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People rightly ask how we will monetize these businesses? And of course I understand the need to balance the short term with the longer term needs because our revenues and growth serve as the engine that funds our innovation But our emerging high usage products can generate huge new businesses for Google in the long run, just like search And we have tons of experience monetizing successful products over time Well run technology businesses with tremendous consumer usage make a lot of money over the long term I think about our products in three separate categories .
First, there is search and our ads products, the core driver of revenue for the company. Nikesh and Susan are going to talk more about ads later in the call Next, we have products that are enjoying high consumer success--YouTube, Android and Chrome. We are investing in these in order to optimize their long-term success Then we have our new products--Google+ and Commerce and Local. We are are investing in them to drive innovation and adoption .
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Two Minutes Hate Two Minutes Hate magpiegames.com Shared publicly•View activity Aaron Griffin's profile photo Aaron Griffin +9 Jeeze guys, can't we all just play games? Jul 26, 2016 Juan Ochoa's profile photo Juan Ochoa +20 Bravo, Mark. I've been uncircled by folks on both camps for refusing to take sides (I would much rather deal with people and not ideological landscapes) and it saddens me. Jul 26, 2016 Christopher Weeks's profile photo Christopher Weeks +8 Thoughtful and passionate. But I don't know how to conceive of a world where some forces shouldn't be met with violence. I'll keep thinking about this. (ETA: I'm a story gamer and also a member of the OSR, so it's super weird that these groups are in conflict, to whatever extent that they really are.) Jul 26, 2016 Mark Delsing's profile photo Mark Delsing +11 This was a hard read for me, because I have absolutely no sympathy for the specific people referenced, even though I realize, as you say, this is not about specific people. So, despite my complicated feels, I commend you for this effort. I can only hope there are voices within the OSR calling for similar ideals. (My experience with the OSR has not been great, FYI.) Jul 26, 2016 Alberto Muti's profile photo Alberto Muti +1 (listening) Jul 26, 2016 Nicole Winchester's profile photo Nicole Winchester . Jul 26, 2016 Mark Plemmons's profile photo Mark Plemmons +2 Very well written. Jul 26, 2016 Eric Quigley's profile photo Eric Quigley +11 +Christopher Weeks I would argue simply blocking someone trumps using word violence at any time. It's honestly what I believe some of these people to actually be seeking (violent reactions), and blocking people is completely legit to avoid such an action. No validation, no problem. Jul 26, 2016 William Nichols's profile photo William Nichols . Jul 26, 2016 T. Franzke's profile photo T. Franzke +1 listening Jul 26, 2016 Nicholas Hopkins's profile photo Nicholas Hopkins +12 "We’re the villains in their story, like it or not. And like the best villains, we think we’re the heroes." This is truth, man. Jul 26, 2016 Sage LaTorra's profile photo Sage LaTorra +21 +Mark Diaz Truman I cannot say how much I loved this and how much I appreciate you writing it. I know it runs totally counter to your point, but this post makes you a hero to me. Jul 26, 2016 Eloy C's profile photo Eloy C +8 It takes real integrity to do this kind of introspection and write about it. I seriously respect this. I've met and interacted with many wonderful creative people on both communities. We're all RPG'ers, hopefully we can be one community. Jul 26, 2016 Johannes Oppermann's profile photo Johannes Oppermann +3 +Mark Diaz Truman You are speaking from my heart. Well said. Jul 26, 2016 Jessica Hammer's profile photo Jessica Hammer +95 Harassment? Unacceptable. Building bridges to people who aren't actively working to destroy lives and careers? Awesome. Doing better with inclusion in the "indie" community? Yes, for sure. But there's got to be ways to deal with toxic behavior, too - especially when that toxic behavior is disproportionately directed at people who are also being marginalized by the indie community. Basically, I wish this post did not come off to me as Mark nobly sacrificing the well-being and safety of others so he can look like a hero. (Hell, I'm scared to write even this mildly critical post, as I've had credible death threats this year. But fuck it.) Jul 26, 2016 Eric Boyd's profile photo Eric Boyd +4 Thank you for writing this. Jul 26, 2016 Jessica Hammer's profile photo Jessica Hammer +70 Since I'm sure my credibility will also be questioned: 1) For several years, I worked to build bridges, up to and including taking Zak out for pizza. 2) I train dozens of women game designers every year. 3) I insist on civility in my own spaces and don't think harassment is ever the answer. 4) None of Mark's examples of problems in the indie space are surprises to me. 5) If there's an "us" I consider myself a part of, it's game scholars, not the indie community or the OSR. Jul 26, 2016 Avonelle Wing (Avie)'s profile photo Avonelle Wing (Avie) +88 I'm concerned about all the voices that have serious issues with how they've been treated in the past who have now been silenced entirely because one person (one white man) behaved inappropriately in public in the perception of one high-visibility entity. When somebody who is high-profile says "can't we all be friends?!?" the chant picks up and those who say "no. I've been damaged by this" get taken apart, shut down, shut out. I'm not sure this was the way to mend fences, if that's the goal. I've never stepped into this particular fray because I step out of the internet when it gets to punching and ugliness, but people I care about have been targeted, so I've been watching. Fear of retaliation is gatekeeping, and there's definitely gatekeeping going on that is keeping women out of publicly producing games. If the goal is to invite everybody to the party, I don't think we're getting there today. Or tomorrow. Or at Gen Con this year - because now, all those voices who live in active fear, who moderate their online presence to avoid being targeted - are aware that their stories have no value in this conversation. Jul 26, 2016 Jason Cordova's profile photo Jason Cordova . Jul 26, 2016 Mark Delsing's profile photo Mark Delsing +5 +Jessica Hammer +1,000 Jul 26, 2016 Mark Delsing's profile photo Mark Delsing +24 I also want to say that I have some real issues with singling out Rob Bohl like this. The more I reflect, the more I think that while the intent of the post is noble, its oversimplifying things. Jul 26, 2016 Avonelle Wing (Avie)'s profile photo Avonelle Wing (Avie) +61 I have a serious what-comes-next question. If those folks who feel they have legitimate reason to be terrified right now were to speak up, how is the community prepared to support them and to decry, shut down, shame, etc, etc, etc the harassment they've faced so THEIR wounds can heal? What are we actually doing to actively support people who are NOT in intersections of privilege and power who feel victimized and now, also, silenced and shamed into complicity in their own hurt? Jul 26, 2016 Andrew Medeiros's profile photo Andrew Medeiros . Jul 26, 2016 Jessica Hammer's profile photo Jessica Hammer +14 +Avonelle Wing That is a damn good question. Jul 26, 2016 Bret Gillan's profile photo Bret Gillan +32 While I understand and agree with some of the overall sentiment of the post, it comes across as punitive and some of the call outs contained within it (including sharing information about a private post - what were you thinking?) are irresponsible at best. I believe this was poorly thought through. Jul 26, 2016 Sage LaTorra's profile photo Sage LaTorra +18 I can't speak for Mark, but what I took away from it was about hatred, not about safety. We can (and should) make spaces that exclude people whom are dangerous to what that space should be, or to the people in it, for whatever reason. The thing that I see Mark pointing out is when that crosses from safety in to hatred, where these people become the boogeyman and normal standards of behavior to them no longer apply. I may be wrong about those things, as I'm neck-deep in privalege and so can say this already. Jul 26, 2016 Mikael Andersson's profile photo Mikael Andersson +49 You have some good points and this is definitely food for thought, but I'm not convinced, Mark. On the one hand you're equating Z.S. & his close friends and associates with the "OSR community" in order to indict the "story gaming community" for attempting to paint the whole OSR as a Goldstein hate figure, but on the other hand you're saying the post isn't about Z.S. but rather about how the story games community engages with the OSR community. Which is it? Because at least 4 of your 6 bullet-pointed crimes came as a direct result of engagements with Z.S., and I know first-hand there's a substantial degree of cross-over affiliations in those two amorphous "communities", both relationship- and design-wise, that contradict the notion of a Goldstein figure. From where I'm standing most of your concerns seem to boil down to people having angry reactions to abusive behaviour. And sure, we can both act more loving-than-thou and suggest that anger doesn't lead to reconciliation and one catches flies better with honey than vinegar etc, but it's not as if this has not been attempted, time and time and time again. I'm not saying Rob's outburst was called-for, productive, or even funny. I'm not saying walking out of the ENnies was an infallible show of solidarity with no repercussions and no innocent victims. I'm not saying accusations of brain damage for enjoying a certain playstyle is what anyone should be associating themselves with. But the implied assertion that if we'd all just be cool in the face of abuse and not respond in-kind we'd all turn into one big happy family united in equality and social justice is just not factual. For one, if we disregard Z.S. and his prima facie progressive circles, most of the active online OSR community I've personally encountered has been found rubbing shoulders with GamerGate, white supremacists, and other neoreactionary groups decrying "political correctness" and "cultural Marxism" - read: The Escapist, theRPGsite, Varg Vikernes' core audience, etc. I can of course not say that is the majority of OSR fans nor that there's something in the games themselves that attract this type of person (though the latter seems intuitively true to me, in the sense that if a fascist wanted to play an RPG they'd be unlikely to gravitate towards, say, Emily Care Boss' romance trilogy, and more likely to gravitate towards a game that let them imagine being a badass white warrior killing people who didn't look like them to amass profit and glory). All I can say for sure is that by my own experience I have seen a far greater concentration of the kind of person I wouldn't want at my table in the OSR community than in other RPG communities - by which I mean, people who target and victimize and make other players have a shit time. Why this is is hard to determine, and my gravitation theory above is insufficient, though I'm sure the cultural emphasis on free speech, "no politics" (in scare quotes), and a pre-existing concentration of noxious people play a part. Meanwhile, I'm compelled to say, I also know a great many wonderful people in the OSR community, so whatever organic selection process transpires is obviously not creating homogeneity. Many of those lovely humans are probably reading your post and will want to agree with it, because they want healing to occur so they don't feel like their game preferences paint them in a bad light, and this post will seem to many to be the path to such healing. Inclusivity and turn-the-other-cheek and love-and-light are all great ideals and I agree absolutely the only way to heal rifts between people and communities, but this is only possible when both sides are willing to play ball. This has not been the case. Because the "sides" aren't really "story gamers vs OSR gamers", it's individuals, and the "side" you've been identifying as the OSR as in this piece has simply not been receptive. I write this comment on a public post knowing full well that targeting will probably follow, as I (a nobody who is rarely otherwise targeted) have been targeted in this context for far less in the past. I'd suggest that people who might agree with me do not +1 this comment for your own safety. Jul 26, 2016 Sage LaTorra's profile photo Sage LaTorra +Bret Gillan was the post he shared the screencap from private? I didn't see the original post, so I can't be sure. Since as Mark says the post was delete, he may not know for sure now either. Jul 26, 2016 Bret Gillan's profile photo Bret Gillan +Sage LaTorra He shared a link to a private post with information about the contents of that private post. Jul 26, 2016 Sage LaTorra's profile photo Sage LaTorra +1 +Bret Gillan found it by grep-ing "private". I was about to agree, yeah, summarizing a private thread crosses a line for me. But I'm actually not sure. If Mark had phrased it as "I've seen private threads dedicated to calling James Raggi creepy" I wouldn't have batted an eye.m So I'm not sure what my standard is on this, and I'll have to think more. Jul 26, 2016 Avonelle Wing (Avie)'s profile photo Avonelle Wing (Avie) +63 All I can comfortably say in public without permission is that my private feed is full of people who are legitimately terrified today. Terrified that forces that have acted against them in the past have been given license to act with impunity and had their past sins publicly expunged in a "can't we all be friends" post that's getting a lot of visibility. Somebody in a position of privilege and power has just been validated as "the wronged party" without any consideration to other aspects of the situation. I'm currently working hard to support a very tender, scared, sore community and I need to know what support is out there from other quarters. The response can't just be "yeah! Go Mark!" What are we doing to support the people who are literally physically ill today because they live with the knowledge that any single day on the internet could bring them back into the crosshairs, and today, Mark brought them back to center stage? How are we shutting down the death threats and social media mobilization that has happened in the past? Jul 26, 2016 Jessica Hammer's profile photo Jessica Hammer +57 +Sage LaTorra Mark is conflating verbal abuse (e.g. Rob's posts) with protest (e.g. walking out of the ENnies) with staying away from something (e.g. not getting involved with ConTessa). He also conflates people with opinions that may not be popular in the "indie" community (e.g. Stacy) with people who have both harassed others and incited harassment mobs (e.g. Zak). Because he's not being precise about these distinctions, the article reads as "if you don't support people with a history of abusive behavior, you are just as bad as if you are verbally abusive to someone you disagree with." Maybe that's not what he meant, but it's what he said, and I am pretty damn sure it's how the article is going to be used. Jul 26, 2016 Olman Feelyus's profile photo Olman Feelyus +10 +Avonelle Wing There are people who feel scared and marginalized on both sides of this conflict. There are people on both side of the conflict who have crossed the line. Continuing to "decry, shut down, shame" will only create more victims. On both sides. I think what +Mark Diaz Truman is calling for is a reconciliation, an opening of dialogue so that we can effect real change in our culture. That doesn't ignore or brush aside those who are suffering. But we need to find a better way to address their pain then to hunt down and condemn the supposed aggressors. Let's find common ground, work where we can work together and then start pushing out on the negative behaviours in a positive way. We've been trying the fighty way for a long time now and while it has raised awareness, I'm not sure how much actual changed it has brought about. Jul 26, 2016 Brie “Beau” Sheldon's profile photo Brie “Beau” Sheldon Sub Jul 26, 2016 Sage LaTorra's profile photo Sage LaTorra +10 +Jessica Hammer I think that reading is pretty far from the text. He specifically talks about bridging communities but not defending Zak. Jul 26, 2016 Avonelle Wing (Avie)'s profile photo Avonelle Wing (Avie) +21 I actually don't care which "side" people who are suffering today are on, +Olman Feelyus. I didn't indicate a "side", did I? I run gaming conventions. Picking a side would be like having a favored child. If somebody on either "side" is having a rough day because this post has opened half-healed wounds, they should PM me. I will clear time to offer them the same support I'm already offering others. Jul 26, 2016 Jessica Hammer's profile photo Jessica Hammer +16 +Sage LaTorra I think your reading is the one that's far from the text, but I'm not sure that there's any way we can resolve that difference. I will say that I have already spoken to multiple women who are staying away from this conversation because that's exactly how it reads. Jul 26, 2016 Sage LaTorra's profile photo Sage LaTorra +8 +Jessica Hammer got it. If that's how it reads, then I'm going to have to think about how much I support it. :-/ Jul 26, 2016 John Stavropoulos's profile photo John Stavropoulos . Jul 26, 2016 Brendan S's profile photo Brendan S +25 Brave post. Props. I have some mixed feelings regarding the reification of community borders (the us/them language) especially since I feel like I have a presence to some degree in both sides (though keeping it real I am way more active in the OSR and am more of a lurker in the post-Forge). I can't speak meaningfully to the race angle, but as an out gay guy who