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Agents of the deep state are using their control of politicians and the media to bury the truth about pedophilia and sex trafficking. QAnon conspiracy theory or fact? You may be surprised to learn that it’s a bit of both.
Although the beliefs of QAnons may seem wild, there is a kernel of truth underlying them. The deep state? It’s not a brotherhood of Satanic pedophiles, but it does exist. Political scientists use this term to refer to governing institutions that persist across changes of elected leadership, and have the power to form and pursue their goals autonomously. Mike Lofgren, the former Republican U.S. Congressional aide who is often credited with popularizing the term, describes it as “an evolution, not a conspiracy,” writing:
Yes, there is another government concealed beneath the one that is visible at either end of Pennsylvania Avenue, a hybrid entity of public and private institutions ruling the country according to consistent patterns in season and out, tethered to but only intermittently controlled by the visible state whose leaders we nominally choose.
So what is the connection between these deep state actors and child sexual abuse? The QAnon movement is correct in its intuition that a connection does exist, although it’s not quite as direct as a conspiracy to perpetrate and cover up Satanic ritual abuse by deep state actors themselves.
But yes, there is a coverup—a deliberate campaign by powerful actors to perpetuate false narratives about child sex trafficking and pedophilia to serve their own interests—and ironically, QAnon itself is a result of that coordinated deep state campaign. In a sense, that makes the conspiracy a bigger one than even QAnons recognise, since they themselves have been caught up in it.
Something else that QAnon inadvertently gets right is that these actions of deep state actors are indeed harming children. That’s because their false narratives about trafficking and pedophilia provide cover to actual child sexual abusers (who overwhelmingly aren’t Satanists, child abductors, or even pedophiles), and diverts scarce resources away from evidence-based prevention interventions, while hurting those who are innocent.
The truth about sex trafficking
QAnon’s focus on child sex trafficking can be traced to a November 2017 post on 4chan, in which Q asked “Who is the financial backer for human trafficking?” and “Who is the ‘broker’ for underage sex?”. QAnons subsequently constructed elaborate theories about celebrities such as Oprah and even the furniture company Wayfair being complicit in an international deep state conspiracy of child sex trafficking, and compiled “research” suggesting that President Trump had been responsible for a surge in trafficking arrests. Many QAnons feel that these theories were validated by the arrest of Jeffrey Epstein, for which they take credit.
But QAnon can’t take credit for instigating the use of misleading statistics about child abduction and trafficking, which have long been used to promote laws and programs that prioritize the interests of law enforcement organizations and their industry partners. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a good example of the “deep state” in action, being notionally a private nonprofit (and therefore not publicly accountable through elections or Freedom of Information laws), yet also acting as an agent of the government. A NCMEC figure that QAnon sources commonly quote is that 800,000 children go missing each year. Less often acknowledged is that in over 99% of those cases the child returns safely, often within hours.
In a recent article in the Journal of Family Strengths, Aimee Wodda writes about the key role of NCMEC in perpetuating the myth of “stranger danger,” and about its racist overtones in which “innocence” is associated with whiteness. She writes:
Despite efforts to disprove the “stranger danger” myth, many Americans remain under the false impression that large numbers of children are abducted and murdered annually. Belief in this myth has led to the passage of legislation that not only fails to protect the most vulnerable populations of children from harm but also has created a milieu that leaves children at risk for criminalization and stigma.
The facts are that almost all missing children cases are runaways (especially from foster homes), homeless youth (disproportionately LGBTQ+ children who do not have caring homes to return to), or children abducted by a non-custodial parent in a custody dispute. The prevalence of cases of child abduction by a stranger is extremely rare—less than 0.1% of the total; yet whenever “missing children” statistics are reported in the media or by lawmakers, these outlying cases are presented as the norm.
Sex work abolitionist groups have also had a major role in spreading misinformation about child sex trafficking, which has in turn found its way into QAnon lore. Common claims include that 100,000 U.S. children are in the sex trade, that 300,000 are are at risk of trafficking, and that the average age of entry into sex work is 13: none of these “facts” is true, or even close. Even when accurate figures are drawn from government statistics, they are skewed by definition, because the law defines minors as being “trafficked” when they have sex for survival, even though a “pimp” is involved in less than 10% of these cases. Dr Marty Klein writes:
NCMEC is driving the issue of sex trafficking as hard as it can. By expanding the definition of “sex trafficking” to include every sex worker, porn actress, and minor person having sex with an adult, they have successfully convinced Americans that huge numbers of Americans are sex trafficked. It’s a lie.
Distorting the nature of the problem is harmful because it distorts our response to it. When we recognize that most “sex trafficked” children are not kidnapped into slavery, but rather turn to sex work out of necessity, we can address the underlying failures that forced them to make that choice—such as a lack of stable housing and employment, and the homophobia and transphobia of the foster care system.
Because lawmakers and the anti-trafficking industry aren’t willing to seriously address these problems, perpetuating a false narrative about commercial child sex trafficking serves to divert attention from them. Far from exposing deep state involvement in sex trafficking, QAnon’s incorporation of law enforcement propaganda into its mythos has only made it complicit in this conspiracy.
The truth about Satanic sexual abuse
QAnons believe that the conspiracy that they are uncovering is Satanic in nature, and that it involves not only the trafficking of infants but also their torture, murder, and the harvesting of their adrenalized blood. Although these claims may seem even more outlandish than those about sex trafficking, they too are directly derived from earlier falsehoods propagated by deep state actors, including some who are still active in child protection today.
Similar stories of Satanic sex abuse cults formed the basis of the last major “Satanic Panic” in the United States, which was most active from 1983 to 1992. In the most notorious incident, one parent’s accusation of abuse against staff members at the McMartin pre-school in Manhattan Beach, California snowballed into 321 allegations of ritualized sexual abuse against seven daycare staff members by 41 children. Coercive questioning by unqualified investigators led children to concoct weird tales of secret underground tunnels, ritual baby sacrifice, and being flushed down toilets into secret chambers. The bizarre charges were eventually dismissed, but not before giving rise to a rash of copycat allegations around the country, and creating a cottage industry of Satanic sex abuse “experts,” many of whom were federally funded.
The Satanic panic also made its way to the United Kingdom, where similar fairy tales were given credence by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), the national child safety group established by the British government. In a 1989 press release, the NSPCC claimed “Cases which have come to light involve young girls being raped and babies being induced five-and-a-half months into pregnancy then killed and eaten during satanic ceremonies.” Needless to say, all of these allegations were also later proved false, with the Guardian newspaper concluding, “It is hard to avoid the conclusion that this was the NSPCC’s latest publicity stunt to raise funds in a viciously competitive financial climate for all charities.”
Yet even today, government-linked child protection groups are still supporting “experts” who are not only associated with the Satanic panics of the past, but continue to promote such conspiracy theories today. Both the Canadian and Australian groups have retained the services of Satanic abuse conspiracy theorist Michael Salter as a consultant. To this very day, Salter unapologetically maintains his belief in organized Satanic ritual sexual abuse. Salter denies that it is possible for false memories of ritualized abuse to be implanted in children, while also contending that it is common for real traumatic memories to be repressed. Although more research is needed, his views deviate from the scientific mainstream on both points.
In 1994, the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect published research into over 12,000 accusations of group Satanic ritual sexual abuse. Although there were a handful of cases in which abusers used Satanic iconography to intimidate their victims, the report found not a single substantiated report of an organized Satanic child sexual abuse ring. That’s because the phenomenon simply doesn’t exist; it is a social construct that our society has developed because it would rather deal with a fantasy than with the chilling truth: that most of the people who sexually abuse children are ordinary people just like ourselves.
The truth about pedophilia
For QAnon, pedophilia is not a medical but a cultural phenomenon that flourishes among the world’s elites. Male and female pedophiles alike practice child sexual abuse and cannibalism within large, secretive rings comprised of members of powerful political, entertainment, banking, and media dynasties. In an echo of historical anti-semitic blood libel, Jewish families such as the Rothschilds and George Soros are painted as puppetmasters of these rings, along with the House of Saud, just to add a touch of Islamophobia into the mix.
Once again, although all of these beliefs are untrue, they stem from mainstream narratives that intelligence organizations and government-linked child safety groups have long put forward. In particular, the belief that pedophiles are sadistic abusers by nature is very deeply ingrained in law enforcement culture. The FBI claims “There are basically two types of pedophiles on the Internet—those who seek face-to-face meetings with children and those who are content to anonymously collect and trade child pornography images.”
The media has reinforced this belief by treating the term pedophile as a synonym for child abuser. When experts correct this usage by pointing out that some pedophiles don’t offend, and some offenders aren’t pedophiles, this is often wrongly interpreted as defending or excusing the behavior of pedophilic offenders, and the expert is stigmatized as a pedophile sympathizer or apologist. All of this stems from a misunderstanding of what pedophilia is, and how it relates to abuse.
The reality is that pedophilia—an unchosen, lifelong sexual attraction towards children—is just one of many risk factors that can contribute towards sexual offending against a child. QAnon is correct that it is more widespread than many people believe, at about 1-5% of the population. But they’re wrong to treat it as synonymous with child sexual abuse. In fact, this factor is only present in about a quarter of cases of abuse. In the rest of the cases, the perpetrator isn’t a pedophile—their primary sexual attraction is towards people in their own age range, and they were led to abuse a child for other reasons.
The problem with a narrative that conflates pedophilia with offending, or treats the unchosen attraction itself as “just as bad,” is that this is diametrically opposed to the task of abuse prevention. When a person’s identity is defined by their criminality, there is no pathway for them to escape or avoid it. Whereas in fact we know that people who have pedophilia can avoid offending, and that for every pedophile who receives the support that they need to abide by the law, a child can be saved.
Unfortunately, as we explain in this month’s newsletter, government-linked child safety groups and other deep state actors have essentially sided with QAnon on this issue, by refusing to support research into outlets that could make it easier for pedophiles to live with their unchosen attraction without harming a real child. The media plays along, by uncritically publishing “stranger danger” style scare pieces on the issue. Government consultants have also contributed to the hysteria, by wrongly misusing the term pedophilia to refer to consensual sexual activities between adults.
It is a natural instinct to demonize those who have sexual attractions towards children, or whose interests even suggest such a tendency. Almost everyone does this; QAnon merely takes it to an extreme. It’s more difficult to accept that such people, like the rest of us, are simply complicated and messy human beings. But the fact that they do have agency and aren’t condemned to offend is actually good news. All the evidence that we have suggests that even for the most world’s most despised community, prevention is possble.
Why the QAnon conspiracy is working and how to stop it
The electoral success that QAnon candidates have recently enjoyed has shocked some, yet their beliefs aren’t really so far away from those of the political mainstream. Anti-semitism aside, the false beliefs that child sexual abuse is largely the result of sex trafficking and pedophilia is widely accepted across the political spectrum—and only a few decades ago, the role of Satanism in abuse was equally well accepted. The most shocking thing about QAnon is how closely its false beliefs mirror those of our society at large.
The most shocking thing about QAnon is how closely its false beliefs mirror those of our society at large.
Why do false beliefs enjoy such currency? It may be because for most people, the less they have to think about this topic, the better. It can be comforting to believe conspiracy theories about child sexual abuse, because the more complex reality can be more difficult to wrap our minds around. The harsh facts are that a majority of child sexual abuse occurs in the home, and is predominantly perpetrated by those the child knows and trusts. In about a third of cases, the perpetrator is a child themselves.
What are we supposed to do with that information? How are politicians supposed to pass laws to stop it? Campaigning against the fictional threat of online traffickers and pedophiles is a much more palatable proposition for all concerned, especially when it allows lawmakers and their deep state allies to justify mass surveillance, control over the Internet, and the expansion of the carceral state.
The conspiracy is real, even if it doesn’t take the form that QAnon thinks it does. It’s not a conspiracy of the powerful to abuse children. It’s a conspiracy of the powerful to use mistruths about child abuse to consolidate and expand their power, no matter the cost to children and other innocents. But like all conspiracies that are built upon lies, we have the power to take it down by speaking the truth.
That’s what Prostasia Foundation was formed to do. We believe that there should be no shame or stigma in talking accurately about child sexual abuse—because only with those facts in hand do we have any chance of preventing abuse before it happens. You can help support this work by donating or becoming a member.

