text:
Wrapping Up October
This last weekend adds more offerings, many which have been covered well and often by others in the media field, so here are my updates in the home and garden areas for those of you who aren't on all the popular SOM and group lists.
Nostalgia is the theme for Spruce Up Your Space specials and there are some superb ones; steamer trunks, an ice cream cart photo booth, and so much more. See the Flickr photos and find your favorites to check out in world. pitsch Parx was nice enough to send me over this lovely vase from UrbanizeD. Since it is moving weekend for me (yes again - fickle girl), I have a photo amidst the greasses on the mesa. A boudoir setting would be even more romantic *wink*.
Other news in the House and Garden's area includes some gorgeous free ferns at New Trails. Find them in boxes with floating text amidst the new 2 prim oak trees. And if you are in the market for a house, NOTsoBAD has three of its Arabian houses on super duper sale.
It is a great shopping weekend and Sunday hasn't even started, so have fun and enjoy the holidays.
Last Night
Posted by Chic Aeon in hunts on Friday, October 29, 2010
The cat is out of the bag, so if I wanted to be the one to let you know about this jacket, that is most likely not the case. It is from Class E top on a Halloween hunt. It was shown on a Spanish language blog yesterday with the location to the prize. Now the prize wasn't really hidden so that is most likely not a big deal. If you missed the exactness, I will just let you know the pumpkin is (or at least was) downstairs.
The jacket is extremely nice. What I didn't see on any other posts is that it has a biker graphic on the back. If you are not into that, long hair will cover it over nicely. There is a version for guys which is longer in sleeve and jacket length. Now as with many of these prim jackets, the belt dips into the body in some poses, AOs included most likely. Since that bothers me a bit I donned my new black sweater from SE Designs as an underlayer. I really do like keeping warm; its Fall in my neck of the woods.
I added my Addict's Utility Belt from the first hunt of that series. I lived in it last year for a week or two and I may just do that again. I hear an "outfit" calling.
Hair: Amacci Hair Paula ~ Dark Wine Tipped Black
Skin: []::Tuli::[] The Dressing Room :: Gina 06 (NLA)
Clothing: Veste cuir Noire Aquarelle; [[[ SWANSONG ]]] Timeless Jeans (Midnight); [SE*Designz] Turtleneck Sweater - blac
Shoes: Lazy Places [LP] Jax Boot
Accessories: HOC - Aviator style glasses #003 Female; [MN] Addict's Utility Belt; N326 cigarette
Poses by: LAP, Nicotine, Diesel Works
Babbage in Long Skirts
I love the Babbages. True, some spots are getting a little shopworn; change moves slowly in that corner of the world. Still, there is a consistency and that is often comforting in a world that moves at record speed. I lost one side of my mesa vista this morning. Ugliness amidst the previously clear golden skies. They aren't MY skies of course even though it feels like it sometimes. So, instead of pouting (well not too much), I moved some more cliffs over to protect my view and hurriedly dressed in a new release outfit from Prim and Pixel Paradise.
Off to Steampunk land I went......
There are several ways to wear the set including a short mini. I opted for a more traditional look. The new release comes in rose, fern and ivory sets. The prims are manual mod. The long, full skirt gave me the opportunity to try out some of the new releases from aDORKable Poses. I showed you some yesterday from the Bag Lady series; a couple of those at least are definitely going in my favorites folder. These are from the Poofy set, something as bloggers or photographers we need to keep handy.
While I love to dress up in period garb, I seldom wear it when working. Pants seem more appropriate as I am flitting about, flying and moving giant megaprims around. The good news is that the new Fanny outfit comes with pants that span the centuries and any alternate realities as necessary. The second bit of good news is that the Poofy poses work just fine even if you don't have a wide angled skirt adorning you hips.
The Fanny outfits are on special release price for a bit. You know the drill.
Hair: Amacci Hair Lena ~ Brown Auburn
Skin: []::Tuli::[] The Dressing Room :: Gina 06
Clothing: Fanny Outfit - Rose
Accessories: *Primagine* Wishbone Earring
Poses by:Adorkable
Inventory Control
Posted by Chic Aeon in comment
Hi Chic,
I notice, like me, you enjoy collecting things on hunts across the grid. I'm interested in how you keep your inventory under control. Mine is exploding!!! Any tips would be much appreciated :-)
Ask and I answer:
My inventory is currently at 20,000. It WAS at 15,000 after my last purge, but I have been getting so many lovely review items of late that it is growing. I make a concerted effort to keep my inventory low and well organized. Having 100,000 items does you little good if you don't know what you have or where it is *wink*. I also from time to time go through my whole inventory to weed out old things which -- while great at one time -- are no longer up to current standards. This is a project. I don't love it, but it does get me back in touch with what I have.
Whether review items or hunt prizes, I am very picky about what I keep. This is a personal choice; I am a minimalist at heart and I live that way in our other real world. So as I go through hunt items I toss anything that is not my style, that I don't like, that is poorly made or that I think I could never use. I keep anything that is nicely made, creative and that I hope to use in the future. I sometimes keep things I do not blog when they are new in hopes of using them later.
At the same time, I often toss items that I do blog (oh no!). Yes, I admit it. There are some perfectly lovely items that I feature that don't stay in my inventory -- things I think you will like, but that I will most likely never wear again. I do not have three red turtleneck sweaters for example. I keep the one I like the best, the one with more layer options perhaps or nicest textures and best fitting collar. The others go into database purging territory. I often (and this is a good trick for bloggers) keep additional colors of outfits packed and in with the unpacked example that I featured. I have also been known to REPACK extensive outfits that I might want to use again in the future but that have lots and lots of pieces. Chandra's and Ghanima's designs come to mind :D.
And unfortunately, the database continuously misplaces items. No that is too kind. It loses them, for good. I have a not too short list of things I loved that are gone.
Those 20,000 items are not just clothes and furniture favorites. They also include things I have made and sold. They include a ton of textures (some purchased, some hunt items) and lots of vendor photos. I would say a couple of thousand items are in those categories. I also have a very large collection of poses. The same rules apply there. If I have a pose very similar, one gets tossed. I go through new poses just like clothes and throw away the ones that don't fit me. Hands in hips and elbows in knees happen to me a lot, those long arms I started out with are still a part of me and sometimes problematic.
So that is my long answer. My short answer? Just keep what you love!
I spent much of the afternoon at DIVE. Lots of fun and a bit harder than the previous Halloween events, the bounty is definitely plenteous. I counted fifty items from the adventure and I know I missed some along the way. Here are a few shots of my personal favorites. EVERYTHING you see except for my shape, came from the prizes within the game.
Skins, accessories, hair, clothes and homewears can be found in disguised props. There are plenty of goodies for the guys. The game was lots of fun and I am happy to say my gal friend and I only cheated once. It seemed like the storyline continued well from our double click hopping, but we may have missed a room or two.
This is a longer game than the predecessors -- at least it was for us. More puzzles to solve, more places to explore. Time travel, mazes, jumps into darkness -- all in hopes of solving the mystery. If you venture over to play, be aware that prizes don't necessarily look like prizes and not all prizes have green dollar signs to show you they are buyables. Sometimes you need to right click and get a buy from the pie menu. I am sure I missed some along the way before I figured out the scheme of things. Some items appear to be prizes and are not, most likely because the original designers of the props had the object set to buy on click. So as any good adventure gamer knows, trust nothing. Anything could be a clue, a prize, a way out.
There is plenty of time to enjoy this years game, so take a friend and have fun.
Thanks to all the participating retails who gave generously. Sorry no styling credits with this post; tired. Pick up everything. Find your favorites.
Poses (new) by Adorkable.
Fall Poetry
I didn't have to think twice when I opened the notice that there was a hunt at the Poetry Garden. So many pretty things to gaze at, it is always a pleasure to visit. The new location is on the water so vista is in evidence. I also spied a fawn who may be new. At least I hadn't noticed him (or her) before. I really didn't NEED to rest after hunting for seven little orange (and glowing) boxes. They were pretty easy to find by just walking around. But I did want to share the baby deer with you and also let you know that the mushrooms you see in the photo are also free. Others are nearby.
The prizes are all very nice and definitely diverse, so it is likely there will be something -- or many things -- that fit into your abode. Most items are copy. The pumpkins and fern planters are permission-less so if you think you may need more than one, a return trip could be in order. You have until Nov ember 1.
The "cup of tree" prize is both fun and quirky; it is always nice to see creativity in building.
My costume of the day is my current default garb. You can see the style notes in this post. I tried to make up a new outfit for the day with the very cute shoes from the Tea Hunt, but alas, I just couldn't get it to come together. So I will wear them another time. I am sure they will be perfect for a post in the future.
I am heading out to DIVE at Sn@tch in a bit when my RL gal friend arrives. The three of us will be trying to solve the puzzles of the haunted hotel. It should be fun.
Crystal Gazing
Posted by Chic Aeon in props on Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Sometimes it might be nice to see into the future. If romantic novels are part of your escapist fantasies, if you are one of the few who can actually see past the boundaries of the present, or even if you simply like to play, the new Tale of Fortune prop set from (*chanimations is something to behold.
Before I unpacked the new set, I was wondering just where to set up my fortune telling table. Well wouldn't you know, a tent comes in the package. Not only is it a very cute tent, it has color options so you can coordinate with your outfit.
All in all, this is really a fun set and one of my favorites -- right up there with The Power of Word. Pick up a gypsy wagon, set up your tent and start your own fortune telling business in a fantasy sim such as one of the Winterfells. OR, just play. That works too.
My outfit is a mix of various role play pieces from the depths of my closet. Hair from Calico Creations and jewelry from Ticky Tacky (see last night's post for a close up photo).
Posted by Chic Aeon in comment on Monday, October 25, 2010
I went out hunting this eve. That has nothing to do with my snapshot *wink*, I just had a few things on my mind and I so hate posts that are only text. I am, actually, dressed for the morrow when I hope to show you some fun photos using Chandra's latest release (no hints). My necklace and earrings are from Ticky Tacky and those are all the fashion notes you get with this eve's prose.
The hunt could have been a good one, there were signs that it might be. But a few stops to places I would never actually visit of my own accord, no LMs or hints on the official blog, full sim locations with no "happy little footprint hints" -- you get the idea. I abandoned the hunt.
I am guessing there are at least fifty grid wide hunts this month. Baubles ( no longer viable but still there) is in one. I can tell you from long time hunt experience AND experience with the hunt group I am currently in (a good one) that attendance is WAY down. No one really wants to talk about these things, but since I don't consider myself a retailer any longer, I am happy to share my "personal info". It might make others feel better and that would be a good thing.
Business is way down in general. Designer are "dropping like flies" (not my quote but one from a member of a group I am part of). When faced with a bad economy, fewer shoppers, fewer BUYERS -- we can only expect that. I imagine that there are still some folks that are making money, but the good old days are definitely on hiatus -- for many of us anyway. Will they return? I don't know.
We all have to make our own adjustments to this climate change. We can stay. We can go (sometimes quietly disappearing in the night with no hints at all), or we can sit on the fence awhile longer. Our RL situations have much to do I imagine with how varied our choices are and how our enthusiasm fairs. Some designers have rereleased items, some have gone to low cost basics, some have (amazingly) produced some of their best work yet! We have no idea how this will all play out over time. It has been coming for a long while, clearly after the second quarter of 2010.
And how does this general downturn relate to tonight's hunt? It is simply a case of over-saturation. Those of us paying attention have watched it over and over again. Good ideas (Fifty Linden Friday?) become the fad. They get repeated and repeated and eventually no one cares any longer. I seldom even open the endlessly incoming notecards from sales events. I still check out what my favorite designers are putting up for the weekly (daily - hourly) sales groups, but the mass mailings just get tossed. Since I consider being "in the know" part of my personally definite job description, I can only guess that I am not alone in the tossing.
So, we had some spectacular grid wide hunts in the beginning (say 2.5 years ago). Then they became more popular, then a marketing scheme, then -- well honestly, most of them are fairly yawny these days. That doesn't mean there aren't some OUTSTANDING gifts out there, but finding them takes a lot of time and effort and the folks giving those great gifts often get lost in the shadows of the other less than fantastic participants.
I have no magic solution here. Baubles has signed up for the Peace on Earth hunt for December. I don't expect to make any sales (or very few anyway) from the hunt. I am participating principally because I get lots and lots of great items from designers through hunts and release items and I feel it is only fair to give a little back. And it is likely that the Baubles doors will close once again after the hunt is over. It is essentially dead.
SL can either be a hobby or a business. For those in business, this is most likely a pretty depressing time. I used to make a fair amount of money in SL, I didn't pay the rent or anything, but I hung out on the profit side of the ledger. Now, my sales come almost totally from the marketplace (Xstreet). Part of this I suspect is the continual worsening of in-world search. If you think about this from The Labs point of view, the unfriendliness is smart. If people can't find something in-world, they will often turn to the Marketplace -- assuming they know it exists. I do too these days. The Labs get a cut of each of those sales, so for them it makes good sense to lessen the ease of the local shopping experience.
I doubt anyone is still reading at this point *wink*, but here is my personal plan. I am back in free rent mode -- living on unused land of RL friends who mysteriously keep paying their yearlies (yeah). I am still working very hard taking "pretty pictures" and supporting the designers who are hanging in there. I am still having fun! Recently I built a mini mall and the beginnings of another, simply to see if I could. I don't expect to sell many, but I enjoyed the process and for me that was enough. Yesterday I was invited to be the next interiors stylist on display at the SL Home and Gardens sim and that has been a lot of fun!
So my point in all of this I guess is that being realistic needs to figure into our next moves. We can be optimistic, certainly, but pragmatism is often a wise mode to adopt when faced with the unknown.
And with that long winded rambling I will return to the other real world.
The end of the month is often slow for bloggers. Fewer new releases, hunts coming to an end -- not as much newness on the horizon. Happily, for those of us with the media handle, October doesn't seem to be one of those months. Lots of designers are already looking past our October 31 and Nov 1 holidays and into the beginnings of winter.
Fall is my favorite time of year. Cool crisp days -- with sun if we are lucky. But beyond that there are the quieter days of winter. Clouds and grayness urge us to slow down, take stock, go within.
Among some of this weekend's new releases are the Irina skins from Amacci. My favorites are the goth skins, the contrast of the makeups against the paleness is striking. I was also impressed by the eyelashes. No prims are involved in this shot and sometimes -- like when you are wearing glasses -- it is SO nice to be able to look good while doing without your favorites eye adornments.
My outfit is part of a large release of basics from [SE*Designz]. With turtlenecks, sweaters, shirts and leggings in a variety of colors, you can easily find those missing pieces to your everyday wardrobe.
Hair: Amacci Hair Doris ~ Sangria
Skin: Amacci ~ Irina Skin (Goth) - 04 Purple - HB Cleavage
Clothing: [SE*Designz] Knitted Sweater - red; [SE*Designz] Wool Leggins - black (Underpants Layer); [SE*Designz] Turtleneck Sweater - black
Shoes: MIEL HAI shoe
Poses by:LAP, Wetcat
Lazy Late Nights
Posted by Chic Aeon in shopping on Saturday, October 23, 2010
Busy days are good days. A sense of accomplishment, a subtle tiredness from activities and thought. It is nice to rest for a spell and reflect on the day.
Ibizarre has a new shorty sweater out called the Mara Jumper. It comes with built in beads dangling out of a tummy pouch. The extra details make this special. I had the perfect leggings for it, some almost year old patchwork numbers from Concrete Flowers. I think they were part of the dollarbie Advent promotion which I thoroughly enjoyed. Shoes were another matter. Eventually I remembered my trusty Decoy (tintable) boots. A little prim manipulation and color accenting and I was set. A perfect cozy outfit for a few hours at home. The sweaters come in lovely muted tones with mysterious names such as lagoon and woodbine :D.
Hair: Amacci Hair Ulrica ~ Red Auburn
Skin: []::Tuli::[] Jade (tone 4/br) :: 03a
Clothing: Ibizarre Mara Jumper - Lagoon; CONCRETE FLOWERS- Wishmas Leggins 4
Shoes: [Decoy] Jully Boots - Ivory Calf (tinted)
Poses by:rocker and Amacci
Retro Goth
Posted by Chic Aeon in shopping
Blue Blood has a new release that I LOVE! A few steps away from what we expect, it is both daring and classic. Able to span a few genres I can think of, I put together this look -- sort of classic, retro, vamp -- slumming in the piano bar. So much fun.
It comes with a more traditional ballroom skirt as well as other adornments. In my typical "less is more" mode, I included only the bare necessities. The new Diabla set also gave me a chance to show off some Jewelry Fair 2010 items that failed to make it onto these pages during that wild decorative time. The all black version of Diabla is shown. The outfit comes with various trim colors.
Eclectica's Vintage Rose jewels were perfect for this look. I chose the longer of the earrings. So delicate and lovely, they remind us that time cycles back to the beginning. And I was extremely happy to find a fitting match for the hair ornament from Bliensen + MaiTai.
My backdop is the Piano Bar from GOD on the Black and White Hunt. It officially starts today and I do plan on getting to some stops after I put in a bit of work. One thing I discovered when rezzing the bubble this time is that it is "temporary" only in its function. It is not a temp rez system as I reported on my earlier post. Hence, while I had over 300 prims to spare, a few parts went into the Netherlands and I had to manually delete the scene after my photos were taken. So -- make sure you are in a spot where there are enough prims when you rez.
Hair: EXXESS Designs -- NOSTIA blond 3
Skin: []::Tuli::[] The Dressing Room :: Gina 04; {Frick} Autumn's Fell Makeup - Medium
Clothing: +++BB+++ Diabla BLACK; E! Eclectic Fishnet Leggings
Shoes: BAX Prestige Boots Black
Accessories: Bliensen + MaiTai - Midnight - Hair Corsage; Eclectica Vintage Rose long earrings and necklace
Poses by:Posies, Behavior Body, Posemaster
Posted by Chic Aeon in hunts on Friday, October 22, 2010
Mouse Mimistrobell of Dark Mouse announced a 24 hour on the wall mini hunt at the shop. Find five items marked to $0. Buy them for? Well - ZERO. You have until 6 pm tomorrow to hunt. Have fun!
What a deal. Easy to do and I haven't been to one of these of awhile so fun. My two favorites are a pack of tote bag with "stuff" and a nice stained glass bangle set with plain silver hoop earrings.
And here's a close up. No new duds really except that I put on the A is for Autumn hunt corset top from WoE. Cute back, huh? Well the front is just as nice.
See the style notes in the previous post. Oops, I changed my jeans to Concrete Flower green cords :D. Pose by LAP.
Wandering Through the Mist
I've been out hunting and gathering today, a break from building and closet neatening. Some hunts? Not so good. But I did very well on the beginning of the Addicted to Halloween Hunt. I remembered that WoE was in the hunt so I zipped over there to begin a second section (for me anyway) of the hunt. Not only did I get some very nice, very low cut jeans with "blood" (I am going to imagine paint), there was also a "C" on the lucky chair. I garnered a nice tank top. I can't remember the last time I won a chair prize! Along with the jeans, you get a go-with-everything, shortish black cami on all layer. Bound to come in handy, it is a super basic.
My, ohsocute top is actually part of a dress from Hyper Culture. It looked so good with the jeans as I was trying things on, I deemed it a "look". I added a fun basket from Cheeky Pea (also from the hunt) and I was set. Now I know I am being arty here in the gloom and mist, so imagine the colors much brighter. Trust me, you want to go over and look for both of these sets. Click the photo for a larger view; you know you want to!
Another great outfit comes from Acid & Mala. Like the two previous prizes shown, this is only a small part of the set. Along with this tiny tutu type ruffle, there is also a bigger ruffled skirt and a long skirt. There are fishnet spiderweb tights that are great. As usual, I chose a simple styling. The bodysuit would work well under leather pants or jeans. Leave off the sleeves and wear a jacket? There are many, many possibilities.
These pentacle earrings are once again -- you guessed it -- only part of the prize pack from Baubles. There is a necklace for guys too and a simple orange and gold bangle.
OK. I felt badly about not showing the vibrant colors in the top, so here is a quick pic in lovely saturated color. The hunt sign is behind me. The pumpkins you are looking for are like the smaller darker one in the photo :D.
Hair: [LeLutka]-RUSH hair - ItsNotGinger
Skin: []::Tuli::[] Jade (tone 4/br) :: 10a
Shoes: BAX Prestige black
Poses by:EverGlow, No Strings Attached, LAP
Butterlies Are Free
My post title of the evening comes from an old movie. I don't remember much about it except that I liked it and that it was both sad and hopeful. As I was taking photos for this quick post I realized that while most days my features are simply about beauty and fashion and photography, some days they are actually therapy. Today was one of those days. There was nothing mediocre about today; things were either really good or really bad. The details don't matter and if you, dear reader, were part of the good stuff, I truly thank you. I did get to build finally and that was a plus.
So I am putting aside all the bad stuff and showing you some of the good. Just you and me and the butterflies on the mesa. I am not being lazy; the seemingly endless landscape calms me. It is home in a away that nowhere else is. So here are the Cliff Notes on my outfit:
My hair matches the cute boots of this morning's post, both from Bizarre Creations. The back is long and straight like they show on some TV commercials of late, so it must be coming back in style *wink*. Best of all the leaves move when you do (on the boots too).
My runny mascara is one of a huge release of tattoo makeups from ~TIK TOK~ Body Care. There are lipsticks and eye shadows too. AND if you are on the newer Viewer 2 official release or Kristen's viewer I hear that you can stack layer upon layer. What fun! I can't do that yet, but put in a vote for multiple tattoo layers to be moved up in the feature list on my third party viewer of choice --so maybe soon.
Jeta Designs on the A is for Autumn hunt. I liked it, but no matter how hard I tried I couldn't find an underlayer that I liked with it. Enter a gift from *Connors*; I found it while I was on the A is For Autumn hunt. Since people were TPing in to one spot and zipping off again, I figured something was up. And sure enough this very cute plaid capri jumpsuit set is only part of the current gift. It was in the middle of the floor when I was there, I think so anyway so look there first. Lots to see at all these stores of course, so take a peek at the diversity of wares.
My poses are from the acorn (Autumn) hunt also. Find them along with others in the prize from DeminAtions.
Hair: [Bizarre Hair] A Touch Of Fall Brown
Skin: []::Tuli::[] Jade (tone 4/br) :: The Deck (a)
Clothing: Jeta Designs Persephone Sweater; *Connors* BlackCheck Spats and tank top
Shoes: ABOMB Chic Wedges
Poses by:DeminAtions
The Hour Before Dawn
As I dressed to show you more great A is for Autumn Hunt finds, I scanned through my "photo op" folder to find a place to revisit. This isn't where I expected to be. Even though it is the same barn, albeit a few hundred meters away, it was empty when last I saw it. Now it is filled with horses. I had no clue there were this many breedable horses in SL. There must be a hundred -- or it seems that way.
Hence this turned into a photo op rather than a hunt report. See the style notes for the various shop info.
Hair: Amacci Hair Paula ~ Amber Tipped Black
Skin: []::Tuli::[] The Dressing Room :: Gina 05;
You are looking for acorns (small)
Style Notes #1:
Clothing: Back&Writer Unlimited Autumn Shirt Edition; The Secret Store - Pumpkin Tights
Shoes: [Bizarre Bootz] from Bizarre Creations
Style Notes #2:
Clothing: [Charisma] Burgundy Leather trench Coat
Accessories: Ear Candy ~ Entwined Bracelet ; Mimi's Choice MEB : Grey Scarf
Poses by: LAP and EverGlow
An Afternoon of Acorns
Posted by Chic Aeon in hunts on Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Since it was still not a building day for me ("Failed to Rez, Failed to Rez, Failed to Rez"), I continued on with the A is for Autumn Hunt. With the help of the hints, I found most of the prizes and didn't need to search for the next stops often. There are lots of great gifts and some very nice new-to-me stores on this hunt trail. I have more highlights to show you, but time is short as Blogger photos will be off for awhile in just a bit.
Ear Candy includes both dangling earrings and a charm bracelet with oh so many collected memories. It reminded me of my mother's silver charm bracelet. I wore it as a teenager and had it for many years. It either disappeared in a burglary or I lost it in a move. Either way it is only a remembrance now and it was good to revisit the times when I played with all the movable charms.
Charisma's acorn has a big set of clothes for both gals and guys. Included in the mix is this burgundy Henley (the guys get a brown version) with tuck in option. Some nice black cord jeans (both layers are included) as well as a trench coat which I plan on showing you in the morrow are part of the pack.
There are several Viewer 2 tattoo makeups as prizes. My personal fav is shown in the top photo. It is a bright orange leaf from Garded Secret.
Hair: Amacci Hair Paula ~ Amber Tipped Black
Skin: []::Tuli::[] The Dressing Room :: Gina 05
Clothing: [Charisma] Burgundy Long Sleeve Top ; [Charisma] Black Corduroy Pants (Autumn Hunt)
Accessories: Ear Candy ~ Fortune Teller Bracelet and Earrings (Fortune Teller Hunt)
Poses by:[what next] chair, Behavior Body


