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Listed below are faith, family and freedom advocates. Visit their websites to see how they are protecting your freedom.
Pastors and Laypersons! Make sure and look at the Family Research Council below! They have practical tools for pastors through their Watchmen on the Wall organization that you can join for free! Plus ideas for developing your church's Culture Impact Teams, under the direction of the pastor, for laypersons to engage! the political arena in a non-partisan spirit!
In addition to the listed advocacy groups below, The Bi-Partisan Policy Center shown below is located in Washington D.C. and works year round with both parties to develop public policy in the areas of health, security, and opportunity for all Americans. They have on-going free webcasts regarding public policy development.
Note: The views within these advocate groups are their organizational views, not necessarily the views of the HCBC Community Impact engage! ministry.
American Center for Law and Justice
Jay Sekulow is Chief Counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), one of the most prestigious law firms in the country. He is an accomplished Supreme Court advocate, renowned expert on religious liberty, a number 1 New York Times-bestselling author, and a respected broadcaster.
Jay Sekulow is an attorney with a passion for protecting religious liberty - freedom - democracy. For nearly a quarter of a century, he's been on the front lines - working to protect religious and constitutional freedoms in the courts, in Congress, and in the public arena.
At the Supreme Court of the United States, Jay Sekulow has argued cases 12 times - including several landmark cases which have become part of the legal landscape in the area of religious liberty litigation.
ACLJ has resources regarding the latest news on religious liberty, petitions, videos, how to get legal advice regarding the first amendment and additional resources.
Bipartisan Policy Center
Bipartisan Policy Center is a non-profit organization that combines the best ideas from both parties to promote health, security, and opportunity for all Americans. BPC drives principled and politically viable policy solutions through the power of rigorous analysis, painstaking negotiation, and aggressive advocacy.
Click on their logo, go to the website, and sign up for their weekly podcasts--excellent source of bi-partisan research and discussion on a variety of political topics.
As a Washington, D.C.-based think tank that actively promotes bipartisanship, BPC works to address the key challenges facing the nation. Our policy solutions are the product of informed deliberations by former elected and appointed officials, business and labor leaders, and academics and advocates who represent both ends of the political spectrum. We are currently focused on health, energy, national security, the economy, financial regulatory reform, housing, immigration, infrastructure, and governance.
We are the nation's largest public policy women's organization with a rich history of over three decades of helping our members across the country bring Biblical principles into all levels of public policy.
We help people focus on seven core issues, which we have determined need Biblical principles most and where we can have the greatest impact. At its root, each of these issues is a battle over worldviews.
Concerned Women for America protects and promotes Biblical values and Constitutional principles through prayer, education, and advocacy.
Concerned Women for America is leading a movement dedicated to impacting the culture for Christ through education and public policy.
Family Policy Alliance
Welcome to Family Policy Alliance. You may know us by our previous names, CitizenLink and Focus on the Family Action. We're still a public policy partner of Focus on the Family. As a Christ-centered organization, our vision is a nation where God is honored, religious freedom flourishes, families thrive and life is cherished.
Our mission is to advance biblical citizenship, equip and elect statesmen, promote policy and serve an effective alliance, all committed to a common vision.
Family Research Council's vision is a culture in which all human life is valued, families flourish, and religious liberty thrives.
Mission of Organization
Family Research Council's mission is to advance faith, family, and freedom in public policy and the culture from a Christian worldview.
Pastors and Laypersons!
Discover FRC resources for sermons to engage the civic culture. Pastors, we encourage you to join Watchmen on the Wall, sponsored by FRC that will give you a vast amount of information from legal parameters of what you can/cannot do as a 501c3 while also keeping you up to date on what is happening to religious liberty challenges in DC and actions your congregation can take.
Also take a glance at the practical, easy steps on how to develop a Culture Impact Team that can be designed just for your church's calling to engage the political culture in your local community!
Watch the Standing Firm CIT webcast that has CIT leaders nationwide talk about all the practical ways they are engaging their communities. The engage! co-leader for HCBC Austin is in this webcast talking about how to have a Voter Registration. Remember, every CIT team is under the authority of the pastor so each church's CIT is different, dependent upon their calling. YOU decide what is best for your church!
Texas Values
The Texas Values mission is to preserve and advance a culture of family values in the state of Texas.
The Texas Values vision is to stand for biblical, Judeo-Christian values by ensuring Texas is a state in which religious liberty flourishes, families prosper, and every human life is valued.
Texas Values promotes our core values of faith, family, and freedom in Texas through:
Public education and standing for truth in the media
Grassroots mobilization
Voter education
Reviewing legislation and providing legal analysis
Testifying at the Texas Legislature, State Board of Education, and other governmental entities
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It saddens me that there is such widespread disdain for theology in the church. Theology is often viewed negatively and is regarded as boring, uppity, irrelevant, and perhaps intimidating. Many believe that only really smart people can even approach theology, and that it's to the detriment of their faith when they do. I find this very frustrating. When Dietrich Bonhoeffer spent some time in the United States he observed that American Protestantism was seriously lacking in its theological engagement. He ended up hanging out mostly with the African American church, being inspired and challenged by their theology of the oppressed.
In a recent conversation with two friends from church, they expressed their disdain for theology and how irrelevant it seems to their Christianity. One of them quoted Karl Barth who, when asked to sum up his life's work said, "Jesus loves me, this I know." If Barth had known that his words would so often be used to negate his life's work rather than summarize it, I wonder if he would have bitten his tongue.
I completely understand that not everyone keeps a Miroslav Volf book on the back of the toilet or gets excited about graduate level theology classes. And I also share frustration with the kind of theology that is completely divorced from the life of the Church and the life of faith. There are plenty of theological writings that are only interesting to a handful of professional theologians who read each other's work and analyze it with academic detachment, never penetrating the wall between the world of academia and the lives of regular Christians.
However, I really believe that everyone is a theologian, but have just never been taught to regard their theology as, well, theology. Our theology (whether or not we call it that) directly impacts the way we live out our faith in Christ. And here is where I see a problem – when we disdain theology we are prone to neglect wrestling with important theological issues that impact the way we think and act. We tend to operate on assumptions that we've absorbed from our church culture. So when we experience a tragedy, or our country goes to war, or we find out our kid is gay, or when we choose what kind of products to consume, or how to respond to global and local poverty, or we get trapped by an addiction, or we're faced with death or disease … and so on, we fall back on unreflective behaviors or knee-jerk reactions. And if something shakes us to a point of crisis where we are finally willing to think through our theology, we find ourselves surrounded by people who think theology isn't important, but who are more than willing to offer unreflective, though sincere, platitudes. "Everything happens for a reason." "God helps those who help themselves." "It must be God's will." "There must be sin or your life or God would be blessing you." "God needed your loved one for his garden in heaven." and so on.
This seems to be a systemic problem, and one of the reasons for the appeal of so many emerging churches. I am excited about a movement toward theological engagement that encourages regular Christians to question and wrestle with theological truth. It doesn't require knowing a bunch of "high-falootin'" words, but it does require a community that is willing to value theology and to place theology where it belongs – squarely in the center of the life of faith and the life of the Church.
Perhaps part of the problem is that we haven't defined theology in a way that is accessible to laypeople. I think that when many people hear the word "theology" they hear something similar to "quantum physics" - something that must be important somehow and that really smart people understand, but not anything they could comprehend or apply to their daily life.
How would you define theology?
I replied to this quite a while ago. It was long and rambling and it disappeared before I could submit it. So I'll just ask: how do you define theology? Is it different that doctrine? I can understand that many people, including me often enough, think of theology as something impossible for the layperson. Studying ponderous volumes of hard to grasp stuff. Translating minute passages from Greek or Hebrew to English. Is that theology? Is it like law where lawyers and law professors have, perhaps intentionally, made the law impossible for the layman to interpret? I'm sure the "Jesus loves me" quote was taken out of context but it did make something seemingly abstract seem real. When I find out that a family member is gay and I suddenly find myself searching for loopholes in the bible to ease my mind and I believe I find it (who hasn't done that?) and someone who is theologically learned tells me "no way" and yet I hear them seem to change horses in the middle of the stream and tell me that something is now all of sudden culturally contextual where it didn't seem to be before. I mean….. . This is how a lot of people feel. Is this theology? Doctrine?
I'll take a stab at a definition, inadequate though it may be. What a person or group believes about God, God's involvement with creation, and humanity's response to God (both belief and action), forms that person's or group's theology.
So what do you believe about God, and how do you live based on those beliefs? How you answer that question reveals your theology. I would also suggest that theology is only rightly understood in community.
I really believe we are suffering from an impoverishment of theological reflection, especially in our evangelical churches where the individual's feelings seem to be the bottom line.
A good, accessible book on the subject is "Who Needs Theology? An Invitation to the Study of God" by Grenz and Olson. It's fairly thin and easy to read. They place theology on a continuum of reflection and engagement from Folk Theology on one end to Academic Theology on the other. They make a strong case for bringing both ends closer to the middle where intentional theological engagement meets the real lives of Christians.
One of my professors defines theology as, "the church's engagement in corporate spiritual discernment." (Dr. C. Conniry) I like that definition as well.
Speaking of professors, I've got some papers to work on. More on this later?