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Ain’t No Place for a Hero
By Kaitlin Tremblay
A deep dive into the groundbreaking and bestselling video game series
The critically acclaimed first-person shooter franchise Borderlands knows it’s ridiculous. It’s a badge of pride. After all, Borderlands 2 was promoted with the tagline “87 bazillion guns just got bazillionder. ... Read more
Compiled by Paul 107
This is no art-gallery graffiti. Going all-city is about leaving your mark, taking space, and then taking more. Featuring stunning photographs and interviews with legendary graffiti writers from around the world, All-City takes an inside look at the lives, motives, tools, and ... Read more
Everything Remains Raw
By Mark V. Campbell
Before there was Drake, there was The 6. The genesis and rise of Toronto's Hip Hop culture.
Amongst the algorithmic pulsations that remap informational networks at the whim of any giant tech company, hip hop culture produces ways of knowing (and being in) the world that continually ... Read more
By David Weitzner
Prescriptions for imaginative living in today’s noisy and ever-narrowing world
Our social conversation has gone awry. We have allowed the wrong people to lay claim to substantial amounts of social, political and economic power, leaving many of us to feel left out, left behind ... Read more
By Mendelson Joe
Preface by Gary Michael Dault
Among many things, Mendelson Joe is a political activist. And he’s a painter. So it was inevitable that he would express his activism through a series of portraits of politicians.
Here we have George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Bill Clinton ... Read more
By Tom Smart
Tom Smart's Palookaville: Seth and the Art of Graphic Autobiography examines the construction self-identity and the wafer-thin distinction between fiction and autobiography in Canadian cartoonist Seth's Palookaville series of graphic novels.
By Robert Enright
In these thirty-two informed and considered interviews, the most influential artists of our time travel through memory and imagination to consider and discuss their lives, their art, and their place in the world. Robert Enright takes us into the environments, both imaginative ... Read more
The Truth About Facts
By Bart Vautour
An A-to-Z compendium that finds the wonder in information overload.
The Truth About Facts makes intimate the seeming noise of information and facts by using the tradition of the alphabet book to get back to basics: to make room for wonder, devotion, and a reinvigorated role for ... Read more

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Arcade Fire as the Reflektors
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Better Than: Catching your favorite indie-band-made-big in some giant auditorium.
Arcade Fire first hit the scene, changing the sound of indie music forever, back in the early 2000s. Musical force Régine Chassagne is a first-generation Haitian emigrant, and apparently, she and co-founding husband Win Butler are totally in love with Little Haiti, but in all this time, they've never made it to Miami.
All that changed last night when this little band called the Reflektors came through Mekka (of all places), but we all knew who that really was.

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Below are some recent sightings…
After just releasing his second studio album, Dreams Worth More Than Money, which topped the Billboard 200 chart and is currently the number one album in the U.S., Meek Mill made his debut at the revolutionary Drai’s LIVE concert series on July 11, 2015 with a full-length concert at Drai’s Beachclub • Nightclub atop The Cromwell in Las Vegas.
Also at Drai’s The Weeknd performed a sold-out concert and Quincy Jones partied 11 Stories above Las Vegas Boulevard.
On Thursday, July 9, Sheikh Shoes took over Downtown LA on Broadway Avenue to celebrate the grand opening of their newest Legacy Level store. This part included the re-releases which included the Cool Grey 11s and Chicago 1s. Some of the guests that attended this fabulous event was Jesse Willams from ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ as well as a bunch of LA influencers and tastemakers who all had a chance to get these exclusive shoes while enjoying the music from DJ Sean G.
One of the things from the store that is a must see is the illuminated 23 in the Jordan shop which is actuallythe same height as Michael Jordan himself, 6’6”. The floor for the Nike shop is patterned in style of the pivot point of the Nike Air Force one. The newest Sheikh location is located on 745 S. Broadway, LA, CA 90014, and is now officially open and through the month of July to celebrate, Shiekh has some of the hottest re-releases slated to drop all month.
Saturday afternoon, DJ Paris Hilton hosted a Fourth of July bash at TAO Beach. The starlette was dressed in a custom Patriotic-inspired ensemble, red Chanel biker gloves and shades, as she hung out in a private cabana with her boyfriend Thomas Gross, brother Barron and close friends before her set. Hilton greeted the packed crowd from the DJ booth stating how excited she was to host her “favorite pool party in Vegas.” The energetic DJ danced and took shots, as she played a mashup of EDM, Top 40 and her hit new single “High Off My Love.” Throughout the set, fans went wild as Paris threw out custom t-shirts and beach balls into the crowd.


