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16 July 2009 @ 03:46 pm
16 July 2009 @ 08:33 am
hey everyone, so today i have a very nice and easy tutorial for you :D
program used: PS CS3
icludes: selective coloring
level: easy
so we are going from 
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16 July 2009 @ 08:27 am
16 July 2009 @ 01:21 pm
"Mighty Boosh’s Noel Fielding & Dave Brown to debut their new act ‘Doctor and the Pencil’
One of the latest additions to the line up is mysterious Mighty Boosh DJ project The Doctor and The Pencil. The blood-smeared doctor (Fielding) will ‘be released’ from The Sunnyvale Institution for the Criminally Insane along with his fellow lead-filled inmate (Brown), for their debut set at Macmillan’s Brick Lane Takeover."http://www.bricklanetakeover.com/
http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/09/090
http://www.nme.com/news/the-mighty-boos
15 July 2009 @ 10:05 pm
Sheriff Joe Arpaio said he should "raid Mesa again" after the wife of Mesa Mayor Scott Smith told a federal judge that she doesn't consider the sheriff to be her hero.
The incident is detailed in an article by William Finnegan in the July 20 issue of The New Yorker, which examines Arpaio's record during his four-plus terms as sheriff. The story focuses on conditions in county jails and Arpaio's immigration policies.
Finnegan visited the Valley this spring to research the article. While riding along with the sheriff one day, he writes, "someone named Jim, who sounded like a deputy, called from the courthouse."
Arpaio put the call on speaker phone, Finnegan writes, and Jim "said he was observing jury selection in a case there."
After one prospective juror told the judge that Arpaio was her hero, the caller reportedly said, "So the next lady says, 'Joe is not my hero.' Then she says she's the wife of the mayor of Mesa."
According to the article, Arpaio responded, "I knew it! I never trusted that mayor. He's pro-immigrant. He's never going to fire that chief. We gotta raid Mesa again."
The "chief" is George Gascón, who has publicly differed with Arpaio over immigration policy and is leaving Mesa to become police chief in San Francisco.
A sheriff's spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.
Mayor Scott Smith said his wife, Kim, was not bragging in the courtroom about being married to him, but merely answering questions from the judge about her family and background.
He added that the hero comment reflected the fact that "We don't throw the term 'hero' around lightly." He said his wife meant no disparagement to the sheriff by not putting him in that category.
He said she made the comments when she was called for federal jury duty this spring.
"It was a human smuggling type case," Smith said. "They were asking detailed questions about feelings about all sorts of things relating to immigration."
Jurors also were asked, Smith said, about their opinions of the sheriff.
One female panel member did say Arpaio was her hero, Smith said. "My wife was the very next person they talked to."
Arpaio has sent his officers into Mesa several times over the past year and a half. Last year he raided a Mesa landscaping company, a water park in the city and conducted a highly publicized "crime suppression" sweep there in June.
In October, sheriff's officers raided City Hall, the main library and a municipal security office, seeking illegal immigrants believed to be involved in identity theft. Smith angrily denounced the raid, which was conducted after midnight without prior notification to the city.
A few days later Smith and Arpaio met to discuss the raid, and Arpaio promised the city would be told beforehand of future actions within its borders.
Smith said Arpaio's reaction to his wife's comment illustrates the near impossibility of having reasonable conversations about immigration policy.
"You cannot have a rational discussion and have people who agree on results and objectives but disagree on tactics," Smith said. "That's unfair. Because that means we'll never get to a real solution."
He added, "If Joe Arpaio is so thin-skinned that he's upset over what the wife of the mayor Mesa says in an honest answer to a federal judge in a federal courtroom, you gotta laugh about it."
As for his wife, Smith said, "I'm proud of her for telling the truth. She was asked a question by a judge and she told the truth."
In the end, she was not seated on the jury.
source
The incident is detailed in an article by William Finnegan in the July 20 issue of The New Yorker, which examines Arpaio's record during his four-plus terms as sheriff. The story focuses on conditions in county jails and Arpaio's immigration policies.
Finnegan visited the Valley this spring to research the article. While riding along with the sheriff one day, he writes, "someone named Jim, who sounded like a deputy, called from the courthouse."
Arpaio put the call on speaker phone, Finnegan writes, and Jim "said he was observing jury selection in a case there."
After one prospective juror told the judge that Arpaio was her hero, the caller reportedly said, "So the next lady says, 'Joe is not my hero.' Then she says she's the wife of the mayor of Mesa."
According to the article, Arpaio responded, "I knew it! I never trusted that mayor. He's pro-immigrant. He's never going to fire that chief. We gotta raid Mesa again."
The "chief" is George Gascón, who has publicly differed with Arpaio over immigration policy and is leaving Mesa to become police chief in San Francisco.
A sheriff's spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.
Mayor Scott Smith said his wife, Kim, was not bragging in the courtroom about being married to him, but merely answering questions from the judge about her family and background.