A new trailer for the upcoming Kong: Skull Island made it's debut tonight on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts takes us back to the 1970's when a team of explorers are stranded on Skull Island. The film takes influence from the original 1933 classic, featuring a much more monstrous take on King Kong than recent versions.
The film stars Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Mitchell, Corey Hawkins, Toby Kebbell, Tom Wilkinson, Terry Notary, John Goodman and John C. Reilly with a script penned by Max Borenstein, Derek Connolly, John Gatins, Dan Gilroy, directed by Jordan-Vogt Roberts.
Monsters exist. The upcoming reimagination of King Kong in Kong: Skull Island by director Jordan Vogt-Roberts is said to be taking things back to its roots as the film will feature a much more monster like Gorilla than more recent versions.
With the film only five months away from its theatrical debut in the United State, the marketing campaign is beginning to ramp up. Last week we got our first clear image of the super-sized Gorilla per Entertainment Weekly and today we have a short teaser for the upcoming final trailer for the film set to debut tonight on Jimmy Kimmel.
Warner Bros. has also released two new posters that offer a look at the monstrous scale of King Kong himself.
Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have released the first image that gives us a clear look at King Kong in the upcoming Kong: Skull Island via Entertainment Weekly.
With Kong, there's been obviously so many different versions of him in the past and ours needed to feel unique to our film. I had a mandate that I wanted a kid to be able to doodle him on the back of a piece of homework and for his shapes to be simple and hopefully iconic enough that, like, a third grader could draw that shape and you would know what it is. A big part of our Kong was I wanted to make something that gave the impression that he was a lonely God, he was a morose figure, lumbering around this island.


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Here's Lookin' At You Cook, Hiroko Shimbo
by Cathy Erway | posted in: Profiles, Recipes | 4
It is humbling to enter the home of a world-renowned authority on food such as Hiroko Shimbo. The week before Thanksgiving, I was listening to WNYC and heard the author, chef and food consultant chime in about how the Japanese squash variety kabocha was an excellent choice for making "pumpkin" pie from scratch, for its sweet, nutty flavor and creamy texture. Two weeks later, thanks to some generosity of her publicists, I was standing in her home kitchen in New York City, offering a strange-looking squash I'd picked up at Union Square Greenmarket on my way. (Never enter a chef's lair without an edible gift, I say!) The reason for my visit was to try out some of the signature dishes she's come up with for her third cookbook, an enlightening departure called Hiroko's American Kitchen.
Doesn't that just sound fabulous? A trained sushi chef, living in America for more than a decade, fashions a cuisine that's full of surprising yet very sensible East-meets-West twists that's all her own — that's what this book essentially is. But it's so enticing and approachable, you should try out each one of the recipes any day. Like the first food she presented me with: spicy brown miso-glazed roasted almonds, straight from the oven that she was still breaking apart gently by hand. I tried my first one, and it tasted better than any candied or glazed nut that I've had before. For the rest of the two or so hours that I lingered in her kitchen, watching more fascinating food unfold before me, I couldn't stop snacking on those. (I've finagled the recipe for them at the bottom of this post, so you can gift a bag to your friends this holiday season!)
Hiroko's curried miso nuts, made with Miso Master miso paste
Hiroko's new book is focused around two stocks and four basic sauces that can work as marinades, seasonings, dressings, or whatever — glazings — and all the delicious dishes that can be made with them. It states what you need right from the start to make these sauces, and suggests all the places where they can go. The sourcing might require a trip to a well-stocked grocery store (you'll need some miso paste, good soy sauce, sake and rice vinegar, etc.), but these ingredients can keep for practically an eternity once you have them. I can attest, as I have a fair amount of these basics stored away, and yesterday when I was reheating some leftover mashed potatoes, I decided to add a dab of white miso paste along with water to them (instead of more butter or chicken stock). It tasted miraculous! I have Hiroko to thank for the inspiration.
frisee, celery root, and orange salad with spicy miso sauce dressing and glazed almonds
I was also turned onto Hiroko's emphasis on buying only high-quality, all-natural types of these ingredients, because they're sometimes produced in a manner that belies their ages-old techniques nowadays. For instance, for the nuts, she used a miso paste produced by a company based in North Carolina, founded by hippie entrepreneurs who spent years in Japan learning from the miso masters at the time to produce quality pastes made the old-fashioned way. I've actually tried miso pastes from this company before (I've found them at my local Key Foods, of all places), and they taste about ten times better than some other brands that are less-expensive. Because of it, I tend to need much less to flavor my soups and whatnot, and I still have a tub of their red miso from two years ago in my fridge! Hiroko enlightened me further to add that you can keep miso paste in the freezer, which will retain its taste better and — thanks to the natural chemical compounds — the miso paste won't harden, meaning you don't even have to thaw it out.
potatoes with bacon, scallions and spicy miso sauce
Over the course of our meeting, Hiroko made four recipes based around one sauce in the book: her spicy miso sauce. It's essentially a loosened-up mixture of miso paste with some mirin, or seasoned rice vinegar, sake, lemon juice, sugar and a pinch of hot chili pepper flakes. Hence, it's a little bit spicy, a little bit sweet, a little bit tangy, and especially savory. In addition to the nuts, she used the sauce to make a dressing for a frisee and orange salad, bacon and scallion-studded home-fried potatoes, seared Brussels sprouts, and marinated skirt steak. If that doesn't sound good, in the book she goes on to make chicken wings and pork burgers with it, and that's only one sauce from the book. (It was good.)
Hiroko says that her cooking style is rooted firmly in Japanese philosophies. "It makes me who I am — I had already the depth of Japanese food education and I am more Japanese than American" when it comes to food, she attested. Hiroko grew up in Japan and lived in Tokyo before moving to New York City thirteen years ago, and the culture there has shaped her vision on food. But, "I am blessed to have these two different worlds," she said, of her American home and Japanese background. She, like some of the Chinese relatives of mine, says that she cannot really get into strong-tasting cheeses (I know I've said this before for myself on this blog) but that miso paste can be used like a hard, aged cheese for its umami presence: "It can be tossed into salads and foods for flavor and you'll get more healthfulness," said Hiroko.
chopping scallions with a bias-cut for garnish
the spicy miso sauce-marinated skirt steak and Brussels sprouts
One of the best pieces of advice I gleaned from Hiroko was that spiciness, something I absolutely adore on the other hand, was used very sparingly in Japanese cooking: "Because in Japanese cooking, we want to taste the individual flavor of the foods, so we don't add too much salt or chili to overwhelm them." The spicy miso sauce in her book is not too spicy, I must add, but simply awakens the palate with just a hint of chili. It was a revelation for me. With Brussels sprouts or steak, the mild note of heat really stood background to the good, bitter-sweet miniature cabbages that were the Brussels sprouts, or the rich, seared beef that was the skirt steak. Furthermore, Hiroko didn't use any spice that was hard to attain for her spicy miso sauce; she used a pinch of red chili flakes, the kind you'll find in pizza joints or grocery shelves anywhere. In Japan, the typical dried chili is a short and skinny red variety called togorashi. But you can use flakes of pretty much any medium-hot, dried chili in its place.
Well, I am blessed to have a new stock of sauces to flavor with thanks to Hiroko's American Kitchen — which I experienced and hope to share with you. Here is that recipe for the glazed nuts that were so snackable, and just as easy to make in any home, from one shore to another.
Curried Miso Nuts (from Hiroko's American Kitchen)
(makes 1 cup)
1 tablespoon Spicy Miso Sauce* (recipe just below)
1 teaspoon Japanese curry powder or Madras curry powder
1/4 teaspoon hot paprika
1 teaspoon water
1 1/2 cups unsalted roasted peanuts, almonds, cashews, pecans, walnuts, whatever!
Preheat the oven to 250F degree. Place the Spicy Miso Sauce, sugar, salt, curry powder, paprika and water in a small bowl and mix until well blended. Add the peanuts and coat them with the miso sauce. Transfer the peanuts to a baking sheet and bake them in the oven for 40 minutes. Remove the peanuts from the oven, stir them, and return the peanuts to the oven for an additional 20 minutes. Let them cool on the baking sheet and then transfer them to a serving bowl.
You can make a large batch and freeze it for a later party!
*Spicy Miso Sauce
(makes 1 1/2 cups)
1 cup aged brown miso
3/4 cup mirin (sweet cooking wine)
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sake (rice wine)
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 to 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
Place the miso, sugar, mirin, and sake in a medium pot and whisk until smooth. Place the pot over medium heat and bring it to a simmer.
Cook the mixture, stirring constantly, for 4 to 5 minutes. Add the lemon juice and cook for 8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Turn off the heat, add the red pepper flakes, and stir. Transfer the sauce to a clean freezer container. Cover the jar with a lid and store it in the freezer.
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On July 1, Canada will celebrate the 150th anniversary of our country's confederation with fireworks, parties, picnics and barbecues. As Canada's most exported fruit, blueberries make the perfect addition to your tables, whether in your desserts, the punch bowl or even on the grill! And by adding blueberries to the menu, you'll be supporting local farmers as well – how Canadian is that!
If you're starting the day with a family brunch, consider baking up one of our most popular recipes, a Blueberry Bacon Bread Pudding! You can make it the day before and just pop it in the oven before guests arrive to minimise time in the kitchen, and served with maple syrup, it's a patriotic start to the day.
If you're planning a picnic or barbecue, a Blueberry, Watermelon, Cucumber and Feta Salad is a refreshing side that both kids and adults will enjoy. A Blueberry Superfood Salad is a hearty option that also makes a satisfying entrée for your vegetarian guests. A Blueberry Barbecue Sauce is always a hit, whether you're grilling ribs, chicken or even tofu!
Why not toast our great land with a blueberry beverage? This Blueberry Punch can be made in alcoholic and non-alcoholic versions, and easily caters for a crowd. Or make a batch of Blueberry Pink Lemonade for the littles, while the grown-ups enjoy a Blueberry White Wine Sangria.
No Canada Day dessert table should be without these little blue antioxidant powerhouses either! Bake a classic Blueberry Lattice Top Pie, or a no-bake Blueberry Lemon Pudding Pie. For a healthy take on a quintessentially Canadian treat, try some Baked Blueberry Doughnuts with a Maple Glaze. And a batch of Blueberry Jam Almond Bars is perfect for the picnic blanket.
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Facebook to offer free Internet to Africa with satellites
October 5, 2015 by Toi Williams
PALO ALTO, CA- Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) The social networking giant is set to beam free internet to Africa using satellites orbiting around Earth.
Facebook keeps its focus straight and is now closer than ever to its goal, which is connecting people by providing internet to underdeveloped countries and distant parts of the world.
Yesterday, the company announced its new partnership with Eutelsat, a French satellite operator. The two of them will provide broadband internet to sub-Saharan Africa with some extra help from Spacecom, which will be providing the AMOS-6 satellite. It is expected to come online during the second half of 2016.
This is the latest achievement regarding Facebook's Internet.org initiative, which hopes to provide internet to all underserved countries. The company has even launched projects with solar powered drones as a way of delivering internet connections to developing areas. The service was first launched in Africa in 2013 and is now available in nineteen countries.
Chris Daniels, VP of Internet.org, stated:
"Facebook's mission is to connect the world and we believe that satellites will play an important role in addressing the significant barriers that exist in connecting the people of Africa. We are looking forward to partnering with Eutelsat on this project and investigating new ways to use satellites to connect people in the most remote areas of the world more efficiently."
There are also those who oppose to Facebook's plans, claiming that it may hinder net neutrality, or that the company is driven by profit, rather than philanthropy.
For the record, according to a UN report, 57% of the world's population still lack reliable internet connectivity and 90% of those people actually reside in the poorest countries of the world. Internet access has been provided almost all across Africa, but it is expensive.
So Eutelsat's statement stood more as a spontaneous response, stating that its collaboration with Facebook will ultimately allow users to connect to the internet through "affordable, off-the-shelf" hardware. Google is also entering the game and has now started researching new ways to deliver internet connection to the "next billion" offline users.
Facebook could possibly have some profit by providing cheap internet to underdeveloped countries but at the same time, the company could definitely drain more profit by investing more resources on improving its services. So perhaps it's all done for the money, or maybe Facebook really is all about the poor people, or maybe a part of both.
All we know for now is that the Sub-Saharan Africa will finally gain access to the internet thanks to the social networking colossus, and that's what ultimately matters the most.
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French Camp is organized by families for families. This non-profit society was established by enthusiastic parents in 1983, and has been maintained by the energy of parent volunteers ever since.
Most jobs are small but extremely necessary for smooth camp operation. Please attend the morning parent meetings and/or contact the Camp Manager to offer your assistance during your week at camp.
In addition to the above, please feel free to make note on your application if you would be interested in volunteering for Camp Manager, Hosting a Junior Counselor or if you have any skills or talents that you wish to share during your week at camp. Yoga, Salsa dancing, Hair Braiding, Tie-Dye expertise, First Aid — we always appreciate the opportunity for parent workshops.
Throughout the rest of the year, about two dozen people continue the volunteer work. The three Local Committees — comprised of co-ordinator, registrar, treasurer, purchaser and equipment manager — research programming possibilities, negotiate with the campground owners, handle registration, and do the bookkeeping. The Central Committee, which includes a facilitator, treasurer, secretary, and webmaster, takes care of bookkeeping and budgeting, grant applications, Moniteur hiring, camp promotion, website maintenance, registration system, and organization of activities common to all camps.
BCFFC depends on volunteers for our Local and Central Committees. Many volunteers have dedicated their time to the undeniable success of BCFFC over the years and the current host of volunteers is no exception. That being said, BCFFC is always looking for eager and enthusiastic parents that may be interested in our various positions.
If you think you may wish to be one of those future Committee members and would like to know more about any of the job requirements, please feel free to contact the Local Co-ordinators for our three camps or our BCFFC Secretary through the email addresses listed on the Contacts page or feel free to ask us questions at camp. Training is available for all positions.
Please contact the Central Coordinator (centralcoordinator@bcffc.com) for the details on these positions.
**Bilingualism, though an asset, is not a requirement of any of the above positions.