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Directed by Dennison Ramalho
Stênio works the graveyard shift in the morgue of a vast, violent city. He toils all night, but he’s never alone, for Stênio can talk to the dead. And they talk back. But when the whispers of the dead reveal secrets of his own life, Stênio unleashes a curse that brings forth danger and darkness. A SHUDDER EXCLUSIVE.
Steñio can talk to the dead. If he isn't careful, his gift will be a curse.
Cast: Daniel de Oliveira, Fabiula Nascimento, Bianca Comparato
Saw this flick a few years back at Fantasia Film Festival and it killed. It was fresh and inspired with genuine characters that felt lived in and with nice visuals. Nice to see that this gem landed on this platform where true horror fans can appreciate it.
I thought this movie was about your moms job, she works night shifts in the whore house
Great watch! it was something different. Recommend to others. it was only 3 cause i had some unanswered questions.
Fantastic movie! And another fantastic addition to Shudder's growing collection of high quality international genre future classics! I have absolutely no idea what all the people who are saying they don't like the ending could possibly be referring to. The ending was perfect, and in fact, I couldn't imagine it ending in any other way! After everything the main character has done, you were expecting a HAPPY ending?! Come on! The third act was perfect, as far as I'm concerned. Congratulations, Shudder, and THANKS!
relevant and relatable to many people great story line but I am not feeling the ending


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What's impressive about Dead in Vinland - part survival management, part RPG, part roguelike and part turn-based combat game - is that instead of being a Frankenstein's monster mashup, it pretty painlessly melds many disparate genres. Even more complex than the developer CCCP's previous entry into an eventual trilogy, Dead in Bermuda, Vinland has interesting and amusing characters and a lot to keep the player occupied. The game suffers from a fairly steep learning curve, though, and a default level of difficulty becomes frustrating when it's coupled with listening to the same dialogue and story beats several times.
Although the story eventually adds some flesh to its bones, Dead in Vinland begins with a bit of a mystery, as a family quartet of survivors finds itself stranded on an island. Early on, the game begins to establish a rhythm that consists of exploration, resource gathering, crafting, and occasional turn-based combat. Hunger, thirst, sickness and lots of other stats must be managed, and workstations must be built to provide a steady stream of crafting materials and consumables. And then comes nightfall, and the storytelling begins as characters share their backstories and inch the narrative forward. In addition to the family quartet, the game introduces a number of other distinctive, quirky, and potentially heroic characters into the mix, each with an entertaining backstory. In during these dialogue-heavy sessions, however, stats continue to change and are impacted by character interactions.
Although there is an island-ruling despot antagonist to whom ever-increasing monetary tribute must be paid, and whose minions one must battle, the real "enemies" of the game are the island (and all the ways it can kill) and the detail-rich gameplay systems that demand constant attention. Like any respectable management sim, every adjustment or choice has far-reaching consequences. There are few "set it and forget it" elements in Death in Vinland, and the threats of sickness, starvation, thirst or depression are always present. Death to any of the main characters means game over.
Dead in Vinland looks lovely, with painterly 2D graphics that pack a lot of emotional information into each frame. The look is colorful and the scenes are relatively static, with just enough simple animation to make them visually interesting during the lengthy sections of dialogue. The developers boast that the game contains "over 150,000 words," but unfortunately, those sometimes fatigue-inducing back-and-forths between characters lack much of a sense of historical style or poetry. The tone is overall very modern and it can be jarringly anachronistic, given the ancient Viking setting. Entirely bereft of voice acting, it's fortunate that Death in Vinland's Celtic/folk-inspired musical score is tuneful and pleasant, with a much more archaic feel than the text.
At it's default difficulty, Dead in Vinland is a very challenging game, made up of many interconnected systems, each with the potential to create a fail state if not carefully managed. The combat is pretty simplistic and not as rewarding as simply keeping the characters alive day to day but in general, this is a game with a lot of depth. It's easy to die, and each replay becomes just a little less interesting, so I highly recommend playing through on the easy mode first.


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*Diana Ross has set aside dates this spring and summer for several shows, Us Weekly reports.
The tour, titled More Today Than Yesterday, is scheduled to launch May 15 in Boston and will role through 17 cities until June.
The Motown icon will travel with a live string and horn section, according to reports.
Tickets will be available for purchase on April 1, though select dates are already on sale. A May 29 show at Fox Theatre in her hometown of Detroit will go on sale March 18. Click here for tickets.

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The 3-star Santika Pontianak Hotel stands in the heart of Pontianak and provides a swimming pool, a ballroom and a library. Santika Pontianak Hotel was opened in 2001 and offers modern rooms.
The hotel is located in the shopping district of Pontianak within a 30-minute walk of Ayani Mega Mall. This excellent property is about 2 km away from the center of Pontianak.
Santika Pontianak Hotel is set close to fairgrounds and a mall.
The venue is notable for the major location within a 25-minute drive to Supadio airport.
Santika Pontianak Hotel offers 129 guestrooms appointed with satellite TV, climate control, a laptop-compatible safe, coffee/tea makers and a sofa with all the sights of Pontianak within easy access. Rooms come with the garden view. Guests will enjoy a shower, a hairdryer and free toiletries provided in the bathrooms.
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Breakfast is served in the restaurant each morning. There is a restaurant serving Chinese dishes on site. Guests can dine at Warung Lamongan Pak Ari and Kaisar located within 5 minutes' walk away.
The hotel offers cars for rent to explore the local sites.
Cribs and a pool are available for guests with children. A gym and a fitness centre are among the on-site facilities.
Wireless internet is available in public areas for free.
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A comprehensive journey through the history of "meaning," from antiquity to modern day.The word meaning appears often in our daily lives: religious leaders holding out the promise of meaning for their followers, self-help manuals seeking to demonstrate the power of meaning to enrich our lives, and most frequently people questioning the meaning of life. The word carries a multitude of connotations, from "purpose" to "value" and "essence" to "mysterious truth", but this diversity of understanding is rarely explored.In What Do We Mean When We Talk About Meaning?, Steven Cassedy tells the story of how a word that began by denoting "signifying" and "intending" came to acquire such a broad array of sub-definitions. The book begins with the early Christian thinkers who believed meaning could be "read" from the world as if it were holy scripture, then moves into the philosophers who adapted this notion and eventually the Romantic-era Germans that coined "the meaning of life," a phrase that later traveled to Great Britain, the United States, and Russia. The book also extends into the twentieth century, when "meaning" acquired its greatest power in the realms of religion, psychotherapy, and self-help, all of which helped it to accumulate the fluidity and ambiguity it still displays today.
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Commercial Grade is a weekly post by John Cicero, MAI who provides commentary on issues affecting real estate appraisers, with specific focus on commercial valuation. Today John talks about the disconnect between clients and appraisers over fees.
Disclosure: John is a partner of mine in our commercial real estate valuation concern Miller Cicero, LLC and he is, on Thursdays, one of the smartest guys I know. Jonathan Miller
This past week I received a call from a clienta major lender. I had delivered a completed report a week earlieron time. Difficult assignment: affordable housing, proposed construction, tax credits, bond financing, tax abatements. Since I completed the report, the project had changed slightly. My client wanted to return the reports so that I could incoporate the developer’s changes.
The changes would ripple through the report. Would take me an hour, maybe two, maybe threedon’t know. I responded that I would be happy to (we are, after all, a service business) and that I would charge a nominal hourly rate for our time plus production costs. (The fee was quite low to begin with but I suppose that’s irrelevant, since it’s what I had bid. No response. A week later, my client calls and tells me that there is an error in the appraisal and that I know you wanted money to make the changes, but since you have to make corrections anyway can you incorporate the changes.
I explained that I didn’t think it was fair to ask me to do additional work beyond the original scope of the assignment without being compensated. The response..well, I have to review the appraisal twice also. As it turns out, we didn’t make an error and, therefore, didn’t need to make any changes.
I am still puzzledwhy was my client expecting me to do additional work without being compensated. I can think of no other profession, or job, or trade (call it what you will) where people seem to have no qualms asking you to work for free.
[Editor’s long-winded note: I think the mindset with the appraisal community is that we don’t respect ourselves enough as a profession evidenced by the fact that the majority of us are perfectly willing to undercut our competitor with no real direct long-term benefit to us. Clients still represent an imposing force and our knee-jerk response to this thought: “If I don’t do this freebie, I will never hear from this client again. The client gets used to this mentality and keeps asking as the status quo. It results in an erosion of the validity of the services we provide, which end up being relegated to just paperwork for the file.]
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It is not only commerical but also in residential. They lender does not like the value and wants other sales to be added or reviewed for inclusion. All done for no fee.

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Hubby built very sturdy shelving to hold my heavy collection of books, magazines and patterns. I sure appreciate him!
The shelving also holds baskets of UFOs, sewing notions and craft items.
And my M&M’s.
The built-in shelving displays my fabric stash. It is not folded on foam core, or comic boards…I’ll never be that consistent with my stash. But I do like it out in the open. And I wonder how did some of those pieces get here?
And the scraps? I have a dresser full.
I am considering Bonnie Hunter’s scrap user’s system, but I rather like running my fingers through them.Studio Makeover Part 1 is here. Studio Makeover Part 2 is here. Studio Makeover Part 3 is here. Studio Makeover Part 4 is here.


