Certainly there is a way these fit together.
Hand sanitizer. Windmill. Crying jag. Burned paper.
The only thing I want more than solar panels is a windmill. Our neighbors have one, although theirs isn't the kind that generates electricity. It's just for looks. I want one that looks good and produces usable current. My dream is to be off the grid. Every time I think about the oil spills and the poor animals they kill and the habitat permanently decimated by drilling, I become incredibly depressed. Last week when I heard about the fire on the oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, I went on a real crying jag. Forgetting I'd just applied hand sanitizer, I rubbed my eyes. Wow! Now there's a real wake-up call.
I love how you connected the crying jag and the hand sanitizer.
You're leading the pack with your response to this writing prompt. You go girl!
Carly stood at the window rubbing hand sanitizer over her fingers and across the palms of her hands. The windmill was motionless. No power meant no water for the farm; life had been hard for weeks.
Instead of allowing another crying jag to drag her down, she pulled a sheet of paper from her desk. Crying made her weak and listless while pouring herself out with her pen in hand gave her hope.
Carly sat at the dining room table and wrote for an hour. When the page was filled and her heart was empty, she lit a match and touched it to her list of sorrows. Her woes were minimized to burned paper and she could breathe again.
OMG. Nothing worse than windmill with no wind. Like a sailboat with no wind, seeded dandelions with no wind, an eagle with no wind beneath its wings. Nice one, Shaddy.
Great job, Shaddy! Loved the ending.
Thank you for your kind comments about my story. You are too hard on yourself, though! Your piece is as poignant as it is succinct. I could feel the catharsis.
She knew she couldn't take much more of this. Today's crying jag had lasted well past noon. She'd held it together until after she'd left her mother-in-law's home. She didn't want them to think she was ungrateful for the bit of comfort she found in their quiet sanctuary. But, really, how much could one person endure?
And why, she wondered, did the days seem to grow longer as the deadline neared. Wasn't she looking forward to this? Wasn't this her lifetime dream? Shouldn't the time go faster instead of slower? She certainly had enough to do to get ready for it.
And, how was she going to explain her red, swollen eyes to her husband this time? He'd know right away she'd been crying again. He'll think it was the terrible service at his mom's that was causing the tears, and he'll feel badly about that, knowing there was nothing he could do but empathize and tell her to hang on a bit longer.
"It'll get better, I promise," he'll say. And that would make her feel worse.
Well, nothing to do now but sort through more boxes, she thought. She carried an orange milk crate out into the yard, sat down, and opened another box. She scanned each page, putting some into another box, and others into the fire before her. A gust of wind snatched the burned paper from the flames and windmilled it across the bare ground.
She jumped up and ran after the blackened pages. Then she returned to the milk crate, put the paper back into the fire, and cleaned her hands with hand sanitizer.
"This is ABSOLUTELY the last time I'm ever moving!" cried Ann, as tears once again transformed the flames into moving shadow shapes.
Windmilling papers? Very slick way to work it in, Ms. Gullible!
Sweet idea, that is, using the words to let Ann know her move is on your mind.
Martha sat with her head in her hands staring at the note lying on the table in front of her. John was leaving her again, this time for good. The crying jag she had just finished hadn't made her feel any better. It was a good thing she had this waitress job at the Windmill Café. For sure he wouldn't have left her any money, and there were bills to pay. She picked up her lighter, touched it to the note and had the satisfaction of watching the burned paper disintegrate to ashes. She ran a comb through her hair, dabbed makeup around her eyes, and touched up her lipstick. She took a few deep breathes as she rubbed the hand sanitizer over her hands. Guess I'll have to take the bus home tonight, she thought as she pushed her way through the swinging doors into the dining room.
Parrot Writes, I say this as kindly and gently as I can, and only in your best interests. Seriously? You need to broaden your horizons! Guess you weren't in the class where I killed that no good, huh?
I love it whenever someone brings John and Martha back again. Anything that reminds me of BWW is precious in my mind.
Good ole John and Martha! Their lives are infinitely complex. New episodes can surface at any time.
Parrot, I picture a windmill on the roof of the café–like the Moulin Rouge in Paris. The show must go on.
I just posted this a couple of hours ago, and I am TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY! You are all so good! I am moved and energized and happy and I-don't-know-what-to say- reacting. Are you guys writers or what? Brilliant. I'd rather read these than any book I've been checking out or listening to for a long time. Absolutely stellar.
PS: We had a good instructor.
This type of writing prompt is fun, fun, fun. More, more, more, PLEASE.
His dream had come true when he purchased his dream car, a Jaguar XKE. He stood beside the driver's door and pulled out his cigarette lighter and struck the wick. With his bank note in his other hand he said, "Paid In Ful" and let the burned paper float away.
Crying JAGuar. Leave it to you, Walk. I love it.
What a creative take! Though you never describe the owner, I can vividly picture him and his Jag.
Good work ladies, as Ann said, I rather read this than any book.
Susan stared out the window but saw nothing. If sharp stings had not announced the countless invisible paper cuts and assorted nicks on her hands, she would not have even noticed that she was slathering her hands with sanitizer. Between this year's swine flu scare and all the recent time she had spent in hospitals, reaching for hand sanitizer had become a reflex.
The end was going to be messy. She knew it. Accidents, illnesses, and trips to the emergency room had became more frequent. Susan had started to dread seeing her parents' name on her caller id. No longer had she been able to skip answering an unfamiliar number; a kind neighbor might have been calling with an unkind report. Now it was even worse. The cruel caller id regularly flashed the name of the nursing facility.
The still figure at the window jerked around quickly.
"Are you sure you are okay, Susan?" probed Joyce one last time.
After the elementary school administrator disappeared down the hall, Susan sunk into her desk chair and mindlessly started munching a morsel of a windmill cookie that was left over from story hour. The cinnamon flavor transported her back to her own kindergarten days. Miss Andrews used to serve chocolate milk and windmill cookies as a snack while she read stories like "Black Beauty" to the rapt youngsters.
Susan broke her own spell–time to straighten the classroom for tomorrow before going to see her parents, who may or may not recognize her today. As she picked up scraps of construction paper, paste pots, scissors, and a variety of brightly-colored plastic toys, she recalled the late Friday afternoon phone call turned her world upside down.
The present once again interrupted Susan's mental replay. The bulky box of crayons slipped out of her hand, and all 128 colors escaped across the floor.
"Great time for inanimate objects to stage a revolt!" Susan muttered to herself.
When at last her fingers grasped the cornflower blue crayon, the last errant rebel, she spied the corner of an old piece of construction paper poking out from underneath the book shelf. What used to be a smooth, vibrant magenta sheet was now a yellowy brown, sun-burned curl of paper. Was this her own inspirational kindergarten assignment? She could still make out "Excellent! Great work!" The faded words were in the unmistakable handwriting of Miss Andrews.
Susan picked up the damaged relic of her childhood, smoothed it gently, and carefully placed it in her bag. She turned off the lights and closed the classroom door. Walking down the hall, Susan felt like she was in a bubble–so much distance between her and the rest of the world. How would her parents be this afternoon?
Wow! Seems Ann's prompt came at a perfect time for you. You took it and romped with it.
I barely got on my feet with it. Why, I wonder. Ann didn't say she was timing us!!
I suspect the challenge fired me up and I just HAD to accomplish it ASAP, typical of my nature.
You rocked as you romped!
Accidents, illnesses, and trips to the emergency room had *become* more frequent.
…she recalled the late Friday afternoon phone call *that* turned her world upside down.
The slippery bottle of hand sanitizer twirled like a windmill as it fell from her fingers and then slammed against the tiled floor. Carly refused to react. Her eyes were still irritated by threads of smoke drifting up from the otherwise empty wastebasket where she'd tossed the burned paper; she fought back the creeping fingers of an oncoming crying jag.
(I do enjoy being thrifty and to the point. the first time was so much fun, I just had to return for another helping).
Yes and thrifty you are! You created a great image with few words!
The crying jag was over and the windmill of emotions that poisoned her mind came to a slow, grinding halt. A lifetime of hurt and humiliation disappeared like germs rubbed out with hand sanitizer. Martha sat on the floor in front of the fireplace and watched as her marriage license turned into nothing more than burned paper. She stood up, smiling to herself. Yes, the crying jag was over.
I like this alot, Kathy. I always like what you write and would love to have more of it to enjoy.
Yeah! Someone else can't forget Martha. Nice use of the prompts KathyH!
Keeping Dylan entertained wasn't always easy, but it was necessary. While I weeded my flowerbeds, he kept himself occupied with the handful of toys he had brought outside. I looked up to find him using a magnifying glass, harnessing the sun's power against a defenseless anthill. I don't know how long he had been at it, but I spied a candy wrapper that had been reduced to a small piece of burned paper next to the ant hill. I got cleaned up and we went on a search for entertainment. That search led us to Poppy's Putt-Putt.
Even with Dylan's coaching, I couldn't hit the ball through the Dutch windmill. Miniature golf was not my game. There would be no putt-putt career for me. After taking my penalty points for that hole, we finally finished the game.
Once we settled into the SUV, I found the hand sanitizer I kept in my purse. Who knew who had handled those golf clubs before us?
"Did you have fun, even though I beat you, Nanny?" Dylan asked, still rubbing his hands together.
I had been doing my best to keep my seven-year-old grandson from burning down my house while his parents–my son and daughter-in-law– stayed at the hospital with his newborn baby sister. Abby had come a month early and she would have to stay in the neonatal unit for a few days. Her first few hours of life had been uncertain and trying. More than once I had fought against the threat of being consumed by a crying jag.
"Hey, are you giving your poor old grandma a hard time?" I asked in mock offense. He laughed.
His giggle filled me with joy. I wondered what Abby's laughter would sound like.
Nice job, J.J. You used Ann's prompt to relate a heart-warming real life story.
Beautiful story JJ! As a Grandma I can relate so well to kid-let giggles and being beat at a variety of childrens games. Heartwarming.
Ann, now settled, had the support of her friends while moving.
Perfect, Gully. I don't think there's a way to make it much shorter.
Moving slowly, Ann settled into her favorite chair, the one with the extra back support. If only she had listened to her friends and quit at half an hour on the treadmill instead of continuing for a full hour. "Oh well, no pain, no gain," she said to herself, rubbing her sore legs.
Excellent. You took this in an unexpected direction. I hope Ann has had time to work off some of her stress, even if she had to endure sore muscles.
I posted something new…just for you.


