Majora S Mask - World-of-Newave.info World-of-Newave.info http://www.world-of-newave.info/ 2008-12-02T13:03:06Z Latest news and articles about Majora S Mask Copyright (c)2004-2008. All rights reserved. {INTERNET > W} - Freaky Forensics Friday A strange and magical thing has been happening over the past few weeks. I've been getting email. Not the regular sort of email, mind you. I mean, I always get email. But the emails lately haven't been the usual old 'buy \/1agr@ 0nl1n3!!!1!eleventy' and 'Hot local singles want to rub peanut butter on YOU!' and 'FINAL NOTICE: Student loans overdue -- Vinny the Knuckles now handling your account' (Okay, to be fair, most of them are still that kind. Especially the student loans ones -- those people are relentless. Luckily, I was able to score Vinny some Viagra, and set him up with this nice local girl who's into long walks, jazz fusion, and extra-crunchy Jif. That oughta buy me some time.) No, the emails I'm talking about have come from people -- actual, honest-to-god people -- writing to me, specifically. About this site. Seriously. They're not from the FBI or anything. I know. It's weird. "If I can warp sully ruin shape the mind of just one young student, then I'll have done something meaningful here." Even more specifically, these fine folks have been writing to ask permission (unlike some shifty jackholes) to use one of my posts. And adapt it into a monologue. To be performed in high school. (Why do I suddenly get the feeling that the next email I get will be from the FBI?) Actually, it's not quite so scandalous -- but it is pretty cool, and until today, somewhat mysterious. Here's the story: In the past couple of weeks, I've received three separate requests from high school students to use the contents of my 'Oh, I Need a Clue, All Right... I'm Just Not Sure It's This One' post as a humorous forensics piece. For those of you unfamiliar with these sorts of high school competitions and trying to reconcile the apparent paradox of 'humorous forensics', I can tell you that it doesn't involve wearing a Groucho Marx mask while doing an autopsy. Nor fingerpainting knock-knock jokes on the wall with crime scene blood spatter. Nor giving David Caruso an atomic wedgie and dumping him in Biscayne Bay. (Not that it shouldn't involve that last one, if there were any justice in the acting world. I'm just saying it doesn't.) Instead, high school forensics has to do with public speaking, in its various forms. Giving extemporaneous speeches, debating hot topics, performing dramatic readings, and... if all of that sounds dreadfully dry and distasteful to you, 'humorous interpretations'. The last one being the only one, of course, that couldn't possibly assist you in any respectable sort of career down the road. Which is what makes it. So. Damned. Cool. As cool as forensics gets, anyway. The whole team is only a half-step above being the 'tuba kid' in band, anyway, so why not have some giggles? Story of my life. And as it so happens, I was myself a forensics fool, back in the day. My muse was a young Bill Cosby, who wrote a bit about a smart-mouthed Noah talking to God about some damned fool boat he was supposed to build. I even made it to the 1987 NCFL National Tournament, as a junior. (Sadly, the 'C' in NCFL stands for 'Catholic'. And backsassing Biblical belligerence doesn't go over too well with the yardstick-wielding nun crowd. So while I made it to the tourney, I daresay I barely made it back.) Now, it seemed, there was a new generation of fresh-faced young orators ready to take up the cause. And instead of Cosby's words, or anyone else's, they were asking me to provide the material to propel them into the prestigious national spotlight. (Insofar as it qualifies as a spotlight. Two decades ago, I experienced the 'prestige' of traveling to Buffalo, New York to compete. This year's competition? In Albany. Somebody needs to teach these Catholics how to shake off the habits and have a little fun. Sheesh.) Naturally, I was quick to agree to each of the requests. If I can warp sully ruin shape the mind of just one young student, then I'll have done something meaningful here. The children are our future. Ye gods help us all. My only question was... why? Not that I found it completely outside the realm of possibility that someone other than myself would be willing to repeat my words in public. Mostly, sure. But not completely. But they were all asking about the same post, which is now a little more than five years old. And at the time of the requests, I wasn't actively writing here, and hadn't for months. Google had likely forgotten all about me. The Blue's Clues bit was nearly as old as they were. Flattered as I was, I couldn't for the life of me figure out why the sudden hubbub was bubbling. Until today. Today, I found a video on YouTube starring a young lady, Chelsea, who asked for permission a few months ago to adapt the piece. I'd forgotten all about it, but the existence of the video -- and Chelsea's super (as in gold medal-winning in the state tourney super) performance -- easily explained the renewed interest. And was pretty interesting for me to watch, actually. The words in the piece are mine -- but the inflection, the gestures, the flair is all hers. I've never done any scriptwriting, so this is really the first time I've seen anything I've written interpreted onstage. Mis-interpreted, sure -- at family reunions, staff meetings, interventions, holding cells... but acted out, in front of an audience? Pretty damned cool. So I wanted to share the video below, for anyone interested in seeing Blue's Clues (or my/Chelsea's twisted take on it) come to life. Belated congratulations to Chelsea on her win, and many thanks for choosing a piece of mine to perform. Frankly, I hope it inspires more requests from forensics folks -- finding this version of an old favorite made my day. I wonder if there's any future in writing custom monologues that high school smartasses would appreciate? Come to think of it, I wonder if that's what I've been doing here all along. Dear