He added that the hero comment reflected the fact that "We don't throw the term 'hero' around lightly." He said his wife meant no disparagement to the sheriff by not putting him in that category.
He said she made the comments when she was called for federal jury duty this spring.
"It was a human smuggling type case," Smith said. "They were asking detailed questions about feelings about all sorts of things relating to immigration."
Jurors also were asked, Smith said, about their opinions of the sheriff.
One female panel member did say Arpaio was her hero, Smith said. "My wife was the very next person they talked to."
Arpaio has sent his officers into Mesa several times over the past year and a half. Last year he raided a Mesa landscaping company, a water park in the city and conducted a highly publicized "crime suppression" sweep there in June.
In October, sheriff's officers raided City Hall, the main library and a municipal security office, seeking illegal immigrants believed to be involved in identity theft. Smith angrily denounced the raid, which was conducted after midnight without prior notification to the city.
A few days later Smith and Arpaio met to discuss the raid, and Arpaio promised the city would be told beforehand of future actions within its borders.
Smith said Arpaio's reaction to his wife's comment illustrates the near impossibility of having reasonable conversations about immigration policy.
"You cannot have a rational discussion and have people who agree on results and objectives but disagree on tactics," Smith said. "That's unfair. Because that means we'll never get to a real solution."
He added, "If Joe Arpaio is so thin-skinned that he's upset over what the wife of the mayor Mesa says in an honest answer to a federal judge in a federal courtroom, you gotta laugh about it."
As for his wife, Smith said, "I'm proud of her for telling the truth. She was asked a question by a judge and she told the truth."
In the end, she was not seated on the jury.
source
16 July 2009 @ 11:53 am
16 July 2009 @ 10:59 am
Screencaps - So You Think You Can Dance - Season 5
UPDATE - [5x16] - Top10 Performances
Samples, Downloads and Rules ..:: HERE ::.. over @![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
lore_85
~ ENJOY ~
UPDATE - [5x16] - Top10 Performances
Samples, Downloads and Rules ..:: HERE ::.. over @
lore_85 ~ ENJOY ~
16 July 2009 @ 10:08 am
i have thrush. at least i think i do. ive never had it before and my boyfriend said it's thrush. i have white cheese like discharge, soreness when urinating, swollen inner labia and little blisters all around the entrance of my vagina. i went to the pharmacy and the pharmacist gave me pressaries and a cream. i inserted my first pressarie last night and used the cream twice already. should it have gotten better already or does it take longer? im scared, and in pain. please tell me what you think, and if you've ever had thrush about you experience with it.
16 July 2009 @ 05:03 pm
16 July 2009 @ 09:58 am
In a posting today in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif)
za_politix, a detailed accounting for the World Cup is listed, showing an appalling explosion of what taxpayers have to cough up: was the estimate in 2006 an already staggering ZAR15bn, the latest figures - provided by the "government" - will frighten you: 30 billion rand, and rising.
Quite possibly South Africa will become unable to hold the competition to begin with, get stuck with an astronomical bill and face additional unrest as many social, health and educational projects will have to be shelved for up to 10 years to pay for WC 2010. Let's flush it.
za_politix, a detailed accounting for the World Cup is listed, showing an appalling explosion of what taxpayers have to cough up: was the estimate in 2006 an already staggering ZAR15bn, the latest figures - provided by the "government" - will frighten you: 30 billion rand, and rising.Quite possibly South Africa will become unable to hold the competition to begin with, get stuck with an astronomical bill and face additional unrest as many social, health and educational projects will have to be shelved for up to 10 years to pay for WC 2010. Let's flush it.
16 July 2009 @ 01:40 am
Is it possible to be pregnant 8 weeks, and for the pregnancy test to still show negative?
16 July 2009 @ 04:58 pm
15 July 2009 @ 11:10 pm
I think my subject line covers it. I asked my friend to come pick me up after I get my IUD inserted (because I'm taking some anti-anxiety medicine before hand and can't drive myself home) and she's wondering when to come pick me up.
Thanks, ya'll!
Thanks, ya'll!
15 July 2009 @ 10:50 pm
Hello to all~
I guess a couple of you have noticed my disappearance for (zomg) 6 months... Due to school and various internet/RL problems I was unable to fix tags. Tonight I accomplished tagging everything since January 2009~ :D The only bad news is that it took me 3 hours to do. However with that being said, TAG YOUR POSTS. End of story. It's simple:
-Tag with what your post contains with a "!_____" (ex. !icons, !banners, etc.)
-Tag with the series "_____" (ex. bleach, sailor moon, persona)
If there isn't a tag use "added series needed" and tell me WHICH tag you would like to create.
Also, if you're so highly incapable that if you tag the whole livejournal community would fall apart, at least LIST what is in your post. Actually you should just list all the series located within your post IN GENERAL. ^_^
Thanks and much love,
Mmrobitussin
P.S. I'll see you again when I fix all the tags.
