And for the last 18 months she has been putting that particular characteristic to work on “Chelsea Lately,” her p.m. Handler, 33, recalled earlier days, growing up, when her less-than-tactful tendencies were, as she explains, “never good.” “Oh,” she said, pretending to be a high school career counselor, “you have a really big mouth and you don’t seem to be able to filter anything. Sitting in her office and dressing room here on a recent afternoon, Ms.Besides eliminating the commercials and language restrictions she had back on her E!show, the streaming status lets her do something other comedy shows might be nervous to do: make fun of Netflix.The first episode especially is packed with playful jabs at the company's expense, including a commercial parody for "Netflix University" and a bit about Netflix math.Neither of these sketches is especially biting, but they do suggest that in the future, Handler could develop a funny adversarial relationship with her corporate overlords.Chelsea Handler has a late-night talk show again, but there's no need to watch it at night.You can watch it during breakfast, on your lunch break, or at prime time, if you're feeling especially rebellious.
“I give a lot of myself to my show, my books and my stand-up,” Handler said over the phone from her office in L. “When you’re on TV, it’s a powerful thing, and since the show repeats so many times courtesy of E and their lovely marketing strategy, so many people see you.” It’s Handler’s moment, and her awareness of her pulpit is important.WHEN Geof Wills, a comedy booker, first signed the comedian Chelsea Handler for a stand-up stint in San Francisco almost a decade ago, he came away with one distinct memory. Handler specializes in biting the hand that feeds: tearing down celebrities on a channel devoted to building them up. Following in the mold of Joan Rivers and Kathy Griffin, Ms.“I only have talked about people that I think are acting irresponsibly or are making fools of themselves ... She moved to Los Angeles at 19 to become an actress. I'm not going to be friends with them if they're idiots in the first place.”Comic and talk show host Chelsea Handler was born in 1975 in Livingston, New Jersey.
Last year, her “Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang” tour (named after her book) was extended three times in theaters around the country, drawing more than 250,000 fans in 44 markets and grossing more than $16 million, according to promoter Live Nation.


It is being reported by multiple sources, and confirmed by HBO, that actor James Gandolfini, most often connected with the show ‘The Sopranos,’ has died of an apparent heart-attack while in Italy.
Although details surrounding the death of the popular actor are scarce, what has been reported at this point is that James Gandolfini has died in Italy at the age of 51 of what appears to be, at this time, a heart attack. According to HBO, he was on vacation at the time of his death, attending the 59th Taormina Film Festival in Sicily. Gandolfini had appeared recently in “Zero Dark Thirty” and “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.” He had been working on Fox Searchlight’s “Animal Rescue” and TV show “Criminal Justice”.
Gandolfini was born in New Jersey, where his most famous character would call home as well. He began his career acting in the New York theater, hitting Broadway in the 1992 revival of “A Streetcar Named Desire” with Jessica Lange and Alec Baldwin.
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Four people were injured, with one in critical condition, after a single-vehicle rollover crash in Central Saanich, according to police.
In a release, Central Saanich Police say the crash happened around 2:30 a.m. in the 3100 block of Island View Road.
A single vehicle had left the road, rolled down an embankment and hit trees.
The fire department extracted three people from the vehicle, and the fourth was able to extract himself.
The three who were extracted by the fire department were brought to the Victoria General Hospital. The man who extracted himself was brought to the Saanich Peninsula Hospital.
Three of the people have minor injuries, while the fourth is in critical condition.
This is the second rollover crash reported by authorities this weekend.


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The job of a Service Dog is to provide affection and comfort to the elderly and all age groups. Service Dogs must have a very specific personality in order to work in places like hospitals, schools, and nursing homes. They must be kind, patient, obedient and be able to offer comfort. Another name for a Service Dog is a Therapy dog and this is what it means in the life of a therapy dog.
There are many disabilities that humans suffer from and there are therapy dogs for almost every kind of disability and condition. Also, people with mental illness can find support and comfort in a therapy dog. In the life of a therapy dog, they do what they are trained to do. They don’t judge and are not critical, or prejudice. They only know about love and that the person with the disability needs them. https://www.TrainPetDog.com/h/MLB1957
Science and research has now discovered that dogs can read human emotions. They studied 17 different breeds who faced people on a screen. There were 2 tests that were performed in 10 trials. They were showed the same people with unfamiliar but playful happy faces of both humans and dogs verses people with angry/aggressive faces. The dogs became aggressive when the angry faces were paired with an angry voice. The opposite was true when faced with a happy face and voice. Also the dogs seemed to perfer other dogs faces than human faces.
People who suffer from symptoms of mental disorders, psychological disorders, and emotional disorders can be helped tremendously with the aide from a therapy dog. There are some strict guidelines when people need a therapy dog. They must be evaluated by a licensed medical professional or therapist. The person must be diagnosed with a disability. Here are some disabilities a person must suffer from in order to obtain a therapy dog.

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- Roxanne Jones: Fu upended stereotypes about Chinese women and broke a taboo by talking about her period
- Jones says Rio Olympics have challenged Western assumptions about gender norms, women's power and equality
Roxanne Jones, a founding editor of ESPN Magazine and former vice president at ESPN, has worked as a producer and as a reporter at the New York Daily News and The Philadelphia Inquirer. She was named a 2010 Woman of the Year by Women in Sports and Events, is a co-author of "Say It Loud: An Illustrated History of the Black Athlete," and CEO of the Push Marketing Group. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.
(CNN)Go ahead. Admit it. If you are a Western woman who watched Olympic swimmer Fu Yuanhui tell the world that she was having her period but that it was no excuse for losing, you were shocked that such a frank, public, feminist comment came from a Chinese woman, of all people.