lord. http://articles.world-of-newave.info/computers/internet/on-the-web/weblogs/personal/w/freaky-forensics-friday-2008122353.htm 2008-12-01T09:42:28Z 2008-12-01T09:42:28Z Wherethehellwasi.Com http://www.wherethehellwasi.com/categories/blasts-from-my-past/freaky_forensics_friday.html Freaky Forensics Friday {new window}   Www.Wherethehellwasi.Com - A strange and magical thing has been happening over the past few weeks. I've been getting email. Not the regular sort of email, mind you. I mean, I always get email. But the emails lately haven't been the usual old 'buy \/1agr@ 0nl1n3!!!1!eleventy' and 'Hot local singles want to rub peanut butter on YOU!' and 'FINAL NOTICE: Student loans overdue -- Vinny the Knuckles now handling your account' (Okay, to be fair, most of them are still that kind. Especially the student loans ones -- those people are relentless. Luckily, I was able to score Vinny some Viagra, and set him up with this nice local girl who's into long walks, jazz fusion, and extra-crunchy Jif. That oughta buy me some time.) No, the emails I'm talking about have come from people -- actual, honest-to-god people -- writing to me, specifically. About this site. Seriously. They're not from the FBI or anything. I know. It's weird. "If I can warp sully ruin shape the mind of just one young student, then I'll have done something meaningful here." Even more specifically, these fine folks have been writing to ask permission (unlike some shifty jackholes) to use one of my posts. And adapt it into a monologue. To be performed in high school. (Why do I suddenly get the feeling that the next email I get will be from the FBI?) Actually, it's not quite so scandalous -- but it is pretty cool, and until today, somewhat mysterious. Here's the story: In the past couple of weeks, I've received three separate requests from high school students to use the contents of my 'Oh, I Need a Clue, All Right... I'm Just Not Sure It's This One' post as a humorous forensics piece. For those of you unfamiliar with these sorts of high school competitions and trying to reconcile the apparent paradox of 'humorous forensics', I can tell you that it doesn't involve wearing a Groucho Marx mask while doing an autopsy. Nor fingerpainting knock-knock jokes on the wall with crime scene blood spatter. Nor giving David Caruso an atomic wedgie and dumping him in Biscayne Bay. (Not that it shouldn't involve that last one, if there were any justice in the acting world. I'm just saying it doesn't.) Instead, high school forensics has to do with public speaking, in its various forms. Giving extemporaneous speeches, debating hot topics, performing dramatic readings, and... if all of that sounds dreadfully dry and distasteful to you, 'humorous interpretations'. The last one being the only one, of course, that couldn't possibly assist you in any respectable sort of career down the road. Which is what makes it. So. Damned. Cool. As cool as forensics gets, anyway. The whole team is only a half-step above being the 'tuba kid' in band, anyway, so why not have some giggles? Story of my life. And as it so happens, I was myself a forensics fool, back in the day. My muse was a young Bill Cosby, who wrote a bit about a smart-mouthed Noah talking to God about some damned fool boat he was supposed to build. I even made it to the 1987 NCFL National Tournament, as a junior. (Sadly, the 'C' in NCFL stands for 'Catholic'. And backsassing Biblical belligerence doesn't go over too well with the yardstick-wielding nun crowd. So while I made it to the tourney, I daresay I barely made it back.) Now, it seemed, there was a new generation of fresh-faced young orators ready to take up the cause. And instead of Cosby's words, or anyone else's, they were asking me to provide the material to propel them into the prestigious national spotlight. (Insofar as it qualifies as a spotlight. Two decades ago, I experienced the 'prestige' of traveling to Buffalo, New York to compete. This year's competition? In Albany. Somebody needs to teach these Catholics how to shake off the habits and have a little fun. Sheesh.) Naturally, I was quick to agree to each of the requests. If I can warp sully ruin shape the mind of just one young student, then I'll have done something meaningful here. The children are our future. Ye gods help us all. My only question was... why? Not that I found it completely outside the realm of possibility that someone other than myself would be willing to repeat my words in public. Mostly, sure. But not completely. But they were all asking about the same post, which is now a little more than five years old. And at the time of the requests, I wasn't actively writing here, and hadn't for months. Google had likely forgotten all about me. The Blue's Clues bit was nearly as old as they were. Flattered as I was, I couldn't for the life of me figure out why the sudden hubbub was bubbling. Until today. Today, I found a video on YouTube starring a young lady, Chelsea, who asked for permission a few months ago to adapt the piece. I'd forgotten all about it, but the existence of the video -- and Chelsea's super (as in gold medal-winning in the state tourney super) performance -- easily explained the renewed interest. And was pretty interesting for me to watch, actually. The words in the piece are mine -- but the inflection, the gestures, the flair is all hers. I've never done any scriptwriting, so this is really the first time I've seen anything I've written interpreted onstage. Mis-interpreted, sure -- at family reunions, staff meetings, interventions, holding cells... but acted out, in front of an audience? Pretty damned cool. So I wanted to share the video below, for anyone interested in seeing Blue's Clues (or my/Chelsea's twisted take on it) come to life. Belated congratulations to Chelsea on her win, and many thanks for choosing a piece of mine to perform. Frankly, I hope it inspires more requests from forensics folks -- finding this version of an old favorite made my day. I wonder if there's any future in writing custom monologues that high school smartasses would appreciate? Come to think of it, I wonder if that's what I've been doing here all along. Dear lord.
