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S. Korea's Moon calls for talks to end trade row with Japan
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Associated Press 15 August 2019
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People watch a TV screen showing a live broadcast of South Korean President Moon Jae-in's speech during a ceremony to celebrate the Korean Liberation Day, marking the 74th anniversary of Korea's liberation from the Japanese colonial rule, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. The signs read: "Korean Liberation Day."(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in offered an olive branch to Japan to end an ongoing trade dispute Thursday, saying Seoul will "gladly join hands" if Tokyo wants to talk.
Moon in a nationally televised speech also downplayed the threat posed by North Korea's recent short-range ballistic launches and expressed hope that Washington and Pyongyang would soon resume nuclear negotiations.
"If a country weaponizes a sector where it has a comparative advantage, the order of peaceful free trade inevitably suffers. A country that accomplished growth first must not kick the ladder away while others are following in its footsteps," Moon said in reference to Japan.
"If Japan better late than never chooses the path of dialogue and cooperation, we will gladly join hands," he said.
Moon's speech at a ceremony marking the 74th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japanese rule at the end of World War II came amid heightened public anger and diplomatic fallout over Tokyo's recent moves to impose trade curbs on South Korea.
Seoul has accused Tokyo of weaponizing trade to target its export-dependent economy and retaliate against South Korean court rulings calling for Japanese companies to offer reparations to South Koreans forced into labor during World War II. Tokyo's measures struck a nerve in South Korea, where many still harbor resentment over Japan's ruthless colonial rule from 1910 to 1945.
After threatening stern countermeasures and declaring that South Korea would "never lose" to Japan again, Moon has taken a more conciliatory tone over the past week as there was relief in Seoul that the impact of Japan's trade measures might not be as bad as initially thought.
There have also been concerns that the government's nationalistic calls for unity were allowing public anger toward Japan to reach dangerous levels.
Nevertheless, tens of thousands of people were expected join anti-Japan protests planned for Thursday, including an evening candlelit vigil near Seoul's presidential palace.
Thousands of protesters dressed in raincoats marched in heavy rain toward the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. They carried signs that said "Apologize for War Crimes" and "Compensate Forced Laborers."
"I have a lot that I want to say, but I can't," said an emotional Lee Chun-sik, 95, the only survivor among four plaintiffs who won a landmark compensation case last October against Japan's Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., decades after being forced to work at the company's steel mills during World War II.
Lee thanked the marchers for taking part.
The trade dispute comes as South Korea's relations with North Korea worsen. Pyongyang has been ignoring Seoul's calls for dialogue and in recent weeks test fired a slew of new short-range weapons that potentially threaten the South.
Experts say the North's recent launches are aimed at building leverage for nuclear talks with the United States, and pressuring Seoul to coax major concessions from Washington on its behalf.
"In spite of a series of worrying actions taken by North Korea recently, the momentum for dialogue remains unshaken," Moon said.
He called for new negotiations between the Koreas and the U.S. "at the earliest possible date."
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Maria Trip, painted by Dutch painter Rembrandt, wears very fashionable and costly 17th-century garments.
The possible sitter, Maria Trip was the daughter of Elias Trip, a successful man that rose to become one of the wealthiest and powerful merchant in Amsterdam (Prak 122). Maria, who was born in 1619 and died in 1683, was twenty years old in 1639 when Rembrandt likely painted her. This painting definitely reflects her high status, enhancing it by depicting her expensive garments and accessories.
Maria Trip in this portrait is wearing a plain, high-waisted, shimmering black satin gown (Boucher 274), with a low-necked bodice. Underneath, she is wearing a skirt starting at the waist and ornamented with metallic lace. The carefully open seamed sleeves of the dress are cut a couple inches above her wrists, which reveals her bracelets. The end of her sleeves are capped with elaborate lace cuffs. On top of the gown, she has a partlet and a triple lace collar; the fabric is so fine that we can discern her skin through it.
Maria Trip's gown in Rembrandt's painting appears to be large and reveals a voluminous silhouette. Like in Vermeer's painting Woman Reading a Letter (Fig. 1), the woman has a full-figured form that is enhanced by the garments. According to Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., the curator of the Northern European Art Collection at the National Gallery of Art in Washington: "Dutch fashions in the mid-seventeenth century seemed to have encourage a bulky silhouette" ('Vermeer's Women').
This symbolic fan is probably a way to indicate that Maria Trip is ready to enter the marriage market. In fact, two years after this painting was made, she married Balthasar Coymans, son of Balthasar Coymans, a rich merchant (Geni).
In Portrait of Agatha Bas (Fig. 3), also by Rembrandt, the sitter is also holding a fan. However, Agatha Bas was already married to Nicolaes van Bembeeck (Royal Collection Trust) when this painting was done, therefore, in this case, the fan is probably just a representation of wealthy fashionability.
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Hill, Daniel Delis. History of World Costume and Fashion. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2011. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/731445106.
Park, Maarten. The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century. Cambridge University Press, 2005. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/608429984.
Winkel, Marieke de. Fashion and Fancy: Dress and Meaning in Rembrandt's Paintings. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2006. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/185725665.
Loise Eisenhart. 22 year old Swiss student. Photography Major (class of 2019). Minoring in Fashion History, enrolled in HA344: The History of Western Costume (Fall 2017) with Professor De Young.


Belmond La Residence D'Angkor Hotel in Siem Reap prides itself on the intimacy and beauty of the retreat. Nestled on the banks of a tree lined river, the views capture Cambodia's rich history and culture. The hotel offers a modern take on the past yet still manages to maintain traditional Khmer architecture. Surrounded by beautiful foliage and flowers the pool offers a tranquil and private setting, in contrast to the hustle and bustle of Siem Reap a few miles down the road. All 62 rooms, made up of Resident suites and Deluxe rooms vary in style.
Siem Reap, a short walk from the hotel, is host to lively markets, art galleries and a thriving nightlife. If you are looking for a contrast to the relaxing nature of the hotel this is the place to go. However, if you want to stay in the hotel shopping is close by; Belmond La Residence D'Angkor Hotel has two boutiques selling stunning clothes and local jewellery. As well as the town, the Tonle Sap Lake and Angkor Wat are close by acting as ideal bases to explore the region, whether that is by kayaking, sailing or trekking. A short taxi ride in our private transfer from Siem Reap International Airport will lead you to this charming haven.
Rooms are created out of subtle local materials to add to the effect of its surroundings and all are unique in their own quirky style. Deluxe rooms are exquisitely decorated in soft cottons, with a private terrace to enjoy the glistening waters of the pool or the vibrant gardens. Resident suites are positioned in the quietest area of the hotel to ensure maximum relaxation. As well as a lounge, rooms offer grand terraces where you can enjoy some al fresco dining or cocktails under the stars.
Before sampling the various cuisines, it is essential to pay a trip to the spa. In a secluded area of the hotel, spa treatments, yoga and the infamous water blessings are all available at the tip of your fingers. After rejuvenating yourself in the spa, take a trip to our favourite bar, the Martini lounge, with the best Martini's and personalised cocktails in town what more could you want? Oh yes it also boasts stunning views of the tropical gardens and Siem Reap River with an extensive tapas list, the perfect end to a perfect night.