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By Erik Schelzig, Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Leaders in the Tennessee Statehouse are hoping for what they call a reasonable solution to a legislative fight over a bill seeking to guarantee employees the right to store firearms in cars parked at work.
But not everyone is convinced that cooler heads will prevail over the issue that has Republicans torn between their loyalties to gun rights advocates and the business community.
The Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry “doesn’t have any hope” that there will be an obvious way to bridge competing interests between gun and property rights advocates, said Bill Ozier, the group’s chairman.
“We’re preparing for the fight again,” he said. “We’re not very optimistic.”
The measure introduced this spring would have allowed anyone to store a firearm in their vehicle at work. The proposal was later whittled down to apply to the state’s 376,000 handgun carry permit holders. But large employers like FedEx and Volkswagen balked at giving up control over whether guns were kept in their lots.
News release from Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry:
NASHVILLE, TN., October 23, 2012–The Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced today the appointment of Catherine Glover of Albany, GA, as its president and chief executive officer.
Ms. Glover, executive vice president for global affairs of Equinox Chemicals with 20 years of experience leading chambers of commerce in Maine, New York and Georgia, will begin work for the Tennessee Chamber next month, according to chamber chairman Bill Ozier, a partner in the Bass, Berry & Sims law firm in Nashville.
“Catherine Glover is a strong advocate for business, and has international and domestic experience on the corporate side as well as in chamber work,” Ozier said. “She has a successful track record in legislative coalition-building, growing membership and marketing chamber programs.”
Ozier said the Chamber search committee believes Ms. Glover “is the perfect fit to continue the Tennessee Chamber’s 100-year history of being the voice of business in our state.”
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform has rated Tennessee as the 26th best state information in ‘legal climate for business.’
That’s down from 19th in 2010, the year before Gov. Bill Haslam’s tort reform law was enacted. That law has multiple provisions, including new limits on damages that can be awarded to plaintiffs bringing lawsuits against businesses, and was promoted by the governor as making Tennessee more business-friendly.
The Chamber group rates Delaware as the best state for businesses in dealing with the civil justice system,, West Virginia the worst.
The group’s national news release, which focuses on what the Chamber considers the “worst” states, is HERE. The state-by-state ratings map is HERE.
The Tennessee “detailed” page is HERE.
Fresh off a bruising battle over education spending, the Knoxville Chamber is gearing up to form a Political Action Committee, reports the News Sentinel. Mike Edwards, president and CEO of the business organization, said Friday that the primary purpose of the PAC would be advocacy for public policy, which he said is different from support for a particular candidate.
A political action committee raises money from private donors to finance its activities. Edwards said a PAC is needed because it’s not enough for the Chamber to simply take a position for or against a certain issue. “We have to be able to independently analyze in order to make knowledgeable decisions and to be able to share that information with others, to explain why we’re taking the position we’re taking,” he said. “And that takes money.”
While Edwards acknowledged the PAC would be able to endorse or contribute to candidates, he said the Chamber needs to be able to work with whoever is elected. “Getting involved in a (political) race is not the goal,” he added. “But it is our inherent responsibility to take positions for or against any policy … or ordinance or whatever that’s being considered that we would feel to be onerous to the business community and to the growth of the area.”
Last month, the Knox County Commission approved a county spending plan that included an additional $7 million for education initiatives, far less
than the $35 million boost that had been requested by Knox County school Superintendent Jim McIntyre. The Chamber had supported McIntyre’s proposal, although Edwards said Friday that he considered the eventual outcome to be a victory.
The question now, he added, is whether backers of the larger budget increase can “make a powerful enough case to the public that would compel the county government to fund what … they were unwilling to fund last year. And that (advocacy) does require more resources, that would be raised through a PAC.”
Knox County leaders say they want Knoxville Chamber officials to ensure taxpayers that no public dollars were spent on two so-called political campaigns that the organization helped carry out during the past year or so, reports the News Sentinel. Commissioners and county Mayor Tim Burchett say they want the chamber to account for its handling of county contributions. Officials say they are not accusing the chamber of wrongdoing, but they want the organization to provide documents that show government funding wasn’t used when the chamber fought against a hillside protection plan last year and more recently touted a $35 million school plan that would have led to a tax increase.
“The chamber has waged two politically significant campaigns in the last few years but their mission is supposed to be about economic development and business development,” said Commissioner Tony Norman, who first publicly broached the subject during last month’s commission meeting. “But it seems to me that they spend most of their time on politics. I want some accounting because it’s not OK to use public funding to support their political agenda, so I’m just asking: ‘Where did you get the money?’ ”
Mike Edwards, president and CEO of the chamber, referred questions to Anthony Welsch, who helps handle communications for the organization.
“When we get something from Tony Norman that tells us what it is he’s looking for, then we’ll be happy to look at it as an organization,” Welsch said. “At this point we haven’t received anything from him.”
Norman, though, said he was pretty clear during the meeting about what he wanted and that under the terms of a memorandum of understanding that the chamber has with the county, the organization has to provide the information. The commissioner said his interest lies in how public money — not private money — was spent, so that should ease any concerns the chamber has about disclosing information.
The county in this year’s budget and in the one from last year set aside $80,000 for the chamber and $125,000 for Innovation Valley.
Welsch said no public dollars were used on either political campaign that Norman questioned.
Tennessee university and college systems got a mixed report card from a business organization, reports the Commercial Appeal, with grades ranging from an ‘A’ in fostering online learning but ‘F’ in another category. Tennessee was graded an F in one area because of “burdensome” state regulations for the accreditation of schools.
“One of the reasons Tennessee legislators have made it more difficult for Tennessee schools to get approved is the default rate for student loans at for-profit schools is significantly high,” University of Memphis President Shirley Raines said.
The U of M is a public, not-for-profit school with all of its degrees nationally accredited and some internationally.
Tennessee leads the country, however, in policies promoting outcomes-based funding and a common course numbering system that allows students to transfer credits from one campus to another. It was also applauded for its “robust” endorsement of online learning.
The state-by-state report, “Leaders & Laggards,” prepared by a division of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, doesn’t break down data by institution, but the U of M may have helped Tennessee get a B in online learning innovation.
The university provides more online courses than any other public or private institution in the state, according to the report.
Raines said the U of M is focused on “keeping students on track,” an area the report shows needs some attention statewide.
Tennessee’s four-year universities received a D for student access and success. The state is doing well in getting students enrolled in college, with a high percentage of students receiving Pell Grants, but not so well on keeping them there.
News release from Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry:
The Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Industry, the voice of business in the state and Tennessee’s largest trade association representing employers and their employees, has launched a search for a new President and CEO.
The new executive will replace Deb Woolley, who left the Chamber effective May 31 under terms of her employment agreement.
Wayne Scharber, the Chamber’s Vice President for Environment and Taxation has been named interim president, according to Bill Ozier, Chairman of the Chamber’s Board of Directors. Scharber has been with the Chamber for 13 years and was employed for 36 years in state government.
“We are fortunate to have someone as trusted and experienced as Wayne to help us steer the Chamber forward during this interim period,” Ozier said. All Chamber programs and services will continue as usual while the executive search is under way.
“We are going to build on the Tennessee Chamber’s 100-year track record of success, with new programs and fresh ideas on how better to serve Tennessee businesses and industries,” Ozier continued.
He added that a key part of the Chamber’s mission is a strong and cooperative relationship with the Governor and General Assembly. Ozier said the Chamber plans to have a new CEO in place later this year, “so that individual and the entire Chamber can work with the Administration and legislators to uphold Tennessee’s well-deserved reputation as a prosperous and business-friendly state.”
Ozier said the Chamber believes the outlook for business in Tennessee is “excellent and filled with opportunities. Our goal is to help our member businesses succeed in every possible way.”
A group of people opposing a Metro property tax increase said the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce should refuse to accept a $300,000 Metro subsidy after endorsing the tax plan, reports The Tennessean. Talk radio host Ralph Bristol, Nashville Tea Party founder Ben Cunningham, businessman Lee Beaman and Justin Owen of the Beacon Center of Tennessee, a conservative think tank, said the chamber should live without the city subsidy “to avoid a perceived conflict of interest.”
“In its statement, the Chamber pointed to the need to raise government employee salaries and fund our schools as justification for the tax increase,” the group said in a news release. “Refusing its $300,000 subsidy will help ensure that every dollar of the proposed tax hike goes to fund those programs the Chamber claims warrant the tax hike in the first place, rather than to boost its own bottom line.”
Bert Mathews, chairman of the chamber’s board of directors, dismissed the opponents’ comments in a phone interview.
“The money the chamber receives is for a contract for services rendered,” he said. “We’re providing economic development support to the city. It’s just like any vendor fixing your air conditioner or changing light bulbs. That’s our sense of it.”
By Erik Schelzig, Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey chided the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday for focusing their lobbying efforts on opposing a bill to guarantee workers the right to store firearms in vehicles parked on company lots.
The Blountville Republican said in a speech to the group that there are far more important business issues pending in the Legislature, like making it easier to deny unemployment insurance to fired employees.
“I realize you put G-U-N in a sentence and the subject becomes emotional,” he said. “But let me assure you there are issues that affect us more every day than this that we could use your help on.”
Following a groundswell of Metro-led opposition, the City Paper reports that the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce has retracted its support of controversial state development bills that critics fear would undermine local planning and zoning authority. Previously lobbying for the Republican-backed legislation, the chamber is now “neutral,” Marc Hill, the Nashville chamber’s chief policy officer, told The City Paper Tuesday.
“We’re now re-focusing our efforts to solve as many of these challenges as we can at the local level over the remainder of the year,” Hill said. “The legislative environment is a dynamic one,” Hill said when asked to explain the new stance.
“There’s constant changes — not only every day but every hour. The important thing is to address the problems that businesses face. You can do that in a variety of ways.”
At issue are three Rep. Jim Gotto-sponsored bills that the Republican lawmaker from the Hermitage area says are designed to remove the layers of “bureaucracy” that planning and zoning regulations place on private business. “They’re all about job creation,” he said in a City Paper story that first reported the proposed bills.