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It is about a girl (Leighla Johnson) and a guy (Seth Richards). They fall in love and some one interferes. They split up and in the end are both in heaven.


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I`d like to tell you about Europe. Europe is our common home. All the history is going up from Europe.
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Europe is our common home
Plan.
1.Introduction.
2.Passport.
a)Aria.
b)Recourses.
c)Population.
d)The largest countries.
e)The longest rivers, the largest lakes, the highest mountains.
f)Languages.
3)The origin of the word Europe.
4)Geographical position.
5)Boundaries.
6)Climate.
7)Countries and languages.
8)Religions.
9)History of Europe.
I`d like to tell you about Europe. Europe is our common home. All the history is going up from Europe. Europeans had opened other continent and the European languages are speaking all over the world today. It consists of 42 countries, such as the UK, France, Germany and others, and Russia is among them. Europe is the second smallest part of the world after Australia. The area of Europe is about 10 million sq. km. The population is about 700 million people. The largest countries by the area are: the European part of Russia (4 million sq. km.) and the Ukraine (600.000 sq. km.). The largest countries by population are the European part of Russia (100 million people) and Germany (79 million people). There are some facts about Europe.
Europe.Area.the Altitude.
Name.million sq. km.% of the dry-landthe middle (metres)the highest point (m.)the lowest point (m.)Facts.10.26.83004807- 28
The longest rivers in Europe are: the Volga (3`530 km.) and the Danube. The largest lake is the Caspian Sea (371`000 sq. km.). The highest peak is Elbrus (5`642 m.), the lowest point is the Caspian sea (28 m. below the sea level).
There are much recourse in Europe, among them are: coal, oil, gas, precious metals and metal ores. For example, today in Turkey there is the golden fever.
Europe is named after a legendary Phoenician princess Europa. The Greeks gave her name to the island and mainland of Greece. A Greek historian Herodotos, when writing about the war between the Greeks and Persians in 5th century BC called all land west of the Bosporus "Europe"; east of the Bosporus - "Asia", and so it has remained.
There is another explanation of where the name Europe comes from. The Assyrians used to speak "asy" ("the land of rising sun") and "ereb" ("the land of setting sun" or "the mainland"). They passed these names on to Greeks and eventually they become Asia and Europe.
Europe is a part of the continent of Eurasia.
There are 42 countries in Europe. Most of them are on the mainland. Some of the countries lie on islands, for example the U.K., Iceland, and Cyprus. Such countries as Italy lie on the peninsulas. Europe is washed by the Arctic Ocean in the North, by the Atlantic ocean and the North sea in the West, by the Mediterranean and Black sea in the South. In fact Europe is really a westward exlention of Asia.
There are many mountains in Europe. The best known are: the Alps, the Pyrenies, the Caucasus and the Urals. Elbrus is the highest peak (5`642 m.). There are many rivers in Europe. The most important are: the Volga, the Don, the Dnieper, the North Dvina, the Elber, the Rhine in Germany, the Seine in France. The largest lakes are the lake Onega and the lake Ladoga.
Most winds in Europe come from the West. They are wet because they have come from the Atlantic Ocean. The arrangement of the peninsulas, mountains and seas allows these wet winds to blow far inland, bringing rain. In winter warm Atlantic Ocean current keeps the coast free from ice. Far from the sea, for example in Russia, winters can be very cold. The Mediterranean region has warm, wet winters and hot , dry summers. {There is a long period of sunshine and clean blue sky in summer.}
In sprite of Europe is the second smallest part of the world, it is the most crowded; 1/8 of the entire world`s people live in Europe.
Many languages are spoken in Europe. Among them are English, French, German, Spanish, Russian and others. The languages, spoken in Europe, can tell us much about the history of the countries. German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish and English are all German languages. Polish, Bulgarian, Slovak and Serbo-Croat are Slavonic languages. Russian, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, French developed out of the Latin language. Today European can be heard all over the world: English in North America and Australia, French in Canada and Southeast Asia, and Spanish in Africa. All this facts prove that European languages are spread all over the world.
The borders of European states have changed many times. For example, the states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania became independent states in 1920, but in 1940 they became republics of the USSR. In 1991 they declared their independence again. In 1993 two independent republics, the Czech republic and Slovakia were created out of former Czechoslovakia. These facts prove, that the process of forming the countries still going on.
People belong to different religions in Europe. In southern Europe and Poland most Christians belong to the Catholic Church. In northern Europe the churches are mainly Protestant. Such countries as Great Britain and Ireland belong to the Protestant Church. Greeks, Bulgarians, some Yugoslavs and Russians belong to the Orthodox Church. Also there are many other religions, such as Muslim, Buddhism and others.
There are Jews living in most European countries, through few in Germany and eastern Europe where they exterminated by the Axis in the Holocaust, since WW-II immigrants from Africa, the Caribbean, Turkey, India and Pakistan have settled in parts of France, Germany, Scandinavia and Britain.
So we can see, that there are 42 countries in Europe, people of different nationalities live there, they speak different languages and belong to different religions; but all of them want to live in peaceful coexistence and economic co-operation; thats why new institutions had to be set up.
After World War II a number of countries in Western Europe began to co-operate more closely with each other. Then in 1957 the European Economic Community commonly known as the Common Market, was founded by the Treaty of Rome. The first six members of the European Community were France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. Goods could be sold between these six countries without extra import taxes and people were free to take jobs in any of the other countries.
In order to make decisions and administer the Community, new institution had to be set up. By 1967 there was a Council of Ministers, a Commission, a European Parliament and a Court of Justice. The Council of Ministers was made up of ministers from each country's government. It has the final say on the policies and programmes of the Community. The Commission is made up of two people from each larger country and one from each smaller country. They take decisions on routine matters and propose new laws.
The members of the European Parliament are directly elected by voters in each member state. The Parliament is able to comment on proposals, put up by the commissioners and influence the budget and it is slowly gaining more powers.
The Court of justice has the power to enforce Community law on member states. {This Court has sometimes overturned a decision made by the British law courts.} All citizens of Community countries have the right to appeal to the European Court of Justice.
From l973 to 1986 Denmark, the Irish Republic, the United Kingdom, Greece, Spain and Portugal joined the Community. So it increased from the original six to twelve member states. In 1987 these twelve member states passed the Single European Act. This meant that from the end of 1992 money, goods, services and people could move Freely within the Community without customs and other controls at the frontiers. Any citizen of a member state can start a business, hire workers and sell product as easily in another member country as in his own. Workers are able to use their skills to find jobs anywhere throughout the Community.
For many people the main purpose of the European Community is to create a continent whose countries need never go to war with each other again, because Europe is our common home.
In the 1st century AD Britain become Roman province as the result of colonises invades in AD 43. By about AD 100 the Romans had conquered many of the lands that now make up countries of modern Europe, including Spain, France and Britain. However, their power didnt extend beyond the river Rhine, because there were German tribes whom the Romans called barbarians.
Then the Roman Empire gradually split into a western half and an eastern half (the Byzantine Empire). The West accepted the Pope in Rome as head of the Church and called itself Christendom. In Eastern Europe and Russia, people were gradually converted to Christianity by missionaries from Greek Orthodox Church in Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine empire. From then on the Ural Mountains were regarded as the European eastern border with Asia.
As the Christianity spreads at the end of the 4th century the Roman Empire gradually split.
As the Roman Empire declined and collapsed, many tribes crossed the Rhine and moved into Western Europe. By about AD 500 there were as many as twenty different tribes, including Franks, Saxons, Visigoths and Ostrogoths, controlling particular areas of Europe. These peoples gradually came to accept the power of the Church and throughout Christendom. Latin became the official language of church services, of governments, and of lawyers and scholars. Educated people travelling across the continent could easily understand each other.
The followers of the proper Muhammad, known as Muslim, launched a
Creating Market Economy in Eastern Europe
Europe in the Middle Ages
Intellectual history of the Europe
Le France situee a l'ouest du l Europe
OSCE - Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Structural and semantic peculiarities of the texts of the council of Europe official documents and their translation into ukrainian
The enlargement of the European Union
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Mother Teresa declined to obtain sculpted for that museum as she thought that her work was more essential than her physical being. Among the only person to ever achieve this.
In This summer 2008, Madame Tussauds' Berlin branch grew to become embroiled in debate whenever a 41-year-old German man brushed past two pads and decapitated a wax figure depicting Adolf Hitler.
In The month of january 2016, the statue of Adolf Hitler was taken off the London museum as a result of a wide open letter sent with a staff author from the Jewish Journal of Greater La, adopted by significant support because of its removal from social networking.
This Year, Ozzy Osbourne posed as themself and scared unsuspecting visitors.
The figure making process for Madame Tussauds is all about four several weeks lengthy and every figure costs about $300,000 to create beginning to end.
Greater than 250 precise measurements and 180 photographs are taken of the susceptible to precisely produce the figure. When the subject is unavailable of these measurements, the studio artists study countless photographs watching hrs of video to produce the figure.
All wax figure are created 2% bigger compared to actual person as this expensive is the way the wax is anticipated to melt over the process.
Each strand of locks are placed individually – it requires roughly 5 days to accomplish. You will find roughly 100,000 hairs on every mind.
Red silk thread can be used to produce the veins in every eyeball. Knotted rope can be used to produce the feel of veins on our bodies.
All figures get their hair washed making up retouched regularly.
Madame Tussauds wax museum is really a major tourist attraction working in london.
The very first overseas branch of Madame Tussauds was opened up in Amsterdam in 1970.
Since opening its doorways in 2000, Madame Tussauds New You are able to has rapidly become probably the most popular Madame Tussauds locations on the planet.
You will find presently 24 Madame Tussauds worldwide, including seven in the united states, and museums in Beijing, Tokyo, japan and Sydney, Australia.
It was once referred to as "Madame Tussaud's" the apostrophe is not used.
Madame Tussauds is of a leisure company known as Merlin Entertainments, following a purchase of The Tussauds Group in May 2007.
In Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, Mr. Hannay informs Pamela that his uncle is featured in Madame Tussaud's killer section which eventually she can take her grandchildren to Madame Tussaud's to determine him.
Madame Tussauds is featured within an Assassin's Creed Unity side mission, in which the player is given the job of retrieving the severed heads which Madame Tussauds was commissioned to create replicas.


