Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Home Improvement Equipment ? Are you currently Geared up While ...

It is possible to insert benefit to your home by enterprise in depth property advancement projects which include finding your house re-painted, renovating loos, revising layout within your kitchen area and design of terraces and balconies. Even after completion of these projects, you?d need a number of dwelling enhancement tools to help keep your house.

From trivial repairs to major overhauling, many maintenance challenges will appear your way as a household operator, but when you might have the many equipment inside the bag, you?ll be able to find the money for to loosen up. In case you are arranging to order some house advancement methods, you better study a brief description of which kind of equipment it?s possible you?ll call for.

Chopping:

Chopping tools are meant to lower different types of supplies and need to become manufactured with potent components. Cutting tools type an important component of the home improvement resources kit. A utility knife is perhaps probably the most well known chopping device given it can slash many elements for example paper, wood, plastic and metals in fifty percent. The fact that it really is effortless to deal with helps make it an essential resource for your house advancement tasks. Another great tool is actually a hacksaw, which may be handy in reducing timber, bones and tough materials. It is made up of a noticed with fragile nonetheless pretty sharp teeth and a blade framed in metallic. A tile-cutter resource can be of the utility when you?ve got designs of fixing design and style of your respective loos. This instrument assists condition ceramic methods in whatsoever way you prefer and is also a need in terms of toilet advancement projects.

Garden:

A property by using a beautiful garden looks very eye-catching, nonetheless it normally requires a number of backyard tools to keep up a lawn. Back garden instruments serve the purpose of planting, slicing grass along with other connected agricultural is effective. You might find yard applications in two kinds, namely, guide equipment and electricity run tools. As portion of your house improvement methods package, you should buy backyard garden instruments just like a lawn mower, a spade, a backyard garden hoe, a backyard fork plus a rake.

Relocating:

Moving large objects around can often be a troublesome phase in household enhancement projects. For any clean sailing for the duration of this distinct stage, you would call for heading equipment that happen to be intended to maneuver objects. Some typical relocating equipment include a hammer, a screwdriver, pliers and also a wrench. A furniture dolly can be extremely handy to maneuver heavy objects like containers and household furniture as you can spot the thing on its flat picket area and wheel the dolly to transport the object. Yet another incredibly useful gizmo is a stair-roller that assists shift objects up or down the stairs.

Transforming:

Large-scale residence improvements often involve the products and services of reworking equipment. Widespread transforming methods incorporate blow-torch and chemical sprays with solvent houses. When a blow-torch is used to bend and shape metals by making extreme heat, chemical sprays transform objects by means of chemical reactions.

Measurement:

Residence enhancement initiatives contain appropriate measurements which happen to be unattainable to choose until you use measurement applications. Quite possibly the most well-known measurement instrument is tape evaluate which comes in a variety of resources such as cloth, optical fiber, plastic material and metal. With the help of this useful software you can make absolutely sure that windows and doorways have exact and equivalent measurements. A handful of other measurement instruments that you may have an interest to include in your house improvement equipment are rulers, calipers, squares, a theodolite and soul stage.

Shaping:

In relation to giving final touches to an object for the duration of household improvement, you are going to call for shaping equipment.These applications are used to offer shapes to things for instance wooden along with other resources. Chisels, trowels, moulds, sanders and jigs are a few common shaping instruments that you could have to have in your resource package.

Fastening:

In contrast to the slicing applications, fastening tools are used to affix objects. With the help of specialized instruments for instance rivet guns, glue guns, wire tackers and staple weapons it is possible to be part of two objects, no matter regardless of whether they are really built from the exact substance or not.

Power Instruments:

Electrical power methods are power-driven with the help of electric powered motors, air motors or combustion engines which are inwardly operative. Household advancement over a large-scale needs a selection of operates to get done with the aid of energy methods. Widespread strength tools are drills, electrical sanders and lathe. You can find broadly two styles of energy applications, specifically, static and mobile phone equipment.

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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Some in Conn. town couple activism with mourning

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) ? People drawn to Newtown to share in its mourning brought cards and handmade snowflakes to town Monday while residents prepared to observe Christmas less than two weeks after a gunman killed 20 children and six educators at an elementary school.

