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Re: Imperial Conquest
Yurt likes to be drunk, doesn't he.
Well, what isn't hilarious about a drunk Jawa? I still can't stop laughing.
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Yurt likes to be drunk, doesn't he.
Well, what isn't hilarious about a drunk Jawa? I still can't stop laughing.
Ya, Jawas are funny sober but when drunk their even funnier
Uriel frowned in thought. "Somwhere near the outskirts." he replied. "Actually" he added changing course. "I got someone who owes me a favor. He's got a hanger I could hide my ship in. It's in the badlands so trouble from the imps isn't very likely."
Devon nodded. "So why does this guy owe you a favor?" he asked.
Uriel grinned. "Because I didn't kill him."
"I guess that's a good reason." Devon replied.
After a short ride, Uriel brought the x-wing down outside of what looked like an abandoned moisture farm.
Uriel hopped down from the cockpit. He walked around to the back and opened the cargo bay. Devon gratefully crawled out.
"Ever thought of getting a bigger ship?" he asked rubbing his neck. "Maybe something with a copilot's seat?"
"Nope." Uriel replied jumping into the cargo bay and scrounging through the mass of weapons. "Here." he said tossing Devon a satchel bag.
"What's this?" Devon asked opening the flap.
"Military Grade Thermal Plastoid." Uriel replied grabbing his E-11 and handing Devon an ancient DC-15 carbine.
Devon shouldered the rifle and carefully handed the explosives back to Uriel. "You better carry this." He said.
Uriel nodded and walked to the front door of the hab unit. "This doesn't look good." he added noticing black scorch marks on the walls.
"What happened?" Devon asked, raising the carbine and sweeping it around the room. "Imps?"
"Not likely." Uriel replied kneeling down and examing a set of footprints. "Tuscans would be my guess."
"You think their still around?" Devon asked.
Uriel suddenly stood up and fired his E-11 past Devon's head. Horrified, Devon whirled around. A body of a Tuscan slid down the wall, leaving a bloody streak.
"Yeah." Uriel replied. "I'd say so."
Uriel frowned in thought. "Somwhere near the outskirts." he replied. "Actually" he added changing course. "I got someone who owes me a favor. He's got a hanger I could hide my ship in. It's in the badlands so trouble from the imps isn't very likely."
Devon nodded. "So why does this guy owe you a favor?" he asked.
Uriel grinned. "Because I didn't kill him."
Are you refering to Mattias?
"Sand people!" Devon said. "It looks like the man that owes you a favor is dead." Devon watched the doors to the other rooms carefully.
"Or he's not here." Uriel said. "Stay on your guard, there must be more of them here."
"Okay, you open that door, I'll throw a concussion grenade." Devon answered.
"All right, then we both go in." Uriel answered and walked up to the door. When Uriel opened it, Devon threw a grenade in and after they heard it blow, they went in.
"Watch out!" Uriel said and fired a blaster bolt at a Tuscen who just came in.
Devon shot the stunned sand people. "They should have stayed where they came from." He said slowly.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Uriel said and pointed at the next door. "Now let's continue and clear this house!"
Yurt awoke in the imperial headquaters with a splitting headache. <Ooooh> Yurt said.
A gloved hand held out a drink that looked like it was mixed with some sort of powder."Drink it Yurt it will take away the hangover."
Yurt took the drink and chugged it down, he then looked up at the man, it was his commanding officer. <Wha? I thought I had week off.>Yurt said.
"You did" The officer said. "The break is being put off Yurt your back into the feild, we need to know where the rebels are."
Alo stood up, knocking over her chair in the process.
"If you have any Sith tricks up your sleeve, they would be useful right about now," Alo told her companion, charging her blaster.
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Uriel frowned in thought. "Somwhere near the outskirts." he replied. "Actually" he added changing course. "I got someone who owes me a favor. He's got a hanger I could hide my ship in. It's in the badlands so trouble from the imps isn't very likely."
Devon nodded. "So why does this guy owe you a favor?" he asked.
Uriel grinned. "Because I didn't kill him."
Are you refering to Mattias?
no actually, just some random nameless person.
Oh. I was confused.
Uriel's ears rang as Devon's concussion grenade went off. So far he and Devon had cleared almost every room of the hab unit.
"I think this is the last room." Uriel said pressing his back against the wall. They had killed at least 30 Tuscans since they arrived.
"I hope so." Devon replied clutching the carbine. He plucked another grenade from his belt. "Shall we?"
Uriel nodded. "On three." he said grabbing the door handle. "1...2...3!" Uriel flung the door open as Devon lobbed in the grenade. WHUMP! The grenade went off and the two rushed in. The room was choked in dust, but Uriel could see dark shapes stumbling around. He and Devon quickly hosed down the room with laser fire until nothing moved.
"That oughta do it." Uriel said pushing a dead Tuscan off a chair and sitting down. They had made their way into the hanger Uriel mentioned earlier. Inside was an old T-16, a rusty land speeder, and what looked like a brand new Imperial speeder bike.
"No wonder this guy got raided." Devon said running his hand across the bike.
Uriel nodded and lit up a nic stik. "This guy was a part time smuggler." He said blowing out smoke. "He had a modest fee on his head. When I showed up, he begged for his life, and in turn traded me some very unique weapons." Uriel finished. "So I let him live." He glanced around the hanger. "Though where he is now is beyond me."
Uriel stood up. "I better get that x-wing in here before any probe droids spot it. Open the doors would ya?"
Mattias walked to his ship in docking bay 51. "Ahh.....Haven't seen you in days." Mattias said as he slid his fingers across the massive minigun mounted in the nose of his ship, the Avenger. She was custom made by Kuat Drive Yards. Disignated GUA-8 for its Advanced Targeting Computer, it can selet and fire at eight targets simotaniously, using differrent weapons systems. It's cockpit is slightly larger than an X-wing's, but has a sleeping compartment and storage in the fusalage. Mattias walked over to the storage unit in the hangar and pulled the repulsor cart out and started loading the weapons he got from the raid into his ship.
Uriel waited in the cockpit of the Fury while Devon struggled with the heavy hanger doors. To pass the time he had been accessing the Empire's data network. He scrolled down the screen, hacking it had been easy enough. The software in his ship's computer had saw to that.
"Aww geez." he said as he saw his name listed under "Wanted." "Should've seen this coming."
Under his picture was a description. "Wanted, Uriel Koslov, Human, 6' tall, black hair. Last spotted in Tattoine system. Wanted for Illegal docking at an Imperial Port, firing on and evading arrest by Imperial troops. Suspected weapons smuggler. 800,000 credits for his capture."
Uriel whistled as he read the bounty. "That's a lot of credits." He said outloud. "I'll be fighting off bounty hunters the rest of my life for sure."
Uriel glanced up as Devon finnaly managed to open the hanger doors. Uriel gently guided the x-wing into the hanger as Devon closed the doors behind him.
Uriel hopped down from the cockpit as Devon approached, perspiring from the effort. "Anything about us yet?"
he asked breathing heavy.
Uriel nodded. "Well for me anyway." he said tossing the butt of his nic stik in the dirt. "800,000 large. They must think I was working alone."
Devon's eyes widened. "Damn." he said. "I guess I lucked out."
"Hardly kid." Uriel replied. "Since I assume were partners now, I guarantee a bounty hunter wouldn't think twice about blasting you as well."
Devon shrugged. "I've had good luck so far."
"Don't count your nerfs just yet." Uriel replied, once again opening the cargo bay of the Fury and jumping inside.
"So what now?" Devon asked. "We gotta meet up with the other Rebels in Mos Eisley."
"I know." Uriel replied tossing duffel bags to Devon. "But I gotta pack first."
Devon laughed. "Not clothes I'm guessing."
"You got that right." Uriel replied. "Load that stuff into the speeder." He jumped from the cargo bay and tossed Devon another package.
"What's this?" Devon asked as Uriel grabbed a similar bulk.
"Just a little insurance." Uriel replied pulling a breast plate resembling Imperial armor but painted black like the Fury and pulling it on. "It'll stop most blaster rounds. It's old Kartaan armor."
"Where did you manage to get this stuff?" Devon asked pulling on the armor.
Uriel shrugged. "Like I said." he replied checking the charge on his E-11. "I've been to a lot of interesting places, now let's get goin before the entire Imperial Fleet lands on our heads."
TK-369 walked down the corrider to the training rooms, but stopped at the sight of a post on the post board.
