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PBA: Petron shoots for 2nd straight win

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by Tito S. Talao

Game Today (Smart Araneta)
4:45 p.m. – Petron vs San Mig Coffee

Manila, Philippines – How does one stop a speeding locomotive?

For its sake, San Mig Coffee better find out fast.

Fueled by a winning tradition unmatched in Philippine Basketball Association history, Petron Blaze is expected to crush obstacles San Mig will put up in Game 2 of the PBA Governors Cup Finals today as its quest for a 20th title continues at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Gametime is at 4:45 p.m.

Roaring in the fourth quarter after getting held back twice in the first half and for most of the third period in Game 1 last Friday, the Boosters ran over the Mixers in a blazing finish to take the opener of the PLDT-Telpad Best-of-7 Championship Series, 100-84, at the Mall of Asia Arena.

Their 41 points in the last 12 minutes wiped out San Mig’s defensive efforts, allowing six Boosters, led by Elijah Millsap, to churn out double figures.

Millsap’s third triple-double performance this conference (35 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in 45 minutes) overwhelmed the production of San Mig counterpart Marqus Blakely (23, 14 and 4). Millsap struck for 14 in the fourth, Blakely two points.

Tim Cone, the San Mig coach who is eyeing his 15th championship to tie the record of the legendary Baby Dalupan, admitted his team coughed and sputtered when the opener turned into a drag race.

“We just broke down. Against this team, we should bring a lot more,” said Cone.

San Mig did – in the first three quarters.

But after entering the fourth with a 61-59 lead as a result of their unyielding drive at the start of the second half, the Mixers suddenly dried up, with Peter June Simon (13 points) and Joe Devance (10) contributing just two points when the Boostes were burying them under a hail of 3-pointers (6).

“They just got rolling with their three-pointers,” said Cone.

Petron finished with 10 of 20, San Mig 2 of 14.

Gee Abanilla, the Petron rookie head coach, said he was happily surprised at seamlessly finding their rhythm in the last quarter.

“It’s just a total team effort, I think,” he said. It was, especially since San Mig was successful in coming back from double-digit deficits in the first half before engaging Petron in a furious exchange in the third which the Mixers took, 25-18.

But Petron set everything on fire in the final turn for home, with Millsap and Chris Lutz (all 11 of his total output including 3 of 3 from 3-point range) torching the San Mig defense.

“Elijah’s just showing different dimensions of his game,” said Abanilla of his import’s triple-double
show. “Even though he can shoot, he still shares the ball.”

James Yap, San Mig’s main source of outside scoring, was held down to 2 of 9 from the floor by the frenetic Ronald Tubid, who took advantage of his familiarity with Yap’s moves from their days as teammates at University of the East.

San Mig tried to get Petron’s Junmar Fajardo out of the equation by drawing him out to open up under recipients of high post lob passes from Yancy de Ocampo.

And for a while it worked. But the Boosters made their adjustments to plug the middle and Fajardo eventually asserted himself for 12 points and 8 rebounds, with his thunderous Tomahawk dunk in the fourth quarter bringing the house down.

Their fluid offense notwithstanding, Abanilla bared he would seek answers as to why the Mixers had 26 free throws to their 12, a disparity that was however negated by the Mixers’ 18 turnovers from where Petron picked up 21 points.

The Boosters committed just 13 errors in yielding 8 points.


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We have studied a faience bead fragment containing Chinese blue pigment from the Late Warring States Period (Tomb M4, Majiayuan Cemetery, Zhangjiachuan, Tianshui City, Gansu Province, China) using Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM) coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The TEM thin foils were prepared by Focused Ion Beam (FIB). Different crystalline impurities as BaSO4, PbSO4 or Pb3O4 have been observed close to the crystals of pigment (BaCuSi4O10). The presence of micron or sub-micron scale BaSO4, BaSO4-PbSO4 solid solution, Pb3O4 and amorphous SiO2 inclusions were first observed and reported, whose formation are closely related to raw materials selection and manufacturing process. Based on possible formation mechanisms to these inclusions from a chemical point of view, it is likely that witherite (BaCO3) had been used as source of barium, and galena (PbS) or anglesite (PbSO4) had been used as source of lead and sulfur. However, the possibility that sulfur might be also from Cu-containing minerals such as chalchocite (Cu2S) cannot be ruled out.

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Cookie’s Kids Department Stores Analysis of 2019 School Uniform Fashion Trends

Durability, Colors, complexion-matching hues, figure-flattering styles and Material Types Play Prominent Role in Cookie’s Department Stores Analysis of 2019 School Uniform Fashion Trends.

New York, United States - July 26, 2018 /PressCable/ —

Launched in Jamaica, Queens, New York in 1975, Cookie’s Department Stores has expanded into the NYC marketplace as a seven-store emporium with locations all throughout the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, quickly becoming the number-one school uniform headquarters in the U.S. Representatives of the Cookie’s brand regularly analyze changing uniform trends to always keep the stores up-to-date with regard to available fashions, and the situation is no different for the upcoming September 2018-2019 scholastic year.

Durability, colors and material types are going to play a prominent role in this school year’s clothing trends, according to a Cookie’s Kids analysis, with dirt-resistant and complexion-matching hues, figure-flattering styles and shapes, little-to-no dry cleaning necessities and other elements defining the scene.

“From everything we are seeing, important considerations when it comes to materials used in trendy school uniform pieces include durability (how many years a piece can be worn), dirt-resistant colors, colors that suit most complexions (experts suggest avoiding bright red hues because it is somewhat unflattering based on many people’s natural pigmentation), figure-flattering shapes and styles and the possibility of little or even no dry cleaning demands,” states a Cookie’s company spokesperson. “Our buyers are also taking note of trends that suggest specific climates should be considered, wherein winter uniforms – noteworthy to us because of the cold New York months – must be loose-fitting enough for kids to layer clothes beneath.”

Thirty-seven states, by the year 2000, had passed laws that enable local school districts to determine their own policies about uniforms, while a number of other local authorities have put in place policies of their own. For their part, Cookie’s reps believe if a crucial component of any definition of “uniforms” is the term “uniformity,” then it is important to envision a continuum of not only uniforms but dress codes and dress uniformity – a philosophy evident in every piece of premium-quality clothing the business sells.

In addition to a plethora of premium girls and boys clothing and school uniforms, Cookie’s also offers baby clothing, infant clothes, shoes and accessories.

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Schools, the problems with them and politicians

Over the past five days, I read a number of posts about the school system. It seems the politicians are only interested in grades, levels and exams. In the real world, we need to know about loans, mortgages, bills, contracts and percentages.

Children also need to learn how to use electronic calculators to do fast calculations. They also need to know how to use a keyboard effectively. Algebra and geometry aren't essential. Unless of course you are doing a job which asks for that sort of maths.

The not yet rolled out curriculum wants to teach pupils some sort of English grammar as well. I literally laughed at that one because let's be honest, English grammar is as useful to pupils as mud or grass, quite frankly.

Boys/girls are taught unessential exam skills not vital conversation skills. Or, empathy, personal presentation or decision making. Neither are our kids being taught how to be assertive.

Education should not be at the mercy of politicians. Clearly, they do not have teachers and learners best interests at heart. Nor, are they responsible. Instead, they are unresponsible, uncaring fools.

Thank you Michael Gove. All praise the British education system. P.S If you want a different perspective, Ross Mountney has written a post about the same topic. The link is at the bottom of the post.

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I never knew there was a site called Wordle till today. Wordle is a site which creates a box of words used in your recent blog posts. This is my Wordle here- Check it out if you want to. I didnt know the words had to be from your blog but never mind.