On Christmas Eve, residents said they would light luminaries outside their homes in memory of the victims. Tiny empty Christmas stockings with the victims' names on them hung from trees in the neighborhood where the children were shot.

"We know that they'll feel loved. They'll feel that somebody actually cares," said Treyvon Smalls, a 15-year-old from a few towns away who arrived at town hall with hundreds of cards and paper snowflakes collected from around the state.

Organizers said they wanted to let the families of victims know they are not alone while also giving Connecticut children a chance to express their feelings about the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

At the Trinity Episcopal Church, less than 2 miles from the school, an overflow crowd of several hundred people attended Christmas Eve services. They were greeted by the sounds of a children's choir echoing throughout a sanctuary hall that had its walls decorated with green wreaths adorned with red bows.

The church program said flowers were donated in honor of Sandy Hook shooting victims, identified by name or as the "school angels" and "Sandy Hook families."

The service, which generally took on a celebratory tone, made only a few vague references to the shooting. Pastor Kathie Adams-Shepherd led the congregation in praying "that the joy and consolation of the wonderful counselor might enliven all who are touched by illness, danger, or grief, especially all those families affected by the shootings in Sandy Hook."

Police say the gunman killed his mother in her bed before his Dec. 14 rampage and committed suicide as he heard officers arriving. Authorities have yet to give a theory about his motive.

While the grief is still fresh, some residents are urging political activism in the wake of the tragedy. A grassroots group called Newtown United has been meeting at the library to talk about issues ranging from gun control, to increasing mental health services to the types of memorials that could be erected for the victims. Some clergy members have said they also intend to push for change.

"We seek not to be the town of tragedy," said Rabbi Shaul Praver of Congregation Adath Israel. "But, we seek to be the town where all the great changes started."

Since the shooting, messages similar to the ones delivered Monday have arrived from around the world. People have donated toys, books, money and more. A United Way fund, one of many, has collected $3 million. People have given nearly $500,000 to a memorial scholarship fund at the University of Connecticut. On Christmas Day, police from other towns have agreed to work so Newtown officers can have the time off.

In the center of Newtown's Sandy Hook section Monday, a steady stream of residents and out-of-towners snapped pictures, lit candles and dropped off children's gifts at an expansive memorial filled with stuffed animals, poems, flowers, posters and cards.

"All the families who lost those little kids, Christmas will never be the same," said Philippe Poncet, a Newtown resident originally from France. "Everybody across the world is trying to share the tragedy with our community here."

Richard Scinto, a deacon at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, which was attended by eight children killed in the massacre, said the church's pastor, Rev. Robert Weiss, used several eulogies this week to tell his congregation to get angry and take action against what some consider is a culture of gun violence in the country.

Praver and Scinto said they are not opposed to hunting or to having police in schools, but both said something must be done to change what has become a culture of violence in the United States.

"These were his mother's guns," Scinto said. "Why would anyone want an assault rifle as part of a private citizen collection?"

A mediator who worked with gunman Adam Lanza's parents during their divorce has said Lanza, 20, was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, an autism-like disorder that is not associated with violence. It is not known whether he had other mental health issues. The guns used in the shooting had been purchased legally by his mother, Nancy Lanza, a gun enthusiast.

Gun control and mental health have also been topics at Newtown United meetings, along with what types of memorials would be most appropriate and any other action residents can take to feel like they are doing something.

"We don't want Newtown to go on the list with Columbine, Tucson and Virginia Tech and only have it associated with horrible acts," said Lee Shull, who moderated a Newton United meeting just days after the shootings. "We want to turn this into something positive. What can we do?"

A handful of people showed up to the group's first meeting at the town library two days after the Dec. 14 shooting. The next night, 35 attended, most scrawling ideas and notes on white paper covering the tables. A few days later there was barely room to maneuver around the meeting room when two guests showed up: Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Sen.-elect Chris Murphy, Connecticut Democrats who told the group they planned to push for gun control legislation and needed their constituents to help them press the issue in Washington.

The group sees itself as a way to spark a local and national dialogue and action in the aftermath of a tragedy. It's also a way to do something, anything, to cope with the sadness that has settled over Newtown.

Said resident John Neuhall: "Our hearts are broken wide open and we're here out of grief and out of love for those families."