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Sixteen-year-old Emmalyn Walker's life is turned upside-down when she is bullied out of school for severely injuring one of the school's top athletes. Abandoned by her friends, she befriends Larissa, the sweet girl from across the street, and Drew, a hard-to-read boy with a knack for being too honest. While Larissa does everything in her power to keep Emmalyn afloat, Drew drags her down, encouraging dangerous behavior and dark secrets.


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Step into the living room of our Beachside Retreat. Relax and feast your eyes on the panoramic view of Puget Sound, the Seattle skyline, and the Cascade Mountains. Binoculars are by the window. Look past the porch of our neighboring 1900s home and you might see Mount Rainier in all its glory. You have a good view of the fishing pier, the boat launch, and the picnic tables at the park.
In the living room you can either sit or stretch out on the hide-a-bed. Also in the living room are a large and a small over-stuffed chair. You might watch television or read. The coffee table by the couch is one that raises. This table gives you a convenient place for playing board games, card games,or putting a puzzle together. A puzzle, cards and some games are stored under the table More board games are available from the manager. Coasters are there for your beverages.Two of the six kitchen chairs are usually used in the living room. You will find lamps, end tables, a desk and office chair. Look in the desk for a map and a tour book. A few office tools like stapler, staple remover, scissors, and pens are available in the desk.
By the entrance you will also see umbrellas in an umbrella stand, a step stool, and a trash container. The garbage can and recycle container are located by the driveway. Early Thursday the garbage truck empties the garbage can. The recycle truck comes every other week. If you would enjoy reading the paper the manager will recycle The Kitsap Sun and the Seattle Times to your porch. The library also has a copy of the papers. Most days the library opens at 1 p.m. There are also some activities in the community room of the library at different times on different days.
You'll find a fully equipped kitchen with oven and range and pans for baking, roasting, or broiling. Use the grinder, the coffeemaker or the waffle iron. Blend up a smoothie in the blender. Use the popcorn maker. If you don't feel like cooking, walk over to the Manchester Grill and let someone else cook and clean up for you. Under the sink are the dish soap, rack, scrubbers, sponges, brushes. The pans are in the next cupboard. Broiler pan is below the oven. Many small tools, silverware, and kitchen items are in the drawers. Cutting boards ,knife holder, banana hook, paper towel holder, and toaster are on the counter. Dishes, serving bowls, mugs, pitchers, cream and sugar, napkin holder, spoon holder and more are found in the cupboards.
A glass-top picnic table seats four. If you want to use the table umbrella, request it. In the summer some fruit or vegetable may be growing in the garden.
Dress up the dining table with placemats and use the vase for flowers. Two extra table leaves are stored in a space near the microwave, so the table can seat up to six with the addition of two more wooden chairs. Ask the manager if a booster seat or children's toys or games would be helpful. Let the manager know if you plan to invite others to the rental. We keep track of both parking and cars using the private lane.. Overnight guests must be approved ahead of time.
In the bathroom shower you may notice having the extra space a curved hotel style rod provides. Take a bath if you prefer. Reach under the counter and you'll find the hair dryer.There is cabinet space below the sink. You'll also find extra paper towels and toilet paper stored here.The mini sewing kit is just behind the mirrored mini sliding door. Cleaning supplies, and both beach towels and bath towels, hand towels, and wash clothes are found in the tall bathroom cabinet. A toilet higher than standard height is easier to use, especially for senior citizens. We hope that little conveniences like night lights, room deodorizer, shampoo and soap will make you feel at home.
Check the linen closet in the hall for dish towels, dish rags, placemats, light bulbs and a second set of sheets and pillow cases.. It is next to the thermostat. Turn the thermostat to the temperature you like. The furnace is electric.
The bedroom wall is completely used up by the double bed and night stands on each side of the bed, A large chest of drawers is opposite the bed and on it is an extra television that is used for watching videos. The closet spans the west side of the room. It has plenty of clothes hangers as well as the broom, dustpan, vacuum cleaner, ironing board, fan and an extra pillow. A foam topper that can be placed on the hide-a-bed is also stored here. Extra blankets revolve from linen closet, bedroom closet, and under-bed storage, depending on the time of year.
Beauty inside and out is important. With this in mind, pictures decorate each room and the hall. Two silk flower arrangements are located between the living room and kitchen and dining room. The shrub growing under the large window in the living room is a rhododendron, our state flower.
Every day I wake up and check what is happening on the beach. Every night I see the lights of downtown Seattle. I watch the ducks and geese swim, hear the sandpipers calling, the crows and gulls flying and landing in the nearby trees. . I have always enjoyed reading, music, gardening, baking, learning, and teaching. I do volunteer work at a school helping with violin, and at our local library helping with weeding. I play violin in the orchestra for our church's holiday cantatas. I sometimes sing in the choir. My husband and I are retired and celebrated our 50 year anniversary in 2017.
1. The view is panoramic 2. The mobile home is completely furnished 3. Restaurant and post office are nearby 4. Rates are reasonable 5. Located on a private driveway 6. Has free covered parking 7. Is located next to a sandy beach 8. Monthly rentals are encouraged. 9. This is an all-season rental. 10. A writer or artist could use enjoy the rental 11. Grandmas and Grandpas may retreat to "home" while visiting their sons or daughters 12. Traffic is nothing like Seattle traffic - When three cars arrive at the same intersection at Manchester, it is probably rush hour. 8. If you own a boat or kayak, it is easy to get it into the water 9. The mobile home was set in place for a dear relative and her husband. They lived there for quite a while. Another relative also used the home. They took good care of it. I am sentimentally attached to the family home and have fond memories of visiting the people here.
The bathroom has an easy to use high toilet. Take your pick of a long soak in the tub and or take a shower. The curved rod is the same type you'll find at some luxurious hotels. The mirror over the sink is large. Storage is available, too. You'll find a sewing kit and a few personal items by the mirror. Under the counter is paper towels, extra toilet paper, and a hairdryer. There is still lots of room for your items, too. The closet holds cleaning supplies and rags, towels, hand towels, wash cloths, beach towels and a beach bag.
You are about a two block walk to the library, post office, hair cutting services, the pub and restaurant.
On a clear day you will see Mt. Rainier to the south and other Cascade Mountains to the east.
You can see Bainbridge Island, the Space Needle, Seattle waterfront, and Blake Island. See ferries, boats, ships, kayaks water birds. Cascade Mountains and Mt. Rainier are to the east and south.
Pomeroy Park, a dock, and a boat launch into Puget Sound, are a short walk away.
The thermostat for the electric furnace is located in the hall.
You share the wi-fi from the owner's house. Manchester library also has internet.
2 or 3 pound weights, elastic bands, and a stationery bike may be checked out.
Sunbeam Microwave is behind a cupboard door. Corelle set is microwavable. Please use microwave cover over food. Microwave bowl and egg holder, potholders. We provide paper towels.
Proctor Silex two hole toaster. A waffle iron is also available.
To expand the table, add 1 or two leaves to the table. Placemats and cloth napkins are in the linen closet. The glass top table under the covered carport has room for four diners.
Biography, children's, how-to, travel, romance, Bible, and more as well as magazines can be borrowed. Just ask.
A wood game "chest" contains boards for checkers/chess, Parchesi, Chinese checkers, Chutes and Ladders, Cribbage, and one other. There is a deck of cards and dominoes. Croquet, Frisbee, Sand things.
Cars, trucks, dolls, tea party, blocks, art materials, toddler toys. Ask.
To the north of the home is a large lawn and apple tree, and firepit. Ferns to the west. Stairs, path to beach on east & lawn swing. Vegetable garden & blueberries in season.
The courts are several miles away, but we have rackets and balls. Ask.
Village Greens Golf Course is about 4 miles away.
There are three steps and a railing up to the entry. No ramp.
I give this property 4-1/2 stars. I would give it 5 if the pocket doors for the bedroom & bathroom worked better & if the WiFi was a little stronger. If you are looking for a "5 star resort," this isn't it. But if you are looking for the almost perfect place to stay in the area, in a great location, with stunning views, at a great price, look no further! Our family lives 3 miles away. Our 2 & 7 year old grandkids stayed with us frequently & we took many walks around the little "town," in the 2 parks, on the pier & along the beach. We also visited Santa at the Manchester Grill, about a block or so from the home. There was enough room to set up a play yard in the bedroom for the 2 yo.
Margaret (Peggy) had Christmas lights around the outside that we turned on each night & a few decorations inside. We had our own tree & decorations, and the place was great for Christmas dinner with the 2 grands & 4 adult kids, along with us.