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]]> {EUROPE > NEWS AND MEDIA} - In-law tensions hit women hardest Mother-in-law jokes are the staple and cliched diet of comedians but they mask the real family battles between a woman and her daughter-in-law, according to new research that reveals the domestic conflict being waged between women with the husband and son somewhere in the middle According to the study of hundreds of families over two decades, more than 60 per cent of women admitted the relationship with their female in-law caused them long-term unhappiness and stress. Dr Terri Apter, a psychologist and senior tutor at Newnham College, Cambridge University, who carried out the research for her new book What Do You Want From Me?, found that two-thirds of daughters-in-law believed that their husband's mother frequently exhibited jealous, maternal love towards their sons. The behaviour ranged from that experienced by 26-year-old Jenny from north London, whose mother-in-law began emailing her two months before her wedding with messages saying, 'What you don't realise is that my son thinks about me every day, every minute of the day, every second of every minute of the day', to more common behaviour, such as making demands, being critical or intrusive, sulking and eliciting pity.A similar proportion of mothers-in-law, however, complained of being excluded and isolated. 'My daughter-in-law is so cold towards me,' said 64-year-old Annie from Yorkshire. 'She begrudges any time or attention my son gives to me and takes every opportunity to minimise the importance and depth of the bond he and I have.'Apter has spent the past 20 years interviewing hundreds of families across the world for her book. She found that, while 75 per cent of couples reported having problems with an in-law, only 15 per cent of mother-in-law/son-in-law relationships were described as tense. The typical 'in-law' jokes are told in a male voice and directed towards a mother-in-law. For example: 'Two men were in a pub. One says to his mate: "My mother-in-law is an angel." His friend replies: "You're lucky. Mine is still alive."' However, Apter says that the in-law problem is almost always between the two women. 'As they struggle to achieve the same position in the family as primary woman, each tries to establish or protect her status, each feels threatened by the other,' she said.'Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflict often emerges from an expectation that each is criticising or undermining the other, but this mutual unease may have less to do with actual attitudes and far more to do with persistent female norms that few of us manage to shake off completely,' she added.For example, although a daughter-in-law is an adult in her own household, a mother-in-law's maternal expertise is already established and she may expect deference. 'There then arises that tricky question about who is "mother" in the family, with final say over all those things women still assume charge over: housework and child care, meal times and children's manners,' said Apter.The range of tactics admitted to by female in-laws harks back to squabbles in girls' cliques in primary-school playgrounds: long-term, low-key, and indirect attacks are used to exclude and criticise. 'I pity the young woman who will attempt to insinuate herself between my mamma's boy and me,' admitted author Ayelet Waldman. 'I sympathise with the monumental nature of her task. I sympathise with how much work she faces, but not with her. In fact, the very thought of this person, imaginary though she is, sends me into paroxysms of a kind of envy that is uncomfortable to admit.'Women in Apter's survey often admitted they were stunned by the impact and influence of their female in-laws. 'Much has been made of the decline of the family but the bonds between parent and child have not weakened,' she said. 'The reality and persistence of the extended family is one of the best kept secrets of modern times. The only realistic way to approach marriage is to accept that there will be six people in the marriage bed.'So why is the most difficult in-law tension that between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law? Part of the conflict has its roots in the mother/son relationship, which contains an element of romance in a way that a mother and daughter bond does not, said Apter. 'This unique dynamic can trigger competition when another woman becomes the new closest kin,' she said.But tension also arises from the new wife's expectation that not only will she be the most important woman in her husband's life but that, as daughter-in-law, she will be embraced, supported and left alone, all at the same time. The man, meanwhile, must try to maintain and differentiate - or twin-track - the two relationships as son and as husband.WomenFamilyRelationshipsguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/in-law-tensions-hit-women-hardest-20081150529.htm 2008-11-30T00:08:58Z 2008-11-30T00:08:58Z Guardian.Co.Uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/30/women-family In-law tensions hit women hardest {new window}   Www.Guardian.Co.Uk - Mother-in-law jokes are the staple and cliched diet of comedians but they mask the real family battles between a woman and her daughter-in-law, according to new research that reveals the domestic conflict being waged between women with the husband and son somewhere in the middle According to the study of hundreds of families over two decades, more than 60 per cent of women admitted the relationship with their female in-law caused them long-term unhappiness and stress. Dr Terri Apter, a psychologist and senior tutor at Newnham College, Cambridge University, who carried out the research for her new book What Do You Want From Me?, found that two-thirds of daughters-in-law believed that their husband's mother frequently exhibited jealous, maternal love towards their sons. The behaviour ranged from that experienced by 26-year-old Jenny from north London, whose mother-in-law began emailing her two months before her wedding with messages saying, 'What you don't realise is that my son thinks about me every day, every minute of the day, every second of every minute of the day', to more common behaviour, such as making demands, being critical or intrusive, sulking and eliciting pity.A similar proportion of mothers-in-law, however, complained of being excluded and isolated. 'My daughter-in-law is so cold towards me,' said 64-year-old Annie from Yorkshire. 