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In their continued reign of bringing some of the most talented, underground bands on the heaviest end of the musical spectrum to the public, Southern Lord have just unveiled their upcoming schedule for the remainder of the year, including releases from NOOTHGRUSH, DEAD IN THE DIRT, WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM, BLACK COBRA, CRAFT, HEARTLESS and SUNN 0))).
This coming Tuesday, September 27th, prepare for a crushing live release from one of the sludge metal scene’s most underrated, unsung, and recently reformed acts; NOOTHGRUSH. Southern Lord will drop the notorious Bay Area act’s Live for Nothing CD, bearing an hour and 20 minutes of some of the most low-end sludge/doom known to man. The record hosts two live radio broadcasts from NOOTHGRUSH; the first from KZSU from 1996 and the other from KFJC in 1999. Both recordings are a precise document of the powerful group in their prime, the recordings were mastered by From Ashes Rise guitarist Brad Boatright. The label will then release the gatefold 2xLP vinyl edition of Live For Nothing on November 8th.
DEAD IN THE DIRT‘s debut 7″ Fear will be released will be released next week as well. The Atlanta-based band’s unhinged style draws from the discordant heaviness His Hero is Gone, the urgency of Cursed, the speed of DropDead and the blackened darkness of Deathspell Omega. Fear, is literally one of the heaviest and most brutal recordings from a new act to come out in recent times, and will see a one-time pressing of 1500 copies via Southern Lord on September 27, 2011, and once it’s sold out, it’s dead. Catch DEAD IN THE DIRT still on their current tour through next week and watch for much more in the coming weeks. And find a full stream of DEAD IN THE DIRT’s Fear EP via BrooklynVegan RIGHT HERE.
A record as dynamic as it is devastating, Invernal, the almighty fourth full-length from San Francisco’s BLACK COBRA, will finally bulldoze its way into the hands of North American fans on CD this October 11th, and on gatefold-jacketed LP to be released in the months ahead. Raging with whiplash-inducing time change-ups and wreaking more damage than lineups three times the size of this brutalizing duo, BLACK COBRA will be on the road with Kyuss Lives! in November and December and will be announcing countless more support and headlining tours through 2012, as always proving to remain one of the hardest-working bands on the scene.
Washington’s WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM recently set free their fourth full-length Celestial Lineage on CD September 13th, boasting some of the clan’s most majestic and mammoth black metal magic to date, and bringing their ongoing trilogy of albums to a brilliant finale. Celestial Lineage has been overtaking their fans and the media, bringing hundreds of fans to nearly every show of their ongoing North American tour. The new opus will be presented on 2xLP this October 25th. Following their currently ongoing North American tour, WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM will embark on their European phase in support of Celestial Lineage.
On October 25th, Swedish horde CRAFT will once again threaten humanity with their gritty, orthodox style of blackened might via the official North American release of their newest full-length, Void. followed by a 12″ vinyl pressing on November 8th. Void delivers a nine-track convoy of black hymns over forty nine-minutes, showcasing CRAFT integrating more black ‘n roll vibes and slow-motion suicidal stomps, and ultimately spewing forth some of this hateful Scandinavian crew’s swiftest and cruelest punishment to date.
Pittsburgh hardcore warriors HEARTLESS will make their Southern Lord debut this autumn, with the release of Hell Is Other People. HEARTLESS‘ sound is exactly what their moniker implies; brutal, suffocating, and void of remorse. Bellowing with sinister, mayhem that diehards of metallic hardcore in the vein of Integrity, Cursed or Nails, rushing with crust/powerviolence intensity. Following a rash of 7″ releases via an array of D.I.Y. labels over the past handful of years, the band’s debut full-length Hell Is Other People will see a North American compact disc release on November 8th, and on LP November at a later date to be announced shortly. Stay tuned for continuous updates on this unit into 2012.
Closing out the 2011 release schedule, Southern Lord will proudly reissue SUNN 0)))‘s long out-of-print sophomore album Ã˜Ã˜ Void, finally finding its proper resting place. Following the duo’s Grimmrobe Demos debut, Ã˜Ã˜ Void was initially released in 2000 via HydraHead in North America and Rise Above in Europe, with only a limited reissue via Daymare Records in Japan in 2008, making these hymns virtually out of print for some eight years. Not only featuring the core guitarists Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson, Ã˜Ã˜ Void features bass by Stuart Dahlquist (Burning Witch, Goatsnake), as well as guest contributions from Petra Haden (QOTSA, Foo Fighters, The Decemberists) on violins and vocals, as well as Pete Stahl (Scream, Wool, Goatsnake, QOTSA) contributing vocals, and was recorded on 2″ tape by Scott Reeder (The Obsessed, Kyuss, Goatsnake). This 2011 reissue features revamped artwork by Stephen Kasner and a layout by Stephen O’Malley. Now this highly sought-after catalog piece for worshippers of the pulverizing SUNN 0))) drone style will be available again via a proper Southern Lord reissue. The reissue of Ã˜Ã˜ Void will hit North American streets on November 22nd via CD, with an LP pressing at a later date to be announced soon.
Stay tuned for tons of news from the Southern Lord camp over the coming weeks, as many a horde of brand new and pending label signings are announced, and a rash of new releases for the first quarter of 2012 are unveiled.