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Associated Press Writers Pat Eaton-Robb and John Christoffersen contributed to this report.

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Roman Catholic cleric celebrates Palestinian state

A Catholic pilgrim looks at lit candles outside of the Grotto at the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. Thousands of Christian worshippers and tourists arrived in Bethlehem on Monday to mark Christmas at the site where many believe Jesus Christ was born. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

A Catholic pilgrim looks at lit candles outside of the Grotto at the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. Thousands of Christian worshippers and tourists arrived in Bethlehem on Monday to mark Christmas at the site where many believe Jesus Christ was born. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Christian worshippers from Nigeria pray in the Grotto of the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. Thousands of Christian worshippers and tourists arrived in Bethlehem on Monday to mark Christmas at the site many believe Jesus Christ was born. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

A Catholic pilgrim prays at the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. Thousands of Christian worshippers and tourists arrived in Bethlehem on Monday to mark Christmas at the site where many believe Jesus Christ was born. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

A Catholic pilgrim touches a column inside the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. Thousands of Christian worshippers and tourists arrived in Bethlehem on Monday to mark Christmas at the site many believe Jesus Christ was born. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

A Christian worshiper prays at the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, ahead of Christmas, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

(AP) ? The top Roman Catholic cleric in the Holy Land celebrated the United Nations' recent recognition of a Palestinian state in his annual pre-Christmas homily on Monday, saying that while the road to actual freedom from Israeli occupation remains long, the Palestinian homeland has been born.

Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal told followers at the patriarchate's headquarters in Jerusalem's Old City that this year's festivities were doubly joyful, celebrating "the birth of Christ our Lord and the birth of the state of Palestine."

"The path (to statehood) remains long, and will require a united effort," added Twal, a Palestinian citizen of Jordan.

From Jerusalem, he set off in a procession for the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Jesus' traditional birthplace. There, he was reminded that life on the ground for Palestinians has not really changed since the U.N. recognized their state last month in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

Twal had to enter the biblical city through a massive metal gate in the barrier of towering concrete slabs Israel built between Jerusalem and Bethlehem during a wave of Palestinian suicide bombings in the last decade.

Israel, backed by the United States, opposed the statehood bid, saying it was a Palestinian ploy to bypass negotiations. Talks stalled four years ago, primarily over Israel's construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, territories Israel occupied in the 1967 Mideast war.

Israel has rejected the Palestinians' demand that it freeze all construction before they will renew talks, and launched a major settlement building push in retaliation for the successful statehood bid.

Hundreds of people were on hand to greet Twal in Manger Square, outside the Church of Nativity. The mood was festive under sunny skies, with children dressed in holiday finery or in Santa costumes, and marching bands playing in the streets.

A lavishly decorated 55-foot (25-meter) fir tree with a nativity scene at its foot dominated the plaza. Festivities were to culminate with Midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity, built over the grotto where tradition says Jesus was born.

Devout Christians said it was a moving experience to be so close to the origins of their faith.

"It's a special feeling to be here, it's an encounter with my soul and God," said Joanne Kurczewska, a professor at Warsaw University in Poland, who was visiting Bethlehem for a second time at Christmas.

Christmas is the high point of the year in Bethlehem, which, like the rest of the West Bank, is struggling to recover from the economic hard times that followed the violent Palestinian uprising against Israel that broke out in late 2000.

Tourists and pilgrims who had been scared away by the fighting have been returning in larger numbers. Last year's Christmas Eve celebration produced the highest turnout in more than a decade, with some 100,000 visitors, including foreign workers and Arab Christians from Israel.

The Israeli Tourism Ministry predicts a 25 percent drop from that level this year, following last month's clash between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza, which put a chill on tourist arrivals. Foreign tourists heading to Bethlehem must pass through Israel or the Israel-controlled border crossing into the West Bank from Jordan.

Associated Press

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Confused About Commercial Real Estate? Follow ... - Maynas Eric

Everything that you should have has to be in line when you are purchasing real estate. Regardless of how skilled you think you are, it is possible that you lack knowledge in a certain aspect of the field. There are some excellent tips on commercial real estate ventures here to guide you.

