, 2019 at 04:32 PM
"Nuke the whales"
I had "nuke the gay whales for christ" in college.
Posted by: john not mccain | July 03, 2019 at 04:50 PM
I have never put a bumper or window sticker on my car.
That car in Boulder is likely going to the disc golf course.
Posted by: Marty | July 03, 2019 at 04:53 PM
i once had a bumper sticker: "WWJD? JWRTFM"
Way back when, at college we had the usual scourge of stoner jesus freaks. Their slogan was, "One Way".
In response we formed The League For The Promotion of Militant Atheism, and made up some T-shirts showing a hand making the "OK" sign with our slogan, "No way".
We also constructed a 6 ft. tall paper mache' hand with middle finger extended, and painted it red, white, and blue. It showed up at all the anti-war protests accompanied by Hendrix's Star Spangle Banner...at an appropriately high level of volume.
A revolution without fun is not worth the candle.
Juche, y'all.
A lot of good that did, bobbyp. Especially with the "OK" sign. I guess that may not have been a white supremacy signal back in the day.
Whenever I've tried to join a protest regarding something serious (like the Iraq War, and torture, etc.), there have come the clowns with their ready-made paper mache crap from years prior.
Not helpful to make it a party, IMO.
Posted by: sapient | July 03, 2019 at 08:53 PM
Hmmmm. Didn't know what Juche was, so just looked it up. Kim Jong-il? Maybe my sarcasm filter is impaired.
I had a bumper sticker that said "RLRRLRLL", which drummers will recognize as a sticking pattern called a paradiddle.
Thumbs up from every drummer on the road. It was like belonging to some kind of secret society.
I somehow never could see the bumper sticker (or window sticker) thing. Just never felt quite right.
On the other hand, if one looks real closely, it's possible to see that the license plate holder reads:
Have sword, will travel.
on wj's July 02, 2019 at 10:11 PM
Looks like His Donaldship has decided to defy SCOTUS and to instruct the DoJ to put the citizenship question on the census anyway.
A judge has ordered the DoJ to clarify their position until Friday this week and denied a postponemnet til Monday (asked for because of the holiday).
To Hartmut's point, Can't anyone fncking resign in protest anymore? JFC
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/trump-tweet-census-citizenship-question-william-barr-circus.html
Here's a link to the transcript of the conference call where the judge issued the order Hartmut was talking about.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M3Y6vj3QlQpSdlYcCdq3BkbnnWIrEPlf/view
Rule of Law! Rule of Law! Rule of Law!
come on "conservatives", lose yr voices?
Justin Amash left the GOP, to become a pox-on-both-parties independent.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/justin-amash-our-politics-is-in-a-partisan-death-spiral-thats-why-im-leaving-the-gop/2019/07/04/afbe0480-9e3d-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html?utm_term=.765e088335c9
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I really hope that it's just Trump ranting again, with no actual implementation happening. It would be typical of him: a huge fight which will keep him center stage for weeks. Which, after all, is far more important to him than the actual issue at hand.
That said, if he turns out to be serious, JDT's various prophecies may come true after all. And a lot sooner than even he expected. Although I suspect that the deep state, which is full of people who know they aren't immune to legal consequences of ignoring a Court order, will ignore him.
/whistling past the grave yard
The urtext of fuckwad's speech today:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/4/1867800/-Prepared-remarks-from-Donald-Trump-on-the-most-big-league-Independents-Day-ever
Apparently, murderer Kim of North Korea received an invitation to attend the event today and I didn't.
Marty, could you score a could of tickets for me, with your connections. Surely, Kim has some left over, or is he bringing his entire entourage to march in the parade?
Is this an open carry event?
I hope the NPS thought to have Port-a-Potties on hand so the right wing vermin in attendance will have a little privacy available to wipe their asses on the Constitution at my expense.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/rick-snyder-withdraw-harvard-fellowship-protest-flint
I deplore this lack of civility by Harvard. I hope the former Governor lands a spot with faculty of the Flint Community College in the Department of Heavy Metals with cross-discipline in the Riverine Potamology Sciences, which is taught in the comparative religion department at the insistence of Michigan conservatives in the Statehouse.
His Doctorate thesis was entitled "Lead and You, There But For The Grace of God, I'm Not Going There: An Overview".
I suppose this means that MY fellowship to Stanford University's conservative Hoover Institution of War, Revolution and This, That, and The Other Thing is now going to be yanked in retaliation.
I was to assume the poorly endowed Victor David Hanson Chair of WTF this coming Fall.
It was a little dicey from the get go anyway, as I was going to develop position papers regarding cost efficiencies to be gained in the private funeral businesses in the United States after man-made disasters, with my primary focus centering on what to do with all of the dead conservative bodies after the coming Civil War in America.
Mass graves, landfills, or what?
Monuments to the fallen, or falling monuments?
From concentration camp to desecration summer camp: a thought bubble hovering over the severed head of Stephen Miller.
That sort of thing.
I might venture into William Brr's bailiwick, expressly his positions over the years making the case for mass incarcerations.
He has definitely made his case as his massive butt will be incarcerated.
Serious Oops at the Alameda County (CA) Fair:
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2019/07/02/alameda-county-fair-accidentally-plays-r-rated-sex-scene-on-childs-attraction/
But how is this not trending on the RW noise machine? It seems like such a great example of the Coastal Elites Corrupting Our Youth. Because, of course, nothing happens by accident if you're a conspiracy nut.
Bastille Day, July 14, 2021, the Washington D.C. Mall.
Sharpen the blades now.
I don't know why this question popped into my head today:
Was Anwar Sadat the last national president to be assassinated by his own troops during a military parade?
If I do squeak into that position at the Hoover Institution, I plan to explore the Nazi right to privacy as developed in German jurisprudence in the late 1930s, particularly as it pertains to train schedules heading East, and its application to conservative republican rule of law in the 2019 American Reich:
http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2019/07/this-independence-day-remember-that-for-trump-the-cruelty-is-the-point
But how is this not trending on the RW noise machine?
on this blessed day, all attention belongs to our Leader and Savior, Donald J Trump.
https://juanitajean.com/the-cartoonists-and-the-parade/
Those cartoonists will be fired on orders from on-high tomorrow and then concentrated in Looney Tunes camps to convert them from latent gayness in the old sense of the word.
Latest from the Ignorance Is Bliss squad:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/07/03/alaska-is-poised-gut-its-public-universities-it-would-be-statewide-disaster/
Note that this happened via a line item veto of funds approved by the state legislature. Including the Republican-controlled state Senate.
How many popes do our military divisions have?
https://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2019/07/john-roberts-has-made-his-decision-now.html
There should be massive killing violence against the entire Republican party in the state of Alaska.
And if the vermin republican federal government interferes in their states' rights on the side of anti-American republicans, nationalize the violence.
Let's get those tanks and fighter jets out of the parade in Washington D.C. and out into the American hinterlands, butchering and murdering decent American liberals.
elections have consequences.
don't like Republicanism? should've voted differently.
Now, now, don't overgeneralize.
The Republican state senate approved the original funding. It's just the Republican Governor who slashed it. Need to stay focused on the actual enemy here.
It seems to me that there should be a caveat here. If the Governor ran on a platform of slashing funding for higher education (or even just to put it lower priority that the state's annual payment to residents, from oil), then sure, elections have consequences.
But if he did no such thing? Then you have the (not unprecedented) situation of an elected official doing something he didn't support; maybe even explicitly ran against (I don't follow Alaska politics, so I don't know). In which case, the "vote against" is necessarily deferred to the next election.
If America was completely hairless, there would be no hairs to split:
To Tony P's point upthread, today's p-fest at the Lincoln Memorial with all of those weapons of mass destruction on hand would be a very fine time for a military coup.
I can't see the US military staging a coup.
On the other hand, I can see Trump screaming "Coup!!" when they refuse to remain loyal to him after he loses an election.
As with most of those who are career Federal employees, their actual loyalty is to the Constitution which they are sworn to uphold. Not to Trump personally. Must infuriate him -- especially since there really isn't a damn thing he can do about it.