text:
Prima mea vizită la New Delhi
- Fiți pregătiți pentru temperaturi extreme aproape pe tot parcursul anului, dacă veniți în vară, vremea este extrem de fierbinte și umedă, iar în timpul iernii este extrem de rece și sumbră. Ca un indicator adăugat fi pregătit să-ți dai plămânilor o excersie deoarece Delhi are un nivel destul de mare de particule în materie de aer.
What to wear?
Delhi is a city of vivid and wide cultural diversity so you can probably get away with anything you wear, unless it is a too revealing in which case you might attract undue attention to yourself.
Currency, Passport & other belongings.
This is trivial, and might I add a must whether you are coming to India or visiting any place else on Earth.
- Keep all currency, card on your self.
- Keep your ID, Passport on your self.
- Anything in sling bags, waist pouches, bag packs is on the risk of being taken away.
- It is ideal to store your extra currency and passport in pockets on the inside of your jeans/pants and maybe inside of pockets if you have them tailored to your vests.
- It is not the best idea to let your credit card out of your sight at any POS.
- Keep your phone secured in pocket as well while roaming on streets, especially when you are on the roads, on foot path you are much safe.
- If possible do not let any unknown person lug you luggage even for one second, they might pretend to help you but can have something else in their minds.
Choosing a Hotel in Delhi
It's a daunting task to find a perfect hotel for your specific needs, nevertheless we can achieve the best hotel in we follow the following points.
- Make up your mind the budget you will allocate to the hotel, it should be a range, say 2000 to 3000 INR.
- Find hotel which are in famous localities, do not venture into residential areas, instead select hotels in market areas, this way you are never lonely.
- Find a hotel with good proximity to the metro station, most famous and easy mode of transport.
- Check for basic amenities and inclusions such as WIFI, breakfast, shuttle services.
- Make a list of at least 3-4 hotels because it is possible that if you select one it might be sold out already.
- Find the best rates for the hotel, send them a email directly, check all online websites especially local OTA which are region specific.
- In case you have any unanswered questions send them a email and have their answers on record for future references.
Places to visit in Delhi.
There are various kind of points of interest which are worth visiting in Delhi.
- The Red Fort
- Qutab Minar
- Akshardham Temple
- India Gate
- Chattarpur Temple
- Jantar Mantar
- Humayuns Tomb
- many more such famous tourist spots of historical and architectural nature.
Among other kinds of interesting places are shopping malls and areas like
- Karol Bagh Market
- Sarojini Nagar Market
- DLF Emporio Mall
- DLF Promenade Mall
- DLF Mall of India
- Ambience Mall
- Cannaught Place
- Khan Market
- Delhi Haat
- many more such big markets and malls.
Entertainment in Delhi.
A necessary part of any trip is to have some recreational activities, some fun, some entertainment in places such as amusement parks, gardens, parks and museums, named below are a few.
- Nehru Park
- National Rail Museum
- Crafts Museum
- Worlds of Wonder
- Drizzling Land
- Adventure Island
- Kingdom of Dreams
- many more such avenues of entertainment.
Mode of travel.
This is very important factor in determining the final satisfaction level achieved, if an optimum selection is made for traveling your trip will be successful and enjoyable.
- Use metro when traveling in non peak hours such as between 11 AM to 5 PM.
- Buying a metro day pass or a card will help you save lots of time and money, but buy one if you intend to utilize it.
- Avoid using over crowded public transport buses.
- Using Auto rickshaw / Tuk-tuk for going to places which do not have access to metro, but be fully aware of the routes being taken, use your mobile.
- In case of extreme weather it is advisable to use OLA/UBER cab instead of Auto Rickshaw to save your self from extreme weather conditions, you can also download India specific app for these services and pay in cash or card.
- Hotel provided mode of transport though a bit expensive will be most easy and secure because the cars/drivers have responsibility and are used to ferrying tourists.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
BETHLEHEM, Pa. � Composer Steven Sametz has written dozens of pieces in his long and prolific career, perhaps none so personal as the one he�s about to begin: a requiem for the victims of the schoolhouse massacre in Newtown, Conn.
The Lehigh University music professor grew up about 20 miles from Newtown, where a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012.
�I know well what it was like to grow up in a small Connecticut town, and in what should have been, for all, a really beautiful time of life,� Sametz said in an interview at Lehigh, a private school north of Philadelphia. �And it struck me that these children were cut from that, tragically.�
Sametz recently won a $25,000 music prize from the University of Connecticut to compose a piece for chorus and orchestra, based on the idea that music can aid the healing process � and he�s seeking ideas and input from children around the U.S. His working title: �A Child�s Requiem.�
�This is just my way of putting something into the world that might be positive or helpful in the face of something that was horrifying,� he said.
Musicians often respond to tragedy by working out their emotions in song and helping provide catharsis to others. Music played a huge part in the one-year observance of the Sept. 11 attacks, for example, with choral groups around the world performing Mozart�s �Requiem� on the anniversary of the moment when the first plane hit in New York.
�That�s what musicians do in times of crisis,� said Jeffrey Renshaw, director of the Sackler Composition Prize program at UConn. �It helps the healing process, both for the performers and the audience. Everyone has things that they can do, and that�s the thing that we can do.�
Renshaw said he expects �a very powerful work� from Sametz, 59, best known as a choral composer who has created pieces for the Grammy-winning choral group Chanticleer and many other ensembles.
Sametz is seeking inspiration from elementary school kids around the country for his �Requiem,� asking them to submit pictures and words that express their ideas about tragedy and loss.
He�ll use the children�s thoughts to weave the libretto, or text, of the piece, �because I think that is the voice I am trying to capture, the peer group of those most affected at Sandy Hook.�
So far, schools in Connecticut, New York City, Philadelphia and elsewhere have agreed to participate. He said he�s heard from inner-city schools in Philadelphia that enroll students who have seen family members shot.
One of his first submissions came from 7-year-old Jessica Stone, who lives in the Allentown area and put crayon to paper after a discussion with her mother about what happens to people when they die.
�That was kind of very sweet, coming out of the mouths of babes, talking about heaven and all the toys are there and there�s no more pain,� said her mother, Mary.
Jessica�s crayon drawing shows two friends holding hands � newly minted angels on a cloud to heaven � along with a sun and rainbow.
�You go to a very happy place,� Jessica said.
It�s that kind of imagery that Sametz hopes will spark his creative process. His composition will have its debut at UConn in 2015 and will be reprised at Lehigh, with an exhibition of the children�s art to accompany the performances. UConn plans to invite the families of the Sandy Hook victims to attend.
Sametz intends �A Child�s Requiem� as a musical commemoration of Newtown�s dead � and as a balm to ease the pain of the people who loved them.
�We do these things for the living,� he said. �We do it for the comfort of those left behind.�


