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Durban based Safari Surfboards congratulates team rider Royden Bryson on winning the 6-Star rated O'Neill Cold Water Classic at the renowned surf break of Thurso East in Scotland today (Monday).
Bryson, a former Dream Tour campaigner who finished runner-up in the Cold Water Classic in Cape Town last year, cut a swathe through the top seeds in the event before opting to use an patient strategy of waiting for the best waves to comprehensively defeat Yuri Sodre in the final, leaving the Brazilian needing a massive 8.90 at the final siren
The 27 year-old former East Londoner pocketed US $20 000 and 3 000 precious ratings points by utilising all the practice he has gained in cold water and extreme weather since moving to Cape Town four years back to win the Northernmost contest on the ASP World Tour which featured water temperatures of 4 degrees, sub-zero air temps and even a snow storm yesterday!
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Murphy was equally complimentary about Bryson, saying that the victory was the result of Bryson's hard work and professional approach to his career.
Royden has shown that he is at home in any conditions. The 5'10 x 17 3/4 x 2 1/16 rounded pin he rode was ideal for his high-speed manoeuvres while the soft rails ensured that he didn't bog anywhere on the face of the waves, Murphy explained.
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Sunday, 14 September 2014
Abbey Road by The Beatles
As ever, this isn't some scholarly investigation into the Fab Four's art - just me rambling on about a favourite album and what it means to me. And it does mean quite a lot...
What a way to start an album! Lennon's mid-paced, oblique R'n'B groover with a contrastingly clear message for the radicalised, post-hippie times: "One thing I can tell you is you've got to be free". Everything literally comes together ( see what I did there? ) on this track - great vocal interplay from John and Paul, soulful electric piano from Billy Preston and some wonderful drum patterns from the sadly much-maligned Ringo.
George Harrison's crying guitar sound heralds his most beautiful, heartfelt ballad. "All I have to do is think of her..." Smooth, easy listening maybe... but none the worse for that.
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Paul McCartney's tasteless but guiltily funny tale of an unrepentant serial killer, presented as a children's song. Only The Beatles could get away with such whimsical nonsense. Just. Love the "do-do-doo" backing vocals!
Paul again, but this time with a far superior song: a pastiche '50s / doo-wop rocker, harking back to the band's early days. McCartney's voice is raw and ragged, tearing the final "do you no harm" from his battered larynx.
Octopus's Garden
Another kiddies' song. Ringo's charming but inconsequential sub-aqua ditty is a close relation of Yellow Submarine and passes the time amiably enough.
I Want You ( She's So Heavy )
A slow, strangely menacing and bluesy examination of lust, John patently singing about his obsession with Yoko. The final guitar riff repeats and repeats, clanging into itself again and again, the band's new toy - the Moog synthesiser - churns out white noise... and then...
Here Comes The Sun
...the sun comes out. Clearly one of the greatest songs in all of pop history. Optimism, love and good vibes - the epitome of The Beatles' philosophy. "And I say, it's alright..."
And the sun keeps on shining! Because is a beautifully summery example of the boys taking a fairly simple song and transforming it with soaring, ethereal harmonies.
Pretty much the dictionary definition of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. The medley, constructed by McCartney, takes up most of Side Two of the original vinyl album and consists of various scraps of songs which the band had kicking around, sequenced into one fantastic collage. Perhaps realising that Abbey Road would be their final creative flourish ( Let It Be was their last album to be released but had been recorded previously ) The Beatles went out on a sky-scraping high.
It starts with the mournful piano notes of Paul's You Never Give Me Your Money, a sad reflection on the band's long and painful dissolution which turns into a hymn to freedom: "but oh, that magic feeling - nowhere to go", with some scorching lead guitar, before drifting into the Albatross-like Sun King, all lazy Mediterranean siestas and nonsense lyrics. A quick drum-beat and we're into two upbeat, rockin' Lennon songs about two eccentric characters, Mean Mr Mustard and Polythene Pam, complete with some very self-aware "yeah, yeah, yeahs" and nostalgia for the band's early years. With an "Oh, look out!" the medley shifts back towards Paul with his strange tale of a persistent Beatles fan - She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, a jangly, quintessential Fabs song with some perfect harmonies. Then it's the high point of the medley: Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight, a staggeringly moving meditation on the band, the past, the future, with Olympian melodies and a red-blooded "boy, you're gonna carry that weight" from the full Fabs vocal ensemble. You Never Give me Your Money is reprised, this time with an orchestra in tow, before things get surprisingly funky and raucous as the guitarists duel it out for the last time. Finally, The End does exactly what it says on the tin and says goodbye to the band and the era with the sublime last line, "And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make..."
Her Majesty
Well, it's not exactly over as Paul's daft acoustic ditty surfaces 20 seconds after the end of The End to ensure we leave with smiles on our faces...
So, Abbey Road...It's all very wonderful and encapsulates everything the Beatles ( and all great pop music ) stood for: love, sex, fun, longing, freedom, mischief, melancholy - it's all here. And, of course, it all means different things to different people. On a very personal note, this album helped me immeasurably four years ago when my Mum was very ill. Things were as bad as they could get and then they got worse. The Beatles' wonderful music was there for support. The beautiful melodies, harmonies and awesome instrumental sounds were very resonant at this tough time and I took things from some of the lyrics that the writers surely never intended, but which gave me strength and spoke of love and history and peace. At the end of the day, music can be just music, a pleasant distraction, aural wallpaper, but sometimes... sometimes it's something more...
"Golden slumbers fill your eyes / Smiles awake you when you rise..."
( By the way... a special thanks goes out to new Follower John Pitt, whose recent comments inspired me to revive this 'ere blog. Cheers! )
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But does this mean you don't have the White Album yet?ReplyDelete
Hi Steve! No, I don't have the White Album. Yet again, it always seems to be too pricey. ( And there are a few dodgy songs on there. ) Will probably get it at some point...ReplyDelete
Thanks for this post, Cer. Steve is right, you've GOT to get the white album!ReplyDelete
I shall now put my thinking cap on and try and come up with some trivial facts to compliment your post.
See you later!
Cheers, John! I'm always up for more trivial facts :-)ReplyDelete
Between '69 & "07 I bought this album 5 times, so I am quite familiar with it. Unofficially there exist many other versions, including a mono mix, an instrumental and a version of John previewing it track by track on Radio Luxembourg. It was Timothy Leary who approached John and asked him to write an anthem for people to come together.ReplyDelete
At this time, James Taylor was on Apple and one track on his album - Something In The Way She Moves resulted in George being accused of plagiarism. A long version of Something exists, where the song goes into a different instrumental in much the same way as Clapton's Layla. And both were written about the same girl!
Listen carefully to Maxwell and you may hear a stylophone. ( It's also on Bowie's Space Oddity ).
Here Comes The Sun was written in Clapton's garden with the original working title of Badge - Part 2. Check out YouTube for son Dhani's remix " HereComes The Son...er, Sun! " and George Martin playing Dhani George's unreleased guitar licks for the song.
The guitar chord picks on Sun King were used on the embryo of Don't Let Me Down which can be heard on the bonus disc of Let It Be - Naked.
A very faithful cover of Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight ( there's that riff from Badge again! )was released by ( White ) Trash on Apple.
The End featured all 3 guitarists taking turns to play lead breaks. Can you tell who plays what?
If you listen to the beginning of Her Majesty you will hear a split second of the end of Polythene Pam, where it was originally segued in the medley. But Paul thought that it wasn't strong enough, so he asked the sound engineer to remove it, which he duly did and tagged it onto the end of the tape, where it lay forgotten about and accidentally got pressed onto the vinyl. I wonder how it would sound in its original position?
Thanks for the comment, John! Some of the info is familiar from reading Ian MacDonald's masterly Revolution In The Head, but not all of it... a stylophone? Who knew?ReplyDelete
But, tell me... why did you buy Abbey Road 5 times??
I first bought it in Dec. '69, but before I even played it I gave it to a girlfriend as a xmas present, so I bought it again formyself the next year, but it developed a jump, so when it was remastered in the 80's I got a brand new copy. Then I got it on CD and finally when they remastered the CDs around 2007 I got that as well.ReplyDelete
Now, DON'T ASK how many times I have bought the double red & blue collections!!!!
And no doubt within a few years you'll be able to upload it directly into your brain. It would make it tricky to lend to a girlfriend though...ReplyDelete