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Hello everyone! It's been a week since my last article, but I assure you that I was busy attending to important matters such as: the Kaijudo Winter Championships and of course, Thanksgiving. Speaking of which, I hope you all had a great holiday this past week! In this article I want to discuss the experiences that I had while in Texas, as well as my thoughts going forward into the next of four seasons of KMCs.
I had never been out to Texas prior to this trip, but it was to my understanding that it was supposed to be warm... So much for that idea! The entire weekend it was cold and rainy, not exceeding temperatures of 40 degrees! This would eventually lead to flight delays, cancellations, you name it. Prior to my trip, I had to work a full shift leading up to my flight and I could already tell that it was going to be a long day. Once I had finally arrived in Texas, I was conveniently transported to the hotel by the local shuttle where I met up with my roommates and other Kaijudo duelists. The experience of finally being able to meet people in person that I had previously only spoke to online was amazing in itself and helped to push back the feelings of tiredness that I had.
I had originally thought that there would be events going on Friday afternoon and continuing on into the evening. Instead it ended up just being a great opportunity to meet up with other players and playtest our deck ideas as well as our own personal tech choices for our decks. Going into the championship, I was already set on using [ccProd]Queen Kalima[/ccProd] as the focus of my deck, the question was, what's the best way to do so? I had recently been experimenting with [ccProd]Reverberate [/ccProd]and found it to be an amazing card, especially when you tend to throw out low level blockers to stop your opponent from getting in any early attacks in. The deck that I was most concerned about the entire weekend were the Water/Nature/Light Tempo decks. They just always seemed to get their progression going and I was stuck not being able to get Kalima out when I needed her to be on the board. I tried so many tech cards to deal with that threat and at one point I had almost convinced myself to use [ccProd]Shapeshifter Scaradorable[/ccProd]! Being able to turn my chump blockers like [ccProd]Grudge Weaver[/ccProd] and [ccProd]Skeeter Swarmer[/ccProd] into a 5000 power fast attacker seemed pretty good at the time, but it was hardly a proactive play as I was only dealing with their cards after they had gone in for an attack. I had eventually decided to revert back to a similar build that I had used at my local Duel Days event and I did a ton of testing with Sean Castor (Pogiforce), and some local Texas players including: Eric Arriola, Joe Kamelot, Tom Gulde, and even Bobby Brake himself!
Probably one of my most notable memories from the weekend was when I was playing against Bobby Brake. Generally with the deck I was using, I wanted my opponent to go first due to the amount of discard in my deck, allowing me to gain more advantage in the long run. I won the dice roll and opted for Bobby to go first; he looked at me and said, "Pass..." I had never been so confused in this game until that moment. I drew my card for my turn and thought about what he was doing and joined in on the fun and awkwardly stated, "Pass?" Eric Arriola was cracking up by this development since I had apparently undid what Bobby had been scheming since the previous championship in the course of a few, very awkward seconds. From this point onward, I decided to call this move "The Arriola," and I would later use this against Matt Robinson and Corey Gaudreau, winning those games in the process.
Check out Ryan Miller's signed play mat that he used in his Spell Slinging duels!
Most of the day on Saturday was filled with Last Chance Qualifiers, Spell Slinging with the R&D crew from Wizards of the Coast, and a new format for Kaijudo, "Booster Brawl." I also had the amazing opportunity to be interviewed by YouTube personality Carl Reddish AKA Thundersultan. I personally had a great time with the Booster Brawl format since it added a new feel to the game while keeping all of the same aspects the players love about the game as well. Being able to essentially manipulate what your opponent takes from the "Veil" or knowing what they have in their hand due to their veil pick was an enjoyable feature. To make matters more interesting, they introduced three new promo cards into the mix as well. All of which had very interesting mechanics that thrived in the sealed environment of the Booster Brawl. Everything from manipulating the deck and drawing, to fast attacking and gaining mana, and sending a creature back to the deck so you can use it later! Believe it or not, one of the best cards that I used all weekend at the Booster Brawl was Predict! This card single-handedly set up your draws and what your opponent would be drawing for the next two turns! Overall a really enjoyable experience in itself that I am excited to be released once February hits.
Make sure to check out Booster Brawl when it hits your local hobby shop this February 2014!
The main idea of the deck was to strip away resources from my opponent as early as possible and leave them throwing every card they would draw from then on into mana. This strategy would allow me to get to my late game plays of [ccProd]Queen Kalima[/ccProd] as long as I could draw into it. Since this would also be wearing away at my resources as well, I would always opt my opponent to go first to allow them to have less cards to work with. The only time this was really problematic is when they would get out a turn two Cyber Scamp. To balance the deck out, I used four non-darkness cards: two [ccProd]Crystal Memory[/ccProd] and two [ccProd]Reverberate[/ccProd]. The idea was to get one of these off on turn six to allow me to refresh my hand and dominate the late game, all while keeping consistency high for Kalima and [ccProd]Mark of Kalima[/ccProd].
Since I decided to be more of a passive player in the early game, I felt that the need for cards like [ccProd]Scavenging Chimera [/ccProd]were less needed. This also opened up the opportunity for me to freely charge whatever mana I wanted into my mana zone without locking away the "Heart of Darkness" ability of Scavenging. A great deal of my turn progressions allowed me to hit my opponent with a turn two[ccProd] Specter Claw[/ccProd], a turn three [ccProd]Mesmerize[/ccProd] or Claw, and a turn four [ccProd]Spire Puppet[/ccProd]. If that wasn't enough, I had multiples throughout the deck access to a single copy of [ccProd]Maddening Whispers[/ccProd], a set of [ccProd]Grip of Despair[/ccProd], and even a lone teched in copy of [ccProd]Veil Stalker[/ccProd].
After the championship and looking back at my performance as a whole, I would have liked to have included more powerhouses for the late game. When playing against Tom Rogers, I barely saw [ccProd]Queen Kalima[/ccProd] in all of our three games! In one of our games, I had played [ccProd]Crystal Memory[/ccProd] into [ccProd]Reverberate [/ccProd]leaving me with only two non-dark cards in my deck. I later attempt to play [ccProd]Mark of Kalima[/ccProd] to banish his two [ccProd]Lyra, the Blazing Sun[/ccProd] and I hit one of those two cards off of the deck! To top things off, I later played [ccProd]Squillace Scourge[/ccProd] and opted to not swing in for shields (when I clearly should have) and passed in an attempt to draw an answer to his board state since I ran so many. In the process, there must have been a communication error, because he attacked me when Squillace's effect should have been active. That's my fault just as much as Tom's and didn't help my situation as he was able to get rid of a blocker of mine as well. I was kicking myself after actually watching the video coverage of our match...it won't happen again guys!
I played against a lot of great players throughout the day including: Zach Bird, Eric Arriola, Matt Robinson, Tom Rogers, Corey Gaudreau, and Carl Miciotto. My only losses throughout the day were to Carl and Tom who finished the day at second and third place respectively. Overall, Kalima was able to get me where I needed to be, when I saw her. Most of the time my deck did what I wanted it to do, but it did stall out against Tom Rogers and I was left grasping for options against Carl Miciotto's tempo build. There's always room to improve on when working on a deck and when determining what tech choices or meta calls are the right call, but for now, it looks like I'll have more than enough time to develop new strategies that I can hopefully utilize at the next season of KMCs.
After the end of the six rounds of swiss, I was sure that I was going to still squeak in at the top eight seeing as I was in third place going into the last round. Apparently it just wasn't in the cards for me though, as losing my last round against Carl pushed me down six spots to ninth place! On a positive note though, I was awarded the "Spirit Award," which is given to those who have great sportsmanship, enjoy the game, and support the community among many other factors. This award included a signed full art version of [ccProd]Almighty Colossus[/ccProd] and an iPad Mini!
- Wizards of the Coast for hosting such an amazing event with live coverage, free packs, the prize wall, R&D Spell Slinging, etc!
- Alter Reality Games and Jim McMahan for vending at the event and giving me the opportunity to be a part of ARG.
- Getting to meet all of the players from the Facebook Dojo and YouTube.
- Rob Gruber for hooking me up with some Good Times Games swag. Go Canada!
- Bobby Brake, Eric Arriola, and Sean Castor for giving me a place to stay for the weekend.
- Meeting up with Christian Van Hoose at the airport during a delay.
- Being interviewed by Carl Reddish and having a feature match.
- Not attacking when I had played [ccProd]Squillace Scourge[/ccProd] against Tom Rogers and then him attacking me when Squillace's effect was active.
- Hitting a 1 of 2 non-dark cards left in my deck off of [ccProd]Mark of Kalima [/ccProd]when I needed it to hit two.
- Getting 9th Place due to tie breakers regardless of being 3rd place going into the final round.
- Having to work the night before my flight and not getting any sleep.
- Rushing to the airport only to find out that my flight was delayed a couple of hours.
- Drawing five cards off of [ccProd]Reverberate [/ccProd]and not seeing a single Kalima.
Until next time everyone, this has been Mark Woodin, and as always, remember to keep calm and game on!