Hosts Mary and Blake have a special bonus episode dedicated to only listener feedback! In this episode you'll learn all about: Ernie Banks, Lethal Weapon, the difference between love and being IN love, Back To The Future, Blake's continued dismay over team Jamie and team Frank, and Meg Griffin from The Family Guy..
Yes, Jamie is gorgeous, built, yada yada yada. I agree. But Claire is the one putting it all out there – trying not to get killed by both Scotts and Britts, having to mend every person that she come into contact with, etc… Thank God for Uncle Lamb! That's why she adapts so well to her surroundings. I would nut up with no underwear, no toothbrush, no deodorant and most importantly no freaking pink razor. All that sets Claire apart from the average, modern woman of 1945 or even today's woman. You go girl – and yes, I went there.
Thank you for referring to Mrs. Fitz's hair! When she first came on the screen with her hair all done up for the Gatherinng, the first thing I thought of was the bride of Frankenstein. It wasn't as big, but it was still some crazy hair. Thank you for the new perspectives on the story. The discussion is something I would love to have with my friends if they were into the show and gives me a chance to rethink how I originally perceived what I read and watched. I get why Blake is on team Frank and am kinda leaning in that direction in terms of where we are in the story. Love listening and can't wait for more!
Goodness me, you two are so adorable and fun! You have such great chemistry together and I found myself laughing so much during this particular podcast. Thank you for having a feedback podcast.
Being late to the party, I am listening to you two in reverse (to keep the Outlander Love going during hiatus) and it is a great way to spend an hour!
I admit, I share in Elizabeth's lovely Outlander obsession. And thank you Blake for the guy perspective and tolerance of all the Mary swooning at your table. You GO Mary!
Speaking from experience as a parent, I commend you Mary and Blake for creating your podcasts and hanging in there. I can appreciate what it takes and it makes it all the more enjoyable with those baby noises in the background.
Keep it up guys…I look forward to the next one!
Blake- Your Outlandish theory about how Jamie worded his conditional loyalty to Collum was really interesting. I had to listen to it again before I could reply and it really was so well constructed for a plan B, on the spot. Jamie is actually quite the statesman. You could actually see the wheels turning in his head before he spoke as he waited in line. It was just reaffirming the position he always had. Remember, plan A was to hide!
Sarah – Yes, it's definitely an experience being a parent and doing this podcasting thing. But we wouldn't have it any other way. I am sorry for all the sounds from our son. We try our best to keep him at bay but he's like Godzilla.
I just found Outlander Cast this week via The Scot and the Sassenach. Mary and Blake, you are fabulous and I'm binge-listening to catch up.
What genius came up with the connection between Murtagh's comment and Lethal Weapon? I had completely forgotten that the Danny Glover character's name was Roger Murtaugh!
Incidentally, the other day for some reason I turned on the closed captioning when I was watching an episode. The closed captioning isn't perfect, but I did catch a few pieces of dialog I hadn't been able to understand. For instance, I got the one snippet of dialog in the shinty game between Dougal and Jamie that I'd been missing.
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Ace Combat 7 Gets Official PC System Requirements
Alessio Palumbo • Sep 20, 2018 01:30 PM EDT
Ace Combat 7 now has a proper Steam page which lists the game's system requirements. You can find them below.
OS: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 (64-bit OS required)
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750Ti(2GB)
Sound Card: DirectX 11 sound card
OS: Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 (64-bit OS required)
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (3GB)
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown is now due to release on January 18th, 2019 for consoles (PlayStation 4 and Xbox One), while PC gamers will have to wait a couple more weeks, February 1st to be exact.
It should be well worth it, according to Chris, who played the game at Gamescom 2018 and also interviewed Producer Kazutoki Kono about it.
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This time it looked and felt absolutely fantastic. It was perfectly responsive on the PS4 and the attention to detail is better than ever before. Particularly so, with one of the new key features of the game: Clouds. Clouds naturally play an important part in the air, acting as a cover for movement or causing turbulence. Indeed, air currents, clouds, and movements within the sky, even those that are invisible to the human eye, occur within the series for the very first time.
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FSi was the mechanical engineer for the preliminary design of Sound Transit's East Link. The completed rail line will connect Downtown Seattle to Redmond. FSi provided mechanical, plumbing, and fire protection design for six stations along this line for the 30% level documents. This included cost estimating, a basis of design, and drawings to 30% level. The most technically complex station was the Bellevue Tunnel Station, with mechanical, fire protection, and plumbing design to serve all underground spaces documented in full drawings. FSi developed an energy model of the Bellevue Tunnel Station to select the most efficient system possible. This allowed us to select a high efficiency water to water heat pump to effectively meet cooling and heating needs, instead of moving very large volumes of air. This system can provide significant cost savings, measurable energy savings, and increased comfort over the standard systems in the Sound Transit design manual.
On behalf of the Boeing Company I want to extend our thanks for having a "git er done" attitude on this project. It took a team to accomplish the goal to meet the production/shop schedule and your team proved that it could be done.


Our TRANSFORM collection has the same garment construction and size range as our PERFORM collection. The graphics are highly customisable using our TRANSFORM KIT-CONFIGURATOR.
To start the process just click the design that you like in our TRANSFORM collection. Our online KIT-CONFIGURATOR will then launch and you're up and running. All you have to do is select the piece that you want to change the colour/design of, then choose your new one. There are around 12 different pieces in a jersey that you can change, so there's plenty of scope to be creative.
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While wood is still pronounced as the most popular for office desk, the cheaper and artificial replacement started to rise. Acrylic. Not having to cut timber and coming cheaper with more modern design made acrylic desks started to be really popular.
Its resemblance to glass also make acrylic popular. Not only desks, now you can find it as aquarium walls and even chairs. Previously, acrylic desks always stand alone. But now people have started to mix acrylic with glass, wood, and many other materials. Some even painted the acrylic or disguise it for a completely different look.
It's sleek, simple, and modern. Plus, it's cheap. Which mean, if you're working from home. This kind of desk is what you want. You can put it anywhere you want. It's quite small, so it won't take much space.
Also a solution for home office. Or if you want a small office room. L-shaped design with a shelf acting as one leg, make everyone forget that it's mounted to the wall. Coming in white, just like the bookshelf, give the whole room a more modern look.
For more industrial look, you can try this acrylic desk. It's lined with aluminum and comes with a matching chair. The desk itself have small wheels, so you can move it around wherever you want.