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Rhode Island kicked off 2014 with a slightly improved economy, with an unemployment rate that ticked down to 9.2 percent in January, fewer unemployed residents and the highest recorded job growth for one...
Rhode Island kicked off 2014 with a slightly improved economy, with an unemployment rate that ticked down to 9.2 percent in January, fewer unemployed residents and the highest recorded job growth for one month over the last year, according to figures released Thursday by the state Department of Labor and Training.
The unemployment rate slipped from 9.3 percent in December, yet Rhode Island’s new rate remains far higher than the national rate of 6.6 percent and the Massachusetts rate of 6.8 percent for January.
Five key economic indicators all moved in the right direction from the month of December to January, the DLT figures show.
However, when comparing January 2014 with January 2013, two key factors did not improve. The size of the state’s labor force shrank by 9,700 people, down to 550,300 last month. And the number of employed Rhode Island residents decreased by 6,500, to 499,700, the figures show.
And even though the number of Rhode Islanders counted as unemployed has declined since the previous month and over the prior year, that number is still 50,600 people. That counts those out of work who are actively seeking jobs, but it does not count people who have grown discouraged and are no longer looking for work.
It’s too early to say how Rhode Island compares with most other states because not all report monthly jobs data on the same day. Rhode Island overtook Nevada for the worst unemployment rate in the country in November and retained that ranking in December. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics expects to release all state rates for January on March 17.
The total number of Rhode Island-based jobs was recorded at 475,000 in January, an increase of 3,800 from December. That’s the highest recorded monthly growth since October 1999, said Donna A. Murray, the DLT’s assistant director for labor market information. The state gained 4,400 jobs that month.
However, a change in the college calendar at the end of last year for some local universities and colleges skewed the monthly increase, a DLT analysis shows.
Although the fall semester typically runs deep into December, it ended earlier than normal, meaning more educational services employees were recorded as not working when the federal government conducted its household survey that month. Thus, the loss of such employees recorded for December was more than anticipated and the gain for January was also more than expected, Murray said.
About 1,200 educational jobs for January were likely attributed to that change, Murray said. Without counting those jobs, the state would have recorded a gain of 2,600 — still the largest monthly growth throughout the past year.
“Everyone here is equally frustrated as the general public that the recovery has not picked up the pace, but if there was a simple solution or a silver bullet that could do it in a few months, it would have been done,” DLT Director Charles J. Fogarty said in an interview. “The changes we’re looking at do take time. It doesn’t mean you give up.”
Fogarty said Governor Chafee is asking every department director for ideas to help produce “a more fertile climate for companies to grow and expand.”
“Really, what can government do?” Fogarty continued. “It can produce a more fertile environment in terms of keeping its budget under control, looking at improvements in the education system, from kindergarten to higher education, work-force training and eliminating unnecessary regulations.”
Like much of the nation, Rhode Island was hammered by the Great Recession. Revised jobs figures also released Thursday show the state lost 39,800 jobs from its peak employment in December 2006 to its lowest point in the recession, July and August 2009. Earlier estimates put that job loss at 39,600.
The state has regained 48 percent of its lost jobs — or 19,100. That’s better than the one in five reported to have been regained at this time last year. But it’s still 20,700 fewer jobs than the 495,700 recorded for December 2006.
Fogarty said private-sector jobs are increasing at a better pace than government jobs. Rhode Island has regained 56.2 percent of its private-sector jobs, he said.
On Thursday morning, before the jobs figures were released, about 350 business people, nonprofit leaders and higher-education officials gathered for an annual economic outlook breakfast hosted by Santander Bank and the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce. The session included a real-time poll of attendees, nearly two-thirds of whom identified themselves as senior managers, CEOs and principal owners or partners.
Questioned about the economy over the next year, more than half expressed optimism that the national economy would be in better shape than now — 5 percent said, “much better shape,” while 51 percent said, “somewhat better shape.” Considering Rhode Island’s economy, 2 percent said, “much better shape,” and 26 percent said, “somewhat better shape.”
Of those polled, 62 percent thought their own business would be in “much better shape” (19 percent) or “somewhat better shape” (43 percent). Forty percent anticipated a “slight increase” in hiring over the next year, while 6 percent said they’d see “significant increase.”


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Istana Budaya – lack of culture
Despite being one of the kitsch building ever build, the “so called” national theater, Istana Budaya (Palace of Culture) are a place that lack of culture.
Just read the list of stage shown inside Istana Budaya, a foreigner will though Malaysia are still under colonization ruling.
Recently, Istana Budaya make a recruitment advertisement over all mainstream newspaper. This is what I read from a Chinese newspaper about the MAIN CRITERIA :
面试者必须面目佼好。 (the candidate must be handsome/beautiful)
(I will try to take a snap and post the photo of the ads )
Are Istana Budaya looking for beauty queen/beauty king?
For those audience not as rich as those Datuk and Tan Sri that afford the front seat, people that sit 20 feets away from the stage can hardly differentiate a “beautiful look” performer vs “fair look” performer. But I am sure, if the performer can’t perform, the audience can easily spot the stiffness and flaw.

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A 59-year-old Wall woman was arrested after allegedly slapping an officer in the face, police said.
Patricia Jordan was charged with aggravated assault and drunken driving following the 8 a.m. Jan. 1 event in Wall, police said.
Jordan allegedly slapped Ptl. Justin Hudson after he stopped her for possible drunken driving, police said.
Jordan was arrested on $20,000 bail. A court date is pending.
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Karachi: There is a dire need to further improve the economic and cultural ties between Italy and Pakistan, said speakers of an event of singing agreement between two premier news agencies of the both countries.
PPI- Pakistan Press International and Agi -Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, has signed in Karachi a Memorandum of Understanding that defines the editorial collaboration between the two agencies, focusing on information and integrated multimedia communication production, as well as in professional training and event organization.
The agreement confirms the desire of PPI and Agi to define joint projects to support the development of economic and cultural ties between Italy and Pakistan, strengthening the value of both agencies, key players in the international communication arena.
Owais Aslam Ali, Chairman of PPI, said: “The signing of the cooperation agreement between PPI and Agi marked a significant step forward in the exchange of information between Pakistan and Italy. This will increase the level of understanding between the people and of opportunities for economic cooperation between the two important countries of South Asia and Europe”.
“Pakistan and Italy have strong political and economic ties – Agi’s CEO Gianni Di Giovanni said – that date back since the birth of Pakistan in 1947 and, as of today, also journalistic ties. I am confident that this collaboration will prove extremely fruitful, and will once again show that Italians and Pakistani can do great things together. Just like in 1954, when an Italian geographer and geologist Ardito Desio, upon mandate of the Pakistani government, was the first to manage to climb the K2″.
The post Need to improve economic, cultural ties between Italy and Pakistan appeared first on Pakistan Press International.