text:
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Tell Me
A story...
I need inspiration
Heart Racing
Favorite Birthday Gifts
The Loss of a Beloved Pet
I Need...
To Touch Me
10 comments:
- webb said...
Once upon a time there was a wonderful, sensual Queen who wrote beautiful stories of her life and loves. Her subjects waited with baited to breath to see what new tidbit she would share. She had a wonderful Prince son, whom she loved and a wine cellar filled with the very best vintages. Armies of wine salesmen plagued her with inferior brews, but she chose only the best to reveal to her subjects. And, so they loved her more. The End.
What? you wanted something personal? way too daunting!
here's a fairy tale: spring is coming.
- March 16, 2014 at 7:08 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
My Gorgeous Samantha,
Ok, how it works is, we come here, and you tell us stories. We're not your inspiration, Love, you're our inspiration. You touch us first, you see, and then we touch you back.
Now that I've set you straight, get to it. Inspire us, make us laugh, make us cry, make us wet the bed, and we'll touch you all over.
I love you.
- March 16, 2014 at 9:02 AM
- Unknown said...
Here's a story for you. This Friday I have a meeting scheduled with a farmer who owns a couple acres of vines. It may be the opportunity of a lifetime, or it may be a waste of two hours. But sometimes, just knowing that I'm trying is enough to give me confidence that I will eventually reach my goals.
- March 18, 2014 at 9:12 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Thank you. I'm growing increasingly weary of hearing my own...erm, fingers/voice and story, am aching to be a part of someone else's if only for as long as it takes to read a few lines. I will wake thinking of you Friday kiddo and thank you for letting me peak behind your curtain for a second....fresh air.
- March 18, 2014 at 10:06 AM
- Unknown said...
Thanks for the support, Sam! I'll let you know how things progress...
- March 18, 2014 at 10:28 AM
- Winey The Elder said...
Struggling with this one, Samantha. I really want to spin some yarn that meets your request but.....you set the bar pretty high with your captivating style of storytelling...and everything I think to write - I mean you said PLEASE and everything, seems like I should try - but it feels so pedestrian and pedantic....that said (and apologies) her goes: Two perfect moments in time: The last night of September in Chinon, when Didier was closing his restaurant for the season, heading off to southern France to woo any and all women (and trying desperately to start with the one on my arm), opening his kitchen and cellar until first light of dawn, calling all his friends who might speak an iota of English so that our little party of rapidly becoming best friends would feel more at home; magnum after magnum of well aged chinon and course after course of whatever he could make, to use up his larder of everything that wouldn't survive the six months of vacation he takes every year; a night that I will never forget. Or the time that I was traveling across Alabama in August in an old Buick without AC, just mind numbingly hot and miserable. A car full of jubilant young men passed me going about 80, raising a beer in my direction in salute and then slowing down to my plodding 60, so that the young man riding shotgun could reach across a perilously close distance to hand me an ice cold beer and save me from certain heat related death.
Most often, it seems, my stories feel like "you had to be there". Yours, on the other hand, make me feel like I am there. I can understand the need for pause. You give so very much of your soul. That's what I got, kid. All other stories will require a bottle, a booth and a bit of your time.
- March 24, 2014 at 5:23 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Thank you love. I adored both stories and your reason for sharing them...for me. I just need to hear someone else's voice for a bit, let it speak to and soothe me while I see if I can find, or want to find mine. I adore you for the implied hug and the stories....both made me smile.
- March 24, 2014 at 4:34 PM
- Unknown said...
No blogs lately? You need to tell us a story pretty soon!
- March 30, 2014 at 9:07 PM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Awe, you might make me think you are missering me and some junk.
- March 31, 2014 at 1:25 PM
- Unknown said...
Definitely. There are too many practical, analytically wine blogs on these silly interwebs. I want a blog about loving wine. You're the best at that.
- gabe
- April 2, 2014 at 11:08 PM