Margaret provided toys for the kids, some old fashioned ones they were quite taken with! She was very helpful with anything we needed. We are from the area but no longer have a house there, so we are very familiar. She obviously can & is willing to provide renters with information about the area. Overall, our stay was very nice & we were happy to have such a perfect spot when we came north for the holidays.
There is also a public library, where the kids & I went one day, & the Manchester Tavern, where they have live music some Saturday nights. Looks like another bar has opened a couple of doors down & maybe another small eatery. The post office is also within walking distance, as is a bus stop—although I recommend having a car. Be sure to drive down the hill from Alaska Street when the weather is clear (day & night) to see the full spectacular view of downtown Seattle, the Puget Sound & the nearby islands.
Thank you Julie for staying with us and giving a review. That's a lot of good information. I am using this opportunity to answer some questions that have been asked by recent possible renters.
The mobile home fits four. Julie reserved for two adults and two children. I appreciate knowing that children will be staying overnight. We have kept toys, games, puzzles to help pass the time - just ask.
The Manchester Library has computers and internet. Children's story time has been on Tuesday mornings and includes a craft. The Friends of the Library owns the building and raise funds to maintain it. A book and plant sale continues. The major fundraiser is a salmon bake on Father's Day.
During crab and fishing season we watch the action. The high school crew team sometimes practices off the park and dock. On Independence Day there are a lot of fireworks. Early December is the lighting of the Christmas tree, the Christmas Ship stops and carols us for 20 minutes, . The schedule can be checked on Argosy Tours. The Port Orchard Yacht Club also has a small parade past the house. ( We have more than enough decorations to share for most holidays.) This year there were a few polar bear plunges on New Year's day. Veteran's Day there is a ceremony by the library, too.
The new eatery is a Taco place. The new micro-brewery is mostly open on weekends. Manchester Grill is packed on Friday nights for their prime rib dinner. The parking lot is filled Sunday mornings, too.
Kitsap Transit does have a stop in Manchester, but the schedule is less than desirable. A few residents do commute to West Seattle via Southworth Ferry, but public transportation requires time and planning. There is a pay parking lot at Southworth. Not far from the Fauntleroy dock is a Metro bus stop for downtown Seattle - coming about every 10 minutes. Downtown in Pt. Orchard is a small ferry that connects to Bremerton's ferry to the downtown Seattle waterfront.
The pocket doors, the strength of the internet signal, and the size of a double bed, and the distance to where you want to go are factors to consider before making a reservation. I don't consider the open yard any kind of detriment for most people. We have steps that directly access the beach.
People who are renting for more than a week may ask about bringing pets with them. It is not appropriate for two large dogs nor more than four people staying overnight.
We are about a15 to 20 minute drive from Highway 16.
Great host, lovely spot. Very private. Easy two minute walk into the cute town of Manchester.
Thank you for taking time to give a review. We love living here, too.
Location, location, location and an amiable landlady. Victorian house with a small trailer on the property directly on Puget Sound. Wish we didn't have so many obligations elsewhere. Small bed in bedroom meant we had to use pullout in living room but that was a small bump.
We are glad you enjoyed the view from our single wide mobile home. I hope we see you again.
Great location with a great view. I don't like to travel in the Seattle area because it takes all day to get anywhere. The ferries are overloaded and having to wait for the next run takes away hours.
Life in Kitsap County is less hectic than in Seattle. Our visitors discovered that summer is a busy time for the ferries. The freeway may be congested, too. Some residents do commute to Seattle. The bus stop at the end of the Fauntleroy dock has a bus to downtown Seattle every seven minutes. (Cash only). We aim to have a clean comfortable vacation home for the lovely people who stay at our place.
Words cannot describe this quaint location!
I do not believe words nor pictures could show the true beauty that both the rental and the owner has. The tranquility of looking across the Puget Sound at the Seattle skyline at both day and night is fabulous. You can also see Mt Rainier. No one would be disappointed with this vacation rental. I truly enjoyed listening to the history of the area from the owner during our stay. We used both the bedroom and the pull out bed in the family room. Both were very comfortable. The rental is furnished well and is very clean. Thank you Margaret Warren for sharing your time with us.
We had good weather that week, so "the mountain was out". Glad to hear that the double bed was "very comfortable". Your positive attitude and enthusiasm are part of the reason we enjoy having a vacation rental. Thank you.
This little treasure is located in one of the most scenic locations on the Puget Sound. Unobstructed waterfront views are rare with any hotel or b&b arrangement, not so here. City lights of Seattle at night, and panoramic glory in the daytime, gives this unit a draw that's unique. This single wide vintage mobile home presents a private, homey feel. All of the amenities, full kitchen, cozy and quiet bedroom/bath, and a living room with picture window looking out to the water. Next door was my gracious hostess, who was there and available to assist if anything came up, but not doting. I was up on my own from CA visiting family in the area, and I could not have stayed at a more delightful spot. Clean, well-appointed, warm, and peaceful. Five stars, well-deserved!
Thank you for staying, sharing, and appreciating our vacation rental. Thanks for submitting a review.
Most of the time our area is quiet and peaceful, with the gentle sound of the waves, but you might hear seals, gulls, crows, geese, sandpipers and other birds. The boat launch area may bring the motors of small boats carrying crabbers or fishermen.
On a sunny day are the sounds of families, picnics, dogs at the nearby park. Summer evenings you may hear conversations or live music coming from the pub, or cars or motorcycles coming and going.
We love our view and the quiet lifestyle of our village, too.
Relax and listen to the waves. Make a sandcastle. Identify shells. Wade in the water. The beach is just a walk down the steps or a stroll down a no-steps path by our home next door.
Wi-Fi is available for your computer. Grill. Watch videos. Listen to music. Take photos. Play croquet. Enjoy the view Read. Walk two blocks to the Manchester Library to buy books and to use their computer. The post office, hair salon, restaurant, pub, an investment firm, and a real estate office are within a block of each other. A tour guide and a map is in the desk, for your travel planning.
Walk or drive two miles to Manchester State Park.
The drive to Pt. Orchard is about 15 minutes. Turn off of Mile Hill by the QFC to follow Village Lane and circle to the right for Village Green Golf Course. A left turn on Long Lake, brings you to Howe Farm, which is popular with dog owners. A fitness center is open all but two days a year. South Sound Regal Theater, and the Hi-Joy Bowling Alley can be seen from Mile Hill. Tuesday is $5 movie day. Swimmers might check out the pool at South Kitsap High School. Access is across from the A&W. The Kitsap County Park with batting cages, skateboarding area, playground, and lots of trails can be accessed by turning left onto Jackson from Mile Hill.
Downtown Port Orchard has a playground at the park, , a library, a museum, a venue for plays, restaurants, a passenger ferry and a marina..
Restaurants within a 10 mile radius include Sports bars, Shari's, Chinese, Mexican, Italian,, Thai, seafood, pancakes, pizza, tacos and frozen yogurt. Fast food includes, KFC, Burger King, McDonalds, Wendys, Subway, Dairy Queen.
For shopping, go to QFC, Albertsons, McLendon's Ace Hardware, Big Five, Wal-Mart, Fred Meyer, summer Saturday Market, consignment shops, Good Will, St. Vincent, Antique malls, Family Dollar Store, JoAnn's, Lowe's and more.
For a ferry ride, you have several choices. Southworth is about six miles and fifteen minutes away. Only a few runs do not stop at Vashon Island. The Fauntleroy dock, is in West Seattle near Lincoln Park. The Bremerton ferry lands at Coleman Dock on the Seattle Waterfront. The ride is about an hour. A small passenger ferry crosses the bay from Port Orchard to Bremerton.
Many chiropractors have offices near Pt.Orchard. A dental office is located on Mile Hill near Woods Rd. An urgent care clinic is located not far from the Tremont exit off Highway 16. St. Anthony's Hospital is located in Gig Harbor. Harrison is near Bremerton.
Manchester Community Church is the closest church, about a half mile, 4 or 5 minute drive up the hill. has services at 10:25 am and at 6 pm.. Elim Lutheran and Nebraska Street Baptist are about a mile or two away.. Nearer to Port Orchard are Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian,and Episcopal Churches.
High Season: May through August $600 per week. Half week $300 Off Season: $500 per week. Half week $250. We rent monthly or by the week or half week only. Monthly renters may request a pet agreement. Reservations are taken with rental agreement for up to 1 year ahead. The 25% is not refundable if reservation is cancelled. One half of the rental fee is due 60 days before you are scheduled to arrive or immediately if yours is a reservation less than 60 days before. The other half is due two weeks prior to arrival. The property is not fenced. Small indoor pets are allowed only on monthly rentals with prior permission and pet deposit.