Wordle seems very interesting but there's not much of the site to see though. It is what I called a limited sort of site. Don't let that put you off however.

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Tomorrow night, May 3rd, PBS will air a documentary about one of my favorite singers, Janis Joplin. If you can get it in your area, I highly recommend watching it. Janis and I go a long way back, starting to when I was about 18-years-old. I had dropped out of everything and was living a nothing existence—I'd even quit my crappy retail job—and was feeling letdown, lowdown and very, very lonely when my friend's mom looked at me and said, "You know, you remind me a lot of Janis Joplin." At the time I wasn't happy about it. Why? Because Janis had never exactly been considered 'attractive,' in society's often short-sighted viewpoint, that is. Another thing is that over time she had been relegated to a dirty sect of the music world which consisted of hippies and hard-livin' drug addicts. I didn't want to be like her, I wanted to be all the things stupid young girls think they should be, so I brushed the comment off my shoulder and left it behind like an unwanted candy wrapper. Stupid me.

One night I was up late watching a news program when a story came on about Janis's old town of Port Arthur, Texas. A group of fans wanted to erect a memorial commemorating her life and, sadly, her death, but the townspeople said they didn't want it because Janis wasn't exactly what you would call a role model. My jaw dropped. I was in shock, total shock, and I literally started crying. Looking back, I can see so many parallels between Janis and myself. We both grew up in an environment where our quirky artistic ways were often teased and misunderstood; and we often felt alone and were often made fun of for our looks.

As soon as she could, Janis left Port Arthur. She traveled twice to San Fransisco in search of a freer lifestyle, taking Kerouac's On The Road as a lifestyle choice, not just a literary adventure. For her, life was an adventure: all to be tried, tasted, loved, sung about, and moved on from. She was a beatnik, not a hippie. And, oh my God, could she sing. Janis possessed a voice that could harmonize all by itself—she had the rare gift of being able to sing three notes at the same time. This gift led her from a life of great unhappiness to being hailed as one of the greatest singers ever born. All it took was a lot of determination and a balls-to-the-wall attitude. And boy did she have attitude.

And yet Janis remained insecure and stayed that way. Those close to her often comment on it, saying how much they wished she could reach some kind of inner security, I guess you would call it peace. Another thing I identify with. Janis's downfall was letting those demons lead her to alcohol and heroin, and mine has been allowing others to control me for their own needs because of my fears of not being good enough. I feel like Janis can teach us all a lesson about tenacity and self-reliance. People hurt her, but she didn't let them stop her. Her life was hers to live, and she carved it out every inch of the way.

Sadly, her addictions proved to be too powerful. Saddest of all was the fact that she had 'cleaned up her act' for nearly six months before once again succumbing to heroin. It was a freaky thing that happened, her usual drug dealer was out of town and Janis, alone and with too much time on her hands in an L.A. hotel room, went ahead and bought an untested batch of heroin from a trial dealer. Had she known a group of other users would overdose from the same dealer that weekend, she might have held off for a while longer. Janis died alone and was found hours later, too late to save. It is heartbreaking, and yet I guess it was meant to be. In time and all things of the Universe, it must have been part of the plan, but, seriously, what a shame.

A few weeks ago I was belting out Janis songs in my house and out of nowhere I 'felt' her voice sing through mine. It happened again a few minutes later.  Then a few days after that I felt a cold wet hand touch me on the shoulder and I thought to myself, it's Janis. I'd like to think I had spiritual contact with the beautiful rock star (and she was beautiful!). But, who knows? What I do know is I love her, and every day is a monument to the insecure girl with a voice of primal joy and and tenacity and hope and fire. God rest her amazing soul.

  1. Janis Joplin was amazing. She sang pain, love, hurt, and all that needed to be poured out. I loved her and felt loss.

  2. I can't imagine that a beautiful girl like you was made fun of for your looks. Bullies just try to take the power and self esteem of others away to build themselves up. They are empty inside and destroying others is a sick ego trip for them. I often wonder what happened to young bullies when they grow up. Do they realize the torment they have inflicted on others or do they spend their whole lives making others miserable.

    Shortly before Janis died, I remember seeing her on the Dick Cavett show. She was talking about going home to her class reunion. She was stoked to go back to show all those who had put her down how well she had done and stick it to them. We were all routing for her.

  3. Very much a part of my musical life. The good die young.

    1. How great would it have been to watch her sing live . . . I'd pay anything for that!

  4. Yes, I have watched that episode via youtube and in it she seems so hopeful about her future, perhaps still bitter about the past. From what I've read and watched the reunion did not go well and left Janis feeling even more of an orphan to her past. I almost wish she hadn't gone : (

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Blogity - Gadget show 2012

Me and @Lottid were there baby Sunday 15th of April 2012. This year we were on a tighter buget than last so we were up at some very questionable time to make the 3hr trip to Brimingham. We arrive just as they opened the door which was awsome time/driving by your truly. The show what great, I got the feeling it was slightly small than last year but had a better standard of exibiters and their booths.

I spent a lot of time at the Cannon booth which was great, they had tones of camera's along with other products on disply avavilbe your the general public to paw over until their hearts content. For me there were only x2 items I wanted to check out, the 'dream cam', Cannon's 5D Mrk III and the 'back in the real world' 60D, if/when the day come's I can drop some cash on a DSLR this is looking like the one???

Cannon 60D

I spent most of my time with the 60D because thanks to Cannon's booth this was the 1st oppertunity I got to have a serious play arround with the gear without having some sales person desperaly tryng to make a sale because the 'current echonmic climate' has results in all empolyee being told to make a sale at all costs your their 1st born with be set on fire, you know for the sake of the country and all that. 1st impressions were excelent, it feels very good on the hand, comfortable grip and very solid body. If feels like it could ealy take the very likley multiple drops I will infilck in it. Controls and buttons were layed out well and I like the LCD screen on the top to give a constant display of what you've got the thing set to, one advantage over the 550D, a possible alternative. Another adavantage over 550D and one of the key appeal to me is the flippy rotation screen. Sound (and looks) a little silly and clunky at 1st but this screen will be a god send when i'm trying to get 'arty' shots really low or really high for that matter. Took a few practice shots with it and like what my limited abilities with a DSLR could produce so I think this is a winner for me...

Well thats enough about the camera, i'm not intending this to become a review blog.

Man Bags

As soon as we arrived at the N.E.C  one thing was very apparent, you wern't part of the crew unless you had a *man bag! They were everywhere and ironically they were all much bigger than the bags the girls where carring, They came in all sorts of shaps and sizes lol. Having said I have a theory as to what was in most of these bags.. food. This became very apparnt after tempting to buy some lunch that would fill us up with having to re-morgage the house. Just one pulled pork sandwich and a drink cost arround £7. So hot tip people take a packed lunch in your best Star Wars sandwich box, unless you are rich.

*Full disclosure: I too was carring a man bag. You have to at these pleaces to carry all the swag! This is not my 1st exibition by far people i'm a max power veteren and this is my 2nd trip to GSL. I HAVE A (SEVERAL) MAN BAG(S) AND I'M PROUD.

Home Entertainment - I've seen the light

One of the big main focus's of GSL is Home Entertainment, you can't move for High end, super duper, so loud they will blow a girls cloths clean off, speaker or black blacker than black, dynimic screen SMART TV's so thin you can shave with them while they calcualate home many hours you have to work before you can pay off the TV you would leave your family for.