has published old school gaming materials and been relatively close to Zak for 5+ years, I have seen nothing but love and support for minority and LGBTQ issues from him, though his abrasive style is not mine. So the periodic flareup of "Zak is a transphobic homophobic misogynist" nonsense is particularly jarring. Jul 26, 2016 Jenn Martin's profile photo Jenn Martin . Jul 26, 2016 Brendan S's profile photo Brendan S +24 To +Mikael Andersson's point, it's probably worth noting that there are a lot of different subcommunities interested in old school play, with as many definitions even of what constitutes such play, and what I tend to shorthand as DIY D&D which includes Zak (concentrated on some blogs and G+) may have very little intersection with folks playing close to RAW AD&D and hanging out on dragonsfoot forums or the people that congregate on therpgsite. So grouping all these people together is probably a mistake. Jul 26, 2016 Elizabeth Chaipraditkul's profile photo Elizabeth Chaipraditkul +24 Thanks for posting this Mark! At the moment I'm part of a OSR project - Swords and Wizardry. It's a pretty awesome game! Stacy just asked me to write a dedication and in the vein of your post I'd like to share it, "This is dedicated to all the awesome folks who've spent endless hours rolling dice, roving dungeons, and making shit up. Who've lived a thousand lives slaying goblins and scaring ghosts, wandering forests and roaming countrysides. This is for you, may this little world take you to a far off places where dreams are forged and christened in metal." That's pretty much all of us in the RPG community, whether we play story games or OSR games. I can't imagine some of the hurt people have felt over the years, on both sides, but it would be lovely to start healing where we can <3. Jul 26, 2016 Viktor Haag's profile photo Viktor Haag I agree with +Brendan S -- the only parts of his posts that don't apply to me as well are (a) being gay, and (b) having published game materials; otherwise, his articulated experience has been mine, as well. Jul 26, 2016 Fraser Simons's profile photo Fraser Simons +13 I'm super new to this community and I honestly don't know enough people yet to have seen any of these heated back and forths between people. That said, Mark's post, to me, is about broader topics and uses these as references points to springboard into the larger topics. He's calling out everybody, even himself, and it sounds a lot like it's coming from a place of love. No way of opening up this dialogue would have satisfied everybody, however he brought this up -- it would ultimately have come under fire by somebody here, as it has. I'm surprised to find some people here missing the point and just how incredibly moving this is. Take a moment to put aside the initial shock from the numerous names and references because you know these people and play these games to focus on where this comes from. It sounds like Mark loves these games, loves these people and it's community, and what each community could be. This reads as coming from a place of love, from wanting "us" to rise up and be better and do better and be the people we want to be, all of the time and not just when it's convenient. If you're offended by this post, you need to separate it from your ego. Don't dig in, don't get defensive. Listen to what he's saying and where it comes from. Yes, there needs to be a next step, but there can also be a moment to appreciate this one. Allow yourself to be moved by this and take the intent for what it is. Love ~ Jul 26, 2016 Mark Richardson's profile photo Mark Richardson . Jul 26, 2016 Mikael Andersson's profile photo Mikael Andersson +2 +Brendan S, I unequivocally accept that and thank you for pointing that out. Jul 26, 2016 Michael McMullan's profile photo Michael McMullan +31 I think others have made some good points. While I know that Mark tried to make it clear that it's not "about" Zak, I think one of the core issues that apparently Rob didn't want to or failed to explain in the exchange that got Mark thinking was this: Zak tagged Rob (and others) into a post where he asked people to justify having +1'd a perfectly reasonable post by +Tony Lower-Basch. This is not the first time things like this have happened, and is part of the behavior people who have a problem with Zak run into alot; he keeps talking about them and will do things like demand they answer on his terms for something as simple as agreeing with someone he disagrees with. Rob's response to this was to recognize that Zak wasn't going to engage in good faith anyway (something Zak and Tony both demonstrated in the exchanges that came later, as Tony was relentlessly patient & rational while Zak deleted & edited posts left-and-right) and simply create an interaction that was unpleasant for Zak in the hopes he'd find it unfulfilling and stop the behavior. The point wasn't to insult Zak, because Zak doesn't care (Zak in fact went back to his blog and framed the entire situation as Rob coming after him for being up for some awards) as long as he feels like he "won." Mark, I recognize that this doesn't change your main point or feelings on what Rob wrote at all, and I would not feel right taking Rob's approach myself... but I think that doing the rhetorical equivalent of "acting crazy"/snarling & snapping your teeth in a last-ditch attempt to discourage someone from engaging with you is far from a moral failing or unforgivable behavior. Jul 26, 2016 Hilary McNaughton's profile photo Hilary McNaughton +76 I think all I'm willing to say here is I see a lot of dudes (or people I'm reading as dudes) having a "good job, way to be brave and say this, you're so right" reaction, and a lot of women and femmes feeling angry and misunderstood and upset and hurt (both in these comments, and in a variety of other spaces where I've seen this post discussed so far today). Maybe continue to think about who continues to feel unwelcomed and unsafe to talk. And who you're losing/have lost from gaming because of it. Jul 26, 2016 Eric Paquette's profile photo Eric Paquette . Jul 26, 2016 Jessica Hammer's profile photo Jessica Hammer +15 +Elizabeth Chaipraditkul Could you send me some more information about the project? I am a game researcher and I often have a chance to signal boost games in my academic work. I am always looking for projects by women, LGBTQ designers, and folks from other marginalized groups to include, as well as to get a diversity of design approaches and aesthetic styles. Thanks! Jul 26, 2016 Dan Maruschak's profile photo Dan Maruschak +8 I don't agree with all of the political points in the original post, but I think it would be nice if the perpetual feuding would end. I'm tired of so many threads circling back to this topic, or feeling like I need to constantly be on guard about running afoul of people who demand that everyone needs to pick one side and ostracize the other. Jul 26, 2016 Sage LaTorra's profile photo Sage LaTorra +6 +Dan Maruschak I'd encourage you to read Hilary's comment just above. I don't think Mark was calling for a simple end to feuding, but even if he was our ability to post without people arguing is completely unimportant compared to the safety of people around us. Jul 26, 2016 Philipp Neitzel's profile photo Philipp Neitzel . Jul 26, 2016 Craig Maloney's profile photo Craig Maloney . Jul 26, 2016 Jason Pitre's profile photo Jason Pitre . Jul 26, 2016 Elizabeth Chaipraditkul's profile photo Elizabeth Chaipraditkul +6 +Jessica Hammer sure! Thanks so much! Jul 26, 2016 Matthew McFarland's profile photo Matthew McFarland . Jul 26, 2016 Sophie Lagace's profile photo Sophie Lagace +21 +Mark Diaz Truman , I absolutely love you (and Marissa) and all the different kinds of work you do. But I think the individual courted this reaction and earned it many times over. I do not agree that no one ever deserves this treatment and I stand with +Robert Bohl . Jul 26, 2016 Dan Maruschak's profile photo Dan Maruschak +1 +Sage LaTorra I'm not asking for a simple end. I'd like a definitive resolution rather than everybody going through the same cycle again and again. It seems to me that that strategy has been tried and has had poor results. Jul 26, 2016 Jason Corley's profile photo Jason Corley +2 +Dan Maruschak After the Eternal September began, there could never, ever, ever, be a definitive resolution of anything on the Internet, ever. Jul 26, 2016 Mark Diaz Truman's profile photo Mark Diaz Truman +23 Thank you all for your comments. My hope is to spark a reconciliation with this post, a process that involves both protecting/supporting people (as +Avonelle Wing has called for in her posts) and addressing our own failings to treat others fairly or enact our own values. There isn't any one right way to lead us through these challenges, so I'm reading and listening here to learn how I can push us in the right direction. In general, I think +Fraser Simons and +Sage LaTorra have been able to articulate my point most clearly: I love this community and I want to see us thrive. I want us to build safe spaces (like the IGDN or Metatopia or NewMexiCon) and I want us to enforce those boundaries. But I also want us to stop antagonizing another group of people who talk about us as the monsters that wait in the dark. We can do both; they aren't mutually exclusive. This is about communities of people, not individual actors. To +Bret Gillan's point about the private post, I've removed it. I had originally thought that was a public post and only realized that it was private at the last minute. I dropped the ball there, and I'll be issuing a public apology to Kira in a few minutes (who also called me out on that point). Jul 26, 2016 Christian Griffen's profile photo Christian Griffen +51 I once plussed a comment saying that artists are not immune from social critique. Z.S. reacted by calling me out by name and calling me a "prejudiced bigot." To say "both sides do this" does (at least) two things wrong: it identifies sides along the lines that Z.S. and the Pundit want them drawn for their tribalism, and it is a false equivalence. There's no one like them on the side of the harassed. Z.S. is to tabletop gaming what Milo Yiannopoulos is to politics. Jul 26, 2016 Jeremy Friesen's profile photo Jeremy Friesen . Jul 26, 2016 Sara Williamson's profile photo Sara Williamson +13 Mark, if you're being sincere let's chat in private. As many have outlined, I do not feel comfortable expressing my opinions on a public post. Jul 26, 2016 Mark Delsing's profile photo Mark Delsing +21 As much as Mark may not want this to be about Z., it very much is about Z. Whatever (IMO little) good he does is vastly outweighed by his being one of the most toxic online personalities this hobby has ever seen. While that may in no way justify any specific level of retribution against him, it does make it very difficult to just sing "Kumbaya" and move on. It also has made it very difficult for me to tolerate a sector of our hobby that seems perfectly okay with his behavior, to the point of some even calling him "our greatest philosopher" (c. the Mule Abides blog). Add in the other behavior I've seen that commenters here have confirmed, and I find I need to cultivate my interactions with this sector very carefully. So yeah, I can see Mark is trying. But I have serious doubts that anyone on the other "side" is having this same discussion. We can only hope. Jul 26, 2016 Lukas Myhan's profile photo Lukas Myhan +32 The overall point of the post as stated (let's make the gaming commuity better) is nice, but it seems odd to say "This post isn't about Zak" when his name is mentioned 20 times in the post. I'll take your word for it that this isn't your intent, but it sure does feel like it's about Zak and about shielding him from the consequences of his own campaigns of harassment. As others have stated, seeing the demographics of who is giving kudos to this post vs. those who feel threatened by it is pretty telling. Jul 26, 2016 Nicole Winchester's profile photo Nicole Winchester +24 "Z.S. is to tabletop gaming what Milo Yiannopoulos is to politics." This. Jul 26, 2016 Mark Diaz Truman's profile photo Mark Diaz Truman +12 +Christian Griffen - At no point do I say "both sides do this." Instead, I'm saying that our behavior is unacceptable. I want our community to live by our values, even if their community fails to do the same. +Sara Williamson - I'm always, painfully sincere. Please email or chat me if you'd like to talk further. In general, folks, let's be careful with the "look who is supporting you" comments. A huge section of my post is dedicated to the idea that the tiny looking glass of the internet is deceptive. I (and many other people) don't look non-white or female or gay on the internet. I appreciate that all the dudes saying "Oh yeah!" can be a sign of a problem, but let's keep things focused on the piece and not on the limited demographic data of fifty comments. Jul 26, 2016 Juan Ochoa's profile photo Juan Ochoa +9 So many opinions, so much food for thought. I read this post as a willingness to accept a failing, senso lato, and that is always a positive indicator for me. Jul 26, 2016 Andy Hauge's profile photo Andy Hauge +23 I think Jessica hits it on the head with "conflation". I think it's a mistake to lump Rob's interactions together with some very different things that spiralled out of this mess. I think there's definitely a time and a place to talk about bringing the hobby together, to talk about the clashes that different branches of the RPG community have at times, but standing behind the toxic actions of an individual are not that proper context. I'm a bit of a lurker in the community. I try to gather as much information as I can and I don't say much. I know that both of the individuals you use as your lead-in and justification for the past (because as far as I can tell, the main purpose of the post is to justify why you're dropping involvement with Rob) can be abrasive at times. I also know that one of them has been known to be systematic with their verbal abuse and intimidation, and to single people out. There's a big difference between and some vented frustration and anger, even anger which hasn't been apologized for. So that leaves me in the position of agreeing with solid portions of your original point (don't burn bridges, empathize with people who are at odds with us, show compassion), but at the same time I'm uncomfortable with the specific courses of action that the post reads as implying. There's really no way to shake the initial vibe of "people are being mean to Zak, so they're dividing the community". I like a lot of work you've done. I've appreciated how you seek to achieve understanding surrounding complex issues, I loved the podcast interview you did about Cartel. I don't love the bit where you single out Rob because he lashed out in anger at an individual with a well-established and frankly troubling history. I saw that original thread. I wasn't a fan of Rob's response, but I could readily understand where it was coming from. I'm disappointed in this post, because it reads to me as "we're dropping out of the Misspent Youth project with Rob because he lashed out at Zak and hasn't apologized, and this is actually emblematic of the drama in our community". It just...look, your business decisions are your own. But don't make this about community issues, because it isn't. Or, rather, it is. But I'm talking about a very different sort of "community issues" than this post talks about. Jul 26, 2016 Angela DeLong-Andersson's profile photo Angela DeLong-Andersson . Jul 26, 2016 Jason Pitre's profile photo Jason Pitre +24 I have very complicated feelings about this subject, but the most pressing concern is one that was raised by +Avonelle Wing. There are a lot of people hurting currently particularly from marginalized and victimized groups, related to this discussion. There are a lot of wounds, old and fresh, which have resurfaced. How are all of us working to protect those people, who do not feel safe in engaging in this discussion? I know that I need to do a much better job on that front, and want to thank +Avonelle Wing for raising this very real concern. Jul 26, 2016 Fraser Simons's profile photo Fraser Simons +10 I am a little amazed that people aren't extending the benefit of the doubt as to the overall intent of the post. I see no reason not to take the intent as written. Seems to me it reads an emotional post, referencing through his own lens what he considers to be wrong. If you yourself were making any kind of argument...do you not do the same thing? You reference what is through your own lens in order to covey what you intend to. It's also emotional, it's complex, it's messy, it's not perfect, it's how you feel. I get that this is a public post and as such, it's meant to be commented on. That said, I'm disheartened to see that so many people read such a moving piece -- albeit with missteps he's already owned up to -- and are making it about themselves. I don't feel like the fact that what you took away from the post makes it OK to essentially attempt to invalidate the intent, feelings and opinions of the author. Again, let's try and look at the intent of the post instead of ripping apart the implementation as it pertains to ourselves. This is what you are hearing, this is what you felt it conveyed to you let's not tell the author what the intent is and what they are saying. No articulation of these kinds of complex emotions and subjects is going to be arranged in a way that makes everybody happy with it's presentation. You're thoughts and opinions and feelings are valid, so are these. Jul 26, 2016 Ramanan S's profile photo Ramanan S +7 Great read. Nice to see stuff like this shared around. Jul 26, 2016 Alfred Rudzki Hitchcock's profile photo Alfred Rudzki Hitchcock . Jul 26, 2016 Tore Nielsen's profile photo Tore Nielsen +3 I think that was well written and worth saying. Thank you, +Mark Diaz