Council endorsed the region's first ever arts plan at the August 2018 Ordinary Meeting.
Through the Sunshine Coast Arts Plan 2018-2038, council aims to grow, strengthen and seek opportunities to develop and showcase the local arts sector.
grow participation in the arts.
1. Local artists and artistic content is developed and celebrated.
2. Arts audiences and creative opportunities flourish through investment and development.
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Delta IV Heavy/Orion Test Proposed
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On September 1, 2010, Laurence Price, Deputy Orion Project Manager at Lockheed Martin, sat for an interview with Dr. David Livingston of The Space Show, a biweekly radio talk show also available online in podcast form. During the interview, Mr. Price mentioned that a precursor Orion spacecraft could be launched into orbit as early as 2013 by a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy.
Mr. Price explained that Lockheed Martin had been working to "decouple" the Orion spacecraft, a crew carrier originally designed for NASA's now-shelved Constellation lunar program, from its launch vehicle. The team wanted to add flexiblity to their planning, so that their program could continue while the government decides on NASA's future. Since Ares I, the Constellation crew launch vehicle, will likely not be developed, this approach only makes sense.
When President Obama canceled NASA's Constellation program in February, 2010, Orion was left without a mission. Realizing that Orion would also be canceled, the President ordered NASA, in April, 2010, to begin developing an ISS crew rescue vehicle based on Orion's design. This decision kept Lockheed Martin's program going, though at reduced staffing levels.
Prior to the cancellation, the Orion team had been planning for an "Ares I-Y" suborbital test flight, probably in 2012 or 2013, followed by an unmanned orbital test flight in 2014. The first crewed flight was expected to occur in 2015. These schedules were slipping with the ongoing Constellation budget squeeze.
Mr. Price provided two important revelations. First – that the Orion team, watching NASA's proposed FY2011 budget work its way through Congress, had been planning broader goals than just crew rescue for Orion. Orion was being designed to go both to ISS and to asteroids. Second – that plans were afoot for an earlier orbital test flight, in 2013, to be launched by a Delta IV Heavy, to be followed by crewed flights beginning in 2015. The plans required funding, which Mr. Price said had yet to be allocated, though he believed that portions were in the Congressional bills.
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The rationale for using Delta IV Heavy is, essentially, that it exists. It is currently the only launch vehicle in the U.S. inventory capable of lifting an Orion spacecraft. Others projected to be able to do the job, such as Atlas V Heavy, are still on the drawing board. The Orion team wanted to avoid getting bogged down in a launch vehicle development effort. Ariane 5 could also lift an Orion test flight, but Mr. Price noted that using the European launcher would add substantial ground processing complexity that the team had decided to avoid.
Orion is being designed to be orbited by any number of launch vehicles, including any "Space Launch System" super heavy lifter that NASA might one day develop. Once the spacecraft is "married" to Delta IV Heavy, however, it might prove difficult to "divorce" Orion from that rocket. In the spaceflight business, such relationships tend to last.
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Georgia's election woes sound awfully familiar in SoCal
Susan Shelly
OPINION – Georgia held its primary election on Tuesday and the headline in the Atlanta Journal Constitution on Wednesday morning was "'Complete Meltdown.'"
The New York Times reported that the voting system "suffered a spectacular collapse," with "hourslong waits at polling sites."
Because "many of the longest lines plagued predominantly black neighborhoods in and around Atlanta while rural white counties experienced relatively fewer problems," the Times reported, Democrats blamed Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and accused him of intentionally trying to suppress voting.
"What happened in Georgia yesterday was by design," Hillary Clinton wrote on Twitter. "Voter suppression is a threat to our democracy."
However, on closer inspection, it appears that what is threatening our democracy is new voting technology that governments have been persuaded to buy. If the meltdown in Georgia sounds familiar, it's because the same thing happened in Los Angeles County on March 3.
Both Georgia and L.A. County replaced older voting systems with new touchscreen ballot-marking devices that produce a printed paper ballot for the voter to inspect before it is cast. In both systems, the ballot is scanned and the optical scans are used for tallying. The paper ballots are put in boxes and stored.
Both Georgia and L.A. County used new electronic pollbooks instead of paper rosters to check in voters, rolled out all-new voting technology for its first wide use in a presidential election year and saw "extreme wait times," in the words of a legal complaint filed by the Bernie Sanders campaign on election night in Los Angeles. Both also experienced the breakdown of many voting machines.
It was Raffensperger who approved the voting technology in Georgia, and in California it was Secretary of State Alex Padilla who was the driving force behind the conversion to new voting technology. Padilla, a Democrat, certified the L.A. system for use in the March primary despite numerous documented problems with it.
The history of how new, high-tech voting systems came to replace hand-marked paper ballots goes back to the hanging-chad debacle in Florida's close presidential election in 2000. Funding was made available to buy new, electronic voting systems.
In some states, including Georgia, the all-electronic voting technology was itself a problem. Following issues in the 2018 mid-term elections, Georgia approved the purchase of an electronic system from Denver-based Dominion Voting that would include a paper ballot.
The belief that a paper record was key to the success of an electronic voting system also led California to require new voting technologies to include a paper ballot that would be available for audits and recounts. However, the March 3 primary election revealed a new problem.
Although there are paper ballots, they're stored unsorted, and for all practical purposes there's no way to see them.
Prior to the adoption of the new voting technology, ballots from each precinct were stored together, and the paper ballots were tallied by machine. It was easy to retrieve ballots for a recount and for the manual tally of 1 percent of the precincts in every election, which is required by California law as a check on the accuracy of the machine count.
It appears that Los Angeles County is no longer complying with this law.
In the city of Long Beach, a sales-tax extension on the March 3 ballot squeaked to a late victory by 16 votes, prompting a recount request by the Long Beach Reform Coalition. The county told the group to be prepared to pay an estimated cost of more than $200,000 for a recount of the approximately 100,000 paper ballots. An attempt was made to recount the optical scans instead, using computer monitors for each of the recount boards, but after three days of technical setup and counting, the effort was proceeding so slowly that the labor price for completing even the electronic recount was on track to cost an estimated $150,000. The three-day recount found a number of discrepancies, but a recount can only change the outcome of an election if it is fully completed.
The Long Beach Reform Coalition asked L.A. County Registrar Dean Logan to retrieve and sort the paper ballots at county expense and charge the group a reasonable rate for the recount, but Logan refused. The Long Beach group has now filed a lawsuit. In court papers, the group cited a report from Logan's office showing that the required 1% manual tally was conducted by counting "batches" of ballots instead of precincts. The California Elections Code requires a manual tally of 1% of precincts, not a tally of unsorted "batches."
The ballot retrieval cost is a serious flaw in the new voting technology that's not limited to Los Angeles County. A close election on March 3 for San Joaquin County Board of Education Trustee Area 3 similarly produced a request for a recount, and a cost estimate of $198,615 for 17 days of work to retrieve and count roughly 16,141 paper ballots.
What this means is that the results of close elections cannot be verified. If the ballots are not sorted by precinct, the 1 percent manual tally doesn't confirm the accuracy of the machine count. And if it costs $200,000 to retrieve and recount the paper ballots from races with 100,000 or fewer votes, citizens are effectively denied what the law guarantees — the opportunity to request a manual recount of an election.
In California's November election, millions of hand-marked vote-by-mail ballots will be scanned and stored, unsorted. We will never know if the optical scans were tallied accurately.
Election officials often say they want the public to have confidence in our elections. They can help by sorting the paper ballots by precinct, conducting the 1 percent manual tally as legally required and making the paper ballots available for recounts as part of the government's responsibility to conduct elections.
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North Carolina court allows remedial U.S. House map to stand for 2020, opens candidate filing period
By Jerrick Adams
On December 2, 2019, a three-judge panel of North Carolina's state superior court ruled unanimously that U.S. House elections in 2020 will take place under a remedial map adopted last month by state lawmakers. The court had earlier ruled that the original map constituted a partisan gerrymander in violation of state law. The court also ordered that the candidate filing period open immediately, having previously delayed the filing period pending consideration of the remedial map and the objections to it.
How did this start? On September 27, 2019, opponents of North Carolina's congressional district plan filed suit in state superior court, alleging that the district map enacted by the state legislature in 2016 constituted a partisan gerrymander in violation of state law. The plaintiffs asked that the court bar the state from using the maps in the 2020 election cycle.
On October 28, 2019, the court granted this request, enjoining further application of the 2016 maps. In its order, the court wrote, "The loss to Plaintiffs' fundamental rights guaranteed by the North Carolina Constitution will undoubtedly be irreparable if congressional elections are allowed to proceed under the 2016 congressional districts."
The court did not issue a full decision on the merits, stating that "disruptions to the election process need not occur, nor may an expedited schedule for summary judgment or trial even be needed, should the General Assembly, on its own initiative, act immediately and with all due haste to enact new congressional districts." The same three-judge panel, comprising Judges Paul C. Ridgeway, Joseph N. Crosswhite, and Alma L. Hinton, struck down the state's legislative district plan on similar grounds on September 3, 2019.
On November 14, 2019, the state House approved the remedial map (HB1029) by a vote of 55-46 .The vote split along party lines, with all Republicans voting in favor of the bill and all Democrats voting against it. The state Senate approved the bill on November 15, 2019, by a vote of 24-17, also along party lines.
What were the reactions to the remedial map? Democrats opposed the remedial plan and announced their intention to challenge it in court. Eric Holder, former U.S. Attorney General and chair of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, said, "The congressional map passed by Republicans in the North Carolina legislature simply replaces one partisan gerrymander with a new one. This new map fails to respond to the court's order by continuing to split communities of interest, packing voters in urban areas, and manipulating the district lines to provide Republicans with an unfair partisan advantage."
Meanwhile, Republican Representative Patrick McHenry dismissed these criticisms: "Eric Holder and (former President) Barack Obama have raised a lot of money for this outcome, and they've pursued a really aggressive legal strategy for their partisan outcomes, and right now they're calling it partisan gerrymandering, but what they're seeking is partisan gerrymandering for the left. We basically have a Wild West of redistricting. This will be the fourth map in six cycles, and I think that is so confusing for voters and has a major negative impact on voters."
What comes next? In 2020, all 13 of North Carolina's seats in the U.S. House will be up for election. Heading into 2020, Republicans hold 10 of those seats, and Democrats hold the remaining three. In the wake of the court's Dec. 2 order confirming the implementation of the remedial map in 2020, Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball, said via Twitter, "Not going to officially make NC House ratings changes until we know the new map is final, but here's what's tenatively coming: NC-2: Likely R to Safe D; NC-6: Safe R to Safe D; NC-8: Safe R to Likely R; NC-13: Likely R to Safe R. Ratings changes suggest a two-seat D net gain."
https://ballotpedia.org/Gerrymandering#Partisan_gerrymandering
https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_North_Carolina,_2020
Jerrick Adams
Jerrick Adams is a staff writer at Ballotpedia and can be reached at jerrick.adams@ballotpedia.org