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It might not have been the record breaking some were expecting, but it was still another classic in the world of sport - not forgetting it was St. Patrick's Day weekend too!
With that in mind, everyone's memory of the weekend may be a bit blurry, which is why we have a round-up of all the weekend's talking points.
England's hopes of a second successive Six Nations Grand Slam were crushed as Ireland won 13-9 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. The defeat also meant that England's record equalling run of victories was not extended.
Buoyed by a loud St. Patrick's Day weekend bumper crowd, Ireland produced a display full of intensity and physicality, which England failed to deal with.
Ireland took the game to England from the off and were rewarded by scoring the only try of the match through Iain Henderson. It was an uncomfortable night for Eddie Jones' side and his first defeat in charge, but at least England had the consolation of winning the Six Nations.
Elsewhere, Scotland ended their Six Nations with a convincing 29-0 win over Italy at Murrayfield. It's the first time Scotland have won three games during the tournament since 2006 and was a fitting end to Vern Cotter's reign as Head Coach.
In the other match, France won a closely fought match with Wales 20-18 at the Stade de France. Defeat for Wales gave them a lowly finish of fifth; their worst since 2010.
You can never say never in football, but the Premier League title race is all but over after Chelsea's last gasp win at Stoke on Saturday. Willian gave the visitors an early lead before a Jonathan Walters drew the match level. The game looked to be heading for a draw until Gary Cahill popped up with a late winner when the ball fell loose at a corner.
Spurs, who are Chelsea's closest rivals managed a win over Southampton at White Hart Lane on Sunday. Christian Eriksen fired in a low drive and then Dele Alli scored a penalty to put Spurs in the ascendency. James Ward-Prowse scored for the Saints, but Mauricio Pochettino's men held on.
The game of the weekend was at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday where Manchester City and Liverpool went toe-to-toe. In a pulsating match, James Milner gave the visitors the lead from the penalty spot, before Sergio Aguero levelled from Kevin de Bruyne's low cross.
Both sides could have, and maybe should have, had penalties as the game wore on. A point keeps both sides firmly in the race for the top-four.
Roger Federer followed up his recent Australian Open win by beating fellow Swiss player Stan Wawrinka in straight sets at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.
World number 10 Federer comfortably won the first set 6-4, but was broken for the first time in the tournament at the start of the second. Federer still came through 7-5 in the end to claim his fifth title at Indian Wells!