"Wanted, Uriel Koslov, Human, 6' tall, black hair. Last spotted in Tattoine system. Wanted for Illegal docking at an Imperial Port, firing on and evading arrest by Imperial troops. Suspected weapons smuggler. 800,000 credits for his capture."
""He'll have bounty hunters on him from evrywhere all the time." TK-369 thought after reading the 800,000 creds part.
Mattias was going through all of his "confiscated" weapons, when he found a particularly huge sniper rifle. "Ooo, I like a dis a one." he pulled the rifle out of the case and stood it up. "Whoa...This thing is taller than me." Mattias looked at the rile. "I keep you in special place." he put it aside and finished unloading the rest of the weapons.
Yurt walked like a regular jawa threw the streets of Mos Esliey, he was looking for rebels. He was using a fake name: Tiyu Gur, and a Fake Bio: Imperials destroyed my sandcrawler for no reason I want revenge!.
Devon took up his DC-15 blaster rifle and fired it at his own chest. He fell backwards and dropped the rifle, he could feel the armor getting warm.
"What did you do?!" Uriel shouted as he heard the blaster rifle.
"I tested the armor." Devon replied. "This is good armor." the armor was cooling now, so he took it off.
Uriel turned around and saw Devon taking off the armor. "Kid, you should have taken off the armor and shot it," Uriel said smiling. "What if the armor wouldn't have worked?"
"Um... I didn't think of that." Devon said and started loading all the stuff into the speeder. "What are you going to do with all this stuff?" Devon asked.
"Well." Uriel said after watching Devon nearly blow himself in half. "If it's one thing I've learned over the years it's that explosives and heavy weapons don't mix well with imps." He loaded the last of the bags into the speeder and jumped into the driver seat. "I figure we're gonna need this stuff in the long run."
Devon jumped into the passenger seat.
"Aren't you forgetting something?" Uriel asked him.
"No what?" Devon replied curiously.
Uriel pointed a finger at the still closed hanger doors.
"Damnit." Devon sighed and jumped out of the speeder to open the doors.
Mattias grabed his sniper rifle and some other various weapons and headed on to the top of the open-roof docking bay, hoping there will be some unusual activity.
Uriel activated the cloaking device on his ship. At least if anyone stumbled apon his new found hide out they wouldnt notice a black rebel fighter.
He hopped back into the driver seat of the speeder just as Devon opened the hanger doors. Uriel coasted outside while Devon closed the hanger doors behind him.
"I'm getting real sick of doing that." Devon said jumping in shotgun.
Uriel pulled his goggles over his eyes. They automaticly polarized to compensate for the bright sun. "If we ever find the owner we'll ask him where he keeps his door opener." he joked gunning the speeder.
They skimmed over the sands of the badlands heading for Mos Eisley.
The yellow-eyed Sith peered at Alo Veera from behind his clear lenses, with the slightest trace of a grin in the corner of his mouth, "Frightened already?"
He stretched out his gloved hand toward the window without turning to look, and the durasteel, slatted frame flew violently out of the wall and crashed downward into the shocked mercenaries down below, and sent them sprawling in a mess of sand, and dropped weapons. Fenneth Crow lighted ontop the roof outcropping and straightened like a dark bird of prey taking it's perch and eyeing its prey far below. He called out to the Vigo and his men, "I was unaware knocking had gone out of style."
The humanoid Vigo with grey hair and wealthy dark blue robes and gold chains sputtered like the coward he was, and shouted at his men, "Get him!"
The strange Sith turned toward Alo Veera, flicked the 2,000 credit chit he owed her, and she caught it in a quick hand. His eyes narrowed and he ordered casually, "Leave the Vigo alive...for now."
Heavy repeater fire sounded across the roof, sending flakes of stone and sand flying everywhere, and the Sith jumped seemlessy out of the way, stumbling only slightly and imperceptibly on crumbling stone, he whirled around, dodging more erratic fire, and turned to draw his heavy blaster pistol.
name: Darth Kun, Occupation: sith lord, Wepons: 2 dark crimson single blade sabers, a dc-15 in case on back, and wookie bowcaster on strap around arm, Force: choke, lightning, and pull. Species: Wookie, description: Wears grey black robe,Hood covers top of face. Can speak english, Wanted dead in seven star system for the murder of thousands of supposed innocence, known to work with the emperor ocasionally, likes to kill when angry
Tucking the credit chip in her armor, she smirked.
"Me? Frightened...ha." She snorted. "I'm just not stupid enough to take these guys on myself." Backing up the Sith, she shot at an attacking Mercenaries, while purposely avoiding the cowering Vigo. A few fell, smoking holes burned through their skulls.
Stalking a jedi into an alley pulls a sabre from robes slashes at the jedi slicing his head clean off its shoulders . Darth Kun casually strolls out of alley saber now tucked safely away one less jedi left now he mutters menacingly to himself
Darth Kun gets onto his sith speeder bike and rides over to the battle not to far from the slain jedi figuring rebels must be involved somehow and finds the sith and his previously hired hand pull out his sabers and joins the battle dodging blaster bolts only stopping once to grimly bark a hello and runs into battle
Okay Sev I didnt understand a word in your chars bio and your godmodding
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UVA's failure the crowding source
In your otherwise excellent article on the negative impacts of student housing on residential neighborhoods around UVA ["Crowded house: It may be cozy, but should it be illegal?" March 20] (http://www.readthehook.com/93193/cover-crowded-house-it-may-be-cozy-shou...), I was disappointed that you didn't even make passing reference to the source of this problem: the University's long-standing failure to provide enough on-grounds housing to keep up with its growing student population.
Although Charlottesville's overall population has remained flat over the past few decades, the number of UVA students housed off-grounds increased from 3,185 to 12,326 between 1960 and 1995– and that count is still rising. Currently, the University houses fewer than half of its undergraduate student population and very few of its graduate students, faculty, and staff.
The growing number of students living off-grounds has not only affected the quality of life in neighborhoods surrounding the University, but it has also put enormous pressure on the City's own housing market, decreasing the supply and driving up the costs of housing for working poor and blue-collar families.
If we're ever going to make any inroads in addressing this problem, the City has to engage with the University in a very serious effort to identify and pull together the resources that will be necessary to make more on-grounds housing a reality. There are funding mechanisms in place for these kinds of projects: UVA owns some great building sites, and I'm sure there are private developers and management companies who would love to build and manage some attractive new housing if UVA does not wish to do so itself.
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I have been going thru the papers recently found in my father in laws metal strong box. He had a lot (90%) of receipts dealing with health insurance and regular insurance. That really does not have any significance, at least not at this time as far as I can determine.
However, it did have about four deeds and one was from the thirty's. On the dead it listed the distribution of land that was owned by Anton Sperl and Katharina Rauscher Sperl Nosseck. It also have the funeral expense listing for Katharina, her funeral cost about $350 in 1947.
The interesting thing was I have two little girls who Aunt Edna called Big Margaret and Little Margaret. I have been trying to figure out who these two Margarets were. MY THEORY is now that question has been solved. One Margaret was the daughter of Antons daughter Barbara Sperl Stich and the second Margaret was the daughter of Antons son Charles (Carl) Sperl.
Charles died in 1918, in a Railway accident, and Barbara died in 1926. I do not know what caused her death. I guess it is time to send for the record. Another sibling mention in the deed was their brother Joseph who died in 1920, This must had been unexpected, I found him the the 1920 census and he was employed and I found his WWI selective service record and no mention of being differed. The strange part is that they were all in their twenties when they died.
Sending for the records can be done now since I have the time of death.
TWO MARGARETS. One Margaret married a man names Ulrich and the other Margaret married Harry Sumner. More to investigate on that.
Today I am going to scan what I found and send it to my cousin Julie who is also researching this family.
Finding things like this is like Christmas Day for me.


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I have been online for a few years and on this site for a few months looking around. I have finally figured out why there are so many women and men looking but none connecting.
The majority of plus size women are looking for real, true love. A companion, a life partner, etc.
Men interested in plus-size women fall into two categories: #1 They are looking for full-figured, curvy, or voluptuous women or #2 They are fascinated by or curious about sex with a big woman and looking to have a new sexual experiece.
Although some people do, I don't put curvy or voluptuous women in the category of plus-sized. Plus-sized means plus all over, not just in the breast or butt. So men looking for curvy or voluptuous women come to plus-size sites and completely overlook the actual plus-size women.
As for those men actually looking for actual big women for sex, there is a mismatch between what we are looking for and what they are looking for. Women are not looking to be some man's experiment or ginnea pig. We are looking for soulmates, friends, and companions.