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Conan 2d20 news?
So, the latest KS update confirmed that Smiteworks is doing playtesting on the set. I realize absolutes are usually impossible but can anyone in the know provide a decent range for the release dates? I am really hoping to have a game started the 2nd week of January. Is that realistic?
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The update said that SmiteWorks would be doing QA testing at some point, because the licensing agreement is still to be finalized. It also said "I'm sure you'll appreciate I can't give you a date of release, seeing as our licensor is still negotiating some finer points of the agreement..."
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That is a much appreciated response... Thank you, Trenloe...
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Just a heads up to everyone that cares We have completed development on the Conan ruleset for Fantasy Grounds. Waiting on some business discussions to finish up before its released to Smiteworks.
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I thought I had read somewhere that the Conan 2d20 system (core ruleset) was now available? I couldn't find it in the store, anyone have info about this?
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There is listing in the store, but not really available as you can't purchase it. Probably the release is delayed due to QA checks.
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I hope this is coming ASAP. I'd love to see support for Star Trek Adventures and John Carter of Mars as well.
Was the Conan FG ruleset part of the Conan 2D20 Kickstarter? I contributed at the Mount Yshma level and don't recall.
Lastly, the listing for Conan in the FG store mentions it will be available 4/12 but this is 4/16 and I still do not see a way it can be purchased.
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One of the developers posted (somewhere, losing track of these different sources) that it was coming out "soon". As for KS discounts, it wasn't originally but they added somewhere along the line for the upper tiers. You should be getting it, I think for free with a Mt Yshma pledge.
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Today, the United States Chief Justice Antonin Scalia passed away causing speculators to predict the next justice to be seated on the 9 Justice bench. Indian American Srinivasan is being highly considered according to sources due to his record unanimous voting decisions by the United States Senate.
Srinivasan was unanimously voted in after being nominated by President Obama to the U.S. Circuit Court Judge position in Washington D.C. Srinivasan was also voted for by presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. Many see him as a contender for Justice Scalia's vacant seat.
Sri's Senate confirmation hearing on April 10, 2013, was uneventful. His nomination was reported to the floor of the Senate on May 16, 2013, by a unanimous vote of 18 ayes to 0 nays. A final Senate vote on his nomination took place on May 23, 2013, where he was confirmed 97-0. This means all the Republicans and Democrats voted "Yes" on his confirmation.
Popular blogger Michael Hodson commented on the potential nomination:
If Obama nominates someone like Sri Srinivasan to the Supreme Court in the next couple weeks and the Republicans refuse to even have hearings and make some effort at confirmation… best single campaign issue the Democrats will have in 2016.
He would be the first Asian American and Indian American judge on that court. He was confirmed for his current appellate court seat in 2013 by a vote of 97-0 and has argued 25 cases in front of the Supreme Court. It is impossible to argue he (or about a dozen others similarly qualified by unanimous and recent Senate approval) isn't qualified to step right in and assume the duties of the office.


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Norman Y. Mineta Leadership Institute Training
Saturday, May 5, 2018, 10 am – 4 pm
The Chinese Community Center (CCC)
11 Avis Drive, Latham, NY 12110
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders as a Political Force
This is a presentation on an overview of APIAVote, national and local voter registration and voter turnout trends. Emphasis on the importance and urgency of civic engagement work on the local level, how it ties into the work other community partners are doing across the country. Learning style: lecture and discussion.
How to Build Power: Base Building in the AAPI Community
How do AAPIs create and sustain change? This discussion will define our "base" and the keys to building power for the long term.
Political History or AAPIs in Albany
A panel of local community members will discuss how the AAPI community in Albany came to be.
Permissible Activities for 501(c)(3) Organizations
Scenarios are presented to the audience for them to decide if the activity is permissible for a nonprofit organization.
Voter Registration 101
We will review the rules governing voter registration drives in New York. We will also learn how to fill out the voter registration card and the mistakes often made.
Rolling Out an Effective Voter Registration Drive
We will highlight keys to planning a successful voter registration drive and outline our goals for VR. Learn how to determine the number of volunteers needed reach our voter registration goals. Practice role playing the voter registration script.
How to Talk to Your Neighbors
Review the best practices when canvassing door to door. Attendees will rehearse voter registration or GOTV scripts with each other in exercise.
Volunteer Recruitment and Management/How to Do a One on One
Review why volunteers get involved. Discuss ways to recruit new volunteers to the organization for the long term. Practice conducting one-on-one conversations. Learn how to develop volunteers and turn them into leaders.
Story of Self
Individuals work on crafting their message about who they are and what are their values. Continuation of one-on-one conversation for volunteer recruitment


