Shameless Self-Admiration

Yes, you knew it would come! Well, anyone who's RP'ed with me extensively would, anyway xD

This thread will be for random little things that don't fit in anywhere. Mostly fan-boyling/girling over our roleplay and our characters. For example, images of our characters together or alone, a soundtrack for our RP, what sort of cookie our characters would be if they were edible... Anything you want, really! To start things off, here's my take on what our characters would be like if they were drunk :D

Types of Drunks
I apologise if I missed anyone >.< Please point it out if I did.

Kana the 'Objective Hate' drunk - "Damn you, fire hydrant! DAMN YOU LAMPOST! And damn you fishing pole..."
Shino the 'Lonely Drunk' - "Sometimes my cats and I put on puppet shows for my other cats. *draws stickmen friends on dirt*"
Naoya the drunk who promises everything - "Listen, chicha. I know Ghandi and we can tots get you 1,000,000,000 camels by tomorrow. I promise."
Mitsuki the 'Temporary Lesbian' - "Come, ladies. Sit on my lap and let me love you. Let yo suga momma take care of you *slaps Midna's backside*"
Hiroki the 'Social Lubricant' - "Heeeyy Naaooyya, ever met my baby gurl Mitsuki? You two would make such amazing babies together. WOOO PARTEY!!!"
Azeal the 'Emotional Drunk' - "I JUST WANT TO BE HAPPY, YOU KNOW? Q~~~Q Nobody loves me and it hurts my feelings when you guiz leave. *weeps into Nero's shirt* Am I not good enough for you?? Is it because I have an oval head? IS THAT IT?!?"
Jules the 'I'm a man' drunk - "Heeeyyy brrrooooo *punches random dude's arm* See that ass over there, man? Ddaayymmnnn baby got back!"
Nero Sceer the 'Real Man' - "You must respect women, my men. They are temples of sacristy that deserve honesty and care. As gentlemen, we must treat our Holiest Counterparts with utmost submission."
Feris the 'Girly Drunk' - "Teehehehe! Stop it, silly! You and your games :3 :3 :3
Mysty the 'Timid Drunk' - "U-u-uh b-but what if he doesn't l-like me? *fiddling with fingers* He's so scawy and I need to be a g-good girl."
Michel the 'I think I can dance' drunk - OPPA GANGNAM STYLE *shuffles*
Lorelai the 'Hippie' - "Love melons as they love you. Hold them. Cherish them. Nourish their taught skins. Fill your hearts with love! And eat the melon..."
Midna the 'Alexander Fangirl' - "He is the backside of my spine, the temple of my body, the pillow of my bathtub. Take my hand and let us PRAISE DA GAWAIN!"
Alex the 'Insecure Drunk' - "Do you think my head looks like a strawberry...? I mean, I love my hair but, but, my head looks like a fruit, doesn't it?"
Sylvia the 'Angry Drunk' - "You wanna fight me, brother? YOU WANNA FIGHT ME?! My imaginary friends think you have some serious issues!"
Maya the 'Police Teacher' - "It can't just any man in a wet suit. It has to be a man in a wet suit holding a rubber duck. Now that's a man you can trust."

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RolePlayGateway/~3/TLbKhmv3DOQ/viewtopic.php

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Korea to join India in Formula One exile - reports

Jul.30 (GMM) - It has been reported that Austria, Russia and New Jersey are to be added to the current 19-race schedule.

The Korean Grand Prix looks set to join India in Formula One exile, as Bernie Ecclestone trims the 2014 calendar to a maximum of 20 races.

But the latter of those events, slated to be the second American race on the 2014 calendar amid the Manhattan skyline, now appears unlikely.

Mercedes chairman Niki Lauda said a few days ago that New Jersey "didn't happen this year because of a lack of money".

"As far as I know," the F1 legend told Austrian broadcaster ORF, "it's already gone from the calendar".

And amid reports Ecclestone will drop the Indian Grand Prix over a tax issue, Germany's Auto Motor und Sport claims the other race unlikely to survive beyond 2013 is Korea.

"Apparently," said correspondent Tobias Gruner, "the organisers have run out of money.

"Ecclestone is well known for having little patience if his fees are not paid."

The AFP news agency also reports that Korea is in doubt, saying the organiser "has lost money since it first hosted formula one in 2010, and local authorities are unwilling to cover losses".