Truman. Jul 26, 2016 Louis Langdeau's profile photo Louis Langdeau +11 +Fraser Simons Intent and outcomes are both important in a discussion like this. I think a lot of the concerns written here are not criticisms of the intent of the author, but are instead criticisms of the outcomes brought about by the post. I think some of the intentions that are laid out here are laudable, and agree with them to some extent. At the same time, many people seem to think that the outcomes of both publishing the post, and also the proposed courses of action, might not have an effect that matches the intent of the author. That is still a very useful discussion to have, especially when you are trying to advocate for people that are already marginalized. Jul 26, 2016 Jason Corley's profile photo Jason Corley +5 +Demian Luper that's not what plusses on a post mean, all they mean is "message received" Jul 26, 2016 Renee Knipe's profile photo Renee Knipe +92 You know who's name didn't get mentioned among LGBTQ writers, fans, and promoters of OSR games? Mine. You know why? Because I'm too fucking terrified of some of the people, Zak being one of them (having been on the receiving end of his crap more than once), to actively develop in that space, even though I play and develop all of my own OSR stuff privately (and make it a point to offer such things at cons I attend...like I will be next week, although I'm honestly thinking it might be better to withdraw those options now). There's no reason that Mark would know this to speak to it. None at all. That's exactly how it works when you are harassed and silenced out of a space. Jul 26, 2016 Eric Boyd's profile photo Eric Boyd +4 +Jason Corley that's not what I mean when I +1 a post; I generally do it for "I like this" or "I agree with this and I'd rather not restate it in my own words." Jul 26, 2016 Jeffry Crews's profile photo Jeffry Crews . Jul 26, 2016 Angela Craft's profile photo Angela Craft +21 I appreciate that all the dudes saying "Oh yeah!" can be a sign of a problem, but let's keep things focused on the piece and not on the limited demographic data of fifty comments. When multiple people have brought up that there are women and other marginalized people who are actively afraid of discussing this thread in public, I think it is VERY important to look at the demographics of who is rallying here. I too would be interested in hearing responses to +Avonelle Wing's questions. I don't know that I have the resources (social capital) to help shut down the death threats/mob mobilization that's happened before. But I do want to know what I can do to help those who have been victimized in the past (and unfortunately probably will be again before the instigator(s) is removed from the community). Jul 26, 2016 Ramanan S's profile photo Ramanan S +13 I'll second what +Brendan S mentioned above. I generally assume people who play AD&D and talk about it on Dragonsfoot are the god damn worst, but it's a bit simple to assume that they are the sum total of the OSR. Also i'm pretty sure Zak has Pundit blocked, so conflating the two of them as one and the same is silly. (Lots of people in the OSR have Zak blocked too.) It's a big heterogeneous group. Jul 26, 2016 Jason Corley's profile photo Jason Corley +2 +Eric Boyd Some people use them as "more" than I do, certainly. Probably we are both wrong and the main thing a plus one says is "dear google, please look a tiny percentage of a point more closely at this message, as it may permit you to scrape a tiny percentage more of a nickel out of the writer and the plusser in the future". Jul 26, 2016 Kirt Dankmyer's profile photo Kirt Dankmyer Listening. Jul 26, 2016 Eric Boyd's profile photo Eric Boyd +1 +Ramanan S Zak said he blocked the Pundit on June 9th. Jul 26, 2016 Anna Kreider's profile photo Anna Kreider +63 Concentrating 100% on my personal thoughts and feelings, and I still know that I'm going to be painted as a bad guy for saying anything, but... I'm seeing a lot of people say how brave it was to write this post. Many of them men. And that's hard for me to square with my reaction to this post. I cried when I read it, out of fear. Afterwards, I called my husband and left a tearful voicemail. Then I wrote some email and tried to pay attention in class, only I couldn't stop shivering (I wasn't cold) and my hands wouldn't stop (shaking), which made it hard to type. Since reading the post, my chest feels tight and painful, my neck and shoulders feel tight enough to use for bridge cabling. I haven't been able to get a deep breath, and I know that when I go home I'm going to have to take an Ativan and lie down for a bit, which will be sticking my husband with the burden of childcare this evening. Again. To be clear, all of this isn't because I'm crazy (although it is true that I am mentally ill). It's because I'm terrified. Terrified of how this is going to be used and what it means for me and people I love. Because I've seen all of this before and know that I will see it again. It's easy to be brave when you're not the one bearing the consequences. Even vagueposting like this has me completely freaked out. Jul 26, 2016 James Smith's profile photo James Smith +10 +Ramanan S has the right of it. A lot of the old school gamers who hang in places like Dragonsfoot, RPGSite and K&K were hostile towards the OSR for years. Some still are. For many, Old School is not and never has been the same as OSR, or DIY D&D. And I see far more left-leaning OSR folks in my feed, than right-leaning ones. Jul 26, 2016 Avonelle Wing (Avie)'s profile photo Avonelle Wing (Avie) +25 +Anna Kreider - what can I do to support you specifically? You got blindsided by a call-out today that hits from two different angles - critiquing you for something you did on the internet (possibly fair, but still sucks to have happen) and where past history intersects the call-out in very triggering ways (inarguably sucky). Is there something we can do for you? Jul 26, 2016 Nicola Urbinati's profile photo Nicola Urbinati . Jul 26, 2016 Michael McMullan's profile photo Michael McMullan +6 For the record: To me a +1 is vague enough to be entirely context dependent, but at its core means "I read this and support the fact that you posted it, at least in part, even if it's sad/bad news/complicated." Using the button because I entirely agreed with a post happens, but isn't at all required. Jul 26, 2016 Renee Knipe's profile photo Renee Knipe +45 This is going to sound snarky and shitty, but I actually mean it earnestly... Exactly what are the values of the "storygamer" community and when/who established those? Are we supposed to be better than the OSR (a community I also feel a connection to)? Better than average humans? More able and willing to tuck our pain and anger away while someone else is standing on our neck? I believe communities should police themselves internally. For example, I think Christians who get riled up and shout #notallchristians when trans or queer folks (like myself) broadly talk about the failings of Christianity towards LGBTQ people should shut the fuck up and look to their most visible public figures for change, since those are the people who screwed it up for all of them. Publicly identifying with a group means laboring under its reputation, especially if you're not willing to help fix it. But we have people in the storygames community who have done far worse than spout swear words at Zak (which, btw, the phrase "fuck a goat" was first seen by me on his blog referencing storygamers), and they've been shielded by folks whose names I can see right here. Because not believing a victim is not enough. We then also expect conciliation to be their responsibility. (To tie the two pieces of this comment together: What I'm saying is if we're going to talk about storygamer values and what those are, the people who have tried to assert them here don't resound to me as adequate moral authorities, because they've failed to adequately police the space previously. That doesn't stop anyone from having an opinion, or even make them wrong, but this conversation is inherently on shaky ground from the start.) Jul 26, 2016 Anna Kreider's profile photo Anna Kreider +20 +Avonelle Wing It would have been nice to have the context of the situation being called out acknowledged. That my response came from a place of fear and trauma - trauma created by abusive parties acknowledged in this thread as well as parties completely unconnected. And that afterward I acknowledged that response as unacceptable, reached out directly to the parties involved, and went to a lot of work to try to make amends and make positive things happen as a result. Work that +Mark Diaz Truman was involved in! And contributed to! As for is there anything that you can do? Honestly, I don't know. I appreciate the offer, but... I just don't know. Jul 26, 2016 Mikael Andersson's profile photo Mikael Andersson +18 Regarding all the sub-divisions and different personalities etc in the OSR: Both Z.S. and Pundit are prominent figures in a movement which many would refer to as "Old School Revolution". Both of them have combative relationships with what many would refer to as the "Story Gamer community". In truth none of these movements and communities formally exist, anymore than GamerGate or Anonymous or Occupy or Liberalism does. There are no leaders and no membership cards, no central gathering places, no secret handshakes. Often the broadest notion of philosophical agreement that ostensibly tie these groups together are of secondary importance to the notion of community acceptance and identity. So, sure, Pundit and Z.S. are two different people with different opinions on things. If you're an OSR insider I'm sure you'd be aware of all the drama and points of contention and philosophical deviations between them, just like I would look at the differences between a Vincent Baker and an Avery Alder design and not perceive them as operating even on the same radio spectrum, much less wavelength, despite their most well-known games sharing a system. From the outside, though, both look like "story games", despite both their games sharing more DNA with D&D than with Fiasco. Point I'm trying to make it, for the purpose of this post it doesn't matter if Z.S. has formally denounced Pundit or if Pundit has disowned Z.S. or if one of them like their catacombs on blue grids and the other on black hexes or whatever, and it certainly doesn't matter "whose camp" you're in. Mark's post talks about how story gamers shit on OSR gamers, and to illustrate this he fallaciously gives us a whole bunch of examples of people who play story games reacting badly to them or their friends suffering online abuse from a single individual who happens to be a vocal OSR proponent. The post also gently rubs up against the idea that story gamers act elitists against OSR gamers when OSR gamers in fact come in every demographic, without recognizing that OSR communities taken as a whole are on average for whatever reason very male, very white, very straight, very cis, and much more rife with anti-progressive and abusive people than (all) other RPG subcultures, in my (considerable) real-world and online experience (I welcome other datapoints and should note that my real-world experience is localized). It's unfortunate that all of this is being conflated in one unfortunate post, but that's just the unfortunate reality of what we're trying to sort through. Jul 26, 2016 Brennan Taylor's profile photo Brennan Taylor . Jul 26, 2016 Eloy Lasanta's profile photo Eloy Lasanta . Jul 26, 2016 John Bogart's profile photo John Bogart . Jul 26, 2016 Jessica Price's profile photo Jessica Price +72 There's a propensity for gaslighting women who've suffered abuse, talking over us, silencing us, attempting to coerce us into forgiving/making up with abusers, and general insistence that we continue to engage with abusive people. It's especially prevalent in games, but it's everywhere. (To take it in a direction where it gets teeth, consider that one of the major positive factors in women's mental health is the ease and availability of divorce.) So I think the demographics of who's talking in this thread, who's supporting versus protesting the original post, etc. are important, yes? I counted up the comments by gender (or at least, by assuming that traditionally masculine names/pictures with facial hair represented male commenters, double-checking G+ profiles to see whether a gender was identified, etc.) I apologize in advance if I have identified any female or nonbinary people as male. I counted comments as "neutral" if they didn't take a stance on the piece either way or were responses to other comments that didn't touch on the piece itself. So, here's some numbers. Positive comments: 27 male; 1 female (96% male) Neutral comments: 7 male; 1 female (87% male) Negative comments: 10 male; 14 female (41% male) Dots: 14 male; 4 female (77% male) So, women aren't talking much, here. But where they are, they're overwhelmingly speaking in protest about this post. Given the number of women who have mentioned being frightened to comment, or who have mentioned others who are frightened to comment, you might want to think long and hard about the environment this is helping to create. I agree that we should all strive for an end to hostility, but A) not at the price of telling people who have been harmed that they can't be angry or express anger, and B) not by conflating an end to hostility with forgiveness/reconciliation. Jul 26, 2016 Jesse Rupp's profile photo Jesse Rupp +20 I have words and thoughts. Most of them boil down to "well intentioned, but loaded to the eyes and ears with victim blaming, public shaming, and unexamined privilege." I really looked up to you as a role model and community leader, Mark. Today you broke my heart. Jul 26, 2016 Olman Feelyus's profile photo Olman Feelyus +10 +Mark Delsing You say "But I have serious doubts that anyone on the other "side" is having this same discussion. We can only hope." Or you could reach out and find out. As someone who has been struggling against extremists on both sides, I can tell you that there is a vast majority of middle-aged white males who came up in the 80s who really, really want the hobby to evolve and be conscious and inclusive and diverse and we call out the violence and aggression of the extremists on that side. We also applaud positive developments in the community in these areas. And from my middle perspective, equal damage has been done to the community by extremists from both sides and frankly this is the first time that I have ever heard such a strong statement from the "progressive" side to practice what you preach. I hope people here take it to heart. There were doxxers and harrassers on both sides of this thing. People need to remember that. Jul 26, 2016 Fraser Simons's profile photo Fraser Simons +4 I read a post steeped in complex emotions in questions that effect a large number of people. It sounded like someone was afraid to speak out before, it sounded like they loved the community despite it's flaws and called for us to be critical of ourselves and others when it comes to hate and hate speech. It really feels like it comes from a place of love. Since it's a public, this was bound to happen. But now it just sounds like people are attempting to invalidate how someone else feels, because of missteps, because of the ramifications, etc. People are using it as a platform to springboard off of other topics and that's great, it's also being done in the comments of the author which, intentionally or not undermines the intent and goal of the post. You can disagree or not, but I still firmly believe it should be in a manner that reinforces that everyone's opinions and feelings are valid, even the authors. Jul 26, 2016 Renee Knipe's profile photo Renee Knipe +8 +Mick Bradley Sure, but I'm going to continue to take exception with what the "community standards" are so long as they're put forward by people (not you) whose standards I've had to question. Jul 26, 2016 Mikael Andersson's profile photo Mikael Andersson +5 +Demian Luper I was responding to something you and a couple of other people claimed, which I believe sidetracked the conversation into discussing something Mark wasn't talking about (the diverting points between different OSR "factions"). I was intending to move us beyond that sidetrack and back onto the claims Mark made in the post. As I largely disagree with many of those claims, it makes sense to me that you read my comment as dismissive of them. I'm positive Mark can handle my criticism, I'm not worried about that. (I do super dig the idea in general that we ought to act responsibly and with dignity even in the face of abuse, because in many cases abusive people are stuck in a spiral of mutual abuse and getting out of that requires someone taking the first step. But in this particular case it's been attempted so many times that hearing this, at this time, from this person, is disturbing to me.) I've said my piece, though, and will not comment further. Jul 26, 2016 Mike Evans's profile photo Mike Evans +1 Very cool post! Jul 26, 2016 Jessica Price's profile photo Jessica Price +9 Note: the stats I posted were current up to Tore Nielsen's comment. Jul 26, 2016 Stephen King's profile photo Stephen King +8 Yeah, this post is really gross for a lot of reasons already stated by far more eloquent people than myself, whatever the actual intent was. Jul 26, 2016 Ross Cowman's profile photo Ross Cowman +18 really grateful for everyone taking the risk to have this difficult conversation. Jul 26, 2016 Renee Knipe's profile photo Renee Knipe +19 +Mick Bradley Yes. This is going to be a fucking shitstorm. People are already hurt. (that's not to say Mark should've have written his heart. Fuck, I don't want to have anything to do with silencing anyone else, and Mark and I have always gotten along great and collaborated on things, like a recent