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Student Selected for Photography Mentorship Programme
Press & Editorial Photography student Amara Eno has been selected for Women Photograph's first class of mentees.
The programme, which received more than 600 applications, will pair 22 industry leaders (11 photographers and 11 photo editors) with 22 early-career photojournalists over the course of a year. Mentors include editors from National Geographic, The New York Times, and The Guardian, and photographers who are the recipients of Pulitzer Prizes, Guggenheim Fellowships, and World Press Photo awards.
Amara, who is in her third year of studies, explains why she wanted to be part of the initiative: "I've been keeping up with the development of the Women Photograph organisation on social media for the past couple of months and I am so on board with their mission. It's hard to believe they only launched in February this year! As a female photographer who is just starting out, I have become so aware of the imbalance there is in opportunity for women in the industry. It is extremely disempowering to walk into environments where you don't see yourself represented, which is why it is so important that we, as females are given equal opportunity to have our voices heard.
"The Women Photograph database is tackling that issue from the top down – and making waves while they are at it - showing picture editors and all of those who play any role in hiring photographers that there are so many great female photographers to choose from when it comes to commissions. Anyone who comes into contact with the database has no excuse for not knowing where to find a female photographer to work with. I think the work they are doing in elevating and empowering the female voice in the photojournalism industry is so important. When I saw the opportunity come along to get involved with Women Photograph through the mentorship programme, I had to apply!
The programme will take place over the course of a year, Amara will be paired with a leading industry professionals who will support her through her personal photographic pursuits as well as helping her build a network of connections and inspiration.
Amara added: "I'll be graduating this academic year and so receiving insight from individuals who have already established their path in the industry will be really invaluable. I'm super excited about being able to have an international team to share the work I make and exchange thoughts with on a regular basis, who can offer me constructive criticism and feedback so that I can develop my current projects in a more audience-informed way.
"I also want to say a huge thank you to my course tutors for always encouraging us to apply to these incredible opportunities!"


text: October 14, 2016 At least 10 injured on Warrior Dash obstacle collapse A wooden dome used as a climbing obstacle in a Warrior Dash race collapsed Saturday in St. Francisville, injuring several people and prompting the State Fire Marshal's Office to investigate if the structure was properly built. Witnesses said there were between 20 and 30 people on the dome, the third of 12 obstacles of the Warrior Dash obstacle race, when it swayed to the side and slowly crashed to the ground. Justin Cox, operations manager for Acadian Ambulance, said three patients were airlifted and seven more were taken to the hospital in ambulances from the event site at the West Feliciana Sports Park. He said at least 10 to 15 others were injured and drove themselves to seek treatment. "The range of injuries were from minor to serious," Cox said. Warrior Dash races are held in cities around the country and feature several obstacles, including ponds, mud and large objects that participants must climb and crawl over. The races are organized by Red Frog Events. West Feliciana Parish Sheriff Austin Daniel said about 5,500 people participated in Saturday's event. "It was a major deal," Daniel said by phone from the sports park. "They were climbing on something … and it collapsed with a gang of people on it. I think they said the worst injury was a broken femur and a head injury, but nothing life threatening." The obstacle that collapsed is called the Diesel Dome, said Lauren King, Warrior Dash director of public relations. It is promoted on the race's website as a 30-by-50-foot wooden dome "with views of the ground that will ignite your vertigo." "Our thoughts are with the injured participants and their families," King said in a prepared statement. "The safety and security of our racers and spectators are paramount at our events. We are currently evaluating the situation." Investigators with the State Fire Marshal's office, West Feliciana Parish Fire Department and West Feliciana Sheriff's Office could be seen surveying the flattened wooden dome Saturday afternoon. Jason Phillips, of Jena, who said he was competing in his "first and my last" Warrior Dash, hurt his right ankle when the Diesel Dome fell. His leg was wrapped with a bandage and stabilized with a splint. "People were telling us all day long there was something wrong with it, that it was unsound," he said. Phillips said the structure started leaning, then slowly collapsed to the left. It took 10 to 15 minutes for those injured to get treatment, he said, "because nobody from the event staff knew anything was wrong." Brandi Taylor, also of Jena, said she had a fracture in her left arm below her elbow and sprained her wrist. "I was climbing to the top of it when it started leaning and collapsed," said Taylor, whose arm was wrapped with a splint and secured against her body. "It was obvious that it was structurally unsound. It was very scary because it happened in slow motion." Taylor, a nurse, said she helped some people who had lacerations and what looked to be broken bones. West Feliciana Parish President Kevin Couhig said Red Frog Events rents out the parish-owned sports park for the Warrior Dash and brings in their own engineers to construct the obstacles. "They're responsible for any permitting that is necessary," Couhig said. "The parish does not provide permits for the structures." State Fire Marshal Butch Browning said his investigators will meet about the incident in the next week and write a report. "This is a tragic accident because of the numbers of people who were injured," Browning said. "Our role is to gather the facts, investigate what happened, vet how the structure was constructed and see if there was any permitting necessary." "I know our office didn't permit it," he added. Browning said the district attorney will be brought in if his office's investigation reveals "something was negligent or something criminal took place." "People were just looking to have a good time," he said. "I couldn't imagine how severe it could have been if the structure was any taller." Source: The Advocate Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of those injured in the collapse of this Warrior Dash structure. While we are all thankful that there were no life threatening injuries, there is still no excuse for a failure of this magnitude by Red Frog Events and Warrior Dash. These events take place throughout the country and should be build safely and properly every time. They know exactly how many people will be attending the event and have the ability to control how many people are on the structure at one time. Yet, according to eye-witness testimony, there was not a Warrior Dash official in sight when the structure failed. Such oversight is inexcusable. People who were injured in this collapse may worry that Warrior Dash cannot be held responsible for their medical bills and damages because they signed a waiver prior to the event. However, this is simply not true. Under Louisiana Civil Code article 2004, a participant cannot waive or limit the liability of Red Frog or Warrior Dash for causing physical injury to that participant or for the intentional or gross fault of Red Frog or Warrior Dash. Therefore, the waiver signed by a participant cannot be used to prevent Warrior Dash from being liable for your damages. If you or someone you know is looking for representation in seeking these damages, Fisher Injury Lawyers is uniquely equipped to handle your case. With two engineering graduates on staff, one being attorney-engineer Chris J. Day, we are able to handle the complex issues that come with a case of this nature and discuss in detail what caused the collapse. Give them a call today to discuss your case. Chris J. Day, Injury Attorney-Engineer by Chris Day All, Construction Accident, Hot Legal Topics 0 0