Learn to understand the commercial real estate metric called Net Operating Income (NOI). To be a success, you need to be able to stay on the positive number side.

Feng shui might improve your commercial investing profits when used correctly in the interior design of your properties. Two of the basic insights of this approach, removing clutter and emphasizing open space, are sound design principles that make a property more attractive.

TIP! When you write your letters of intent, start off by dealing with the larger issues, then move on to the smaller ones later. By focusing on the big stuff first, you will have more pleasant negotiations, and you will be better able to manage small matters in the end.

Before you jump into a commercial real estate deal, you want to get a lay of the land first. This means considering and examining the general income levels in the area, how high or low unemployment rates are, and looking at the hiring practices of employers within the vicinity of where you intend to invest. A home that is in a great area, like next to good schools and parks, and has jobs available, will have a higher value than surrounding properties.

Commercial real estate involves more complex and longer transactions than buying a home. Understand, however, that this additional time and effort often translates into higher returns.

There are a number of significant differences between commercial and residential loans. For example, commercial loans often require a higher down payment. To find a good commercial loan, work your network of professional contacts to learn which lenders are best and whether there are any investment possibilities available in your area.

TIP! Be sure to see and enter into good deals. Professionals in real estate are able to recognize great deals.

Find out how any firm you have under consideration defines success. Ask how they will make determinations regarding space requirements, property selection and other matters that are important to you. You can benefit a lot if you know things like this.

Prior to selling commercial property, have it inspected first by a professional. Have any issue that the inspector finds repaired right away.

Ask your broker to explain the methods he uses to negotiate deals before hiring him. Inquire into their specific credentials and training; do not be afraid to ask for references. You want to ensure that the broker has good ethics, and is capable of obtaining the best deals possible. A quality broker will be happy to share examples of their past work with you if you ask, including both deals that were successful and those that weren?t.

TIP! You need to understand that each property has for itself, a lifetime. Don?t make the mistake of overlooking the fact that you will need to put a substantial amount of money into the property to keep it well-maintained.

When making decisions between one commercial property and another, think big. Obtaining adequate financing is a major undertaking, whether you opt for a ten-unit apartment complex or a twenty-unit apartment complex. Generally, this is much like the principle of buying in bulk; the more units you buy, the lower the price per unit.

Of course, it is never wise to assume you have enough information about any important financial matter, and this includes commercial real estate dealings. Continue learning and applying the information you gather, such as what you?ve read in this article, to boost your rank within the market. Make use of this pertinent information, and profit from your endeavors.

TIP! If you are considering more than one property, be sure to obtain a checklist for the tour site. Accept the proposal responses during the first round, but before going further, notify all the property owners involved.

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Self improvement Guidance That Will Be Useful | Suave

Posted by fbl95 on Dec 24, 2012 in Technology | 0 comments

Don?t follow another person?s personal development plan exactly. You?ll want to customize it in order that it feels like a fit. Understanding this means learning as much as possible to be able to improve yourself. Follow these tips to assist you to grow and improve yourself.

As an alternative to bragging relating to your accomplishments, ask those near you and Mr Andrewuytop about what they?re most proud of and what they?ve achieved. This can be a wonderful way of being familiar with your peers as well as their abilities; you additionally might locate a new role model.

Know what your strengths are, and stay confident when promoting yourself. Each person has their particular pair of skills. That maybe what makes the planet so competent. You need to give full attention to talents you have already rather than be worried about those you do not possess now.

You need to look to eliminate needless stress from the life. If you overreact into a situation, you simply raise your stress, which is unnecessary and undesirable. Know that things fail in people?s lives and you need to find a way to handle these instances Osteria Labbra Tips.

Maintain limitations planned and never push way too hard to reach your goals, specially when you are looking at physical self-improvement. It is best to do your better effort, however, you should also stay within your limits. Achieving an ambition just isn?t worth throwing away your quality of life. It is just illogical can be expected any real grow in self improvement, if you aren?t taking care of your body at the same time.

One essential method of improving on your own is to get healthy. If you want to build healthy habits, you need to be motivated to consume better and exercise more. A healthy body is necessary for you to be able to target other items.