fundraiser. I think we just need to be clear, this was a bomb and it's going to have repercussions.) Jul 26, 2016 Jeffry Crews's profile photo Jeffry Crews +21 I subbed but frankly don't feel comfortable with my all opinions being expressed in this thread due to a pattern of harassment I have observed. A lot of people I know are frustrated and scared. Most of them have very complex feelings about it. I think it was very unfair of Mark to bring several people into this public forum without asking them. I also think that we could have talked about bad behavior without singling out certain people and deciding to hurt their business publicly. I don't think throwing Robs name in adds anything useful to the discussion especially when we are discussing a private thread that has been long since deleted. Adding Zaks in a dozen times doesn't either. Breaking personal ties with Rob would have been ok. Privately pulling support for his project would have been fine, but publicly telling the world about it seems like an unnecessary attack and calculated to injure him. Screenshotting a post from a deleted thread it and sharing it seems like a terrible breach of privacy. Jul 26, 2016 Juan Ochoa's profile photo Juan Ochoa +3 +Zzarchov Kowolski I'm not USian so I may be missing something, but I thought the context for defining "power" here was clearly limited to the gaming culture/industry? Jul 26, 2016 Fraser Simons's profile photo Fraser Simons +1 Whether you disagree or agree with the author what has been said in the thread, I'd urge people to see everyone's views as valid. You can't have a discussion if you don't respect the people you're conversing with. Jul 26, 2016 Ross Cowman's profile photo Ross Cowman +5 oh and just a gentle reminder that you can't always tell someone's gender from a name and thumbnail image. Jul 26, 2016 Jessica Price's profile photo Jessica Price +8 +Zzarchov Kowolski: I respectfully suggest you take the time to educate yourself on "privilege" as used in social justice contexts. You can be poor and still have privilege. You can even be marginalized on one axis (say, by being a member of a minority religion) while being privileged on others (say, by being white, able-bodied, neurotypical, etc.). If you're going to claim that someone does or doesn't have privilege in a discussion, you should start by knowing what it means. Jul 26, 2016 Jessica Price's profile photo Jessica Price +13 +Demian Luper: Who, pray tell, is doing exactly what Mark called out in his post? Who of the victims of abuse here saying that they're frightened is "enforcing their views on others"? I don't see any problems with reading comprehension here, and if anyone's contributing to polarization, it's you, by claiming that anyone who disagrees with the post "lacks reading comprehension." Stop it. Jul 26, 2016 Louis Langdeau's profile photo Louis Langdeau +10 +Fraser Simons I don't think anyone is saying that Mark's views aren't valid. I think they're saying that there is aspects to them that he may not have considered, and also that he may not have realized that his method of getting them across was hurtful. Jul 26, 2016 Lizzie Stark's profile photo Lizzie Stark +35 Hey team. I am a little surprised by all the vehemence here and think maybe there's some context I don't fully understand. (Will read more posts to try to understand). I thought Mark's post was basically saying, "hey, maybe we should tone down the rhetoric, even if we have strong feelings of dislike for someone or for their work." As the occasional recipient of some pretty hardcore internet rhetoric, that makes sense to me. I'd like to live in a world where fewer laser cannons of rage were firing my way. I think that would make it easier to sort noise from signal. Jul 26, 2016 Dak Ultimak (Reverend Dak)'s profile photo Dak Ultimak (Reverend Dak) +4 Brave post, refreshing to read. And an interesting perspective. And kind of appropriate to read after watching Sen. Cory Booker's inspiring speech on that DNC shitshow. We really got to get our heads out of our hate-assholes. Jul 26, 2016 Fraser Simons's profile photo Fraser Simons +5 It's unfortunate that Mark writing such a personal piece, something that really does feel like it's from the heart, is targeted only for the missteps and not for any of the merit. I'm pretty confused as to what we are even discussing. It began with the overall intent and missteps, which have been acknowledged. And now is being used a personal platform to springboard off of. I think that ramifications are very important, I think people are missing the point of the post. You're essentially using an emotional op-ed piece for your own purposes instead of seeing it for what it really is, refusal to remain silent. It really, really, really sucks that the ramifications have hurt already victimized people. I wouldn't know how to weigh that against Mark articulating his thoughts his feelings. If he's willing to be critical of himself, and I believe he is, I believe he will be more aware now. I know I will be. My heart goes out to everybody. I hope people return to the original spirit of the text at some point, because I still do believe it comes from a place of love, even if it has caused hurt. There is merit there. Jul 26, 2016 Fraser Simons's profile photo Fraser Simons +2 +Louis Langdeau If that's true, say that. Because it isn't implied. It's not a given that you respect someone and identify with points of their position without articulating it. If all you focus on is what you see as wrong with it, you're undermining the rest of it, too. Jul 26, 2016 Fraser Simons's profile photo Fraser Simons +1 +Jessica Price I really appreciate how you talk to people, on twitter and on all social media. Feels like you don't attempt to invalidate and make people feel small. Greatly appreciated. Jul 26, 2016 Ryan Marsh's profile photo Ryan Marsh . Jul 26, 2016 Louis Langdeau's profile photo Louis Langdeau +4 +Fraser Simons That's fair (and good advice that I will take in future tricky conversations). I think a certain amount of empathy has to come into play for those responding though. If the majority of people able to spot issues with something are those who have already been victimized, it seems unfair that they must not only point out the flaws, but also maintain a tone that helps reinforce the aspects they agree with as well. If someone is hurting, they very well may not have the energy/frame of mind to compliment the aspects that don't need to be changed in favor of those that do. Especially if the piece that they are discussing could very well be a catalyst that brings down more pain on them. Jul 26, 2016 Mark Delsing's profile photo Mark Delsing +1 +Olman Feelyus Or you could reach out and find out. I'll stick with hoping for the best and letting others report back, thanks. Jul 26, 2016 Jessica Price's profile photo Jessica Price +5 +Fraser Simons Edit: Sorry -- misread your comment as sarcastic. Edited. Thanks for the comment. Bit hair-triggered lately. <wry> Jul 26, 2016 Renee Knipe's profile photo Renee Knipe +39 +Lizzie Stark As someone who's fired laser beams your way and super-regretted it, I appreciate the reminder. There definitely is missing context here. Part of it is that Mark is at least partially right: There have been bad actors in the story games community. People I most definitely would not want to associate myself with. Folks who engaged in underhanded harassment and smear campaigns of their own, not just against OSR people (and Zak specifically), but our own folks (people you and I know personally and love) who didn't come out strongly enough on what they considered their "side" when previous shitstorms happened. We're talking editing of posts, slander, doxxing, emailed threats, etc. It was bad enough that at one point I even felt obligated to make a public statement clarifying that in no way was I accusing Zak of transphobic behavior, nor was my dislike of him connected to other peoples' comments that suggested as much. Defending Zak was a helluva of a bitter pill to swallow considering the way he's always behaved towards me, but less bitter than letting myself be lumped in with people engaging in the very worst of behaviors. Those people, however, are not in this thread. And while they're kind of referenced in Mark's post, they're not named in the same way Rob Bohl is. And while folks may find Rob's approach distasteful, it ultimately amounted to an internet shouting match with swear words, most of which were things cribbed directly from Zak's own playbook of year's past. It's an unfortunate exchange to build an entire indictment of the storygame community around, since there are actually better (but not recent) examples if one wanted to make that argument. What it ends up feeling like is a bomb dropped on a whole bunch of people who have been trying to keep their heads down right before a big con around which we already have a ton of anxiety. Why the finger-wagging moralizing now? Why say it's storygames vs. OSR when 90% of the discussion is about two individuals, one on each side of the equation? People are perplexed, baffled, and scared. Jul 26, 2016 Lizzie Stark's profile photo Lizzie Stark +20 OK. Context provided, and I get the vehemence, and also why folks cannot describe it fully in a public forum. (Heh. And +Renee Knipe: our posts must have crossed in the ether--multiple sources are giving me context--so thanks for this clarification, and I'm so glad we both disarmed our laser beams and are chill now, because you're pretty great. :) ) Jul 26, 2016 Jeffry Crews's profile photo Jeffry Crews +5 +Fraser Simons I think an apology to the victimized people who are hurting now would be a good start. Something Acknowledging their pain and how the community needs to be better at not silencing them. Acknowledging that what we want is to be better than the people who are hurting them and why that matters. Acknowledging that sometime people need to get angry and express it might be good too. This is a shitstorm because it was made personal and intended or not it asks many to ignore the pain that is inflicted on them by third parties and that's not really fair either. Jul 26, 2016 Crystal Frasier's profile photo Crystal Frasier +25 I'm seconding everyone here who say's they're terrified of posting, but I think it's important to add another voice to the obvious: Posting this isn't insightful and it isn't brave. People have been telling abuse victims--especially women--to just be quiet and forgive their abusers for a very long time. You're comparing one person--completely out of the original context where Z.S. stormed in as usual to poke and prod and provoke--and then using that to say all the people he's ever abused and organized hate campaigns around should just let bygones be bygones and trust he'll never do it again. That's pretty appalling. Jul 26, 2016 Fraser Simons's profile photo Fraser Simons +2 +Jessica Price I wasn't attempting to give that impression at all..I was being genuine and do appreciate how you speak to people. As far as "we" are, you aren't speaking about me and It wasn't my intention to antagonize you. Sorry if it appeared as such. Jul 26, 2016 Mark Diaz Truman's profile photo Mark Diaz Truman +2 +Jessica Price - I don't think anyone here considers equality to be oppression. I appreciate your contributions, but please take a step back. Everyone here is trying their best to speak from the heart. Thanks. Jul 26, 2016 Jessica Price's profile photo Jessica Price +5 +Fraser Simons Sorry -- missed a word and read your comment as sarcastic. My apologies. As noted above, I'm a bit hair-triggered on public social media. Jul 26, 2016 Jessica Price's profile photo Jessica Price +22 +Mark Diaz Truman When you have someone claiming that anyone who has any objection to your post "lacks reading comprehension," and is "forcing their views on other people," and you, as the thread owner, are doing nothing to head off that gaslighting and silencing, I don't trust this thread. Your attempts to keep things civil are pretty one-sided. Just because something's politely phrased doesn't make it non-harmful. Jul 26, 2016 Marcus “Chaosmeister” Burggraf's profile photo Marcus “Chaosmeister” Burggraf +3 I would like to know what the women who find the post negative think should be done then. If we want to open up the community and make it more welcoming in general. Calling out bad behaviour is a given I think, but what can we do for you? Jul 26, 2016 Fraser Simons's profile photo Fraser Simons +7 Ah, yeah -- no one is having a discussion anymore. People's emotions are so charged they are misconstruing each other's words and contextualizing from their own perspectives, fanning the flames despite the overarching intent and purpose of the original text. All this has really shown me is people don't want to be self critical or consider anything other than what they've experienced through their own lens. Understandable, but regrettable. I don't think it's possible to have a helpful discussion on this platform, especially based on the feedback generated from this post. I don't think we are really meant to based on how we communicate as one human to another, obviously we can't take that and put it on social media as we'd like. Sorry If I offended anybody, I'm going to take off to experience something else today. Jul 26, 2016 Fraser Simons's profile photo Fraser Simons +1 +Jessica Price Part of why I love you -- no worries. I really do love following you on social media! Hope you have a good day, I need to be away from this!!! Jul 26, 2016 Bronwyn Sperling's profile photo Bronwyn Sperling +14 +Mark Diaz Truman, I find it really really tone deaf to the positive parts in your own message for you to be calling out +Jessica Price like that with all of the other shenanigans going on in this thread. I know this is your own space, but I think it would be really helpful for you to take a step back from this, from the context you opened this with even, and really think about what it is you are doing and supporting here. I really don't think that you're supporting what you think you are, or at least I hope that's the case based on the harm I've already seen done by this post. Jul 26, 2016 Whitney Delaglio's profile photo Whitney Delaglio +24 Throwing someone under the bus is never brave, and neither is using the names of others without their permission. Jul 26, 2016 Bronwyn Sperling's profile photo Bronwyn Sperling +7 FTR, as I said on Facebook, I do think there are valuable things in your post, but they're partnered up with too much shitty for that message to really reach folx. I hope you listen to those hurt by this, and then perhaps try again, +Mark Diaz Truman. Jul 26, 2016 Jessica Price's profile photo Jessica Price +39 +Marcus Burggraf Thanks for asking! :-) The biggest thing for me is men asking more questions and doing less jumping in with their opinions. Part of making a community welcoming is just giving us space to talk. (A recent study showed men thought women had dominated the conversation if men talked less than 75% of the time. So it takes conscious work on men's parts to back off and give us space to be heard.) The other one is helping remind other men to do the same. I'm not just talking about harassment. I'm talking about things like, "hey, how about we let her finish what she was saying?" or pointing out when someone's being gaslighted or forced to jump through hoops just to get to their main point. Or pointing out when someone starts explaining to us when we didn't ask for an explanation. Or pointing out statements/generalizations about women that are being treated as prescriptive rather than descriptive. Men listen to other men on these things. (I'm actually on a panel at Gen Con about how we can never get to the 200-level topics in women and gaming--intersectionality, representation vs. normalization, etc.