Derek Lamar Fisher (born August 9, 1974) is an American basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played professionally for 18 seasons, spending the majority of his career with the Los Angeles Lakers, with whom he won five NBA championships. He has also served as president of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA).
Fisher played college basketball for the Arkansas–Little Rock Trojans, earning the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year in 1996. Selected by the Lakers with the 24th pick in the 1996 NBA Draft, he spent his first eight seasons with the franchise, winning three consecutive league championships (2000–2002) with Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal. After the 2003–04 NBA season he signed as a free agent with the Golden State Warriors, later being traded to the Utah Jazz, whom he helped lead to the Western Conference finals. Due to his daughter's health, he asked to be released from his contract in 2007. He rejoined the Lakers and won two more NBA titles.
In 2012 he was traded to the Houston Rockets, where he bought out his contract and was waived at his request. He then joined the Oklahoma City Thunder for the remainder of the season, playing for the 2012 NBA championship in his eighth Finals appearance. After signing with the 2012–13 Dallas Mavericks he played only nine games before being injured and asking to be released from his contract. He later rejoined the Oklahoma City Thunder for another late season push. He re-signed with them in the off-season and played in a team-high 81 regular-season games for the team in 2013–14.
Fisher is the all-time NBA record holder in playoff games played. While playing for the Lakers, he hit a buzzer beater with 0.4 seconds left in game 5 of the 2004 Western Conference Semifinals against the San Antonio Spurs, which the NBA lists as the 18th-greatest playoff moment of all time.


When Kate Middleton married Prince William in 2011, she carried myrtle, hyacinths, lily of the valley, and Sweet William.
Since 1840, every royal bride has carried a sprig of myrtle in her wedding bouquet.
The brides must use myrtle grown in Queen Victoria's 170-year-old garden.
Myrtle is often considered the flower of love, marriage, and lasting fertility.
Choosing the perfect wedding bouquet can be an enormous task; color, texture, shape, and seasonality all come into play. Not to mention, many brides want to select flowers with special meaning or fasten their bouquet with a cloth or brooch that holds sentimental value.
The royal family is no different. From Queen Victoria in 1840 to Kate Middleton in 2011, there's one bouquet tradition that every royal bride has taken part in — a sprig of myrtle must appear in her bundle of flowers.
Myrtle is often considered the flower of love, marriage, and lasting fertility, so its appearance in a wedding bouquet is hardly unusual. But for royals, the evergreen woody shrub is sourced from a special place: Queen Victoria's own 170-year-old garden. Victoria's myrtle plant was given to her in the 1800s by the grandmother of her husband, Prince Albert.
Along with the meaningful sprig of myrtle, Kate Middleton's bouquet included hyacinths, which represent constancy; lily of the valley, which represents a return to happiness; and Sweet William, a tribute to her new beau.
However, all bets are off as to what Meghan Markle will carry. Rumor has it, she already might break this one major royal wedding tradition. If we could make a suggestion, it'd be the hydrangea paniculata, a white flower pink tints that's commonly referred to as "Harry's Souvenir." Don't forget to check out the 10 other wedding etiquette rules everyone in the royal family must follow.


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Peter Aniol (* 23. Januar 1938 in Christinenberg, Kreis Naugard; heute Kliniska Wielkie, Polen; † 5. April 2015) war ein deutscher Politiker der CDU.

Leben und Beruf
In Pommern geboren, kam Aniol, der evangelischen Glaubens war, nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg als Heimatvertriebener nach Westdeutschland. Nach der Mittleren Reife absolvierte er eine Verwaltungslehre bei einer Krankenkasse, die er 1958 abschloss. Anschließend trat er in den Dienst der Bundeswehr, wo er bei der Luftwaffe eingesetzt wurde. Seit 1974 war er beim Aufklärungsgeschwader 52 in Leck stationiert, u. a. als stellvertretender Kommandeur der Fliegerhorstgruppe. Aniol schied als Oberstleutnant aus der Bundeswehr aus. Am 19. Februar 2011 ernannte die Traditionsgemeinschaft AG 52 e.V. Leck, ihren ehemaligen Vorsitzenden Peter Aniol zum Ehrenvorsitzenden.