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Osoby o tym nazwisku:
 Alexander Östlund – szwedzki piłkarz
 Anita Östlund – szwedzka łyżwiarka figurowa
 Cecilia Östlund – szwedzka curlerka
 Erik Östlund – szwedzki biegacz narciarski
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Goodell Brandishes Unlimited Power in Peterson's Suspension
"You have shown no meaningful remorse for your conduct. When indicted, you acknowledged what you did but said that you would not 'eliminate whooping my kids' and defended your conduct in numerous published text messages to the child's mother. You also said that you felt 'very confident with my actions because I know my intent.' These comments raise the serious concern that you do not fully appreciate the seriousness of your conduct, or even worse, that you may feel free to engage in similar conduct in the future."
— NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's letter to Adrian Peterson [Source: http://www.si.com/nfl/2014/11/18/adrian-peterson-suspension-roger-goodell-nflpa]
In my last post, I advocated that Adrian Peterson would soon be back on the field on the condition that the NFL complied with the contracts ranging from the plea agreement to the CBA that are binding between the NFL and every player that is part of the labor organization. Lo and behold, yesterday morning, the NFL (i.e. Commissioner Roger Goodell) determined he is not bound by the mutually bargained contractual language and ruled he would be suspended without pay for at least the remainder of the season. Additionally, the arbitrator, Shyam Dass, upheld the NFL's determination last night.
Source URL: http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer/jason-la-canfora/24818834/adrian-peterson-suspended-why-the-nfl-dropped-the-hammer-on-the-vikings-star
The Equity Analysis vs. The Legal Analysis
People look at this decision and can have two very different but very valid assessments. One is that Peterson deserves whatever punishment he receives. Equity involves fairness and justness. This assessment's reasons may parallel Goodell's three "aggravating circumstances" for giving a strong punishment: (1) the physical and emotional injury to the child due to the disparity in age, size, and strength between Peterson and his four-year-old son; (2) the use of the switch is like "the functional equivalent" of a weapon in the hands of a professional athlete; and (3) Peterson's lack of remorse.
Here, the series of photos showing the abuse Peterson's four-year-old son received was the nail in the coffin for him. According to a league source, the photos were just as unsettling as the elevator footage used against Ray Rice for his personal conduct violation. The source also said that the specific factor distinguishing Peterson's conduct from what many would consider acceptable corporal punishment for a child was the injury to his son's testicles. Yes, Peterson's conduct may have crossed the line, but I think that emphasizing fairness in this respect here would do more harm than good because it defeats the purpose of having a contract and endangers the players overall. I know that the majority of players will not have issue with the new personal conduct rules, but the power imbalance could start here and grow into other areas covered by the collective bargaining process.
The legal assessment is the other way to analyze this decision, and because the NFL and Peterson are bound by a contract that governs the matter, I believe this is the more suitable assessment. Many people have heard that there is a new Personal Conduct Policy and that Peterson has stated that "the report that [he] backed out of a meeting with the NFL is just not true." There are three important facts for this analysis: (1) the commissioner has the express power to act in the best interests of the sport; (2) the "hearing" that Peterson was so kindly asked to attend is not consistent with the current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA); and (3) Peterson was allegedly supposed to be removed from the commissioner's exempt list once his case was resolved as part of the plea agreement he made with the NFL because his time already served would satisfy the full extent of the sentence, and the case has resolved.
Peterson argues he would attend the standard meeting with the commissioner as before any discipline determination because that is the long-term practice and is what was collectively bargained in the CBA. All players, coaches, staff, and the commissioner are bound by the CBA, a legally enforceable contract between the NFL and the NFLPA, through the NFL Bylaws. Therefore, Goodell has not only the right to act in the league's best interests but the duty to do so, but rules, rulings, and processes likenon-collectively bargained pre-discipline hearings cannot be made "on the fly" and certainly do not serve the league's best interests, for the NFL will lose its credibility and respect from the parties involved and the public perception.
This view is objective and does not speak to the sentiments like the former view. While tapping into equity for a situation is sometimes appropriate to right a wrong, we have to be careful that we do not too frequently make two wrongs - here, a parent punishing the child with a controversial method (though it is his right to raise his child however he wants so long as it is in the child's best interests) and the commissioner's breach of contract that is meant to protect both the sport and an athlete's interests - equal a right.
The Implications
It is understandable that given the storm of negativity hovering over the league, the sport, and its commissioner's fitness to lead the league's central office, Goodell would want to make an example out of Peterson. Making a statement that the NFL will not tolerate personal conduct such as this is great, but how many times will Goodell "make an example" of a high-profile player? Once a season? Every opportunity it gets? So far under Goodell's reign, his discipline for personal conduct violations has shown egregious inconsistency and unfairness when there is a collectively bargained document dictating the process to be used. Here, although we don't know the exact language of the full plea agreement for confidentiality reasons, Goodell is allegedly going back on his word.
If people make contracts, decide to breach the contract for the heck of it without a justifiable reason, and that breach is then upheld in an administrative setting serving a judicial function, what purpose does the contract serve? Why should the NFLPA come to the bargaining table in the first place if there is no guarantee that the judiciary will not enforce the bilateral, collectively bargained, legally enforceable contract (i.e., an agreement with an offer, an acceptance, and "consideration")? Bottom line: The players likely cannot trust Goodell.
Luckily, the NFLPA and Peterson can appeal the arbitrator's decision to uphold the NFL's ruling, and it will. The NFL placed Peterson on the commissioner's exempt list on September 18 after his indictment on felony child abuse, and even though he pleaded no-contest to misdemeanor reckless assault, he will remain on the exempt list until his appeal can be heard. Furthermore, Goodell has the power to determine who will hear Peterson's appeal through the CBA just like he did regarding Ray Rice's appeal. Therefore, if Goodell wants consistency, he should determine that a neutral arbitrator will hear Peterson's case, but consistency appears to be a foreign concept to Goodell.
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Germany's top football players of Turkish heritage, Mesut Özil and Ilkay Gündogan, have been reprimanded by the German football association (DFB) for their warm welcome of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
"Of course the DFB respects the special situation of players from migrant backgrounds. But football and the DFB stand for values that are not sufficiently respected by Mr. Erdogan. Therefore, it is not a good thing that our internationals have let themselves be misused for his election campaign stunt. It certainly hasn't helped the DFB's integration efforts," the statement by DFB President Reinhard Grindel reads.
The two German players, who were born to Turkish parents in Germany, met Erdogan, who has been criticized by Berlin over his crackdown on the PKK, in London, the UK.
The footballers have come under fire after photos of them posing and shaking hands with the Turkish leader emerged on social media, including on the account of Erdogan's AK Party. Özil and Gündogan, who play for Arsenal and Manchester City respectively, presented Erdogan with signed jerseys. Gündogan had written "For my president" on his uniform.
— AK Parti (@Akparti) 14 мая 2018 г.
— Mesut Özil (@MesutOzil1088) 13 мая 2018 г.
An MP from the left-wing party Die Linke, Sevim Dagdelen, reminded the players that the national team should be aware of their actions when playing by Erdogan's tune.
— Sevim Dagdelen, MdB (@SevimDagdelen) 14 мая 2018 г.
"Posing in a London luxury hotel with the despotic Erdogan and courting him as "my president" while he is oppressing democrats and imprisoning critical journalists in Turkey, is a gross foul," she tweeted.
Twitter was also enraged with the footballer's move. Some even called to pull the players out of the German national team.
Re Özil and Gündogan. Politics play an important role in our daily lives and for those in the limelight, it is irresponsible to be a bad role model. Supporting a dictator who disregards Human rights, human ethics and human lives as little as Erdogan is a serious stain.
— BayernFanTV (@TheBayernFanTV) 15 мая 2018 г.
— Clark Whitney (@Mr_Bundesliga) 15 мая 2018 г.
— Philippe Auclair (@PhilippeAuclair) 14 мая 2018 г.
I do strongly believe that #Özil & #Guendogan should not be nominated for #WC2018 — This meeting with #Erdogan violated all values @DFB_Team stands for. It was an affront to our open society.
— Sebastian Cario (@elcario) 14 мая 2018 г.
Despite the uproar, national coach Jogi Löw named both Özil and Gündogan as part of Germany's World Cup preliminary squad, announced on May 15.
Gündogan defended himself and Özil with a statement, explaining that they met Erdogan at a Turkish foundation event that helps Turkish students. Naming the meeting "a gesture of politeness, out of respect for the office of the president and for our Turkish roots" he rhetorically asked, "Are we supposed to be impolite to the president of our families' homeland?"
He also precisely stated that "it was not our intention to make a political statement with this picture."
Erdogan, who is known as an avid football fan and even played on a semi-professional team before his political career, is seeking re-election in June after 15 years in office.
In 2016, an attempted coup took place in Turkey and was suppressed the following day. Over 240 people were killed during the coup attempt and an estimated 2,000 were wounded. Ankara has accused Gulen and his movement, outlawed in Turkey, of playing a key role in the coup. Gulen has denied the accusations. In the wake of the coup, the Erdogan government immediately withdrew from the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights, which bans executions, raising the likelihood of mass executions.
Following the failed coup, the Turkish authorities reportedly arrested over 13,000 people, 10,000 of whom were members of the Turkish military.
Since the suppression of the coup, numerous news websites in Turkey have been shut down at the request of the prime minister's office, under the pretext of endangering national security and public order. The Turkish government reportedly revoked the licenses of 25 media outlets.