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“How can we be creative outside of the office when our jobs are so tactile?” That question from Wen Zhou, the CEO of 3.1 Phillip Lim, was the starting point of today’s Vogue Global Conversations panel—and it was met with many answers. Vogue Taiwan’s Leslie Sun moderated a talk between Zhou, Marine Serre, and Simone Rocha that touched on topics ranging from those practical concerns—i.e., how to make a garment at home without your textiles, equipment, or team—to the challenges of designing under severe stress and trauma.
For many designers, the instinct has been to embrace optimism and escape, but Serre offered a different perspective: “It’s really important to be realistic and honest and radically open to the world around me,” she said. “I often say I’m like a sponge, because I’m feeling, and I’m opening my eyes, and I’m looking, and most of our work as designers today is really that. You have to create for the world you’re in.”
“This pandemic has made us pause and stop, but it’s almost created a new surge of creativity,” Rocha added. “It’s kind of a scary creativity. But it’s been really, really stimulating—it’s been a time to think and reflect, and take what I know and see how we can do it in a new way.”
Over 45 minutes, the conversation touched on sustainability, digital vs. physical fashion, how the industry needs to evolve, and their advice for young designers.
Making the Most of Remote Work—And Finding a Few Silver Linings
Serre agreed with Rocha’s comment about finding a new “surge” of creativity in lockdown. “It’s quite a creative time actually, and we’ve had to learn a new way to communicate that isn’t so physical, since we can’t actually be draping and fitting and pinning and hugging and fighting! But I think now is a moment to actually get closer to each other—you can’t touch each other, so you have to take care with the words you use. That’s something quite beautiful that’s happened,” she said. “Being closer to each other and to ourselves, and to take the time to really understand where we want to go, who we are, and what we’re doing…. Of course sometimes it’s really hard, but fashion moves so fast, and this has been a chance for us all to slow down.”


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Though highly engaged in social media, women on the whole say, surprisingly, it does not influence their purchase behavior. This paper shows few findings of the study, which polled more than 1,000 American women of various ages, geographies and types of household. 75% of women say they are "More active" in social networking than last year, and more than half (54%) report visiting social networking sites at least once per day. The social network most used by women is Facebook - nearly two-thirds of women say they use it most - followed by the nearly 16% who cite MySpace. About 3% report using Twitter the most.


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Athman Hussein, the director in charge of museums, sites and monuments in the
coastal region at the National Museums of Kenya, said archeologists have
discovered relics like porcelain and coins that were symbols of the Ming
Since 2010, Kenyan and Chinese archeologists have been tracing more evidence
of the great expedition through excavating a site where the two ancient Chinese
ships are said to have sunk after hitting rocks, Hussein told Xinhua.
"During the first phase of this joint research project, we discovered
porcelain, iron ore and coins used in the Ming dynasty.
"They are evidence of Sino-Kenya ties that have survived six centuries," he
He revealed that the second phase of the archeological project will involve
excavating the entire shipwreck site for more discovery.
"After the second phase is over, we intend to establish a public gallery
where artifacts discovered in the shipwreck will be displayed," Hussein said,
adding that the discovery of Chinese shipwreck will boost cultural tourism in
Today, the long-standing ties between people of the two continents have been
renewed by more and more Chinese coming to Africa for trade, investment and
Still in Lamu, a Chinese company is carrying out the construction work on the
Lamu port—which could be a best memorial for Zheng He’s circumnavigation.
ADVENTUROUS ADMIRAL ZHENG HE:
Early Chinese mariners had a variety of
contacts with Kenya
Archaeologists have found Chinese porcelains made during the
Tang dynasty (618–907) in Kenyan villages; however, these were believed to have
been brought over by Zheng He during his 15th century ocean voyages.
On Lamu Island off the Kenyan coast, local oral tradition maintains that 20
shipwrecked Chinese sailors, possibly part of Zheng’s fleet, washed up on shore
there hundreds of years ago. Given permission to settle by local tribes after
having killed a dangerous python, they converted to Islam and married local


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Odessa, TX – August 30, 2010
Yazoo City, MS - July 27, 2010
CYTEC’s alliance with Shirley Simpson-Wray will bring affordable WIFI/Broadband technology to rural Florida
West Palm Beach, FL – July 12, 2010
CYTEC Corporation, a national innovative technology development firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of Shirley Simpson-Wray as Vice President of Sales for the State of Florida.
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Jackson, MS – April 19, 2010
Yazoo City, MS now has coverage for their downtown area with CYTEC’s Wireless Micro-Mesh Network. Citizens and visitors to Yazoo City can now surf the internet from anywhere within the downtown Yazoo City area thanks to the installation of the network.
Jackson, MS – April 16, 2010
- Podboxx to be displayed in Gattitown Stores
- CYTEC creates the Renaissance Wireless and Digital Signage Network
- CYTEC to team with Northrop Grumman on Automatic Identification Technology IV (AIT IV) and pRFID Contract.
- CYTEC Wireless Added to USDA List of Acceptable Material
- Cytec Launches Strategic Partnership with Rural Solutions Corporation - Alliance with RSC will increase the use of advanced and innovative technology throughout rural America
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Police: Saratoga Springs man tried to use fake credentials to get school job
Thomas C. Dean, 22, of Saratoga Springs was arrested for giving fake credentials to the Queensbury Union Free School District to get a summer school job. Dean tried to pass himself off as a New York Registered Nurse, according to the Warren County Sheriff’s Office.
Dean was an approved teacher/paraprofessional substitute and had been working as a substitute for Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES, the district said in a statement posted on its website.
“I could not be more impressed by the due diligence and alertness of our staff who quickly identified the false information and ensured the safety of our students,” said Queensbury Superintendent Kyle Gannon. “It is important that we continue to work together to keep our students and staff safe.”
The sheriff’s office said Dean was charged with:
- First Degree Felony count of Offering a False Instrument
- Felony count of Unauthorized Practice of a Profession
- Third Degree Felony count of Burglary
Dean was turned over to the New York State Police after he was arraigned in Warren County for similar charges against him in Wilton. An order of protection was issued against Dean that keeps him off of the Queensbury Union Free School District property.
He has also been revoked from the substitute list as well as been reported to the New York State Education Department and the Office of the Professions, the district said.