So now that I have figured this out, I understand that there is not something wrong with me or my profile. It is just that men interested in plus size women are not looking for life partners or committments, they are looking to satisfy some kinky desires.
All of you plus-size women don't give up or get discouraged. We don't want these types of men anyway. I'd rather be alone anyway than to be a hookup!!!
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You hit the nail on the head! Most men on these sites just want sex and don't want the realtionship. Its discouraging, and it makes me feel bad about myself as though I'm not worth loving. that's not right!
You are a beautiful woman and I wish you all the best. I'm still here looking myself. :)
I feel it's not just dating sites that are prone to shallow intentions. The real word is relatively shallow and leaves little room for acceptance of bigger women.
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I agree with much of what you've said. I have even been a victim of mistaken intentions. LOL
However, I believe that there are many men that want a BBW for a life partner, just not separate from feederism or "fat piggy" play. Some men want to be care givers and find 8 and 900 lbs women to be excruciatingly exciting. They welcome immobility. I do not understand this at all but figure, to each his own! LOL
I hate to say it, but I've been on many websites that have been built for the empowerment of the Plush and Beautiful but it is literally like trying to pluck a star from the sky - finding someone who loves you to death.... and your plush.... IN THAT ORDER, whether you are a BHM, A BB, SSBB, or USSBBW.
I am struggling with thinking that these individuals are like the Pinta Island Tortoise... endangered and nearly extinct.
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By Richard Mullins
If you like buying things tax-free on Amazon, you better hit the "Buy" button before May 1.
Amazon officials confirmed the massive online retailer will start collecting state sales taxes in Florida on that date, though some tax experts say Amazon will likely try to ease the jolt.
For years, items have been tax-free on Amazon for Florida customers, due to a loophole in commerce laws that let a company avoid collecting local sales taxes in states where it doesn't have a physical presence. Since Amazon (for now) doesn't have any operating warehouses in Florida, and the company uses FedEx and UPS to deliver packages, Amazon can sell tax-free in this state. That gave Amazon and its customers an automatic 7 percent discount within the City of Tampa compared to shopping at the mall, and an advantage over any online retailers like BestBuy or Macy's that did have a physical "nexus" in Florida.
That also means the same item effectively costs different amounts on Amazon, depending on where the buyer is -- for instance California where Amazon has warehouses and collects local taxes, or Florida where it has no warehouses and does not. Unfortunately for Amazon this also added some added time for shipping items to Florida customers from Amazon fulfilment centers outside Florida, something the company has been working to reduce.
Now, Amazon is building two, gigantic warehouses in Florida, one in Lakeland and one in Ruskin that may also be a platform for Amazon to start delivering fresh groceries, as it does in several other U.S. markets. While declining to offer details, Amazon Spokesman Ty Rogers confirmed the retailer will be required to start collecting sales taxes on May 1.
It's widely expected Amazon will finish the Ruskin warehouse sometime late this year or early next. Though Amazon plans to use automated robots to help sort packages, both the company and the Governor have pledged the warehouse projects will add 1,000-plus jobs to the state, and Amazon officials claimed they would pay 30 percent more than typical retail jobs, plus stock options and other perks of Amazon employment.
Amazon has made similar build-then-tax moves in other states, as politicians in Washington have yet to come to a deal on whether there should be some federally imposed rule, requiring online retailers to collect local sales taxes wherever the customer resides. Retailing associations have made their own pitch on the topic to level the playing field with Amazon, and Amazon has gone on record advocating for a "Fairness" tax structure.
Amazon now collects sales taxes for purchases sent to 20 different states, according to Amazon's tax tutorial online. As for whether Amazon will lower product prices here to soften the blow of new taxes, Amazon officials declined to say, but other experts say Amazon will do just about anything to compete with rivals online. "If Amazon is optimizing its prices to maximize profit, then they shouldn't raise prices by the full 7 percent but by something closer to 5 percent," said Robert Phillips, a business professor with Columbia University's business school who studies pricing. "On the other hand, if they are feeling political, they might just tack the 7 percent on as clearly labeled 'Florida sales tax' so that Florida residents get the picture that they are paying more thanks to their legislature."
Even when Amazon starts collecting taxes, "I don't think this makes them less competitive," said Mark Faggiano, founder of the San Diego-based TaxJar, a company that helps online merchants calculate what can be hundreds of different taxing rules across the country.
For one, Faggiano notes Amazon changes prices on millions of items every day, often minute to minute, in a practice called "Dynamic Pricing," which treats the price of anything from a toy to a book in similar ways that airlines treat a seat on a flight -- changing prices depending on demand.
Indeed, the same television can change prices every second on Amazon, depending on what the price is at rivals like BestBuy and Walmart.
Amazon has long ago figured out how to tactically change prices in states where they begin charging taxes, he said. "It will be up to every consumer to decide what convenience is worth to them," he said. "But I think people love the service so much with things like next-day shipping that there may be some short-term disenchantment with paying taxes, but that will eventually go away and people will love them as much as ever."
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The continuing saga of a wannabe GM who can't get a game started ...
Lately I've found myself fascinated by minimalist D&D rules like "Searchers of the Unknown" and its worthy successor "1974 Style". I also like the d20-only philosophy of True20 and Numenera's Only Players Roll principle. All three have collided in my brain to create the following incomplete rules:
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Michael Vick will be fully reinstated by the NFL for the Eagles' week 3 game against the Kansas City Chiefs, according to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
Vick and Goodell sat down for 45 to 50 minutes Thursday morning to discuss the QB's future, ESPN reported. The timing of the meeting made sense considering that the NFL offices are in the Big Apple and the Birds were already in the area to play the Jets Thursday night.
Vick couldn't play in any regular season games until Goodell gave the nod, which happened Thursday afternoon. Previously, Goodell said he would consider Vick for full reinstatement by no later than Week 6.
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ESPN's Sal Paolantonio reported that Coach Andy Reid and team President Joe Banner both gave the commish routine updates on how Vick was progressing on and off the field.
"Commissioner Goodell and Michael had a very productive meeting this morning and we're pleased to have Michael reinstated early in the season," Banner told Philadelphia Eagles.com. "Michael has done everything we have asked thus far during his time in Philadelphia and we look forward to getting him on the field…"
Paolantonio said Vick and Goodell already talked on a weekly basis, according to a league source, because the commissioner wanted to hear Vick give his own progress report before he decided the QB's future.
"A lot of those issues I'm focusing on are off the field," Goodell said on Tuesday "How is he dealing with the transition? Does he have his family relocated? Does he have the right people around him helping him make decisions?" Goodell said. "Tony Dungy's been incredibly helpful. Donovan McNabb's been helpful."
The move gave the Birds a chance to mold their 53-man roster before Saturday's cut down. Vick only missing two games could mean that the Eagles ship out back up QB A.J. Feeley before the rosters are cut.
Quarterback Kevin Kolb is set to start in Thursday's last preseason showing against the Jets and Vick is also expected to get some good playing time.
And, mark your calendars: Vick soars for the first time with the Eagles at home on September 27.


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The prospect of Greece crashing out of the euro is damaging economies across Europe, including Britain's, Chancellor George Osborne has warned.
Uncertainty over the future of struggling eurozone nations was having a "real impact" on growth, he said.
Speaking in Brussels, where he is attending talks between European Union finance ministers over the continuing crisis, Mr Osborne criticised the "open speculation" by some eurozone members.
"The eurozone crisis is very serious and it's having a real impact on economic growth across the European continent, including in Britain, and it's the uncertainty that's causing the damage," he said.
"Of course countries have got to make difficult decisions about their public finances. We know that in Britain.
"But it's the open speculation from some members of the eurozone about the future of some countries in the eurozone which I think is doing real damage across the whole European economy."
Wrangling between the political parties in Athens has raised the real prospect of Greece leaving the eurozone – possibly with further bailouts for Athens involving all 27 member states.
The parties are trying to stitch together an emergency administration to run the country after an election delivered no overall majority.
If no deal can be reached, elections must be called for next month.
The prospect of another election increases the likelihood of the Greek public rejecting the austerity package which has severely hit jobs and incomes.
But the European Commission has warned that any Greek administration would have to honour the austerity policy agreed as part of multibillion-euro EU-IMF bailout packages to keep Greece afloat.
The growing uncertainty hit markets, with nervous traders wiping £28.5bn (€35.6bn) from the value of London's leading shares index yesterday.
But the European Commission insisted the austerity plan remained the best option.