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[WATCH] Mi Casa on the Greg & Lucky Show ahead of Huawei Joburg Day
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Johannesburg, 18 January 2019 - What a massive Friday morning it was!
We had TKZee on the 947 Breakfast Club and Lusky hosted the wonderful Matthew Mole in the studio.
Matthew is a big favourite at 947 and we had to make sure that he's there when we bring you, your friends and your family together on 4 May 2019.
[WATCH] Matthew Mole LIVE on 947 as we launch #HuaweiJoburgDay in the Park 2019
In came Mi Casa to showcase their brilliance and give us a taste of the excitement as we build up to the big day.
[WATCH] TKZee perform live on the 947 Breakfast Club
Unlike the September #HuaweiJoburgDay, #HuaweiJoburgDay in the Park is designed for families. It's a day that caters for all ages and is the perfect way to wrap up the Summer season in South Africa.
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Buffalo Chicken Bites
The week I was married I began menu planning. I've never done a formal plan with charts and spreadsheets, just a simple list of what I was planning to cook along with a grocery list with all of the ingredients needed for that week. Occasionally, I'd ask The Husband to participate in the week's menu by incessantly asking what he'd like to eat and shoving cookbooks across the dining table toward him.
Truth be told, The Husband has come up with some of the staples at our house. Being the visual person he is: he opens a cookbook, points to a picture and says, "Why don't you make that?" The easy-going man hardly ever has a craving for anything other than what I'm preparing. Last week, however, he came home from his month-long training where he noshed on MREs and said, "Please, I beg you… make something with taste." I'll spare you the typical woman comment that flew from my mouth, but instead, share my recipe for boneless buffalo wings. I only make these once every other year or so because we don't eat a lot of fried foods, but when I do make them… rest assured, they are packed with taste.
Delta's Boneless Buffalo Wings
2 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 c buttermilk
1 1/2 t cayenne pepper (divided)
2 c flour (more as needed)
1 1/2 t garlic powder
1 t salt
1 t pepper
1 (2 oz) jar Tobasco sauce
2 T butter
Oil for frying
Rinse and dry the chicken breasts then cut them into large bite-sized pieces (about 1 1/2″). Stir the buttermilk and 1/2 t cayenne into a shallow bowl and soak the chicken in the buttermilk mixture for at least 30 minutes, up to 8 hours.
Mix together the flour, garlic powder, salt, pepper and remaining cayenne in an additional shallow bowl.
Heat about 3/4″ oil in a heavy bottom skillet over medium-high heat until a drop of flour sizzles but doesn't smoke. Meanwhile, lightly drain the chicken and then toss in the flour mixture, back into the buttermilk then another coat of the flour mixture.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Once the oil is hot: in batches, lightly drop the coated chicken pieces into the oil. Once the chicken has turned a light golden brown (about 2-3 minutes) turn the chicken pieces and cook the other side until light golden brown. Once light brown all over, remove to a wire rack and cool slightly allowing the excess oil to drain.*
While working in batches, heat the butter and Tabasco in a small saucepan over low heat. Once all of the chicken is fried and drained, transfer the chicken to a large bowl and toss with the Tobasco mixture. Transfer to a foil lined, lightly greased cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes.
Serve with homemade ranch dressing and various cut vegetables.
*If you have the oil at the correct temperature, there shouldn't be too much excess oil so don't panic if you don't have a bunch.
August 26, 2009 14:14
I think I'm making this tonight. I love Buffalo wings.
August 26, 2009 14:59
I love this! I rarely fry things too…but this looks worth it.
Try the dressing without anchovy…it won't be a true caesar, but really it has so much flavor going on in other places I don't think you'll notice the difference!
😉 amy
August 27, 2009 09:30
Cat, these look like something my husband would totally love! I've never done any kind of fried chicken (I don't cook chicken at all actually) but he loves buffalo wings and it would be nice to try to make him some at home.
I had to smile while reading this because I used to do the meal plan for the week when we first got married too (that went out the window once we had kids, but I'm trying to get back to it) and I still make him look (okay, glance) at a cookbook every now and then and pick something out for me to make him since we have such different tastes.
Ross Pulliam permalinkAugust 30, 2009 17:03
Uh, how long have we been friends and you've never made these for me?
September 2, 2009 16:01
When I saw the picture I thought, "Yum! I can't wait to see how she health-i-fied these!" Haha. Oh well, they look amazing in original, fried form!