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Cash-Strapped States Pushing Back Retirement Ages For Workers
By Sara Yin
(This post has been updated.)
In response to the massive pension obligations owed to soon-to-retire baby boomers, at least 10 states have voted to push back the retirement age of their employees, the Wall Street Journal reports. Those hoping to receive a full pension will have to work longer or pay a higher penalty for retiring early.
Such measures follow last week's announcement that state governments plan to fire nearly 500,000 employees in the coming year. Across the country, states face unpaid bills, furloughs and pay cuts for government workers.
It also complements a larger federal debate currently taking place: delaying Social Security benefits. House Minority Leader John Boehner, for instance, controversially told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review he favors pushing back the retirement age to 70 years old.
How much would it save? No one knows for sure, but Alice Munnell, director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, told the WSJ. "Increasing the retirement age is the single most important thing [states] can do" to tame future pension costs, because it reduces the number of years the state is paying a benefit.
The most affected state is Colorado, where the retirement rule -- the sum of a worker's age plus years of service --has been increased to 88 as of 2011, and 90 as of 2017, the WSJ reports. Arizona's retirement rule is 85. Find out if your state is affected here.
The moves mimic the growing austerity push in European countries like France (where the retirement age has been pushed back to 62) and Britain (where the retirement age has been scrapped altogether.)
(A previous version of this post misstated the method for calculating retirement age for government workers in Colorado and Arizona. The retirement age in those states is calculated by adding a worker's age to the number of years of service.)
Sara Yin
Business France State And Local Government Europe Nancy Pelosi