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Seaview, Isle of Wight
Great walks, a pretty high street and a bar with fantastic views out to sea
At the Old Fort Bar and Café, the owner, chatting amiably to his clientele, asked our table in the friendliest manner: “So, you’re over from the North Island, are you?”
It’s a joke that he no doubt trots out to many a visitor. And it works because it’s patently ludicrous. Seaview is a quintessentially south of England holiday village, with genteel Victorian houses and a pretty little high street that backs on to gentle rolling countryside. It’s about as foreign as roast beef.
The Old Fort is in an enviable position, bang on The Esplanade, with a group of tables and benches on the sea wall and a fine prospect across the Solent. With a pint of the Isle of Wight-brewed Goddards bitter in your

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The Natalie B Tibet Turquoise Coral Inlaid Pendant Necklace, as seen on Vanessa Hudgens, is a unique and ethnic-inspired piece. This long necklace features a turquoise coral inlaid pendant in a diamond shape that dangles from a brass chain. Vanessa Hudgens is also wearing the: - Love Child Triple Feather on Chain Earring - Love Heals Mountain Necklace - Natalie B Cross Ring in Black
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WASHINGTON -- A New York doctor has agreed to end his 40-year practice of injecting liquid silicone into the bodies of patients to try to erase wrinkles.
The agreement of Dr. Norman Orentreich, which came in a consent decree signed Friday with the Food and Drug Administration, was the FDA's first success in its effort to stop plastic surgeons and dermatologists from injecting silicone into patients. The government said the practice was illegal and sometimes caused catastrophic health problems.
The Justice Department also went to U.S. District Court in Los Angeles seeking an injunction to stop Dr. James E. Fulton and doctors at his two Los Angeles clinics, Vivant Fulton Pharma-Cal and Acne Research Institute, from performing such injections.
The agency is still investigating two other doctors in Los Angeles and Miami.
Patients who have received the injections over the years have suffered various problems, depending on the amount and the location of silicone injected.
The problems have ranged from lumps and open sores to death in the rare cases when silicone migrated to the lungs.
Under the consent decree, Dr. Orentreich, his brother David S. Orentreich, and Dr. Michael A. Kalman, partners in the Orentreich Medical Group in Manhattan, are permanently prohibited from using, making, selling, advertising or shipping liquid silicone. They have agreed to destroy any silicone they now have.
Under the agreement, the doctors do not admit any wrongdoing.
Since the 1970s, Dr. Orentreich had fought the agency over the issue, arguing that the treatment had few risks.
He had said in interviews that he had injected more than 100,000 patients, including himself and many celebrities.

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|Hammond Lumber Co. 2-8-2T No. 17||Posted by: Brian P. on May 18, 2020 @ 21:05:14|
Mt. Rainier was just shut down. Their locomotives should be changed to "stored".
|South African Railways 2-8-4 No. 3620||Posted by: Russell Newman on May 18, 2020 @ 14:05:03|
The former South African Railways Class 24 2-8-4 No. 3620 has been sold to the Q train which is a Dinner train that operates at the Bellarine Peninsular Railway Queenscliffe in Victoria in Australia and its where the locomotive has now relocated too.
|MAV (HDZ) 2-4-2T No. 275.161 (16-009)||Posted by: Dale W Fickés on May 18, 2020 @ 13:05:22|
The loco was due to become SHS 414.009 but actually became HDŽ No. 16-009 (1933 - 1941); subsequently MÁV No. 22.1009 (1941-1942) and No. 22.154 (1942-1948) It operated as No. 22.161 (1948-1957) and finally from 1957 as No. 275.161 until retirement in 1976, whence it was plinthed at Nagyatád Station, Hungary in November of that year as No. 275.161.
|DR 2-10-0 No. 50.3624||Posted by: Doug Bailey on May 18, 2020 @ 06:05:57|
Changed the status of the locomotive to Display based upon information found at www.dampflok-wittenberge.de/fahrzeug_15
|DR 2-10-0 No. 50.3682||Posted by: Doug Bailey on May 18, 2020 @ 06:05:50|
Corrected the status of the locomotive to display based upon information from the website www.dampflok-wittenberge.de/fahrzeug_18
|United States Army 0-6-0T No. 5014||Posted by: greg jewers on May 17, 2020 @ 21:05:22|
Currently cosmetically restored and on display n.e. side of town. Seems like nothing is continuing with the restoration of the T&BF project. Everything looks like its been static for years.
|Canadian Pacific Railroad 2-8-2 No. 5361||Posted by: Jennifer Patterson on May 16, 2020 @ 14:05:10|
Where in Depew can one find this train? Is there any train museum in Depew at all?
|Chon Buri Sugar Company 0-6-0WT No. 105 'Siam'||Posted by: ILFORD on May 16, 2020 @ 04:05:08|
Loco now at narrow gauge depot in GULBENE, Latvia. Gauge is 750mm not 30 inch.
|Chon Buri Sugar Company 0-6-0WT No. 105 'Siam'||Posted by: Russell Newman on May 15, 2020 @ 13:05:27|
The former Chon Buri Sugar Company Henschel & Sohn (Kassel) built 0-6-0T No. 105 "Siam" has now since left the Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway and the UK all together as it has been sold for a new life in Latvia at a unknown private railway out there.
|NCB Marine Colliery 0-6-0ST No. 'Menelaus'||Posted by: DAVID STEAD on May 15, 2020 @ 10:05:37|
This engine was driven by my uncle Hadyn Shepherd for most of his working life at the marine colliery.I was given rides on this engine from a toddler and ended up going on the engine many times when i ended up working at the pit.I used to go and see my uncle and have a talk.I keep looking to see if this engine is back in use.This engine deserves to be kept.
|India 0-6-0WT No. 'Cheetal'||Posted by: luke on May 15, 2020 @ 06:05:43|
status should be awaiting restoration
|CSR (CSD) 0-8-0 No. 414.404||Posted by: ILFORD on May 14, 2020 @ 17:05:44|
Loco has moved to Chomutov noted here in July 2019, built by StEG 2416 in 1894.
|Tongaat Sugar, Natal 4-4-0T No. 'Charles Wytock'||Posted by: luke on May 14, 2020 @ 11:05:51|
out of service
|French Army 0-6-0T No. 'Axe'||Posted by: luke on May 14, 2020 @ 11:05:32|
status should be overhaul
|Great Western Railway 4-6-0 No. 4079 'Pendennis Castle'||Posted by: Russell Newman on May 14, 2020 @ 06:05:05|
No. 4079 has been moved into the lifting shop at Didcot for her boiler to be lifted out of her frames for the final stage of her overhaul since her repatriation from Australia. As there is pipe work that needs replacing before the locomotive can enter service on the heritage railway circuit.
|NCB Fishburn Coke Works 0-4-0ST No. 22||Posted by: Russell Newman on May 14, 2020 @ 06:05:19|
The ex NCB Hetton Colliery and Fishburn Coke Works Andrew Barclay built 0-4-0ST No. 22 is expected to steam again later this year as its overhaul is in its final stages. It is expected that the locomotive will be outshopped with the number 54 is carried when she was at NCB Hetton Colliery in county Durham.
|Maerdy Colliery 0-6-0ST No. 'Mardy Monster'||Posted by: Russell Newman on May 14, 2020 @ 06:05:46|
The former Maerdy Colliery Peckett built OQ Class 0-6-0ST No. 2150 "Mardy Monster" which is the most powerful industrial steam locomotive has been put up for sale by its owner.
|South African Railways 2-8-4 No. 3620||Posted by: John T Findlay on May 13, 2020 @ 15:05:17|
South African Railways no 3620 is currently being moved to Queenscliff near Melbourne for a proposed dinner train.
|PKP (KPEV, DRG) 4-4-0 No. Pd5-17(13.1247)||Posted by: Steve Frost on May 13, 2020 @ 13:05:20|
ILFORD reports that the displayed identity is not the real identity of the loco and it is actually Pd5-32 (DRG 13.544) Linke-Hoffmann 862/1912.
|SZD 2-6-2 No. S-68||Posted by: Erik Newland on May 12, 2020 @ 14:05:27|
Some more info on this locomotive: Built by NEVSKY, not Neva. Weight on drivers=15.7-15.8 tf. Driver Diameter=1830 mm. Boiler pressure=13 kgf / cm². Cylinders: 600 mm by 660 mm.
|Seattle, Portland & Spokane RR 4-8-4 No. 700||Posted by: Erik Newland on May 12, 2020 @ 11:05:17|
This locomotive is not currently operational. Please change status to overhaul.
|JZ 0-4-0T No. 44.004||Posted by: Dale W Fickés on May 12, 2020 @ 04:05:28|
JZ No. 44.004 was built by E Gouin & Co in 1864 (no construction number) for the Suez Canal Co; later served with the Hafen Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey); Ottomanische Eisenbahn 77*; and lastly at Uljanik Pula (Seearsenal Pola)
|Southern Pacific Co. 4-8-4 No. 4449||Posted by: on May 11, 2020 @ 21:05:52|
The engine has been running for over 5 years, you really should change the status to operational.
|Ohio Power Co. 0-4-0F No. 2||Posted by: on May 10, 2020 @ 15:05:58|
Splendid set of drawings of this loco in Model Railroader Magazine, April 1981.
|Sena Sugar (Ex German Army) 0-8-0T No. 15 1238||Posted by: ILFORD on May 9, 2020 @ 07:05:23|
This loco has been sold to Belgium, to BRUGELETTE (near HAINAULT), located at Para Daiza / Paradise Park.
|Hecla Mining Co. 0-4-0T No. 16||Posted by: Rick Rios on May 8, 2020 @ 22:05:59|
I am the owner of Erie Canal Villag (05/01/2020) The engine is still in the barns though not operational. Needs an overhaul.
|Sena Sugar (Ex German Army) 0-8-0T No. 15 1238||Posted by: luke on May 8, 2020 @ 15:05:13|
this locomotive is no longer here.
|Unknown 0-6-0T No. 'Tourska'||Posted by: luke on May 8, 2020 @ 15:05:57|
|German Army 0-8-0T No. 1091||Posted by: luke on May 8, 2020 @ 15:05:58|
out of service
|Unknown 0-4-0WT No. 7 'Justine'||Posted by: luke on May 8, 2020 @ 15:05:36|