Aniol wurde mit der Flutmedaille Schleswig-Holstein, dem Deutschen Feuerwehr-Ehrenkreuz in Silber (1977) und auf Vorschlag der Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landesregierung mit dem Verdienstkreuz am Bande (1987) und dem Verdienstkreuz I. Klasse (1992) des Bundesverdienstkreuzes ausgezeichnet.

Partei
Aniol trat 1966 der CDU bei. Von 1975 bis 1979 war er Vorsitzender des Ortsverbandes Leck und von 1974 bis 1988 stellvertretender Vorsitzender im Kreis Nordfriesland.

Abgeordneter
Seit 1970 gehörte Aniol dem Kreistag im Kreis Nordfriesland an. Von 1975 bis 1986 war er dort Vorsitzender der CDU-Fraktion. Von 1998 bis 2003 war er stellvertretender Landrat dort.

Aniol war von 1979 bis 1992 Landtagsabgeordneter in Schleswig-Holstein, wo er den Wahlkreis Südtondern vertrat. Von 1983 bis zum 15. Dezember 1985 war er Beisitzer im Fraktionsvorstand, anschließend bis zu seinem Ausscheiden aus dem Parlament stellvertretender Fraktionsvorsitzender. Von 1984 bis 1992 war er außerdem Vorsitzender des Innen- und Rechtsausschusses des Landtages und 1989/90 stellvertretender Vorsitzender des Sonderausschusses Verfassungs- und Parlamentsreform. Der Landtag wählte ihn zum Mitglied der neunten Bundesversammlung, die am 23. Mai 1989 Richard von Weizsäcker zum Bundespräsidenten wiederwählte.

Literatur

 Thomas Steensen: Nordfriesland. Menschen von A–Z. Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Husum 2020, ISBN 978-3-96717-027-6, S. 24.

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CDU-Mitglied
Landtagsabgeordneter (Schleswig-Holstein)
Träger des Bundesverdienstkreuzes 1. Klasse
Träger des Deutschen Feuerwehr-Ehrenkreuzes in Silber
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Gestorben 2015
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On a day to give back, the Steelers did big time
Teresa Varley
Steelers.com
On a day designated as 'Giving Tuesday,' the Steelers organization did just that.
They gave back. In a big way. Players, front office personnel and management all joined together for one cause.
The Steelers teamed with Convoy of Hope to host Huddle for the Holidays, a unique one-of-a-kind outreach that provided necessities and the simple pleasures in life for 500 individuals, from kids to senior citizens.
Heinz Field was transformed from a football mecca into an oasis of love and caring, with every corner a place for individuals to benefit from the art of giving back.
Local organizations, including Amachi Pittsburgh, Latino Community Center, Urban League, Youth Places, YMCA, Jeremiah's Place and Urban Impact, just to name a few, invited those they serve to attend and enjoy of night of pampering and outreach.
There were the essentials like health & wellness screenings, haircuts, job services and even manicures, to needs like shoes, clothing and food, to the fun like family portraits, balloon making, arts & crafts and of course Santa's workshop where kids always get treated with new toys.
A hot meal was provided for all the guests and at the end of the night all families were provided with groceries to help them through what can often be tough times.
"We have so many volunteers here tonight. It's another example of how generous the people of Pittsburgh are," said Steelers President Art Rooney II. "It's exciting to see everybody come out to help out the community. I want to take my hat off to Vance McDonald who was the impetus to get this started and partnering with Convoy of Hope. It's a great night.
"It's that time of year when you have to bring the joy and help people that have a harder time enjoying this time of year. The more we can do to help people feel better about where they are in life, and being able to deal with everything that comes with the holidays. It's time to bring the joy."
PHOTOS: 2019 Huddle for the Holidays
The Steelers partnered with Convoy of Hope to give back to the Pittsburgh community
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Convoy of Hope is a faith-based organization that's main passion is to feed the world through 'children's feeding initiatives, community outreach and disaster response.' The organization was founded in 1994 and has served more than 115 million people throughout the world.
Vance McDonald got involved with the organization when he was with the San Francisco 49ers. McDonald and teammates went to Haiti with the organization, helping those who were affected by the tragic earthquake there. McDonald was so moved he stayed involved with the organization, helping those in the communities where he lives and works, as well as doing outreach with them to help victims of Hurricane Harvey, as he is a Texas native. This year he wanted to bring the outreach to those in the Pittsburgh community.
"It's something I have looked forward to," said McDonald. "My wife and I have spent time in Pittsburgh, and it's become home, so you want it even more for the community and the city. Its so neat for the people to see Heinz Field, to walk around on the field. The way people love the Steelers, it makes it even more special. I am hoping we make a big impact here tonight. There is so much good that can happen.
"Convoy of Hope just lays it out to help other people. It's an honor to be a partner with them. I love the humility they bring to everything. Every person that walks through the door they call them 'guests of honor,' that is how they view them and that is how they want to send them off, to show them how much they mean to them and they are people that matter. Every person they are serving, number one it's 'I want to show you how much of a prized possession you are, not only to me, but in the eyes of God.'
"You are going to be putting smiles on kids faces. You are also going to be helping out moms. You are getting all of the goods and services and picking things that fit the holiday season and things that might be overlooked by some families because of the circumstances. You are serving all aspects of the family."
The event was part of the NFL's goal to have 100 Million Minutes of volunteerism and community activism this year as the league celebrates its 100th season, a goal they have already exceeded.
"It's a great way to engage the players, front office, ownership and coaches to come together to serve their community," said Kirk Noonan, Chief Innovation Officer, whose department works with sports teams to help serve communities. "The vision for this tonight, it comes from Vance. He has this vision to feed the hungry and help the poor and suffering, and that is what Convoy is all about. He and Kendi, his wife, are determined to help others through service and that is what they are doing.
"This is a chance to come together as a giant team and serve the community. When there is an overflow of giving and service, great things happen."
Alan Faneca and Bill Nunn are both finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, with the selection committee set to vote on Tuesday
Dates and times won't be known for several months, but the team's 2021 opponents are now determined
Two more signed to Reserve/Future contracts
The Steelers signed Trey Edmunds and Jarron Jones to Reserve/Future contracts
'Pittsburgh Steelers, this is Mission Control Houston'
Josh Dobbs took part in a call with three astronauts from the International Space Station
Minkah: 'You have to learn from it'
Minkah Fitzpatrick expressed his disappointment in falling short of their expectations
Steelers sign 13 to Reserve/Future contracts
Among those signed are 11 who were on the team's practice squad at the end of the season
Working to bring people together
Avery Williamson is supporting the efforts of the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh
Tight ends coach James Daniel retires
The long-time tight ends coach is retiring after 17 seasons
Steelers make coaching staff changes
The Steelers are not renewing the contracts of offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner, offensive line coach Shaun Sarrett and defensive backs coach Tom Bradley
Asked and Answered: Jan. 14
Dupree heads a list of the 19 players who could become unrestricted free agents in March
Tomlin: 'It's tough to swallow'
After first-round playoff exit, he concedes changes will be part of the upcoming offseason
Teaming up to tackle issues
Multiple Steelers players are working together to make a difference for those served by United Way programs