A spokesman said: "This is the best thing for Greece, for the Greek people and for Europe as a whole. Nothing has changed in our position – we want Greece to stay in the euro, we think the Greek (austerity) programme is the best course for Greece and, while we respect the on-going efforts in Greece (to form a government), we say that Greece must honour its (austerity) commitments."
The Spanish government, struggling with its own economic crisis and likely to need a massive EU bailout, urged Greek politicians to resolve their differences and stick to the austerity path to avoid further economic "contagion".
Downing Street insisted any funding to stabilise Greece during the process of leaving the eurozone should be for the eurozone countries alone – just like bailouts for those inside the single currency bloc.
Deputy British Prime Minister Nick Clegg warned eurosceptics against gloating over the plight of the euro.
He said: "We as a country depend massively on the prosperity of the eurozone for our own prosperity, which is why I can never understand people who engage in schadenfreude – handwringing satisfaction that things are going wrong in the euro."
Answering questions during a visit to a school in Islington, he added: "We have an overwhelming interest – whatever your views are on Brussels and the EU - in seeing a healthy eurozone.
"That's why I very much hope, buffeted by these latest scares and crises in Greece and elsewhere, that the eurozone moves as fast as possible to a sustainable solution, because if the eurozone is not growing and the eurozone is not prosperous it will be much more difficult for the United Kingdom economy to gather momentum."
Despite pressure from incoming French president Francois Hollande to ease austerity and back growth, there remains no sign that Greece's partners are prepared to relax the terms of the bailout deals.
Measures to boost growth are certain to be discussed at the G8 summit at Camp David in the US on Friday, where Mr Cameron will meet Mr Hollande for the first time.


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Foreign Minister Soini to Myanmar
Press release 201/2017
17 November 2017
Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will visit Myanmar from 19 to 22 November. The Minister will attend the 13th ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meeting (ASEM FMM13) in Naypyidaw and meet State Counsellor and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi. He will also open the Embassy of Finland in Yangon.
During his visit, Foreign Minister Soini will have meetings with the country's political and religious opinion leaders and journalists. The Minister and State Counsellor and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi will discuss the situation in the Rakhine state and the plight of the Rohingya, the humanitarian crisis in the region, and the Myanmar peace process. The UN estimates that, since the end of August, over 600,000 people have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh. Along with the rest of the international community, Finland calls for an end to the violence, respect for human rights, humanitarian access, and the creation of conditions for the safe return to their home regions for the refugees.
Finland's Liaison Office in Yangon, located in the premises of the Nordic House, will be officially upgraded to an Embassy on Tuesday 21 November. Finland will open the Embassy in Myanmar in order to strengthen the relations between the two countries and to support the peace process and democracy development in the country.
Finland also supports good governance of forest resources, improvement of the quality of education, and the rights of girls and women by means of various means, including development cooperation. The mission will also focus on closer commercial relations. Finland's first Ambassador to Myanmar will be Riikka Laatu.
The topics on the agenda of the two plenary sessions of the Ministerial Meeting (on 20 and 21 November) will be peace and sustainable development as well as the 3rd decade of ASEM and the development of the forum of cooperation. At a separate retreat session, topical international and regional questions will be discussed. There will also be a youth forum, which will gather 160 young persons from the ASEM countries. Two young representatives from Finland will attend the youth forum.
ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) was established in 1996 to foster contacts and understanding between Asian and European countries through dialogue and joint projects. Minister Soini will have separate meetings with many ministerial colleagues representing countries of the region.
Inquiries: Jussi Tanner, Diplomatic Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, tel. +358 295 350 663
Jouni Mölsä, Director General of Communications, tel. +358 50 430 6517
Heini Korhonen, tel. +358 50 594 3842
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In the past week, I have addressed some serious concerns regarding our transit system.
I wrote Chairman Walder on Monday urging him to reverse his decision to eliminate station agents from 99 subway stations across the City, and today I released audit findings that show the MTA must do a better job of maintaining stations.
NYC Transit spends close to $144 million dollars a year and has roughly 1,000 employees who are responsible for maintaining the stations – and that does not include Capital improvements.
Of the $144 million dollars, the City kicks in approximately $81 million.
Amazingly — despite all that money — we found that the agency has consistently failed to identify, report or fix many hazardous conditions located in the commuter areas of subway stations; failed to keep adequate and reliable records that document which repairs have been made; and failed to implement a modern computer system to track the problems or even the workers assigned to fix them.
After observing 50 randomly selected stations over the last year, my auditors found:
· That about two-thirds of the hazardous defects they observed were not reported to maintenance shops for follow-up by supervisors who are supposed to regularly inspect their assigned stations and report problematic conditions;
· That about 15 percent of the reported defects were not repaired after well over two months;
· And of real concern, that NYC Transit's database showed that some hazardous conditions had been listed as being fixed – but were actually not.
All of this puts riders at risk.
Some examples we found include:
· Flaking paint, and loose and cracked concrete on the platform ceiling at the Q line at the Cortelyou Road station in Brooklyn. Conditions which — at the time of our review — had not even been reported as in need of repair. Remarkably, NYC Transit's rationale for not fixing the problem quickly is that they assume that the paint that is falling onto our heads contains lead.
· A hole on the elevated platform through which the street was visible at the Elder Avenue station in The Bronx,
· dangerously uneven expansion plates on the platforms at the 111th Street station in Queens,
It's unconscionable that commuters must be exposed to these unsafe conditions and potential hazards — for possibly many years — until NYC Transit decides to take action and make the necessary repairs.
I have made 16 recommendations to both protect the public and bring down the costs associated with maintenance and repairs.
The MTA and New York City Transit need to get back on track with a renewed commitment to keeping its riders safe – both at stations and by keeping station agents.
Riders deserve better.


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Which Vehicles Are Being Recalled From Nissan, Honda and Toyota?
Toyota, Honda, and Nissan are issuing a recall of nearly 2 million cars all around the world for issues with air bags. Is your car safe?
According to the Toyota Safety Recall and Car Service Information site, the company has received numerous reports of the inflator bursting and sending plastic shrapnel flying. There have been three reports in the U.S. and two in Japan, but there have been no injuries.
Here are the vehicles being recalled:
2001-2003 Honda Civics
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Even 20 years after Johnny Carson signed off from "The Tonight Show" once and for all, the patina of his singular reign over the late night television landscape hasn't lost its luster for those who were there.
"I want to go on record as saying that I had the best job in the business ever, being Johnny Carson's bandleader, and there was never a day that I didn't know that," Doc Sevrinson tells PopcornBiz. "Johnny was a master at making personalities fit and putting a family together – he was the key to that. All I had to do was show up."
Indeed, as long as Carson himself showed up – which he did for three decades, hosting NBC's late night talk show from 1962 to 1992 – so did the audience, in droves: no television personality before or since has ruled a time slot or a programming genre as fully as the late night host. And few had his level of audience trust and national influence over the political and pop cultural attitudes of the day, and those who watched, often from their beds, felt they were on uniquely intimate terms with him.
But as "Johnny Carson: King of Late Night" – PBS's latest entry into its prestigious "American Masters" series, airing May 14 – reveals, that intimacy may be the greatest illusion pulled off by the man who started out as a magic-obsessed young boy practicing card tricks in his native Nebraska. Knowing Johnny Carson – the real Johnny Carson – was not an easy feat.
Peter Jones, the Emmy-winning writer-director-producer behind the documentary, recalls the first time he spotted Carson in the flesh: Jones was a 16-year-old who'd occasionally been allowed to stay up late to see Carson ring in the new year on TV when, fatefully, he encountered the host on Dec. 31, 1972. "The year he moved ['The Tonight Show' from New York] to Los Angeles, there was a private New Year's Eve party at the home of a socialite named Betsy Bloomingdale, and Johnny Carson was at the party and standing in a corner by himself, not engaging with anyone," remembers Jones. "That stood out to me, because I thought 'My gosh – there's Johnny Carson, and he's all alone.'"
Alone, Jones would later discover, was something that Carson did extremely well. The host, who died in 2005 at age 79, may have been comfortable in front of millions on television, but as his sidekick Ed McMahon used to famously note, he was not so great with smaller groups. Unlike many celebrities of his magnitude, Carson was comfortable not being the center of attention, he would later gracefully rebuff Jones' years-long attempt to persuade him to participate in a retrospective on Carson's life and career.