I guess a couple of you have noticed my disappearance for (zomg) 6 months... Due to school and various internet/RL problems I was unable to fix tags. Tonight I accomplished tagging everything since January 2009~ :D The only bad news is that it took me 3 hours to do. However with that being said, TAG YOUR POSTS. End of story. It's simple:
-Tag with what your post contains with a "!_____" (ex. !icons, !banners, etc.)
-Tag with the series "_____" (ex. bleach, sailor moon, persona)
If there isn't a tag use "added series needed" and tell me WHICH tag you would like to create.
Also, if you're so highly incapable that if you tag the whole livejournal community would fall apart, at least LIST what is in your post. Actually you should just list all the series located within your post IN GENERAL. ^_^
Thanks and much love,
Mmrobitussin
P.S. I'll see you again when I fix all the tags.
15 July 2009 @ 10:31 pm
CIA Assassin Program Was Nearing New Phase
Panetta Pulled Plug After Training Was Proposed
CIA officials were proposing to activate a plan to train anti-terrorist assassination teams overseas when agency managers brought the secret program to the attention of CIA Director Leon Panetta last month, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The plan to kill top al-Qaeda leaders, which had been on the agency's back burner for much of the past eight years, was suddenly thrust into the spotlight because of proposals to initiate what one intelligence official called a "somewhat more operational phase." Shortly after learning of the plan, Panetta terminated the program and then went to Capitol Hill to brief lawmakers, who had been kept in the dark since 2001.
The Obama administration's top intelligence official, Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair, yesterday defended Panetta's decision to cancel the program, which he said had raised serious questions among intelligence officials about its "effectiveness, maturity and the level of control."
But Blair broke with some Democrats in Congress by asserting that the CIA did not violate the law when it failed to inform lawmakers about the secret program until last month. Blair said agency officials may not have been required to notify Congress about the program, though he believes they should have done so.
"It was a judgment call," Blair said in an interview. "We believe in erring on the side of working with the Hill as a partner."
( Read more )
Panetta Pulled Plug After Training Was Proposed
CIA officials were proposing to activate a plan to train anti-terrorist assassination teams overseas when agency managers brought the secret program to the attention of CIA Director Leon Panetta last month, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The plan to kill top al-Qaeda leaders, which had been on the agency's back burner for much of the past eight years, was suddenly thrust into the spotlight because of proposals to initiate what one intelligence official called a "somewhat more operational phase." Shortly after learning of the plan, Panetta terminated the program and then went to Capitol Hill to brief lawmakers, who had been kept in the dark since 2001.
The Obama administration's top intelligence official, Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair, yesterday defended Panetta's decision to cancel the program, which he said had raised serious questions among intelligence officials about its "effectiveness, maturity and the level of control."
But Blair broke with some Democrats in Congress by asserting that the CIA did not violate the law when it failed to inform lawmakers about the secret program until last month. Blair said agency officials may not have been required to notify Congress about the program, though he believes they should have done so.
"It was a judgment call," Blair said in an interview. "We believe in erring on the side of working with the Hill as a partner."
( Read more )
15 July 2009 @ 11:54 pm
16 July 2009 @ 12:32 am
I don't know if this belongs here or not, but I am absolutely desperate for help to solve this affliction I have - so if anyone can point me in the direction of a community that might know or can help me themselves, I would so appreciate it. :(
I switched deodorants, and clearly .. something about that did not sit well with me.
ETA: Is it possible that it could be psoriasis? It's red and has scales and is itchy and red and inflamed. If it is, what can I do? :(
15 July 2009 @ 11:13 pm
So the GQMFs have one, the waffles have one, Kirk's shirts have one, and the party posts have like three.
( So clearly, the ontdstartrek AIM chat needed one too! )
( So clearly, the ontdstartrek AIM chat needed one too! )
16 July 2009 @ 12:17 am
16 July 2009 @ 02:27 am
Title: Shake It
Characters: Howard/Vince
Summary: Drabble about Howard watching Vince 'shake it'
Word count: 200
Rating: PG just in case
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from The Mighty Boosh and I am certainly not making money with this. All characters are owned by Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding.
Author's Notes: Sorry to Kat, one of the mods, for posting this wrongly first time. The day I get the hang of technology will be the day I own The Mighty Boosh. Inspirerd by the song Shake It by Metro Station.
Characters: Howard/Vince
Summary: Drabble about Howard watching Vince 'shake it'
Word count: 200
Rating: PG just in case
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from The Mighty Boosh and I am certainly not making money with this. All characters are owned by Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding.
Author's Notes: Sorry to Kat, one of the mods, for posting this wrongly first time. The day I get the hang of technology will be the day I own The Mighty Boosh. Inspirerd by the song Shake It by Metro Station.
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