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Flashmob in Melbourne tomorrow
Steven Tannasonon April 13, 2012 /1 comment
IF you love flashmobs, you'll want to be loitering around the city this weekend. Steven Tannason drops a few hints.
Young people from refugee, migrant and Melbourne born backgrounds will show you the city like it's never been seen before, flashmob style.
Taking place around midday tomorrow (April 14), the series of three flashmobs will unfold in unexpected corners of the Melbourne CBD, and involve 50 young people from diverse backgrounds, including African, Samoan, Maori, Greek, Lebanese, Anglo-Australian, and Chinese.
Called Side Guide 2012, the cultural exchange dance project is a partnership between not-for-profit youth theatre company St Martins Youth Arts Centre, together with artist group One Step At A Time Like This, Noble Park English Language School, and the city of Melbourne.
SITE GUIDE is happening around midday on 14 April in unexpected corners of Melbourne CBD
St Martins access officer Katrine Gabb says the project aims to showcase new perspectives of the city.
"The concept behind this new work is two pronged," Ms Gabb says.
"Firstly, to create an inclusive process and environment where disparate young people from immensely different backgrounds collaborate to achieve a common artistic goal with professional artists.
"And secondly, to approach and mark the city with their own experience of home, whether that be Braybrook, South Yarra, Noble Park, Fitzroy, Dandenong, or Khartoum."
Site Guide 2012 will involve 50 culturally diverse young people.to
A lot of effort has also been put into developing the dance routines, led by choreographer Adam Wheeler, artists from One Step At A Time Like This, and supported by not-for-profit organisation The Song Room.
Ms Gabb says St Martins, which has been providing performing arts experiences to young people for almost 30 years, was committed to developing a culture of inclusivity.
"We find we are uniquely placed to bring together young people with very different backgrounds and ideas about what art means to them," she says.
"Inclusive practice means we create a supportive space for diverse groups of young people to create quality art together."
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Have you ever looked at a recipe and thought, "Heck no! I am not doing that! That takes way too much work or time?" Yeah. Me too. Until I learned…. It is all about the tools!
When we moved into our first house my husband was ALWAYS going to Home Depot or Lowe's. It was like Toys "R" Us for grown ups. My husband said his dad taught him that "every new project required a new tool." I thought "yeah right." But I began to notice that these tools REALLY did help improve efficiency in a project. He was able to complete the work in half the amount of time and then he had the tool for another project. Most importantly these tools INSPIRED him to take on new projects and they built his confidence. I soon caught on and began to use this strategy in the kitchen.
Cooking can seem like a chore sometimes. You come home from a busy day and the last thing you want to think about is putting dinner on the table. My goal is to make cooking as pleasurable as possible. If something is not fun then your likely not going to stick with it. Having fun kitchen gadgets can make cooking easier and more enjoyable. With the holidays quickly approaching I thought I would share "a few of my favorite things" that you may want to put on your Santa List or purchase for a friend or family member.
Since I believe in having fun with what you are doing I wanted to share with you some out takes from my Sunday rainy afternoon photo shoot with my hubby. As with life it takes many tries before getting in right ?


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Severiano Mário Vieira de Magalhães Porto (Uberlândia, February 19, 1930 - Rio de Janeiro, December 10, 2020) was a Brazilian architect. Known as the "architect of the forest", or "architect of the Amazon", he was responsible for designing a unique model of an Amazonian sustainable architecture, which combines techniques developed by ribeirinhos and caboclos with the most modern and innovative creations of architecture.

Biography

Porto moved with his family to Rio de Janeiro, at the age of five, when his father founded Colégio Brasil América. He graduated from the National Faculty of Architecture (FNA), of the University of Brazil, in 1954. As a student he did an internship at Construtora Britto and as an architect responsible for the development of works he remained at the company for about eleven years. Porto travelled to Manaus for tourism in 1963. Two years later he was invited by the governor of the State of Amazonas, Arthur Cezar Ferreira Reis (1908-1993) - father of a colleague from Colégio Brasil América - to carry out the renovation of the government palace and the project of the Legislative Assembly of the State in 1965. While he remained in Manaus for the development of these projects, which did not materialize, Severiano Porto received other orders and then moved to the city in 1966. He maintained the office from Rio de Janeiro with the coordination of his partner, the architect Mário Emílio Ribeiro (1930), classmate of the FNA and co-author in important projects, like the Vivaldo Lima Stadium, 1965, the Campus of the University of Amazonas, 1970 / 1980, and the Pousada on Ilha de Silves, 1979/1983, all built in Amazonas. In Manaus, he drew up specifications, with engineers Sérgio S. Machado and Milber Guedes, to ensure that construction companies complied with deadlines and technical specifications according to the project and the legal provisions established. The unprecedented initiative in the state is assimilated by the government. Many of the projects developed in the region are awarded by the Institute of Architects of Brazil (IAB), such as the Chapéu de Palha Restaurant, 1967 (demolished), the Architect's Residence, 1971, and the Pousada da Ilha de Silves is awarded at the Buenos Aires International Architecture Biennial in 1985, and he reaches international renown, which is confirmed in 1987, when he was honored as the man of the year by the French magazine L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui. Severiano and Ribeiro's partnership was recognized by the Personality of the Year award, which architects receive from the Rio de Janeiro department of IAB in Manaus. Severiano also served as a professor of architecture and urbanism at the Faculty of Technology of the University of Amazonas, from 1972 to 1998. After 36 years living in Manaus, the architect returned to Rio de Janeiro, and moved the office to Niterói, where he moved in. In 2003 he received the title of honorary professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

Death

Porto died on December 10, 2020 due to COVID-19 in Niterói.

Works

 1965 - Vivaldo Lima Stadium, Manaus
 1967 - Chapéu de Palha Restaurant (demolished)
 1969 - Buildings such as the headquarters of Petrobras
 1971 - Headquarters of the Free Economic Zone of Manaus (Suframa, Manaus)  ** Architect's Residence, Manaus
 1973 - Campus of the University of the Amazon (UFAM)
 1977 - School of Music and Clube do Trabalhador do Sesi, in Fortaleza
 1978 - Robert Schuster Residence, Tarumã, Manaus
 1979 - Pousada dos Guanavenas, Silves Island
 1983 - Balbina Environmental Protection Center, Presidente Figueiredo
 1992 - Urbanization Park of Ponta Negra, Manaus
 1994 - Headquarters of Aldeia Infantil SOS (NGO linked to Unesco)
 Headquarters of the Regional Labor Court (TRT)
 Seat of the Justice Forum Henoch Reis
 Campus of Unama, Belém
 Prefabricated wooden school Elizabete Rodrigues de Campos

Bibliography

 NEVES, Letícia de oliveira. Arquitetura bioclimática e a obra de Severiano Porto: estrategias de ventilação natural. São Carlos, 2006.