I've always been into great TV and avoided going the really expensive step further and including an amp and hooking up some good speaker to get that sound you normally only get when you pay to go to the cinema. My now I know i'm on board, the sound coming out of these speakers was simply astonising I can really see the day where I have a really nice home entertainment set up and I wound feel the need to go to the cinema get get an awesome experience.

Then you add into the mix a systems like Airplay or Sonos where you stream your audio content arround the house wirelessly to different speakers in each room which can have the volume adjusted indipendantly and, depending on the system can even have different content in different rooms all from one source! Amazing, exciting, expecive, I want it! Lotti was especially impressed with the sonos booth and I have to say I was to there speakers were custom build with quaility in mind ranging in price direectly proprtianal to how loud where were. All the speaker we heard were aweseome at the sonos booth. If your interested in this area i'll be doing a more detailed post of stream audio at a later date.


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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

III. A little history of homosexuality.

I want to tell you, dear reader, is that it is not homosexuality, per se, that is the problem, but feminism, or more specifically, identity politics and cultural Marxism. Let's start from the beginning.

You've all probable heard the argument. That Gay-ism was accepted and celebrated by the Greeks and Romans, or that the Greeks and Romans were moral, and shunned such individuals, only to meet its doom when it became prevalent as a phenomenon.

Just as F.C.I. Clarke noted in his essay,”Homosexuality and WhiteNationalism: Two Arguments for Tolerance", written in 2002, "If you ask Christians why they think homosexuality is a sin, they cannot point to any saying of Jesus. Jesus saw fit to condemn divorce but not sodomy. Christians have to turn to the Old Testament, to the record of the Jews and their wanderings, crimes, superstitions, and hatreds. There we find homosexuality condemned as a capital crime. Why? The whole aim of the Law is to set Jews apart from the rest of humanity, it condemned buggery because they and all their neighbors were engaging in it."

[While the source, wording, intent, target audience, and connections of the author are questionable to some, the article is a brilliant piece. In it he advocates the acceptance of individuals such as myself because we are free from the bonds of kin and creed, and thus less susceptible to attack.]

"Technically, the Greeks and others were not pedophiles, who pursue children, for they focused their attention on young men who were well past puberty and ready to begin military training. The ancients regarded homosexual relationships as completely consistent with marriage and family life, and they frowned upon men who formed exclusively homosexual relationships. Homosexual relationships were also bound by a host of rules and taboos."

"There was nothing of the modern amoral free-for-all. But there is no question that homosexual behavior was not only tolerated by ancient peoples, it was considered normal, in some cases even ideal. It was ascribed to the gods (Zeus and Ganymede) and lauded by poets, philosophers, and historians. It is hard to maintain hateful Jewish attitudes toward homosexuality if one really understands and appreciates the greatness of classical pagan civilization."

"As poisonous as the Old Testament's moral condemnation of homosexuality may be, it is based on a realistic conception of human nature. Judeo-Christianity condemns homosexuality as a sin. A sin is a matter of choice. And nobody is immune to sin. If a heterosexual is a person who is immune to homosexual attractions, then the Judeo-Christian viewpoint implies that there is no such thing as a heterosexual."

If a homosexual is a person who cannot help but be attracted to people of the same sex and has no choice in the matter, then the Judeo-Christian viewpoint implies that there is no such thing as a homosexual either. There are just people, all of whom have the capacity to be tempted by homosexual attractions and to choose heterosexual attractions. Thus there is no room for moral self-righteousness.

After looking over my notebook, I was reminded of an essay, "Homosexualityin the Middle Ages" by Warren Johansson and William A. Percy, in which he tries to explain the views held by the Church. In it he argues that it was perceived as part of certain pagan rituals, apostasy and witchcraft (both the Order of the Templars and the Freemasons, as well as certain occult groups in Europe were accused of practicing vile rituals of sodomy).

It's striking to see that because sex in general, even between men and women within the confine of marriage, was seen as a necessary evil at some point, has led to the creation of this delusional cultural meme that sodomy is something that, if left unchecked, would bring the suicide of the species (which is ironic, seeing that it is not homosexuality that has led to the decline of European population, but birth control, abortion and a lack of interest towards child rearing and marriage, e.g. feminism).

This distorted view of sexuality, inherited from the Jews by Christians, was passed to theEuropean colonies by being codified into law. Even the Chinese ans Japanese, which were not colonized, enacted sodomy laws because of their alignment with the "civilized"West.

The nonsense – that homosexual unions blessed by both the priests and the state happened in the Greco-Roman world, and to some extent in Medieval Europe (without taking into consideration that there was no such thing, or that in Medieval Europe such unions were chaste, religious in nature) – is being spread among many LGBT's, and they fall for it.

For example, I quote: "In his Satire II, written about 85 C.E., theRoman poet Juvenal portrays a Roman citizen, once a priest of Mars,who now "decks himself out in a bridal veil" in order tomarry another man. Juvenal comments, "horreres maioraque monstraputares": "you may shudder and consider such men evengreater freaks" — greater, that is, even than such evil omensas women giving birth to calves, or cows to lambs. Invoking theshades of Roman ancestors, Juvenal argues that the presence insociety of such men bodes no good for the Roman people; indeed, ithas brought them to a "pitch of blasphemous perversity

Juvenal's horror is directed at effeminacy and at the sexual passivity he believes it implies.

Like Greek literature, the literature of the Roman republic and empire generally celebrated love and sex between men, and in Rome as in Athens, homosexuality was widely practiced and, within certain parameters, generally accepted by both the exalted and the humble. Latin poets presumed that all men at one time or another felt homosexual desire, and Roman art... pictured that desire openly, showing sex between adult males on wall paintings in Roman houses, on coins, and on artefacts — jewellery, terra-cotta lamps, flasks — made for the elite as well as for the masses." - end quote

I can already imagine you saying to yourself: “What is this? Both the gay and the feminist movements (and to some extent all leftist movements) ignore and distort history for their ideological benefit? I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked!”

"If a homosexual is a person who cannot help but be attracted to people of the same sex and has no choice in the matter, then the Judeo-Christian viewpoint implies that there is no such thing as a homosexual either. There are just people, all of whom have the capacity to be tempted by homosexual attractions and to choose heterosexual attractions. Thus there is no room for moral self-righteousness."

"Matters became worse in the late Nineteenth-Century, when psychologists -- some but not all of them Jews -- created a new paradigm for understanding sexuality. There were no longer homosexual and heterosexual desires, which can be found in all people and can be controlled by our faculty of choice. There were now homosexual and heterosexual people, and what made a person one or the other was generally thought to lie outside of our choice and control."

"One's sexual proclivities suddenly became a whole "lifestyle," a whole "identity," giving sex an inflated importance in the scheme of things. It was not long before Freud started speculating that the whole soul can be understood in terms of sexuality. This new and false conception of sexuality has caused immense suffering and damage to our people, be they "heterosexual" or "homosexual".

"First of all, it has created a great deal of anxiety for men and women who experience homosexual attractions at one time or another. In pagan societies, these desires could be acknowledged, understood, and even expressed if one chose to. In Judeo-Christian society, such desires were repressed, but their mere presence said nothing more about one's identity than one is a sinner and subject to temptation -- just like everybody else."

"Today, homosexual desires cause great anxiety and psychological anguish. People worry if they fall into a small and stigmatized sexual subspecies, totally different from the rest of humanity. A young man gets aroused wrestling with a friend and suddenly has a psychological crisis on his hands. He wonders if he is sick. He feels alienated from his family and peers. He wonders if he will have to move to the city and buy a feather boa."