"After 12 years of writing him, in 2002 he finally actually called me, and I thought it was a joke," says Jones. "He said, "Peter, it's Johnny Carson. I want to tell you, you write a damn fine letter, but I'm not going to participate in anything on my life because, you know what? I don't give a s**t." He said "One day something may get done, and you're probably the guy to do it, but it will never happen while I'm alive. I've done everything I've wanted to do. I've said anything I want to say. There is nothing more."
But Jones would learn that there was much more to learn about Carson when he was finally able to move forward years later. The documentary, he says, "will be like a dramatic feature film, which is what I intended it to be: a two-hour film that takes you on a real journey, an exploration of who this guy was – the most famous person in America, arguably, was Johnny Carson and was John William Carson underneath that image."
Carson was an ideal subject for public television's "American Masters" series, says creator and executive producer Susan Lacy. "We do films on people who have changed or affected in major ways our cultural landscape," she tells PopcornBiz. "We've done a lot of TV people: Edward R. Murrow, Rod Serling, Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Jack Paar. Johnny Carson was a natural and I've wanted to do it for quite a long time." The trick, all involved would discover, was getting access to the wealth of "Tonight Show" footage that would be essential to depicting Carson's unique talents and charm. But control of the footage was in the hands of Carson's estate since his death, and his wish to remain uncelebrated was well known.
"Johnny famously negotiated a deal with NBC in 1979/1980 for his contract and that included ownership of all 'Tonight Shows' retroactively going back to 1962, and that he would become the producer and owner of all future 'Tonight Shows,'" explains Jones. "So the only way that any kind of film would get done would mean that you'd have to get the cooperation of Johnny Carson, which he was not going to do in his lifetime." After Carson's passing, however, it grew increasingly apparent that even in the years when imbroglios involving Jay Leno, David Letterman, Conan O'Brien and other hosts could dominate the water cooler-turned-internet conversation, a generation was coming of age with little awareness of the man who refined and ultimately defined the late night format.
"I would say that the shift was his nephew, a gentleman named Jeff Sotzing," says Jones. "I finally convinced him that even Johnny Carson would be forgotten if something were not done on his life as well as his career…I finally convinced Jeff that we would do a fair and balanced job, and that I think the American public – who adores Johnny Carson – would come away feeling even more strongly about how much they like him, even though it's not all flattering and there were things that Johnny himself really regretted in his life and was, frankly, ashamed of. But I think at the end of the day people can identify with someone who's not perfect and has flaws just like the rest of us."
Once the "Tonight Show" footage was made available, communicating Carson's engaging gifts remained challenging. "Even though we had access to all the material, it turns out that it's quite a difficult show to excerpt because Johnny really did let his guests shine," says Lacy. "His bit came in at the end with the zinger or the reaction shot, and so a lot of those stories that the guests were telling went on quite a long time before you got to the part where Johnny engaged in it. And the whole monologue thing was very difficult because we wanted to give the sense of how the monologues reflected what was going on at the time – but so much of the references were things that were so timely that most people wouldn't know what they were about, which is why we stuck with presidents…We wanted to get across the notion that he had the hugest audience. He kept it forever, and people watched to see what was going on in the world and what Johnny thought about it – and how they were supposed to think about it."
The film features a wealth of new interviews with an enviable assembly of Carson's colleagues, confidants, competitors, successors and steady couch-surfers: Sevrinson, Letterman, Leno, O'Brien, Arsenio Hall, Joan Rivers, Jerry Seinfeld, Mel Brooks, Garry Shandling, Ellen Degeneres, Steve Martin, Dick Cavett, David Steinberg, Carl Reiner, Don Rickles, Bob Newhart, Angie Dickinson, Drew Carey and Jimmy Fallon among them.
"Because it was Johnny Carson and because of the love and admiration and gratitude most of these people felt to him for giving them basically a showcase for their talents, they virtually all said yes – with the exception of Bill Cosby and Woody Allen," reveals Jones. "Of course they needed to know that the Carson family was onboard with the project or they wouldn't have spoken to me, because they knew Johnny would not have wanted them to come forward. But if the family did say, 'Please talk to Peter,' that held a lot of sway in their decision to talk to me."
"As a comedian it was the place to be," recalls comedian David Steinberg (now an acclaimed television director of shows like "Curb Your Enthusiasm") of the "Tonight Show's" glory years, when he was a frequent guest and substitute host. "If Johnny laughed at what you were doing, in those days you had a career the next day. So there's no comedian who didn't want to be there. I wanted to sit down because I felt that stand-up was a little limiting, but I couldn't talk him into that for a long time. Once I did, then we were aware. I hosted a lot and it just taught me how to listen, and taught me how to be a better guest."
Drew Carey experienced the overnight success factor of a successful Carson appearance during his 1991 debut appearance, which he calls "the best seven minutes of my life." When Carson was impressed enough by Carey's stand-up to call him over after his set – a rare and much-coveted opportunity to be anointed by the late night king – the impact on the young comic's career was both profound and immediate.
"It was like flipping a switch," says Carey. "It was literally the next day. I did it on a Friday, and over the weekend my management office got deluged with calls. And on Monday, I remember talking to the secretary in the office and she was jokingly complaining – but it wasn't really a joke – that all she was doing was passing out packets for me. Every single call was about me. Everybody wanted to get a tape and a bio pack, or whatever they send out."
"At The Improv on Melrose, all they did was showcase us for agencies," recalls Carey of spending five days out of the week performing in the wake of Carson's blessing. "I had 23 William Morris agents show up at one of them, and then they kept me in the upstairs part of The Improv for an hour. [Improv owner] Bud Freedman actually sent me over champagne after that because he said he'd never seen anything like that. There wasn't an agent coming out to see me – It was like the heads of the agencies. It was crazy, and I remember one of the comics joking with me and saying, 'What does it feel like to be the flavor of the month?' I said, 'Take a lick, man.'"
Letterman was a crucial get, owning to his close professional relationship with Carson, who the "Late Show" host fervently reveres. "That was the most remarkable thing, because we interviewed him in the Ed Sullivan Theater after he had done one of his shows," recalls Jones. "The moment that he sat down, he was looking at my shoes, talking and answering the first question and his director came up to him, and said, 'Dave, it would be a much better presentation if you actually looked at Peter.' Here you have a guy who's seen by millions every night looking directly into the camera when he speaks, and for us, it was difficult in the beginning for Dave to feel comfortable enough to actually connect with me in conversation. Once he did, he was so candid about what Johnny Carson meant to him and how Johnny Carson really shaped who he became as a performer and as a man."
Another major coup was the interview with comedienne Joan Rivers, who was groomed by Carson to become one of the "Tonight Show's" most popular guest hosts until their falling out in 1986 when Carson discovered that Rivers had inked a deal with the then-fledgling FOX network to host her own late night show. Carson had always been supportive of guests-turned-competitors, but because Rivers failed to inform him of her plans herself, he never spoke to her again. "I think she felt that she could say a couple of things that she's never said before," says Jones. "The biggest by far is to publicly say that maybe when she thinks about it she should've told him sooner about her show on FOX. She never did that at the time and hasn't done that since, until now."
Unraveling the knots of Carson's personal life proved far trickier, especially when it came to getting Carson's three ex-spouses and his widow on the record: only one – second wife Joanne Carson, appears on camera. "I met with Joanna Carson – wife number three," says Jones. "I spent a whole afternoon with her, at which time I felt certain that we would do an on-camera interview, and she was at the time very open and candid and was looking forward to doing an interview. She wound up, for reasons that I just don't know, not doing the on camera interview. The fourth wife – the widow, Alex Carson – didn't talk to me. She wrote to me when we began the project that she was sorry we were actually moving forward, because she knew that's not what John – that's what she called him – would've wanted. But then two years into it, when she obviously heard about who was talking and that we were really doing a really exhaustive portrait here, she invited me over and I spent a long afternoon with her where she gave me a lot of insights. Again though, she would not agree to go on camera with it – and in fact made sure that I guaranteed to her that things that she told me would remain off the record. That's how protective people are of Johnny Carson."
"I think that most people don't quite know his story," says author and journalist Bill Zehme, who wrote the last profile on Carson done with his permission for Esquire in 2002 and is currently at work on a definitive biography. "The genesis of what makes a man who he is, is his boyhood and how he was shaped. I think there are an awful lot of clues there. Will there be surprises? I've spent some six years on this man's life and he's a very complicated man. He was a dichotomous man, with conflicting truths – and all of them true. He's a flawed human being and he wouldn't have been great if he didn't have those flaws. That's what we have to remember."