--because we're forced to keep going over the 101-level topics: yes, sexism is real. Yes, it's bad. Yes, it actually does happen pretty much everywhere.) Harassment/abuse grabs all the headlines because if it bleeds, it leads. But the things that create environments where it's the norm, where we already start at a disadvantage, are much more subtle and usually aren't malicious. They're just ingrained in us by what our culture teaches us is normal. Most of this, I think, holds true for any marginalized group, not just women, although the specifics of how it plays out differ. Jul 26, 2016 Nicole Winchester's profile photo Nicole Winchester +21 Of all the people in this thread, it's +Jessica Price, who has apologized more than once, that needs to take a step back? I don't know what to say. I'm just sorry this is happening. Jul 26, 2016 Cam Banks's profile photo Cam Banks +33 I've blocked Zak everywhere on social media, avoid talking about him except in very specific spaces, and yet he still flags my name on his blogs or screen caps my Twitter feed for his own book promotions. I mean, I think a lot of us would really like to be able to exercise this sort of option rather than engage with him, but as you've seen that doesn't really seem to matter. I've been called a conservative and a prude and a liar and all kinds of things, but honestly I can deal with that for the most part. But so many can't, and shouldn't have to, and we need a better way to manage pain and fear than be told to play nice and hope it goes away. Jul 26, 2016 Jessica Price's profile photo Jessica Price +2 +Demian Luper There was literally NO ONE HERE doing what you describe. Jul 26, 2016 Fraser Simons's profile photo Fraser Simons +14 +Jessica Price "Behind every woke man is a very tired feminist" Jul 26, 2016 Scott Acker (SaintAndSinner)'s profile photo Scott Acker (SaintAndSinner) . Jul 26, 2016 Joshua Fox (Rabalias)'s profile photo Joshua Fox (Rabalias) +24 There are parts of this post I really agree with. I think we should be working hard to promote and support and HIRE creators from marginalised groups and I am doing my damndest to be part of making that happen. I commend the sentiment and the speaking up about it. I think the idea of building bridges between communities is a noble one (though you can't demand people be friends, they have to like each other). I follow people in the OSR community and the indie community (more the latter, admittedly) and I have friends in real life from both sides. I am in favour of civility online. But I am damned if I will accept "this post isn't about Zak" when it works so hard to make it about Zak and people he has victimised. I do not understand what the need was for call-outs. From the list of call-outs, those which I know the least thing about include good people trying to do good things, or people who, if uncivil, were responding to the shitty behaviour of others. None of them were ever "burn the OSR to the ground and feast upon the bones of their children". They have already taken unpleasant social consequences for their actions, they are themselves victims of harassment, and I think it is a fucking shame this post chose to make it worse for them. I hope we can all act on the bits we agree with but please don't ask people to shut up about the shitty bits. That is not cool. Jul 26, 2016 Jessica Price's profile photo Jessica Price +35 +Fraser Simons I've yet to meet a feminist who isn't tired. Most of the women I know in games who talk publicly about this stuff know we have a limited lifespan before the price becomes too high to continue, and we're just trying to move the needle a little in the time we have. Jul 26, 2016 Sage LaTorra's profile photo Sage LaTorra +24 For all the folks where who got something from Mark's post and are arguing against the folks who have real concerns about it, please remember what Mark himself said: "Take some time to listen to the critiques and complaints of people from the other side of the conflict. It’s so easy for us to demean, diminish, and degrade each other; it’s much harder for us to sit and listen to how the people on the other side of the line view the conflict." If we learned something from Mark and see some positive there, let's put that to work in understanding what problems there might be with it. Jul 26, 2016 Jessica Price's profile photo Jessica Price +20 I agree with him that Mark's post paints a lot of false equivalence and conflates a ton of behavior that shouldn't be conflated. I see nothing to indicate that he didn't read the post, or didn't understand it. Putting in a disclaimer that a post isn't about a specific person or people, then talking primarily about them, doesn't insulate you from criticism about how you're talking about them. So no, other than you wanting to silence anyone who disagrees, it explains nothing that you've written. Jul 26, 2016 Rob Donoghue's profile photo Rob Donoghue . Jul 26, 2016 Christian Griffen's profile photo Christian Griffen +13 Please, everybody, ignore what I said, if that keeps the focus away from reading every single thing that women's voices have added to this thread. Ideally read those several times over. Please. Jul 26, 2016 darren watts's profile photo darren watts .sub Jul 26, 2016 Mark Diaz Truman's profile photo Mark Diaz Truman +24 +Jessica Price - I asked you to take a step back because I could tell that you were reading Fraser's post uncharitably. It looks like you two worked it out. My apologies if it came off as overly aggressive. Thanks! @all- Overall, I think everyone here is doing great trying to talk about these issues. I don't have easy answers. I don't even have answers in most cases (like how to handle Zak's perpetual disagreements with our community). But I'd like to find ways to talk about those problems, and I think that means stepping back and owning our part of the conflict. We (story gamers) have to do better, and we've got to step up to the plate and live our values. Those things don't involved ignoring Zak's behavior or silencing anyone who has been traumatized. In fact, I think we're going to need our values to figure out how to move forward through this difficult conflict. I'm asking for peace. No peace was ever truly won through war. Instead, it's won through a peace process in which both sides try to find some common ground. On that note, I'm closing comments here (mostly because I can't spend all day moderating). I encourage you all to keep discussing this other places, and I'll see about dropping a followup post later this week to address some of the concerns you all have raised here. Thanks! Jul 26, 2016 Commenting is disabled for this post. 162 plus ones 162 18 shares 18 Paul Beakley Nerdery Oct 24, 2016 The face I make at my wife when she wants to put off watching episode 4 of Westworld because she's "working" or some bullshit. Photo Robert Bohl: This show keeps getting better. Jesse Coombs: Is there a spoiler-full collection for us to talk about this yet? Paul Beakley: THERE IS NOW. Add a comment... 40 plus ones 40 no shares Jason Morningstar Public Aug 18, 2014 Gen Con post. I'm so glad I went this year! I felt some fatigue and was only motivated to attend because my brother and 13-year-old nephew, both of whom I adore, were coming. So I heaved a weary Gen Con sigh and signed up. But as it turns out this was probably my favorite time attending! The vibe was so positive and there was so much love and fun happening among my growing circle of friends. Everyone was generous and kind and I had the best time. My nephew exploded in a frenetic ball of awesome and did not rest for four days straight, doing and playing every last thing. At one point he stepped up at Games on Demand and ran three back-to-back Fiasco sessions. We had to drag him away and force him to eat. Games on Demand was in a beautiful new space with more room and less noise. The new procedures, although not perfect, were a huge, huge improvement. I informally rate convention games on an academic scale and I didn't have a game worse than, say, a B- this year, with plenty of As and a couple memorable A+ games in the mix. I attribute this to a combination of the better space, the better system, and GoD's natural filter (You have to want to be there, you have to love the kind of game I love to run) providing excellent players as a general rule. I ran a lot of games, all in two hour increments. I ran five sessions of The Warren and two sessions of Night Witches, as well as a run of The Climb and another of JUGGERNAUT. My favorite moment in a Warren game was when the woman - herself pregnant - playing a doe gave birth and then matter-of-factly selected the two weakest among her newborn kittens to feed to a pair of predators as a distraction, saving the lives of the rest. Not a kid's game. So many wonderful moments, though. The Warren completely rocks. I can't wait to get it out in the world in a "published by Bully Pulpit Games" edition. My favorite Night Witches moment came from a snap decision to break up a four hour slot into two shorter slots - two players elected to stay, so midway through there was a change of command staff within the section. +Angela DeLong - Andersson showed up for slot two as the hard-as-nails Polya, determined to whip the sad sack girls of 2-squadron A-section into shape. She sort of did, before everything went predictably to hell. Protip: Mission pool saves lives, ladies. Both live action runs were very strong, and The Climb had a majority of first-time larpers who crushed it. One came back for more, to both JUGGERNAUT and +Andrew Medeiros' run of The Tribunal! I was really happy to see that. Off the books I got to try out Silver and White, War of Ashes and +Karen Twelves Olive-Garden-themed Apocalypse World hack. My larp Villa Air Bel got a run thanks to +James Stuart, and four brave souls including +Stras Acimovic, +Kira Magrann and +Ron Edwards tried out my locked room puzzle game (58:03, just OK but not stellar, team!) I played Hope Inhumanity with +Patrick Riegert and liked it so much I came back and played it again, dragging my brother along. This is a really clever game that functions as a hard decision generator surrounded by a wisp of apocalyptic fiction. I really enjoyed it and finagled a deck to bring home. Shared publicly•View activity Ryan Macklin's profile photo Ryan Macklin +4 Man, The Warren. I played that at GPNW, and continue to think about that game. So I also want to see this future you speak of. Also, I wish we had more time to talk outside of a few quick words at the DJAs, but such is Gen Con life. Aug 18, 2014 Jason Morningstar's profile photo Jason Morningstar Yeah, same here. There were a lot of people I saw this year for exactly three seconds on a staircase, etc. Aug 18, 2014 Andrew Medeiros's profile photo Andrew Medeiros +1 It was so good to see you there, Jason! I'm glad you decided to attend. Villa Air Bel has set a new standard for intense gaming in my life. Aug 18, 2014 Jason Morningstar's profile photo Jason Morningstar +1 Same here, I guess I got to play with you in spirit... Aug 18, 2014 John Stavropoulos's profile photo John Stavropoulos +7 Yes!!! Love this post. Every 1-3 years we wonder if we will come back to Gen Con. We almost stop but then try something new to reinvigorate us. First it was DnD then Shadowrun tournaments then Cthulhu Masters Tournament then indie games then LARP then Games On Demand. And GoD itself keeps evolving! Every year is an exercise in figuring out what we don't want, want more of, what takes energy, what gives it. It's constantly about hacking the experience. Especially since we run and attend so many other events. I'm really glad we came this year. There was one game that sucked my energy so hard I was like, why am I doing this" and then I had 3 games that rocked so hard and so much socializing with interesting and fun people I was all, "this is why". My biggest wish would be more diversity in all ways. Next time I will run more Freeform and LARP. Aug 18, 2014 Jason Morningstar's profile photo Jason Morningstar +1 Yes, for me a goal will be to make the freeform/larp track really wide-ranging and effective. This year it was an experiment, let's take lessons learned and make it better! Excited about the Sunday buzz regarding more women in GM roles and more diverse offerings, using our built-in megaphone to highlight cool but underrepresented game designers, etc. Aug 18, 2014 Candida Norwood's profile photo Candida Norwood +6 I never thought I would hear the phrase "Olive Garden themed Apocalypse World hack." Aug 18, 2014 Andrew Medeiros's profile photo Andrew Medeiros +1 I couldn't agree more! I overheard the idea of a diversity slot where all we offer are games written by diverse and female authors. I think that would be amazing and would push me to run some games I might otherwise not think of right away. Aug 18, 2014 Scott Acker (SaintAndSinner)'s profile photo Scott Acker (SaintAndSinner) It was good to see you. What did you think of War of Ashes? Aug 18, 2014 Jason Morningstar's profile photo Jason Morningstar +1 I enjoyed it and found how it merges tactical miniatures combat with Fate Accelerated really inspirational. Aug 18, 2014 Eric Mersmann's profile photo Eric Mersmann +1 Great to see you and game with you! Can't wait to run The Warren. See you at Metatopia I hope! Aug 18, 2014 Jason Morningstar's profile photo Jason Morningstar +1 +Eric Mersmann if you want to run it now I can send you my stuff. the current draft of the rules is free at Fine Mess Games. Aug 18, 2014 Eric Mersmann's profile photo Eric Mersmann Sounds great! I'll pull the current draft and try to make a game happen soon! Aug 18, 2014 Kira Magrann's profile photo Kira Magrann +2 58:03 thank you very much. Being trapped in a room trying to escape from a space station was super fun. ALSO yea, lol, mission pool points save lives... all of my game of Night Witches figured that out pretty fast too! Aug 18, 2014 Derek Gour's profile photo Derek Gour Hi Jason. I'm glad you enjoyed Hope Inhumanity. I'd love to hear your feedback on it and advice about Kickstarting it. Aug 18, 2014 Sarah Judd's profile photo Sarah Judd Really sad that I missed Warren! Can't wait for next year and/or publication. Aug 21, 2014 72 plus ones 72 2 shares 2 Eric Legros Public Apr 11, 2015 Originally shared by Camping Pré Fixe 4 étoiles Toulouse 31 Midi Pyrénées nature familial chalets piscine bar à vins Journée ensoleillée et pique nique au bord du lac de la Gimone. Beau lac de 260 ha et de 6 kms de long à 15 minutes du http://camping-pre-fixe.com/. L'été, une plage y est aménagée avec baignade surveillée, canoé, planche à voile, aire de pique nique et de barbecue, aire de jeux, restauration rapide sur place. En prime, une magnifique vue sur les montagnes et le Pic du Midi. De quoi s'assurer de belles journées avec les enfants... Translate Photo Add a comment... 7 plus ones 7 no shares LONG WAY HOME Public Sep 29, 2013 Taj Mahal express 29 Septembre 2013 Ce matin les gars sont partis avec 2 taxis pour aller visiter le Taj Mahal, à 250 km d'ici pour un commando tourisme express. J'en profite pour souffler un peu ici à Jaipur et réfléchir aux options possibles pour la suite du voyage. On a un problème avec le refus de visas du Pakistan, qui est peut être un moindre mal comparé à un possible problème si on avait été autorisés à passer et traverser le Balochistan en état d'urgence. On ne peut pas revenir sur nos pas via le Népal et TIbet donc c'est le bateau entre INava Sheva et Bandar Abbas, en trouvant une solution qui fait fi à l'embargo sur l'Iran. Gros grattage de tête et consultation vers la magique Amélie planquée au bord du pacifique à Sydney. On a les pièces du puzzle logistique pour notre dossier mais on a pas encore trouvé comment les assembler ensemble... C'est un voyage très compliqué coté logistique. L'itinéraire de la facilité aurait été à Kashgar de retourner au Kirghistan et de vadrouiller en Asie Centrale, éventuellement via le Kazakstan pour contourner le maudit Ouzbekistan. Mais on j'ai choisi un tracé ambitieux, pour enfiler des destinations rares et très hétéroclites pour un trip moto. Si on arrive a enfourner nos machines dans le ventre du prochain bateau pour Bandar Abbas, on pourra s'offrir une fin de Long Way Home quasi tranquille à travers Iran, Turquie et Europe. Si on échoue, il va falloir qu'on apprenne à vivre sans manger du boeuf... Demain on part à l'aube et on se fait un cannonball Indien vers Vadodara puis Mombay. Que tous les saints Christophe d'Inde et de Navarre prient pour nous. Amen. By +Eric Massiet du Biest #Expedition : #T3LWH - #moto #bmw #r1200gs #motorrad #motobike #bmwmotorrad #Adventure - www.t3.fr Translate MultipleGuinnessWorldRecords Vishnu Mehta: it`s fantastic ride Mr. Johan.. keep hard ride and safe ride.. Add a comment... 10 plus ones 10 no shares Mariano Mansilla Public Sep 25, 2013 esta es mi respuesta al video de long... Translate Animated Photo Eric Gabriel Varela: jajajaja a practicar para hacerlo jajaja Add a comment... one plus one 1 no shares Sarah Perry-Shipp Look, an Internet! Jan 27, 2016 Originally shared by Mikael Andersson - 3 comments Mallory Ortberg is my spirit animal. Via +Angela DeLong - Andersson Photo Andrew Shields: +Arlene Medder Chipmunks are the worst! Yours is likely to be super entitled and want you to put everbody's stuff in your cheek pouches and bring it back. =) My spirit animal is a crocodile. Like, a day's work is just, you know, pretending to be a log. Or attacking something from underwater. Tucking stuff under riverbanks to get all ripe. Luxuriating in a lack of natural predators. If I could be a werecroc RIGHT NOW I'd push the button. My spirit animal is gorgeously lazy, capable of terrifying sprints, armored, and generally chill. Even has birds to clean its teeth, because it can't be bothered. My quest would probably be more like "Walk away from that. That too. All of it. Walk away. We're going to float down a river." Theron Bretz: I'M GOING ON A QUEST WITH NIGHTCRAWLER! I ALREADY OWN A SWORD! Manuel “ManuFS” Sambs: If I had the money I would pay Mallory to show up at Mikael Andersson's doorstep to take him on a quest. Add a comment... 35 plus ones 35 one share 1 Ryan Day Public Jan 23, 2015 Ha! I'm a coach! Eagles to hire QBs coach with Chip Kelly ties Eagles to hire QBs coach with Chip Kelly ties mobile.philly.com Sara DeLong: Congrats! Ryan Day: I'll take the Nick Foles doppelganger reference as a complement. Thanks +Nick DeLong! Ryan Day: I would hope so +Emily Day. Money, money, money, moneyyyyy.... monehhhh! Add a comment... no plus ones no shares Adam “skinnyghost” Koebel Public Aug 26, 2014 Huge Canadian Scowl. Tim Hortons, Burger King agree to merger deal Tim Hortons, Burger King agree to merger deal cbc.ca Olman Feelyus: Well those things are actually much more closely connected than you imply. Burger King is taking advantage of corporate laws that will allow them to avoid paying a ton of taxes to the US government, taxes which could be going to fighting climate change, training better cops, programs for the mentally ill, etc. Jen Brinkman: This really bothered me earlier today. Finding out it's a tax dodge just pisses me off more...and shame on Horton's for allowing them to play this game. Jerry Webster: Can I get a whopper and a double double please? Yeah, doesn't work for me either. Add a comment... 7 plus ones 7 no shares Terry McNeil The Slanted Kitchen Sep 13, 2016 Bacon Fig Grilled Cheese Aged Cheddar I had the best intentions of making a salad to go with this, oops. After getting a batch of peach jam into the freezer, I was a bit on the lazy side. On homemade bread, I didn't make the butter though (see how lazy). wink, wink Tasty, delicious, I so hope there are figs at the Italian Center on Saturday. I could use another case of indulgence. #figs #grilledcheese #bacon #cheddar Photo Floyd Morton: looks good Công ty TNHH VNNDT: delicious Terry McNeil: Thank you and it's time to close the comments. :) Commenting is disabled for this post. 666 plus ones 666 25 shares 25 Mikael Andersson Public Apr 3, 2014 This is presently my going rate in goats. Any takers? Via +Angela DeLong - Andersson. Photo Sandy J-T: How about angora (wool bearing) goats? Mikael Andersson: I can almost assure you that'd be a hit, +Sandy Jacobs-Tolle. The original price - before I was apparently further devalued - was three goats and a skein of yarn. Arnold Cassell: Two milking goats it is. I can arrange a swap at Camp Nerdly this year. You might have to battle the cats for dominance (and the guest bed) but you've got some fight in you. Add a comment... 