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A company's productivity depends upon the employee's performance and their well being. So, it is mandatory for the company to take care of their employee's health. Now you might be thinking that how the employees well being affect the productivity of their company. The answer is that if one of your employees is very good at his work and his health is not so good due to which he is not able to give his 100% efforts in his work. Because of this reason, your company's output and productivity might decrease. Employees of any company are working people they don't get much time for health checkups. If you are working for a big company, then there must be a health checkup policy. Many companies are coming forward to take care of their employee's health. They too know that increase in a company's productivity is depends upon employees health also. Many companies organise their health checkup campaign for their employees, and it is mandatory for all employees.
Many hours of working and non-socialize life creates stress on every individual. The ways adopted for coping with stress in office is smoking, overeating, consuming alcohol which creates further stress on body and mind. There are many health issues arises in corporate life. The result of stress might be hypertension, high blood pressure, obesity, etc. These results may lead to another level of complications like diabetes, heart diseases, etc. These conditions lead to a poor work environment which increases absenteeism. There must be a pre-employment health checkup for an employee at the time of joining a company. The relation between the productivity of a company and the absenteeism of an employee is inversely proportional to each other.
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- Employees from corporate sectors are more likely to have diseases like heart diseases, hypertension, diabetes, etc.
- Reasons behind these diseases are:
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- Physical inactivity.
- Wrong eating habits.
- Increase in absenteeism affects the employee's enthusiasm and company's productivity as well.
It is necessary for a company to maintain and improve the health of their employees. Due to which they will feel a sense of belongings and remain faithful to the company. The easiest method to achieve the good health of your employees is by introducing preventive health check-up packages in your company. With the help of preventive healthcare campaign, the doctors will teach your employees that how they can prevent many diseases.
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We are definitely getting our RV very soon and, after checking the internet extensively, found a great resort campground near lots of animal rescues in Corpus Christi. Very inexpensive. Has anyone ever gone thete in winter? Does anyone know what the weather is like from Jan.-April? We are looking for lots of trees, and temps 60-75 days. Cool nights are fine.
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Prepare the base by applying Face Skin Glow to enhance the skin's brightness.
Give the complexion an even look by applying the KIKO foundation most suited to your skin type. Apply Soft Focus Concealer onto the bridge of the nose, the dimple above the lips, under the eyebrow arch and along the eye contour to enhance the points of light on the face.
Blend Rock Attraction Bronzer 02 (Loud Tan) with the Boulevard Rock Face Brush along the temples and under the cheekbone, drawing a 'C' shape with circular movements. Apply Rock Attraction Blush 01 (Pearly Rock) with Boulevard Rock Face Brush onto the cheekbones, applying the colour from the outside inwards and blending it with circular movements.
Use the thin tipped end of the Boulevard Rock Eyes Brush to apply Colour Shock Long Lasting Eyeshadow 106 (Custom Sugar Green) to the inner corner of the eye. Draw a clear outline around the eye contour, joining the line together between the upper and lower eyelid so as to create a focal point of light. Apply Colour Shock Long Lasting Eyeshadow 107 (Inspiration Emerald) from the center of the eyelid up to the outer corner of the eye, applying the colour with the wide tip and synthetic bristles of the Boulevard Rock Eyes Brush. Outline the lower lash line, applying Colour Shock Long Lasting Eyeshadow 107 (Inspiration Emerald) with the thin tip of the Boulevard Rock Eyes Brush so as to create clean, graphic edges.
Dab Glow Touch Lips&Cheeks 104 (Magnetic Mauve) onto lips, applying more intensely in the corners to create a sophisticated effect.
Apply two layers of Denim Nail Lacquer 462 (Tribal Purple) to create a modern, denim effect manicure.


text: Hudson Roasters is a family-owned, small-batch roaster supplying locally roasted premium coffee at a reasonable price. It's founders, cousins, Bernadette Gerrity & Sal Santuccio, are the proud children of Cuban immigrants who achieved the caffeine dream when they started their own coffee roasting company in 1961 in Hoboken, New Jersey. With coffee running through their bloodline, these two teamed up in hopes of creating a specialty coffee brand that provides the quality coffees that they have grown to love. With a rich history and keen insight into the coffee industry, Hudson Roasters is knowledgeable on the long journey coffee makes from seed to cup. It is with pleasure that we take part in that journey by bringing consumers some of the finest coffees from around the globe to be enjoyed wherever, whenever.


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Baby Cough Syrup Recalled Over Bacterial Contamination
Bacillus cereus has had a reputation for decades as a cause of food poisoning. The bacteria is commonly associated with sickness from eating fried rice, so-called "."
Bacillus cereus has had a reputation for decades as a cause of food poisoning. The bacteria is commonly associated with sickness from eating fried rice, so-called "."
"The classic way this happens is that you order fried rice, often Chinese food, and you leave it out at room temperature on the kitchen counter and when you then go to reheat it the next day, these are bacteria that are in spores and they germinate with the reheating and can produce toxins that can cause vomiting or diarrhea," said Sood.
Bacillus cereus food poisoning certainly isn't limited to just one kind of food, although it's common among those that are rich in starch.
Sood notes that because of the biologic processes that the bacteria must undergo, it's unlikely that direct consumption from, in this case, cough syrup, is likely to result in sickness.
"It's very unlikely that if you just swallow some Bacillus cereus straight that it's actually going to germinate in your stomach and cause disease. So, it's probably going to be completely harmless because that's just not the mechanism of how it causes food poisoning. It has to go through those two stages," he said.
This is true, even for babies, he added.
Nonetheless, this bacteria is capable of causing potentially fatal infections under the right circumstances, particularly among newborns and the immunocompromised.
"Outside its notoriety in association with food poisoning and severe eye infections, this bacterium has been incriminated in a multitude of other clinical conditions such as anthrax-like progressive pneumonia, fulminant sepsis, and devastating central nervous system infections, particularly in immunosuppressed individuals, intravenous drug abusers, and [newborns]," study authors wrote in an in 2010 in Clinical Microbiology Reviews on the bacteria.
Production of DG™/health NATURALS baby Cough Syrup + Mucus has been suspended until the manufacturer can investigate the source of the problem.
The product comes in a carton labeled DG™/health baby Cough Syrup + Mucus in 2-fluid ounce bottles marked with Lot KL180157 Expiration date 11/20 on the bottom of the carton and back of the bottle label; UPC Code 8 54954 00250 0.
Concerned parents and those that have purchased the product are urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers can further contact the company at 1-844-724-7347 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. EST or email at [email protected]
The company declined a request from Healthline for an additional comment.
The baby cough syrup DG™/health NATURALS baby Cough Syrup + Mucus is being recalled due to contamination from two known bacterial pathogens: Bacillus cereus and Bacillus circulans. No known illnesses have occurred from the medication.
Bacillus cereus can cause symptoms typically associated with food poisoning, such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. It has the potential to cause more serious symptoms in newborns and the immunocompromised.
However, it is unlikely that exposure to the bacteria in the product is likely to result in sickness.
"I would reassure [parents] that it's probably not even going to cause any vomiting or diarrhea," said Sood.
Concerned parents and those that have purchased the product are urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund.