Becoming more selfless is a large step towards your own development. Being able to sacrifice for other people, and feeling joy of their happiness, develops your character. Having the capacity to sacrifice for some individuals or being able to get fulfillment, will allow you to grow into a far more well-rounded person.

To obtain the most out of your personal development efforts, make sure to aim high and price what?s best. Value your own personal best and make that vital that you your health.

You cannot manage other individuals if you do not take care of yourself. Wherever you are in life, allow yourself time and energy to recover and rejuvenate yourself.

You may have set high goals for yourself and make neglecting to attain them. If it is the truth, it is just a good option to stop and think why. Research your ideas online to find others who have set similar goals, then compare yours with those of others. Are you underestimating the challenge, or perhaps you are underestimating yourself.

Identify what is waiting in between you and also success. This has been shown to be a hurdle for a many people. Having the capacity to identify weakness is essential and may help us to create positive changes in our lives. When you can actually to remove obstacles, then your road to an effective future becomes easier to navigate.

If you have serious problems, therapy will be the best solution. Reading books on self-help might call for up to now. The personal consultation having a therapist gives more direct and focused help. After dark professional expertise, one-on-one therapy provides chance of real communication. A novel are unable to talk to you like a therapist can.

An excellent, positive attitude goes further with your development being a person. Negative thinking contributes to negative results. It really is destructive for your personal growth. Instead, look for the positive and tell yourself that developing a good attitude will allow you to achieve your primary goal.

In summary, living a greater life will not be as difficult as you may think. See the possible advantages you will find whenever you take the time to make positive changes to life inside a positive manner.

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Monday, December 24, 2012

Official: Navy SEAL commander died of apparent suicide

WASHINGTON (AP) ? U.S. military officials are investigating the apparent suicide of a Navy SEAL commander in Afghanistan.

Navy SEAL Cdr. Job W. Price, 42, of Pottstown, Pa., died Saturday of a non-combat-related injury while supporting stability operations in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan.

A U.S. military official said the death "appears to be the result of suicide." The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the death is still being investigated.

"The Naval Special Warfare family is deeply saddened by the loss of our teammate," said Capt. Robert Smith, Commander of Naval Special Warfare Group Two, which manages all Virginia-based Navy SEAL teams. "We extend our condolences, thoughts and prayers to the family, friends, and NSW community during this time of grieving."

"As we mourn the loss and honor the memory of our fallen teammate, those he served with will continue to carry out the mission," Smith added Sunday.

A U.S. military official confirmed Price was from Virginia Beach, Va.-based SEAL Team 4, which is part of the mission to train Afghan local police to stave off the Taliban in remote parts of Afghanistan. Price is survived by a wife and a daughter.

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Sunday, November 11, 2012

Ke$ha's ?Die Young? Video: Review Revue | Music News, Reviews ...

Good news, animals: The critics who weren?t totally bewildered by the occult imagery in Ke$ha?s ?Die Young? video responded to it enthusiastically! The clip, which dropped yesterday, is a bizarre hodgepodge of influences and ideas ? in particular, wolves in space! ? but reviewers liked it mostly even more than we did, since we found the video a little underwhelming, given all the hype.

But then, even for K$, it?s hard to live up to all those expectations ? so all she can do is give us a taste of her very odd imagination, and ?Die Young? certainly provides that. Head after the jump to see all the reviews.

::?The Los Angeles Times?noted, as did many critics, the occult imagery, calling it an evolution from her earlier image: ?Ke$ha?is calling her upcoming album Warrior,?so we can?t be surprised to find the pop star busting up chairs and kicking down doors in the music video for the disc?s lead single, ?Die Young.? But that hardly means that the clip, posted to?YouTube?on Thursday, fails to raise eyebrows. A fast-moving pastiche of occult imagery, Nat Geo-style wolf footage and lots (and lots!) of black leather, it presents a darker, sexier version of Ke$ha than we saw back in the party-starting ?TiK ToK? days.?

::?Entertainment Weekly?compared the clip to the film?Eyes Wide Shut, for better or for worse:??The clip for her latest?Warrior?single is a messy-good peek into the strange world Ke$ha inhabits ? a scantily clad, animalistic, almost occult club similar to the one from?Eyes Wide Shut, but with Forever 21 employees instead of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.?