It started with a pair of shoes: the Instagram story that's rewriting how women shop.
For years, the Instagram account was anonymous and a little mysterious.
Noihsaf Bazaar became a hub for women to resell their high-end clothing and accessories from mostly independent, women-led labels. Things that you'd imagine a gallery owner might wear. Thousands of women followed the addictive stream, buying and selling, then tens of thousands. The feed was curated, that much was clear. But who was doing the curating?
Then, a few months ago, a face appeared.
Sporting a gray Carhartt beanie and beautifully arched brows, Lindello introduced herself and told the story of how Noihsaf Bazaar began — not in Los Angeles or New York City but in Duluth, during a dark winter. At first, she posted her own items to the account. Then friends joined in, selling their frocks and clogs.
Today, some 22,000 people follow the feed. On an average week, it gets more than 2 million impressions, Lindello said.
The account is filled with floral, bohemian dresses from Dôen, pleated pants from Ilana Kohn and mules from Rachel Comey. No "fast fashion" allowed. Each item is picked and posted by Lindello, a 35-year-old stylist whose eye for emerging designers and passion for sustainable fashion created Instagram's most covetable resale account.
Her business is part of a larger push against cheaply made, mass-market clothes from the likes of Zara, in favor of small-batch brands such as Maryam Nassir Zadeh. Those independent brands can be pricey, but buying them secondhand makes them more affordable.
Noihsaf Bazaar has "captured the desire for a very specific audience, to find what they're looking for in a way that's becoming much more difficult at brick-and-mortar consignment and resale stores because of what fast fashion has done," said Gretchen Jones, a New York City-based business adviser and former fashion designer.
Count Jones, who won the eighth season of "Project Runway," among its devotees. She's bought and sold on Noihsaf and, just last week, nabbed a tough-to-find jumpsuit from Horses Atelier, a small Canadian clothing label founded by two best friends.
In 2013, Lindello had a pair of Rachel Comey flats that didn't quite fit. The brand was high-end but little-known — especially in Duluth.
For two years, it was free. Lindello just got first dibs. (Her best score? A vintage Dior jacket.) As its popularity grew, Lindello charged a small seller's fee for her time — $1.80 per item at first, then $2.80.
She started sister accounts for vintage clothes, menswear, kids and more, selecting friends to run them. But she's still the sole curator of the main account, picking items she loves from brands she loves.
Lindello's style is integral to Noihsaf Bazaar's success, said Annika Kaplan, a Minneapolis jewelry designer whose work occasionally pops up on the account, which she considers a compliment.
Unlike other Instagram giveaways, Noihsaf did not require people to "follow" or "repost" or "tag two friends." (She wanted it to feel like a true thank-you, she said. No strings attached.) Lindello refuses to promote her account — or even spend money to market it.
Women hear about it — via a podcast they love, a style website they follow, a fashionable friend. It's the answer to the question "Where did you get that jacket?" The brag behind a cult item find. Often, on one of Noihsaf's posts, someone will tag a friend and say, "This is the account I told you about." It's become a kind of refrain.
Each day, dozens of photos pop up on the Instagram account, which can be overwhelming for a follower. Still, Lindello could post more. Stuff she likes, stuff that would fit. But she knows there's a limit to the form: "Instagram itself was never meant for this sort of thing," she said.
The selling process, too, is imperfect: A buyer nabs an item by posting her ZIP code in a comment, communicating with the seller via direct message and arranging payment via PayPal. There's no searching for a particular size or brand. Plus, posting daily means that Lindello is on her phone a lot. Too much.
Noihsaf has become "a full-on business" and Lindello's full-time focus. Together, some 43,000 items sold across the accounts last year. She's working on launching an e-commerce site, streamlined and searchable, and is meeting with potential investors in the next few weeks. The fee would stay low. The fashion would remain hand-picked.
The account inspired the author and "Forever35" podcast host as she worked to shift her wardrobe to sustainably made clothing. "It exposed me to fashion brands I had never heard of," Shafrir said. It offered her a place to buy secondhand, the most sustainable option of all, and to sell, paring down her closet.
Selling also introduced her to Lindello. After submitting her items, she got an e-mail back with instructions, including where to send the $2.80 fee.


I have never encountered a musician who is as polished yet raw as Christine and The Queens.
Three years ago, I looked to music festivals with a sense of mysticism and teenage yearning. At the time, I was still inexperienced enough to think that the idea of 30,000 tightly packed, sweaty armpits seemed strangely glamorous. While I'm no longer too naïve to let those delusions of grandeur fool me, there are some festivals that make three days of sleep deprivation, sunburn, and mile-long food lines worth it.
Yes, I suppose there is something alluring about moshing on a carpet of ripped-out grass stubs and crushed beer cans, or waiting an entire hour in 95-degree-heat to buy a $15 roll of lukewarm sushi. And yet, that's not what keeps me coming back to Governor's Ball Festival in New York City. At GovBall, it's all about the music. This year's lineup? The Strokes! The Killers! Kanye!
So here, without further ado, were the three favorite acts I saw throughout the two-day New York City festival. Had the third day of the festival not been cancelled for weather, all three of these acts would probably have been Kanye.


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Q: Correct User's Inputted URL - Ruby I have a url input box, but I'm thinking I'm going to change it because users still don't always enter in the url correctly as shown in an example and the url still allows a few variations. I was wondering how I could turn a user entered url into the format I want. Say I want the following format in the end:
http://www.example.com/

but the user enters in one of the following
www.example.com
www.example.com/
http://www.example.com

The other way would be if they didn't use a subdomain so the end result needs to be:
http://example.com

and they type in either:
example.com
example.com/
http://example.com

The code I need should be able to handle correctly formatting any formatting mistakes to get it into the desired format.

A: def correct(url, protocol='http')
  url = url.sub(%r{^https?://}, '')
  protocol = $& || "#{protocol}://"
  #url = url.chomp('/') + '/'  # Uncomment to ensure the url to ends with `/`
  url = 'www.' + url unless url.start_with? 'www.'
  protocol + url
end

correct('www.example.com')        # "http://www.example.com"
correct('www.example.com/')       # "http://www.example.com/"
correct('http://www.example.com') # "http://www.example.com"
correct('example.com')            # "http://www.example.com"
correct(' example.com/')          # "http://www. example.com/"
correct('http://example.com')     # "http://www.example.com"
correct('https://example.com')    # "https://www.example.com"

A: I have same problem and my solution in Rails

in application_helper.rb:
def address(link)
  return link if link.scan(/(https:\/\/)|(http:\/\/)/).any?
  link.split('').unshift('http://').join('')
end

in views:
= link_to "", address(user.website)

in pry:
=> helper.address("http://www.example.com/")
=> "http://www.example.com/"
=> helper.address("example.com")
=> "http://example.com"

A: you should use the domainatrix gem:
require 'domainatrix'

str = 'example.com'
url = Domainatrix.parse(str).url  #=> "http://example.com"


You sick little monkey!!!! Holy crap!!!!
Who's that coming up the path??
Enormous "parts washer", large enough to wheel a bike onto to give it a jolly good gunking prior to any major work etc.
Blasting chamber, large enough to take bike frames and Land Rover body panels.
Spray booth, again, large enough to take the above mentioned parts.
A seperate shed for all the crap the other family members seem to think belong in your shed.
Emergency escape hatch, so you can pop orft to the real BEER pub without having to invite "her whom you could really do without these days, to be quite honest" along, after all, why spoil a decent pint by subjecting it to such acid remarks and evil glares?
I'd like a BEER fridge, a wood burning stove with a small hob and an oven so that I can heat soup and PIES and a toasted sandwich maker.
Interwebs access so that I can seek instant advice.
Surprised no-one has mentioned some sort of hydraulic bike lift, and a trolley for transferring engines from the bike to the workbench.
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Home News centre Provost braves London Marathon for Edinburgh charity
Provost braves London Marathon for Edinburgh charity
Published Friday, 22nd April 2016
Edinburgh's Lord Provost is on his marks and getting set to tackle 26.2 miles on Sunday (24 April) when he takes on the Virgin Money London Marathon 2016.
Lord Provost Marathon
He will join over 53,000 runners, including rugby ace Shane Williams, Top Gear presenter Chris Evans, and Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer in his second year racing to the finish line in The Mall in London.
The first Lord Provost to complete a marathon, he has been in training with his trademark 'chain' of office running gear (pictured) and has received almost £4,000 in donations so far.
He is raising funds for his charity, the Lord Provost's One City Trust Rapid Action Fund.
He said: "The marathon might be in London but I'm absolutely running it for Edinburgh. The One City Trust and the Lord Provost's Rapid Action Fund fights all forms of exclusion in the Capital and it feels good to know all my hard work and training is going to be worth it because it is for such a meaningful charity.
"Like last year, I will just be happy to complete the track but hopefully I'll be able to beat my time too. The training has been hard but I do feel fitter than last year. I feel very focused and determined and I'm hoping that will see me through. I'm so thankful for the support and donations I've received. Wish me luck!"
The One City Trust Rapid Action Fund is the Lord Provost's charity and aims to fight inequality in Edinburgh. It has provided emergency funds to local organisations such as Get2Gether which helps people with disabilities socialise and build friendships and Bridge8, which provides a gateway to Edinburgh's outdoors to support disadvantaged young people. His donation page will remain live until after the race.
The marathon will set off from Blackheath and Greenwich Park before passing by some of the most famous areas of London, taking in Tower Bridge and St Paul's Cathedral, the London Eye and the Houses of Parliament before finishing on the Mall opposite Buckingham Palace.
The Lord Provost raised over £6,000 for the One City Trust and the Jamie Skinner Foundation when he completed the Virgin Money London Marathon 2015.