text:
The standard zoom kit lens for the Canon EOS is notoriously second-rate but the EF-S 17-85mm is worlds apart, offering stellar image quality and handling.
Even wide-open images were razor-sharp all the way down to 0.35 metres, with macro facilities at short range. Colour and contrast impress too.
The USM autofocus system is quiet, fast and accurate, and there's manual override in AF mode. Switches on the side of the lens barrel enable AF or manual focus selection and turn on or off the lens's other claim to fame - image stabilisation.
In our tests, this didn't work as consistently as on Nikon's latest lenses, but it was good nonetheless. The only drawback is the high price for a lens that has a maximum aperture of f/4-5.6.


text:
The Viking Ship museum at Bygdøy in Oslo has the best preserved Viking ships anywhere in the world.
The Royal Palace of Norway is located in the centre of Oslo, at the end of Karl Johans gate (the main street going through Oslo).
Changing of the guard at the Royal Palace is a thing all tourists in Oslo should see. It happens every day at around 1:30 pm.
The Nobel Peace Center presents the Nobel Peace Prize and its ideals. It is an arena where culture and politics merge to promote involvement, debate and reflection around topics such as war, peace and conflict resolution.
Astrup Fearnley Museum was built as part of Tjuvholmen Icon Complex (2006-2012) and was designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop in collaboration with Narud-Stokke-Wiig (Oslo).
Akershus Fortress or Akershus Castle is a medieval castle that was built to protect Oslo, the capital of Norway.
The Oslo Opera House is the home of The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, and the national opera theatre in Norway.
The National Gallery of Norway.
Oslo Cathedral wishes all visitors welcome in our lovely church. The Cathedral is open every day all week (see programme for opening hours).
Since 5 March 1866, the Norwegian parliament has met in the Parliament of Norway Building at Karl Johans gate 22 in Oslo.
The Oslo City Museum is situated at Frogner Manor in the southern part of Vigeland park (Frognerparken). It is a museum of cultural history with one of the largest collections of paintings in Norway.
This museum contains a large collection of historical items, including the only complete Viking helmet ever found, Egyptian mummies and Stave church portals.
The Vigeland Museum is the sculpture museum of Oslo. Our responsibilites and ambitions are two-folded. The Museum is dedicated to Gustav Vigeland.
The Vigeland Park is the world's largest sculpture park made by a single artist, and is one of Norway's most popular tourist attractions. The park is open to visitors all year round.
Oslo City Hall is the political centre of the municipality of Oslo and the place of work for 450 municipal employees and politicians.


text:
Snow good for some businesses
It only took the first few snowflakes for customers to invade local hardware stores to stock up on supplies, and business owners gladly welcomed the forecast.
Pallets of salt and ice melt were wheeled into Puhl's True Value at 68th and Milwaukee streets in Wauwatosa on Tuesday morning.
Manager Steven Brunn said the shipment came just in time.
"As of 8:30 a.m., we were completely sold out of salt. Our truck just arrives about 8:45 a.m. We were selling it out of the warehouse, and now we got 50-, 25-pound bags of salt," Brunn said.
Alyssa DeHaan grabbed her bag.
"We are out early. We (have to) work around the kids' schedule but also be prepared for the weather to come," DeHaan said.
Nathan Szalay loaded a bag of salt and sand into his SUV, but he wasn't complaining. He called it routine.
"It's Wisconsin. You shovel it and go to work, you know? (I'm) 38 years old and been doing it probably 25 years of my life at least, so it's nothing new to me," Szalay said,
As some people cringe to see the snow falling again, at hardware stores, they love this weather because the more people who come in for salt and shovels, means more sales.
It is also why a new order of shovels were also quickly opened and re-stocked.
The Puhl's manager said in the Wauwatosa neighborhood, sidewalks and driveways are cleared quickly, so he's not surprised the snow brought the rush.
As long as it hangs around, he's prepared to order more supplies. Puhl's said any leftover salt will get stored in the back for next year.