Zehme says that like his forthcoming book, "American Masters" sheds light on Carson's troubled relationship with his seemingly disapproving mother, Ruth. "What's really interesting is what a tough relationship he and his mom had, at least as he experienced it," says the author. "She was very, very proud of him, but didn't ever quite articulate it, and that truly did inform him. He strove his entire life to get her recognition and he adored her. It's a very conflicting relationship, but I think you're going to see that played out here a bit – but I'll take it about 19 more layers deep in the book."
"Parts of himself, he kept them away from himself, I think," adds Jones. "It's such a paradox. I guess you could say that he was hiding in plain sight. You felt like this was a very accessible, Midwestern, very smart and funny man, but who was he at his core. I think that something for even him that was a bit of a mystery because I think he was so uncomfortable relating to people. Though he did a brilliant job of it on his show, in his personal life it was very difficult. I think it goes back to his relationship with his mother, where he kept so much to himself, playing solitaire or the drums, that ultimately he was unknowable in certain ways, even to himself."
Compounding matters were Carson's difficulties with alcohol, which caused him trouble throughout his adult life. "It was something that in talking to three out of the four wives that clearly emerged as an issue. He did not drink every day, but when he did drink – and he says to this Mike Wallace in the clip that we have – he would change. His personality would go very dark. He had a dark side where he could be verbally abusive and he would often write letters of apology after one of these episodes because he did feel contrite and bad about his behavior when he had been drinking…I knew from my discussions with people very close to him that his drinking would emerge from time to time in a negative way, where he would change personalities."
Actress Angie Dickinson was a frequent guest who also socialized – and occasionally dated – Carson. "We know that he had a drinking problem," she tells PopcornBiz. "People who are ex-alcoholics have a lot of – I don't want to say demons, but the reason that they behave the way that they do is because they're in recovery. 'Don't take me to too nice a place – I'll eat too much. Take me to a nice bar and I'll drink too much.' You're constantly, I think, resisting temptation as an alcoholic – I drink too much, so I can say that – so you steer away from danger, and I think that he did that all his life."
Carson also experienced a shifting dynamic with his longtime announcer McMahon – before the "Tonight Show" they'd worked together in New York and were frequently out on the town together, but their relationship later cooled. "One of the interviewees says that it was kind of a love-hate relationship," says Jones. "Johnny first met Ed on the game show 'Who Do You Trust' where Ed was the announcer. Back then they were essentially drinking buddies who went out drinking all the time. It was Ed that would take care of Johnny when he had one too many drinks…But as things evolved – and I think that Ed McMahon's daughter Claudia says this in the film – Johnny outgrew Ed and cultivated a whole different crowd of friends."
Frequently Carson's crowd was an unlikely all-star assemblage of friends who gathered together at Steve Martin's Beverly Hills home to play poker; the group typically included Martin, Chevy Chase, Carl Reiner, Eugene Levy, Columbia Pictures executive David Chasman and a rotating cast of supporting players.
"The poker games were like once a month for many, many, many years," remembers Reiner. "Steve Martin had a gourmet dinner and it was the only time that Carson ever let his hair down. He was one of the guys. It's the only time that he was not circumscribed by the audience being around him. He told jokes, he laughed. The interesting thing, and what I loved about him, is that he was a very rich man, but he played poker like you're supposed to play poker. He didn't just throw money at bad hands. Mainly it was for laughs. We had a lot of laughs. I miss those poker games more than anything, and I'll never forget the last one. He wasn't feeling well, and he bowed out of one and that was very soon before he passed away. Those poker gamers were very important to him."
"Johnny just sort of mumbled a lot, folded a lot, but was funny as hell," Chase told PopcornBiz in 2011. "We were all just having a fun night. It was good for Johnny, because he would get off at 6:30 or 7, after his show. It was a great night for him to just relax with friends and have fun. Much of the time we were doing it for him, in a sense…he was working harder than any of us most of the time. It was a lot of fun when Johnny was alive."
Steinberg says that those few who got close to Carson understood the pressures he dealt with as one of the most famous people on the planet in his heyday. "To do that show, it's so emotionally debilitating. Remember, just 90 minutes at the start, even an hour and to really listen so deeply which you had to do and then think of being witty and everything, there's nothing left after the show. I just remember from hosting it myself – I was younger than him and I was exhausted."
Craig Ferguson, who hosts CBS's "The Late, Late Show," says that everyone who has taken on a late night talk show post-Carson walks in the host's very deep footprints. "I think that to a large extent he created the genre. I think that although he wasn't the original architect of what these things are, he defines excellence. He might not have invented golf, but he was Tiger Woods…And because I work with Peter [Lassaly] who worked so much with Johnny for 30 years, the class that Johnny had and the understanding and the warmth and the casual approach to broadcasting that Johnny projected, Peter was able to help me with that and allows me to go in whatever direction I want to be in."
"My opinion of Johnny is that I wish that I'd met him," adds Ferguson. "I think we would've gotten on very well, and so does everyone who knows us both. That makes me a little sad because I surely would've met him. He died when I was three weeks into the job. Had I been in another three weeks I'm sure that I would've been over there, because Peter was like, 'I have to get you guys together.'"
Sevrinson chooses to sum up his boss and friend simply. "One word: class," he says. "He showed his class when no one was there to report on it... He did wonderful things for a lot of little people that no one ever knew about and they don't know to this day. He was a small-town guy in a big town who outgrew both towns. But he never forgot what it was like to be from the country. He was a country boy."
Fifty years after Carson made his "Tonight Show" debut, Jones says he believes no TV personality will likely ever hold sway in the way the King of Late Night did. "We will never have anyone like Johnny Carson again, just because of the nature of the media itself," he explains. "The television world is so fractured. To get a great audience on a late night show you're talking about maybe five million people. Johnny Carson and 'The Tonight Show' averaged anywhere from 12 to 15 million people every night, so his influence over that large a part of the American viewing audience can never happen again just by the nature of television."
Yet even in Carson's prime, he achieved a remarkable dominance, as Sevrinson points out. "Johnny was so far above everyone else at that time slot that it was like he owned it," says the bandleader. "And it was a hell of a ride, I'll tell you that."
"American Masters - Johnny Carson: King of Late Night" debuts Monday, May 14 at 9 p.m. on PBS.


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by Stephen Sparks
When my girlfriend and I got into the cab for the ride to The Independent on Monday night, the Slavic driver was rocking out to "The Summer of '69."
"Do you like Bryan Adams," he asked us immediately, making it feel like our answer determined whether he'd give us a ride. So, yeah, we like Bryan Adams alright. "Not everyone likes Bryan Adams," he continued. "I don't understand."
It felt like a fitting prelude to seeing Augustines, a band too sincere to be cool, too earnest to give a damn about being praised by, say, Pitchfork. There's something refreshing about a band who pin their hearts to their sleeves, who perform every song as if it were their swan song, and who seem genuinely enthusiastic about performing music.
Augustines are a trio of singer/guitarist Billy McCarthy, multi-instrumentalist Eric Sanderson, and drummer Rob Allen. Sanderson and Allen are solid musicians who seem to have fun performing, but it's McCarthy, who was born in Santa Cruz and grew up in Placer County, who stole the show. He's a theatrical performer who was really stoked to be playing in "fucking San Francisco," a place that he said "handed me my ass so many times." Now, living in New York, his affection for California was obvious: "Fucking California! Our coastlines are long," he began in a sort of call-and-response with the audience, "Cigarettes are $5. Burritos are $7. We hug people when we see them even if we don't know them very well." His banter during the show was pitch perfect; it was obvious he was enjoying himself. He even seemed excited to do the obligatory crowd-pleasing clap-your-hands-for-living-in-San-Francisco thing.
I get the sense that McCarthy's this pumped to play anywhere — "Houston, you have such great museums!" "Phoenix, this dry is heat amazing!" — so this tempered my disappointment in the crowd's initial lukewarm reception to Augustines' fantastic new songs off their self-titled album. ("Cruel City," a fuck-you to New York City, is like the bastard son of "Graceland" and "Born to Run"). But then again, I doubt anyone could match McCarthy's enthusiasm, and soon the crowd warmed up. I don't think it would've mattered much to the band if we didn't. They were in fucking San Francisco and were going to give their best effort, dammit.
The best moment in a show full of great ones came during the encore, when McCarthy and Sanderson performed an unplugged version of "East Los Angeles," a bittersweet love song for the ghosts of LA, off 2011's Rise Ye Sunken Ships. McCarthy, bottle of whiskey in hand, moved away from the microphone to the right of the stage, asked for our cooperation, and performed for the hushed audience an amazing rendition. For a singer who relies on a lot of bombast, McCarthy is capable of making a room full of 300 people feel intimate. Especially when, at the end of the show, he thanked us for coming, implored us (this guy doesn't ask, he implores) to get home safe, and then hugged his fellow band members.