References

External links
Análise da obra de Severiano Mário Porto
Itaú Cultural
Obra de Severiano Porto precisa ser resgatada e recuperada.

1930 births
2020 deaths
Brazilian architects
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro alumni
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Rio de Janeiro (state)


Food and travel video network Tastemade is hosting an event that encompasses the idea that there's a story behind every dish and drink. Join chefs from all across Los Angeles, including Ari Taymor (Alma), Ray Garcia (Broken Spanish, BS Taqueria) and more at Tastemade Studios in Santa Monica (30189 Olympic Boulevard, Stage C). Tickets go for $40, and include dishes, live DJ sets, the world premiere of short film "Under Discovered," and craft beer and cocktails. Enjoy the best food and drink that the city has to offer and indulge in that often-overlooked pastime of storytelling.


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Empty nester, what to do now ? I am used to being goal oriented and weekly accomplishments. I Hope I Find Some Body Ican Focus on.


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Escape from an avalanche - Jo Morgan's incredible tale of survival
''There was this huge wave coming towards me, like a big surf wave, and then I was just flailing around.''
Jan 08, 2019 8:40am
By Julie Jacobson
There are two maps pinned up on a wall in Jo Morgan's expansive lounge.
One – a large map of the world − shows, in heavy, black felt tip, the places she and husband Gareth have visited on their now annual motorbike adventures. The other, smaller and more detailed, highlights a section of the Southern Alps.
To the uninitiated, the image is one of inhospitable snow-capped peaks, deep bleak valleys and Lord of the Rings terrain.
Jo points to one of the jewel-like markers glinting in the late afternoon light that's filtering through the picture windows of the Morgans' Oriental Bay, Wellington home.
"There," she says, "that's where we were."
Mt Hicks was the 22nd of 24 peaks Jo had promised herself she'd climb by the time she got her Gold Card.
On October 31, the grandmother of seven almost died, her lower body buried metres deep in an avalanche that claimed the lives of guides Wolfgang Maier (58) - Jo's "other half" who had been with her on all of her previous climbs - and Martin Hess (50).
Jo with the friends she lost on the climb, Wolfgang Maier and Martin Hess
It's also there that Jo, in shocked silence and with the growing realisation there was nothing she could do for her two companions, found herself reaching for her phone to take a photograph of the sunrise.
"It seems bizarre now," she recalls. "There was no response to my shouts to the guys, and there was a despair realising I was trapped and couldn't help locate them. But then there was this glorious sunrise that seemed to give me a sense of peace. My phone was around my neck, so I got it out and took a photo."
Jo's is a remarkable tale of survival and, as she says, incredible luck. It's also the tale of a woman determined to live life to the full.
The trio had set off from Martin's Hut in Moa Creek at 3am on October 27, scrambling across rocks as they traversed Hooker Lake. They climbed for 11 hours. It was a difficult and slow slog. Jo was carrying 18kg.
The weather was "gnarly", sleety. At 3pm they stopped for a meal before continuing their climb. Two hours into what Jo describes as one of the area's toughest climbs, they decided to call it a day. Finding a sheltered hollow, they settled in for the night.
They were up early, forgoing breakfast but sharing some chocolate. It would be a five-hour "trudge" up the Earl Ridge to Empress Hut, the highest and most inaccessible hut in the Aoraki/Mt Cook area.
The sunrise Jo photographed while trapped under snow.
A Facebook post from Jo on October 28 notes it's a rest day. She wishes she'd done more training – reading, gardening, tree pruning and runs up Wellington's Mt Victoria.
A second Facebook post, two days later, was, as it turned out, astonishing in its prescience, noting, "It has been bleak up here... but a 20-hour weather window has us planning to leave at 2am. Hopefully Mt Hicks feels like visitors."
It was an area Jo knew well, having climbed there four times in the previous three years during several attempts to reach Mount Dampier and La Perouse, when the 65-year-old tumbled into a crevice, dangling, she says "like a chandelier in a big blue room".
"It's a dangerous walk-in now. It's become more dangerous each time I've done it," tells Jo. "But we got the break in the weather. We went for it."
The trio had discussed pulling out on the climb. Usually they would have gone out the day before to plan their path. This time they didn't. There was a moderate avalanche risk.
"It was getting up there, but it wasn't don't go, it was go with caution."
Roped together, with Wolfgang in the lead and Jo behind Martin, the friends set off. They walked for several hours, head torches lighting the way, stopping for a breather before tackling the haul up to the saddle above Hooker Glacier.
Jo passed her water bottle round and messaged Gareth back at home in Wellington, telling him everything was okay.
"And Wolfgang suggested I have a pee – he knew there wasn't going to be another chance for a while."
Zig-zagging up the slope, they were almost at the top when she heard Wolfgang shouting.
"It was something like, 'hurry the f* up Jo'. I had my head down, I looked up and then the ground started vibrating," she pauses, the memories still raw.
"There was this huge wave coming towards me, like a big surf wave, and then I was just flailing around trying to create an air pocket. I don't think it's appropriate to say I did the right thing or anything like that because I don't think you have much choice − you do what you do."
She doesn't know if she was in shock or whether she panicked.
"It was such a quiet process, I don't remember any noise. Initially I sat there and thought, 'This is awful', and just wanted to cry − then I thought, 'This is ridiculous, get your act together, woman!'"
Incredibly, nothing was broken and Jo was able to activate her personal locator beacon before she set about digging herself out.
"Having the beacon somewhere I could reach it was probably the most important thing. Even if I had been injured and hadn't been able to do anything else, setting that off would have been enough."
Clearing the snow away so she could pull herself out, her phone rang. It was the rescue coordination centre, asking who and where she was. She then rang Gareth.
"I just said, 'Look, I'm up here, I'm fine, I've lost my climbing mates and I don't know where they are.' It was a short, sweet conversation and then he called the kids to tell them what had happened."
Fearful that the weather might pack up, and with no food and no rope, Jo realised she had only enough gear to survive another couple of nights on the unforgiving Mt Hicks. The sound of the helicopter was music to her ears.
Choppered down to Mt Cook village, a shaken Jo was offered a breakfast of bacon and eggs, cooked by the alpine club's caretaker.
"I ate it with gusto, it was so good. I didn't have the heart to tell him I'm vegetarian."
As Gareth and son Sam waited in Christchurch for news of her rescue, Jo stayed in the village to see Wolfgang and Martin one last time.
"It wasn't to say goodbye – it was about trying to understand," she explains, adding that she still wonders if there was something more she could have done.
"But I was probably only two or three inches away from being number three. It's a bit like putting three jellybeans in a jar with some icing sugar and shaking it. All three of us could still be up there."
Jo, who returned after a three-month motorbike trip from Morocco through Georgia to attempt Mt Hicks, has been climbing for less than 10 years. She took it up at 58, after Gareth was invited – and went – to Antarctica without her.
"I just thought, 'Okay, what can I do?', so I booked on a learn-to-climb course and that was me! I just love it, even though I've been so cold I should have been really miserable. You open a little hole in your bivy bag and peer out and you've got snowflakes coming down on your nose, and you can see the stars and moon and silhouettes of the mountain. I just think I'm the luckiest granny in the world."
Jo on the summit of Mt Tasman.
And while her avalanche experience has certainly given Jo pause to think – "Something like this throws so many lives into tragedy [and] it has had a big impact on my family and many friends; they had that time not knowing whether I was alive" – it hasn't dampened her adventurous spirit.
"A motorbike is probably higher risk in many ways. I just think life is about experiencing things and if you're physically able to push it, then why not?
"The day after I got home, I was hanging off a tree with a saw thinking how the family would be laughing if I fell out and down the bank. How ironic – the woman who fell off a mountain is lying at the bottom of a tree!"
Christmas celebrations this year involved a family gathering at the beach, with the grandkids being gifted climbing wall vouchers.
In January, Jo will take part in a climb to Caroline Hut in memory of Wolfgang and Martin. She and Gareth will then head to Europe, picking up the bikes where they left off.
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It's a slow process, the unraveling of the human soul. In theory, it takes our whole lives.