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Kenny King On The Lack Of Social Injustice Protests In Wrestling, Bobby Heenan, The Bachelorette
By Joshua Gagnon | September 30, 2017
Kenny King spoke with Yahoo Sports on a number of wrestling topics. Here are some of the highlights:
Why we haven't seen more social protests/demonstrations in wrestling:
"That's a good question. The platforms are a little different I think. Kenny King is a character. Kenny Layne is a person. [Colin] Kaepernick or Martellus Bennett or Marshawn Lynch ... who they are and what they represent, as far as even endorsements and advertising dollars, that's coming from a different place where Kenny King the professional wrestler is coming from. I think it's just a little different the way it would come across because I couldn't do it during a wrestling show without it being misconstrued as a gimmick or an angle. I think that if you pay attention to the social media of a lot of black wrestlers and wrestlers of color, they are very outspoken as far as these issues in one way or the other. There's not too many I know that are silent on equality and social issues. I don't think Monday Night Raw or Death Before Dishonor is the place to discuss real-life issues when we are blurring the lines anyways."
Where Bobby Heenan ranks in history:
"Bobby Heenan is the greatest manager of all time. My childhood wrestling memories are filled with memories of Bobby Heenan, Mr. Fuji and Slick. And then to a lesser extent, Paul E. Dangerously and Jimmy Hart. Bobby 'The Brain' is always going to be the guy synonymous with managers and great wrestling personalities."
Former Impact Tag Team Champion Announces Departure
Wrestlers reacting to King being on The Bachelorette:
"I found that most of my friends in the business were watching for the first time because their wives were like, 'If Kenny's watching, you have to watch!' Most of my friends in the business were 'Oh, it looks like I'm watching now, appreciate you.' That was a lot of my friends in general. Overall the reception was overwhelming positive. The guys had a lot of positive things to say about it. Just myself, I think the biggest complements I was getting from my friends and the guys wrestling was that was you [on the show]. You didn't pretend to be anybody else. That was a big complement for me."
You can read the full interview by clicking here.
Source: Yahoo Sports
Damien demento contributed to this article.
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The Chodský pes, or Chodenhund is a breed of herding dog, that is also known as the Bohemian Shepherd. It is a native animal of the Czech Republic, and is possibly the oldest of all of the breeds from this part of the world. As a result of World War II, this animal almost became extinct, though it is now regaining its popularity, and has made a resurgence in the Czech Republic. It does however, remain largely unknown outside its native region.
It is not clear where the original ancestors of these dogs came from. Experts suggest that they were brought into the region from either Poland or Silesia. Another argument is that they were brought out of the Bohemian Forests by farmers. The relationship of the breed is also a mystery. There has been suggestions that the Bohemian Shepherd was a direct descendant from other similar herding dogs such as the Pinscher/Schnauzer or the Spitzen. Whether the breed was created by a combination of the three, or even a dog-wolf hybrid mix is unclear. Unless more evidence is found, this is a mystery that looks set to remain unresolved.
An opinion which is more than likely close to the truth, is that the breed originated as a cross between the Spitzen and Pinchers. This would have given the animal its coat and distinctive "look". During the time period that these dogs were utilised for herding, they were more than likely crossed with other herding breeds, which developed the straight tail and long slim body.
The Chodský pes could possibly be one of the predecessors to the German Shepherd. The existence of the strain has been recorded, as long ago as the 14th century, and could go back further. It has been bred professionally since the 16th century. Modern breeding techniques commenced in 1984, and now there are a lot of breeders that specialise in this animal in the Republic. Between 1994 and 2009, around 3500 pub were registered.
Bohemian Shepherds have been used to guard the south west borders of Bohemia, and private homes in the Chod region. Local people obtained permission to own large dogs for this purpose. This breed is so famous in the Czech Republic, that they were assigned a flag symbol, which is still used today, on the badges of Czech Scouts.
Dimensions and appearance
The dogs are medium height and length. The adults stand between 19-20 inches, and weigh between 35-55 pounds. Used to being exposed to the harsh East European weather, the Chodenhund has a coat that is long and thick, with a rich undercoat for insulation against freezing conditions. The animal's body is compact, and well proportioned. It has small, pointed, and erect ears set high on the head, with a long graceful neckline. One of the distinctive characteristics of this breed is an unhurried, light and fluid walk.
For active owners, this is the perfect dog. The Bohemian Shepherd is not an aggressive animal, but does have a lot of energy to burn. It is highly intelligent which make it easy to train. It is well behaved around children, and other animals, so makes the perfect family pet.
Because the Chodenhund has a very good sense of smell it makes the perfect rescue dog, and is a terrific companion for owners with a disability. It is also an outstanding watchdog. This breed is noted for having a friendly calm temperament.
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"I like the idea of amazing and astounding people. That's great, and that's what I do for a living."
This collection of interviews with the renowned filmmaker, animator, artist, and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe covers the phases of his career from his early work as a cartoonist and animator through his most recent and most difficult projects.
Among many subjects, Gilliam discusses his formative years as an artist and humor-magazine cartoonist, his move from the United States to England, his entry into British television, and his success as resident animator for the Monty Python's Flying Circus television show.
As co-director of Monty Python and the Holy Grail and as director of Jabberwocky Gilliam made his advent as a maker of feature films, followed by such popular movies as Time Bandits and The Fisher King. A mixture of critical acclaim and film-studio animosity greeted his epic Brazil. Gilliam discusses all these, as well as the damage The Adventures of Baron Munchausen did to his career and the disasters that plagued his attempt to film a time-travel comedy called The Man Who Killed Don Quixote after the commercial disappointment of his unexpectedly acerbic Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
In his conversations with a diverse array of interviewers Gilliam talks about an eclectic succession of topics, including his idiosyncratic tastes in painting and architecture, his fascination with the art and history of medieval Europe, his outspoken hostility for the commercial film industry, his views on comedy, fantasy, and film, and his philosophical perspectives on contemporary society.
"I like the idea," he says, "of actual demons sucking your brains out--envy and greed, these things being tangible. It's somehow on a common level, a more sensible way of dealing with the world. . . ."
David Sterritt is film critic for the Christian Science Monitor and a professor of theater and film at Long Island University and Columbia University. He is the editor of Robert Altman: Interviews and Jean-Luc Godard: Interviews (both published by the University Press of Mississippi).
Lucille Rhodes, an independent filmmaker who lives in New York City, is a retired professor of film at Long Island University.