'She begrudges any time or attention my son gives to me and takes every opportunity to minimise the importance and depth of the bond he and I have.'Apter has spent the past 20 years interviewing hundreds of families across the world for her book. She found that, while 75 per cent of couples reported having problems with an in-law, only 15 per cent of mother-in-law/son-in-law relationships were described as tense. The typical 'in-law' jokes are told in a male voice and directed towards a mother-in-law. For example: 'Two men were in a pub. One says to his mate: "My mother-in-law is an angel." His friend replies: "You're lucky. Mine is still alive."' However, Apter says that the in-law problem is almost always between the two women. 'As they struggle to achieve the same position in the family as primary woman, each tries to establish or protect her status, each feels threatened by the other,' she said.'Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflict often emerges from an expectation that each is criticising or undermining the other, but this mutual unease may have less to do with actual attitudes and far more to do with persistent female norms that few of us manage to shake off completely,' she added.For example, although a daughter-in-law is an adult in her own household, a mother-in-law's maternal expertise is already established and she may expect deference. 'There then arises that tricky question about who is "mother" in the family, with final say over all those things women still assume charge over: housework and child care, meal times and children's manners,' said Apter.The range of tactics admitted to by female in-laws harks back to squabbles in girls' cliques in primary-school playgrounds: long-term, low-key, and indirect attacks are used to exclude and criticise. 'I pity the young woman who will attempt to insinuate herself between my mamma's boy and me,' admitted author Ayelet Waldman. 'I sympathise with the monumental nature of her task. I sympathise with how much work she faces, but not with her. In fact, the very thought of this person, imaginary though she is, sends me into paroxysms of a kind of envy that is uncomfortable to admit.'Women in Apter's survey often admitted they were stunned by the impact and influence of their female in-laws. 'Much has been made of the decline of the family but the bonds between parent and child have not weakened,' she said. 'The reality and persistence of the extended family is one of the best kept secrets of modern times. The only realistic way to approach marriage is to accept that there will be six people in the marriage bed.'So why is the most difficult in-law tension that between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law? Part of the conflict has its roots in the mother/son relationship, which contains an element of romance in a way that a mother and daughter bond does not, said Apter. 'This unique dynamic can trigger competition when another woman becomes the new closest kin,' she said.But tension also arises from the new wife's expectation that not only will she be the most important woman in her husband's life but that, as daughter-in-law, she will be embraced, supported and left alone, all at the same time. The man, meanwhile, must try to maintain and differentiate - or twin-track - the two relationships as son and as husband.WomenFamilyRelationshipsguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
In-law tensions hit women hardest | Life and style | The Observer {...} 60% of women admit that their relationship with their female-in-law causes them unhappiness {...}
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]]> {EUROPE > NEWS AND MEDIA} - Social care ratings mask problems Record-high scores for adult social services are being called into question as councils are limiting the people who can get access to them. http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/social-care-ratings-mask-problems-20081113232.htm 2008-11-27T08:50:14Z 2008-11-27T08:50:14Z News.Bbc.Co.Uk http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7750996.stm Social care ratings mask problems {new window}   News.Bbc.Co.Uk - Record-high scores for adult social services are being called into question as councils are limiting the people who can get access to them.
BBC NEWS | Health | Social care ratings mask problems {...}
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]]> {NEWS} - Behind the mask Listen as South African prisoners explain tattoos http://articles.world-of-newave.info/news/behind-the-mask-20081128428.htm 2008-11-25T03:22:03Z 2008-11-25T03:22:03Z News.Bbc.Co.Uk http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7730094.stm Behind the mask {new window}   News.Bbc.Co.Uk - Listen as South African prisoners explain tattoos
BBC NEWS | Africa | Audio slideshow: Body art behind bars {...} Mohammed Allie talks to photographer Araminta de Clermont and the subjects of her recent exhibition - former South African prisoners, whose tattoo-covered bodies reveal the story of life inside and its notorious gang culture. {...}
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]]> {NORTH AMERICA > LODGING} - HAWAII Kauai N.Shore Princeville Beach path Views Pool 3 Bed/bath (HI,KAUAI PRINCEVILLE) $145 3bd Recession Special! http://www.kauaitikitower.com/ Aloha! Come stay, relax, vacation or honeymoon at our beautiful north shore retreat.To ensure a most enjoyable stay our home is equipped with top quality beds/bedding. We provide extra blankets/pillows and sheets. We have beach equipment for our guests including mask/snorkel/fin sets, beach chairs/cooler/boogie boards/beach towels and 10' soft top surfboard. The master and guest bedroom are equipped with an LCD t.v. We have a laundry room with an extra large capacity washer/dryer which enables the guests to pack light. We have many books,dvd's and games for your pleasure. Our kitchen is fully stocked with dishes/cookware and state of the art appliances. Relax at the large tiled pool or take the beach path to beautiful secluded Anini beach. 