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The Atlanta Falcons will not give in to All-Pro wide receiver Julio Jones' demand to renegotiate his contract, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network Insider.
Per his team sources, Rapoport said the Falcons were not willing to renegotiate a deal with three years remaining in his contract. However, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reported that the Falcons promised Jones in June that they will work on a new deal after the 2018 season.
Jones signed a five-year deal worth $71.25 million with the Falcons in 2015, keeping him with the team through the 2020 season. Jones is expected to earn a base salary of $10.5 million for the 2018 season.
When asked by TMZ Sports recently about his relationship with the Falcons, Jones' short reply was "we're good."
Falcons To Prioritize Players With Expiring Deals
With three years remaining in his contract, the Falcons want to put premium on extensions for players entering the final year of their deals. The Falcons are expected to sign defensive tackle Grady Jarrett, offensive tackle Jake Matthews, and safety Ricardo Allen, according to Rapoport. In the summer, the Falcons signed quarterback Matt Ryan to a five-year, $150 million deal, with a guaranteed money of $100 million.
With this latest development, it has yet to be seen if Jones will attend training camp. Falcons veterans are expected to report to camp on July 26. Jones skipped offseason workouts in the hope of pressuring the Falcons to give in to his contract demand.
According to Rapoport, Jones has remained in communication with the Falcons, but he has yet to inform the team about his future plans. Recently, Jones attended Ryan's passing camp, a good indication that he might attend training camp.
Jones' Contract Ranks Fifth In Total Value
However, Jones might push for a renegotiation, especially with the signing of Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Brandin Cooks to a five-year, $80 million contract extension. With Cooks' signing, Jones' contract now ranks fifth in total value, ninth in average value, and sixth in 2018 base value, per Spotrac.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers' wideout Mike Evans leads the pack with his $82.5 million deal, Houston Texans wideout DeAndre Hopkins ranked second with his $81 million deal, Cooks is third while Jarvis Landry of the Cleveland Browns is fourth with his $75.5 million contract.
Since he was selected sixth overall in the 2011 NFL Draft by the Falcons out of Alabama, Jones made it to five Pro Bowl invitations and earned two first-team All-Pro selections.
Last season, the 29-year-old Jones caught 88 passes for 1,444 yards and three touchdowns in 16 games. In his career, Jones has 585 receptions for 9,054 yards and 43 touchdowns.
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October is one of my favorite months to hike. I love the cool nights—warm days—and vibrant foliage. But this is the Evergreen State, where Douglas-firs, western hemlocks, and western red cedars make up most of the vast forests of western Washington. I pine for the deciduous forests of the northern Appalachians where the hillsides turn into heaps of fruit loops this time of year. Fortunately—whenever I get homesick for an autumn walk in the woods in my native New England—I think larch. Western Washington may lack the maples, ashes, beeches and birches that set eastern hills afire in color—but there is nothing back east like Washington's larch madness!
October here means that the eastern slopes of the Cascades are screaming there's gold in them thar hills! And in Eastern Washington's Blue, Selkirk, and Kettle River Ranges, western larches with a little help from aspen clusters are streaking those lonely emerald slopes bright yellow. Add blueberry bushes dousing the forest floor crimson, and it's safe to say that Washington's larch forests— rival the northern hardwoods of the east for brilliant autumn color. So, let me help you place your hiking bracket for this year's Larch Madness. Here are five of my favorite Washington Larch hikes. Check them out—and soon—for October only comes once a year.
Blue Lake
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
North Cascades Highway
4.4 mile round trip
Elevation gain: 800 feet
A short and easy hike to a beautiful lake set in a rocky basin within the shadows of the Liberty Bell Spires. An old trapper's cabin adds some mystique to the golden hillsides.
Cooney Lake
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Sawtooth Roadless Area
16.0 miles round trip
Elevation gain: 3800 feet
A remote lake on the eastern edge of the lofty and serrated Sawtooth Ridge; Cooney is just one highlight in an area Manning and Spring dubbed the Golden Lakes for its prolific larch forests.
Columbia Mountain
Colville National Forest
Sherman Pass
8.0 miles round trip
Elevation gain: 1360 feet
Stand on the top of this gentle Kettle River Range summit and admire a 100 year old fire lookout and ridge upon ridge of western larch cloaked mountains.
Larch Lake
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Alpine Lakes Wilderness
12 miles round trip from Scottish Lakes
Elevation gain: 2450 feet
The name says it all! A long backpacking destination via Chiwaukum Creek—or a satisfying day hike from a base at the Scottish Lakes High Camps—this lake and valley in the Chiwaukum Mountains is magical when the golden aura is cast.
Lake Ingalls
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Alpine Lakes Wilderness
9.2 mile round trip
Elevation gain: 2600 feet
The only thing more stunning than the golden larches here—are the jaw-dropping views of Mount Stuart across the rippling lake set in a stark rocky bowl. Expect lots of company here including furry white four-legged ones and their kids!
What are your five favorite larch marches?
For full details on these hikes (and many others in larch country), consult the following books:
Blue Lake: Day Hiking North Cascades
Cooney Lake: Backpacking Washington
Columbia Peak: Day Hiking Eastern Washington
Larch Lake: Day Hiking Central Cascades
Lake Ingalls: 100 Classic Hikes Washington (coming in 2016)


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Hanging Lamp Terra
€50.40 (tax excl.)
This industrial suspension lamp Terra gives a warm and modern character to the living room or above a dining room table for example. With its spherical lampshade, the light shines compactly in the room. This lamp is made by hand, making each lamp unique. The hanging lamp is easy to adjust in height, by means of the steel chain where is suspended the lampshade.
Height: 18 cm
Diameter: 39 cm
Cable length: 150 cm
Dimmable: yes, but dimmer not present with lamp
Operation: wall switch
Light source: E27
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Material: metal
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Innovation Awards 2020
Finalists Announced
EDGE 2020 Goes Virtual

SYDNEY, Australia, 2 April, 2004 – Micromuse Inc. (Nasdaq: MUSEE), the leading provider of realtime business and service assurance software, announced that it has been issued patent number 6,694,362 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Entitled "Method and System for Network Event Impact Analysis and Correlation with Network Administrators, Management Policies and Procedures," the patent describes impact analysis technology used in Micromuse's award-winning Netcool®/Impact™ application.