Source: http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/korea-to-join-india-in-formula-one-exile-reports/

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Recall Alert: 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid

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Source: blogs.cars.com --- Monday, July 29, 2013
Ford is recalling 33,021 model-year 2013 versions of the C-Max Hybrid crossover due to a structural issue that poses a safety risk, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The affected vehicles were manufactured from Jan. 19, 2012, through June 25, 2013, (check your vehicle's build date on a sticker on the driver-side doorjamb) and are not equipped with a panoramic sunroof. During testing, it "exceeded a head injury criteria requirement set by the standard. Thus, these vehicles fail to conform to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 201, 'Occupant Protection in Interior Impact,'" NHTSA said in a statement. This increases the risk of an injury during a crash. "Ford is not aware of any accidents or injuries related to this non-compliance," the automaker said in a statement. Ford will notify owners beginning Aug. 19, and dealers will install energy absorbers between the headliner and the roof for free. Owners can call Ford at 866-436-7332 or NHTSA's vehicle safety hotline at 888-327-4236 for more info. Related Research the 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid More Safety News Check Out Other Recalls ...

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cars/kickingtires/~3/PtLEost4ceM/recall-alert-2013-ford-c-max-hybrid.html

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GOP leader Cross in cross hairs in Springfield

SPRINGFIELD?

Illinois House Republican leader Tom Cross gambled and lost on a potential run for attorney general and now finds himself trying to fend off attempts by rank-and-file lawmakers looking to take away the job he's got.

Cross, who has led the long-out-of-power House GOP for 10 years, had a promotion in mind at the end of spring session in late May, telling his members he'd likely run for the state's chief legal office if Democratic Attorney General Lisa Madigan pursued a run for governor. Instead, Madigan opted to seek a fourth term. Cross, wanting no part of the politically formidable Madigan, decided he wanted to stay on as legislative leader.

The dalliance, however, caused a flood of long-standing complaints among House Republicans to bubble up: Cross lost seven seats in the November 2012 election, giving Democratic Speaker Michael Madigan even more power. Cross allowed the House GOP campaign fund to sink to $21,000. Cross isn't recruiting formidable candidates to run next year.

Longing for more relevance at the Capitol, House Republicans sense they have a chance to pick up seats if they get a strong GOP candidate for governor. They believe their odds are better next year because they won't have home-state Democratic President Barack Obama heading the ticket. And they want a minority leader concentrating on cutting down the size of the 71-47 Democratic majority.

"We have to keep our eye on the ball," said Rep. Jim Durkin, a Western Springs Republican who is among those setting his sights on taking over Cross' leadership position. "Let's call it like it is. Since May through this (month), Rep. Tom Cross was focused on one thing: That was becoming attorney general of the state of Illinois."

Besides Durkin, Reps. Raymond Poe of Springfield and Dwight Kay of Glen Carbon near St. Louis have offered themselves as Downstate alternatives and are working on building support to dump Cross of Oswego.

It'll be an uphill climb. Cross has time on his side, given that caucus rules make it unlikely a leadership change could take place until after the November 2014 election. Beyond that, Cross only needs to persuade 23 other House Republicans to keep backing him instead of risking a switch to an unknown quantity.

For his part, Cross is brushing aside questions about his leadership but acknowledged that the popular attorney general's decision to seek a fourth term helped crystallize his political plans to stay on as House minority leader. "In light of what we heard (from Lisa Madigan)," Cross said, "I'm committed, have always been committed and remain committed to our caucus."

To hear numerous House Republicans tell it, that commitment of staying on wasn't so rock solid in recent months. Shortly before the spring legislative session wrapped up May 31, Cross indicated to colleagues that he was thinking about running for attorney general. That particularly stuck in Durkin's craw. He's a former Cook County prosecutor who had been looking at a bid for the office if Madigan ran for governor.

During the special session July 9, Cross told his members in a closed-door meeting that he likely would run for attorney general if Madigan did not, according to several lawmakers in the meeting. Cross indicated that he would step down as leader and stay on as a rank-and-file House lawmaker if he did run for attorney general. But if Cross didn't try for higher office, he would seek to stay on as House Republican leader. That set off a new round of questions among Republican lawmakers.

"We walked out of (there) unconvinced we were where we should be," Durkin said.

Nearly a week later, Cross held his annual summer campaign fundraiser in Chicago the same day Lisa Madigan announced she'd run for attorney general again. That meant Cross would try to stay in his current job.

Cross held a private reception for big donors, then came out for the lower-dollar cattle call. He mingled but didn't make a speech where he could have talked about his political future, according to Blair Garber, the Evanston Township GOP committeeman who attended.

"When you have a fundraiser and people show up, you know, it's de rigueur that you're going to say something," Garber said.

A lawmaker for more than two decades and a protege of former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Cross has raised his profile by taking a key role in the push to reduce the state's $100 billion pension debt. Viewed as a moderate, he's also broken from his own caucus on some social issues, such as coming out early for medical marijuana legislation. He has decried the Democrats' 67 percent income tax rate increase, fought pension proposals he fears would raise property taxes and rallied opposition to Democratic legislation to borrow more money.