2 plus ones 2 no shares Bernard Winnicki Découvrir la Charente Maritime Dec 31, 2016 EGLISE NOTRE DAME de ROYAN Charente Maritime - 17 L'église Notre-Dame de Royan, inaugurée en 1958, a été édifiée en trois ans par les architectes1 Guillaume Gillet et Marc Hébrard, en collaboration avec les ingénieurs Bernard Laffaille, René Sarger et Ou Tseng. Elle est considérée comme un chef-d'œuvre de l'architecture moderne. Après les bombardements1 du 5 janvier 1945 qui détruisirent l'ancien sanctuaire néo-gothique qui datait de 1874 (localisée au niveau de l'actuelle Place Charles de Gaulle), il fut décidé de construire un édifice de plus grande taille, inspiré par l'esthétique des grandes cathédrales gothiques. Achevée dès 1958, elle est entièrement construite en béton brut. Elle a été classée monument historique en 19883. Ses dimensions sont : une nef en ellipse de 45 mètres de long sur 22 mètres de large pouvant contenir environ 2 000 personnes, flanquée d'un déambulatoire et d'une tribune située à trois mètres du sol. Cette tribune est éclairée par des vitraux en forme de losange figurant le Chemin de croix. La structure du bâtiment est composée d'une alternance d'éléments en béton armé précontraints en V (système Laffaille, du nom de l'ingénieur Bernard Laffaille, qui mit au point le procédé) alternant avec d'immenses verrières couvrant 500 m2, œuvres du maître verrier Henri Martin-Granel. La toiture, en « selle de cheval » a une épaisseur de seulement 8 centimètres, ce qui représente une prouesse pour l'époque. À l'intérieur de l'édifice, les voûtes paraboliques atteignent 36 mètres aux extrémités, et 28 mètres au centre. Le chœur est éclairé par un vitrail composé d'un triangle de verres colorés à dominante bleue et rose, représentant la Vierge de l'apocalypse écrasant le serpent du mal, une œuvre du peintre Claude Idoux. On peut également voir à l'intérieur de l'église plusieurs œuvres d'art, en particulier une vierge-noire en bronze réalisée par Gaston Watkin, grand prix de Rome de sculpture, une statue moderniste en métal représentant Jeanne d'arc, et une statue de Nadu Marsaudon représentant Sainte-Thérèse. Le clocher[modifier | modifier le code] Le clocher, haut de 60 mètres, est surmonté par une croix de six mètres. Il se dresse au-dessus d'une esplanade formant parvis, où se trouve un autel destiné à des célébrations religieuses en plein air. Répondant au souhait du Maire de Royan de l'époque, Max Brusset, Guillaume Gillet a conçu le clocher pour qu'il redresse la silhouette de la ville en créant un signal vertical fort, un amer visible depuis l’océan comme depuis l’entrée de la ville. Le clocher renferme trois cloches dont les notes sont les suivantes : Fa3, Sol3 et La3. Monument en péril[modifier | modifier le code] Le clocher et son beffroi ont été restaurés de 1994 à 1996. La réparation des vitraux a été terminée en 1999. Mis en œuvre rapidement dans un souci d'économie, le béton s'est trop vite dégradé. Le bâtiment, qui n'a jamais été terminé, a souffert de l'air maritime, salé, et d'importants travaux restent à réaliser pour assurer sa survie. L'association pour la défense de l'église de Royan (Ader) a été créée en 2008 pour sensibiliser l'opinion et organiser la sauvegarde de l'édifice. Restauration[modifier | modifier le code] Débutés en 2013, les travaux vont prendre 38 mois et se déroulent en cinq tranches. La première de sept mois pour la réfection de l'auvent ouest. La seconde, sur huit mois pour la restauration de l'élévation ouest. La troisième tranche, de sept mois pour la réfection des couvertures du bas-côté nord. La quatrième tranche, de sept mois pour la réfection des couvertures du bas-côté sud. La dernière tranche voit la réfection des terrasses et des portiques nord et sud. Le montant total des restaurations s'élève à 3 785 638 € avec 37 % pris en charge par l'État, 30 % par la ville, 25 % par le Conseil général et 8% par la Région. Informations WIKIPEDIA Translate Bernard Winnicki: +Véronique RUZICKA-LEROY Merci Véronique ! Bonne et heureuse année également. Claudine Le Bagousse: Merci , superbe partage Bernard Winnicki: +Claudine Le Bagousse Merci Claudine ! 19 plus ones 19 no shares Marian Eric Public 4w Presse-étoupes droits de 1 m de long, pourRotation des câbles électriques au niveau du sol. Grande résistance aux poids (jusqu'à 3000 kg). Il permet d'épisser plusieurs passes de câbles de plancher, pour atteindre la longueur désirée. Translate PrimeMatik – Protection au Sol pour câbles en Caoutchouc 3 Voies 99x30cm – France parquets PrimeMatik – Protection au Sol pour câbles en Caoutchouc 3 Voies 99x30cm – France parquets franceparquets.fr Add a comment... no plus ones no shares San Francisco 49ers Public Oct 19, 2014 17 observations from #49ers defeat on Peyton Manning's record-breaking night. GAMER: http://49rs.co/qBa1Hm Photo V.Raymelo Mchenry: Our quarterback is our house and we have to protect this house at all costs Charlie Sonego: Sorry disagree the offence was there could not capitalized on play.NOW in the other hand defence was horid second n third Strings, corner was terrible but no to worries when Willis return will all fall back in place DEFENCE WINS CHAMPIONSHIP GO NINERS GO!!!! Atij Mahesh: But our defense is all injured Add a comment... 146 plus ones 146 8 shares 8 Eric Gindre - G+ Photographie - May 30, 2015 Phasme Photo Nicole Nicravate: +Joshua Rilliet Lles phasmes sont essentiellement nocturnes, ils restent donc généralement au repos durant la journée, bien qu'il soit possible de les observer en activité à la pénombre. Bien entendu ils se réveilleront lorsqu'on les saisira. Les jeunes phasmes sont souvent plus vifs et peuvent même se déplacer assez rapidement. Le mimétisme : les phasmes sont caractérisés par leur aptitude au mimétisme. Leur corps allongé et leurs mouvement habituellement lents les rendent difficiles à distinguer au milieu d'un feuillage. On les surnomme d'ailleurs "phasme bâton" ou "bâton du Diable". La catalepsie : comme beaucoup d'insectes, les phasmes possèdent un réflexe de catalepsie. Lorsqu'ils sont dérangés brusquement, ils tombent au sol, pattes le long du corps et restent immobiles un certain temps. Quant à l'utilisation du Focus stacking je n'en vois pas l'intérêt vu la lenteur des mouvements. ce procédé qui se justifie aussi bien par sa valeur artistique que par la clarté apportée ,dans ce cas précis n'a pas d'intérêt à mon humble avis ! Alexandre Noel: Sympas toutes ces explications, je comprends bien mieux tes choix Eric ! Merci pour ton retour +Eric Gindre et +Nicole Nicravate pour les compléments :-) Eric Gindre: Merci à tous pour vos plébiscites. 39 plus ones 39 no shares Damien CHAUVET Public Oct 18, 2013 TACT Nouvel EP 5titres disponible et 2 titres en écoute sur soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/weliketact Le clip de la chanson "Down below" sur youtube : http://www.youtube.com/user/welikeTACT Translate Photo Damien CHAUVET: Wouhou l'EP de TacT est prêt, beau, supersonique, et après cette chouette soirée de sortie du 11oct aux ateliers Lucien (avec douze grrrrands mercis à l'association "la passerelle", à Marco, à Eric et STS, aux participants, aux souscripteurs, aux danseuses, aux copains) nous mettons en ligne sur soundcloud ce premier morceau sur le thème accrocheur de l'incommunicabilité (François joue du casio CZ5000 et du yamaha cs5 et fait la "boîte aux rythmes" avec sa cymbale de 1 km de long, Damien joue du "lalala" et de la gibson "les paul" et Fred chante des mots en anglais avec une guitare électroacoustique) https://soundcloud.com/weliketact/if-i-could-dance Add a comment... 2 plus ones 2 no shares Hubert Lambin Public Nov 22, 2014 Originally shared by Hubert Messmer (Zehub) Une gigantesque sculpture de cheval de 200m de long qui sort de terre au Pays de Galles Une gigantesque sculpture de cheval de 200m de long qui sort de terre au Pays de Galles scoop.it Serge GODEC: Les chwals c'est les descendants des astratéresses qui sont venut pour abiter notre planete. Et wé, c'est la preuve, elle est la. Hubert Lambin: Crop circle : si, les traces de sabot ? celine new: Vive les jachères consacrées a l'Art!... (Même si ce n'est pas rupestre ou extra- rupestre ) ;-)))) Add a comment... 8 plus ones 8 one share 1 AshDubh Public Oct 16, 2014 THE TIME HAS COME TO SAVE OUR FRIENDS! Photo Mission to Mars [29] - SAVING OUR FRIENDS! w/ iBallisticSquid, Superchache39 & Snakedoctor73 Tsuki Rozu: whit they are doing a episode 30 that is odd because in some of ash videos he said that something happen and they could not do a video say can you tell me what video squiddy said that to you Ryan Johnson - “CST Johnson” Custom Goal Horns: Yeah he did #Swag Anita Wilson: van you do the finle Add a comment... 90 plus ones 90 no shares Lui Calibre Public Apr 30, 2015 Let's go on a GTA 5 Solo Adventure! We're going to end and save lives! #GTA #GTAOnline Photo GTA 5 PC Online Lui Calibre's Solo Adventures #4 - Saving Horalo Z-man videos: Do A classic car video Add a comment... 465 plus ones 465 5 shares 5 Just Tinistas Public Dec 24, 2015 C'est le réveillons de Noel et comme promis, je vous doit une petite surprise a Noel donc voila le début de ma surprise... Jortini Présentation Martina: Martina, alias Tini, est une jeune adolescente de 17 ans qui vit avec sa mère (Marianna), son père (Alejendro) et son grand frère (Francisco)… Martina est très belle, très intelligente et très talentueuse mais malgré son talent et son caractère envers ses proches, elle est très renfermé et peu sûre d'elle. Pour l'instant tout va mal pour Martina… Elle vient de rompre avec son copain Peter car elle trouvait qu'ils n'étais plus heureux tout les deux. Il s'est installé trop de mensonges et de distance dans leur couple. Toutes ses amies n'ont pas trouvé correct qu'elle romps comme sa sur un coup de tête. Pourtant elle leur a dis que cette décision étais murement réfléchis mais il n'y a rien a faire. Francisco: Francisco, alias Fran, est le grand frère de Martina. Il n'ont qu'un an de différence mais celui-ci a redoublé. Il est donc au même niveau scolaire que sa sœur c’est-à-dire en dernière année du lycée. Francisco est tout le contraire de sa sœur ! Lui est plus sûr de lui… Il n'est pas aussi renfermé qu'elle…Et il a du succès au près des filles ! Il est honnête et n'a pas peur de dire ce qu'il pense au autres… C'est ce qui le rend très populaire dans son lycée. Sa popularité détient sur sa sœur. Tout le monde pourrais le croire que Martina enchaine les conquêtes amoureuse alors que non ! Elle n'est jamais sortit avec personnes a part Peter car son frère est trop protecteur. A chaque fois que quelqu'un s'approche de lui, il rejette la personne. Pourtant ils sont très complice ! Alejendro: Leur père est le directeur d'une émission célèbre à Madrid. Il es assez préoccuper par son travail vu qu'il est directeur. Il est aussi protecteur concernant ses enfants. Mais il l'est adore. Tous comme sa femme Marianna. Marianna: Marianna est maquilleuse et styliste professionnel. Elle travail au coté de son mari sur les tournages. Elle maquille et habille les candidats. Elle a aussi beaucoup de goût pour toute les choses qu'elle entreprend… C'est elle qui à entièrement choisit le mobilier de sa maison. Sauf la chambre de Martina. Elle s'aide beaucoup toute les deux ! Martina a beaucoup appris de sa mère donc elle a autant de goût qu'elle ! Jorge: Jorge, un adolescent de 18 ans, vis aussi avec son père (Felipe) et sa mère (Juliana). Jorge est très beau il a des cheveux chatains foncé et des yeux couleur émeraude… Il est aussi talentueux que Martina. Il étudie dans un lycée ordinaire comme Francisco et Martina. Jorge, contrairement à Martina, n'est pas du tout renfermer et est sûr de lui ! Il est très populaire dans son lycée mais il a redoublé. Exactement comme Francisco. Mais Jorge est fils unique. Felipe et Juliana: Le père de Jorge travaille dans une célèbre émission de danse en Argentine et sa mère est mère au foyer… Mais elle accompagne souvent le père de Jorge. Mercedes: Mercedes, alias Mechi, est une jeune fille de 17 ans… C'est une jeune fille blonde bourré de talent et très sur d'elle ! Elle est blonde au yeux vert et marron. Elle n'est pas en couple et n'a pas de meilleure amie… Elle a juste des amis… Elle connait Jorge Lodovica: Lodovica, alias Lodo, est une jeune fille de 17 ans… C'est une jeune fille avec de long cheveux noire et des yeux marron… Elle a beaucoup de talent mais n'en prend pas conscience non plus… Elle a un copain et une meilleure amie… C'est l'amie de Mercedes… Ruggero: Ruggero, alias Rugge, est un jeune homme de 17 ans… C'est le petit ami de Lodovica. Il est brun au yeux marron. Lui aussi a beaucoup de talents mais il ne veux pas trop en parler au autres… Il connait Mercedes car c'est l'amie de Lodovica… Candelaria: Candelaria, alias Cande, est une jeune fille de 17 ans… Elle a de long cheveux marron et des yeux marron. Elle a une très jolie voix mais ne le sait pas… Elle est en couple et c'est la meilleure amie de Lodovica. Samuel: Samuel est un jeune homme de 17 ans… Il a des yeux noir. Il est très talentueux Il est en couple avec Candelaria et c'est le meilleur ami de Ruggero et Facundo… Facundo: Facundo, alias Facu est un jeune homme de 17 ans… Il a es cheveux marron foncé et les yeux marron. Il a un don pour faire le DJ et il en est bien conscient ! Il est en couple et est le meilleur ami de Ruggero et Samuel… Il connait Mercedes, Lodovica, Rugero, Candelaria Samuel et Jorge Alba: Alba est une jeune fille de 17 ans… Elle a de petit cheveux tout bouclé et noirs. Elle a les yeux marron… Elle a du talent mais ne s'en rend pas du tout compte ! Elle est en couple avec Facundo et est la meilleure de Lodovica et Candelaria… Ils sont tous dans la même classe... Prologue PDV Tini Moi, cest Martina ! Ou plutôt Tini pour les intimes... Je me présente, j'ai un frère qui s'appelle Francisco mais tout le monde l'appelle Fran. Je vis a Madrid dans une petite maison très simple... Mais a partir d'aujourd'hui, ma vie va changer du tout au tout... Pour mieux comprendre, je te conseille de suivre mon histoire... Je t'embrasse... *Martina* Translate Photo Camille Bedja: J ai hate tu tu commences sa alors trop bien eric muland: merci bcp ma souer k dieu te Venise BN fête Add a comment... 29 plus ones 29 no shares Freedom Outpost Public Aug 24, 2016 HUMOR: HITLER FINDS OUT HILLARY CLINTON WON’T BE INDICTED BY THE FBI http://freedomoutpost.com/humor-hitler-finds-out-hillary-clinton-wont-be-indicted-by-the-fbi/ Humor: Hitler Finds Out Hillary Clinton Won’t Be Indicted By The FBI - Freedom Outpost Humor: Hitler Finds Out Hillary Clinton Won’t Be Indicted By The FBI - Freedom Outpost freedomoutpost.com Todd DeLong: +John J and for the second time I shouldn't have to do your checking for you. Todd DeLong: +John J the reason I say you're biased is because you're presenting facts for why Trump is flawed, when I told you already I know his flaws, have you seen Hillary's lying rhetoric? Simple. Todd DeLong: +John J told you, a lifetime of waiting. Add a comment... 17 plus ones 17 4 shares 4 Interesting Things Public Jun 30, 2014 Capybara eating watermelon! Please Follow: +Interesting Things Photo Samantha Barrow: Hahaha Vicky garduno: Mmmmmm! K rica la sandia!!! Raymond Deneault: +Audrey Gonneau Audrey, il fait de 107 à 134 cm ( 3.5 à 4.4 pi ) de long, 50 à 64 cm ( 20 à 25 po ) de haut et pèse de 35 à 66 kg ( 77 à 146 lb ). Add a comment... 292 plus ones 292 21 shares 21 Anna Godfrey Public Feb 15, 2014 I've been hanging with my family all day and living it up BUT I could not forget #caturday ! Even kitties love #technology! +Tara LaMontia +Melissa Canady +Kitty R Lynn Animated Photo Twilight Universe: ahhhaaahh jose cruz: Que lindo jose cruz: +eliane herteleer legal Add a comment... 6732 plus ones 6732 1872 shares 1872 Amazing World Public Feb 13, 2014 Love Your Parents.... Please Follow: +Amazing World Photo Kristi David: thats true Birungi K.W. Rosette: pretty true becos we learn from them Jignesh Patel: So sweet picture Add a comment... 