I have witnessed it in the sudden times of crisis that that seem to destroy everything around us. When the whole world has unraveled and nothing makes sense. I see it currently in the faces of people waiting at a bus stop or counting quarters at the gas station for enough to make it home. When the weight of the world seems to heavy to bear, I can hear it in their sighs. I feel the weight on their shoulders and sense their unease. I know that they are at their end. I see it in the broken and the damned…and hear that song in my head the black parade that I so often see.
I know that I too, am unraveling. In many ways I am coming apart from end to end, to what end? Thats's a hard phrase to find the history of.
I am reminded of the balls of yarn the cats kidnap and toss around the house with kitty laughter. Yes, cats laugh if you listen closely. Sometimes I think that I am a ball of yarn and the fates are just flinging me around watching me get tangled and unraveled. I hope they are as amused as my kitties. I hope I make the fates happy.
But something is different. It's not an unraveling I am not expecting. I have a sense of knowing. I think I am finally starting to understand that there has to be an unraveling. This time, I am allowing myself to revel in the unravelling that has been done and laugh.
Monkey brain grabs me and reminds me of time travel. Yep, real monkey brain here. A long, long time ago there was a TV show Quantum Leap. If you don't know it you can't quite call yourself a nerd as far as I am concerned. There was a moment from that show explaining time travel that stuck with me. Time travel is just a ball of yarn where you could slip from one place to another in a mere moment, moving through time and space in a different way. Yes, simplistic. Or the Wrinkle In Time explanation with the ant on a string. Lost in the idea of time traveling on string for a few moments. It seems that time is a yarn in so many ways.
I am unravelling and spinning a yarn. Spinning a tale. We're all stories in the end make it a good one.
I am frayed at the ends. I am a tangled mess. But this time, I know we all are. We are all messy yards of yarn waiting to be woven.
Sometimes a scattered ball of yarn just doesn't seem worth it to take the time and effort it takes to wind back up again. Sometimes, a skein of yarn is just a bit too scratchy, or the color doesn't quite perfectly match the others, or you remember you only paid 99 cents for it digging through the bargain bin with hopes of checking another thing off the to do list that you secretly just added to. I know the great wool that still smells like sheep is worth trying… but this mess?
Do it anyway. Take the time, try to enjoy the process of changing the chaos that was created. After all, sometimes, that ball of yarn unravelled across the floor, behind the couch, under the bed, down the stairs, between the banisters and into the kitchen offers a surprise smile that slides on to your lips. How did this mess even happen, teleporting ninja kitties in the night? Begin to play with the tangled mess. Retrace the steps of the kitties that created this visible chaos and chuckle in confusion of how that could've even happened. Laugh at the chaos, mindful of the mess.
Wind it back up. Pick a place to start from, twisting the tangles between your fingers ever so gently creating order from chaos once again.
Retracing the steps, find a third end to a ball that should only have two. A break. Dammit. Then another. With a moment of frustration and fear, realize that what should be one big ball of yarn has been severed, broken. More than one ball, then another. That ball of yarn that should be whole isn't anymore. The playful chaos has cut, torn or chewed on enough that it became three. This time, the unravelling was too much to be held together.
With each unravelling little bits are lost, tiny little bits you can't see or find. Sit and stare at three new, separate balls. So much smaller than they would be together, three new little balls of yarn worth saving. To get back to what it once was, to become again it will need work. Each little end could be tied together, knotted at the disconnected ends always an option. Or, they could be seamlessly woven in eventually when the time is right. Knots will be visible and tangible if you were knit them into place so you… wait. You can make it whole, and make it beautiful and no one will ever see the unraveled mess it was before. In due time. Time.
I don't know how to even begin to wind myself together. I have to find an end to even begin. To what end. It doesn't matter which end you find, but where you end usually depends on where you start.
So I sit within the beautiful mess that is unraveling me with Whitey Ford singing the blues in my head and on the tip of my tongue. I take a step back and observe my self as the Universe has forced me to do so often as of late.
Unraveling. Sometimes we do it on purpose. Sometimes we have to.
I think of knitting a new project. The excitement that comes from starting something new, creating. The ritual that for me, begins with getting a new skein and unravelling it with purpose. My yarn has to be unraveled and transformed into a little ball before it can be knitted into something of useful beauty. Pull from one end, dig deep to find the center, as it pulls up a slightly knotted mess that needs to be untangled. The excitement of a new project keeps me focused so I sit patiently twisting and turning to find the end to begin.
Roll it up into a ball, not too tight. A sweet little old lady in the most beautifully color coordinated knitting store once told me not to bruise the yarn. The yarn moves through time as each new twist wraps around the ball, around itself. It takes time. Monkey brain pulls me back to time traveling. Ants, the magical blue police box with a heart and the good Doctor.
What if unravelling, the process of becoming undone, of unlearning is secretly just mental time travel. Reflecting on the past that holds you prisoner until you jump back to the present and toggle a thought to the future. What if those moments we spend unraveled and in the past are really what change our future or place us on a different path, on a different spot on the same big ball? That can't be it. We nerds know we aren't supposed to interact with any versions of ourselves in our timelines after all, it would be a disaster. Spoilers, Sweetie.
Unraveling thoughts of time as a string, listening to music without words because there are so few moments that don't generate a lyric of song for me. Time has been associated with strings for so long. On the notes of Bach and the Kronos Quartet, Monkey brain takes me to the fates. The proper Fates, the ancient Greek women of time.
The Fates, they weave the strings, the thread that builds life. I wonder, did the Fates themselves ball up our lives too as they pulled from the ether? What do the fates actually weave, more than passing time itself? I dive into the Fates, so many stories so many stories. One who pulls the threads, one who spins threads to a spindle instead of a ball and one who cuts when our time has come to an end. The process begins at birth, because birth means death. The threads of gods, the threads of mere mortals. The twisting of time into threads.
Side track almost complete, let's be honest they are never complete. I could spend hours researching the fates in all the cultures, truly. They are all women, they all play with thread and time, and it is them who unravel us from somewhere.
According to the Fates of the world, our lives are simply an unraveling.
Unraveling is actually the gift. Unraveling is actually the point of the whole thing. We are simply meant to unravel to be, to grow, to change to transform. I found no mention of what the fates weave with the threads of time other than time itself. I choose to believe that it is up to us how we use the time the Fates have given us, how we choose to bring beauty into the world. What better use of our time could there possibly be?
Walk away from the words for a moment or two but not from threads. I can't let go of the idea of creating beauty from the unraveled.
I find a mistake in my current piece. A dropped stitch or something that just doesn't look right. I'm not sure anyone would actually notice when the sweater is finished, but I know it is there. So, I begin to unravel it, maybe just a bit until I undo the mistake that was done. Each pull gives a subtle pop as it comes loose, a tiny soft sound that I'm pretty sure I imagine and can't really hear. I can't grab the rows of stitches that I've undone despite my best efforts. The hours and hours of work are lost. I sit and I decide to start over, because I can.
I unravel and start over to make it the way I want. It is never to late to unravel and start over.
I count. I count again. Stitches and rows. Rows after rows. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy…not the thoughts I want. Repeat a new phrase, words are what we become. Count my blessings instead with each loop. Pray the rosary of yarn, needles and thread to put happy thoughts in my head.
Weaving and stitching as so many of the Fates of mythology do, I remember that this too had to unravel to begin. Twice. Every stitch a subtle intentional binding that brings all of the moments together with purpose, I begin to knit myself together with every stitch in time.
Gratitude for the unraveling sets in, then laughter.
We are all unravelled messes, aren't we lucky?