It is a breezy Sunday morning and Backdoor Mhunza, a laborer at a farm in Chiriseri communal lands is trying so hard to digest the biblical verse which his priest, Father Michael shared. It was drawn from Proverbs 12 v 11 stating that, “Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense.”
As he ponders in his heart he reflects on how he has endured low salaries for the last decade despite working so hard for his employer. He imagines how some of his co-workers who retired received pensions not even equivalent to US$400 despite dedicating 30 years in service.
“I work like an elephant but my family eats like ants, why am I like this? Where exactly am I getting it wrong?” Mhunza ponders quietly.
Such are the circumstances being experienced by a majority of Zimbabwean workers who have not seen meaningful reward for their toil in decades.
This is despite the fact that the country has an internationally acclaimed education standard with indexmundi.com stating that as at September 30 2021, the literacy rate stood at 86, 5%. The quality of work produced by the country’s citizens remains top notch, prompting migrants leaving the Southern Africa nation to outcompete foreigners even in their hometowns.
Recent data shared by top labour economist ,Doctor Prosper Chitambara reveals that on average , professional graded workers are taking home an equivalent of US$180 calculated using the official rate.
“Which is very lower to the incomes being earned by other workers in the region like South Africa as of the second quarter 2021 , the average salary paid to employees in the formal sector was up marginally by 1.7% quarter on quarter from R23,127 in February 2021 to R23,526 almost equivalent to US$1,568 in May 2021.
“This is 9,7% higher compared to the same period in 2020. In Zambia the national average salary is K4,393 equivalent to US$258,” he said.
Chitambara added that the average salary in Mozambique at 40 200 meticais per month is equivalent to US$629,86 while in Eswatini the average income is US$3 580.
Apart from poor earnings, The International Trade Union Confederation 2021 index ranked Zimbabwe among the world’s ten worst destinations for the working class after tracking a series of violations which include the forceful clampdown of workers demonstrations.
But what really gobbles the mind is the mismatch between government’s efforts to spur the economy, the big cake being enjoyed by employers and the growing selfishness among the elite business class.
In the full year of 2021 , one of the country’s top performing Innscor Africa Limited posted recorded revenue of $56,486 billion during the year under review, representing a 406% increase on the comparative year on the back the back of volume growth across all businesses as the introduction of new products.
In the six months ended August 31 2021, telecommunications giant, Econet Wireless posted a profit of it of $6,6 billion in the same period translating to a 5 259% increase in profit.
These two companies are just a tip of the iceberg revealing the good performance being recorded by most Zimbabwean companies listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange.
Quizzed over the growing mismatches, Employers Confederation of Zimbabwe president, Demos Mbauya did not send through his responses despite having assured NewZimbabwe.com.
Renowned economist, Doctor Godfrey Kanyenze bemoaned the current deficits and recommended that the Tripartite Negotiation Forum (TNF) is the only way out.
“What we see is the widening gap of inequality, with “the haves” amassing more wealth while the workers continue to drown in poverty. Worse still companies are enjoying a lot of favorable policies like duty exemptions, access to foreign currency at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Foreign Exchange Auction yet they even decline to pay for taxes in the same currency.
“They charge for goods and services in US$ or rate salaries at prices which are rated against parallel market rates. There is an urgent need to deal with the matter at the TNF,” he said.
Commenting on the matter, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions president, Florence Taruvinga decried the fact that companies have never shared their profits with workers if any , they are very few which is why we are demanding for US$ salaries to restore the purchasing power of workers.
“Most if not all companies are pegging rtgs prices using black market rate which relates to 100% US. We are pushing for restoration of the salaries that workers earned in 2018.
“It’s a struggle that is continuing and deepening hence making use of any strategy available which will yield results. There is no way employers would opt for any sharing option, that has never been a character of capital,” she said.
She said workers’ demands are enshrined in social justice and equity leading to Decent work for all workers and that we should continue to use all strategies that are at our disposal to make sure that workers are dignified.
“Despite continuing to encourage the use of the Works Councils to negotiate and improve the outcomes of National Employment Councils, the journey has been futile because core issues have not been addressed,” she said.
Taruvinga added that they are promoting social dialogue as a means of achieving parity and social justice in the workplace whilst at the same time building the capacities of our trade union negotiators and also making sure that every action to alleviate is taken.


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A small community of Penan tribal people in Malaysia report that an
official from the company logging their forests has threatened them
with death. The threats come just days after the body of a Penan
headman who had gone missing was discovered by his family, who
believe he was murdered.
Take action: http://www.survival-international.org/actnow/writealetter/penan
INDIA: Traffic triples on highway that threatens Jarawa tribe
The Andaman Trunk Road, which the Indian Supreme Court ruled must be
closed six years ago because it threatens the Jarawa tribe, has seen
a threefold increase in traffic since 2001.
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Mursi tribal people living in and around the Omo National Park in
Ethiopia are celebrating the withdrawal of conservation organisation
African Parks from their land.
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274 bookings for failure to wear a mask – Police
26 October, 2021, 7:00 am
Police continue to record daily bookings of breaches of COVID-19 safety measures.
Police said it issued more than 200 public health infringement notices over the last seven days.
It reported that from October 18 to October 24, PHINs were issued for breach of COVID-safe measures, with failure to wear a mask in public accounting for 274 bookings.
Police said the Southern Division recorded the most bookings with 237 cases, followed by the Western Division with 36 cases, and one case in the Eastern Division.
Failure to wear a mask in a public service vehicle accounted for two bookings while fi e PSV drivers were booked for failing to comply with the 80 per cent passenger capacity guidelines.


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Our belief is To be True to the Food we cook, this belief gave us the courage to start Annjal. In a city flooded with eateries and restaurants, Annjal carves out a niche for itself by firmly adhering to its value system. Purity, authenticity and guest delight are pillars of our value system and each one of us at Annjal is committed to these.
We take extreme pride and privilege to serve you one of the best food in country. In our effort to bring you the most authentic and pristine taste, we grind our own spices, prepare our own yogurt and cotton cheese. If that sounds a little too much, please don't be surprised to know that Annjal also crushes oil seeds in-house to get that perfect aroma.
Along with such strong fundamentals, we are privileged to have such adept cooks who create magic by transforming raw ingredients into finger-licking delicacies. A perfect blend of spices, at just the right temperature, for the right time helps us in-satiate your taste buds and establish a relationship to cherish.

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Abstract: What is the role of popular mobilization in the process of democratization? Based on a thorough critique of the elite-centric perspective in the literature of democratic transitions, this paper proposes an alternative view. If popular mobilization played a significant role in the initial phase of regime transition, it is likely to have an enduring effect on the development of democracy in the period that follows, because the collective memory of advancing democracy from below shapes citizens’ favorable attitudes toward direct civic action and increases their commitment to democracy. A comparison between South Korea and Taiwan’s paths toward democracy effectively shows how this dynamic operates. While the Korean democratization movement successfully mobilized a massive wave of protests in response to the opening of political space, such a large scale of popular mobilization was absent in Taiwan. The difference in this distinct feature of the early phase of transition appears to be reflected in the degree of public confidence in democracy in the two countries.
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Activated Voices: Non-traditional Resume
Today, Minnesota 2020 launches a new video series discussing the critical policy issues facing young Minnesotans. In this first installment of Activated Voices, we meet an entrepreneur who realizes the traditional path to a career wasn't working as planned. Jamie Millard and her peers constructed a new road to develop real-life skills and enhance their resumes.
She is co-founder and executive director of Paper Darts, an up-and-coming online literary arts and book publisher in Minneapolis.
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i was actually social today! i honestly couldn't believe it. i went to a tea party that my aunt's quilting guild put on. Unfortunately, i was extremely bored with how vanilla the whole affair was. But what does one expect from a bunch of old ladies?
But it made me thing that i would love to attend a kinky tea party. It would really be all kinds of fun, and i've proven to myself that i'm doing a lot better in social situations. i wouldn't have to be afraid of being myself, as i was kind of on edge from that a bit at today's event. After all, i wouldn't want to shock these ladies into a heart attack!