text:
25 N Duke St, Suite 101, York, PA 17401 • 717-779-8629
HDR Inc. specializes in engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services. While we are most well-known for adding beauty and structure to communities through high-performance buildings and smart infrastructure, we provide much more than that. We create an unshakable foundation for progress because our multidisciplinary teams also include scientists, economists, builders, analysts and artists.
25 N Duke St
Suite 101
York, PA 17401
United States
Need a Price Quote for Your Waste?
Affordable solution, fast & easy.


text:
VIDEO DOWNLOAD - Dangerous Divas 2 - ODB
OBD earned her name... Old Dirty Bitch! Watch this DVD and you'll understand her name is dead on. She likes to fight dirty, take short cuts in the ring, and abuse her opponent whenever she can. If you like 'em rough, she's your girl!
UNCENSORED VERSION! May contain adult language and wardrobe malfunctions.
- ODB vs. Christie Ricci
- ODB vs. Traci Brooks
- ODB vs. Daffney
- ODB vs. Amber O'Neal
- Tag Team Action:
Christie Ricci & Daffney vs. ODB & Traci Brooks
- Bonus Match (infront of a live crowd):
ODB & Traci Brooks vs. Amber O'Neal & Shark Girl
Running Time 1 hr 1 min
Average Customer Review: Not yet rated
Write an online review and share your thoughts with others.


text:
Disclaimer: I don't have it all figured out, I run around like crazy most of the time, work-life balance is this elusive goal that seems to get further away the older I get, and sane is not something my husband would normally call me.
A few months ago I realized that while finding balance in my life was going to wait until I am 80, I needed to find it for at least a few minutes at a time (notice I did not write every day – that would be too much of a stretch.). It's nothing groundbreaking – not much energy for that – but perhaps it can be helpful to other overworked busy professional moms.
I read a book (usually very short) to my daughter every day.
You know the routine: At night you run home from work, try to get some dinner on the table while talking to your kids about their day, cleaning up, thinking about lunches for tomorrow, and trying to get your mom off the phone. I only have a bit more than an hour to see my daughter at night before it's her bedtime and I found that I was just rushing through this time trying to get things done (and I am lucky to have a husband who is home in time to give her a bath and help with bedtime). Once she was in bed, I felt sad that we didn't actually get to play or have any fun while we were together. So I made a rule for myself – somewhere in this chaos to read a book to her. Usually it's just five minutes, but we're sitting together, no one is running around, and it feels really, really good.
I drink tea and eat a piece of dark chocolate in the afternoon.
Yes, all those Dove commercials got to me. I make tea – microwave is a nice thing to have at work – take a piece of Dove Dark Chocolate – and read something online while I pretend to relax. This doesn't happen every day nor am I able to actually stop working when I do this, but I think it does slow my mind down a bit, which is a gift.
I do one thing at work before I check my email.
I make a list of what I have to do. Read a report or an article that's been sitting on my desk. Go through a document I need to review. It doesn't matter what it is but doing it before letting the sea of email wash over me and distract me for the next four hours makes me feel more organized and productive.


text:
Now showing items 1-1 of 1
Sex differences in health and mortality in Moscow and Denmark.
(Eur J Epidemiol, 2014-04)
In high income countries females outlive men, although they generally report worse health, the so-called male-female health-survival paradox. Russia has one of the world's largest sex difference in life expectancy with a ...


text:
This just in – a review from Textura.org of the latest on Hypnos, from Numina:
"Judging on the basis of The Deception of Reality, Numina's deep ambient is about as deep as ambient gets. American ambient composer Jesse Sola takes the listener on a seventy-five-minute journey through the outer reaches of space on his fourth Numina release on Hypnos and his first since 2007's Shift to the Ghost. Though five tracks are indexed and titled, the material plays like an uninterrupted travelogue of epic proportion and immersive character. As a purely listening experience (and played loud enough for maximum impact), the material exudes a grandiose quality and registers as the sonic equivalent of a towering classical architectural structure.
The Deception of Reality carves out an immense reverberant space within which radiant synthetic elements resound and where impenetrably dense textures form backdrops to shimmering electronics and serpentine melodic patterns. Percussive strikes intermittently emerge, though they have less impact in this context when the non-percussive elements are already pitched at such a high level. Long swaths of synthetic sounds stretch across the vast spaces and ethereal choral voices occasionally surface, too. The intensity level remains feverishly high throughout the opening parts, "The Illusion Transmission" and "Our Elegant Experience," which makes "In Cerulean Haze" all the more appealing for providing a ten-minute interlude of relative placidity and quietude. The nearly twenty-minute "Empire of Nothing" perpetuates that serene state in its swirls of washes and softly whistling tones, after which the luminous "Translunary Return" provides an equally soothing resolution to the project as a whole. That the album is heavily synth-based is borne out by sleeve info
that lists the synthesizers (eight by my count) that Sola used to generate the tracks' sounds. Production details aside, The Deception of Reality clearly suggests that lovers of deep ambient will find Numina's material satisfying in the extreme."
–Reviewed by Textura.org
Our thanks to the crew at Textura!


text:
Car Accident Leaves One With Minor Injuries
JEFFERSON CITY — Officers from the Jefferson City Police Department responded to a vehicle accident on US Hwy 54 and US Hwy 50 Monday afternoon.
The official report for the accident stated that Aaron Welschmeyer, 38 of Tebbetts, drove a truck behind an SUV driven by 66-year-old Terry Robertson of Hannibal.
Robertson slowed down to make a left turn and continued to travel eastbound on US Hwy 54, according to the police department's investigation. The report stated that Welschmeyer was checking for traffic in another lane and did not see Robertson preparing to turn.
Welschmeyer's vehicle crashed into the rear of Robertson's vehicle. The accident report stated that emergency officials transported Robertson to a local hospital for the treatment of minor injuries which was sustained in the crash.
Officials reported no other injuries.


text:
Have an account?
Need an account?Create an account
Cisco IOS® Secure Multicast is the first native IP Multicast encryption that does not rely on a tunnel-based architecture, lowering administrative overhead and helping ensure optimum WAN flexibility.
• Multicast traffic protection-It provides the ability to protect multicast traffic without any form of additional encapsulation.
• Scalability-It allows for one-to-many and many-to-many relationships.
• Manageability-It allows for easier configuration and enhanced manageability.
• Native IPsec encapsulation-It provides native IPsec encapsulation for IP Multicast traffic.
• Key and policies distribution-It offers a centralized key and policies distribution mechanism through the GDOI key server.
• Simplified troubleshooting-It simplifies troubleshooting by lowering overall complexity.
• Extensible standards-based framework-It uses an extensible, standards-based framework.
Figure 1. MPLS Backbone
Scalable Keying Mechanism and Network Device Authentication
Group Domain of Interpretation
Figure 2. Protocol Flows That Are Necessary for Group Members to Participate in a Group
Figure 3. Shows the ISAKMP Phase 1 Exchange
Note: The GDOI protocol uses User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port 848 (with Network Address Translation-Traversal (NAT-T); it floats to 4848).
Key Server
Group Member
Deployment Example: Multicast VPN over an MPLS Network
Figure 4. Multicast VPN over an MPLS Network
IP Multicast over Satellite
Figure 5. IP Multicast over Satellite


text:
Young infants are not sufficiently protected against measles
Young infants appear to have a gap in their protection against measles, from around two to three months old until they are vaccinated at 12 months of age, finds new research published in the British Medical Journal today.
This is because the level of antibodies infants get from their mother drops over time, leaving them susceptible until they are vaccinated.
These findings underline the importance of measles vaccination at around 12 months of age and support ongoing research into earlier vaccination.
The study involved 207 healthy women-infant pairs recruited from five hospitals in the Province of Antwerp, Belgium from April 2006.
Medical records were used to divide women into two groups: those who had been vaccinated against measles during infancy and those with naturally acquired immunity from measles infection earlier in life.
Levels of measles antibodies were measured from blood samples taken during week 36 of pregnancy, at birth (cord blood), in all infants at 1, 3 and 12 months, and randomly at either 6 or 9 months.
Vaccinated women had significantly fewer antibodies than did naturally immune women. Similarly, infants of vaccinated women had significantly lower antibody levels than infants of naturally immune women.
The presence of maternal antibodies lasted a median time of 2.61 months - 3.78 months for infants of naturally immune women and 0.97 months for infants of vaccinated women.
At six months of age, over 99% of infants of vaccinated women and 95% of infants of naturally immune women had lost their maternal antibodies. And at 9 and 12 months, no positive samples were left in either group.
The researchers found no significant impact of breastfeeding, birth weight, educational level, caesarean section or day care attendance on the duration of maternal antibodies.
This study describes a very early susceptibility to measles in both infants of vaccinated women and women with naturally acquired immunity, say the authors. If future studies show that measles vaccines can be offered with success at an age of less than nine months, policy makers could consider moving forward the routine measles vaccination programme.
For the moment, they suggest early vaccination should be considered during an outbreak or after contact with siblings with measles, and for infants travelling or migrating to endemic areas.
"Most importantly, we confirm the extreme importance of timely administration of the first dose of measles vaccine," they conclude.