As one of the four legislative leaders in Springfield, Cross has had a seat at the table in budget negotiations when Democrats were forced or inclined to share responsibilities, but his power is checked by serving only as minority leader since 2003. He's been unable to win enough House seats to take control from Speaker Madigan, the attorney general's father and Illinois Democratic Party chairman.

In November, House Republicans lost seven seats to Madigan's Democrats, the same election in which Senate President John Cullerton's Democrats rolled up an unheard-of 40-19 supermajority on the other side of the Capitol. Republicans in both chambers faced difficult odds. Not only was Obama at the top of the ballot, but GOP legislative candidates also had to run in new districts drawn by Democrats.

At least three Republican representatives are looking to replace Cross. Durkin, who lost to Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin in 2002, is out raising money and traveling the state as he tries to build support.

Durkin, who ran U.S. Sen. John McCain's presidential campaigns in Illinois, acknowledged that he also considered a race for attorney general next year if Madigan sought to move up the political ladder. "Tom was aware of it," said Durkin, who added he was "caught off guard" when Cross started exploring his own bid for attorney general. But Durkin insisted he is not running to be the top House Republican out of spite.

"It's not about Tom ? whether he's right or wrong," Durkin said. "It's about whether this caucus is moving in the right direction, and it's about us taking ourselves out of the superminority and becoming players and having a meaningful voice for taxpayers."

Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-tom-cross-house-republicans-20130729,0,1064810.story?track=rss

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ReelzChannel to re-examine Kennedy killing

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) ? Weeks before the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination this fall, ReelzChannel will take another look at the killing in a docudrama that suggests a Secret Service agent fired one of the bullets that felled Kennedy.

"JFK: The Smoking Gun" is based on the work of retired Australian police Detective Colin McLaren, who spent four years combing through evidence from Kennedy's death on Nov. 22, 1963.

The two-hour docudrama airs Nov. 3 in the U.S., Canada and Australia. It suggests that agent George Hickey fired one of the bullets that hit Kennedy. Hickey, who is now dead, was riding in the car behind Kennedy's limo that day.

The program is ReelzChannel's second Kennedy-related offering. In 2011, the cable channel aired "The Kennedys" after History Channel dropped the miniseries.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/reelzchannel-examine-kennedy-killing-234003644.html

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Ohio State Football Recruiting: Recapping Friday Night Lights

Many of the country's top recruits made their way to Columbus Friday to participate in Ohio State's Friday Night Lights, a signature recruiting camp created by Urban Meyer in 2005.

The event took place in the friendly confines of Ohio Stadium and featured video highlights on the big screen, speeches from former Buckeye greats Eddie George and Mike Doss, and most importantly, on-the-field competition from the nation's top high school talent.

Most of Ohio State's commitments made the trip, in addition to a number of the Buckeyes' top remaining targets from the 2014 and 2015 classes.

Which recruits impressed the coaching staff? Did any of Ohio State's current commits compete? Did the Buckeyes' coaching staff hand out any new offers?

Here's a full breakdown.

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Top-Flight Cornerback and Receiver Battle

Four-star cornerback and Ohio State commit?Damon Webb?had a phenomenal camp. Webb was one of the few Buckeyes commits to actually work out, and the talented corner showed why he's one of the top-rated prospects in the country.

Webb spent the majority of the evening locking down receivers with his tremendous speed and ball skills. He also spent a lot of time matched up against one of Ohio State's top 2015 targets in?Eric Glover-Williams.

Glover-Williams, a 4-star athlete out of Canton, Ohio, didn't shy away from attacking Webb, and the two put on quite a show. Both won their fair share of battles, but Glover-Williams' performance showed why the coaching staff is recruiting him so hard.

Asked about matching up with Webb, Glover-Williams told Jordan Wagner of Eleven Warriors that they both won their fair share:

"We both competed to the highest level," Glover-Williams said. "We both did what we could do, back and forth. I'm not sure who got the highest edge, that is for the public to decide who won the battle."

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Who Else Stood Out?

After having a stellar performance during last year's event, 4-star wide receiver?Braxton Berrios?again had a terrific showing. At 5'8" and 170 pounds, Berrios isn't the most physically imposing receiver, but his route running really sets him apart.

That was on full display Friday night, and Berrios' play earned him a coveted offer from the Ohio State coaching staff. The speedy receiver also has offers from schools such as Clemson, Miami, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia, but the Buckeyes will be a major factor in his recruitment.

Ohio State commit and 4-star offensive tackle?Kyle Trout?also had a good outing despite battling a case of the flu. Trout didn't lose a single one-on-one competition, showing off his agility on the edge. Fellow Buckeyes commit and 4-star guard?Marcelys Jones?also had a good showing.