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This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Hockey series.
Sunday's NHL slate is neatly bifurcated between four afternoon games and four evening games. Since I don't expect you to be able to get a lineup in by 12:00 PM ET if you live in California - or, heaven forbid, Hawaii - I'm going to focus on the four night games. Here are some players to target, and to avoid, for your daily fantasy lineup.
Mike Smith, EDM at LOS ($29): Smith is not always the most reliable goalie, but he's managed a 2.56 GAA and .921 save percentage over his last 10 games. On top of that, the Oilers represent the rare team that performs better defensively on the road than at home, as their 2.97 GAA in away games will show. The Kings rank in the bottom-five in goals per contest, and they are also on the road for the second leg of a back-to-back.
GOALIE TO AVOID
Alex Stalock, MIN vs. STL ($32): Stalock has been hot recently and comes in with a 2.69 GAA, but he's also produced a .908 save percentage on the season. He's also never had a save percentage higher than .910 over his last three campaigns. There aren't many good offenses playing Sunday night, with the Blues and the Oilers being tied at 3.15 goals per game to lead the pack. But with all of Edmonton's injuries, St. Louis provides the greatest concern.
Mikael Backlund, CGY at DET ($17): The Flames really needed somebody to step up among their depth forwards to get the team into the playoffs, and Backlund has done just that with 11 points across his last eight games. Not that a player needs to be hot for me to recommend them against the Wings. As a Detroit sports fan myself, I'm well aware of their horrendous 3.73 GAA.
CENTER TO AVOID
Anze Kopitar, LOS vs. EDM ($19): Despite the Kings trading away players like Tyler Toffoli, Kopitar has still been playing well although he only has one goal in his last 17 games. And being on the second leg of a back-to-back won't help. I'm also concerned about 19 of Kopitar's 55 points coming on the power play and the Oilers maintaining the NHL's second-ranked penalty kill.
Kailer Yamamoto, EDM at LOS ($17): It's not all Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl for Edmonton, or at least those two - when healthy - are the rising tide that lifts all boats. Case in point, Yamamoto is skating on Edmonton's top line and has 20 points in 20 games. Meanwhile, the Kings enter with a 3.20 GAA and are playing their second game in as many days.
Troy Terry, ANA vs. VGK ($11): Terry has started 56.1 percent of his shifts in the offensive zone, second highest on the Ducks. He's also getting time on the point on Anaheim's top power-play unit, and the trade of Ondrej Kase could lead to more opportunity for the 22-year-old. The Golden Knights will be on the road for the second night of a back-to-back. That could mean Malcolm Subban and his 3.09 GAA, .893 save percentage could be in net.
WINGS TO AVOID
Reilly Smith, VGK at ANA ($18): This is largely because the Golden Knights are on the road for the second leg of a back-to-back. But it's also because Smith only has five power-play points on the season, so it's unlikely he'll have much luck with the extra man. John Gibson hasn't been up to his usual standards this year, but he has posted a 2.80 GAA and .910 save percentage over his last 10 appearances.
Mats Zuccarello, MIN vs. STL ($16): Zuccarello hasn't been quite as expected for the Wild, despite the fact he's registered a career-high 16.3 shooting percentage. He's now on the second line - and second power play - and has been held without a shot on goal in four of his last six games. Also, remember the Jordan Binnington from last year? We've seen a glimpse of his recently, as he's reeled off back-to-back shutouts.
Darnell Nurse, EDM at LOS ($17): With Oscar Klefbom hurt, Nurse has seen a massive increase in power-play time. While he hasn't notched a point in his last two games, he's directed four shots on goal in each outing and has blocked six shots over those contests. The Kings have struggled to a 3.20 GAA, thanks largely in part to an .891 save percentage and a bottom-five penalty kill.
Noah Hanifin, CGY at DET ($13): Mark Giordano is hurt, but this is a great matchup for which you have to try and take advantage. Hanifin has been the biggest benefactor of the absence of the reigning Norris winner with an assist in consecutive games while receiving actual power-play time on the top unit.
DEFENSE TO AVOID
Matt Dumba, MIN vs. STL ($18): Dumba has stayed offensively active by putting 145 shots on goal in 60 games. Unfortunately, most of them haven't found pay dirt, as he's recorded a 2.8 shooting percentage. The Blues tend to keep shots suppressed, having only allowed 29.7 shots on net per contest.
Drew Doughty, LOS vs. EDM ($14): Doughty, like Anze Kopitar, is one of the last men standing from the glory days of the Kings. He no longer has guys like Jake Muzzin and Alec Martinez to help him out on the blueline. Doughty has also tallied 12 of his 30 points on the power play and - like I mentioned earlier - the Oilers have the league's second-ranked penalty kill.


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The Gormenghast books are some of my favourites. Intensely ponderous, florid prose, grotesque characters, crumbling castle... etc
To me its very Dungeon Synth, in a lot of ways.
Mervyn Peake's illustrations are pretty DS, too!
“Yes, I can see it in your eyes, you pity the hermit, forgotten and alone in his darkness. You think it wretched that a creature spends his life surrounded by the damp and the cold and the dark. But, hear this! The world you travelled from is too sharp, hostile and full of hatred for my kind. Better to seek and find respite in the dank caverns of these mountains than to be reviled and spurned in the miserable lands you people call home.”
Post by dungeonsnake on Feb 9, 2019 0:35:04 GMT -5
Yes. I read these when I was first getting into fighting wildfires, back in 2010, when I was in my early 20's. It was a harsh lifestyle and these books were my escape for a time. Unfortunately my copy was eventually ruined in the rain... I haven't read it since.
Post by Pilgrim's Shadow on May 24, 2019 13:08:20 GMT -5
Wow, never heared of them before your post, but now i made my research and got pretty hyped. Seems very DS, i know what you're saying. Only by reading about the books made me imagine DS music playing in my head.
Post by disgustingcathedral on Jul 16, 2020 11:57:29 GMT -5
Been doing some disk archeology recently, amongst the files I just found this glitched MacPaint image of Steerpike, scanned back in the day with a handheld scanner from the theatre programme for the aforementioned Gormenghast play ^__^


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The North Yorkshire and Cleveland Heritage Coast Partnership group is currently writing a new management plan.
The new plan will be one of the important strategic documents for the rural coast between Saltburn and Scarborough over the next five years. The partnership is currently seeking views on what people want to see in the plan. This may vary from wide aspirations for the future to small enhancement projects. We are keen to collect as many thoughts as possible from interested individuals and organisations.
We are keen to hear any views that you have about the coastline and all comments submitted will be considered for inclusion in the plan for 2015 – 2020. Please follow the below link to the questionnaire.
Completed questionnaires are to be emailed to J.Beech@northyorkmoors.org.uk
The closing date for replies is 31st July 2014.


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With warmer weather ahead, it’s time to think about how we can prepare, and to learn about the signs of heat-related health conditions.
Some symptoms of heat-related health conditions can include:
- Muscle cramps
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- Use shade cloth
- Check your fans and air conditioning are in working order
- Prepare ice trays
- Make kibble ice-blocks for your pets
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An Elegant and Contemporary Bathroom
12 October 2017 Décors gallery
Hardwood mouldings can bring much warmth and richness to a decor. We can see in this bathroom the successful blend of contemporary and classic styles.
The wooden door alone brings a lot of cachet into this room. Crown mouldings create a continuity of the cabinet cornice. The shade chosen for the mouldings brings elegance, as the colour arrangement contributes to this most relaxing atmosphere.