"Second, this anxiety has chilled same-sex friendships and male bonding, and it is the bonded male group, the Männerbund, that is the foundation of all higher forms of civilization, particularly European civilizations. It is amazing to read accounts of male friendships from earlier centuries, for example in Augustine's Confessions or Montaigne's Essays."

"It was possible for men to frankly express their love for one another without fearing the stigma of homosexuality, because that was an identity that simply did not exist before the late Nineteenth century. (Today, these expressions of affection are read through the distorting lens of "queer theory," and Augustine and Montaigne and countless other figures have been "outed.")

Third, those who decide that they do not merely have homosexual desires, but are "homosexuals" are trapped by this self-concept into an exclusively homosexual lifestyle, which not only carries health risks, but also prevents them from affirming whatever heterosexual desires they might also have. It cuts them off from marriage and family life, which could be combined with homosexual relationships openly in pagan societies and on the sly in Judeo-Christian societies.

Fourth, it has created the heterosexual, who thinks he is immune from same-sex attractions. This allows some heterosexuals to fuse Jewish intolerance with self-righteousness, turning them into queer-bashing bullies.

All these destructive consequences could be alleviated if we freed our minds from the legacy of Jewish hatred and intolerance. Queer-Bashers are in the grip of Jewry without even knowing it. European Nationalism requires that we de-Jew our thinking, but many European Nationalists, Conservatives and Classical Liberals have no idea of just what a radical change of outlook that requires."

I strongly recommend you should take a glance over the homosexual manifesto "Androphilia: Rejecting the Gay Identity, Reclaiming Masculinity" by Jack Malabranche.

Quote: "The word gay has never described mere homosexuality. Gay is a subculture, a slur, a set of gestures, a slang, a look, a posture, a parade, a rainbow flag, a film genre, a taste in music, a hairstyle, a marketing demographic, a bumper sticker, a political agenda and philosophical viewpoint, a pre-packaged, superficial persona--a lifestyle. It's a sexual identity that has almost nothing to do with sexuality.

Androphilia is a rejection of the overloaded gay identity and a return to a discussion of homosexuality in terms of desire: a raw, apolitical sexual desire and the sexualized appreciation for masculinity as experienced by men. The gay sensiblility is a near-oblivious embrace of a castrating slur, the nonstop celebration of an age-old, emasulating stigma applied to men who engaged in homosexual acts.

Gays and radical queers imagine that they challenge the status quo, but in appropriating the stigma of effeminacy, they merely conform to and confirm long-established expectations. Men who love men have been paradoxically cast as the enemies of masculinity--slaves to the feminist pipe dream of a 'gender-neutral' (read: anti-male, pro-female) world."

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The Chop Approves of Fox River Gloves

It’s no secret that the Chop is a big fan of woolen garments. We’re practically one quarter sheep on our mother’s side. Jackets, overcoats, even chunky socks; we wear it all, all Winter long. Strangely though we’ve never been much on gloves. We’re they type whose prone to leave one glove behind when we go […]

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Charm City Roller Girls @ Du Burns Arena Tomorrow

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Drugstore Find: Tree Hut Shea Sugar Scrub Brazilian Nut

I discovered this at Ulta last year while hunting for a new sugar scrub.  I love the Bath & Body Works sugar scrubs but at $20+ a piece they are too pricey for me to buy regularly. I was hoping there was a cheaper alternative, and this Tree Hut sugar scrub is similar enough and only $7.50.

Out of the scents they have I like the Brazilian Nut the most. This is a large 18 oz jar. I prefer sugar to salt in body scrubs as the salt hurts after I shave. I’m sure I’m supposed to use this before I shave, but then I take all the oils off my legs shaving. What I like about sugar scrubs is the oil that’s leftover on my skin makes the need to lotion up after a shower not necessary. I like that you can just towel dry and get dressed.

The grains in this are small, some sugar scrubs can be larger and more abrasive. This one gives a good exfoliation, without the abrasive feel. The scent is slightly sweet, and has a nut oil scent, kind of similar to Ojon hair stuff. This scrub does leave less oils behind after rinsing than Bath & Body Works, so if you like to be really greasy after using a sugar scrub you may have to add some extra oil to the scrub to make it more greasy.

The main ingredients are: sugar, glycerin, Brazil nut seed oil, shea butter fruit, safflower seed oil, evening primrose oil, sweet almond oil, avocado oil, macadamia seed oil, orange oil and walnut shell powder.

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Liquid Highlighters: Armani Fluid Sheer #7, #13 & Charlotte Tilbury Wonderglow: Review & Swatches

These are my favorite liquid highlighters of all time. I like liquid highlighters to mix in with foundation for that sheer first layer, then I just add regular foundation over the areas I need it more. I tend to not use the liquid versions on top of foundation as it removes it some. I prefer cream or powder more concentrated highlighters for the actual cheek bone or other areas on top of foundation. Liquids give a diffuse all over radiance or glow.

Armani Fluid Sheers are one of the best for this purpose. They are 30 ml size glass bottles with pumps, the packaging is excellent. The retail is $62. Armani is one of the few designers who came out with a makeup line that is actually worth it. They are pricey but their stuff is well done. The Fluid Sheers range from sheer highlighters to more colored options which allow you to color correct some. You don’t use a lot at a time so the bottle does last a long time. They are all non greasy and suitable for all skin types.

Armani Fluid Sheer #7 is in the middle. This is a sheer pink/white base with pink pearl. The base is really clear after rubbed in it just looks milky when dispensed. The pink pearl is almost purple in some lights, but it’s more pink overall. The shimmer is not overwhelming at all, it just adds a luminosity, radiance and glow.

Armani Fluid Sheer #13, also called Radiant Pigment, is on the left. It was limited edition from spring last year. This is by far my favorite of the three. It has a white base with a hint of gold and mostly red pearl. The shimmer is subtle and again just adds that luminosity and glow. The red shimmer is the most apparent once rubbed in.  The pearl pigment in this one is more concentrated than in #7 so you will get more glow from it. The white base adds no color, it doesn’t lighten your complexion. I really wish this one was in the permanent line up, though recently on I saw the Armani Summer 2015 collection has a few fluid sheers in it, and #13 is listed, so I’m hoping it’s getting repromoted. If so, I will be getting a back up of this.

Charlotte Tilbury’s Wonder Glow, on the right, I ordered not sure what I was going to get. I was thinking it would be way too shimmery for me. It actually ended up being the sheerest of the three above. It’s a clear base with golden champagne shimmer. The shimmer is very fine, it’s not glittery or frosty at all. It’s a 40 ml tube that retails for $55. This has a slight rose scent, nothing overpowering. This also gives a bit of hydration as well, but it’s not greasy at all. It can function like a hydrating primer. Per Charlotte’s website it’s supposed to have a breakthrough Florescent Core Light Diffuser that steals UV light from it’s surroundings and re-emits it as skin luminosity. It also has skin care benefits that Armani does not. It gives me a light glow, I like the idea of it doubling as a skin care item, and isn’t too much glow which is why I like it. I don’t mix this one in my foundation, I usually layer it like a primer under foundation, but you could mix it. It’s suitable for all skin types.

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Friday, November 16, 2012

I wrote this two part article just under two years ago.  Unfortunately, nothing has occurred in the last two years to cause me to change anything that I wrote then.

Part 1

Israel is concerned that upgrading diplomatic relations with the Palestinian Authority will be but one step closer to full recognition of Palestinian statehood.  In fact UDI (Unilateral Declaration of Independence) should be pre-empted by Israel declaring its full acceptance of one or even two Palestinian states.