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Charlie Sheen turned down an offer to be on the 'Two and a Half Men' finale
Kirsten Acuna
Feb. 22, 2015, 3:52 PM
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Warning: There are spoilers ahead if you haven't watched the "Two and a Half Men" finale.
The series finale of "Two and a Half Men" aired Thursday, February 19, and many tuned in to see whether or not Charlie Sheen would return to reprise his lead character of Charlie Harper.
Sheen was famously fired from the show four years ago after making negative comments about series creator Chuck Lorre on radio and TMZ, and subsequently exhibited strange behavior in a string of network interviews.
Ratings for the CBS comedy plummeted after Sheen was awkwardly killed off the show and was replaced with Ashton Kutcher.
The series finale revolved entirely around Sheen's character.
It turned out Harper was alive and was being held prisoner for the past four years in a giant pit in the basement of an obsessive lover — a nod to "Silence of the Lambs."
However, Sheen never appears once in the episode.
Instead, viewers are introduced to the backside of a Sheen lookalike at the episode's end. Before he can turn around, a piano is dropped onto the lookalike, killing Sheen's character for good this time.
The camera pans over to "Two and A Half Men" creator Chuck Lorre who turns to look at the camera and says "winning," a phrase that Sheen adopted while on his interview spree in 2011.
Right after, a second piano falls upon his head.
It was a bizarre, strange ending to the 12-season series.
Why bother to make an entire episode revolve around a character who was killed off four years ago when he's not going to make an appearance?
Apparently, Lorre and the producers did want Sheen to come back and reprise his character.
A title card at the end of the series from Lorre revealed Sheen was asked to come back for the finale.
Here's the message that appeared on screen:
Here's what it says in full:
I know a lot of you might be disappointed that you didn't get to see Charlie Sheen in tonight's finale. For the record, he was offered a role. Our idea was to have him walk up to the front door in the last scene, ring the doorbell, then turn, look directly into the camera and go off on a maniacal rant about the dangers of drug abuse. He would then explain that these dangers only applied to average people. That he was far above average. He was a ninja warrior from Mars. He was invincible.
And then we would drop a piano on him.
We thought it was funny.
He didn't.
Instead, he wanted us to write a heart-warming scene that would set up his return to primetime TV in a new sitcom called The Harpers starring him and Jon Cryer.
We thought that was funny too.
In an interview for the New York Times, Lorre said he never personally spoke with Sheen about inviting him to come back. Two executive producers, Jim Patterson and Don Reo, were in touch with Sheen.
Lorre also expanded on why he thought Sheen turned down the offer to return.
Via the NYT:
I can't say. I just have to assume that he didn't see the humor in it, which is all right. What are you going to do? We thought that was a terrific way to end the series. He certainly understood there was a huge pent-up demand to see Charlie in the finale, and there would be creative closure in that. I wanted to make that happen, but it wasn't meant to be.
We made what I know to be a sincere effort to include him in the finale, in a way that would give him a real featured moment, and a funny moment—a self-deprecating and outrageous moment. The final moment would have been his. He chose not to do it. That was an effort not to just give him what he wanted, but to give the fans of the show what they wanted. I'm not clear on what else I could have done. I wasn't about to turn creative control over the show to anybody, not at this point, not in the finale. I mean, why?
Lorre was also asked whether he gave any consideration to Sheen's proposed ending for the series.
"Not for a second," he said. "It just didn't feel appropriate for what we were doing."
After watching the episode in its entirety, you kind of can't blame Sheen for not wanting to come back.
The entire episode appears to be one giant dig at the actor.
Throughout the finale, knocks were made at Sheen for his previous behavior. Plenty of jokes are made about drugs and prostitutes.
At one point, Ashton Kutcher's character receives the following text from Harper:
You despicable troll. You thought you could replace my ninja awesomeness, you lame clown. I will deploy army of assassins to destroy you, I will bring my bayonets of truth to the hexagon of death where I will carve my initials into your reptilian skull and cover you in tiger's blood.
The Washington Post has a big breakdown of the many jokes made at Sheen's expense.
At the end of the day, Sheen may have gotten the last laugh after all.
Without his appearance, 13.2 million tuned in for the show's series finale. Though that number was higher compared to recent ratings for "Two and a Half Men," it was far lower than the average ratings the series was getting when Sheen was on the show.
More people tuned in earlier Thursday night on CBS for "The Big Bang Theory" ( 17.5 million).
The "Two and a Half Men" finale viewership is also a far cry from the over 27 million people who tuned in when Kutcher replaced Sheen in season nine.
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Football kit release: Tottenham Hotspur reveal new Under Armour home kit for the 2015/16 season
Posted on May 15, 2015 May 18, 2015 by samsportlocker	Posted in Football, Football kit releases, Under ArmourTagged Harry Kane, Home Kit 2015/16, sport-locker.net, Spurs, tottenham hotspur, Under Armour
Sport-locker.net can today bring you the launch of Tottenham Hotspur's new home kit for the 2015/2016 campaign, which will also be worn by the players for the first time in tomorrow's final home fixture of the season against Hull City.
Styled by and including the latest in Under Armour technological innovation, the six stripes that make up the shirt's diagonal sash are inspired by the design of the emblem, which is positioned below the golden cockerel that sits proudly on top both of the West and East stands at White Hart Lane.
Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Steven Paston
The shirt also includes a navy blue trim around the collar and cuffs in keeping with the Club's heritage. The collar is a classic v-neck, with navy stripes detailing the back neck tape.
The new goalkeeper kit is in traditional forest green with the heritage stripes extending throughout the underarm of the sleeve.
The new kit was exclusively unveiled on the Official Tottenham Hotspur Facebook page – the first time the social media platform has ever worked with a British club to reveal their new shirt.
As with all Under Armour teamwear, the new kit is made of HeatGear material. Weighing just 107 grams and containing the brand's quick-drying technology alongside Under Armour's signature Moisture Transport System, moisture is wicked away from the body ensuring that players always stay dry.
Lightweight fabric with built-in four-way stretch improves mobility and accelerates dry time, while strategic ventilation built into the shirt at key points where the body most commonly releases heat allows for optimum coolness, even in the harshest weather conditions.
Training wear, away kit and third kit launches will follow over the summer leading up to the 2015/2016 season.
The 2015/2016 home kit will be available to purchase today at Spurs Shops and the Club's official website (www.tottenhamhotspur.com/shop ).
What do you think of the new Under Armour Spurs kit? Let us know in the comments section below or on our Twitter and Facebook pages.
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ProElectronics via Rakuten.com [rakuten.com] has Sony Noise Cancelling Wireless Bluetooth Over the Ear Headphones WH1000XM3 Black for $276.21 with code PRO48.
"better choice"? in terms of what?
"quality in a ditch", are you talking about this XM3 or just saying it just because you feel like it?
this whole bose vs sony thing has been digested and dissected to death, and we pretty much know sound quality = sony and comfort = bose. just saying "much better choice" w/o any sort of context or anything is totally meaningless.
For $20 more, I'd pick Sony all day everyday.
are these gonna be fake?
Rakuten offers the Sony WH-1000XM3 Bluetooth Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones in Black or Silver for $324.95. Coupon code "PRO48" cuts it it to $276.21. FREE SHIPPING.
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I got mine from Rakuten on the last deal, registered for warranty no problem. They were brand new in box fully legit. Also got rakuten points + new sign up bonus points equaling to $14 rakuten cash.
Can I know which deal that you got? I think it depends on the seller. Do you have to upload your receipt to Sony?
Same, I've seen about 10 "deals" in a row I've had to pass up because I want to make sure the warranty is good.
At $258 Bose is no doubt a much better choice than this one as Sony's quality has been in a ditch for quite some time now.
Heads up, in OK this will come out to 300 after taxes.
Thanks. Just bought these from Best Buy at the end of last month (will be returning them for this deal). They have sounded great to me and the noise cancelling has been top notch for flights.