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Buckcherry vocalist Josh Todd has offered to step into Ian MacKaye’s Vans trainers and front Minor Threat should the seminal Washington DC hardcore band ever wish to reform without their iconic leader.
In one of the week’s more unlikely news stories, Todd has selected Minor Threat’s 1983 album Out Of Step as his ‘My First Love’ pick in the new issue of Classic Rock magazine, and revealed that he has already offered his services to former Minor Treat bassist-turned-guitarist Brian Baker should the DC punk trailblazers re-group without MacKaye at the helm. Given that Todd is best known for the song Crazy Bitch and the lyric “I love the cocaine” (from Lit Up), whereas MacKaye is the author of the song Straight Edge and sang “I don’t smoke, I don’t drink, I don’t fuck…” on the title track of Out Of Step, this would be a bold recruitment by Baker, to put it mildly.
Speaking of his discovery of MacKaye’s band, Todd tells Classic Rock, “I was fifteen and I felt like an outcast. I was dealing with a lot of dysfunction in my personal life at that time, a lot of adversity at home. I couldn’t trust the men in my life. There was a lot of anger inside of me. So I spent all my time at the record store. I had a crazy independent punk rock collection – and Minor Threat’s Out Of Step was one of them.”
“I felt like it was describing what was going on with me at that time,” Todd continues. “I truly connected with the recklessness and aggression of songs like the title track. It made me feel like I was part of a tribe when I listened to Out Of Step.”
“You can hear Out Of Step in what we do, too.”
Todd goes on to say that he once ran into Brian Baker, now playing with Bad Religion, and told him, “Hey, man, if you ever want to do a Minor Threat tour and Ian doesn’t want to do it, I’ll shave my head and we’ll fucking do it!”
“He just laughed,” Todd admits.
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sosuave.com enters the courtroom with extravagant robes. Like an old man, he walks slowly to the judge’s chair and sits. Everyone else sits after him.
sosuave.com puts on his glasses and says softly, “What is the matter?” The officer quickly walked over to sosuave.com and handed him the papers. Squinting through his glasses, he examined the papers.
“Who represents the Defense?”
A feminist stands. (Note: she is fat and ugly with a poisonous personality as most feminists are.)
“You represent All Women?”
Sosuave.com reads from the sheet. “You are accused of being Machiavellian rather than wise, calculating rather than smart, mimicking rather than confidant, full of gestures rather than full of actions, a highwayman who changes personalities and clothes to steal Man’s egos, a mind-shaper who possesses no identity, no virtues, no morals, no truths, and is ultimately a barbaric petty child-like species who transform all these vices into virtues under the hypnotic state called ‘Love’.”
He looked up. “How do you plead?”
“Now let us hear the argument. The representative of the Men may begin.”
Pook jumped from his seat. “Thank you, Your Honor. Many men are afflicted with the disease known as Nice Guyius Patheticus. Now, the symptoms of such disease are awful. The afflicted male will sacrifice dead plants as tokens of affection, write bad poetry, will speak in a language of banquets, and act like a fool in every and all ways.”
“Yeah, you would object.”
The feminist snorted, “The matter is about women, not about men.”
“No,” sosuave.com answered. “Women effect men’s behavior. Let us hear the argument.”
Pook smiled. “I call my first witness, the man with alligator skin when it comes to women, ANTI-DUMP!”
Anti-Dump walks in and stands in the front. The officer rushes by and holds up a rather thick book. “Place your hand on the DJ Bible.” He did so. “Do you swear, above all, to be a Man, to speak the truth of everything woman, to live with no apology, to know what you want and how to get it, and live to the fullest so through Don Juan?”
Pook paced back and forth. “Now, Anti-Dump, what would you suggest now to guys?”
“That men should stop trying to figure out if women or any woman likes them. Men are NOT women. Take off the dress guys.
It is WOMEN that wonder if a guy likes them before anything happens. Men have somehow picked up this bad habit from women.”
“The thought of whether she likes you should never cross your mind. It is not important BEFORE you ask for the number. The important thing is you WANTING her. Always ask yourself “Do I want this one?”. And the answer should be ‘Wow. Boy do I!’ That is all you need to know. Real men TAKE what they want.”
Pook turned toward the jury, which had one of each twelve members plucked from the last twelve centuries to have a true verdict of History. “As Anti-Dump is saying, men are beginning to think like women. Obviously, feminism has made a great change. Your witness.”
The feminist approached Anti-Dump with caution. “Why are you such an male-guided hard-nosed pig!?”
“But that’s why you love me!”
Disgusted, she said, “No more questions.”
As Anti-Dump left the stand, Pook set up charts. “Members of the jury! In every age, no man would be afraid of a girl. Certainly, he would not look at a woman as one looks at a trialing odyssey.”
Pook turned toward the jury. “No, I have not gone berserk. I only agree with the D.C. sniper with ONE thing he said:
“Oprah Winfrey will cause the downfall of Mankind.
“Hence, it remains for us to acknowledge the weeds of Babylon emerging around this garden of men. Young people are caught up in imitations they do not know, do not wish to understand, but vainly beat their chest proclaiming how ‘free’ they now are without realizing that they are entering a prison that took prophets, the blood of martyrs, crusades on the battlefield, for us to emerge. A flight of vultures, of feminist harpies are circling overhead to pick at Man as vultures picked at Prometheus. These feminists (both the female and male variety) believe that they are highly progressive and well advanced. Yet, they are centuries behind the times.
“Feminism came without warning… and conquered men. It has created a generation of neurotic males. A male of this time may be one of them.
-Do you believe it is wrong to judge a woman by how she looks?
-Do you believe it is wrong to advance on a woman, sexually, with no verbal consent?
-Do you believe women have been ‘discriminated’ because of their gender, that males intentionally put women down?
-Do you believe that in sex, it is wrong to even consider to ‘have your way with her’ and become and be the sensuous animal you’ve always dreamed?
-Do you believe women desire, as priority, respect?
“If you believe in any of these things, even just a little, you have been affected by Modern Feminism. It is the virus that creates the effects known as Nice Guyius Patheticus!
“Women are judged on looks because YOU are judged on your looks (and women are much harsher about it!). Feminists think a magazine picture ‘tyrannizes’ young women. ‘Forget my body, what about my mind?’ they say. But did you ever hear a woman say to the Nice Guy, ‘Your mind is great but I love your body!’? And every male is witness to the fact that women run towards testosteronized males, i.e. jerks.
“Why do men fail with women? It is because they respect them. This ‘great respect’ men find in women is nothing more than a lack of self respect, a lack of confidence. Woman’s reflectory nature must have something to reflect. If there is no confidence, there is no man. If there is no man, there can be no real male and, thus, any love.
“A recent Time magazine cover blared,” Pook pointed to it, “that men and women are biologically different. Time treated this as a great discovery. But didn’t we all know this when we turned age three or four? Feminism cannot see any biological differences between the sexes from the neck up.”
The feminist interrupted. “Is there a point to all this?”
“Members of the jury, notice her tidy suit. Men change their clothes to match their lifestyles/attitudes. Women change their lifestyles/attitudes to match their clothes. Put her in a hula dress and she will start hula dancing!”
Before she could object, Pook added,
“Anyone who has thought about women will find little to value in them. The increase of thought about them; the increase of negativity is subscribed to them. The root of Nice Guyism is thinking too much about them. The more action you engage in, the more likely you are to get the hot chicks.”
Sosuave.com hammered the gavel and let the feminist call her witness. It was an average normal woman. The feminist’s witness placed her hand on the ‘Feminist Mystique’ book, whose true name is actually the Feminist Mistake. When she was done, Pook asked her some questions:
“Many men ask, ‘What is the purpose of feminism?’ After all, women have their votes, their careers, and their business-suits. Normal movements shut down once achieving their goals. Thus, feminism is not a normal movement.
“Now, let us question the women.
The woman, representing all women, was in the stand. Pook walks around her slowly, tapping on the bright light overhead.
“Why did you become a feminist?”
“Because… I was everything else. I was a daughter. Then, I became a woman. After that, I became a girlfriend. Then, I became a wife and mother. I had been everything. I was bored. Being a feminist was IT. There is nothing higher!”
Pook makes his voice louder. “SO YOU ADMIT THE TRUTH!”
“I do! I do! I confess!”
“NOW we see the picture. Woman sees herself in relation to society. Women are in a never ending war between mind and body. The body says, “YES!” while the mind, ever remembering the status of reputation, says ‘NO!’ Oh, if there only was a something that could FREE women of this state!”
“Something that could make *****s respectable…”
“And sluts sublime…”
“To turn the abandonment of motherhood into ‘fulfilling a woman’s potential!”
“Yes! Yes! Yes!”
“To make nagging infinite, to let fat girls feel free to get fatter, and to give ugly girls a societal role!”
“OHHHH YESSSSS!” She falls unconscious.
“That is the purpose of feminism: to let women do whatever they want with an air of morality, to turn feminine immorality into virtue. Thus, the problem of feminism is not men but women.
“The truth: Feminism is not declaring war on masculinity but on femininity! Feminism is a political Tower of Babylon to escape the truth of Human Nature.
“I’m in America. And I LOVE foreign chicks. They are just so feminine. Here, the chicks act masculine and get fat. They find it shameful to place their time and talents into their family and children (whereas, it should be their greatest joy).
“I think it is great honor, joy, privilege, and pleasure to be a Man. Women can trump us as they can be a Mother of Men. There is much glory in masculinity and femininity. But feminists are AGAINST both.