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Creativity has been a driving force in my life, though not always in ways that would traditionally be considered artistic. I remember leaving a job at a commodities trading firm partly because the company didn’t actually “create” anything physical. While working in technology as a network engineer, programmer, and inventor, I was always creating. Sometimes it was tangible things like diskless thin clients, and other times it was less tangible things like code and algorithms. I’m here to tell you that good code is like art, with the potential to be both intricate and eloquent. And bad code . . . well, it’s just plain ugly.
Creativity comes in many forms, and we should recognize it in those around us, those who create food and shelter, those who create smiles and laughter, those who create solutions to our most difficult problems, and those who create stories that remind us we are human.
As a reader, I always knew I would write. I told my wife on our first date that I would write novels–she didn’t really believe me at the time but I let it slide. There is something wonderful about telling a story. Words have become my most powerful tool, and creating is what I wish to do most.


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Soundtrack Album Review
Music By Clinton Shorter
17 Tracks/Disc Time: 39:08
Last year right around this time, "2 Guns" blew up on the big screen with Oscar Winner Denzel Washington and Oscar nominee Mark Wahlberg co-starring in an adaptation of Steven Grant's graphic comic book series. The film stars Washington as Robert Trench, a fast talking undercover DEA agent who takes advantage of gunman Michael Stigman's (Wahlberg) idea to rob a bank to bust him and a mob boss named Papi Greco (Edward James Olmos, "Miami Vice"). However, it proves too successful with much more money seized than anticipated with Trench's forces not stopping the getaway. Things get even more complicated when Stigman turns out to be a Naval Intelligence agent who turns on Trench and takes the money for himself. The internal juristictional trouble suddenly finds Trench and Stigman in a bloody web of corruption as they are hunted, blackmailed and isolated for the money on both sides of the law with Papi Greco and a relentless and smooth talking cowboy bounty hunter Earl (Bill Paxton, "Aliens") hunting them down and soon they have to reluctantly work together to beat their advisaries to stay alive. The film was a very solid and critical hit that thrilled fans and also became a best selling Blu-Ray and DVD late last year.
Reunited with director Baltazar Kormakur after writing the tense action score for "Contraband" which also starred Wahlberg, composer Clinton Shorter has come up with a very cool score for this film which pretty much plays out like a modern day Western score with contemporary rhythms and reminds me a bit of Joe Kraemer's most excellent and underrated score to the 2000 film, "The Way Of The Gun". You can almost say that that score inspired this one in a way because the musical base is stylistically similar and they are fun. A score that is almost completely electronic in nature with a cool Western guitar motif that seeps through the rest of the score that is adrenaline charged and a perfect fit for the film.
Opening with the rock driven and Western influenced "The Tracks", which Shorter sets up the score's main theme that is very funky and energetic closing with a cool motif for acoustic guitar and an organ. The score reaches a darker tone in the following track "No Options" a brooding piece that keeps building and building tension much like the guitar driven "Not Now" and "03:05",and then switches gears with the fun and hip 70's styled funk of "Money" and which is one of the fun highlights of this score and album along with "Special Beans", "Sorry Sir", and "Pick Up The Phone". Then there's a mood and cool Morricone-influenced "Earl", which features a really cool guitar motif that is very moody and elegant that perfectly reflects Bill Paxton's character in the film. The score does features some nice action tracks in "Boom", "Einstein", and "Trucks And Choppers", with the latter track really featuring the Western theme to a full propulsive tilt with the guitars and electronics getting a full workout. "Arm Or Leg" ends the tracks on a light and funky note and the polar opposite of the opening track, but still keeping the Western motif and keeping the 70's funk which is a great way to end the score.
"2 Guns" was originally released as a digital download by Universal last year and it took a full year to the day that the film was released (August 2013) that this soundtrack has been released a physical CD and perhaps it's because I may have mentioned in my interview with Clinton months ago about how great this score was and may have spurred on a physical CD which is a good thing to see. Shorter's score is fun and continues a positive musical streak that keeps going higher and higher with every score that includes this years' "Pompeii" since his debut score for the Oscar nominated "District 9". "2 Guns" isn't a score for everyone, but alot will appreciate it's fun, breezy intensity that doesn't wear out its welcome especially for an action score of this nature. It's not an entirely memorable score, but it gets a thumbs up for fun.


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Fighting breast cancer, one step at a time.
Thousands of people came out to Cordova Mall this morning for the annual "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer" Walk.
Decked out in their most festive pink outfits, they walked the course to raise money for Breast Cancer Research.
The huge crowd included cancer survivors, current patients and family members who have been affected by the disease. The "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer" walk is put on each year by the American Cancer Society.


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Rosario Dawson's ability to play a range of characters and ethnicities is propelling her to larger roles
A heavily bearded man in his late 30s is shifting nervously on the sidewalk outside La Conversation cafe on Los Angeles' Westside. With a Sharpie in one hand and a few ripped-out magazine pages in the other, he musters the courage to make his approach.
"Um, hello ... I have this magazine, and I've gotten everyone else's autograph and yours is the only one I don't have yet," he stammers. His hands are shaking and his forehead is beaded with sweat.
The magazine is Vanity Fair's Hollywood issue, and the cover features a handful of rising female stars including Kate Beckinsale, Jennifer Connelly, Selma Blair and the latest object of this fan's affections, Rosario Dawson.
"Sure, no problem," says Dawson as she takes the pen and neatly signs the cover. The fan then pulls out another magazine photo, but there's just one slight problem.
"Well, I can sign it if you'd like, but that's not me! I don't who it is, but I know it ain't me," she says, laughing. Embarrassed, the man apologizes and hurries away.
It isn't surprising that even to fans, Dawson isn't always recognizable. The actress can play up any one or all of her features to become a wide range of characters and ethnicities. Her brown skin, huge dark eyes, hourglass figure and bee-stung lips are the result of a diverse ethnic background: She's a self-described "mutt" with Afro-Cuban, Puerto Rican, Native American and Irish roots.
"I think I use it to my advantage. If they need me to be 'more black' or 'more Spanish,' even though I think that's kind of stupid, I can pull it off. In the end, it's most important that I can pull off the character emotionally, so that should be the focus," Dawson says. "But you know Hollywood.... Sometimes I won't get a role because they'll think I'm not hot enough. To that, I'm like, 'Oh, I'm sorry I don't look emaciated or starving enough for you!' " Dawson's bravado is another of her charms.
Although she recently turned just 23, her self-assured presence and forward nature is that of someone who has experienced a few things in life. When director Barry Sonnenfeld was casting for the just-opened "Men in Black II," he needed a beautiful woman who could hold her own beside Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones.
Dawson plays Laura, a pizzeria worker who witnesses the murder of her longtime mentor and father figure. But since her friend was actually an alien posing as a human (unbeknownst to Laura, of course), it's a case for the Men in Black. Laura immediately charms agent Jay (Smith), and Dawson's ability to play the tough chick with a heart of gold with such conviction is key to the on-screen chemistry between the two. Times critic Kenneth Turan singled out Dawson's casting as Smith's love interest as the movie's "best idea .... Dawson brings a warm and welcome human touch to a film that has been needing it all along."
"She came in the first day we were reading women, and we pretty much decided to hire her as soon as she read," Sonnenfeld says. "She's so exotic and has this great sort of New York attitude. But she's so accessible; she invites the audience into the journey of the story."
"Men in Black II" is just one of several films Dawson has completed in the past two years. A few weeks before the start of production on "MIB II," she wrapped "The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest," penned by Jon Favreau of "Swingers," as well as "The Adventures of Pluto Nash," playing opposite Eddie Murphy; both will be released later this year. She also appeared in Edward Burns' "Sidewalks of New York" and the Ethan Hawke-directed "Chelsea Walls." Her next project? Spike Lee's "The 25th Hour" with Edward Norton and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Dawson got her first acting job at 15. For that gig, she was sitting on the stoop of her Lower East Side apartment building when photographer-cum-director Larry Clark and writer Harmony Korine walked up to ask if she'd like to be in their first movie. The project turned out to be the controversial "Kids," and although Dawson had never acted a day in her life, her performance as the naive girl who contracts AIDS from a reckless teenage boy won rave reviews. Before "Kids," Dawson says her life as "a bratty little tomboy" was just like that of any other teenager: dysfunctional family, school, boredom, baby-sitting.
The actress describes her life matter-of-factly, never seeking sympathy for her turbulent upbringing in one of New York's toughest neighborhoods. Regarding her parents' recent divorce, she says she's happy for them and that there's no need to dwell on the subject. "What's the point? If they didn't get a divorce I would have been traumatized, and them getting divorced was a little traumatizing, but why focus on that?"
Her mother and father have an amicable relationship (and still live in the same building where Dawson also keeps an apartment), and she is very close to her younger brother, Clay, 18. When she speaks of her brother, she gushes with words like "beautiful" and "brilliant" and phrases like "I'm totally in love with my brother!" When that remark is compared with Angelina Jolie's Oscar-speech reference, she laughs it off.
"Oh, I already get the comparisons because of the ... lips and everything, so whatever," she says. "And I really do think my brother is the most amazing person, and I'd fight for him to the death of me."
Dawson's fierce loyalty and levelheadedness are certain to come in handy as her profile continues to rise. With her ability to play a range of diverse characters convincingly, industry admirers say the actress may redefine female-lead stereotypes.
"I think she's the new American girl because she represents everybody," says actress Rachael Leigh Cook, 22, who co-starred with Dawson in "Josie and the Pussycats." "Rosario will be able to do her own thing. She's not going to be pegged as a certain type of woman.... She's what we're all going to look like in 30 years. Actually, I hope sooner, because I'd love to look like her."
"Pluto Nash" director Ron Underwood, 47, echoes Cook's sentiments. "I think she is going to be in great demand, and she isn't going to be limited. Rosario has a lot of soul, and she's very connected. She will have the opportunity to do a wide range of roles," he says.
For now, the young actress prefers to take things day by day. She's just as excited about reading a new novel as she is about her next film role, and Dawson asserts that she will have time to do it all and maintain her sense of self.
"I'll check in with myself once in a while, see how I'm doing. I have to do that because if I don't, I'll just lose all sense of reality," she says.
"It's good to have time-outs, to keep in check because otherwise I'll probably freak myself out, and there's just too many experiences I would really like to have."
Clare Kleinedler is an occasional contributor to Calendar.
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In what is shaping up to be an epic Junior Day roster, Tom Herman’s first event is already gathering steam on a national level with an inordinate amount of out-of-state players joining some of the best prospects the state of Texas has to offer. All in the Inside Scoop.
In this edition of the Humidor, we get the details on the timeline and the targets for Texas’ next athletic director. We also provide an updated list for next weekend’s junior day, talk spring practice schedule, and talk about the way Herman and his staff groups his players.
This week’s Scoop talks coaching clinic news as the UT staff hung out in Aggieland (cringes), and updated Junior Day list, 1-on-1 with the next big thing out of East Texas, recruiting notes, and basketball talk for your Monday.
Today’s Humidor will be in the Q&A format. Join Eric Nahlin and Justin Wells on this Friday morning.
Bring your questions. We’ll do our best to deliver the answers.
We’re talking offensive fits under the new Tom Herman regime, our top OFF and DEF signees from 2017, and some Junior Day notes as Tom Petty stops by. Listen up.
We’ve started looking deeper into recruiting philosophies of the Thomas Herman.
At times, when the state isn’t birthing certain quality at specific positions – like LB, RB in 2018 – you have to open the borders and find the fits. We’ve gathered a handful of notes and quotes from the OOS offers Herman and his staff have extended. We’ll break down a mixture over the next few months.
Keys to the 2018 class, breaking down the Texas priority targets from the Opening regional, and the Junior Day roster is turning into a monster. It’s the Scoop for your Super Bowl Sunday hangover.
Some thoughts and observations. We’ll go into the insider-y stuff tomorrow.
The weather wasn’t inviting at 50 degrees and a slight breeze that made it cooler. I knew speed and agility times would be down, which is why my jaw hit the floor when Brennan Eagles told me his numbers. More from the Houston Regional.
Like all new coaches, Herman wanted to come in and let everyone know who was in charge. If you think he cares that he seemed abrasive he doesn’t. It’s all part of the process, and it’s no different than any other coach. Recall Strong telling the team, “you just got a good staff fired.”
This and more inside the Humidor.
Signing Day is always full of surprises.
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M defensive tackle Jamari Chisholm chose the Longhorns after previously being committed to UCF.