Am I perhaps naïve, or even worse? I don’t understand why we beat ourselves up at every possible opportunity. Most people understand that some sort of peace will one day be made between Israelis and Palestinians. Of course terms are complicated. But we have allowed our enemies to take the centre stage and they are hogging the limelight. There is no counter-attack from the State of Israel to repudiate the lies and the half-truths that are thrown at us.  There is no consensus within the political classes, and therefore only the extremists are heard with anything approaching a coherent, if divisive, agenda.

George Orwell observed that whoever controls the past controls the future, and whoever controls the present controls the past. The Arab world with its buddies at the UN and friendly news media are doing an excellent job of controlling the lot.

So I have a plan!

Act 1. Bibi goes to the UN General Assembly. He proposes recognition of the State of Palestine and separate recognition of the independent entity ruled by Hamas in Gaza based on minimalist borders for both of the new states.

Act 2. Bibi proposes East Jerusalem be recognised as the capital of Palestine, and West Jerusalem be (finally) recognised as the capital of Israel.

Act 3. Bibi announces that The Old City of Jerusalem is to remain in Israeli hands (see Act 5) and after a reasonable period of peaceful co-existence a plebiscite will be held by all eligible (i.e. resident) citizens of the Old City, overseen by impartial observers in order to decide on its future allegiance.

Act 4. Bibi demands the consulates in West Jerusalem operating under the principle of extra-territoriality and non-recognition of Israel be immediately and permanently closed. [This should have been done years ago]

Act 5. Bibi provides a principled summary of the history of the Old City of Jerusalem through Jewish eyes i.e. the control by Muslims through the ages; Palestinian control between 1948 and 1967; the destruction of Jewish archaeology and cultural history, Jewish majority for most of the last 200 years.

Act 6. Bibi proposes the setting up of a special permanent committee to explain how Islamic cultural colonialism became acceptable in the UN.  This would be explained with reference to the refusal to recognise Jewish rights in any of the Islamic, Arab or Palestinian literature. The rewriting of history by this ‘Tripartite conspiracy’ is important. [Even if no-one is interested, history has shown that the fate of the Jews is a mirror to the fate that lies in wait for others.]

Act 7. Bibi, given his acute sensitivity to history, reminds the UN that historically the term “Judaisation” was used by fascist and racist regimes to justify the ethnic cleansing of Jews. Furthermore, after Palestinian forces had ethnically cleansed Jerusalem of its Jews in 1948, and in recognition of the ongoing destruction of Jewish archaeology on the Temple Mount, the term as applied to a Jewish return to Jerusalem is morally indefensible. Palestinian policy calls for the death penalty for anyone selling land to Jews in Palestine. This is racist.

Why should we do this? Because a nation must stake its claim to virtue before it fights for its honour. This is something that Israel has contemptuously ignored in its past dealings with the UN.  It is time to change tactics.

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Palestine and Gaza as separate, legally recognised states will not make a difference to the propaganda war waged against the Jewish Commonwealth.

Israel must focus its attention on the symbolic as well. It has never been ‘only’ a physical conflict. Moral recognition of 1,400 years of Islamic conquest and Arab persecution must be recognised as a counter weight to the tragedy of Palestinian dispossession.  Some form of restitution to the refugees of Palestine must have equal weight with recognition that Arab regimes ethnically cleansed their Jewish population throughout the Arab world, and that for universal justice to be seen to be done equal rights of reparation must apply.  As there is little chance that more than a handful of Jews would risk returning to live in the racist and undemocratic Arab world, this clearly precludes a refugee right of return.

On a similar note, it must be argued that equal application of refugee definitions are a pre-requisite for the promotion of historical reconciliation between the two peoples.

Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad’s plan to declare Palestinian statehood (now Mahmoud Abbas’s plan) should be encouraged, along with his recognition of the historic injustices that his people have carried out against the Jewish people. Similarly Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, can express contrition for Israel’s suffering under Arab racist propaganda. A difference between the Muslim and the Jewish world view is that most Israelis can agree to differ and still expect a minimum standard of behaviour from our citizens towards our enemy, even when the enemy presents an existential threat.  Propagandists for Palestine proclaim that they will respect us when we give them what they want. 1,400 years of interaction with the Arab world has taught us differently.

In 1986 I heard Dr Hanan Ashrawi declare that Palestinian racism and bigotry would disappear when Palestine came into being.  The problem I have with this is that it is Arab culture that speaks this nonsense, not Jewish civilisation. The government of Mahmoud Abbas named a Palestinian Square after Dalal Al-Mughrabi, a Palestinian ‘martyr’ who murdered 37 Israeli civilians, including 12 children, in a 1978 terror incident. It isn’t just conflict that encourages dehumanization. The glorification of mass murderers and the idealization of child killers is an act of barbarism that denies Civilization because it repudiates survival of the species. It is a microcosm of the act of genocide. There is a reason that normative Judaism sees only shame and despair in the killing of children, even in time of war, such as during the First Gaza War.

I don’t expect Palestinian Arabs or Christians living under Muslim threat to empathise with my Jewish historical narrative. 1,400 years of beating up your neighbours does not make you tolerant of their wish for self-determination. But I am no longer asking the world for the right to self-determination. Nor is my self-determination open to negotiation.  The State of Israel was a historically inevitable event that would have occurred even without the horrors of the Shoah. The State of Israel represents the Jewish Intifada against Arab aggression and the Jewish intifada against Islamic persecution.

It is why the narrative must be rewritten to reflect our reality and our demand for a priori recognition of the essential Jewishness of the State.

There is no rational response to denial. In order to create change we must have consensus. By denying Jewish history and dismissing Arab historical prejudice we cannot have the mutual recognition of our parallel traumas. We are two peoples refusing to recognise each others' suffering at the hands of the other, but therefore we are also two people shouting at each other while looking away in order to not recognise our mutual humanity.

Poverty, ignorance and war do not breed hero worship for child killers. A theological justification for genocide does.  Islam is replete with atrocities committed in the name of its prophet and in the name of its god. Popular support is underpinned theologically, politically and ideologically. When death is raised on a pedestal to be glorified as a cultural ideal, when superiority is understood to be a birthright, and slavery an obligation to be imposed on ones enemy, then and only then do we worship child killers.

One man’s terrorist cannot be another man’s freedom fighter. Intolerance, racist propaganda, a Nazi-style press, ethnic cleansing, and an Islamic racial agenda: these must all be brought up as final agenda items for inclusion in all future discussion at any national and international fora.

And UDI? Yes, let us welcome Palestine and Gaza as the world’s newest independent nations. You persuade the other side to discuss what they have always rejected by placing on the table that which is most uncomfortable for them and then repeating the truths they have rejected in every possible forum. Let us negotiate on all of the issues and not just the ones our enemies want us to discuss.

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From dropping new singles off her forthcoming album, 'The Pink Print,' to walking the red carpet to promote 'The Other Woman,' Nicki Minaj seems to be everywhere these days.

Despite her busy schedule, she had the chance to sit down for an in-depth interview with FADER magazine, where she is the Fall Fashion issue's cover star.

Dressed head-to-toe in Jean-Paul Gaultier, Minaj is looking strong and sexy on the cover of the magazine. The Young Money rapstress carries that attitude in the rest of the photos that go along with the interivew.

Known for her candidness, she addresses a number of topics including the health issues she alluded to during her BET acceptance speech as well as proving her hip-hop credibility.

“I felt like my pop music made me have to retell my story," Minaj tells writer Carrie Battan. "My credibility as an MC -- I never thought I would have to explain that,” she says. “I thought it was so evident that I belonged here [in hip-hop]."