The Micromuse inventors named on the patent include software engineers Peter Secor and Shoel Perelman, who began work on the Netcool/Impact application in 1997. Micromuse was previously issued two patents for its network discovery technology. The Company currently has additional patents pending, pertaining to technology inventions underlying several Netcool applications including Netcool/OMNIbus™, Netcool/Application Monitors™, Netcool/Service Monitors™, Netcool/Precision™ and Netcool/Visionary™.

"We are very pleased that the U.S. Patent Office has issued this patent, as intellectual property is one of Micromuse's greatest assets," said Craig Farrell, Micromuse's Chief Technology Officer. "The patent illustrates Netcool/Impact's unique ability to define the relationships between network events and data stored in external data sources. This ability has benefited hundreds of our customers. We are proud of the outstanding work that our software development team is continuing to produce, not only for the Netcool/Impact application, but across the entire Netcool product family."

The patent, which relates to the monitoring and management of corporate, government and telecommunication networks, describes an impact analysis system for correlating collected event data with administrators, management policies and procedures. The processes described in the patent and used in the Netcool/Impact application allow network administrators to determine quickly and correctly which users and business processes are impacted by incoming events. This helps minimise the impact to critical business processes.

ABOUT NETCOOL®/IMPACT™

The Netcool/Impact application, which began shipping in 1998, has been adopted by hundreds of Micromuse customers. Tightly integrated with Netcool/OMNIbus, Netcool/Impact shows the realtime business impact analysis of specific events and event patterns within the infrastructure. It allows users to see how Netcool/OMNIbus-collected events will impact IT-based business processes, services and business-critical applications.

For example, the Netcool/Impact application retrieves business process, customer and service information from a variety of databases and files. When events occur, Netcool/Impact automatically enriches Netcool/OMNIbus events by linking the right information with each event. This "enriched" event gives customers the knowledge needed to define resolutions and instructs Netcool/Impact to take automatic corrective action on faults. In addition, Netcool/Impact can escalate events to email, pagers and other systems, ensuring fast and efficient access to information.

ABOUT MICROMUSE

Micromuse Inc. (Nasdaq: MUSEE) is the leading provider of business and service assurance software solutions. The Netcool® software suite provides organisations with the assurance that their IT systems are supporting and driving profits 24 hours a day. Unlike traditional infrastructure management systems, Netcool solutions provide realtime end-to-end visibility and accurate troubleshooting from a business perspective. Such business intelligence allows organisations to respond to problems quickly, streamline workflow processes and improve business uptime. Globally, Micromuse customers include AT&T, BT, Cable & Wireless, Charles Schwab, Deutsche Telekom, Digex, EarthLink, GE Appliances, ITC^DeltaCom, J.P. Morgan Chase, T-Mobile and Verizon. Micromuse's customers in Australia include Telstra Global Operations Centre, British Telecom Global Services - Asia Pacific, and Ericsson Australia - Network Operations Centre. Sydney is the regional headquarters for Micromuse Asia Pacific and includes sales, technical support and the administrative functions for the region. Micromuse is headquartered in San Francisco. For more information go to www.micromuse.com

Micromuse and Netcool are registered trademarks of Micromuse Ltd. All other trademarks and registered trademarks in this document are the properties of their respective owners. Any statements contained in this press release that do not describe historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any forward-looking statements contained herein are based on current expectations, but are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties.

The factors that could cause actual future results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements include the following: fluctuations in customer demand, the Company's ability to manage its growth (including the ability to hire sufficient sales and technical personnel), the risks associated with the expansion of the Company's distribution channels, the risk of new product introductions and customer acceptance of new products; the rapid technological change which characterises the Company's markets, the risks associated with competition, the risks associated with international sales as the Company expands its markets, and the ability of the Company to compete successfully in the future, as well as other risks identified in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission Filings, including but not limited to those appearing under the caption "Risk Factors" in the Company's most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and on Form 10-K on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on the Company's Web site.