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'Why I decided it was time to come out to my pupils at school'
30 years after the introduction of Section 28, teacher Luke Burgess, 26, showed just how much progress has been made - and how much work there still is to do.
I grew up in a working-class town, a stone's throw from Brighton. But as a teenager struggling to come to terms with the fact I was gay, I might as well have been on another planet.
The education system didn't represent, let alone prepare, me for the person I was on my way to becoming. Being gay was not something mentioned in school, and homophobia wasn't robustly challenged. I had no role models to look up to.
This experience had a profound impact on my life, and it's the reason I eventually came out as a gay man in support of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Union (LGBTU), an organisation dedicated to LGBT+ students, faculty, allies and alumni.
I'm currently a teacher at a comprehensive on the outskirts of Brighton, and in the past I have felt the pressure or need to be closeted at work. Whenever a colleague mentioned their wife or husband, I would stay silent.
During my training in 2015, I remember a staff member saying that they would question the conduct or competency of a teacher if he or she told a student that they were gay.
However, as my career progressed, I threw myself into becoming an LGBTU ally, receiving training from a charity called Allsorts, which provides support for young queer people.
I wanted to improve teachers' skills, build a body of supportive governors and parents, and create effective policies and an inclusive curriculum, with an additional focus on pastoral support that would enable and empower the voices of our pupils.
My aim was to help the school work towards a Rainbow Flag award, given by The Proud Trust to institutions that shine a spotlight on LGBT+ inclusion and diversity.
So I set up an LGBTU group for students, which turned into a weekly lunch-time activity. It became a safe space for them to talk about sexuality, bullying and instances of homophobia.
I overheard one student describing his friend's coming out story as attention-seeking, which he then dismissed with a homophobic slur. Intervening, I told him that this offended me as a gay man.
He immediately apologised and assured me that he wouldn't have said it if he knew. It puzzled me why he thought that would make a difference.
Spurred on by this incident, I decided to hold an assembly for the entire school, focusing on coming out, hate crime and the long-term damage that homophobic language can have on victims.
My colleague Pam and I decided that this was a discussion that absolutely needed to be had. While planning the end-of-term talk, I started thinking about the irony of us saying that it's OK to be gay even though we weren't being open or honest with them about our own sexuality.
It dawned on me that I could be a role model to these kids, the kind I lacked in my youth. And all it took was one simple sentence: "I find it offensive as a gay man and my colleague as a gay woman."
The whole experience and reaction has been incredible. We've been flooded with messages of support from staff and students alike. It even gave some pupils the confidence to come out.
Our objective was to teach them about sexuality and that there is no need to hide, or be ashamed of who they are, and I believe that we succeeded. From the school hall to national television, where Pam and myself appeared on Good Morning Britain, our message of togetherness has spread.
I hope it leads to greater guidance and support for LGBT+ students and LGBTU members.
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Luke Burgess
Team GB's Tom Bosworth reflects on coming out as gay: 'I wanted to do it on my own terms'
Cheltenham Town Football Club 'saddened' after homophobic abuse by fans


Exit polls from last week's election indicate that health care was the number one issue for voters. These findings suggest that consumers are still struggling to find adequate and reliable health care insurance coverage.
Health care has been an ongoing issue amongst policymakers and lawmakers alike for quite some time and this is no shock to the general public. Unfortunately, however, as scammers have caught onto consumer's desperation in finding coverage: the FTC is warning people to be cautious.
The Federal Trade Commission has recently secured a court order temporarily shutting down an insurance scam operation that was based out of Florida. This unlawful operation has sold consumers bogus policies, amounting to almost $100 million dollars total.
A federal judge has suspended the operation of Simple Health Plans LLC, its owner and other entities involved until the case can be heard and tried. The Federal Trade Commission wishes to permanently shut down the company and protect consumers.
The FTC alleges the health insurance's promoters unlawfully used different websites to entrap consumers looking for coverage. Consumers were told that for $500 or less a month; they were purchasing comprehensive health insurance that would cover pre-existing conditions, primary and specialty care treatment, emergency care, surgical procedures and medical testing. None of this was true. Instead, consumers discovered they paid for a medical discount program (not health insurance) and were left uninsured with high medical bills.
"The plans defendants were selling are not health insurance and they aren't a substitute for health insurance. Get the details in writing and take your time before signing up for any of these plans," says Andrew Smith, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection.
According to the FTC, Simple Health used a series of websites that featured logos of AARP and other well-known insurance companies such as Blue Cross Blue Shield despite having no affiliation with either entity.
The case will soon be heard in federal court as Simple Health vigorously denies all allegations made by The Federal Trade Commission. Simple Health Plans LLC owner, Steven Dorfman "looks forward to having an opportunity to defend himself in the appropriate forum," states Dorfman's attorney in response to the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
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Maya is a journalist out of Atlanta, GA. She holds a BA in Economics with a concentration in International Business from the University of Louisville. Maya is currently pursuing a dual-degree while simultaneously advocating for the general public as a writer and trailblazer in the community.


