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Maryland Scraps Diebold Voting System
beadfulthings writes "After eight years and some $65 million, the state of Maryland is taking its first steps to return to an accountable, paper-ballot based voting system. Governor Martin O'Malley has announced an initial outlay of $6.5 million towards the $20 million cost of an optical system which will scan and tally the votes while the paper ballots are retained as a backup. The new (or old) system is expected to be in place by 2010 — or four years before the state finishes paying off the bill for the touch-screen system."
Your warm hands and soft fingers would feel delightful...
Listen to this hypnosis script:
What you need to do is find yourself a nice and comfortable place, and begin to relax. Starting with your feet. Just let yourself relax. Feeling your feet relaxing more and more as you become more and more relaxed. Just listening and obeying as you relax further and further, deeper and deeper; more and more relaxed.
And allow the relaxation to move upwards. Moving upwards into your calves. Your feet, and ankles, and calves. So deeply relaxed. Just deep, and obedient, and so completely relaxed. Feel the relaxation. Feel it getting deeper and deeper as you listen and obey and relax.
Now feel it moving upwards, upwards into your thighs. Let your thighs relax. Further and further, deeper and deeper, as you listen and obey and relax. just letting yourself relax and go deeper and deeper. Just listening to my voice as you obey and relax. Relaxing further with every word. Deeper and more and more relaxed. Just feel how comfortable you are as you relax further and further, deeper and deeper, more and more completely relaxed.
And let the relaxation continue. Continue moving up into your waist, as you relax further and further. So heavy. So comfortable. So completely relaxed and obedient. Just listening and obeying as you relax more and more. Deeper and deeper. More and more completely relaxed.
And feel the relaxation moving upwards. Upwards into your stomach, as you relax further and further. Sinking down deeper and more obedient. Deeper and more relaxed. Just listening to my voice and obeying as you go deeper and deeper. More and more completely relaxed.
Now let your breathing slow as the relaxation moves upwards, upwards into your chest. Just letting your breathing slow. Deep and heavy, so completely relaxed and obedient. Just deep and obedient and relaxed. Just listening to my voice as you relax further and further, deeper and deeper, more and more completely relaxed.
And let the relaxation flow, flowing upwards into your shoulders, and your whole body just heavy and comfortable as you listen to my voice and relax further and further, deeper and more obedient, more and more completely relaxed.
Now let your arms relax. So heavy and comfortable. So totally relaxed as you listen to my voice and let it take you deeper and deeper, more and more relaxed with every word. Everything I say relaxing you further and further.
Allow your hands to relax now. Your hands, your arms, your shoulders, your body, your legs, your feet, everything feels so good and so completely relaxed. Just drifting off deeper and deeper with every word. Your whole body completely relaxed as you listen to my voice and relax further and further, deeper and deeper.
Now let the relaxation move upwards, upwards into your neck. Your neck and face, so comfortable and heavy. So completely relaxed, as you listen to my voice and relax further and further, deeper and deeper. Just concentrating on the sound of my voice as you relax more and more. Every word taking you deeper and deeper. More and more obedient and relaxed. Just listen and obey and relax. Further and further. Letting your mind drift away, listening only to the sound of my voice as you sink down deeper and deeper, more and more completely relaxed. Just listening and obeying as you relax deeper and deeper.
I'm going to count down form ten to one. And when I reach one, you will be so deep and obedient, so totally relaxed.
Ten. Sinking down. Spiraling downwards. Deeper and more obedient with every word.
Nine. Deeper and deeper, further and further, more and more obedient and relaxed.
Eight. Sinking down now, further and further. Shutting out the world as you listen to my voice and relax more and more completely. More and more deeply relaxed.
Seven. So deep and comfortable. So totally obedient and relaxed. just listening to my voice and obeying as you relax further and further, deeper than you've ever been before. Every word carrying you downward, downward into a deep, deep trance
Result!
That was so boring I nodded off for a while. Hey, why am I all wet?
After digging around the page source, I've come up with the following solution.
If your browser allows user stylesheets (i.e. Opera, Konqueror), adding the following to your user CSS file should do it:
*.tags,
*.tagheader,
*.tagname
{
display: none !important;
width: 0pt !important;
height: 0pt !important;
background: white !important;
margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt !important;
padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt !important;
}
I've just now tried it, and it seems to work, but I take no responsibility if it breaks anything.
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