::?MTV News?made much hay of the fashions of the video, and how good K$ looked sporting them: ?Whoever thought that cult leaders can only wear long robes and billowy, drapey clothing needs to broaden their horizons by checking out Ke$ha?s sexy outfits in this video. She shows off a very toned body in several skimpy ensembles. One is a black leather swimsuit-like number accessorized by a half-cowboy-chap-type adornment on one leg; another is a lacy set of white lingerie over which Ke$ha wears a furry white caplet/mini shawl on her back.?

::?Vulture, perhaps wisely, considered all of the factors in the video and compiled a list of things to avoid if trying not to die young: ?Herewith, a not-at-all-comprehensive list of situations and dangers that one should probably avoid if one is concerned with early mortality: satanic cults; skull and crossbone signs; creepy warehouses that lack a functioning door; chair-smashing; activities that require one to send a text message reading, ?We made it South of the Border?; eagles (or condors, or whatever that was); dirty mattresses; being lifted up in the air like a sacrificial lamb by a group of people who are clearly distracted; wolves.?

::?NewNowNext?had an altogether different point of reference ? Mad Max ? but also compared it to a high-fashion shoot: ?Serving us all some?Mad Max?South of the Border realness, Ke$ha and her merry, and hunky, band of misfits arrive in town via a hearse, and in no time are kicking down church doors, ransacking furniture and getting their crazy choreography on. It is a beautiful, beautiful sight to behold.?This is intercut with scenes of Ke$ha doing what she does best ? mugging for the cameras. Pouting her lips, tossing her hair and basically looking like a dirty David Yurman model. A dirty and super hot David Yurman model mind you.?

::?Billboard?also thought the Illuminati imagery was fairly explicit, but that wasn?t a problem: ?With tons of blatant Illuminati imagery and some sort of illegal orgy going on, the clip (released on Thursday, Nov. 8) takes the singer?s button-pushing ability to dizzying new heights.?As Ke$ha and her pals head to Mexico, Illuminati symbols ? the all-seeing one eye, the upside-down cross, and so, so many triangle ? pop up amongst the fun. ?We made it? SOUTH OF THE BORDER? they?ll never find us here,? reads a text, sent by Ke$ha to some unknown party apparently interested in some choreographed sexuality.?

::?MTV Buzzworthy?had even more references still, but seemed tickled by the clip?s madcap style:??Tucked away somewhere in an abandoned jungle warehouse, Cult Ke$ha HQ is decorated with a crap-ton of?satanic imagery?and other things you might only see in The Craft?sequel. Or True Blood.?Or a Wiccan documentary. Whichever. Fortunately, all of the?Warrior?singer?s fellow cult members happen to be hot male models (best cult evar!!) who spend their days doting on Ke$ha and making sure all her ?needs? are taken care of.?

What did you think of Ke$ha?s new video? Let us know on?Facebook,?Twitter?or in the comments.

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On Language, Texting, & Being | Thought Catalog

I can speak some French. I took it all through school but learned it mostly when writing my dissertation which involved several French books that were, at the time, not yet translated. And for the books that were translated, I read the French not for accuracy per se but to get a sense for the writing ? its style, its rhythm, its?mode of being.?

Now,?I love translations. I find the act of translation as amazing and erotic (such intimacy with another) as it is impossible (however actual). Nevertheless, the two books side by side ? one in English, the other in French ? are two different characters.

Anyway, at that point, my French wasn?t terrible (this was 15 years ago). But I refused to speak it. Uttering the words contorted my body, and my self, in ways that just never felt right. Even before hearing the words leave my mouth, as my mind and throat and mouth twisted and pleated to mutter, ?Oui, et tu?? everything in me would begin to recoil as if I?d ingested some poison.

We imagine, perhaps, that language is a tool much as, say, a hammer is. I want to express myself so I grab this or that word and,?voil?, I?ve communicated.

But that?s not how language works. Language inhabits us, infiltrating our thoughts and bodies, coercing ideas and movements, choreographing our experiences. This is why?William Burroughs calls language a virus:?it lives in us, it needs us, it feeds on us. No, language is not a tool: it is a miasmatic, hegemonic control force.