5 min. walk to path and 10 min. (slow) walk to the beach. Our home is situated in front of the Makai golf course one of Kauai's top world rated courses. Booking calendar http://www.vrbo.com/global/siteFrame.asp?mainurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.kauaitikitower.com&returnurl=/102186 Close proximity activities include shopping/horseback riding/golf/tennis/surfing/snorkeling/hiking/helicoptor and boat tours. We are 1 mi. from the Princeville Hotel. There is a grocery store/specialty shops/dining within walking distance. Local attractions include Kauai's beautiful pristine beaches, Queen's Bath, Napali Coast,wet and dry caves, Kilauea lighthouse and bird/whale sanctuary and the beautiful town of Hanalei. There is too much to see and do in one trip to Kauai. Booking calendar http://www.vrbo.com/global/siteFrame.asp?mainurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.kauaitikitower.com&returnurl=/102186 Mahalo! http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/travel-and-tourism/lodging/hawaii-kauai-n-shore-princeville-beach-path-views-20081111424.htm 2008-11-24T02:09:01Z 2008-11-24T02:09:01Z Sfbay.Craigslist.Org http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/vac/931546465.html HAWAII Kauai N.Shore Princeville Beach path Views Pool 3 Bed/bath (HI,KAUAI PRINCEVILLE) $145 3bd {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - Recession Special! http://www.kauaitikitower.com/ Aloha! Come stay, relax, vacation or honeymoon at our beautiful north shore retreat.To ensure a most enjoyable stay our home is equipped with top quality beds/bedding. We provide extra blankets/pillows and sheets. We have beach equipment for our guests including mask/snorkel/fin sets, beach chairs/cooler/boogie boards/beach towels and 10' soft top surfboard. The master and guest bedroom are equipped with an LCD t.v. We have a laundry room with an extra large capacity washer/dryer which enables the guests to pack light. We have many books,dvd's and games for your pleasure. Our kitchen is fully stocked with dishes/cookware and state of the art appliances. Relax at the large tiled pool or take the beach path to beautiful secluded Anini beach. 5 min. walk to path and 10 min. (slow) walk to the beach. Our home is situated in front of the Makai golf course one of Kauai's top world rated courses. Booking calendar http://www.vrbo.com/global/siteFrame.asp?mainurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.kauaitikitower.com&returnurl=/102186 Close proximity activities include shopping/horseback riding/golf/tennis/surfing/snorkeling/hiking/helicoptor and boat tours. We are 1 mi. from the Princeville Hotel. There is a grocery store/specialty shops/dining within walking distance. Local attractions include Kauai's beautiful pristine beaches, Queen's Bath, Napali Coast,wet and dry caves, Kilauea lighthouse and bird/whale sanctuary and the beautiful town of Hanalei. There is too much to see and do in one trip to Kauai. Booking calendar http://www.vrbo.com/global/siteFrame.asp?mainurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.kauaitikitower.com&returnurl=/102186 Mahalo!
HAWAII Kauai N.Shore Princeville Beach path Views Pool 3 Bed/bath {...}
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]]> {LITERATURE > CYBERPUNK} - Beauty mask instructional video The best science fiction short video ever, only it's real. (Via Mt. Holly Mayor's Office)... http://articles.world-of-newave.info/arts/literature/genres/cyberpunk/beauty-mask-instructional-video-20081140523.htm 2008-11-18T21:41:57Z 2008-11-18T21:41:57Z Boingboing.Net http://www.boingboing.net/2008/11/18/beauty-mask-instruct.html Beauty mask instructional video {new window}   Www.Boingboing.Net - The best science fiction short video ever, only it's real. (Via Mt. Holly Mayor's Office)...
Beauty mask instructional video - Boing Boing {...}
Published: November 18, 2008, 9:41 pm - Indexed: November 19, 2008, 8:50 am - Page Size: 74KB
Category: Arts > Literature > Genres > Cyberpunk

]]> {HEALTH} - Aspirin could treat prostate cancer ? or just mask symptoms ASPIRIN can reduce the symptoms of prostate cancer, American scientists have found. http://articles.world-of-newave.info/health/aspirin-could-treat-prostate-cancer-or-just-mask-20081137222.htm 2008-11-17T00:00:00Z 2008-11-17T00:00:00Z News.Scotsman.Com http://news.scotsman.com/health/Aspirin-could-treat-prostate-cancer.4699386.jp Aspirin could treat prostate cancer ? or just mask symptoms {new window}   News.Scotsman.Com - ASPIRIN can reduce the symptoms of prostate cancer, American scientists have found.
Aspirin could treat prostate cancer ? or just mask symptoms - Scotsman.com News {...} Aspirin could treat prostate cancer ? or just mask symptoms - ASPIRIN can reduce the symptoms of prostate cancer, American scientists have found.
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]]> {LITERATURE > CYBERPUNK} - Today on Boing Boing Gadgets Today on Boing Boing Gadgets, we inspected the geometric beauty of a Linux boot sequence, prefered to pay $50 than deal with an Apple genius and contemplated the creepy uses of a realistic mask of our own face. Brownlee liked a webcam very similar to a War of the Worlds Tripod. He laughed at Valve Software's schemes to arrest a hacker by offering him a job. He found a neat iPhone app to measure his blood alcohol level, and he found a 141 MPG scooter that he can't ride at any time according to that same iPhone app. Joel remains defiantly supportive of the new Enterprise design and applauded the shutdown of a rogue ISP that reduced spam by seventy five percent. Rob meanwhile sneered at a scamgadget that promises to increase fuel efficiency up to 30 percent by plugging into your cigarette lighter. We made Beschizza a Muppet in his own likeness and Joel contemplated on how little geek grousing changes. And then there were the reviews: with an arch of an eyebrow, Beschizza reviewed some high-tech bubble wrap, while Joel reviewed a toy helicopter and looked more fabulous than he ever has. Link... http://articles.world-of-newave.info/arts/literature/genres/cyberpunk/today-on-boing-boing-gadgets-20081192710.htm 2008-11-13T21:57:02Z 2008-11-13T21:57:02Z Boingboing.Net http://www.boingboing.net/2008/11/13/today-on-boing-boing-67.html Today on Boing Boing Gadgets {new window}   Www.Boingboing.Net - Today on Boing Boing Gadgets, we inspected the geometric beauty of a Linux boot sequence, prefered to pay $50 than deal with an Apple genius and contemplated the creepy uses of a realistic mask of our own face. Brownlee liked a webcam very similar to a War of the Worlds Tripod. He laughed at Valve Software's schemes to arrest a hacker by offering him a job. He found a neat iPhone app to measure his blood alcohol level, and he found a 141 MPG scooter that he can't ride at any time according to that same iPhone app. Joel remains defiantly supportive of the new Enterprise design and applauded the shutdown of a rogue ISP that reduced spam by seventy five percent. Rob meanwhile sneered at a scamgadget that promises to increase fuel efficiency up to 30 percent by plugging into your cigarette lighter. We made Beschizza a Muppet in his own likeness and Joel contemplated on how little geek grousing changes. And then there were the reviews: with an arch of an eyebrow, Beschizza reviewed some high-tech bubble wrap, while Joel reviewed a toy helicopter and looked more fabulous than he ever has. Link...