Fellaini's future still remains unresolved as he has less than six months on his United contract.
Jose Mourinho has reportedly informed Manchester United to secure Marouane Fellaini's future beyond this summer.
The Belgium international's contract with his current employer's runs down after the end of the 2017/18 season. He has already rejected an opportunity to sign a new deal to extend his stay at Old Trafford.
According to the Telegraph, the Red Devils' hierarchy are under "growing pressure" from their manager to do everything within their power to keep Fellaini at the club beyond the summer. The Portuguese tactician does not want to lose the midfielder after this campaign.
United officials are already in negotiations with the former Everton star's representatives over a new deal. Mourinho has already expressed his desire to keep the player at United and also made it clear to Fellaini as to how highly he rates him.
The 30-year-old is free to talk to foreign clubs from 1 January and sign a pre-contract agreement which will then allow him to join them on a free transfer. United are aware that a failure to tie him down to a new deal will see him leave as a free agent after this campaign.
Mourinho's side are unwilling to do any business in allowing Fellaini leave the club in the January transfer window. The 20-times champions of England are ready to allow the midfielder leave for nothing in the summer.
The Old Trafford club are facing an uphill task in convincing the player to sign a new deal. The Sun earlier reported that Fellaini has already informed Mourinho about his decision to leave the Red Devils.
However, that was immediately played down by Sky Sports. They claim that United are in talks with Fellaini over a new deal as he continues to be linked with Galatasaray and Besiktas, along with the Chinese Super League clubs.
In December 2017, Fellaini revealed he has already rejected United's initial offer and is waiting for their second one. "If Manchester United did not want me anymore, they would have said that a long time ago," Fellaini explained, as reported by Goal.com.
"They made me an offer, and probably another one will follow. Whether I will accept it, I don't know. You can't arrange something like that in an instant. We (Fellaini and United manager Jose Mourinho) talked about it. The coach is someone who respects the decisions of his players."
When asked where he will play next season, he said, "Honestly, I don't know. I have something in my head, but I cannot tell you yet.
"This is my 10th season in England. Except for the very first season at Manchester United, I have only known good times. Five years with Everton, five years with United. It always takes several years for your ties to be forged. I know everyone here, that's nice."