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How 50 Shades of Grey Screws Real Conversations about Sexual Politics
by Kohleun
This blog post is about exactly what you think it's about. If you don't want to read my take on 50 Shades of Grey and relationships and sexuality, you should navigate away. If you want me to give you steamy excerpts from the book, you can navigate away again, because I don't think male-controled relationships are desirable, or even healthy expressions of kink. So, please, if you choose to leave, grab a cookie on your way out, and don't say I didn't warn you if you stay.
I have a confession: I have never read E.L. James's popular 2011 erotica novel. But this is what I've heard and seen, and I could be wrong on the details, but bear with me. This will at least be entertaining. The plot is centered on a young woman named Anastasia Steele, who goes to interview a wealthy magnate named Christian Grey for a story. Now, Anastasia is a mousy naive journalism student, I gather, as writers are. Apparently. And, can you believe that a wealthy, enigmatic man whose veneer no one else has been able to penetrate just can't get enough of Anastasia. Then, like his fanfic inspiration, Edward of Twilight, Christian warns Anastasia that he's attracted to her, but she doesn't want to get mixed up with his peculiar sexual preferences and his lack of desire for an emotionally involved relationship. When Anastasia says to "enlighten" her anyway, thus begins her sexual education and introduction to kinky sex and Christian's inner battle, since he doesn't want commitment, yet he doesn't want anyone else to have Anastasia and beats other people up who are interested in her.
Wow. Let's unpack just that super speedy rundown. If that is true of the novel 50 Shades of Grey, I have serious issues with it. Here's my list of reasons why.
1) The extreme contrast between Anastasia's naiveté and Christian's supposed sexual prowess portrays a man as responsible for and more knowledgable about sex and his female partner's sexuality than she is.
This is problematic for many reasons. Okay, so some women know less about sexuality than some men, but the same is true if you reverse the gendered pronouns. Some people don't know a lot about sexuality or sex, and some people know a lot. Regardless of gender. And yes, I admit, those folks in the latter group can be intimidating and enigmatic, but that doesn't mean they should get to take charge in all the decision making. Which brings us to the reason I really truly despise this portrayal of gender difference. I think a difference in knowledge and experience can be a non-issue for a relationship, but if one person is more "in the know," it's still not okay for that person to call the shots or to feel responsible for their partner's sexuality. That can lead to the less experienced person feeling intimidated and silenced and not willing to try new things, and it could lead the more experienced partner to manipulate their partner into doing things they aren't comfortable with.
When a woman says "go ahead" when a man vaguely warns her he's unconventional, it appears to give him a free pass, rather than clearly communicating specific preferences and activities and letting a woman veto or green-light things before she's blindfolded and whipped. And I think that warnings like those of Christian Grey and Edward Vampire are cop-outs. They violate the other persons' boundaries and ability to say yes as well as no, and these cop-outs get people in the habit of not making their own decisions or trusting their own instincts. Not okay. MAKING YOUR OWN DECISIONS IS GOOD. BEING IN CONTROL OF YOUR OWN BODY IS A RIGHT AND PRIVILEGE. Sure, Anastasia might like the way Christian makes her body feel, but she can get laid after the appropriate lines of communication have been laid.
2) The novel features characters expressing BDSM and kink in the context of a relationship that already has some serious control and knowledge/power issues, which is not a healthy origin for experimenting with extreme power dynamics.
I'm not gonna knock unconventional expressions of sexuality in general, like BDSM, fetishes, or kinks. I am totally calling out–right here, right now–James's blatant misunderstanding of what makes healthy relationships (or even casual encounters) work, and what can actually be abuse. Christian Grey is possessive. That's gross, people. Oh, yeah, I've heard some women say they just want someone to want them that much, you know. Like, all the time, and without letting anyone else spend time with them or be interested in them. LISTEN SISTER, YOU DON'T WANT THAT. That kind of person doesn't want you. They want to be in control. They want power. They may even want whatever you can contribute to helping them gain power and control in other areas of their life. Or, you could be their compensation for feeling like they have no other power. YOU'RE BETTER THAN THAT, SERIOUSLY. If you feel like you don't deserve someone who wants you to be a whole, independent human, please reach out to someone who can help you.
When you start with a relationship that has a controlling partner and a passive partner or unresolved aggressions, BDSM should wait until another time. Kink can be a good way to work out tensions and issues that do not originate in anger or general possessiveness towards or of one's partner. It can be a healthy way to experiment with boundaries and power dynamics. But, E.L. James has done humanity a great disservice by trying to convince us that controlling is a desirable quality, and that dominance/submission sex within an already unbalanced relationship is unequivocally okay. Maybe it is, right? Maybe in some possible universe this controlling guy, who has not yet proven himself to be otherwise not domineering, will not use sex as an outlet for his own unresolved power and control issues. Maybe he won't continue to be possessive and emotionally abusive. That possible universe might also have pancakes that never get soggy, but I find both of those propositions implausible.
3) The portrayal of Christian Grey perpetuates the cultural expectations that men have insatiable appetites for rough sex and find emotional attachment, commitment, and intimacy confounding.
This is a lie. A stereotype that has, over the course of history, evolved into an ugly monster. And I don't think the kinky sex part is the ugly part. Men are not animals. Search and destroy or consume might be the goal of many because we're taught that men must be Men, capital M in bold. And that to be a Man, one must be able to do the following: 1) provide for and control his environment, 2) be physically intimidating or strong, 3) be emotionally unreachable and tough (real men don't cry), 4) fear or be bad at commitment, and 5) be awesome at sex with women (or a woman, for the traditionalists amongst us). But the fact that real human men and their cultural archetypes often struggle with their emotions is a sign that men actually have emotions and feelings and they have not been adequately equipped or allowed to process and express them in a healthy manner.
If the Casanova you're dating lets his feelings show, that doesn't mean you've fixed him. Sorry. It's not you, it's him, actually. They're his feelings and always have been. And, get ready, a newly discovered emotional center can open a whole can of worms that romanticized ideals can't deal with. Rather than repeatedly romanticizing conflicted male characters who don't know how to have emotions, let's try taking steps towards broadening our understanding of manhood and masculinities. And intimacy and commitment for that matter. If commitment means one person is solely responsible for the material upkeep of a relationship and the other person is solely responsible for the emotional upkeep, count me out. I'm not committing to that.
I have a slew of ideological reasons not to be over the moon for this book or its sequel, but at the end of the day, I especially don't want to further the existence of poorly written detrimental representations of sex and relationships. The fact that "50 Shades" was published despite its flawed prose is a sad sign to me, and a very curious one. Is it true, as mentioned above, that women are simply looking for that all-consuming relationship in which they are hungered for, or is our society ready to start talking about sexual politics around the water cooler? If this is how that conversation is going to pick up tread, I fear for us. But I'm hopeful for the open door.


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All Japan Judo Federation Yasuhiro Yamashita head will be elected President of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) to replace Tsunekazu Takeda at its board meeting tomorrow.
Yamashita, winner of an Olympic gold medal in judo at Los Angeles 1984, is the sole candidate for the position and will stand unopposed.
His election will bring to a formal end the 18-year reign of Takeda, who announced his intention to retire at the end of his term, which concludes tomorrow, in March after he was implicated in an alleged bribery scandal connected to Tokyo's successful bid for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Yamashita, a senior executive board member of the JOC and who has led the All Japan Judo Federation since 2017, is set to be confirmed as President during the board meeting.
It is possible he could become a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) before Tokyo hosts next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games.
This appeared difficult after was not named among the latest batch of members elected here today but the IOC has called another Session for January 10 and 11 in Lausanne during the Winter Youth Olympic Games, where possible additions could be considered.
IOC President Thomas Bach claimed earlier this year that it was likely a new Japanese member would be appointed in time for Tokyo 2020 after Takeda's membership ended in Marc.
International Gymnastics Federation President Morinari Watanabe is Japan's only representative on the IOC.
Watanabe's membership is linked to his function as a President of an International Federation.
In recent times, it has become traditional for a country hosting the Olympic Games to have at least two IOC members.
The 61-year-old Yamashita will step into a role vacated by Takeda, who is under investigation in France regarding alleged corruption over payments worth around $2 million (£1.6 million/€1.8 million) made to Black Tidings, a group that reportedly had links to Papa Massata Diack, the disgraced son of former International Association of Athletics Federations President Lamine.
Takeda, 71, denies wrongdoing.
The French probe escalated this week when Agence France-Presse reported Lamine and Papa Massata Diack will stand trial on various corruption charges.