text:
Visit our Discord community hangout and have a real-time talk with the regulars, and keep track of UnrealSP.org developments.
Development on a new site is currently in-progress.
Until then, site contents are available on the Legacy site!
Additionally, newer content written by our staff is available in a temporary subforum.
We sincerely apologize for the delays in recreating the site.
Moderators: ividyon, Semfry, zYnthetic
Post Posted: 08 Jun 2017, 18:38
Waffnuffly wrote:It's tarydium-doped smoothies. Drunk by the player, I mean. The player is tripping balls. The whole game actually takes place in a large city and the player thinks he's on an alien world.
Post Posted: 10 Jun 2017, 01:37
Sat42 wrote:I love to check out these threads every other day awesome stuff evilgrins and jaypeezy!
Post Posted: 19 Aug 2017, 01:15
Post Posted: 13 Oct 2017, 02:09
Post Posted: 13 Oct 2017, 06:10
Post Posted: 18 Oct 2017, 04:50
Post Posted: 23 Oct 2017, 23:11
Post Posted: 25 Oct 2017, 11:40
Diego96 wrote:Now that I notice, I see my first two screenshots have the same armor (1220) and health level but I have three more weapons obtained in the second shot and no shortage of ammo.
Post Posted: 22 Mar 2018, 22:58
Post Posted: 19 May 2018, 09:22
Post Posted: 23 Dec 2018, 21:34
Post Posted: 18 Jan 2019, 05:02
Post Posted: 06 Feb 2019, 00:05
UTNerd24 wrote:hesitant to use the computer in the hot weather.
Post Posted: 23 Feb 2019, 08:20
Post Posted: 04 Sep 2019, 03:04
Return to "Off Topic"
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest


text:
Formendacil wrote:Shadow wrote:Huh? Where is Henry? I put my name on the list next, but have no idea when he'll come.
At his current rate of speed? About 4-5 years...
Yeah, I sent him on to the next person on about May 1 or so. In the intervening five months he's only made it to four people. If we assume 10 people per year, that means 5 more years until we reach the end of the current list.


text:
October 17, 2012
Zombie Encounters
Even though I'm not participating in this year's Countdown to Halloween, I'm still reading a few horror comics to get into the Halloween Spirit (just not Eisner's Halloween Spirit). I'm currently tackling The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2. I read the first volume about two years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it, so I thought I'd give the second book a try instead of reading one of the hundreds of books I already own. Even after a two year gap in reading and issue of Walking Dead, it wasn't too difficult to get back into the story without feeling lost.
I've made it about halfway through the book so far and I'm enjoying it. Kirkman provides plenty of zombie gore to keep things traditionally horrific, but the real horror and suspense shows up when there aren't any zombies around. In particular, I found the semi-normal "suburban" scenes especially disquieting. No zombies, no blood, no nothing: it's just a feeling distrust and suspense in an otherwise normal setting.
Somebody should make a TV series out of this comic. I jest: I will check out the show when it makes it to Amazon Prime. Perhaps it's a reason to subscribe to Netflix, if it's available there.
And then there's the panel below, which is my favorite discovery in my reading so far:
It's not the zombies crashing into the room that's so appealing, it's the unexpected Cosmic Encounter reference on the tee-shirt (there is a Zombie character in the game, to keep working the Walking Dead theme). Ah, Cosmic Encounter:
(Image from BoardGameGeek.)
This was a game my friends and I played incessantly, starting sometime shortly after it was published in 1977 through 1986 or so. I think H bought it at The Compleat Strategist in King of Prussia, PA (it was called Strategy and Fantasy World back then; I'm partial to the old name). It's still in business, but in a different location than where it was in the Dark Ages. Way back then, it was a treat to go to a game store and browse for hours. Kids today don't know how good they have it, with that there Internet and whatnot.
The game has a fairly significant on-line presence. It has its own wiki, the art of which looks like it's from a later edition of the game than what I am familiar with, but it jibes with my overall memory of the game. BoardGameGeek has a page with links to Cosmic Encounter's history, some polls, fan discussion, and user created expansion kits. (BoardGameGeek is H's go-to site for game information. It's a great resource.)
There's also an on-line game. Perhaps a Comic Treadmill Cosmic Encounter Tournament is in order. I'll have to run that by H.


text:
This location, at the corner of Fulton and South Streets, will house the discount theatre booth while the permanent location in the Seaport Marketplace at the corner of Front and John Streets is being renovated. TKTS Seaport has been closed since it was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy last October.
TKTS Downtown Manhattan offers same-day tickets for evening performances and next-day tickets for matinee performances of Broadway and Off-Broadway shows at up to 50 percent off full price. Operating hours for TKTS Seaport at Fulton and South Street are Monday-Saturday from 11 AM-6 PM and Sunday from 11 AM-4 PM.
This temporary location is part of the Seaport's SEE/CHANGE Summer Program which is offering retail, dining and cultural offerings in an effort to help revitalize the local community.
"We're thrilled to again serve theatregoers living and working in Downtown Manhattan," TDF's managing director Michael Naumann said in a statement. "We felt that we owed it to the community to be back for them this summer. The rebuilding of our permanent location was taking longer than we had hoped, and so this temporary booth, just steps away at Fulton and South Streets, was the perfect solution."
TKTS is operated by Theatre Development Fund (TDF), a not-for-profit service organization for the performing arts. TKTS opened June 25, 1973, and has distributed over 58.5 million tickets to Broadway, Off-Broadway, music and dance events since it first opened for business. Theatre Development operates two other TKTS Booths: The main TKTS Booth, which just celebrated 40 years in Times Square, and a satellite TKTS Booth in Downtown Brooklyn at 1 MetroTech Center.
Theatregoers can see in advance what shows are up for sale at TKTS by downloading the free TKTS app at tdf.org/tktsapp or see online at tdf.org/tktslive. More information about TKTS can be found by visiting tdf.org.


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - teaching in wa Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in teaching in wa Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Australia/New Zealand View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message josephJoined: 08 Nov 2005Posts: 2 Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:53 am Post subject: teaching in wa I'm a qualified primary school teacher from NSW, who plans to move to perth, WA next year. But I've spent the last 10 years teaching English in Japan. I have a post grad dip. in Linguistics/TESOL and would prefer to teach esl/efl to adult students. Is it possible to make a career out of efl/esl teaching in Perth? Since I've been out of elementary school teaching so long, I don't have the inclination to go back. Teaching other subjects like Maths, Art, Sport are not my cup of tea anymore. And I've lost touch with curriculum changes. Not keen on teaching Japanese either. Survival and concern over finances might persuade me to go back. I'm in a bit of a dilemma as some of you can imagine. And what's it like teaching in the country areas of WA? Too remote? I have a Japanese wife, who would much prefer to live in the city, to consider. Thanks for any input and sorry if this question has been asked many times before. Back to top Priscilla QOTDJoined: 25 Oct 2005Posts: 6Location: Qatar Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 9:52 am Post subject: Most of the universities: Curtin, UWA, Murdoch, have a department (at Curtin it's ELICOS) that provides language training to overseas students. Perth is very popular at the moment as it's cheaper for overseas students to live than Sydney and Melb. There have been quite a few jobs I've seen on the web for private language schools too (ACE is one), which always seem to be employing (one wonders why?). Both the above may only offer casual/part time work until they work out if they really want/like you. Also, the secondary schools have ESL classes to cater for migrants so it's not too bad if you get the "upper school" (Year 11-12's) but your quals might not allow you that transition. Most of the TAFE colleges offer ESL classes too. If you went "bush" I'd suggest only a large regional centre: Geraldton, Albany, as country Oz is still very xenophobic and your wife would feel quite isolated. I have a couple of Japanese friends who have adapted to city life in Perth really well, but I wouldn't want to inflict small town Australia on them. Good Luck! Back to top josephJoined: 08 Nov 2005Posts: 2 Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 3:49 am Post subject: Priscilla Thanks very much. A very well-informed reply. I'm not qualified to teach senior high so that one is eliminated. I hope I can get into one of the ELICOS schools or ESL at TAFE. Plan to come in January 2006. Bad timing? I suppose I have to compete with all the backpackers (EFL certified) who are travelling and working in Australia. Off topic, but salaries are really coming down in Japan. It really has reached saturation point with too many foreigners here wanting to teach English. Thanks again joseph Back to top TimJoined: 12 Feb 2003Posts: 45 Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:29 pm Post subject: ok January should be when the school are figuringout what staff they need for the year. I got quite a bit of casual work by walking into all the schools in the city with my CV. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Australia/New Zealand All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


text:
SPON is the online version of the
Frank Henkel, the CDU's regional parliamentary group leader, gave Stadtkewitz an ultimatum: Withdraw the invitation by July 26 or face the consequences.From which the conclusion can be safely drawn that the defense of freedom and of Christian values, including concerns about young women, who are forced into arranged marriages, enslaved and who become victims of so-called honour killings are not the goals of those "conservatives". I repeat: He gives a damn for the frightening number of honour killings of girls and women in his city and elsewhere, he couldn't care less for enslaved and forcibly married women, he flips the bird to the Christian faith, which is still, albeit yet and just, part of the name of his own party, in brief, he refuses to serve and protect the people he has sworn to serve and protect.
Stadtkewitz refused in an open letter in which he also suggested that the CDU should be doing more to combat Islam politically. Up until now, public debate about the Islamic faith had been "too timid" in Germany, Stadtkewitz wrote. He added that the debate should focus on the defense of freedom and of Christian values, including concerns about "countless young women, who are forced into arranged marriages, enslaved and who sometimes become victims of so-called honor killings."
'No Place in Our Party'
Henkel responded Monday by saying that he would propose a motion to exclude Stadtkewitz from the parliamentary group because he had distanced himself from "the goals of the conservatives."
It gets worse:
Henkel said Berlin set a positive example of integration and immigration for the whole of Germany. "There is no place in our party for people who demonize Islam and pass judgment on believers in other religions," Henkel explained.He is lying through his teeth and he knows quite well that this is not about "believers in other religions". Neither Russian Orthodox Christians nor Vietnamese Buddhists, Confucianists, or Taoists are a problem, and neither are Jews. This is about Islam and Islam only, and nobody needs to "pass judgment" or "demonize" Islam, because what Islam and those who believe in it do in its name is for everybody to see.
He knows, too, that Berlin is one of those cities where in "migrant quarters", which make up for a considerable part of the city, the rule of law doesn't apply anymore because the monopoly on the use of physical force has become void. For "migrants" take "Muslims".
More positive examples of integration and immigration in Berlin, anybody?
In Berlin, during the last two Football World Cups, policemen were banned from sporting German flags at their cars because it "might be provocative to supporters of other teams". Of course, this was meant to appeal to people like Poles, Italians and Dutch who are known for their violence and rioting. Not.
At an exhibition "The Third World during the Second World War" in Berlin 2009, the "Grand Mufti of Jerusalem"'s collaboration with the Nazis, which had a decisive influence on the Holocaust (we reported many times already) wasn't exhibited at all "out of respect for joint Arab organisations". The decision was supported by the migration commissioner of the Berlin Senate, Günter Piening because in a neighbourhood (heavily dominated by Muslims) like Neukölln a "differentiated presentation" was paramount. Doubtlessly an excellent example for how "positive examples of integration and immigration" are understood in Berlin.
In 2008, a Berlin senior prosecuting attorney made two mistakes. He took a hard line bringing young criminals to justice and declared publicly that ca. eighty percent of those are not ethnic Germans, which was against the policy of only recognizing "positive examples of integration and immigration". The result? The Berlin government muzzled and then transfered him to a position where he surely couldn't do any more harm to "positive examples of integration and immigration". Hint: Ethnic Russians, Poles or Italians were rather underrepresented among those "non-ethnic Germans".
Surely Henkel doesn't know either the Rütli Schule, where after DECADES of
Now what makes a man like Henkel tick? Why is he so blatantly, openly and shamelessly lying? Because this goes far beyond denial or ignorance. Is he paid by some oil-rich sheik, the age-old argument to explain dhimmitude? I don't think so. Frankly, other than that limp "I don't think so", I don't have a ready answer either. As it is, it just seems that a mixture of belief in multiculturalism, Gutmenschentum and general spinelessness, coupled with the old German yearning to be dominated by a totalitarian cult, is answerable for that.