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Trio of 5-Star Prospects Watched the Action

Three of Ohio State's top remaining targets were in attendance but did not participate in workouts.

Linebacker?Raekwon McMillan, athlete?Curtis Samuel?and cornerback?Marshon Lattimore?all spent a lot of time with various members of the coaching staff, according to Steve Wiltfong of 247Sports.com:

Urban Meyer?spent a lot of time with Samuel as players were warming up and going through agility drills. McMillan was seen getting the red-carpet treatment from coaches and the many Ohio State commits on campus as well. Ohio State continues to lead for all three blue-chippers.

Meyer hosts this event for the exact opportunity he got with these three prospects. All in all, Friday Night Lights was a fantastic success for Meyer and the Buckeyes.

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All recruit rankings per 247Sports.com.

David?Regimbal?is the lead Ohio State football writer for Bleacher Report.
Follow him on Twitter @davidreg412.?

Source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1718543-ohio-state-football-recruiting-recapping-friday-night-lights

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Pope, in candid speech, speaks of 'exodus' from the Church

By Philip Pullella

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Pope Francis, in a stunningly candid assessment of the state of the Catholic Church, said on Saturday it should look in the mirror and ask why so many people are leaving the faith of their fathers.

On the penultimate day of his trip to Brazil, Francis delivered a long address to the country's bishops in which he suggested elements of what could become a blueprint for stopping what he called an "exodus."

"I would like all of us to ask ourselves today: are we still a Church capable of warming hearts?" he said in a speech remarkable for its frankness about the hemorrhaging of the Church in many countries.

The Argentine pope, who is in Rio for a Catholic international jamboree known as World Youth Day, referred to what he called "the mystery of those who leave the Church" because they think it "can no longer offer them anything meaningful or important."

The Church has been losing members throughout the world to secularism and to other religions, including in Latin America, where evangelical groups have won over many converts.

He acknowledged that many people see the Church as a "relic of the past," too caught up in itself, and a "prisoner of its own rigid formulas."

While he said the Church "must remain faithful" to its religious doctrine, it had to be closer to the people and their real problems.

"Today, we need a Church capable of walking at people's side, of doing more than simply listening to them," he said.

"At times we lose people because they don't understand what we are saying, because we have forgotten the language of simplicity and import an intellectualism foreign to our people," he said.

In Brazil, the number of Catholics has dwindled rapidly in the decades since its once-rural population moved increasingly to major cities, where modern consumer culture has overtaken more provincial mores and where Protestant denominations, aggressively courting followers in urban outskirts and shantytowns, have won many converts.

"We need a Church capable of restoring citizenship to her many children who are journeying, as it were, in an exodus," he said.

The address to the bishops complemented an earlier homily in Rio's cathedral, where he urged priests worldwide to leave their comfortable surroundings to go out and serve the poor and needy.

"We cannot keep ourselves shut up in parishes, in our communities, when so many people are waiting for the Gospel," he said in the sermon of a Mass in Rio's cathedral.

Since his election in March as the first non-European pope in 1,300 years, Francis has been prodding priests, nuns and bishops to think less about their careers in the Church and listen more to the cries of those who are hungry to fill both material and spiritual needs.

"It is not enough simply to open the door in welcome, but we must go out through that door and meet the people!" he said.

'SLUM CARDINAL'

Known as the "slum cardinal" in his native Argentina because of his austere lifestyle and visits to poor areas, Francis made a clarion call to clergy to take risks and go out among the faithful who need them most.

"It is in the 'favelas' and 'villas miseria' that one must go to seek and to serve Christ," he said, quoting the late Mother Teresa of Calcutta and using the terms used in Brazil and Argentina for shantytowns.

Francis has set a new tone in the Vatican, rejecting the lush papal residence his predecessors used in the Apostolic Palace and living instead in a small suite in a Vatican guest house, and often eating in the common dining room.

The pope spoke as hundreds of thousands of young people were converging on Rio's famed Copacabana beach for an all night prayer vigil ahead of concluding ceremonies on Sunday, when he returns to Rome.

Earlier, in a talk at Rio's theater, he said leaders must address the issues raised in protests in Brazil, saying dialogue was the only way to resolve the issues.

Latin America's largest nation has been rocked by protests against corruption, the misuse of public money and the high cost of living. Most of the protesters are young.

He urged leaders not to remain deaf to "the outcry, the call for justice (that) continues to be heard even today" and, in an apparent reference to corruption, spoke of "the task of rehabilitating politics."

(Additional reporting by Esteban Israel in Sao Paolo; Editing by Vicki Allen)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pope-tells-clergy-streets-help-poorest-130317557.html

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