While Minaj is living the high life of success and fame, the 'Chi-Raq' rapper also reveals how hard it was leaving her family once she signed with Young Money.

"One day he asked my mother, ‘Do you ever think there’ll come a time we all live in the same house again, and Onika will be back and she’ll have her room, and I’ll have my room?’” she recalls. “And it just broke my heart.” Before a tear can muck up any of her makeup, Safaree Samuels, Minaj's reported boyfriend, wordlessly pops up from the couch to nab her a tissue.

Minaj continued, trying to hold back tears, "I don’t want to get emotional. I just miss them. Every time I talk about them, I get emotional.”

While we're still waiting for 'The Pink Print,' check out Nicki's interview with the FADER before the issue hits newsstands on Aug. 26.


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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Threatens Colorado Reporter

November 14, 2012

Secretary Salazar threatened to punch a Colorado reporter after encountering questions he didn’t like.

WASHINGTON — After being questioned about a major wild horse buyer who is under federal investigation and with whom he has business ties, U.S. Secretary of the Department of Interior Ken Salazar threatened to punch a reporter allegedly.

KKCO aired a clip of the exchange between Salazar and reporter Dave Philipps of The Colorado Springs Gazette at an election-day rally in Fountain, Colo.

“You know what. You can never do that. This is the Obama … You know what. You do that to me again. I’m gonna punch you out.”

You can listen to a clip of the audio here.

Blake Androff, a spokesman for the Interior department, did not confirm Salazar threatened the reporter, but indicated disappointment with his conduct. “The Secretary regrets the exchange,” Androff wrote in an email.

Salazar, a former U.S. senator and attorney general of Colorado, attended the Nov. 6 event at an Obama campaign office in the south-central suburb to rally party volunteers and activists. Speaking less than four hours before the polls closed in Colorado, Salazar noted he had traveled throughout southern Colorado in the previous 24 hours and was speaking in a non-professional capacity. The trip represented Salazar’s latest effort to stump in support of Obama’s re-election campaign.

After Salazar addressed the volunteers, Philipps approached him for an interview. His last two questions were about Tom Davis, a livestock hauler from southern Colorado whose parents worked on Salazar’s ranch in Alamosa. Philipps’ story for the online newspaper Pro Publica on Sept. 28 reported that Davis has bought at least 70 percent of the wild horses and burros that the Bureau of Land Management has sold through its sale program since 2009, and suggested that Davis was a convenient buyer, as the Interior department division has struggled to find willing buyers of the animals.

The publication also reported that Davis is the subject of an undisclosed investigation by the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Inspector General; Christi Lightdap, a spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Agriculture, said Davis admitted to officials he has shipped wild horses out of Colorado without the required inspections. Davis could not be reached for comment.

After Phillipps asked Salazar about the federal probe of Davis and the BLM’s management of the program, the secretary got testy allegedly. Both the Gazette and Ginger Kathrens, executive director of The Cloud Foundation, a wild-horse advocacy group, said Salazar pushed Philipps’ video camera out of the way and walked within inches of his face. “His statement was in a low voice, and he was very, very angry,” Kathrens said.

As The Observer reported earlier, a Washington-based non-profit legal organization said it has filed a complaint with the Office of Special Counsel against Salazar for allegedly violating a federal law during a speech he gave last month in Montrose, Colo. Salazar’s spokesman said he made the remarks at the county Democratic Party headquarters as a private citizen.

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7 Responses to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Threatens Colorado Reporter

  1. Boris B
    November 15, 2012 at 9:22 pm

    ““You know what. You can never do that. This is the Obama … ”

    I really wish he had finished his line of thought there…

    What an arrogant jackass.

    And then:
    “Salazar’s spokesman said he made the remarks at the county Democratic Party headquarters as a private citizen.”

    really, but , but, he was saying and I quote “This is the Obama … ”

    Salazar needs to make up his mind which way he wants to have it…

  2. December 8, 2013 at 7:02 am

    So agree…what an arrogant jackass!!!

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A report by Cult of Mac is about two new MacBook Air Models that will be released within this week. The new models will be in 13.3 inch and 11.6 inch with a bigger battery and more ports.

No other details of technical specifications, and pricing at the moment, there will be more update later this week.

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Lost skills in cookery, craft, and culture.

Victoria Osborne is a born again peasant.

She has worked at a variety of jobs over the years including riding teacher; deck hand on a traditional three masted schooner; school registrar; business manager and specialist antique dealer. She has now turned her hand to telling others about the skills she has picked up over the years. Victoria has experimented with self sufficiency, living on a small small-holding in Wiltshire where she kept chickens, bees, rabbits, quail, sheep, pigs, horses and, most recently, a working donkey. She grows her own vegetables, cures and smokes her own bacon and ham, makes bread both for sale and for her family’s consumption. She has made wine, baskets, soap, preserves and built a replica Iron Age roundhouse. Victoria has most recently been a research student at a West Country university, studying for a PhD in Artisan cheesemakers, only giving this up when the natural curiosity of the peasant finally took over!


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Star runner Barraza finishes final season, leaves legacy of consistency

Head Coach Steve Magness said Brian Barraza has put himself alongside Cougar greats Al Lawrence and Leonard Hilton with his consistent work and finishing. | Thomas Dwyer/The Cougar

Redshirt senior Brian Barraza said he wants to leave a legacy of consistent hard work training for cross country and be remembered for always putting in the effort to finish as high as he could.

Barraza’s desire is anything but far-fetched. In four seasons of competition, Barraza was the model of consistency for the Cougars. Barraza’s numerous top-five and top-three finishes and multiple qualifications to the NCAA championship made his career with the Cougars one of the most successful since Olympians Al Lawrence and Leonard Hilton ran for the team in the ’60s and ’70s.

“We might not ever have another Brian, but his legacy will carry on for years,” head coach Steve Magness said. “He showed that you can become one of the best in the nation at a non-Power 5, inner-city university.”

Barraza has spearheaded a movement to bring the Cougars to a competitive level in the American Athletic Conference. And for the most part, it has been successful. For the first three years competing in the new conference, the Cougars placed in the top five each time, twice finishing third.

In all but his freshman year, Barraza was the Cougars’ top finisher. Although the team placed only sixth in his final conference championship race, Barraza had his best finish, placing second behind only Emmanuel Rotich of Tulane.

Barraza said he wanted to show others that Houston is a place where they can find success in cross country. When he came to Houston, all he had was faith in himself and Magness. It was his consistent effort that brought him success.

“People think you have to go to California or Oregon or some storied program in the Midwest to be successful,” Barraza said. “And really you get out of the program what you put into that program.”

Above the rest

The factors that made Barraza stand out were his trips to the NCAA Championships.

On the first trip, Barraza said the magnitude of the stage made him question if he belonged. But his second trip erased his doubts, and he felt he belonged at the front of the pack during his most recent trip, Barraza said.

But it was at the NCAA South Central Regional where Barraza was emotional about his distance career with the Cougars coming to an end. That day, the men placed sixth and Barraza placed second out of more than 200 runners. It was their best finish in 13 years, but they fell four spots short of the mark to qualify for nationals as a team.

“We have an old team now,” Barraza said. “We had four fifth-year seniors that raced at regionals. So when we crossed the line together, we could all feel the five years of work that we had put in.”

Moving on

Lacking Barraza, the team will need to adapt. He said it will take time to rebuild, but the team is still set up for the future.