text:
Some of the players drafted tonight will become stars, despite our dire predictions, some will be busts, and others will forever be NBA rotation guys, the Lou Williamses of the world, who, try as they might, just aren't quite as good as Jrue Holiday.
But you can make a lot of money doing that, if we can believe Williams' Basketball-Reference page, which says he's made $16 million since 2005, or his new single, "Slow It Down," which repeatedly proclaims, "Goddamn it, I'm rich."
Williams can actually stick to the beat (he's also rapped with Rick Ross crony Meek Mill), and—adjusting for his NBA skills (a career average above 10 points per)—we'd almost call this a success. But then Lou has to go and feature some dude named Dave Patten with a guitar and emo-castoff vocals, and we wind up with a track that sounds like it was excised from Kevin Rudolf's album. Oh, well. At least Lou Williams has the career of not being quite as good as Jrue Holiday to fall back on. Never forget that, especially not tonight, Iman Shumpert.
"Slow It Down" Lou Williams ft. Dave Patten Official Music Video [YouTube, h/t Chris]


text:
Do you want to help people achieve their fitness goals whilst doing something you love? Do you want to be your own boss whilst having the best support team on your side? If you are a level 3 qualified PT apply to become a YOUR PT personal trainer today.
Here's just some of what YOUR Personal Training offers:
Still not convinced to apply for one of our Personal Training Jobs? We also offer all of our Personal Trainers;
Want to find out more? Apply now and one of our recruitment team will get in touch to answer any questions you have.
*OTE income is based upon the individual PT's performance
Being a YOUR PT Personal Trainer allows you the flexibility to work within our guided pricing brackets and work the hours that suit you and your clients. The average income of our PT's is over £30,000 per year but we have many PT's who generate an income of over £50,000 per year. The following table gives you an idea of what your income would be per year based on number of session per month and the price you charge.
YOUR PT charges no more than the value of 4 sessions a week in licence fee, with the first 1.5 months free to help you get your business up and running. You can plan your work to suit you and your clients. We can sometimes offer a reduction in rent for hours depending on the specific gym.
Our support package at YOUR PT is second to none. With awesome training, marketing and ongoing support we do everything we can to help you smash your business goals. We have a dedicated support team, all of which were or still are gym junkys and successful PTs. You get a personalised notice board or TV profile in the gym, a personal PT profile page on our website, exposure on our social media, free online resources, access to professional marketing material, what else could we do? Well check out the list below to see some of the many benefits of working for YOUR PT:
Born in 2008 YOUR Personal Training UK is the passion of Joe Oliver, a former YMCA Fit graduate and his Team of Regional PT Managers whom were all successful YOUR PT Personal Trainers.
YOUR Personal Training UK was launched to help him and other passionate PT's like him be their own boss and follow their dreams.
With YOUR Personal Training UK the clue is in the name. It is all about your passions, your goals, your future. You are in control and it is YOUR Personal Training business.
Since 2008 YOUR PT now has over 800 PT's across 420 gyms and works with 54 different leisure operators, making us the leading PT management company in the UK.
To apply online for this job, please click the button below and follow the steps in our application tracker.


text:
The Paralympic superstar known as "Blade Runner", who is accused of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp last year, goes on trial today in South Africa.
Bookmaker Paddy Power had already caused controversy by accepting bets on the result of the trial, offering odds of 2/5 on a not guilty verdict.
Now the brand has rolled out a print ad campaign showing Pistorius' face superimposed on an Oscars statue, with the line "Money back if he walks".
In a blog post, Paddy Power said: "With the eyes of the world on South Africa next week, savvy punters will be very keen for a courtroom flutter. Who can tell at this point what will unfold? But one thing's for sure, trial verdicts don't come much bigger than this."
According to reports, the ad has already provoked complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority, and anti-domestic violence groups have urged Paddy Power to pull the campaign.
It is the latest in a series of controversial stunts by the brand, including last year's sponsorship of a basketball match in North Korea to celebrate the birthday of the country's dictator Kim Jong-Un, which it pulled citing "changed circumstances".


text:
Summary of JSF and RichFaces Testing Effortslfryc Mar 21, 2012 4:34 AM
In the RichFaces team, we are strong believers in testing approaches, which can be seen with our test suite written using jsf-test framework and with our outstanding functional tests suite written in Ajocado/Selenium.
However we would like to deepen a test coverage even more, especially by employing new testing techniques and leveraging existing tools.
The initiative should lead into better JSF UI testability, but not only for framework developers, but also for framework users.
Your feedback is a critical part of this discussion to ensure the design and usability will be of the highest level - these approaches are intended to evolve into regular testing tools and methodologies which could simply be grabbed and would fit into a bigger testing picture.
Arquillian Containers / Test Enrichment
First of all, we would like to support Arquillian project and leverage their outstanding container support and test enrichment capability, which would improve our ability to test on certain containers.
It would open new possibilities in space of a back-end coverage, especially regarding servlets.
ShrinkWrap should allow us use unified approach for test packaging.
Its extension ShrinkWrap Descriptors should enable one to test the framework in different configurations of JSF (like a partial state saving, a client state saving, etc.). Some improvements such as support for JSF specific descriptors may be necessary here.
When speaking about extensibility, we are going to leverage JSFUnit, a tool which enables to verify both, client and server, in one test method, making JSF integration testing a breeze, without need for mocking the JSF API.
Some extensions to JSFUnit were identified as crucial points for completeness and effectiveness:
- enable usage of Selenium 2
- verify state at arbitrary phases of the JSF lifecycle
- introduce spying on the JSF API calls
Selenium 2 / Graphene 2
Selenium 2 was identified as a critical tool for JSF test development, since it allows one to easily write front-end tests and provides outstanding support for multiple browsers through a unified API.
Graphene is then the project which helps to test AJAX applications by filling in the gaps of Selenium.
JavaScript Testing
Testing of JavaScript side of framework is also a crucial part in test development, that's why we are focusing on high-end testing frameworks QUnit and JS-Test-Driver to be able to develop and run tests effectively.
Summary of these efforts can be found in Arquillian Dev space.
Testable Data Model
One approach which could be potentially really useful in end-user testing is automation and it's cost/effectiveness.
To this end, the RichFaces QE team is working on providing a high-level API for testing UI components which is built on top of Selenium (as low-level API).
What next?
I'm starting discussions in many places to share our thoughts with other open source teams in order to make sure this initiative really fits not only us, but the community as the whole!
Let's make JSF test-driven development a breeze!