Each summer in Japan, citizens release floating paper lanterns into local rivers and lakes. The lanterns are decorated with special names and symbols and dedicated to late loved ones. This ceremony is called Toro Nagashi and it takes place over three days that serve the same purpose as American Memorial Day. You, too, can honor your lost loved ones this way by creating your own floating Japanese lantern. They are not difficult to make but require adult supervision for children and a little patience.
Spread out a piece of Yupo translucent paper on a clean, flat surface. Sketch your design onto the paper in pencil. Appropriate designs include pagodas, weeping cherry trees, Japanese characters, koi fish and other Asian motifs.
Outline your design in permanent marker and color it in with watercolor paints. Allow the paper to dry.
Fold your paper into fourths to create a square lantern or simply bend it into a tube for a cylindrical lantern. Glue the two edges of the paper together and secure them with paperclips while they dry.
Trace around the bottom of your lantern with a pencil onto a bamboo sheet. Bamboo sheets feature thin strips of bamboo woven together into thin mats. Cut out the shape, trace around the edge with glue and set your lantern shade on top. Allow the glue to dry.
Set a votive candle down into the lantern. Carefully light the candle with a long match or taper lighter, keeping the flame away from the sides of the lantern. Set your lantern in an outdoor water feature, stream, lake or even a child's pool.


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Research Subfield Committees
Nordita has a Scientific Advisory Committee of prominent scientists from the international physics community. Since its formation in 2007, the Scientific Advisory Committee has visited Nordita twice , in August 2007 and 2008, and met with academic and administrative staff along with members of the Nordita Board.
At these meetings, the Scientific Advisory Committee has reviewed and commented on a wide range of issues concerning Nordita in Stockholm and provided valuable input into Nordita's research strategy and future plans. Committee members are also being consulted between meetings via e-mail.
Curtis Callan
Susan Coppersmith
University of New South Wales, Sydney
Steven Girvin
Eberhard Gross
Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics, Halle
Joseph Silk
Gabriele Veneziano
Collège de France and CERN
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#define __VOM_BOND_MEMBER_H__

#include "vom/interface.hpp"
#include <vapi/bond.api.vapi.hpp>

namespace VOM {
/**
 * A bond-member. e.g. a bond_member interface
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class bond_member
{
public:
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   * A member interface mode
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  {
    /**
     * Active member interface mode
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    const static mode_t ACTIVE;
    /**
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    /**
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  private:
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  private:
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  ~bond_member();
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  void to_vpp(vapi_payload_bond_enslave& bond_enslave) const;

  /**
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  /**
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  /**
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  /**
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  /**
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  /**
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private:
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  const std::shared_ptr<interface> m_itf;

  /**
   * passive vs active member
   */
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  /**
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};
}