This year, five different runners ran under the old school 3K record, Barraza said, showing they are moving in the right direction. Junior G.J. Reyna has already established himself as the successor to the top finisher on the team. With him at the helm, the Cougars should be able to build off of what they accomplished with Barraza.

“Everybody’s pushed the program in the right direction,” Barraza said when asked how the team has changed since his freshman year in 2013. “Every single person that we’ve brought in has taken charge of the team in their own way, pushed us in a direction to make every recruiting class a little bit better (and) every workout a little bit better.”

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‘Fifteen’ is Melanie Addington’s latest project, showcases community

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This year’s community film project at the 15th annual Oxford Film Festival will be “Fifteen” premiering at the Powerhouse from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 3 p.m. Sunday.

Melanie Addington, the executive director of the festival and the director of “Fifteen,” said she hasn’t done a film in a couple of years, but because it is the 15th anniversary of the event, she thought it was a good time to make a film.

“I decided to jump in, and it was really exciting,” Addington said. “I always get to work every year on a community film as a producer, but getting to help tell the story and shape the vision was really fun because everyone is really talented in Oxford.”

The script for Addington’s film “Fifteen” was written in one day. The inspiration came from googling the word “fifteen” to help get her brain started.

Addington found an Andy Warhol quote that has to do with everyone having his or her 15 minutes of fame.

The artist Banksy updated that quote to 15 minutes of anonymity. Addington said she really liked that idea because everyone becomes super famous in his or her own way by taking selfies and social media.

This film is about a 15-year-old deciding if she wants to be a part of that culture or not.

In May, the script was looked at and revised by the help of Rory Ledbetter, a theatre professor at Ole Miss.

After that, Addington received feedback during a table read at Oxford Maker’s Market over the summer.

In the fall, the script was finalized and ready to be shot. The film was reordered over two weekends, and the editing process took about two or three weeks.

Margaret Bushway, a junior broadcast journalism major, was able to be a part of Addington’s filmmaking process as the script supervisor. She was taking Addington’s film festival programing class and asked to be a part of the project.

“That was my first time being a script supervisor, but it was something that I really wanted to get into,” Bushway said. “I’ve done it several more times since then.”

Bushway is also one of the many filmmakers who submitted films to the festival. Her film “Pay the Piper” will be shown Friday night at the festival.

“It’s been one of my goals as a filmmaker to get in this festival. It’s a very professional one,” Bushway said.

Addington said she became a part of film festival by going to the very first one back in 2003 and falling in love with it.

“I really enjoyed it and wanted to get involved,” Addington said. “I signed as a volunteer and kind of built up from there over time.”

Addington’s work paid off, and she was hired by the board of directors in 2015 to the position she has now.

The community film project was started seven years ago, and Addington said filmmakers have always been encouraged to be a part of this event.


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Google is Shutting Down Inbox

Google is Shutting Down Inbox

Inbox was a testing ground of sorts for new Gmail features.

Google launched Inbox in 2014 as an alternative to the company's popular Gmail web service.

For me, Inbox was an attempt to simplify email and while it certainly had some interesting features, Inbox was too simplified and not really usable because of that.

Why it matters: Inbox by Google users will be disappointed to hear that the email client is being discontinued next year. This update brought more of Inbox's features to Gmail, adding to those that had already made their way across. As of Android 8.0 (Oreo), snoozing has become an OS-level feature for all notifications and not just emails.

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Things that started out in the app like Smart Reply and viewing attachments right within the main screen have been added to Gmail, many coming in the last big redesign. On the app's Web page, Google confirms that Inbox will be shuttered in March 2019; the company instead points users toward the new Gmail for numerous same features. The change comes into effect soon after the search giant rolled out a design overhaul for Gmail from June this year.

When I reviewed Inbox back in 2014 I quickly realized that the service was not something that I wanted to use. In it, Google walks customers through using some of their favorite features from Inbox in Gmail as well as discover new ones.

To help users using Inbox move back to Gmail proper, Google has supplied a transition guide on their support site.

I know quite a few Gmail users who switched to Inbox when it was released.

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I was watching “The Thomas Crown Affair” tonight – the original with Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway (but it could’ve just as easily been the 1999 version with Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo), and it put me in mind of the games men and women play when they begin a romance. These characters had to be somewhat cagey with each other because of the circumstances. Dunaway, an insurance investigator, was the cat pursuing McQueen’s bank-robbing mouse. But they were also attracted to each other – each seeing in the other a formidable and worthy complement to their own over-achieving, win-at-all-costs mentalities. One does not often get to meet one’s match, but it seems fairly common in movies. But back to the games …

So they fence and parry throughout their quick courtship. Director Norman Jewison even took it so far as to present it metaphorically in the famous scene of the couple playing chess before consummating their conflicted union. I am a big fan of Jewison’s films, but I always found that scene a bit corny. But it is stylish, and McQueen is the most accessible and amusing I’ve ever seen him on screen. (Granted, I’ve only seen a few of his films.) Apparently it was a part Jewison meant for Sean Connery, who would’ve been perfect. I mean if McQueen could get away with professing his love to someone, surely Connery could have despite his sex-without-love James Bond image.

McQueen’s Thomas Crown at one point deliberately takes out another woman to, as he tells Dunaway, put Dunaway “in touch with herself.” Essentially, he wanted to make Dunaway jealous and realize that she had more invested in him than the commission she’d recover for apprehending him. And I wondered why all that was necessary. Do you really have to play games to make your point in relationships – even if you are trying to keep from being caught for bank robbery?

Speaking of cops and robbers in love, one of my favorite movies with a similar cat and mouse theme is “Out of Sight” starring George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez. You wouldn’t think they’d have so much chemistry on screen, but it is quite palpable. I always recommend it when I can because it’s a great film even beyond their lead characters and so few people saw it. It is directed by Steven Soderbergh who does a great job capturing Elmore Leonard’s novel about a savvy but unlucky bank robber (Clooney) and the smart, tough U.S. marshal on his trail (Lopez).

From the moment they meet (here comes the cliché), it’s magic. But there’s no big build-up; they just click. Unlike the characters in “Thomas Crown,” they know from the beginning who is the cat and who is the mouse. In lieu of fencing, they have banter – in the trunk of a car, on the phone, and eventually, over bourbon in a hotel bar in one of the most understated and genuinely romantic scenes I’ve ever seen. But there are no games – except when they playfully try to be other people so they can have a moment without the looming showdown hanging over them. If there is a game, it is merely the chase and all the accoutrements of a chase. There’s no question they want to be together. The only hindrance is that she has to arrest him – at least, she’s supposed to arrest him. And she always gets her man.

So like Dunaway in “Thomas Crown,” Lopez has to decide whether she’s going to get her man and lose her love or keep her love and lose face with herself and her colleagues. The men in these dramas are more or less at the mercy of the women, which is unusual. Sure, both men have either the means or the opportunity to escape their circumstances, and they are fully aware that these women are smitten. But they also know they are being relentlessly pursued, and these women likely have more pride than sentiment.

 I’ve come to no conclusions on the necessity of game-playing between men and women. Obviously, these two movies offer up extreme circumstances, and there are far better examples of the machinations of people striving to love and be loved. These two examples are more about the chase, and I think these movies do show how much fun the chase can be – even with the extra element of danger in the outcome, or perhaps because of it.


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The University of Oregon has become one of the most relevant college football programs in the nation. They have flirted with obtaining elite status in the past decade. They have uniforms that are mesmerizing and blinding. The brand new football complex is other-worldly, as it is a wondrous new athletic structure. But where Oregon has stood above and beyond in the college football realm is their decision decisions to promote from within, and not reaching out into the nether worlds of a college coaching search.