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https://www.starsinsider.com/music/380659/musicians-who-walked-off-stage-mid-concert-for-weird-reasons
The highest-earning songs of all time
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Lil Wayne - Last year, Lil Wayne was on a joint US tour with Blink-182. On July 11, he revealed at the beginning of his set that he wasn't sure how much longer he was going to do the tour. Then, just 20 minutes into his hour-long set, he simply said "y'all are wack, I'm out of here," and left the stage.
Lil Wayne - He was reportedly upset about the small crowd size, observing "there's not too many… that's not my swag." He was also allegedly upset that it seemed like most of the crowd was there for Blink-182.
Marilyn Manson - Marilyn Manson collapsed onstage at a concert in Houston, Texas, allegedly from "heat poisoning." He was reported as appearing shaken and visibly ill onstage previous to the collapse.
Marilyn Manson - Yet another incident involving Marilyn Manson—the singer outdid himself in February 2019 when he reportedly had a breakdown in New York. He rambled and sang off-beat, then freestyled for a minute, before insulting the crowd and walking off stage.
Ed Sheeran - At a sold-out show in Cardiff, Wales, the singer left fans waiting when he stopped the concert to go to the toilet. Ed left the stage at Principality Stadium temporarily to go for a pee—twice!
Kanye West - In November 2016, Kanye suffered an on-stage meltdown four songs into his Sacramento show. He ranted for 15 minutes about everything, from Beyoncé and Jay-Z, to Donald Trump and Facebook.
Kanye West - Kanye then shocked the crowd by walking off stage. He ended up being hospitalized and cancelling the rest of his Saint Pablo Tour dates.
Justin Bieber - JB has been the star of some of the most famous stage walk-offs in music industry. During a show in Norway in 2015, he walked away after a fan spilled something on the stage. He tried to clean the mess but got so frustrated he just left.
Justin Bieber - Then in a 2016 concert in Manchester, UK, he walked off stage mid-show because fans were screaming too much. He also stormed off stage in São Paulo, Brazil, back in 2013, after a concertgoer threw a water bottle at him, knocking the mic out of his hand.
Madonna - The Queen of Pop put on a tantrum at a 2012 show in Santiago, Chile, when she spotted some audience members with cigarettes. She told them off before walking away.
Green Day - Who could ever forget Billie Joe Armstrong's legendary fit at the iHeart Radio Music Festival in 2012? When Green Day got their set cut short, Billie cursed and said he wasn't "Justin Bieber" before smashing a guitar and tossing the mic.
Axl Rose - The Guns N' Roses' frontman is the king of losing the plot on stage. During a concert in 1991 in St. Louis, Missouri, he tackled a crowd member for taking pictures. Rose ended up starting a riot, for which he was arrested a year later when he returned from touring Europe.
Kings of Leon - What is the matter with St. Louis, Missouri?! At a 2010 gig there, the band were forced to leave after just three songs when a bunch of pigeons bombarded the venue with excrement—even aiming for the bassist's mouth!
Jim Morrison - The Doors' lead singer was known for his crazy stage antics, but at a concert in New Orleans in 1970, he smashed a hole into the stage before leaving the venue in Jim Morrison style. It was his final performance, as he would die of a heart attack in Paris not long after.
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Jack White - During a gig at the Radio City Music Hall in 2012, White stormed off stage after 55 minutes because he wasn't feeling the audience's energy. He blurted out "Jesus Christ is this an NPR convention?" before walking away.
Courtney Love - Courtney Love had a ranting crisis at a 2011 show in Brazil after she spotted a concertgoer holding up a picture of her late husband, Kurt Cobain. She managed to insult Dave Grohl and gay people before leaving the stage.
Brandy - The 'The Boy is Mine' singer was taken aback when she walked onstage in South Africa for a surprise performance in 2013, only to find the 90,000-capacity stadium filled with a crowd of just 40. Brandy attempted two songs before calling it quits.
Lupe Fiasco - Believe it or not, the rapper had to abandon the stage at a show in Salt Lake City, Utah, after a heckler threw a tomato at him.
Selena Gomez - The pop star was forced to cut her set short at the 2013 Los Angeles Jingle Ball after experiencing all sorts of sound malfunctions. She told the audience she'd be followed by "cooler" artists before dropping the mic and leaving.
Morrissey - The singer seems to be followed by drama everywhere he goes (probably due to his bad temper). While playing a gig in Warsaw, Poland, he stormed off after an audience member reportedly made an offensive comment about his recent cancer treatments.
Fiona Apple - It's safe to say that a Fiona Apple show is always slightly unpredictable, but she shocked the crowd in 2013 while performing at a party for Louis Vuitton in Tokyo. She cursed at the audience for being chatty before storming off stage.
Elton John - The "Rocket Man" is know for being a bit of a tempered diva, and he flipped out at a Las Vegas show in 2019, where he walked off stage because a fan kept touching him and disrupting the performance, according to The Telegraph. He later returned to finish his set.
Trey Songz - The R&B singer got into huge trouble in 2016 after performing in Detroit. According to MTV News, he was arrested after allegedly destroying concert equipment when he was told it was time to end his performance.
Lil Wayne - The rapper freaked out at his own DJ during a show in Florida because he started the wrong song. Lil Wayne got the crowd chanting "DJ, what the f*** you doing?" before throwing the mic at him and leaving.
Nickelback - Portuguese audience members pelted Nickelback with rocks during a concert, forcing them to leave the stage two songs into the gig.
Yelawolf -
Eminem's disciple Yelawolf walked off stage during a concert at Louisiana State University when he was told profanity was not tolerated. Turns out the rapper had signed a contract saying his set should be swear-free.
See also: These concerts ended in tragedy.
Musicians who walked off stage mid-concert for weird reasons
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I have been back home for several days, still suffering from jet jag.
I am going through my pictures and editing my video; the video should take at least a week to edit properly.
We keep cool, in the pool.
My deep, cold as "Hel" dive is over.
I was offered another dive, but I was supposedly getting a ride from a lady who was driving back to Warsaw.
A man named Valdek hooked me up with the ride over debriefing last night.
I needed to pack, settle my bill with Kamil and hope and pray that the ride would materialize.
Well, from what I have seen, Poles come through with their word, or as best they can.
I drove in to town with Kasia and Kamil and another one of the Polish divers.
Sure enough, Aga was at Nelson's, drinking tea and talking to her boyfriend.
"Are we going?" I asked.
"Yeah, in a bit, you have time for dinner," she said.
My last meal in Hel – Cucumber, fried pork and potatoes.
Aga drove me all the way to my friend's place in Warsaw, where she dropped me off.
It was 1 AM, and I really hated waking my friends, Wiktor and Tusia, up at such an early time.
The Wilson Hostel in Warsaw – $40 a night for a private room and there is a bar downstairs!
I spent the next couple of days catching up on my blog and unwinding from my trip to Hel and back.
The Polish food, beer and Vodka made the couple of days seem like a few hours.
It rained all the time though.
I treated Wiktor and Tusia to a meal and beers for all the help they gave me.
Tuesday, I took a cab to a cheap hotel close to the airport, where I stayed until my early flight out the next morning.
That's exactly why I went, because diving is just not about what you see under the water. It is the people you meet, the place that you go and the entire experience of the trip.
Diving in Hawaii with a bunch of other American tourists sounds boring.
I don't know; I'm broke.
Anyone want to go to Albania?
Oh now I get it…You can meet Mexicans and Americans right here at home unlike Polish (you, Merik and PDP?). Still I think you could find some warm diving with 100′ vis in an interesting and relatively unmolested country (maybe Indonesia). Glad you're home safe and sorry for disturbing your rest the other day.
Back from your adventure in Poland,,, what are your plans for opening night bug season.
Hey Halibug, I'm on a boat out of San Pedro tonight. Won't get back until 7 AM. BEST OF LUCK!