We didn't take a cab home, we walked. And, because we were so high on the experience of seeing someone do something they love, with passion and energy and conviction, we got home in record time. I can't think of any better way to praise a show than to say that its energy carried us a mile and a half.


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A task force set up earlier this year to examine the potential for steroid use among Delaware's student athletes has delivered its findings and recommendations.
A task force set up earlier this year to examine the potential for steroid use among Delaware's student athletes has delivered its findings and recommendations.
Anabolic steroids – synthetically produced facsimiles of the male hormone testosterone – have a number of legitimate medical applications but are often illicitly used by athletes to add muscle mass and enhance performance. Administered orally or injected directly into the blood stream, anabolic steroids are also taken to improve physical appearance.
Task force chairman, Rep. Greg Hastings (R-Millsboro), said he launched the probe earlier this year after allegations that dozens of professional athletes had illegally used steroids. Last December, former United States Senator George Mitchell issued a lengthy report identifying 89 Major League Baseball players who had allegedly used steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.
"My concern was that kids can be impressionable and they often emulate professional athletes," Hastings said. "In light of what's happening in our society with our professionals doing steroids, we wanted to be proactive."
The abuse of steroids can have significant negative health consequences, especially in teenagers and young adults.
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), steroid use can cause bones to stop growing, shrink the testicles, and increase the risks for heart disease and several types of cancer. Psychiatric effects can include heightened aggression, rage and in some cases, delusions.
Hastings said the 12-member task force found a low incidence of steroid use in Delaware's schools.
"That was very welcome news," he said. "We weren't really expecting to find widespread problems on the local level, but given everything that has happened I believe we would have been remiss had we not looked at the issue."
According to a recent federal study by the NIDA, "0.9 percent of 8th-graders, 1.2 percent of high school sophomore, and 1.8 percent of senior in the U.S. used steroids within the past year."
A 2007 University of Delaware survey of 2,500 high school students throughout the state showed similar results, with only 3.3 percent of students indicating they had ever taken steroids without a doctor's prescription.
The task force reviewed student athlete steroid testing programs in four states – Florida, New Jersey, Texas and Illinois – but ultimately decided such a program was not needed in Delaware at this time.
"One of the things we found is that adults are more likely to illegally use steroids than teens," Hastings said. "The 12 recommendations we crafted focus mainly on education and prevention. If we can reach kids and educate them about the risks, maybe we can ultimately drive down the number of adults who are abusing these substances."
Hastings said one of the recommendations calls for high school coaches and athletic directors to receive periodic training that will give them the tools they need to spot the physical and emotional signs of steroid abuse. "I see this as a common-sense, preventive measure," he said.
The task force did find potential problems with steroid abuse in gyms catering to body-builders. "A couple of upstate gyms, that have since closed, were found to have a few problems with members illegally using steroids," Hastings said. "We're asking the Division of Public Health to increase information and disclosure on state laws pertaining to steroids in similar facilities."
The task force is also requesting that the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association adopt a policy regarding students who have been found to be using performance-enhancing substances.
Other recommendations include utilizing school wellness centers to get information on steroid use to students and urging the Boy & Girls Clubs in Delaware to incorporate a steroid abuse education component into their programs.
"These are modest, but worthy steps," Hastings said. "They are low-cost, low-risk and could potentially help hundreds of Delawareans avoid the pitfalls of using these synthetic hormones."


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Yes, a 2020 ReaperCon WIP! And a massive undertaking at that. I'm trying very hard not to nerd out and put this whole project into, er, Project. There's just so many pieces to keep track of, that maybe I'll just use this first post to keep track of things.
Some background stuff, starting with a quote from the "Paint a giant robot! Group WIP" where I wrote some of what's planned:
You can read the rest of that post here: Paint a giant robot post and a second one to see where I'm going with this: PLA print post in same topic
Biggest takeaway is that, while useful, my PLA printer can only do so much. I have a resin printer backed on Kickstarter, but considering it's now 3 years late, I don't think I should hold my breath on it ever showing up. Especially when I can get a new Elegoo Mars resin printer with more capability for relatively cheap (<$300). The PLA machine was bought with both hobby and household goals in mind, and it's served well. But the resolution just ain't there! More on that down the posts.
I also had the chance to gain some experience on paper plants at ReaperCon (Main post for that in the Terrain section post here: Vellum Paper Plants - Alien Jungle (WIP)
Basically, I have the scrap booking machine to make my own alien plants:
Which now leads me to this WIP. This is going to tie all those pieces together. The robot WIP will still be to get a good camo scheme, but that print job is not going to be used for the final diorama. Instead, that will be the resin printer's job. So, let's break down the WIP work that I can see so far, and will be edited later to add things and mark completions.
Tasks to be completed:
Figures Needed
Wight (being pulled down backwards, caught by hidden lines) Gremlin Unit 01 (stole a supply crate and ran; actually just bait to get the larger CAV to follow) Gremlin Units 02 and 03 (trip line pair, successfully snagging Wight across the chest) Gremlin Units 04 and 05 (trip line pair, successful across another part of the chest) Gremlin Unit 06 (burner unit, cut Wight's left gun in two) Gremlin Units 07 and 08 (trap door unit, hiding entrance to jungle path with camo doors strapped to them) Gremlin Units 09 and 10 (trip line pair, successful across right thigh) Gremlin Units 11 and 12 (trip line pair, broken cable across chest, possibly falling over from sudden jolt) Gremlin Unit 13 (ECM unit, some large radar dish looking thing) Gremlin Units 14, 15 and 16 (cargo units, loaded up with stolen supplies and headed out) Gremlin Units 17, 18, 19, and 20 (gun units) Gremlin Units 21, 22, and 23 (missile units) Gremlin Unit 24 (large gun unit) Gremlin Unit 25 and 26 (junked units; scavenged for parts?) Gremlin Unit 27 (2nd style missile unit) Gremlin Unit 28 (personnel carrier unit)
Wight Conversion
Right Leg: cut from pelvis; reposition Feet: cut off both feet and swap positions since the tread is only on one foot Base: cut away from right foot, possibly keeping full base around left foot Left arm (maybe): cut gun into two pieces, having one falling to the ground after being cut by a heat lance/chainsaw rope
Details to be included
Camo doors at front leaving marks on the dirt path, but hiding the ambush from the main trail Pieces of old broken larger CAV units around Wight gun cut in two, maybe showing inner details. May have to 3D print an add-on piece Dust being kicked up by the stolen crate (going to try using dyed cotton) IN WORK One cable snapping dynamically, with several bends and twists (superglue on thread?) Multiple vehicle tracks around camp Campfire and tents for people A latrine Other camp details (laundry, chairs, sports equipment, bored carvings, etc)
Jungle Plants (V=Vellum cuts, B=bought, S=Sculpted, F=Found, P=Printed)
Large lotus flower like plants, but dry land and maybe odd colors with a large conifer cone growing from the middle (V) Jester hat plant (balls on stems around a central point) (V) COMPLETED Spiky yucca like plant (V) Jagged leaf plant (V) Tentacle plant (V) Tripod trees (three spoke trunks) (V) Large palm fronds (S) Coral like trees (P) Horn tree (lots of horn shaped leaves from a central trunk) (P, V) Ball vine (like ivy but with odd leaf shapes) (V) Cabbage-like jungle plants with large wrinkled leaves (V) Fuzzy vines (thin wire coated with static grass) (S) Anything I can buy from N/HO scale train setups and painted alien-ish (B) Reaper figures that can be clipped and painted to be plants (B) Odd trees with strange leaf shapes (onion shaped) (V) IN WORK Random grass-like jungle plants (V) IN WORK Stem ends from mandarin oranges (seriously, pull one off and look at it, stem towards the ground) (F) Anything and everything else (VBSFP)
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So Reapercon 2019 was great as far as my classes went. I taught 6 courses, all were sold out, most were 2 people beyond capacity (which was fine because I was ready for that possibility) But I feel like 6 was just 1 too many to organize, prep, practice and deliver. All of my classes seemed to be very much enjoyed by those who attended and I got some awesome feedback from some folks.
so.. which one to not do... that's a hard question as I enjoyed all of them.
first, the must keeps.
Water Effects. that class probably could have sold out 2 or 3 times. so many want to take that so its in.