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]]> {LITERATURE > RSS FEEDS} - Hellboy II's Villain Answers All Luke Goss, who plays Prince Nuada in Hellboy II: The Golden Army, lets down his mask to talk about playing the villain and the upcoming DVD/Blu-ray release. http://articles.world-of-newave.info/arts/literature/genres/science-fiction/rss-feeds/hellboy-ii-s-villain-answers-all-20081115911.htm 2008-11-11T05:00:00Z 2008-11-11T05:00:00Z Scifi.Com http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=3&id=62071 Hellboy II's Villain Answers All {new window}   Www.Scifi.Com - Luke Goss, who plays Prince Nuada in Hellboy II: The Golden Army, lets down his mask to talk about playing the villain and the upcoming DVD/Blu-ray release.
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]]> {EUROPE > NEWS AND MEDIA} - Andrew Rawnsley: Barack Obama's impressive road to the White House People do lie to pollsters. Pollsters can screw up their measures of voting intention. Voting intentions can change in the frenetic last furlong before election day. The man himself constantly cautions the crowds at his final rallies to take nothing for granted. But the world now expects that the world will get what it wants: President Barack Obama. Just because this is increasingly anticipated, we should not discount how sensational that outcome will be. It will be an extraordinary victory for a novice senator born outside the continental United States who grew up with an absentee father and a peripatetic mother. To make it additionally astonishing, he is also a liberal, a northerner and a college professor - three categories long assumed to be unelectable as commander-in-chief. Oh, and did I mention that the pigmentation of his skin is not quite the same as that of George Washington and every President since? What if the world has been dreaming and wakes up on Wednesday to find that it is President McCain? The air will soon be thick with those opining that it was always a fantasy to think that the White House could be won by a neophyte who came out of nowhere with the middle name of Hussein. To the bitter end, John McCain will suggest that his rival is not qualified to sit in the Oval Office. And yet the gruelling business of an American presidential election is a qualification process in itself. It is many, many rollercoaster months since that victory in the Iowa primary when Obama started to confound the best laid grids of much more experienced rivals, to energise huge crowds and to mesmerise the world. Say what you don't like about the length and the expense of the presidential race, it does have the great merit of being the most intense audition for the job. You cannot entirely tell what a person will be like as President from the way he fought for the office, but it does offer useful pointers. It is one huge stress test of a candidate's temperament, ideas, judgment, strategic capacity, organisational skills and resilience. Take the last first. Initially and then repeatedly dismissed as a fashionable fad, a celebrity confection, Obama has proved that he is durable. To get here, the rookie senator has out-campaigned both the Republicans and the Clintons, besting America's two most formidable political machines by building from scratch an even better organisation of his own. At the climax, his campaign is so flush with donations that he can afford to buy 30 minutes of airtime in prime time across the networks while his opponent is running on empty and calling himself 'the underdog' to try to make a desperate virtue out of being behind. Among the people enthused by Obama are other politicians, not least those watching in some awe from this side of the Atlantic. It is a convention that British leaders do not take public sides in American presidential races, especially for fear of finding that they have backed the wrong horse. This cannot mask the excitement among Labour people at the prospect of an Obama presidency. That we'd expect. Labour and the Democrats are sister parties. More remarkable is the large number of Tories for Obama. John McCain had many admirers among British Conservatives. He was the international guest of honour at their conference not so long ago. But if David Cameron had a vote, it would not go to the Republican.The Tory leader can't say this publicly, but he has revealed to colleagues that he hopes the Democrat will win. There's the obvious and rather glib reason for this: an Obama victory would be a win for 'change' just as Cameron hopes to be. There's the less superficial reason which is that the Tory leader was hugely impressed by the intelligence and judgment of the other man when they met in London a few weeks ago. David Cameron remarked to allies that he was especially struck by Obama's self-composure at a time when the polls and the atmospherics were turning against him. 'He was just so incredibly cool,' the Tory leader told a friend. They call it no drama, Obama. After two years under the searing spotlight of the most saturated media in the world, there has not been a single occasion when he has publicly lost self-control. Nor has his organisation lapsed in its self-discipline. It is a testimony to his ability to select and lead a team that his campaign has been so smooth in comparison with those of his rivals. There has been none of the internecine warfare which riddled the Clinton campaign and is now erupting within the McCain camp even before they know for certain that they've lost. This has not meant that Obama's road to the White House has been free of potholes, prangs and the occasional moment when some thought he might end up in the ditch. There was the uproar over his remarks, made at an event he did not expect to be reported, about voters who cling to guns and God out of bitterness with their lot. He's also been taught that it is a bad idea to call a photo-op in a bowling alley if you are crap at bowling. Then there was the furore over Jeremiah Wright and the pastor's inflammatory 'God damn America' sermons. That was an incendiary moment which would have toasted a lesser candidate. It takes one of exceptional quality to turn crisis into opportunity which Obama did by responding with a brilliantly argued, compellingly personal and finely nuanced speech about race.Grace under pressure has been a consistently striking feature of his campaign. It has also been one of the big contrasts with his opponent. John McCain was handicapped by the huge burden of being the Republican candidate after eight years of George W Bush, a weight that he could never entirely lift however much distance he tried to put between himself