961 plus ones 961 267 shares 267 Marianne Leitao Ecrivain & médium Public Oct 17, 2014 Bonjour tout le monde, Je partage avec vous cette vidéo que je trouve très belle. sur "LES SEMENCES D'ÉTOILES (STARSEEDS)" ou les travailleurs de lumière comme je les appelle. ---- Les semences d'étoiles ou StarSeeds sont des personnes qui ont choisi d'aider la planète et les habitants à évoluer spirituellement vers l ascension. Ce sont des personnes incarnées sur la terre, mais qui viennent dune autre planète ou dune autre galaxie. Les semences d'étoiles sont des êtres hautement évolués qui ne connaissent pas encore leur vraie identité, puisqu'elles ont décidé de se réincarner dans ce monde. En naissant dans cette vie, elles ont oublié qui elles étaient auparavant tout comme les gens qui ne se souviennent plus de leurs vies antérieures. Il paraît que les semences d étoiles recevront un signal d appel qui activera leur éveil afin quelles poursuivent leur mission. Certaines de ces personnes sont déjà éveillées en ce jour tandis que dautres sommeillent encore dans l ignorance de leur vraie identité. Les semences d étoiles sont aussi appelées les travailleurs de l amour ou les travailleurs de lumière, puisqu elles travaillent au nom du Père pour la transformation de notre planète Gaia ------- I share with you this video that I found very beautiful. on "SEEDS OF STARS (starseeds)" or light workers as I call them. The star-seed or Starseeds are individuals who have chosen to help the planet and people to spiritually evolve toward ascension. These are people incarnated on earth, but come dune another planet or another galaxy. The star seeds are highly evolved beings who do not yet know their true identity, as they have decided to reincarnate in this world. Being born into this life, they forgot that they were previously just like people who do not remember their past lives. It seems that the seeds of stars receive a call signal that will activate their awakening to what continuing their mission. Some of these people have already awakened that day while others still slumbering in ignorance of their true identity. The seeds of stars are also called workers love or light workers, since they work on behalf of the Father for the transformation of our planet Gaia. ---- Quero compartilhar com vocês este vídeo que eu achei muito bonito. em "Sementes de estrelas (sementes estelares)" ou trabalhadores da luz como eu os chamo. A semente de estrela ou Starseeds são indivíduos que escolheram para ajudar o planeta e as pessoas a evoluir espiritualmente para a ascensão. Estas são as pessoas encarnadas na Terra, mas vêm duna outro planeta ou outra galáxia. As sementes estelares são seres que ainda não conhecem sua verdadeira identidade, pois eles decidiram reencarnar neste mundo altamente evoluídos. Nascendo para esta vida, eles esqueceram que eram anteriormente apenas como pessoas que não se lembram de suas vidas passadas. Parece que as sementes de estrelas recebe um sinal de chamada que irá ativar seu despertar para o que continua a sua missão. Algumas dessas pessoas já despertou naquele dia, enquanto outros ainda adormecida na ignorância de sua verdadeira identidade. As sementes de estrelas também são chamados de trabalhadores amor ou trabalhadores da luz, uma vez que trabalham em nome do Pai para a transformação do nosso planeta Gaia. Translate Photo LES SEMENCES D'ÉTOILES (STARSEEDS) Jean-Marc: Splendide comme image et la musique .. J'aime croire qu'il y a de cela des éclaireurs de ce type. J'ai eu et dès ma plus tendre enfance un parcours de vie atypique qui m'a amené à une découverte de moi, en d'accélérer et je me suis toujours senti étranger et demandé pourquoi et le but de mon de mon existence ici. Même si tout le monde ce pose ce genre de question .. C'est normal. Enfant, très jeune, j'ai fait un rêve d'aller poser la question à une personne plus élevé avec de long cheveux blanc et une grand barbe blanche. Je voulais plus vivre sur cette planète et demandais qu'elle était ma raison d'y être n'étant pas très heureux d'y être sentant un grand manque d'amour et d'équilibre dans ce monde. J'avais approximativement 4 ans. Puis on m'a refusé de m’accueillir ou de me reprendre que ma mission était pas complété et à ma question du pourquoi j'étais ici, ne m'a été révélé non plus, que c'était pas encore mon temps pour un retour.. Alors, il m'a dit de m'en retourner et je suis parti de plus haut que les nuages en chute libre jusqu'à dans mon lit à une vitesse vertigineuse, passant aux travers des nuages, voyant la maison comme un point de haut en grossissant, passant au travers du toit pour arriver dans mon lit. Je n'ais jamais oublié ce rêve de ma vie et cela commence à faire un petit bout de temps de cela. J'ai été déçu du refus de répondre alors à mes questions et frustrer de revenir dans cette vie que je voulais plus ou pas. Même si je l'avais choisi, je crois, que l'on chois cela vie, ainsi que ses parents aussi.. En tout cas, je presque jamais parler de ce rêve à personne de ma vie. À pas plus que deux ou trois personnes .. Marianne Leitao Ecrivain & médium: Bonjour Jean Marc, Merci pour votre appréciation. Oui, la musique et les images sont très belles et très significatives. Dans la description de votre rêve, je retiens surtout que vous êtes descendu à une rapidité vertigineuse, et cela a retenu mon attention. J'ai pu faire le même genre de rêve 2-3x, et ce depuis peu, alors que je me souviens très rarement de mes rêves. Je vous raconte un qui m'a spécialement marquée. J'étais à l'entrée de ce qui me semblait une grande salle mais d'un très beau bleu, il n'y a avait pas de limitation, je ne voyais pas les murs. Au centre de cette grande pièce, il y avait mon mari et mon père (tous deux décédés la même année et très amis dans la vie), je dirais que c'était les deux hommes les plus importants de ma vie et partis la même année. Ils se trouvaient debout, en pleine discussion avec un troisième monsieur, et habillés de leurs vêtements du dimanche comme on disait dans le temps, un chapeau pour mon papa etc... Je ne voyais personne d'autres qu'eux, dans cette pièce. Je restais à la porte, je ne pouvais pas y entrer, on me donnait seulement la permission de les regarder. Il me semblait que je n'étais pas seule à les regarder, j'étais accompagnée, mais bon ici c'est moins précis, le but étant que je vois mon mari et mon papa. Et puis là, d'un coup, je me souviens très bien être tombée vertigineusement sur mon oreiller, en chute libre. Je me suis réveillée, j'avais un son assourdissant dans les oreilles (pour ma part, je pense que je suis revenue d'un voyage astral). Mais le but était que je m'en souvienne, comme un message à me faire passer. Les premiers temps, j'ai cherché autour de moi la réponse à ce rêve, et finalement , la réponse est en nous la plupart du temps. Vous dîtes : ....... J'ai été déçu du refus de répondre alors à mes questions et frustrer de revenir dans cette vie que je voulais plus ou pas. Même si je l'avais choisi, je crois, que l'on chois cela vie, ainsi que ses parents aussi.. Je pense en effet, que nous avons une ou plusieurs missions dans cette vie, choisie en effet avant notre naissance. Je crois que c'est comme un contrat à remplir. Je ne détiens pas "la vérité absolue", je réponds cela sur une constatation de ma vie personnelle, et d'autres infos que j'ai pu obtenir par-ci, par là, bien que la lecture n'ait jamais été ma tasse de thé. Mais dernièrement, j'ai été amenée à visualiser quelques passages de films du grand médium Chico Xavier, cela m'a aidée à comprendre pas mal de choses. Et j'étais certainement guidée en ce sens. Vous dîtes : ----------------En tout cas, je presque jamais parler de ce rêve à personne de ma vie. À pas plus que deux ou trois personnes .. Ce n'est pas un hasard non plus si vous êtes amené à en parler aujourd'hui. Comme également, notre vie est faite de beaucoup de signes, mais souvent nous n'y prêtons pas attention la plupart du temps, par la vie que nous menons. Merci encore pour ce partage... Marianne Leitao Ecrivain & médium: Bonjour Eric, C'est une bonne résolution d'avoir décidé d'en parler, peut être que cela pourra aider d'autres personnes vivant la même chose. Et puis, il y a un temps pour tout également, si tu ne l'as pas fait auparavant, ce n'était certainement pas le moment. Une bonne continuation à toi... Add a comment... 4 plus ones 4 one share 1 Eric Etienne La moto et les motards Jun 14, 2015 Départ pour une petite virée avec ma moitié... Temps magnifique! Translate Photo Eric Etienne: +Didier Turaud En fait, j'ai résolu en partie le problème en virant les DB Killer's que j'ai remplacé par 2 tubes en inox d'environ 15 cm de long et du même diamètre que les DBK's. Ca pète un peu moins mais je te raconte pas le bruit divin que ça fait... LOL Eric Etienne: +jean manchesec Ouais mais j'ai pas trop envie de toucher à la carburation car ce bi est déjà bien assez vorace en essence comme ça... Sinon va falloir que j'achète une remorque avec un fût de 200 litres dessus LOL Eric Etienne: +Didier Turaud Mdrrrrrrrrr Ouais en effet, attend encore quelques temps 😁 24 plus ones 24 no shares Flirchi Public Jul 24, 2015 Flirchi will give you an opportunity to get to know each other better and to enjoy each other's company. Jpin us: http://goo.gl/OKpX8N Photo Md,Raihan kobir Shekaut: hot Ahmed Zarroug: hi K eshav Kishor Verma: Nice photo I like Add a comment... 296 plus ones 296 28 shares 28 Product Reviews Public Sep 15, 2014 Which handset gets your vote, the iPhone 6, Galaxy S5 or the HTC One M8? http://www.product-reviews.net/2014/09/15/iphone-6-vs-galaxy-s5-vs-htc-one-m8/ Photo Lando S: BB Z30 Mike Myers: Put them all on the table, and ask me which one I want to actually use for the next year - including sound, camera, eco-system, and all the rest - no question. HTC M8. IF the iphone ran Android, it would be a tougher choice, but my pick would still most likely be the same. Vladan Nikolic: M8 :-) Add a comment... 665 plus ones 665 61 shares 61 K Chims San Francisco 49ers Feb 1, 2015 You mad bro? Photo Michael Ritenour: They never went his way all game, I think pussy Brady's afraid of Sherman K Chims: They didn't throw deep much. Belichick took advantage of the Legion of Busts weakness....they are horrible in short pass situations and can't tackle. Michael Ritenour: True 86 plus ones 86 4 shares 4 Jennifer Rucker Public Mar 18, 2017 Hi Friends!! Hope you all had a lovely day!🌹💋 Photo Jennifer Rucker: +Eric Ostman Hi! How are you today?😇 Jennifer Rucker: +Doug Bluesome Thank you Friend! I take that as a flattering compliment from someone with such an eye for beauty😘 Hope you're having a wonderful day!💋🌹 Doug Bluesome: +Jennifer Rucker I am having a good day it is warm today. Thank you for compliment my friend. You really are beautiful my friend. Enjoy the day 💋 Add a comment... 13 plus ones 13 no shares Tessa Schlesinger Public Sep 16, 2014 Brutus, the giant 18 foot crocodile and shark slayer, lives in the Adelaide River in Australia. He is 80 years old. Unhappily, he didn't always do well with shark fin soup and has a missing paw to show for it. For some pretty amazing pictures and a bit more about Brutus, click here. :) http://goo.gl/tF600I Photo Tessa Schlesinger: +Armando Torres You made me laugh! Yes. :) Sylas Simmons: Wow Kent Milsaps: Crocnado! 2418 plus ones 2418 529 shares 529 Eric Sandoz Public May 20, 2015 Pourquoi s'amuser semble ne pouvoir se faire qu'avec de l'alcool ou des drogues... Pleins de gens ne s'amusent pas, s'ils ne sont pas bourrés ou défoncés... Une nouvelle normalité, faire comme les autres de peur d'être rejeté du groupe! Translate Hôpital de Montréal pour Enfants Hôpital de Montréal pour Enfants hopitalpourenfants.com Eric Sandoz: je viens de trouver ça! http://www.preventionroutiere.asso.fr/Parents/Gerer-les-retours-de-soiree/Des-chiffres-qui-font-reflechir Eric Sandoz: +Isy etpuisctout L'alcoolisation des années 50 ne ressemble en rien à celle d'aujourd'hui... Dans les années 50 les filles ne consommait pour ainsi dire pas d'alcool (sauf l'alcoolisme lié au vin et au cidre dans les milieux agricoles ) et peut-être ce qu'on appelait l'alcoolisme mondain dans les milieux favorisés ou chez les"femmes de mauvaise vie" Prostitués et entraineuses de cabaret... Aujourd'hui les jeune femmes boivent et fument comme les garçons (peut-être même plus pour le tabac que les garçon au collège) Le "binge drinking" c'est très récent c'est l'Angleterre qui a lancé le mouvement il y a une dizaine d'année et c'est catastrophique... Il existe aujourd'hui dans presque tous les bars de la capitale et même des petites villes comme chez moi des "happy hour" période pendant laquelle l'alcool est moins cher, donc il vaut mieux prendre une boisson alcoolisée qu'un soda... Il y a aussi un truc que je connaissais pas... Tu peux acheter de l'alcool au mètre linéaire (il existe une réglette d'un mètre de long avec une dizaine de trous accueillant 10 verres à shooter de 2cl chacun que tu peux consommer pour un prix modique!) Extraordinaire ce qu'on ne fait pas pour inciter la jeunesse à boire... J'attendais l'heure de mon train à Montparnasse dans un de ces bars à 17h00 le bar et la terrasse étaient pleins à craquer pas une place assise! L'alcool des années 50 il n'y-avait pas de statistiques, puisque moi quand j'étais en 6ème à la cantine on nous donnait 1 litre de bière pour 6 élèves à la cantine et à 14 an un apprentis qui ne buvait pas de vin était considéré comme une femmelette... N'oublions pas non plus que l'alcoolémie obligatoire c'est tout récent moins de 30 ans je pense et que le taux légal est resté à 0,8g d'alcool par litre de sang jusqu’à l'année 2005 au moins nous sommes aujourd'hui à 0,5g/l et que le passage à 0,2g/l ne devrait-être effectif qu'à partir de septembre pour les permis probatoires (les pays scandinaves sont à zéro g/l depuis 30 ans! Eric Sandoz: +Isy etpuisctout Je pense que l'incitation c'est souvent le groupe auquel on appartient j'ai eu la chance d'être de la génération (Il est interdit d'interdire) C'était la découverte de toutes les tentations mon premier joint à 15 ans ma première cuite aussi et mes premières nuits blanches aussi. On ne parlait pas Sida, ça n'existait pas et les MST c'était comme aujourd'hui, les préservatifs c'était en pharmacie qu'il fallait les acheter (La honte) et l'éducation sexuelle c'était la bonne copine qui aimait bien partager. à 20 ans je vivais en communauté c'est pourquoi aujourd'hui j'ai un énorme recule sur la société, car la première TV à la maison elle était noire et blanc et il n'y avait que 2 chaines qui commençaient à midi et s’arrêtaient à 23h00. Notre information c'était d'aller chercher l'information soi-même ou de se marier à 18 ans avec la copine enceinte de 16 ans! Sauf qu'à 18 ans tout le monde avait déjà un travail et bossait 45 heures par semaine et a 19 ans on partait faire un service militaire pour 12 mois... Add a comment... 3 plus ones 3 one share 1 Hablandoderock.com Public Feb 21, 2015 #Efemérides Un día como hoy nacía el Bajista de Sublime!! ..."Eric John Wilson (nacido el 21 de febrero 1970 [2]), es el ex jugador de bajos para Sublime (1988-1996) y también bajista de Long Beach Dub Allstars (1997-2002). Él era el bajista de la banda de Long Beach Shortbus que estaba compuesto por varios miembros de Long Beach Dub Allstars y Sublime. Desde 2009, Wilson ha sido el bajista de Sublime con Roma, una nueva versión de Sublime de la que fue miembro."... Translate Photo Sublime - Santeria Add a comment... no plus ones no shares FLAMA Public Jan 13, 2015 So where are your parents from? Photo Things White Latinos Are Sick of Hearing Brian Galloway: +rosie herrera True. And Mexico has always had white people. We are Güeros. Brian Galloway: El porque es la ignorancia. Luan yassin Murillo: +FLAMA half lebanese, brazilian and mostly Colombian from barranquilla and cartagena Add a comment... 125 plus ones 125 no shares Disney's Frozen Public Mar 10, 2014 Spring Break advice: Stay cool Photo Jude Assal: I love it Rosalinda Pillado-Chaparro: Love it!!!! Love it!!! Add a comment... 885 plus ones 885 53 shares 53 Alan The Cat Public Nov 17, 2014 I like Obamacare more than the Republican "I Don't Care". Photo katana mike OTCross: Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Keep on trucking. Ho! Ho! Ho! jack Brennan: The death penalty stick Obamacare is going to have is really sick that's what I meant Add a comment... 180 plus ones 180 25 shares 25 Kheir Addine Azzaoui Public Feb 28, 2014 Château de Chillon Le château de Chillon se trouve sur les rives du lac Léman, Suisse. De forme oblongue, le château mesure 110 mètres de long pour 50 mètres de large, le donjon culmine à 25 mètres. construit sur un rocher ovale en calcaire avançant dans le lac Léman entre Montreux et Villeneuve avec d'un côté un versant escarpé et de l'autre côté le lac et son fond abrupt. L'endroit est stratégique : il ferme le passage entre la Riviera vaudoise (accès au nord vers l'Allemagne et la France) et la plaine du Rhône qui permet d'atteindre rapidement l'Italie. De plus, le lieu offre un excellent point de vue sur la côte savoyarde qui fait face. Une garnison pouvait ainsi contrôler militairement et commercialement la route vers l'Italie et appliquer un droit de péage. photo: Auteur Eric Hill Translate Photo sophie DIDIER: Excellente photo. Merci. Belle AM et weekend Kheir Addine :-) Kheir Addine Azzaoui: +sophie DIDIER à vous de même chère amie et bonne journée Hager THAMEUR: Superbe château dans un magnifique endroit !! 125 plus ones 125 14 shares 14 Clean Funny Pics & Humor | Sanitaryum.com Public Mar 26, 2014 This #kid is SUPER excited about getting a banana. At least he's grateful. #cute #funnygifs #gif #banana More pics at ▀▄▀ +Clean Funny Pics & Humor | Sanitaryum.com ▄▀▄ #funny #lol #funnypictures #funnypics #lolz #haha #hilarious #humor #funnypics #smile Animated Photo sebstiao jacinto rodrigues: Amo a natureza a natureza e perfeita nos somos animais ;? preserve os rios os RIOS -; Maravilhas sebstiao jacinto rodrigues: Amo a natureza a natureza e perfeita nos somos animais ;? preserve os rios os RIOS -; Maravilhas D'onte Richards: What the hell Add a comment... 3993 plus ones 3993 985 shares 985 eric andrey des oiseaux d'ici et d'ailleurs Oct 11, 2016 un début de partage sur ses cygnes juvénile du grand canal de Noville ce 10 octobre dernier. Bisous !!! Translate Originally shared by eric andrey Comme dit un proverbe chinois: "si tu vois un oiseau sur un lac, c'est un cygne, alors là, c'est tout un roman même si c'est un roman pour juvénile.Non ?, mais si!!! Gladys Andrey: Le Cygne tuberculé ou knopsvane fut élu oiseau national du Danemark en 1984 On dénombrait entre 4'500 et 5'000 couples reproducteurs dans ce pays en l'an 2000 - bien loin des trois ou quatre couples survivants dans les années 1920, l'espèce ayant été décimée par la chasse Depuis les années 1980, la population danoise de cygnes muets est restée stable, et de 1970 à 1978, le Danemark a accueilli la plus grande colonie d'oiseaux reproducteurs dans le fjord de Ringkøbing Le Cygnus olor adulte mesure 1,25 à 1,60 mètres de long, possède une envergure de 2 à 4 mètres et pèse de 6,6 à 15 kg. On peut dire ainsi que c'est un grand oiseau Source texte : oiseaux emblèmes nationaux - Ron Toft - delachaux et nieslté Annie G - Oiseaux et nature: Qu'ils sont beaux! Superbes photos! 