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Trek Interview!
Natasha Eloi and I after the Interview on Space!
A couple weeks before the Trek Movie opening I did an interview on the Space Channel here is the out come.... A fantastic Nerdarati moment! Enjoy!
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Flash Storm & Rainbow Ending!
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Polly's Birthday - The Gemini Jam!
I ain't gonna lie, this is my favorite pic of Polly EVER! Not jus cause I took it but because it's HOT YO! And I am mad crazy happy she picked it for her B-Day flyer... Make sure you show up on Saturday June 13th and show her some love!
RANT - They Don't Get It!
I have given up on feeling bad for the brick and mortar retail stores! Even worse I have given up on the music industry for not understanding how to sell music. A couple of days ago I went to go purchase the soundtrack to the new Star Trek Movie. I love the symphonic feel of the new music and so I looked up the release date of the record and it was clearly May 5th. GREAT! I'm off to stimulate the economy to the tune of $20.00 and I head out to HMV (One of the largest distributors in the world) I ask the clerk if he can help me because my initial scan of the store is a blank.... "Sure!" he says as he hands me over a copy of the Soundtrack of Star Trek Nemesis! "Um No actually I was hoping for the new movie." Blank Stare "There's a new Movie?" "Are you kidding me?" as I point to the wall of special T-Shirts devoted to the Movie. "Let me look it up" he says... "yeah it came out the 5th.... we don't have any... in fact no store has any." "Why if you have the T-Shirts do you not have the music?" I asked back, I mean I am in a music store right. "I don't order the product" he shot back.
"This is why music stores are hurting" I countered "Would you like me to order you a copy?" "No thanks Ill purchase it on itunes!" I must admit that last line was said pretty loud as I wanted others to hear my frustration.
But I really wanted the disc for this one... liner notes etc.... so I moved on to Sunrise Records. "there's a new movie?" he said... I paused and looked at him... I raised my finger to the shirts and action figures and other assorted toys Sunrise was selling devoted to this summer block buster. "It made 112 million dollars worldwide on its opening weekend... yes there is a new movie" "Would you like me to see if I can order you a copy? I can probably get it here in a week." "A week?, I can get it from amazon in a day..." Again I am leaving the store and headed off to itunes.
I am boggled by the current state of affairs when it comes to retail and music. Both of these stores clearly were selling material that was related to what I wanted but not the piece related to their core business! Whats wrong with that picture. One look in HMV and it is clear that the sign is up on the wall... there is now two isles of ipod accessories and itunes cards for sale. Apple and to a lesser extent other online services have made selling music challenging. While this example was about a movie soundtrack it is clear that other forms of music are equally hard to come by and I personally blame the music industry for over charging for their products for years.
While many of us still want to do the right thing and buy our tracks on line, the industries shortsightedness and lack of any knowledge as to what we the consumers DO want clearly illustrates know one is at the helm.
Later that night I down loaded the entire soundtrack for less than $10.00 off of itunes. I love my iphone/pod, I love Apple too but the recent change in pricing forced on to apple by the ailing music industry may continue to force others into illegal down loading. Yes I know that the tracks are now DRM free and they are at a recorded bit rate that is closer to CD quality but in my mind this is how it should have been from the beginning and at the 99 cent price point. Its not just me confirming this... itunes sales have been down since the change over. People are fed up that the music industry just doesn't get it! I have my music but the experience has left a bad taste in my mouth for HMV and Sunrise... They did not get my money.
Here is a piece of the soundtrack from the movie... enjoy!
I remember taking pictures like this one. Mother liked pictures and therefore I am blessed with a treasure trove of images that document my life as well as her's. What the images clearly show is her love for me and my brothers and sister, she worked hard to make us happy and safe. I am still in awe of the job she did and while in the end I know she wanted more in her own life I still want her to know that what she accomplished as a mother can not be underscored enough. I am in the process of constant self analysis since my mother has passed away. Partially as a measurement of the distance from her passing but equally my memories of childhood that paint my internal portrait of her that I want so desperately to hold on too. I find myself wondering what her opinion be in many of my decisions and the way I conduct myself as a person and I often hear her subtle answers continue to guide me. I often tell people that my mother raised me right, she did, in a time that was better than today.
A Trek Anew!
What You don't have your enterprise model and 12 inch action figure yet?! Better get a move on it Mr!
Ok so it's April 30th, 5 in the afternoon... my best nerd buddy has called and issued a call to be at the AMC Dundas by 7pm... My heart begins to race as I know whats up! I'm about to be included in the very first showing of the new JJ Abrams Star Trek Movie in Canada!
I pack my bag at work and I am out of there at warp speed! Making to the theater with time to spare we meet up for what was one of the best movie going experiences in a long time. Thats right! This film while not with out it flaws is a great movie on so many levels and while I will not get into each and every moment I am about to write some minor spoilers... so look at the next two pictures and if you want to know more keep reading, if not come back to this post after you have seen the flick!
Epic! with a capitol E best describes what JJ Abrams has brought to the screen with this 11th Star Trek film. This is was the minimum requirement if this movie was to succeed! JJ gets an A+ here. Six months back if you had asked me what I thought about the initial images coming out of Paramount I would have given a very visceral response, in fact I might have told you that this was the end of the franchise as the die hard fans knew it. Take the next image... when I first saw the trailer and saw them constructing the Enterprise on the ground it was a big WTF moment! After working on the Enterprise my self over the years this was clearly a travesty of canon. I felt insulted! No really I felt insulted at having bought into a carefully crafted history and look to what in my mind was already established in the hundreds if not thousands of dollars worth of Star Trek books and models, props and costumes now seemingly washed away with what seemed like crap on the screen. How could this have happened? Even the guy who drove Star Trek into a wall Rick Berman couldn't have fracked it up this bad!?
But then bits of the story outline began to surface... Leonard Nimoy was in the film... If hes in it certainly he has a say on some of this right? A plot with time travel and altered time lines began to appear??? Hmmm Finally the release of Countdown a four part comic book prequel hits the shelf and suddenly and magically the Vail of doubt and hate is lifted off of this film. At least for me.
This is a story of how Kirk and Spock and all of the original crew come together, just not the the Kirk and Spock story I grew up on... This is a new version of history driven by a Romulan madman from the future... The Next Gen future to be exact. Ambassador Spock is indeed assisted by Picard and crew to save the know universe only to be pulled into time and space and the past. When he sees that Nero (the baddy) has affected the time line of the past he seeks to set Kirk and Spock into a meeting that ensures that at least this part of history is not missed. As we all know the universe depends on this team to save the day countless times going forward!;-)
This recreation of the two iconic characters really drives home how great a casting job JJ and team actually did! In fact casing was key to this entire film! The contributions of Simon Peg (Scotty) and Karl Urban (McCoy) are freakishly on spot for their characters providing some of the most humorous moments in the movie.
This movie is about action and after running at a medium pace for the first 30 min the movie kicks it into warp drive(which is really kewl in this version) and never looks back and if I had one critic of the film itself is that the pace never lets up... there is now emotional up and down which causes the final act to feel a bit less than satisfying. But this is a small critic and should not dissuade you from enjoying the action. As I have said this is a fun filled experience and the story reset allows for many new adventures with this heroic crew!
EN Pros: Fab casting, great script, An epic canvas, the film stays within canon.
EN Cons: Lack of dramatic build up, Spock and Uhuru? WTF!, Tyler Perry! (I'm serious he is in this movie!) As Madea he is flawless! but its that association that makes him being head of Star Fleet hard to swallow.
Why I Live In Gene Roddenberry's World!
Lets get it out before I ramble on. I have seen the new Star Trek Movie! And I am not saying a word! Not because it wasn't good because it was! Oh boy was it good! I'm not talking because it's not out yet and I want you to see it and decide for your self... and so I will post my review before next weekend.
Tonight I want to talk about the world created by Gene Roddenberry and its importance to me and many others. I live in this world more often than not. I am aware it is not real yet its vision is one that I and others wish will come to pass more sooner than later. This is the world of Star Trek, this vision of our future is 300 years from now. In this future we have ended hunger and poverty, we have ended most disease and have created lives of personal fulfillment, contentment and peace. Racism is a pot no longer stirred on the planet earth. While commerce continues on some level, currency and rabid consumerism no longer exist. We have stepped off of this planet and have begun to venture out to other worlds. We have taken our new found understanding of diversity and our sense of curiosity and have started the journey to understand just how humanity fits in the larger universe.
Seem alien? Impossible?
Well fictionally It didn't come easy. Humanity couldn't come together until we persisted through a nuclear and biological war and a post-apocalyptic period in the mid-21st century akin to a modern dark ages. But we eventually came together again and we overcame many Earth-bound frailties and vices by the middle of the 22nd century, creating a quasi-utopian society where the central role is played not by money, but rather by the need for exploration and knowledge. It seems that the world and humanity have always evolved in the midst of conflict and hardship.
To understand the attraction to Gene's world you need to look back at the early days of Star Trek. The shows origins seem to originate out of a series of meetings begun in May of 1964. Originally conceived as a space western, a wagon train to the stars, Star Trek became so much more. Gene Roddenberry privately told friends that he was actually modeling it on Swift's Gulliver's Travels, intending each episode to act on two levels, first as a suspenseful adventure story, but also as a morality parable. The shows protagonists were essentially altruists whose ideals were sometimes only imperfectly applied to the dilemmas presented in the series. The conflicts and political dimensions of Star Trek formed allegories for contemporary cultural realities: Star Trek: The Original Series addressed issues of the day, race relations, the vietnam war, nuclear arms and the cold war.
Later versions of Star Trek in the 80's and 90's reflected issues of their respective eras. Issues depicted in the various series include war and peace, the value of personal loyalty, authoritarianism, imperialism, class warfare, economics, racism, religion, human rights, sexism and feminism, and the role of technology. Gene Roddenberry stated: "By creating a new world with new rules, I could make statements about sex, religion, Vietnam, politics, and intercontinental missiles. Indeed, we did make them on Star Trek: we were sending messages and fortunately they all got by the network."
Star Trek ranks as one of the most culturally influential television shows of all time and clearly the most influential science fiction TV show of all time. The original series, which aired on the NBC network from 1966 to 1969, had spawned four successor shows starting in the 1980s and ten movies. Countless toys, a publishing franchise that is in the top 5 of all time, and other products have been marketed by Paramount, the company that owns the Star Trek "franchise." But the show's cultural influence goes far beyond its ability to replicate itself and make money for its owners.
Measuring the cultural and social impact of a TV show or event is never easy. But there are numerous indications that Star Trek has had an influence on many peoples' lives. This can be seen in a variety of ways, from the inclusion in mass-market dictionaries of words and phrases originally invented for the show, to the testimonials of people who claim that their career and life choices were influenced by Star Trek. Star Trek was the first television series aimed at adults to tell sophisticated morality tales and to depict a paramilitary crew on a peaceful mission to explore the galaxy. At the time the show's special effects were superior to anything else then depicted on TV, its stories were often written by highly regarded science fiction authors, and many of its production values, particularly costuming, were extremely high, despite the relatively limited budget of a weekly TV series. Critics who call the show cheesy ignore the fact that by the standards of the day, Star Trek was quite advanced, and it effectively raised the bar, meaning that the science fiction television shows and movies that followed it had to meet its standards of quality and maturity in order to be taken seriously.
Roddenberry envisioned a multi-ethnic crew, including an African-American woman, a Scotsman, a Japanese American, and most notably, an alien, the half-Vulcan Mr. Spock. In the second season Roddenberry added a Russian crewmember at a time when the United States was engaged in a tense cold war with the Soviet Union. Blacks and women were also shown as scientists and doctors on the ship.
Star Trek featured the first multi-racial kiss on television, when Captain Kirk kissed his communications officer, Lieutenant Uhura. The multi-ethnic nature of the bridge crew as well as its positive message that humanity would survive and thrive among the stars is often credited by writers, fans, and historians for the show's broad appeal. As many fans later explained, Star Trek presented a positive image of the future at a time when the news was filled with stories of racism, social strife, and war. When many people wondered if the world would emerge intact from the Cold War, Star Trek depicted many different races working peacefully together several hundred years into the future. At its most basic level, Star Trek had a simple humanistic message: humanity will be okay.
Star Treks vision of the future was so compelling that the show defied conventional expectations and actually became more popular and reached a much broader audience after its cancellation than it had when it was originally shown on NBC. The strength of the fan based grew by leaps and bounds via the convention circuit and by 1976, following a fan-organized letter-writing campaign, NASA named its first Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise, after the starship in the show. The Enterprise was used in a number of flight tests, but NASA canceled plans to launch it into space because it was too heavy. NASA also employed actress Nichelle Nichols, who played communications officer Lieutenant Uhura, to try to recruit African-Americans and women to become astronauts. During her work on the show in the 1960s, Nichols had become frustrated at her relative lack of lines and was considering quitting. She was talked out of this decision by Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., who told her that a show that depicted a black woman working alongside whites in a position of importance helped further the goal of racial equality.
In 1986, Roddenberry created a second TV show, Star Trek: The Next Generation. The new series had a less aggressive and more socially liberal message. The show drew a whole new generation to the show and influenced many people in scientific and engineering fields have stated that they were inspired by Star Trek, which they thought portrayed science and engineering in a positive light (although rarely accurately). Even physicist Stephen Hawking was a fan of the show. Although the original Star Trek series was occasionally sexist (women wore skimpy outfits and no woman was ever shown commanding a starship), many women have testified that they were positively influenced by the show's depiction of women scientists working alongside their male counterparts. Actress and comedian Whoopi Goldberg has said that seeing a black woman sitting on the bridge of a starship, and not working as a maid, made her believe as a young girl that she could be an actress with a real role. Mae Jamison, the first African-American woman to fly in space, has also said that she was deeply influenced by the show. Goldberg later played a regular on Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Jamison made a cameo appearance on the show.
Today I saw a whole new Star Trek and I am happy to say that the world Gene Roddenberry's has made it through almost five decades intact. His vision clearly has had a positive influence on society... Advances in race relations how ever large and small have occurred. The Country has elected its first black president Barack Obama who at a campaign event in Wyoming, said the following: "I grew up on Star Trek. I believe in the final frontier." Obama's clearly shows that he too has an optimistic view of the future as portrayed by the show. Advances in medicine and science are beginning to have profound effects in society and the world Gene Roddenberry created, no more accurately prophesied back in the mid 60's is ever more alive and real today.
So yes I know its fictional, and I am a fan, but I live in Gene Roddenberry's world and believe one day his vision will be reality.