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At the price of Rs 6999/- Coolpad recently launched Coolpad Mega 2.5D. This smartphone mainly aims at the users who takes selfies a lot. It also focusses on the stylish look. This phone was launched in India and is available for sale on Amazon from 24th of this month i.e 24th August,2016.
Here’s the review about Coolpad Mega 2.5D:
- The device is a plastic body with a shiny metallic frame which looks like that of a metal unibody design. The gold color, shiny frame, soft matte finished back panel and the slightly curved body are the main added advantage of this phone and it’s the best in the smartphones that are available at this economic range.
- In context to the model name, the front of the device is covered in 2.5D curved glass. This enhanced the look of the smartphone.
- The display is 5.5 inches with an HD resolution (1280×720 px). To add to this in this context, the display is bright, texts look sharp, color reproduction is good enough, and so are the viewing angles. Though the 2.5D curved glass covering the device slightly reflects the sunlight, legibility under direct sunlight is the most impressive feature of this phone. But there is a little drawback in the frame-rate while playing graphic intensive games.
- The processor is 1GHz MediaTek MT67355P 64-bit quad-core chipset paired with Mali T720 GPU and 3GB of RAM. The configuration is good enough to handle daily tasks. But the back panel tends to heat up at a slight rate.
- This smartphone runs on Android Marshmallow 6.0 wrapped under the coolUI 8.0. The UI is inspired by Apple’s iOS. These include the drop down search menu, the control center that needs to be swiped up from the bottom of the screen. Control center includes shortcuts for various settings, basic apps like flashlight, camera, calculator, brightness bar etc.
- This smartphone comes with 16GB built-in memory expandable up to 32GB using a micro SD card.
- The hybrid setup in this phone is that it allows the users to use two nano sims or a combination of one SIM card and a micro SD card.
- There is an 8-megapixl rear camera and the selfie camera comes with a f/2.2 aperture, an 83.6-degree field of view and features like Smart Beautification, HDR and Age Detection which enhance selfies automatically. Different camera modes like Auto, Night, and Beauty were available on this device. But there was a bit of noise visible on zooming the photos.
- The most important feature about this phone is that The Mega 2.5D comes with a 2,500mAh Li-ion battery that Coolpad claims is good enough to last for more than a day.
- Connectivity options include 4G on both SIM cards and VoLTE support that makes it future-proof. The pair of bundled earphones that was available with this phone was also good to some extent.
On an overall, Coolpad Mega 2.5D is the best phone that is available at the affordable price with a bulk of features. Coolpad has done its exceptional design and it doesn’t look like a cheap phone unless you clearly examine the plastic phone casing.
Coolpad is among the largest Smartphone companies from China. It recently entered the Indian market and these smartphones were exclusively available on the e-commerce website Amazon India for the company’s Indian customers.
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Bloomberg API Emulator (.Net, Java, C++)
In the spirit of Bloomberg's Open Market Data Initiative meant to "foster open solutions for the financial services industry", I submit the Bloomberg API Emulator. In early 2012, Bloomberg released
its Bloomberg API with an MIT-style license in an effort to be more open to developers of financial services solutions. Developers can download the
Bloomberg API and the
API documentation (pdf link); however, developers cannot run a program written for the Bloomberg API without a Bloomberg account. I wrote the Bloomberg API Emulator to address this gap.
If you want to learn to write code that interacts with the Bloomberg API, you ordinarily need to have a Bloomberg account which could be prohibitively expensive for your purposes. If you need to write Bloomberg API code (e.g., subscribing to market data), but
don't have a Bloomberg account, you can use this Bloomberg API Emulator. The Bloomberg API Emulator allows you to:
- Learn to write Bloomberg code without a Bloomberg account, and
- Test out your Bloomberg API calls without affecting your existing Bloomberg data caps.
Code written for the Bloomberg API Emulator works seamlessly with the actual Bloomberg API. If you have a project written for the Bloomberg API Emulator and you want it to instead use the actual Bloomberg API (available
here), you will perform these two simple steps:
- Remove your project's reference to BEmu and replace it with a reference to the Bloomberg API (Bloomberglp.Blapi). In C++, replace the project's reference to
BEmu_cpp.dll with a reference to blpapiX_XX.dll.
- In your .Net code, replace using BEmu; with using Bloomberglp.Blpapi;. In your Java code, replace the reference to BEmu.jar with a reference to blpapi_XXX.jar. In your C++ code, simply include the
blpapi_*.h headers instead of the BloombergTypes/*.h headers (see a simple example in
Examples_cpp/headers/api_selector.h using a #define)
That's it. Your code will work as you'd expect. My project emulates:
- Intraday tick data requests and responses (.Net, Java, C++),
- Intraday bar data requests and responses (.Net, Java, C++),
- Reference data requests and responses (.Net, Java, C++),
- Historical data requests and responses (.Net, Java, C++), and
- Market data subscription events (.Net, Java, C++)
If you like this project please consider
making a donation to the developer. A Bloomberg account costs almost $2,000 a month, so this project could potentially save you a lot of money.
Please note that while I emulate the Bloomberg API calls, I do not make any attempt to return any real data. If, for example, you request the
BID price for AAPL US EQUITY, the Bloomberg API Emulator will respond with a random number between 1 and 100 (which is far below the current price). These responses are only meant to show what an actual Bloomberg API response would look like.
The data in the responses is completely fabricated. Do not use the responses from the Bloomerg API Emulator to make any actual trading or investment decisions.