10 plus ones 10 one share 1 Sumaiyathebookworm Public Aug 22, 2014 *You know what's the worst? Being a 14 year old who loves a famous band,not solely for his looks but you believe they are talented and devoted and you believe deeply in their message.Because no matter how beautifully or fully you can express that,people will assume you are just a silly teenager who thinks a famous band is cute.* Hebrews uuergdjjfjjgjjjtjtjrkoktjjtrkkdk Jackson: Dkdkd Soraya Cuello: Mark Anthony Khalvyn Stillwell: I now where your coming from :D Add a comment... 175 plus ones 175 15 shares 15 Jokes Plaza Public Sep 2, 2014 Please follow us at :: +Jokes Plaza For fresh jokes Subscribe :: http://jokesplazza.com #jokes #humor #comedy #funnypictures #jokeoftheday Photo Berlynda Dieurilus: Hahaha I like that cat so funny :-D bill billbo: yep Tia Dawson: What to Do? What to do? :-) Add a comment... 886 plus ones 886 105 shares 105 Cindy Brown Public Apr 14, 2014 Huh. So why did Martha get tossed in the slammer but Paul didn't? Edit: The answer is that it was legal for Congress to do so at the time. Yeah. (See comments below.) Originally shared by Tina Vigilante - 6 comments Photo Jeremy Nixon: Well, that pretty much puts the whole thing to bed, then. Cindy Brown: I've edited the main post. Jeremy Nixon: Well, not only legal at the time, but from the Slate article, it sounds like he didn't even do it in the first place, a twist of which I was previously unaware. 18 plus ones 18 2 shares 2 Hiver Minimus Public Dec 7, 2014 Eric Zemmour. Ah, Eric ! Errrriiiicccc! Je vais te tutoyer, Eric, et j'espère que tu ne m'en voudras pas. Depuis deux ou trois semaines, voilà que tu caracoles en tête des ventes, que ce soit en librairie ou sur Amazon. Vendre plusieurs centaines de milliers de livres de nos jours, cinq cent mille annonce même ton éditeur, voilà qui n’est pas banal lorsqu’on ne s’appelle ni Guillaume Musso, ni Marc Levy, et encore moins Katherine Pancol ou Valérie Trierweiler ! Parce que tu n’écris pas de romans à l’eau de rose et tu n’as pas couché (ou en tous cas tu l’as bien caché petit vilain) avec un ancien ou un nouveau président de la république. Alors comment expliquer ce succès ? Parce que tout de même, Eric, tu écris des choses assez dures à lire. Des choses qui font sursauter beaucoup de gens, mais pas moi Je ne parlerai pas des passages sur Vichy puisque je ne suis pas historien, et que ce qui m’insupporte plus que ce que tu as pu écrire à ce propos (en fait ça ne m'insupporte pas), ce sont les réflexions des nombreux internautes qui, pour la plupart, ne connaissent de cette période qu’une ou deux phrases qu’ils ou elles on apprise à l’école, tout comme moi. Des phrases du genre « Vichy a fait du mal aux juifs », « Vichy a aidé les nazis », « Vichy est le mal incarné. » J’ai entendu ça et, pour être honnête, ça m’a suffit. Je vis très bien avec cette image d’un régime pourri qui a gouverné ce qui restait de la France durant l’occupation, avant d’être balayé en 1944. Pourtant je sais bien que ce ne serait pas suffisant pour tenir un débat avec des historiens, ceux qui sont formés pour lire les documents officiels et les autres documents, ceux qui disent parfois une autre histoire. Ces historiens ont répondu, et continueront à répondre à ce que tu as écrit. Ils ou elles pourront présenter leurs versions qui seront étayées par des milliers de documents, par des milliers de témoignages directs ou indirects. Ils ou elles pourront argumenter avec toi, débattre, même à distance, réfuter, confirmer ou simplement corriger certains points (qui ne seront pas des points de détails) que tu aurais soulevés. Aussi je vais leur laisser cette tâche qui peut souvent se révéler ingrate, longue et fastidieuse. Car il faut bien avouer que, bien souvent, peu de gens y font attention. Ce siècle n’est pas le siècle du « prendre son temps », du « faire une analyse poussée et non caricaturale. » C’est surtout le temps du « jetable » et du « tout et tout de suite, on fera le tri dans un siècle ou deux. » Et si tu vends cinq cents mille livres, ces historiens, eux, toutes et tous réunis n’en vendront probablement pas cinquante mille. Ça peut paraître injuste mais c’est comme ça. Là où je peux, en revanche tout comme n’importe qui d’autre, être en désaccord avec toi, c’est sur une bonne partie du reste. Par exemple sur ta misogynie. Il n’est pas besoin d’avoir fait de longues études pour dire que parfois tu exagères vraiment beaucoup (parfois même trop.) Et crois-moi, je suis loin d’être un féministe acharné. Je serais même plutôt un peu macho, comme la plupart des hommes nés dans les années soixante. J’ai grandi dans une société clairement patriarcale, et bien sûr ça ne m’a jamais vraiment embêté. Ou plutôt je n’ai jamais vraiment eu l’impression que mes copines de classe étaient moins bien traitées que moi. On vivait tous plus ou moins dans le même milieu ouvrier donc filles ou garçons, on avait tous plus ou moins le même genre de fringues. Je veux dire que les garçons s’habillaient plus ou moins comme ils voulaient et les filles aussi, autant que je pouvais le voir. Certaines portaient des pantalons, d’autres des robes ou des jupes. Certaines se maquillaient, d’autres non. Je n’ai jamais entendu parler d’un grand frère qui aurait menacé sa sœur si jamais elle osait aller au collège ou au lycée en jupe ou s’il la surprenait à embrasser un garçon. Bien sûr il est probable que j’avais tort. Donc tout ça pour dire que je n’avais pas l’impression de faire partie de la caste des oppresseurs. C’est surtout plus tard, en lisant toutes les statistiques sur le pourcentage de femmes PDG, le pourcentage de femmes députées ou ministres, le pourcentage de femme ici ou là, la différence de salaires (et je parle en temps que chômeur de longue durée et approchant la cinquantaine) entre hommes et femmes, etc… que j’ai bien dû me résoudre à accepter l’idée en effet que la femme n’est pas l’égale de l’homme partout. Alors je suis un peu comme toi, depuis quelque temps, en regardant la télévision (j’ai du temps) j’ai l’impression de ne tomber que sur des films pourris qui racontent le plus souvent des histoires nian nian où les femmes tiennent les premiers rôles. Je ne les regarde pas. Mais pour être honnête, je ne regardais pas vraiment les films pourris qui passaient il y a cinq ou dix ans et qui racontaient des histoires nian nian où les hommes tenaient les premiers rôles. Je n’ai jamais eu le sentiment qu’il devait forcément y avoir une solidarité masculine. Quand j’aime, j’aime. Quand je n’aime pas, je n’aime pas. Tu as parlé du feuilleton Hélène et les garçons pour illustrer une féminisation de la société. Et bien je serai sur ce point beaucoup plus méchant que toi. Ce feuilleton, ou ce soap opéra à la française, ce n’était pas une illustration de la féminisation de notre société. C’est tout simplement une illustration de la médiocrité qui s’affiche parfois dans notre poste de télévision. Ce feuilleton n’était pas une caricature de la masculinité, c’était juste une série formidablement inintéressante, une caricature tout court. Je crois que tu as tort en parlant de féminisation de la société. C’est tout simplement un rattrapage. Pour parler de féminisation il faudrait pour cela que la société ait été plus ou moins égale ces trente ou cinquante dernières années. Or, tu le sais mieux que moi, ce n’est pas vrai. La société était bien masculine, dans presque tous les domaines (pas tous, j’en sais quelque chose.) Depuis quelques années elle devient un peu moins masculine, c’est tout. Et bien sûr toi et moi, nous avons l’impression d’être submergés par le féminin. C’est faux, on est juste un peu moins submergé par le masculin. Et si la GPA devait arriver (elle est déjà arrivée) ce n’est pas au travers du mariage pour tous (le mariage c’est ringard de toutes façons) mais bien parce que dans les années soixante des médecins ont réussi les premières fécondations in vitro, et parce que la science permet et permettra des tas de choses. Tu ne veux même pas savoir ce qui arrivera dans cinquante ou cent ans ! Mais je vois bien des greffes d'utérus chez des hommes. Ce serait presque un pied de nez aux féministes extrêmes, meme si j'imagine que tu ne vois pas les choses ainsi (et c'est normal.) Un dernier point, à propos de McCarthy et de son plug. Je dois avouer que j’ai été assez d’accord avec ce que tu as dit sur le plateau de Ça se discute. Rien ne justifie d’agresser une personne comme cela est arrivé cette semaine. Et je veux bien croire que McCarthy est un artiste qui vend ses œuvres très cher. Cela dit, pour faire un peu d’humour, son plug est arrivé dégonflé, il serait reparti dégonflé aussi. Celui ou celle qui a stoppé la machine à air comprimé qui maintenait la « sculpture » en érection, a juste tenté un « happening », et après tout le happening est aussi une manifestation très prisée des artistes contemporains, non? Je crois sincèrement que n’importe qui pourrait dessiner n’importe quoi, en faire une sculpture gonflable de 25 m de haut, l’exposer au milieu de Paris, ou à l’intérieur du château de Versailles et voir des milliers de badauds venir regarder tout en se posant des milliers de questions existentielles (j'ai lu que Duchamps n'avait pas fait autre chose avec son urinoir. Il voulait surtout se moquer d'une exposition d'indépendants.) Donc tout le monde est un artiste contemporain subversif. Et il suffirait de bien choisir la forme de la sculpture pour en plus devenir un artiste contemporain subversif et provocateur. Toi par exemple, Eric, avec ton livre de vingt centimètres de long et de quinze centimètres de large, tu as quand même provoqué un beau bazar ! Et bien te voilà promu artiste contemporain subversif et provocateur ! Ça doit te faire rire, non ? Tu l’as bien compris, je ne suis pas d’accord avec beaucoup de ce que tu dis ou de ce que tu écris, mais au moins on peut s’accrocher avec ce que tu dis, Ce n’est pas lisse, ce n’est pas insipide, ce n’est pas une succession de portes ouvertes qu’il faudrait quand même enfoncer. Et je continue à suivre les débats que tu peux avoir avec Nicolas Domenach, qui parfois te contre bien, parfois un peu moins bien. Lui aussi devrait écrire un livre où il essayerait d’oublier un peu le préchi-précha pour dire ce qu’il pense vraiment. Parce que parfois j’ai l’impression qu’il dit des choses juste pour dire le contraire de toi. C’est peut-être dommage. J'ai vécu deux ans aux USA et la meilleure chose qu'on puisse rapporter de là-bas, c'est une vraie liberté d'expression. Pas l'ersatz qu'on nous sert ici. Pouvoir dire ce qu'on pense même si c'est horrible ou choquant. Et puis souviens-toi, Éric, quand on t’avait demandé qui, de l’Allemagne ou du Brésil, gagnerait le Mondial, tu t’étais trompé. Et de beaucoup. Ça arrive. Cela dit, encore une fois je préfèrerai toujours quelqu’un qui ose et se trompe, à quelqu’un qui n’ose rien et se trompe rarement (car oui, même quand on la ferme on se trompe parfois.) Translate Photo Add a comment... no plus ones no shares Family Guy Public Sep 23, 2014 Springfield Nuclear Power Plant vs. Pawtucket Brewery: Who's got better donuts? Photo Jose Rodriuez: 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎cool OK Scott Jackson: Um there not cops Scott Jackson: True Add a comment... 578 plus ones 578 30 shares 30 Pay It Forward Auction Public Oct 26, 2014 Which NFC team currently outside the playoffs is most-likely to make it? #Bears #Seahawks #49ers or #Giants? #nfl #nygiants #football Photo A. C: Seahawks in a heartbeat matthew ruiz: I think a wnba team has better chance than the bears if cutler still qb Add a comment... 180 plus ones 180 10 shares 10 Riba Daniel Sur la trace des Romains .. Feb 24, 2016 " La Roche Taillée": une autre partie de l'aqueduc de Mons à Fréjus (83). Pour franchir une falaise les romains creusèrent une gigantesque tranchée coudée de 50 m de long, 3,60 m de large, haute de 12 m à même le roc. Ils utilisèrent des outils rustiques (burins, polkas, escoudes et autres bouchardes...) qui laissèrent des traces toujours visibles évoquant d'énormes empreintes digitales. Un portique taillé dans la masse empêche les parois de s'écarter et de s'écrouler. Quand on parle d'un " travail de romains"... Translate Riba Daniel: Merci Eric. Ce site est en effet très original. Je le connais très bien car je possède un petit cabanon à Mons. Marie-T et Roger: Très intéressant, un beau travail de romain !!! 13 plus ones 13 one share 1 Jean-Michel Taconné Public Sep 26, 2013 Un clocher à bulbe en Haute Savoie A bulb churchtower in Haute Savoie. French Alps. #bellesphotos +Belles photos by +Jean-Louis LAURENCE +Claudya Bonnet #artistphotographeramateurorprofessional +Artist , photographer , amateur or professional by +jany viala #landscapephotography +Landscape Photography by +Margaret Tompkins +Bill Wood #hqsplandscape +HQSP Landscape by +Terrie Gray +Johnny Minor +Aamir Shahzad +Delcour Eric +Carina Marsh #europeanphotography +European Photo by +Janusz Brakoniecki +Jean-Louis LAURENCE +Michael Muraz +Susanne Ramharter +Ela Kupiec #pixelworld +PixelWorld by +Alberto Carreras #mountainphotos +Mountain Photos by +Baki Karacay #hqspnaturalother +HQSP Natural Other by +Valesa Diamontes +Mark HELM #architectureyesterdayandtomorrow +ARCHITECTURE YESTERDAY - TOMORROW by +Edith Kukla #mountainmonday by +Michael Russell Photo Joel 2b: belle photo. Maria Crupenschi: Bonne jour a vous avec de soleil et un peu de chaleurs,nous avons de soleil mais il est assez froid mady sach: nice church, great shot Add a comment... 117 plus ones 117 10 shares 10 BuzzFeed Public Feb 18, 2014 A bullfrog setting his young free. via http://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/1y8qb3/toad_mother_setting_her_young_free/ Animated Photo Tre D: Looks like that when I let my young free. John Rutene: everything is awesome Add a comment... 392 plus ones 392 86 shares 86 Mark Hayes Owner San Francisco 49ers Dec 29, 2014 Oh, I blame you for a lot more than not winning Super Bowls, Jed. You and your family are responsible for everything that's wrong with the team and have been since the late 90s. York: Hold Me Responsible If 49ers Don't Win SBs York: Hold Me Responsible If 49ers Don't Win SBs bleacherreport.com Mark Hayes: +Ashvin Muddappa The funny thing is that his father was even worse. Anybody remember Dennis Ericson? Ashvin Muddappa: Lol yes Adrian DeLong: +Ashvin Muddappa The league has figured Harbaugh out if you're happy with. 500 or even below .500 teams with Harbaugh. Then keep praising him. After the Superbowl loss he was asked to fire Roman which he didn't. The following year they barely made it to the NFC championship in which we lost to the Bitch Pigeons. Why? shitty play calling on the offense. This year no changes same shitty play calling barely won games 8 wins. 8 losses where we were blown out or blew big leads. If that's 49ers football to you than Harbaugh's your coach. Me I want Lombardi trophies & Harbaugh isn't going to get them. Wake the fuck up people 31 plus ones 31 3 shares 3 Christien de Beaufort Public Feb 21, 2015 Who made ISIS? Photo ISIS: America's Terrorist Mercenaries Sheilah Shakti: PLZ recall ISIS is an EGYPTIAN DIETY and ISIL is a former CIA , DIA, effort to intercept other's retailing Poppies and Coca Leaf derivitatives :: Recall Oliver North's legacy ???? Busily intercepting inner city youths curious minds with Crack Cocaine , while they and their buddies sit on thee sidelines doing RAILs of Cocaine :((( Think i am BS'ing ??? :: go here for further clarification :: https://plus.google.com/117293234635965615018/posts Sheilah Shakti: PLZ recall ISIS is an EGYPTIAN DIETY and ISIL is a former CIA , DIA, effort to intercept other's retailing Poppies and Coca Leaf derivitatives :: Recall Oliver North's legacy ???? Busily intercepting inner city youths curious minds with Crack Cocaine , while they and their buddies sit on thee sidelines doing RAILs of Cocaine :((( Think i am BS'ing ??? :: go here for further clarification :: Sheilah Shakti: +EndtheDrugWarToday.com i beg to differ :((( Add a comment... no plus ones no shares Petcube Funny Dogs and Puppies Apr 14, 2016 Siblings: Oh good you're up! 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Add a comment... 94 plus ones 94 20 shares 20 Sarah Jones Public Nov 25, 2014 Republicans Wrong: 135 Legal Scholars Say Obama’s Immigration Actions Are Constitutional Republicans Wrong: 135 Legal Scholars Say Obama’s Immigration Actions Are Constitutional politicususa.com Add a comment... 104 plus ones 104 16 shares 16 Citizens Fed Up Public Nov 5, 2014 Republicans didn't win as big as you think they did... "This election was not a referendum on Obama, but the midterms were a reflection of his presidency. Still, 2014 was hardly an endorsement of the GOP." http://bit.ly/2014-electionresults http://bit.ly/2014-electionmap #Vote2016 #Obama #Senate Photo Dennis Deckard: It seems to me that +Deron Huskey has not been taught history. Thomas Jefferson grew tired of appeasing the Muss
elmen with tribute and ransom for their piracy of American trade ships and kidnapping sailors. He trained up the Marine Corps to fight them...the Barbary Pirates..."to the shores of Tripoli", in the Marine Corps Hymn. But it is just a couple of journalists...fitting actually, since journalism is dead...<sarcasm off> Learn from history. It is the least you can do.
Michael Lederman: ROFL whatever you need tell yourself to get to sleep bud. Why not show the better map you know the House of Rep map or the Governor's map and maybe you'll change your tune. If that isn't a clear and concise referendum then you need change the definition. But I guess it is silly to expect you to get it, you've managed to miss the will of the people for awhile now and your blindness is getting tiresome. Linton Lewis: How do you know all this? Are you reading some kind of skewed Fox poll? Truth be told.
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