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Plasmodium gonatodi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.

Like all Plasmodium species P. gonatodi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.

Description

This species was first described by Telford in 2007.

Both proerythrocytes and erythrocytes are commonly infected. The infected cells are hypertrophied and distorted and their nuclei are displaced.

The schizonts are polymorphic and contain 12-46 nuclei when apparently mature.

Prematuration sexual stages may be irregularly shaped and larger than mature gametocytes.

The gametocytes are elongate.

Geographical occurrence

This species is found in Panama.

Vectors

Not known.

Clinical features and host pathology

This species infects the lizard Gonatodes albogularis fuscus.

References

gonatodi

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Taal hace referencia a:

Geografía

Municipio de Taal, en la provincia de Batangas;
 Lago Taal, en la provincia de Batangas; o
 Volcán Taal, en la provincia de Batangas.

Política

 Ta'al, partido político árabe-israelí.


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Cross-Frameworks components, powered by Material Design and [Omi](https://github.com/Tencent/omi).

* [DOCS & REPL](https://tencent.github.io/omi/packages/omim/docs/build/index.html)

![](https://tencent.github.io/omi/packages/omim/assets/pv4.jpeg?a=1)

## Features

* Render by Custom Elements of Web Components
* Any framework can use the components, such as Omi, React, Vue and Angular
* Support both JSX and native HTML elements
* Each element can be used independently
* Super easy to change theme colors, fonts and rounded corners
* Extended HTML capabilities, you can pass false attributes to elements through string `'0'` or string `'false'`

## Usage

### Via script

```html
<script src="https://unpkg.com/omi"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@omim/core@latest/button/index.js"></script>

<m-button>I am button</m-button>
```

### Via npm

``` bash
npm install @omim/core
```

Then:

```js
import '@omim/core/button'
```

Then use the element in Omi, React, Vue or Angular:

``` html
<m-button>I am button</m-button>
```

It can also be used in pure js:

```js
var button = document.createElement('m-button')
button.innerHTML = 'I am button'
document.body.append(button)
button.addEventListener('click', function () {
  console.log('Clicked!')
})

//or
//document.body.innerHTML = '<m-button>I am button</m-button>'
```

## Change Theme

```js
document.body.style.setProperty('--mdc-theme-primary', 'red')
document.body.style.setProperty('--mdc-theme-secondary', 'blue')
document.body.style.setProperty('--mdc-shape-small-component-radius', '2px')
```

All the config:

```
--mdc-theme-primary: #0072d9;
--mdc-theme-secondary: #2170b8;
--mdc-theme-error: #f5222d;
--mdc-theme-surface: #ffffff;
--mdc-theme-on-primary: #ffffff;
--mdc-theme-on-secondary: #ffffff;
--mdc-theme-on-error: #ffffff;
--mdc-theme-on-surface: #000000;
--mdc-theme-background: #ffffff;
--mdc-shape-small-component-radius: 4px;
--mdc-shape-medium-component-radius: 4px;
--mdc-shape-large-component-radius: 0px;
--mdc-typography--font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;
```