Since Rich Brooks moved on in 1994, they have promoted Mike Bellotti, then Chip Kelly, and finally Mark Helfrich. It shows an unyielding loyalty to those within the program, and it also has kept the “Oregon Way” in-house.

Some cracks are starting to form, however, with Mark Helfrich. His teams without Marcus Mariota playing quarterback are now at only 12 wins against 10 losses. One expected a slight regression during the 2015 season., but this is now is looking more like a freefall during a tumultuous 2016. Oregon is 3-6 overall and 1-5 in league play following a 45-20 loss this past Saturday against USC. The defense is the main issue as to this free fall, and it has clearly not been repaired with the arrival of former Michigan head coach Brady Hoke. In the five Pac-12 losses, the Ducks have allowed an astounding 259 points, which averages out to 51.8 per game, and 3,141 yards, averaging out to an unreal 628.2 per game.  With their remaining games against Stanford, Utah, and rival Oregon State, a 3-9 season is not at all out of the question.

The question now being raised is what will Oregon do if the season completely craters. One of the hot rumors is that Helfrich’s seat is starting to get hot. I believe that the rumor has merit. The time has come for Oregon, at least in this case, to remove itself from the “Oregon Way” and go outside, hire, and ultimately, pay for a new coach. It’s becoming clearer and clearer that Oregon – backed most notably by Nike magnate and billionaire Phil Knight – is ready and willing to spend.  The possibility that the next coach could break the bank is endless.  The next coach will have an endless supply of resources, as well as now knowing that he can recruit his way.

Here are some of the names that are being thrown out there if the Oregon position were to open after this season:

Tom Herman, Houston

Just because his team lost a couple of games this season, it doesn’t mean that he forgot how to coach. He is still one of the top, if not the top, names out there, and he would have to be considered. Herman has plenty of connections to both the west and midwest regarding recruiting and roots, and Oregon presents itself as a very strong option. If one can see what he is doing with Houston, one could only imagine what he could do with Oregon’s resources.

Dan Mullen, Mississippi State

Mullen just might make the most sense for Oregon. He has done amazing work with the Bulldogs, and the upset of Texas A&M on Saturday is yet another example of the work he’s done in Starkville. He maybe an offensive guru, and, but he has also had a knack for hiring solid defensive assistants, something of which Oregon would look for when looking for a head coach. Also, if you take a very close look at his current staff, there are PAC-12 roots already laid. Current defensive coordinator Peter Sirmon played at Oregon and was an assistant at USC and Washington, while quarterbacks coach Brian Johnson played and coached at Utah.

Bryan Harsin, Boise State

Now, if Oregon ultimately doesn’t opt to break the bank, and keep the salary to within the “Oregon Way,” do not be surprised if Harsin becomes an intriguing choice. Harsin’s predecessor at BSU, Chris Petersen, now coach of the Washington Huskies, was said to be interested in the Oregon job when it opened both times during his tenure there. Harsin is presently 29-7 at Boise, and could have them play in a New Year’s Day bowl as part of the Group of Five. The idea of the pupil (Harsin) and mentor (Petersen) squaring off in the PAC-12 is most certainly an intriguing one.

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Outlawed Turkish Group Claims Responsibility for Ankara Attack

According to reports in Hurriyet, the Turkish daily newspaper, the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C), a radical Marxist group that is outlawed in Turkey claimed responsibility on Saturday for the terror attack at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara on Friday, February 1.

The leftist group justified the attack as retaliation for American policy in Iraq, Syria, Egypt and Libya in a statement published on its website, according to public broadcaster TRT. Their web site also stated that the US is the “murderer of the peoples of the world.”

A security guard was killed in the blast which rocked the embassy in Ankara on Friday afternoon. The suicide bomber was also killed. One person was wounded. The group said its “warrior” had carried out an act of “self-sacrifice.” Turkish news organizations say authorities have detained three people in connection with the attack. The news reports say the three were detained by police during operations in Ankara and Istanbul.

On Friday, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed reports claiming the attacker was a 30-year-old member of DHKP/C. The suspect, identified as Ecevit Sanlı, has previously spent time in prison, according to reports. The radical group identified the bomber and included a photo of him brandishing weapons.

Turkey’s Anadolu news agency says the suicide bomber had entered Turkey illegally. The news agency reported the interior ministry said the bomber used a fake identity. A reporter for VOA’s Turkish service said the guard was killed near an X-ray machine at an embassy checkpoint.

“The suicide bomber exploded the bomb right after crossing the personnel entry]and died in the explosion. A birth mark on his head proves his identity, but DNA tests will be carried out to make sure. It is clear that he is a member of DHKP/C. He has perpetrated such attacks before,” Erdogan said, during a live TV interview on private broadcaster Haberturk.

The Ankara Governor’s Office also confirmed that the suicide bomber was Sanlı, who had attacked an Istanbul military guesthouse in 1997. The attacker has been identified by his family to the authorities and a DNA test has been carried out, reported Hurriyet.

The suspect used six kilos of TNT and an electronic detonator, according to authorities. He also detonated a grenade during the attack, authorities said.

Condemning Friday’s suicide bombing, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters that, “A suicide bombing on the perimeter of an embassy is by definition an act of terror. It is a terrorist attack.”

He added that the United States would work closely with Turkish authorities “to investigate the incident and bring the perpetrators to justice.”

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu also condemned the terror attack in a letter of condolences he sent to President Barack Obama on Friday.

“I was shocked and saddened to learn of the vicious terrorist attack against the U.S. Embassy in Ankara,” Netanyahu wrote. “Such acts of wanton violence remind us of the dangers faced by those who courageously represent us abroad and of the threats which those who despise freedom continue to pose to those who love liberty and life.”

“Our hearts are with you, with bereaved family members, and with the American people,” wrote Netanyahu.

The attack is the second on U.S. diplomatic offices in Turkey in five years. In 2008, three gunmen and three policemen were killed in an attack outside the U.S. consulate in Istanbul.

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I made these little cuties for some friends at work for Halloween!  How cute are these?  Each one has 6 Snickers bites.  For those counting calories, that is 150 calories per bag.  One bag of them had enough bites in there to make these 7 bags.  There was one left over, which my husband quickly ate.  That means I couldn't eat it.  Thanks for taking one for the team, babe!

I think this could fit in The Friday Mashup's weekly challenge.  One part of their challenge this weekend was to use orange in a card or project.  I didn't include leaves, but these are orange for sure!  And it's something different than the card... I am branching out!  And they're super cute.

I used some tiny bags that I had and put the chocolate in.  Then I used a piece of 2" by 8 1/2" black strip and scored it at 4 1/4.  I folded it in half around the top of the chocolate bag and stapled it closed (2 staples as close to the middle of the paper/bag.  Then I cut the v in the black paper to make the banner.  I stamped the image from Tags 4 You.  I stamped it in black ink on Pumpkin Pie.  Then I punched it out.  Next I punched out 4 of the black corners and 4 of the Pumpkin Pie.  Then I started layering them.  First the black, then the orange.  Finally, I popped it up on the middle of the black banner.

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What a fun little treat to hand out! Your banner toppers look fantastic, great use of the orange!

Thanks so much for joining us at The Friday Mashup!

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What a fun banner as a bag topper! So fun to create some little, inexpensive gifts for co-workers. Thanks for joining the Friday Mashup this week.

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Not only are Snickers my favorite but little stamped treats are the best! I love how bright the orange is with the black, and the banner is a cool topper. Thanks for joining in the fun at the Friday MashUp!


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