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What We Know and What We Don't: DC Hate Week Edition
In which we take a gander at the upcoming match against the club we all love to hate.
By Tim Dean Apr 11, 2014, 9:33am EDT
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Somewhat lost amongst the buzz over last week's Cascadia rivalry thriller between the Portland Timbers and the Seattle Sounders, another, older MLS rivalry match is about to take place. This time on the east coast, in the dilapidated, run down, raccoon infested grounds of RFK Stadium in Washington D.C. Much like the venue in which it will take place, this rivalry has been neglected by most these days. Fortunately "most" does not include the players on the pitch, the coaches on the sidelines or the supporters in the stands. While so called "rivalries" of the Pacific Northwest may enjoy truces and tifo agreements, there is no such goodwill between RBNY's South Ward and DC's whats their faces. So let's take a look at this Saturday night's match between the New York Red Bulls and D.C. United and find out what we can expect.
RBNY is still plagued by injuries.
Tim Cahill and Roy Miller are both nursing knocks that could potentially keep them out of Saturday's match. Bobby Convey recently left a training session early due to an injury and Armando is still hobbled by a strained hamstring. Considering the fact that New York is still gunning for their first win of the season, going into Washington DC at anything less than full strength is a cause for concern. Does this club have the depth to churn out three points without their optimal starting eleven?
It's never great to have as many injuries as the Red Bulls are currently dealing with, but there is some good news for New York. Thierry Henry and Jamison Olave will both be returning to the pitch after missing last week's match due to terrible turf in Montreal. Olave's return is huge for a struggling and hurt back four which will be tested by Fabian Espindola and Eddie Johnson all day.
Here's what we don't know:
So who will we see in the back line anyway?
With more than half of New York's starting defenders carrying some kind of injury or another, it's anyone's guess who we'll see trotted out against United this Saturday night. Armando is probably out, Roy Miller is a game time decision, Richard Eckersley is nursing an ankle swollen to the size of a grapefruit and Kosuke Kimura seems to have a habit of getting knocked silly during games. The Red Bulls defense is spread so thin that coach Mike Petke may have to turn down a call up to the U-20 national team for home grown defender, Matt Miazga. The only certainty for Saturday is Jamison Olave.
Will New York finally get their first win?
It's week six and the Red Bulls have yet to notch one under the win column. While their play has steadily improved week to week, that's small consolation to the fact that RBNY only has four points out of a possible fifteen. They need a win and the need one soon. Getting one on the road is never easy in MLS, but DC has looked far from impressive. They may not be the same doormat club as they were last season, but New York should be able to take a full three points out of RFK. If they fail to get a result, it may finally be time to start worrying.
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Prayer is simply a conversation with God; an opportunity to thank, praise, ask and grow in our relationship with Him.
Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances for this is God's will for you who belong in Christ Jesus.


Pencils Down, Pass the Remote: Community celebrates its (apparently real) return!
Community celebrates its (apparently real) return!
Will Community actually return on February 7 as NBC has promised us, or will this be another October 19 situation? (By the way, NBC, thanks for totally ruining by birthday by cruelly yanking my Community away!) Only time will tell, but this epic Steve Porter remix of moments from the show's third season is good news.
You tried to destroy Community, NBC, but you only made it... MORE AWESOME!


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A GREAT PLACE TO RELAX AND READ A BOOK OR TWO.
THE TEACHERS HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY GETTING CREATIVE WITH THIER NEW LOFT PLAY STATIONS.
THEY MADE A PLACE UNDER THE STAIR-WELL FOR THE CHILDREN TO PLAY ALSO. TEACHERS USED CUSIONS AND CLOTH (NOT SEEN) UNDER THE STAIR-WELL SO CHILDREN WON'T BUMP THIER HEADS IF THEY STAND UP. IT GIVES THEM A SOFT PILLOW TO HIT THIER HEAD ON INSTEAD OF THE STAIRS OF WOOD.
Perfect for your pets !!!!
and right across the street from us !!!!
Just tell me the height ( in checkout )from the bottom of your door to the ground an I can make you stairs to fit your camper or any other place you may need stairs..
Hard as nails and super strong!!!!
She still stops by and brings me cookies and a hug!!!
Walls are 4ft tall - Peak is appox. 6ft.
Customer in Norton needed something to put his gererator and a few other things in under his deck.
We built it, slid it under the deck, and then shingled it.


Game Informer continue with their exclusive coverage for Mortal Kombat 11, this time with an exclusive character breakdown for Cetrion, alongside Steve Brownback, A.K.A 16 Bit, from NetheRealm Studios. The full breakdown is featured in the video below, enjoy.
Looks good. Too bad DRM is in the game and I dont know if I wish to get it after this.
How do you know that there is a DRM? Care to share the info please?
I see, however, QLOC did an excellent job with the PC ports of both MKX (after what HVS did with it) and IJ2, so I'm sure they will do their job just fine once again, no need to worry.
it is said IJ2 lags with some characters due to DRM . I will pass on and wait for cracked version. If WB dont listedn to people then they dont deserve my money. I dont want a game that has drm which drains my CPU and HDD because I PAID for it.. and trust me my friend I am really disappointed here.
Still guys, no need to go off topic here. This is about the character.
Whenever i try to search her in google it changes to "Citroen" lol.