And each language is different, asks different things of us ? the French?tu?wants something different from me than the German?du?and, in the process,?makes?something different of me. In college, my friend Matthew took the intro to several languages. In each class, students chose a name in the language of that class and Matt, to get in character, chose a different name for each. Walking through campus with him was strange as random students would address him alternately as Wolfgang, Wang, Esteban, Pierre, Achmed.

When I was in grad school, I had to prove proficiency in two languages so, other than French, I chose classical Greek. Or, rather, I tried to.

Berkeley has these language workshops over the summer. The Greek workshop is, in very small, nerdy circles, legendary.? The class meets six hours a day, five days a week, for 10 weeks. That?s not so bad until you take into consideration the homework ? it takes another 4-6 hours a day. I, of course, didn?t believe them when they told me this. If they say 4-6, they really mean around two hours, maybe. I?ve always been fast like that.

Oh, was I wrong. Classical Greek is a beast of, well, mythological proportions, endlessly inflected with only general rules to guide you. So you simply have to memorize them all (simple, yes; easy, no ? a crucial distinction). And it tore me asunder. In three days. At the end of which, I found myself on a curb, weeping. I?m not kidding. The language wanted all of me. It was literally killing me. So I took German ? four hours a day, five days a week, eight weeks. And about an hour of homework. Really.

Now, after Greek, German was easy. Still, I found it exceedingly difficult to speak ? not because it?s a hard language but because I couldn?t find myself in it. It wanted me to be something else, someone else. As the class involved a lot of conversation, this posed a particular challenge for me.

So I let the German wind through me until it found a voice. And what it found, to this day, surprises me: it found some fey, Weimar, proto-SS gay dude. All semester, I spoke German in this demented drawl verging on falsetto. My classmates, I assume, loathed me ? and rightfully so. I?m not sure where it even came from ? some distant memory of watching?Cabaret?

Which brings me to textese ? that language of abbreviation, icons, and emoticons: LOL, brb, ppl, diff, probly, u. Now, I love much of this language. Or, rather, I love that this language exists, that one language has been distributed by a technology and birthed a new language, a language within the language. But of course that?s all language is: lots of little languages (Deleuze and Guattari might call these ?minor? languages).

There are people who mock and disdain textese as some sort of bastardization or dumbing down. That?s absurd and, well, stupid. There is no such thing as ?real? language. So much of the so-called grammatical rules are arbitrary or, rather, ideological. They try to keep subjects in their place and everything qualified just so with nothing left to dangle. So-called proper English is uptight, antiquated bourgeois English.? It?s meant to be broken, tweaked, distorted for other ends and purposes. Enter textese.

And yet I refrain from ?speaking? this minor language. I type out ?you? and ?people? and ?probably.? I don?t write, LOL. I write, ?That?s hilarious.? At least usually I do. I have found that occasion has demanded something different so I?ve been know to write, ?Ha!? Which is my attempt at finding myself amidst these currents of SMS.

My resistance is neither ideological nor aesthetic. I have no moral problem with textese and I find much of its patois charming. No, I can?t do it for the same reason I can?t speak French: textese wants me to be something, to be someone, I am not. A 23 year old girl? A high school dude from Fremont? I don?t know. But I do know that it has yet to find a place within me.

And so, perhaps foolishly, I am left typing the language of textese?s more formal forefathers. But such is my character: I like to sprawl, to whisper asides, to carry on in would-be purple splendor. And textese, for all its charms, will not have none of that. Alas, then, I speak what I am. And vice versa.?TC Mark

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Back again?I don?t do FB or Twitter so I can?t make comments on my iphone App (unless I haven?t figured it out.? Just wanted to say?LOVE the videos on the app that name the movements as Lisa does them.? I write everything down while I watch and then do the workout from the paper.?

I can?t say enough about Lisa.? Her movements are always strong, precise, and 100% motivating.? I?m excited when I log on and see her in the pic. (Sean is just as precise, but it?s Lisa I want to look like :-)

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Friday November 9, 2012, 9:37 am
Republicans are still holding on to the claim that the richest Americans are the job creators, and how favoring them will make us all better off. You?d think America would know better by now, because wealth keeps gushing up, and the only thing that trickles down on us is elephant crap.

Why is this inappropriate?