Realistic Gore. Overwhelming high praise from a lot of folks, so thats in. plus its it's ridiculously fun for me.
Weathering and aging. This is an easy one for me to teach, always sells out and gets great reviews. Kind of have to keep due to demand.
Up for debate.
Dragons. I have taught multiple variants of this class. Its not bad, and folks seem to like it but Im not sure if the demand is still high.
Tabletop painting. Sells out but slowly. Its one of my strengths though. fast painting at a high tabletop level.
Kids classes. I do these mainly to ensure that the kids programming continues to grow. The little artists amaze me every time. Its a lot of fun and full of surprises by talented young artists. may need to keep on principle.
other subjects I have taught but not sure if folks still would be interested.
woodland bases, lava bases, ice and snow bases.
batch painting.
Blending toolbox. (kind of a whole host of various techniques to blend)
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St Martin's, Isles of Scilly
Scilly may be only a short hop from the mainland, but its islands feel a world away. St Martin's has sandy beaches, gorgeous cliffs, Britain's most westerly vineyard and gourmet food. Even better, this popular British campsite is only a short stroll from the awesome white sands.
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Roundhill, Hampshire
With access to 220 square miles of thick woodland, not to mention those titular ponies, the New Forest's best (and most child-friendly) campsite is understandably popular. But its size means it rarely feels crowded, and you can either venture into the woods on your own, or join the rangers' guided walks and craft sessions.
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Wapsbourne Manor Farm, East Sussex
It only opened in 2007, but this idyllic former strawberry farm has already become a fixture for many campers. Rope swings keep the kids happy, campfires are encouraged and several fine farm shops are within strolling distance of this great British campsite.
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Three Cliffs Bay, Gower Peninsula
If you fancy sleeping in the midst of one of the best panoramas in Britain, this spacious Welsh campsite is your best bet. The pitches overlook a perfect beach, its sheltered sands encircled by a craggy headland, complete with natural arches, triangular peaks and a tranquil green valley.
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Less than two miles from the Welsh border, Foxholes is a great base for several walks, including the Shropshire Way and Offa's Dyke, although you don't have to move from this well-ordered site (based around an eccentric 1930s mansion) to immerse yourself in the area: the views from the hilltop on which it sits stretch for almost 360 degrees.
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Both the drive here – either a winding route along the Highlands' spectacular west coast or precipitous single-track through a mountain pass – and the lack of mobile phone reception underline Applecross's isolation. But that doesn't mean it's unwelcoming: with a family-run pub, a good restaurant, several festivals and walking and kayaking opportunities, this stunningly wild corner of Scotland is well worth a visit.
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Set in rolling hills on the Highlands' edge, Comrie Croft is defined by community spirit. It's owned by 50 local residents, allows guests to light campfires and sleep in hammocks amid the birch trees and runs storytelling circles, campcraft sessions and musical workshops.
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8 Great American Porters
Seeking out the best in malty, hoppy refreshment.
I'm not convinced that porters get enough respect. They're often passed over at the bar by the hop heads and the sour crowd. They're not as sought-after as many higher-octane American stouts or their Russian imperial cousins. They're not as trendy as black IPAs. But why?
Porters are complex and roasty, filled with chocolate and coffee flavors, yet most still manage to be sessionable. They're damn-near perfect when it's cold outside, and you'd be hard pressed to find a better beer with a meal. Along with Saisons and smoked beers, porter is my pairing go-to. It's not a timid style, so you'll want to put something substantial on your plate. Barbecue, roast meats, sharp and stinky cheeses, stews, dark chocolate...big, hearty flavors go great with American porters' richness and intensity. Porter is also a terrific foil for oysters.
To flesh out my case, I picked eight of my favorite American porters. Do yourself a favor and let them warm up a bit to release their spectrum of flavors and aromas.
Hill Farmstead Brewery Everett
Every once in a while, a keg of Shaun Hill's beer shows up here in NYC. Most people talk about the hoppy ones or his farmhouse ales, but his robust porter is a stunner as well. Everett (7.5% ABV), which is named after Shaun's great uncle, has an intense aromas of roasted grain and chocolate syrup complemented by faint orange, a bit of alcohol and smoke. Rich chocolate lead to an intricate mix of deeper roast flavors, sweet caramel malt, coffee, and burnt sugar. Citrus hops emerge midway, adding to the complexity. The medium body is super smooth, making this beer go down easy despite the higher ABV.
Deschutes Brewery Black Butte Porter
Black Butte (5.2% ABV) smells like baker's chocolate and blackberries with a bit of roasted grain. The first drink opens with a citrus hop bite that's followed by smooth chocolate, burnt sugar and a little sweet vanilla. It's silky on the tongue with bitter cocoa in the finish.
Stone Brewing Co. Smoked Porter
Despite Stone's reputation for "arrogance" in their beers, their smoked porter (5.9% ABV) is all about subtlety. Peat-smoked malt creates a relatively clean and leathery aroma that evolves and expands as the beer warms. Rich malt flavors incorporate caramel, hazelnut, chocolate and a mild roastiness, along with notes of earth and spice from the hops. This is a complex beer, but there's harmony among its elements. It would be terrific with an English cheddar.
Founders Brewing Co. Porter
Founders' porter (6.5% ABV) has pungent aromas of cacao nibs and roasted grain with some caramel underneath. These elements carry over into the flavor, joined by nutty and bready malts. It's a dry, smooth sip that ends with a jab of hops and bitter chocolate. It packs more hop bitterness than most of the others here. This is by far my favorite of their year-round beers.
Great Lakes Brewing Co. Edmund Fitzgerald Porter
The award-winning Edmund Fitzgerald (5.8% ABV) is slightly more on the sweet side. The smell of toffee and mocha lead the roast in the aroma. Woody hops and coffee play against a sweet malty base before ending with a roasty malt bitterness, earth and tobacco. This porter is smooth and full-bodied. Delicious on it's own, it'd also be a strong companion during the dessert course or, on the savory side, roasted meat.
Captain Lawrence Brewing Co. Smoke from the Oak - Wine Barrel
And now for something completely different: This wine barrel-aged imperial smoked porter's dark red fruit character sets it well apart from the others. This was the 2010 version, which spent a year in French oak wine barrels getting awesome prior to bottling day. Along the way, it picked up a dominating red wine character that provides tart, tang and an ample measure of acidity. The barrel character provides a brilliant counterpoint to the base beer's aroma of milk chocolate, roast and wood smoke. There's toffee there too. The taste is vinous and ends with a blast of raspberry. This is barbecue and fatty meats' best friend.
Smuttynose Brewing Co. Robust Porter
Smuttynose's Robust Porter (5.7% ABV) has a slightly dusty malt character lying beneath its roast, which is accompanied by citrus hops and chocolate aromas. Its flavor is milky, with grapefruit and slightly burnt chocolate malt. The body is full and creamy and ends with a firm bitterness and a lingering dry roast.
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Porter
Aromas of mocha and earth turn nutty as the Sierra's porter (5.6% ABV) warms in the glass. The taste begins with a roasty twang from the chocolate malt. Bright herbal and woody hops flavors shine through, giving a distinctly West Coast character. This porter is on the lean side of medium-bodied (but by no means thin) and finishes dry.
So that's my list. What are your favorite porters?
Hill Farmstead, Deschutes, Stone, and Great Lakes were provided as samples for review.
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dightondesign.com necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 123 diseños de 32 diseñadores freelance.
go here for a sample of their new webpage in development and for their new mission statement http://www.dightondesign.com/theedge.html
We are quite open to concepts, but, this is a church that wants to convey hope...living on "the edge" doesn't have to be scary or lonely. Hopefully you can be creative with this information.
The Edge
A logo is needed. Can you convey in a logo this mission?
Edgewood's New Mission Statement:
"The Edge" (noun) is defined as the border of a steep place; the brink of a chasm. In difficult times it's easy to feel like you're on the edge. Maybe you're on the edge in your marriage and family. Perhaps you are on the edge financially or emotionally. You may even feel like you're on the edge spiritually and ready to give up completely. When you find yourself on the edge in life you are often filled with fear and anxiety. However, we believe that the edges of our lives, do not have to be scary places but they can actually be places where hope can be found.
God shows us in life that hope is found in a connection with Him. God doesn't wait for us to come to Him. He is always standing right beside us when there is fear and anxiety in our lives. The Edgewood Church is a place where you can connect to God and find the hope that you are looking for.
simple logo that conveys the mission, pretty open here
unoriginal, clipart, skulls, complicated
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