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Some national veterans organizations vow to remove members charged in the Capitol riots
Some national veterans organizations have vowed to remove members who were charged in the Capitol riots, taking a stand against the violent attack last week.
Current and former US military members participated in the insurrection, according to news reports and court records.
A handful of veterans organizations told CNN they are actively checking their membership lists for veterans who have come up in the news. Organizations like the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and AMVETS said they also plan to revoke memberships of those found guilty of illegal acts or violence.
"We believe that our members have a very sacred right to protest," Dan Clare, a spokesman for DAV, told CNN. "They fought and sacrificed to protect that freedom, but when protesters cross the line and commit illegal acts, especially in the nation's capitol, we found it to be abhorrent."
The DAV has more than 1 million members and is a bipartisan organization. While the organization supports its members right to protest, it was "disgusted that vets were involved in any way in acts of violence," Clare said.
DAV National Commander Stephen "Butch" Whitehead said in a statement that the organization is "saddened that any veteran would desecrate" the nation's capitol.
The organization "will take immediate action to initiate the removal of any DAV member found guilty of committing illegal acts against our nation," Whitehead said.
As the DAV has heard of media reports, it has checked its database, Clare said. It has not found anyone that was a member, he said.
AMVETS, which has 250,000 members, said it was "shocked, saddened and outraged" by the riots at the Capitol.
The organization's constitution includes an oath taken by members to preserve the democracy and the freedom of the country, AMVETS wrote in a statement to CNN.
"This mob intentionally used violence to interrupt and attempt to stop a function mandated by the U.S. Constitution," the statement read. "They killed a law enforcement officer (who was a veteran), injured many more, desecrated the halls of Congress and threatened to derail democracy."
United States Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick died after sustaining injuries while on duty, Capitol Police said.
Sicknick was a staff sergeant for the New Jersey National Guard, according to a statement from New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy's office. He served as a fire team member and a leader of the 108th Security Force Squadron, 108th Wing, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, Murphy's statement said.
AMVETS said if any of its members participated in the violence, they would be expelled from the organization by their local post. The organization said it had not seen any evidence of any of its members being involved.
The American Legion, the country's largest veterans service organization, condemned the violence.
"An attack on the Capitol is an attack on all of us," American Legion National Commander James W. "Bill" Oxford said in a statement. "Regardless of whether the violence is inflicted by right-leaning groups, left-leaning groups or unaffiliated civilians, it is never acceptable. This is not how we do things in America."
John Raughter, a spokesman for American Legion, said the organization is leaving disciplinary actions up to its posts if members violated its principles.
"We trust the posts to determine whether or not one of its members have violated our Preamble and principles," Raughter wrote in an email to CNN. "It would be unfortunate to stereotype the overwhelming majority of America's veterans due to the actions of a fringe few.
Thus far, the organization said it has not heard of any of its nearly 2 million members being part of the violence, he said.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), which has more than 1.5 million members, told CNN that at this time, it does "not know if any VFW members participated in last week's attack on our nation's Capitol."
"We have policies and procedures in place to take organizational action against members who engage in conduct unbecoming to the organization," VFW spokesman Terrence L. Hayes told CNN in an email.
CNN reached out to the Vietnam Veterans of America and the Wounded Warrior Project for comment but has not heard back.
Both organizations condemned the attacks in statements posted online.
Three veterans face charges in connection with the events at the Capitol, CNN reported as of Wednesday. To date, the veterans organizations CNN spoke with said those facing charges are not on their membership lists.
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Israelis and Palestinians Each Using Language Their Side Understands
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Tags: Building Freeze, Concessions, Endlessly Giving, Intentions, Israe, Language, Never Receiving, Palestine, Peace, Release Terrorist Prisoners, Return to Terrorism, Terror Masters
Anybody who wishes to understand the crux of the debate and what each side seeks, treasures, understands and desires most, all one has to do is read the statements and use their own choice of words, stated desires and central positions to get a solid understanding. Both sides have a very consistent message and it is best revealed when they speak to their own populations but can still be discerned from their general public statements spoken when the press is present or filed with the media as part of a released statement. One does not even need to learn either Hebrew of Arabic to understand as both sides have sufficient material which is translated by the various media sources plus if you understand English then you even have access to a plethora of statements from both sides, each with a slant critical of both sides. On the Israeli side there is Haaretz which is extremely critical of the Netanyahu government and especially of Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and any of the reputedly Zionist Knesset Ministers. On translating the Palestinian and Arab perspectives there are a number of sources, two of which are Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) and Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) which translate a vast bulk of Palestinian and Arab media, press releases and transcripts of speeches.
Some of the general tendencies which have been noted boil down to a relatively few basic themes and reiterations of offshoots from these central tenets of each side. Let us start with the Palestinian's central arguments and points concerning the negotiations and their desired end results. One repeated theme revolves around their claim that no matter what is agreed upon between the two sides, the struggle to liberate all of Palestine from the River to the Sea cannot and will not end until Israel as the state for the Jewish People has been subsumed and the Jews turned into Dhimmis, expelled or killed. This concept is further reinforced when one inspects the maps, textbooks and other material used in their schools and in many of their themes and instructional materials used in educating their children from an early age. One peculiarity which can be discerned from viewing recordings of school children where each child can tell you from what village or city they call home and every single name is of a place within pre-1967 Israel. All of the children apparently came from places such as Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jaffa, Ashkelon and other Israeli cities with none of them coming from Ramallah, Gaza City, Rafah, Bethlehem or any other city from within the disputed territories. These are all signs that the real objective of the Palestinians is not two states living beside each other in security and peace but one state ruled by Palestinian Arabs with the Jews either subjected or removed completely.
Another repetitive pattern is the Palestinian demands that they be given enticements before they will agree to even talk, let alone make peace. Along with these demands for concessions is their obsession with demanding that once the Israelis have agreed to any demand that the demand be then made and enforced as a permanent concession. Whenever such turns out not to be the case, the Palestinians complain and demand that the other previous demands that were met should be still enforced in the next round such that they can win every argument individually and then apply all the separate pieces into one grand surrender on all points. A perfect example of this is the Palestinian demands throughout this current series of talks that Israel must be made to adhere to an imposed building freeze in what are often referred to as settlements. The problem with the Palestinians demand is that when presented with a choice of either terrorist prisoners being released or a building freeze, they chose the terrorist prisoners being release and not the building freeze. They basically started from day one complaining that Israel was planning to build in the areas where the Israelis had previously granted a building freeze almost five years ago and that must be enforced on the Israelis and they must never be permitted to build because they promised to implement a building freeze during those negotiations and the Palestinians insist that any concessions Israel makes must be made into a permanent requirement. This is the basis behind the Palestinian repeated demand that Israel meet all of its obligations. These obligations were concessions relented and granted by the Israelis for a set amount of time often during which negotiations are being held. The Palestinians know this full well but prefer to pretend that they understood the promises to be open ended and thus forever enforceable.
The final point we will discuss of the Palestinians, but not the last in existence by far, is their penchant for violence. This is exemplified by their actions such as their throwing of rocks the size of cinderblocks and even larger at motorists usually aiming for the driver side of the vehicle in hopes of causing a crash. This is at the root of their threats of Intifada and it is a core part of the curriculum in their school system, children's camps and numerous other integral parts of their society. The approval of violence, especially if it results in dead Israelis, is on full display in the funds spent by the Palestinians in their budgets to terrorists in Israeli prisons and to the families of those terrorists who died while making their attack, often a suicide attack. The Palestinians are currently demanding that their monetary backers make new pledges and send more funding as they are over four-billion dollars in debt and cannot meet their payroll yet they announced an increase in the payments to relatives of terrorists who died as martyrs which will require at a minimum seventy-five-million dollars. You can bet that these payments will be made before they pay their payrolls as one is of far more importance than the other. This also reveals that in Palestinian society those who have died are of greater importance than the living, especially if they died attempting to murder Israelis or Americans.
Israel, on the other hand, has virtually a single minded objective, a final, comprehensive peace that will enable both sides to live with security and benefit from a thriving economy which the two states could share in forming. Israel often times will debate the wisdom of making concessions and more often than not decide to take the risk and grant some concession in the hope that the next set of negotiation will finally produce that longed for peace between the two peoples. Unfortunately, the narrative in Israel has begun to change as many have given up on the hopes that a peace can be attained with the Palestinians. They have listened to the conversations in Ramallah, Gaza, at the Arab League and around the Arab and Muslim worlds and have awoken to the vile truth that they have no partners for peace, only those who through gestures of peace seek to subjugate or even murder the Jews and other Israelis. They have even heard words beyond their belief where even the Arab Muslim population of Israel are cursed if they appear to be willing to live within the Israeli society and are not anxious to join in Jihad or in an Intifada.
The Israelis have mostly reached the point where they are questioning the wisdom of making concession after concession in a seemingly endless progression of ever more dangerous concessions with the last one, the release of over one-hundred terrorists, most with blood on their hands, knowing that most if not all of these terror masters will immediately return to actively murdering Israelis or making plans for others to carry out and murder Israelis. With the current series of futile talks coming crashing down without any actual possibility for making a final peace and the Palestinians demanding heavy concessions to continue the talks with no guarantee of reaching an agreement, some would claim it is more likely to have an agreement of never reaching an agreement as that has been the central message coming from the Palestinians, many Israelis are questioning the wisdom of making unending concessions if there is no potential for gain as a result. They see giving concessions for the privilege of talks but only with talks which are doomed to fail as a waste of energy and dangerous when concession release those who remain a threat to Israeli society and civilians. It has reached the point where Israelis are asking; where are the reciprocal concessions and when will we ever see something in return? The Israelis talk of peace and agreements while the Palestinians talk of Intifada and martyrdom, which side sounds like they desire to live in peace to you?
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ITC Judge Rules That Apple Infringes Two S3 Graphics Patents
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Jul 01, 2011, 07:58 ET
FREMONT, Calif., July 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) judge today ruled that Apple Inc. infringes two patents of S3 Graphics Co. Ltd. "S3 Graphics is pleased to win this portion of the ITC investigation," said Dr. Ken Weng, CEO of S3 Graphics.
Judge E. James Gildea found that Apple infringes U.S. Patent No. 6,658,146 directed to systems and methods for compressing images and U.S. Patent No. 6,683,978 directed to image data formats, both of which belong to S3 Graphics. In the industry, that technology is known as S3 Texture Compression (S3TC).
"S3 Graphics has a long history of designing graphics processor chips and technology," said Dr.Weng. "S3 Texture Compression has been implemented in over 1 billion computers, game consoles and mobile devices worldwide. S3 Texture Compression is invaluable for advanced 3-D video graphics."
S3 Texture Compression is widely licensed and implemented. Since 1998, Microsoft has licensed and implemented the S3 Graphics technology in DirectX products and now Windows 7. Sony, Nintendo and others have also licensed and used the technology in their video game consoles and other products.
S3 Graphics filed its ITC complaint in May 2010, and an eight-day trial was held in March 2011. Judge Gildea's decision will become the ITC's final decision on Nov. 1, 2011, unless modified by a majority vote of the ITC Commissioners.
The case is Certain Electronic Devices With Image Processing Systems, Components Thereof, and Associated Software, ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-724. The judge's confidential detailed analysis and rulings should be received by the attorneys handling the case early next week.
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S3 Graphics Co. Ltd. is the parent company of S3 Graphics Inc., based in Fremont, Calif., and other subsidiaries operating in Shanghai, China and Taipei, Taiwan. For additional information, contact Jocelyn Farenbaugh at [email protected] or see http://www.s3graphics.com
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