## HTML Extention

You can set boolean prop to false from markup by 0 or false string.

```js
define('my-element', class extends WeElement {
  static defaultProps = {
    show: true
  }

 static propTypes = {
    show: Boolean
  }

  render(props) {
    ...
    ...
  }
})
```

Use:

```html
<my-element show="false"></my-element>
```

or

```html
<my-element show="0"></my-element>
```

## Contribution

### CMD

Build component:

```bash
npm run build -- component-name
```

Build all components:

```bash
npm run build-all
```

Build demo:

```bash
npm start demo-name
```

Publish:

```bash
npm publish --access public
```

### Links

* [material.io docs](https://material.io/develop/web/components/buttons/)
* [material.io demo](https://material-components.github.io/material-components-web-catalog/#/)
* [material-theme-builder](https://material-theme-builder.glitch.me/)
* [material-components-web](https://github.com/material-components/material-components-web)
* [material-icons](https://material.io/tools/icons/?style=baseline)

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A 2014 Release, this is a soft and adorable plush figure of everyone's beloved Bigfoot! Take home your take-a-long outdoor buddy!
Vamplets - The Nightmare Nursery - Abominable Snowbaby "Roari Snow"
Roari Snow - Abominable Snowbaby (Limited Availability) Endearing and horribly wild... Roari never sits still, bounding with horrific ape-like agility and strength! If you love never-ending physical activity such as running for your life, then you will know true delight and endless dismay when you invite this hyperactive baby into your home. Your Warning: She wants to be the center of attention and you had best make sure she is. We have no idea of any means to pacify her since there have been no survivors of an Abominable Snowbaby rampage. The Gloomvanian Adoption Center will only be releasing a small number of babies into the mortal world. The management takes no responsibility for any mayhem and destruction caused by your baby, and suggests strongly that you do not adopt one. You have been warned. Roari Snow is 8.5 inches tall.


12/09/2010 · Best Answer: The best thing you could do is bring her over your place and cook her dinner + watch a movie. That's like a whole heap of things that could make her feel loved.... 12/09/2010 · Best Answer: The best thing you could do is bring her over your place and cook her dinner + watch a movie. That's like a whole heap of things that could make her feel loved.
Tell her of how much of a positive impact she had been to you, and she will feel special. Tell her that she lingers in your mind and that a day without texting her is never complete, and she will always be waiting to receive a text from you will a smile on her face.
2/03/2012 · Best Answer: God dam sounds like the jerks she was with before you have done a real number on her. I dont think you can get her to trust you and feel safe i think that she has to find this out herself by being with you.


National Laser Institute in Dallas was an awesome experience! The instructors were all amazing. The front desk ladies are so welcoming. I learned a lot and felt confident to go out and start working in the field. Shelly is a wonderful and dedicated manager. She makes everything run so smooth!


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Renegade Cinema
Movie Reviews (Chronological Order)
Movie Reviews (Alphabetized)
Shawn's Movie Reviews (Chronological Order)
Shawn's Movie Reviews (Alphabetized)
Renegade Ranking
A King's Ransom
Most Heroic w/ Jesse Blume
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Daniel Craig Exiting 'Dragon Tattoo' Sequel?
2011's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo wasn't exactly a commercial success by any means. However, it did receive some great performances from Rooney Mara and strong direction from the film's commander-in-chief David Fincher. The movie went on to gain much praise from critics while bringing in many awards for its achievements. Ever since, many have asked whether or not the studio would in-fact take another chance on the property. Now comes whispers of significant problems with Daniel Craig returning in the role of Mikael Blomkvist.
The Hollywood Reporter claims that sources close to the production are saying that Daniel Craig is indecisive on returning due to pay cuts for the sequel. The first film's budget is estimated around $90 million and the film barely broke even domestically with $102 million in profit. However, because the worldwide gross ranked in over $200 million, the studio is willing to revisit the material with budget trims. Now that Casino Royale is unleashed, Craig has become a bankable star in Hollywood, and sources say he's not ready to take a paycheck cut. THR did add that a source close to him said that he is in fact ready to return.
If the information is true, then I find this highly disappointing. I found his performance in the remake to be a tremendous improvement over Michael Nyqvist. Craig brought so much to the character to invest the audience between Mikael and Lisbeth. The report further provides that it is not out of question that the Blomkvist role could potentially be written off with the film focusing more on Lisbeth in "Played with Fire." Hopefully, the studio can reach an agreement that will please everyone to return regardless of budget. I hate seeing crucial characters subtracted from sequels because of stupid financial purposes.
What do you think? Would you see a Dragon Tattoo sequel without the involvement of Daniel Craig?
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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John "D-Rock" Dotson
is a film critic and film-maker from Dallas, Texas. He attended Midwestern State University where he received a Bachelor's in Business Administration in the field of Marketing. He's a huge lover of all things cinema... except The Last Airbender. Follow him on Twitter @DRockDot
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Have you ever been attracted to a weird looking person but you don't know why ?
Hooah, you've got the ultimate.
But yah, 372 hp stock, I'm getting my Mopar HP and cubic inch engine numbers mixed up, 318, 340, 360, etc..and it was before I did the 20,000 mile break-in period so didn't wanna push it then anyway.
After I hut 20k, I did a few things, tuned exhaust, HO coil, better wires, intake. Nothing major, but when I picked it up it broke 400 HP on the dyno and that's when I could really start enjoying it, i.e. taking challenges on the weekends while waiting at a light when someone would pull along side, rev to get my attention and look for the nod and race to the next light.
Smoking those rear tires can sure cost a lot.
Kind of, at first anyway. She had some scars on her chin from a dog attack when she was a kid but was still very cute and I asked myself the same question. It was something about her personality that transcended that scar and almost made it an asset, like the mole on Marilyn Monroes lip.
What's more important to you, looks or personality?
What body part are you most attracted to?
Which personality trait is most important to you?
Do you think the human race will still be around in a couple of thousand years ?
Have you ever broke a window by throwing a rock at it ?
Have you ever loved someone unconditionally?
Does it bother you when your out and have to use public toilets, or are you happy splating anywhere?
My first house. I distinctly remember the color of the carpet and the layout of the house. Also remember having once put some sort of metal object into an outlet in that house, and getting stung by bees/wasps outside in the back yard. I couldnt have been more than 2 years old because we moved from there about that time.
have you ever watched an eclipse without eye protection ?
Have you ever had to use a stick or something to break up a turd because it was to big to flush ?
No lol, oi haze wtf comes out of your arse mate ?
Have you ever watched someone die?
If you was a ghost, what would summon you ?
Would you move to a different country if given the chance ?
And if yes what country ?