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Garstang is town rich in tradition and history, with an ancient market going back 700 years and a proud community spirit that is still going strong to this day. Garstang goes the extra mile and it shows, achieving regular wins in the Britain in Bloom competition and breaking new ground as the world's first Fairtrade town.
Garstang is conveniently close to the thriving cities of Preston and Lancaster, yet is also within reach of the Forest of Bowland, the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the Lake District. Add in the lovely Lancashire countryside all around you, and the closeness of the Fylde coast and the town simply could not be better placed.
AmenitiesCanal View lies close to the centre of town, bringing a wide choice of shops and services within easy reach, including Sainsbury's, Booths and Co-op supermarkets. Local doctors can be found within walking distance at Garstang Medical Centre (Sat Nav PR3 1PB call 0845 467 1682) with dentists available at Croston Villas Dental Centre (Sat Nav PR3 1EA call 0845 467 1682).
DiningGarstang provides a good selection of local restaurants and gastro-pubs, including Th'owd Tithe Barn close to the development. The Royal Oak and the Wheatsheaf are also well worth investigating for fine pub grub, while the Priory Hotel, Pipers, The Great Season and Crofters Hotel offer a more sophisticated dining experience.
For a wider choice of restaurants, with something for every taste and budget, try Lancaster or Preston, with Red Peppercorn and Coco's Soul Food ranked amongst the top in each city.
EducationYounger pupils in Garstang have a choice of Garstang County Primary, or the church schools of St Thomas's CofE Primary or St Mary & Michael Catholic Primary. Garstang Community Academy offers education for years seven to ten, but older pupils will need to travel for sixth form studies.
Lancashire has a number of independent schools of high repute, including Stonyhurst College in Clitheroe, Rossall School in Fleetwood and Kirkham Grammar School, with St Pius X Preparatory School also close by.
LeisureWith the Forest of Bowland on your doorstep, and Kendal, the gateway to the Lakes, just over 30 miles away, you'll be spoiled for choice when it comes to the great outdoors. Of course, if you prefer yur leisure more adrenaline fuelled, you can always head to the heart-stopping rides of Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
Closer to home, Garstang has much to offer, from Garstang Leisure Centre to the sophistication of Garstang Country Hotel and Golf Club. Head to Preston for cinemas and the famous Guildhall Theatre, or to Lancaster for the Grand and the Dukes. In season, Blackpool hosts a range of international shows, plus of course, the famous illuminations along the Golden Mile.
ShoppingGarstang has a proud tradition as the world's first Fair Trade town, and you can find full details of the goods available locally in the local produce guide available on Garstang.net. This achievement can be seen at its best every Thursday, with the popular produce market that dates back to 1300 and includes famous Lancashire cheeses such as the town's own Garstang Blue.
Garstang also has a good selection of independent shops and an indoor market that is open every week from Wednesday to Saturday. For high street shopping, try the Fishergate and St Georges Shopping Centres in Preston, or grab a big name bargain at Freeport Fleetwood outlet village.
TransportThe A6 Garstang Bypass links the town to Preston to the south and Lancaster to the north, both just over ten miles away. The bright lights of Blackpool are just 16 miles away via the M55, while the M6 can be accessed just six miles to the north at junction 33 or around 8 miles to the South at Junction 32.
Garstang does not have a railway station, but you can join the West Coast Mailine at either Preston or Lancaster, with swift services to London, Glasgow and Edinburgh. For international travel, head for Blackpool Airport or Manchester International, or for something a little different, head to Heysham for direct car ferries to the Isle of Man.
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Snotlout's Sentry Station is a Location can could only be unlocked after finishing Sentry Point.
It was supposed to be an open world-ish location, where the player could (most likely) test the Dragon's Flight. It could also be a location where people could enjoy their time in a "lone" place.
However, after an unknown update, this quest is gliched and, even though Snotlout says "Enjoy Snotlout's Sentry Station" (implying that the player would be able to re-visit this location without any problem), it's now glitched and unreachable by anyone. It's unknown if this will be fixed or not.
Ways to AccessEdit
NOTE: This were all the possible ways until it got gltiched up.
- Via flying through the cracked wall in the Caldera;
- Via Teleporter
The entire station has large Sea Stacks and a small, rocky isle surrounded by sea.
Since it was meant for people to enjoy the view and to fly around, it's very open ended and, it's filled with "obstacles" (the Sea Stacks) for the player to avoid.
It didn't had any Fishing Spots and, it's unknown if people could use the Flight Suit on it.
The Isle is the main spawning point and, it's where the Telescope and the Thor Statue will appear during missions (Thor's Statue is Mission Exclusive(?)).


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Gardening has become one of my favorite summertime hobbies and I even have the sun-burned shoulders to prove it. This weekend, I noticed that my pepper plants were in bad shape. Terrible shape actually as all of their leaves had disappeared. One of the plants was even growing a pepper, but the leaves on the rest of the plant were gone.
I looked around and found the culprits hiding in my tomato plant. WARNING: Shield your eyes if you are grossed out by alien looking bugs.
A really weird, alien looking caterpillar! This guy was a far cry from the cute fuzzy caterpillars I used to play with as a kid. This one was huge and has a pattern that looks like little eyes down its body. I did some Googling and through this cool caterpillar identifying website, found out that this is a Carolina Sphinx Caterpillar. Also known as a tobacco hornworm (similar to the tomato hornworm).
Sure enough, these guys love to munch on tomato and pepper plants. Since they're so big, they can be sneaky and eat an entire plant pretty quickly before anyone notices. I found three of them hiding in my tomato plants. I had no idea caterpillars could get so big, and weird looking. Have you ever come across one of these?
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