and the hugely unpopular incumbent. Against that, we should not forget that Senator McCain also came to the contest with significant advantages over his opponent. The famous war hero, the grizzled and gutsy senate senior, a man long respected by people beyond his own party, on the face of it John McCain was the known quantity of the contest, the safe and sound choice for Americans at a time when they are fighting two wars abroad and there is an economic crisis at home. McCain's attack ads asked: 'Do you really know Barack Obama?' And yet it is to the Republican that the bigger question marks are now attached. In the debates between them and the campaign exchanges since, it is Obama who has come over as the nerveless, reassuring, sober, mature and authoritative one, the presidential one. It is John McCain, frantically switching tactics and snatching after headlines to try to get traction in the contest, who has come over as the impetuous, angry, adolescent, erratic one, the unpresidential one. That was most epitomised by his reckless choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate having met the Alaskan governor just twice. Like a star going nova, she dazzled for a brief moment when she first exploded on the scene only to implode into a black hole of national ridicule after some excruciatingly and alarmingly bad performances in interviews. This was the point when many British Conservatives lost faith in the American one. For them, as for many other people, it called into question what kind of calculation would animate a McCain presidency. The ability to dress a shot moose is not sufficient qualification to occupy the most powerful seat in the world. By putting Sarah Palin a heartbeat away from the presidency of a septuagenarian, John McCain was simply not being serious enough about the responsibilities of leadership.The result is that it is the veteran senator from Arizona who looks like the riskier choice than the freshman senator from Illinois. It is undeniable that Barack Obama's promises are much bigger than his experience. One thing that particularly impresses me is that he knows what he doesn't know. He has the confidence to acknowledge his deficits in experience and expertise by gathering around him a pretty stellar cast of advisers on both foreign and domestic policy. Of course, that does not in itself guarantee a successful time in the White House. A President also needs the capacity to understand the advice he is given and to choose between competing counsels. From what we have seen of Obama, he has that capacity. He is analytical, pragmatic, open-minded, considered and subtle - qualities all notable by their absence from the White House during the last eight years. Joe Klein puts it very well: 'He seems a grown-up, in a nation that badly needs some adult supervision.'Last, but far from least, Barack Obama has been true to himself. During 21 months of epic drama on this long road, he has never deviated from his essential vision and his core strategy. He ends the race as he began it, offering a positive prospectus of reconciliation, moderation and change.Politicians in Britain and the world over will try to emulate him by borrowing his slogans, plagiarising his rhetoric, copying his fund-raising techniques and all the rest of it. Those are the small lessons of his success. The big lesson is that the politics of unity and hope can still beat those of division and fear. At least, the world is united in hoping so.US elections 2008Barack ObamaJohn McCainUnited Statesguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/andrew-rawnsley-barack-obama-s-impressive-road-2008112393.htm 2008-11-02T00:04:10Z 2008-11-02T00:04:10Z Guardian.Co.Uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/02/us-elections-2008-barack-obama1 Andrew Rawnsley: Barack Obama's impressive road to the White House {new window}   Www.Guardian.Co.Uk - People do lie to pollsters. Pollsters can screw up their measures of voting intention. Voting intentions can change in the frenetic last furlong before election day. The man himself constantly cautions the crowds at his final rallies to take nothing for granted. But the world now expects that the world will get what it wants: President Barack Obama. Just because this is increasingly anticipated, we should not discount how sensational that outcome will be. It will be an extraordinary victory for a novice senator born outside the continental United States who grew up with an absentee father and a peripatetic mother. To make it additionally astonishing, he is also a liberal, a northerner and a college professor - three categories long assumed to be unelectable as commander-in-chief. Oh, and did I mention that the pigmentation of his skin is not quite the same as that of George Washington and every President since? What if the world has been dreaming and wakes up on Wednesday to find that it is President McCain? The air will soon be thick with those opining that it was always a fantasy to think that the White House could be won by a neophyte who came out of nowhere with the middle name of Hussein. To the bitter end, John McCain will suggest that his rival is not qualified to sit in the Oval Office. And yet the gruelling business of an American presidential election is a qualification process in itself. It is many, many rollercoaster months since that victory in the Iowa primary when Obama started to confound the best laid grids of much more experienced rivals, to energise huge crowds and to mesmerise the world. Say what you don't like about the length and the expense of the presidential race, it does have the great merit of being the most intense audition for the job. You cannot entirely tell what a person will be like as President from the way he fought for the office, but it does offer useful pointers. It is one huge stress test of a candidate's temperament, ideas, judgment, strategic capacity, organisational skills and resilience. Take the last first. Initially and then repeatedly dismissed as a fashionable fad, a celebrity confection, Obama has proved that he is durable. To get here, the rookie senator has out-campaigned both the Republicans and the Clintons, besting America's two most formidable political machines by building from scratch an even better organisation of his own. At the climax, his campaign is so flush with donations that he can afford to buy 30 minutes of airtime in prime time across the networks while his opponent is running on empty and calling himself 'the underdog' to try to make a desperate virtue out of being behind. Among the people enthused by Obama are other politicians, not