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Jose Mourinho furious that Romelu Lukaku and Marouane Fellaini did not make more effort to play in FA Cup final as he suspects they were protecting themselves for World Cup
- Manchester United were defeated 1-0 by Chelsea in FA Cup final on Saturday
- Romelu Lukaku told Jose Mourinho he was not fit to start after an ankle injury
- Marouane Fellaini has missed the last three games of season with muscle strain
- Sources close to the midfielder claimed he would be available for the final
Lukaku was a Manchester United substitute at Wembley after telling Mourinho that he was not fit to start following an ankle injury.
United's top scorer was confident he would make the starting XI until doubts crept in a week before the Cup final.
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho is angry with Romelu Lukaku and Marouane Fellaini
Fellaini has missed the last three games of the season with a muscle strain and was not in the squad, even though sources close to the player claimed he would be available.
Mourinho is said to suspect that both players were protecting themselves so they would be fit for the World Cup.
'When a player tells you he is not ready to start, then the question is how many minutes do you think you can play,' said Mourinho when asked about Lukaku afterwards. 'How can I convince a player who tells me he is not ready to play?'
Lukaku told Mourinho he was not fit enough to start the FA Cup final following his ankle injury
Mourinho, who it is believed did not address his team after the Wembley defeat, feels it sums up a weak mentality in his squad.
It is understood Eric Bailly has been largely frozen out since returning from ankle surgery because he missed the defeat to West Brom last month through illness and reported fit for training the next day.
Fellaini's future remains uncertain as he nears the end of his contract next month. United are preparing an offer, but AC Milan are understood to have tabled a three-year deal.
AC Milan’s sporting director Massimiliano Mirabelli said: ‘Fellaini is an important player. We know that he is not renewing his contract with Manchester United, but it is difficult to say if we have closed it.’
Fellaini was not in the squad, even though sources close to the star claimed he would be ready
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When I began reviewing restaurants for The Miami Herald in 1994, we were drowning in a sea of marinara. It seemed like there were more Italian restaurants in Broward County than in Italy. Pad Thai and chicken curry were exotic, and Publix didn’t sell sushi.
But the world has come to Broward over the past two decades, bringing wonders like cheesy Salvadoran pupusas, Jamaican ackee and salt fish and Venezuelan arepas. Padrino’s and Las Vegas may have popularized Cuban cuisine in the 1980s, but Brazilian and Argentine steakhouses are now powerhouses, and we’re hooked on Peruvian ceviche.
Sure, Fort Lauderdale is overshadowed by Miami’s glamour, but friends who once considered Broward a culinary wasteland are coming across the border to savor our wildly diverse ethnic dining, which has exploded thanks to Asians, Arabs, Bahamians, Chileans, Dominicans, Jamaicans, Haitians, Indonesians, Israelis, Indians, Turks, Romanians, Russians, Vietnamese and West Indians, along with Puerto Ricans and those of European, African and Mediterranean heritage.
Linda Bladholm, The Herald’s Fork on the Road columnist, once wrote that “discovering the pleasures of multicultural dining in Broward County feels like Alice falling down the rabbit hole. Open the door of a small hole-in-the-wall or family-run place and you enter a wonderland where you can savor the flavor of the country through its food, language and music.”
Most ethnic restaurants tend to be west of U.S. 441, but there have been big changes on the east side of Broward as well. Tim Petrillo, Peter Boulukos and Alan Hooper, founders of The Restaurant People, have been behind a lot of the trends. Their friendly, casual Tarpon Bend Food & Tackle turned Himmarshee Village into a hot destination, particularly on Friday nights.
The Restaurant People are also behind wildly popular YOLO, drawing Fort Lauderdale’s beautiful people (and the shortest skirts) to Las Olas Boulevard. In March the restaurateurs are bringing S3 (“sun, surf and sand” plus “steak, seafood and sushi”) to The Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach, the latest sign that hotel dining has been transformed on the strip.
Upscale hotels have launched restaurants like the Via Luna at The Ritz-Carlton, 3030 Ocean at the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa (where seafood king Dean Max showed locals there was a reason to dine at the beach) and SAIA at the B Ocean Fort Lauderdale. If there’s any doubt that Fort Lauderdale can now attract an uber-luxe crowd, visit over-the-top Steak 954 in the sexy W Hotel, which is all about excess, from its luminescent jelly fish tank to its kobe foie gras and black truffle cheese steak.
Off the beach, Fort Lauderdale’s Market 17 is one of the area’s few restaurants to embrace the farm-to-table movement. The Galleria Mall has become a dining destination as well as shopping oasis. And Sawgrass Mills draws restaurant patrons as well as international shoppers to Sunrise.
Despite all the changes, many longtime favorites are still around:
• Georgia Pig, open in Davie since 1953, which richly deserved its spot on Southern Living’s 2012 list of top barbecue joints for its pork sandwich and pecan pie.
• Jaxson’s Ice Cream Parlor & Country Store, a Dania Beach institution since 1956, where anyone can order the “Kitchen Sink” and feel like a kid.
• Southport Raw Bar, a neighborhood favorite in Fort Lauderdale that’s been serving the creamiest clam chowder in town for 40 years.
• Sugar Reef, where you can savor chef Patrick Farnault’s Caribbean-kissed French cuisine on the Hollywood Broadwalk, just a few steps from the shore.
• Casa D'Angelo, where passionate chef Angelo Elia still prepares fine Italian cuisine, including heavenly risotto with white truffles.
For 20 years, I’ve had a seat at the table as Broward’s dining scene has evolved. Thank you for joining me along the way.


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Countywide assessment, case management, treatment , carer support, education & training services in the Acute and Community Hospitals, Community Outpatient clinics, Domiciliary, Specialist teams, Rehab and Stroke Units, etc.
They can make a positive difference with their knowledge of the condition and ability to explain and advise on the management of difficult symptoms. The can also identify other supporting services and link in with a multidisciplinary team.
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Community Stroke and Stroke Rehabilitation
The Worcestershire Community Stroke Service is a specialist team which aims to support people who have had a stroke.
Worcester North East, Worcester North West, Worcester Central, Droitwich/Ombersley, Evesham, Pershore,
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Enhanced Care Team
Enhanced care is a concept which brings together services uniquely commissioned to respond quickly and from a multi professional holistic assessment perspective. If the referrer feels an urgent response is needed we can respond within 2 hours of a referral being received.
Broadly our aims are: to prevent an admission to a hospital setting, both acute and community hospitals, to reduce attendance at emergency departments for non urgent care, to reduce ambulance call outs to patients without an emergency need, to provide a point of advice and support for patients and carers 24 hours a day and to support patients to return home much earlier from any hospital.
Minor Injuries Units (MIUs)
Patients with a wide range of minor injuries including cuts, grazes, wounds, sprains, strains, minor burns and broken bones can be treated at MIUs at Evesham, Malvern or Tenbury.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Specialist Nurses
They can make a positive difference with their knowledge of symptom relief, assisting in making choices, identifying other supporting services and linking in with a multi-disciplinary team.
Worcestershire Integrated Neurological Rehabilitation Service (WINRS) is a specialist service with people in the community setting, which strives to maximize functional independence by promoting self management, with the overall aim to enhance the individuals’ quality of life.

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May 24, 2011Danza Contemporánea de Cuba is making its first ever U.S. tour, while Los Muñequitos de Matanza make a long-awaited return to North American cities. Dance on Camera Festival director Deirdre Towers reports for Cuban Art News on these venerable companies that are bringing an infusion of energy and talent to the U.S. dance scene.
May 17, 2011Léster Martínez won acclaim for his portrayal of the late Cuban actor Adolfo Llauradó, and more recently for his work in a new production of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant. In a Cuban Art News interview with renowned critic Norge Espinosa, the actor discusses his life in the theater.
May 10, 2011With its new exhibition, A Revolutionary Project: Cuba from Walker Evans to Now, The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles presents three distinct moments in Cuban history, as depicted by renowned early 20th-century photographer Walker Evans, by Cuban photographers of the Revolution, and by three contemporary photographers. The show’s curator, Judith Keller, senior curator in the department of photography at the museum, spoke with Cuban Art News about the exhibition, its photographers, and what she calls “lyrical documentary.”
May 03, 2011In Rafael Zarza: Incomprehensible Universe, renowned Cuban printmaker Rafael Zarza (b. Havana, 1944) returns to the subject that has been his decades-long favorite: los toros, the bulls. But in this solo exhibition at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana, the works on view are not prints or posters, but enormous painted canvases.
April 29, 2011With close to a dozen Cuban films on the program—including several New York and world premieres—the 12th annual Havana Film Festival New York lived up to its name, offering moviegoers throughout the city an opportunity to catch the latest fiction features, documentaries, and short films from the island.
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Select all of the sound effects utilized in this scene to emphasize Blanche's innocent nature, and to demonstrate that Williams' sympathies lie with Blanche.
Choose ALL that apply.
"Brushing her hair vigorously"
"Little breathless cries and peals of laughter"
"tinkles her highball glass"
"as if a child were frolicking in the tub"
"washing out some things"