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Gear pumps are piston-type rotary pumps which operate on the positive-displacement principle. They are simple in design, and easy to handle. Gear pumps can generate operating pressures of up to 40bar and flow rates of up to 60m³/h. Their pulse-free delivery increases linearly with speed. High-viscosity media (oils, paints, adhesives, etc.) can also be pumped. Gear pumps are sensitive to hard solid-matter particles in the flow.
The materials used in the construction of the pump presented here make it resistant to most corrosive and aggressive chemicals. The plastic / metal gear wheel pairing results in relatively quiet running.
The MT 186 kit forms part of the GUNT assembly, maintenance and repair practice line designed for training at technical colleges and in company training centres. A close link between theory and practice is key to the learning content. The kit is ideally suited to project-based learning with a particular emphasis on 'hands-on' work. Independent working by the students is assisted and encouraged. Performing exercises in a small team offers a useful learning format.
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Home » Countdown to World Ports Sustainability Program launch – Antwerp 22-23 March
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Countdown to World Ports Sustainability Program launch – Antwerp 22-23 March
The World Ports Sustainability Program (WPSP) will be launched in Antwerp on 22-23 March. Hosted by Antwerp Port Authority, this exciting two-day event is set to map out ways in which world ports will contribute to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Initiated by the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH), WPSP will apply the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) along five themes: future-proof infrastructure, climate and energy, community relations, safety and security and governance and ethics. In this newsletter, we regularly report on the implementation of the program. If you have thought-provoking stories, relevant news or ground-breaking projects related to the WPSP themes, please share them with us via: mail@sustainableworldports.org.
Click here for the schedule of the WPSP launch event.
IMO Secretary General Kitack Lim with IAPH Managing Director Patrick Verhoeven
IMO set to close gap between ship and shore
IMO Secretary General Kitack Lim will deliver the opening keynote address at the WPSP launch. In an exclusive interview for IAPH's magazine Ports & Harbors, he speaks with IAPH Managing Director Patrick Verhoeven about the need for more communication between ships and ports on issues like increasing ship size and automated shipping. The Secretary General highlights that the IMO would be the right platform for such important discussions. Mr Lim also pleads for a stronger involvement of the port sector in the ongoing work of the FAL and MEPC committees and better information sharing between port and maritime administrations.
The full interview with Mr Lim appears in the March-April issue of Ports & Harbors.
Emanuele Grimaldi
Global shipping prepares for carbon-neutral future
Expectations run high for the next gathering of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC). At the April meetings, IMO Member States are set to adopt an initial strategy on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from shipping. Global shipping organisations, led by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), have prepared the ground during previous MEPC sessions and intersessional working groups by setting out a vision of zero CO2 emissions from shipping in the second half of the century. At the WPSP launch event, Emanuele Grimaldi, Managing Director of Grimaldi Group will join Beatriz Yordi, Director European and International Carbon Markets at the European Commission, Hilde Luystermans, Chair of the Ethics Committee at Total and Johan Castwall, CEO of Ports of Stockholm for a roundtable discussion on carbon-neutral shipping and ways in which ports can facilitate the energy transition.
Read more: ICS policy on CO2 emissions
Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry
Sustainability requires the brightest talents
Innovation and education form an important connecting thread between the WPSP themes. Tackling issues like automation, energy transition and cybersecurity will require the brightest talents. At the WPSP launch event, Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, President of the World Maritime University (WMU), will share views with young and senior professionals from ports, shipping and academia on how we can prepare future generations for careers in ports and shipping. Based in Malmö, Sweden, the WMU was set up by the IMO in 1983 to provide postgraduate education, research and capacity building to ensure safe, secure, and efficient shipping on clean oceans. To mark its 35th anniversary, the WMU is establishing the WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute, a concrete response to UN Sustainable Development Goals 14 (oceans), 13 (climate action) and 4 (education).
Find out more about WMU's contribution to the 2030 Sustainability Agenda.
World's First Academic Chair on Sustainable Transformation
On 1 February Dr Wayne Visser held his inaugural lecture as holder of the world's first Chair on Sustainable Transformation. The Chair was initiated by the Antwerp Management School (AMS) and is supported by BASF Antwerp, the Port of Antwerp and Randstad Belgium. Professor Visser is widely hailed as a global thought leader in sustainable business and corporate social responsibility. In his inaugural lecture, he explained how strategies of integration can redirect us from sustainability-as-usual to sustainable transformation, or, in other words, a U-turn towards a thriving future. Professor Visser will join the WPSP launch event, introducing the interactive workshops on 23 March. These workshops will dive into the five WPSP themes, taking stock of ongoing international collaboration and setting out a work programme for the future.
How does WPSP work?
The World Ports Sustainability Program has three essential objectives. First, it will establish and maintain a global library of best practices. Second, it will provide a platform for running collaborative projects and, third, it will function as a think-tank and breeding ground for new collaborative projects. In addition, the program will provide guidance, support and recognition to ports worldwide and report regularly about the sustainability performance of the global port sector. A dedicated website is to host the global library of best practices, the platform for running projects and platform for new ones. The initial partners of WPSP include the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO), the International Association of Cities and Ports (AIVP), the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure (PIANC) and the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH). IAPH leads and coordinates the implementation of the program. WPSP is open to other international port-related stakeholder organisations on a structural partnership basis.
For more information about potential partnerships, please contact: patrick.verhoeven@iaphworldports.org
The World Ports Sustainability Program is an initiative of the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) that aims to demonstrate global leadership of ports in contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. The program empowers port authorities worldwide to collaborate with logistics, industrial and societal stakeholders in creating sustainable added value for the communities and wider regions in which their ports are embedded. For more information, please contact: mail@sustainableworldports.org
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Pokemon Trading Card Game (TCG) news and information for upcoming sets, booster expansions and more.
The Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) Online app has launched on the Apple App Store™ in select markets around the world, bringing the online version of the popular trading card game to iPad® and iPad mini™ devices with Retina display, starting with the third generation, in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. The Pokémon TCG Online, available as a downloadable client for PC and Mac® and now as an app, allows fans with an Internet connection to play the game whenever they like, wherever Wi-Fi access is available or by using the device's data plan.
The 3rd XY TCG expansion hits stores today. With the release of this fighting-based expansion, don't forget to get your free Pokemon for Pokemon X or Pokemon Y.
As we previously reported, the Pokemon Company today announced that next Pokemon XY TCG expansion, Furious Fists, will be released on August 13th. The two previously unnamed theme decks featuring Pangoro and Sylveon will be called Dark Hammer and Enchanted Echo.
Looks like the 4th expansion to the Pokemon XY TCG series in Japan has been announced. "Phantom Gate" will feature Psychic-type Pokemon and have M-Gengar EX as the expansion's mascot. It will be released in Japan on September 13, 2014 and have at least 88 cards. Check out the sample Japanese advertisements below.


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Lazio have tried to soften the blow of Felipe Anderson's departure by strengthening the club in almost every area of the pitch. After finishing fifth in back-to-back campaigns, Lazio are aiming for a push into the Champions League. Napoli are also undergoing significant changes compared to last season. The arrival of Carlo Ancelotti has been followed by the arrival of players like Fabian Ruiz to replace Jorginho. Maurizio Sarri made Napoli an attractive team to watch and not too many differences are expected on this front. Napoli have done exceedingly well in recent meetings with Lazio. Despite a poor pre-season, I would go with a win for Napoli.
Napoli have scored a remarkable 19 goals in the last six matches against Lazio. It may be difficult for last season's runner-up to maintain this incredible run stretching even further. An attractive option would be to stick with over 1.5 goals from Napoli.


The White House has increasingly cautioned about extreme weather threats from climate change.
The combination of stronger storms and rising seas from a warming planet have the potential to wreak havoc on America's coastlines, President Obama said Thursday during his visit to the National Hurricane Center in Florida.
Obama received the annual briefing on hurricane preparedness from federal science agencies ahead of hurricane season, and stressed the importance of preparing the country's infrastructure for the impacts of climate change.
"The best climate scientists in the world are telling us that extreme weather events like hurricanes are likely to become more powerful," Obama said. "When you combine stronger storms with rising seas, that's a recipe for more devastating floods."
"Climate change didn't cause Hurricane Sandy, but it might have made it stronger," he added, pointing to the 2012 storm that caused more than $68 billion in damage and was tied to 233 deaths on the East Coast.
After the briefing, Obama took to his @POTUS Twitter account to field questions from the public about climate change. In response to a question about dealing with climate change deniers in Congress, Obama said the public should put pressure on them to act.
As it steps up its climate change agenda in Obama's second term, the White House has cautioned that failing to act on climate change will exacerbate storms, floods, droughts, and wildfires.
It's a potentially potent message, especially in Florida, where Republican Gov. Rick Scott has denied the link between human activity and climate change and has even reportedly barred state officials from using the term. In an Earth Day speech in the Everglades, Obama said that climate change "cannot be omitted from the conversation" and linked it to "stronger storms, deeper droughts, longer wildfire seasons."
In March, the Federal Emergency Management Agency unveiled a policy requiring states to consider climate change in order to get disaster preparedness funds. Starting next March, states would have to incorporate climate change in their hazard mitigation plans, which are required to get a share of the roughly $1 billion a year in mitigation funding.
The policy doesn't affect the federal funding that goes to states after disasters, but would effectively bar climate-denying states from getting federal grant funding for projects that prepare infrastructure for extreme weather, such as reinforcing buildings, constructing safe rooms, and relocating destroyed structures.
The move has attracted the ire of Republicans, who say the White House is injecting ideology into a valuable grant program. Seven Senate Republicans, including Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, sent a letter to FEMA administrator W. Craig Fugate saying "the scientific debate around the role of climate change "¦ is ongoing."
"Planning and preparing for disasters should be focused on strengthening and protecting local communities from inevitable weather events and not about falling in line with the president's political agenda," they wrote.
Although climate change alone does not cause a weather event, scientists have said that the a warming planet can make extreme weather worse. Studies have said that events such as the massive drought in California and Superstorm Sandy were exacerbated by climate change. A February NASA study warned that rising emissions would mean a "megadrought" for the American west in the second half of the century.
Republican presidential contender Ted Cruz has found himself caught in the political fallout of the link. In press conferences about the deadly floods in his state, the Texas senator has fielded questions about the impact of climate change on natural disasters, which he's dodged by saying, "it's wrong to try to politicize a natural disaster."
Obama on Wednesday also praised the coordination between federal and state officials in responding to the Texas floods, cautioning that "there's going to be a lot of rebuilding.
"It does remind us that it is never too early for disaster preparation," he added, saying, "we are better prepared than ever for the storms of today."
The president typically gets the annual hurricane briefing in Washington, but the White House said he traveled to Miami this year to see the National Hurricane Center's facility. White House officials, including senior adviser Brian Deese, toured a Miami Beach project to prepare the city's infrastructure for more intense storm surges.
Obama was joined for the briefing by Florida freshman Rep. Carlos Curbelo, who is one of the rare elected Republicans to urge action on climate change.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts that the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season will be below normal, continuing a trend of light hurricane seasons. There's a 70 percent chance of six to 11 named storms developing in the Atlantic between June 1 and November 30, with between three and six of those becoming hurricanes. The projection says that zero to two of those would become Category 3 hurricanes or higher.
But a below-normal season does not mean at risk states should sit on their heels, NOAA administrator Kathryn Sullivan cautioned.
"As we've seen before, below-normal seasons can still produce catastrophic impacts to communities," Sullivan said, pointing to the 1992 below normal season that produced Hurricane Andrew, which wreaked havoc on South Florida.