least those watching in some awe from this side of the Atlantic. It is a convention that British leaders do not take public sides in American presidential races, especially for fear of finding that they have backed the wrong horse. This cannot mask the excitement among Labour people at the prospect of an Obama presidency. That we'd expect. Labour and the Democrats are sister parties. More remarkable is the large number of Tories for Obama. John McCain had many admirers among British Conservatives. He was the international guest of honour at their conference not so long ago. But if David Cameron had a vote, it would not go to the Republican.The Tory leader can't say this publicly, but he has revealed to colleagues that he hopes the Democrat will win. There's the obvious and rather glib reason for this: an Obama victory would be a win for 'change' just as Cameron hopes to be. There's the less superficial reason which is that the Tory leader was hugely impressed by the intelligence and judgment of the other man when they met in London a few weeks ago. David Cameron remarked to allies that he was especially struck by Obama's self-composure at a time when the polls and the atmospherics were turning against him. 'He was just so incredibly cool,' the Tory leader told a friend. They call it no drama, Obama. After two years under the searing spotlight of the most saturated media in the world, there has not been a single occasion when he has publicly lost self-control. Nor has his organisation lapsed in its self-discipline. It is a testimony to his ability to select and lead a team that his campaign has been so smooth in comparison with those of his rivals. There has been none of the internecine warfare which riddled the Clinton campaign and is now erupting within the McCain camp even before they know for certain that they've lost. This has not meant that Obama's road to the White House has been free of potholes, prangs and the occasional moment when some thought he might end up in the ditch. There was the uproar over his remarks, made at an event he did not expect to be reported, about voters who cling to guns and God out of bitterness with their lot. He's also been taught that it is a bad idea to call a photo-op in a bowling alley if you are crap at bowling. Then there was the furore over Jeremiah Wright and the pastor's inflammatory 'God damn America' sermons. That was an incendiary moment which would have toasted a lesser candidate. It takes one of exceptional quality to turn crisis into opportunity which Obama did by responding with a brilliantly argued, compellingly personal and finely nuanced speech about race.Grace under pressure has been a consistently striking feature of his campaign. It has also been one of the big contrasts with his opponent. John McCain was handicapped by the huge burden of being the Republican candidate after eight years of George W Bush, a weight that he could never entirely lift however much distance he tried to put between himself and the hugely unpopular incumbent. Against that, we should not forget that Senator McCain also came to the contest with significant advantages over his opponent. The famous war hero, the grizzled and gutsy senate senior, a man long respected by people beyond his own party, on the face of it John McCain was the known quantity of the contest, the safe and sound choice for Americans at a time when they are fighting two wars abroad and there is an economic crisis at home. McCain's attack ads asked: 'Do you really know Barack Obama?' And yet it is to the Republican that the bigger question marks are now attached. In the debates between them and the campaign exchanges since, it is Obama who has come over as the nerveless, reassuring, sober, mature and authoritative one, the presidential one. It is John McCain, frantically switching tactics and snatching after headlines to try to get traction in the contest, who has come over as the impetuous, angry, adolescent, erratic one, the unpresidential one. That was most epitomised by his reckless choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate having met the Alaskan governor just twice. Like a star going nova, she dazzled for a brief moment when she first exploded on the scene only to implode into a black hole of national ridicule after some excruciatingly and alarmingly bad performances in interviews. This was the point when many British Conservatives lost faith in the American one. For them, as for many other people, it called into question what kind of calculation would animate a McCain presidency. The ability to dress a shot moose is not sufficient qualification to occupy the most powerful seat in the world. By putting Sarah Palin a heartbeat away from the presidency of a septuagenarian, John McCain was simply not being serious enough about the responsibilities of leadership.The result is that it is the veteran senator from Arizona who looks like the riskier choice than the freshman senator from Illinois. It is undeniable that Barack Obama's promises are much bigger than his experience. One thing that particularly impresses me is that he knows what he doesn't know. He has the confidence to acknowledge his deficits in experience and expertise by gathering around him a pretty stellar cast of advisers on both foreign and domestic policy. Of course, that does not in itself guarantee a successful time in the White House. A President also needs the capacity to understand the advice he is given and to choose between competing counsels. From what we have seen of Obama, he has that capacity. He is analytical, pragmatic, open-minded, considered and subtle - qualities all notable by their absence from the White House during the last eight years. Joe Klein puts it very well: 'He seems a grown-up, in a nation that badly needs some adult supervision.'Last, but far from least, Barack Obama has been true to himself. During 21 months of epic drama on this long road, he has never deviated from his essential vision and his core strategy. He ends the race as he began it, offering a positive prospectus of reconciliation, moderation and change.Politicians in Britain and the world over will try to emulate him by borrowing his slogans, plagiarising his rhetoric, copying his fund-raising techniques and all the rest of it. Those are the small lessons of his success. The big lesson is that the politics of unity and hope can still beat those of division and fear. At least, the world is united in hoping so.US elections 2008Barack ObamaJohn McCainUnited Statesguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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