text: Template Ocean City Chamber of Commerce » Template Map Category All Enhanced Members All Members (Could Be Slow) Accommodations Accommodations: Apartments & Cottages Accommodations: Bed & Breakfast Accommodations: Condominiums Accommodations: Hotels & Motels Accommodations: Vacation Rentals Accomodations: Campgrounds Amusements & Activities Amusements & Activities Amusements: Waterparks Amusements: Games, Rides & Parks Amusements: Mini Golf Amusements: Sports Amusements: Water Activities Eco-Tourism Museums & Cultural Outdoor Activities Watersports Business Advertising Services & Promotional Products Architects/Engineering Business Services Business Services: Placement Services Commercial Fabric Repair, Cleaning & Alterations Computer Sales & Repair Electronic Communication/Audio Video Equipment/Sales & Services Equipment Rental & Leasing Internet Services Janitorial Supplies & Equipment Landscaping Motivational Products & Services Office Equipment, Supplies & Services Printing / Mailing Professional Services Professional Services: Business Real Estate: Commercial Video Wholesale Wholesale Food & Beverage Wholesale Hotel Restaurant & Resort Equipment Camping Camping Services Concierge & Delivery Services Concierge & Delivery Services Contractors Builders Contractors: Construction/Home Improvement Contractors: Disaster Clean Up/Remediation Contractors: Electrical Contractors: Elevators/Escalators/Moving Walkways/Lifts Contractors: Energy Services Contractors: Flooring Contractors: Heating & Cooling/Refrigeration Contractors: Kitchen & Bath Contractors: Marine Construction Contractors: Painting Contractors: Paving/Concrete Contractors: Plumbing Contractors: Pool Management Contractors: Residential & Commercial Services Contractors: Roofing Contractors: Signs Contractors: Waste Disposal Services Contractors: Water Treatment Contractors: Windows/Doors/Screens Dining & Night Life Catering Deli Night Life Restaurants Restaurants: Fast Food & Carryout Sweets & Treats Education/Training Business Development Education/Training Entertainment Artists/Authors/Musicians Entertainment Entertainment: Live Music Entertainment: Live Family Theater Movie Theaters Events/Meetings/Weddings Event Management, Weddings & Wedding Planning Events & Meetings Florists Party Supplies & Rentals Photography Financial Services Banking Financial Services Mortgages Fishing & Boating Fishing & Boating Marine Services Golf Golf Courses Golf Packages Golf Services Gyms Gyms Health & Beauty Assisted Living Dentists Health & Beauty Services Health Care Health Care Services Health Care Services: Mobility Products Health Care Services: Pharmacies Insurance Insurance Legal Services Attorneys Bail Bonds Title/Legal Media Media: Newspapers & Print Media: Online Media: Photography Media: Radio Media: Television Misc. Services Agriculture/Farming Child Care Equipment Rental & Leasing: Linens Funeral Homes/Crematories/Memorial Parks Organizations & Government Offices Candidates & Elected Officials Non-profit community organization Organizations & government Offices Private Clubs Pets Pets Pets: Boarding/Kennels Places of Worship Places of Worship Real Estate/Residential Services Appraisal Auction Houses Cleaning Services Home Inspection Interior Design Locksmiths Moving & Storage Pest Control Property Management Real Estate: Retirement Living Real Estate: Timeshares Real Estate: Sales & Rentals Real Estate: Sales Only Security Services Utilities Salons/Spas Spas Shopping Grocery/Convenience Stores Pet Retail/Services Shopping Shopping: Apparel Shopping: Books Shopping: Centers Shopping: Collectibles & Gifts Shopping: Furniture & Housewares Shopping: Hardware Shopping: Home Appliances Shopping: Jewelry Shopping: Misc. Merchandise Shopping: Surf Shops Shopping: Tobacco Products Vending Services Tours Tours Transportation Transportation Transportation/Travel/Tours Airports & Aerial Services Automotive: Sales & Service Travel Valet Parking Winery / Brewery Beer & Wine/Liquor Winery/Brewery/Distillery Advanced Search Options: Auto Zoom to View All Show Only Current Category Show Displaying 0 members Business Directory Events Calendar Hot Deals Job Postings Contact Us Information & Brochures Weather Back to Top


text:
UFO Update (35)
Posted by dandare on March 30, 2008
theblackvault.com has made it known (and i was not aware of this until now) that the MUFON UFO journals are available free on their site; see here about this information, and for the journals available see here. What does this mean; both MUFON and the black vault have joined forces.
In march 2008, both agreed to work together and make archives available for free, for anyone to look at. There are archives from 1967 up until 2007, accessable for everyone 🙂
For instance, the december issue (2007) has an interesting article on "How MUFON handles photo and video analysis"…see page 4 onwards; and "orange balls of light" (page 5 onwards) in june's issue (1990)… many more excellent articles/debate can be found here.
In "man recalls UFO sighting " (cnews.ca -across canada, 24th march,2007) he mentions
"Ernest Buisse, 82, was on his parents' farm near Redvers, Sask., in the summer of 1950 when he believes he witnessed an unidentified flying object" (extract from article).
wltx.com has "Man wonders if he caught UFO on tape" + a video (22nd march,2008).he mentions
"Jeffrey Swetz of Cedar Creek says he saw it earlier this week, and picked up his camera and started rolling. He said it looked like a star but seemed much brighter " (extract from article).
In theheraldnewonline "UFO symposium set for Tinley park " (28th march,2008)… it says
"A handful of red lights appeared in Tinley Park skies in 2004 and 2005, capturing the attention of dozens of residents.Some people said the lights moved or changed formation, while others said they were still" (extract from article).
In ufodigest, "No FOIA favoritism" (21st mrach,2008), it talks about
"The Judicial Watch lawsuit how in front of a Federal Court involves 20,000 pages plus they have another lawsuit involving millions of pages. If JW wins their requests they will tie up the archivists at the Clinton Library for years. This will delay the UFO files from being released until after the Hillary files are processed" (extract from article).
Also from ufodigest, is "Texas law officers release diagram, description of UFO" (25th march,2008).
"An Erath County, Texas, law enforcement officer has released a detailed diagram of an unidentified object seen by several officers.
The diagram and related information about the Stephenville region sighting were made available to the public today, March 25.
The drawing includes specific colors and dimensions of the object as well as related information.
The diagram and descriptions have been posted on the Web site StephenvilleLights.com " (extract from article).
The latimes.com has "Seeking UFOs, deep underground" (28th march, 2008)
"Davenport says that of the vast majority of UFO sightings, up to 90% are explainable: weather balloons, military aircraft, satellites and the like. Many more prove to be hoaxes.
But then there's the tiny percentage, maybe only a handful each year, where something was definitely seen — often by multiple reliable sources — and that defy explanation.
He believes that clues lie buried in these hill-sized mounds of paper that he has meticulously cataloged, if only the government or a university would do the research" (extract from article).
In aliencasebook.blogspot.com there is an excellent post on "UFO – cold case private investigators locate chad drone photo location" (29th march, 2008).
OTHER Articles of interest:
In seti.com/blog (26th march, 2008) it has "Aliens from Earth?"
In KIII TV3 (26th march, 2008) "Was it a UFO above Corpus Christi skies? "
This entry was posted on March 30, 2008 at 12:46 am and is filed under "Flying Saucer", are we alone?, extraterrestials, news, newspapers, science, ufo, ufo updates, ufo's. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.


text:
Nebraska sales tax exemption for soda targeted
A Lincoln senator says he'll sponsor another measure that would end the Nebraska sales tax exemption for soda pop.
Sen. Bill Avery said that the exemption for soda is illogical and indefensible. Avery says soft drinks have no nutritional value and so don't belong in the same tax-exempt category as food.
Avery filed a similar bill last year that didn't reach the floor for debate.
Many nutritionists say soda consumption contributes to obesity.
It's estimated that ending the exemption would bring the state an estimated $11 million in new sales tax revenue. Avery's bill requires that 70 percent of the new revenue would be used for school wellness programs and data collection and 30 percent would go to local health departments for health-related issues.


text:
Brown, Jacob, 1736-1785
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
John Fain Anderson Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-288
Arrangement The material contained in the scrapbooks date from 1796 to 1938. The volumes have overlapping dates, but are not arranged chronologically. Volume numbers assigned by Fain have been retained whenever possible, and numbers have been assigned to unmarked volumes. Loose pamphlets, financial documents and written historical sketches have been removed from the volumes and placed in a separate folder with the first volume. Volume descriptions highlight the subjects included within a particular volume...
Dates: 1796-1938
Found in: Archives of Appalachia / John Fain Anderson Collection


text:
A Utah man suspected of evading a felony drug warrant and holding a female hostage in a hotel room for 16 hours continued to update his Facebook account, reports said.
Jason Valdez, 36, held the woman in a 16-hour standoff with SWAT teams outside and all the time updating friends and family about what was going on, police said. One friend even let Valdez know a SWAT officer was hiding in the bushes, according to the Associated Press.
"Thank you homie," Valdez replied. "Good looking out."
U.S. & World
News from around the country and around the globe
When officers broke into the hotel room, Valdez shot himself in the chest, Ogden police said. Valdez remains in critical condition.
Court records show Valdez has a criminal history, including convictions for aggravated assault and domestic violence in front of a child, according to the AP. On Friday afternoon, Ogden police tried to serve Valdez with a felony drug warrant for a missed court appearance and that's when Valdez barricaded himself inside a hotel.
His first post, at 11:23 p.m. Friday said, ""I love u guyz and if I don't make it out of here alive that I'm in a better place and u were all great friends."
About six posts were made during the standoff and Valdez apparently added 12 new friends. Comments ranged from support to pleading with Valdez to "do the right thing." Valdez also posted photos, including one of alleged hostage, described as "Got a cute 'Hostage' huh."
However, those Facebook friends who may have tipped off Valdez to police or sent words of encouragement may not have just been exercising their First Amendment rights. Ogden police are now looking into arresting some of Valdez's Facebook acquaintances for obstruction of justice and interfering with a police investigation.
"We're not yet sure how to deal with it," Lt. Danielle Croyle told the Associated Press.
Croyle isn't alone. We're not sure society knows how to deal with a suspect updating his or her Facebook status in the middle of an alleged crime, and we don't think our legal system has caught up to our real-time, 24/7 interactive world yet. Until then, expect more instances like this, hopefully without people pointing out police locations.


text:
While a student at Thomas Aquinas College, David Isaac ('05) was delighted when his peers performed his musical compositions, including two string quartets and a piano quintet. And his senior thesis, "On the Harmonic Unity of Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune," was awarded distinction. So it should come as little surprise that, since graduating, Mr. Isaac has pursued a promising career in musical composition.
This pursuit first brought him to California State University, Northridge, where he undertook studies in music. He then returned to his hometown of Tucson, Ariz., where he co-founded Orpheum Music Productions, LLC, which creates high-quality orchestral realizations for independent films and other productions. He has composed for various media, ranging from solo violin, piano, and guitar to large orchestra, in styles as varied as classical, baroque, and romantic to atonal, minimalist, neo-romantic, blues, rock, and jazz.
In 2009, Mr. Isaac completed his first symphony, Death and Light, in the Beethoven- Brahms symphonic tradition. Soon thereafter, he also completed The Legend of Orion and March to Hades, both of which recount battles from Greek mythology. His works have been performed by members of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra as well as the Los Angeles Philharmonic. (For more information, see davidimusic.com.) Mr. Isaac credits the music class in the junior year of the Thomas Aquinas College curriculum, notably its emphasis on tonality, with much of his professional success.
"That provided me with some insight about how music works that other composers and theorists just don't have," he says. When not composing, he is working on two CDs of guitar and piano music, and he teaches mathematics at a local community college.


text:
Raymond-Greenish Blue Trouser Fabric
Product Description
✓ Brand : Raymond
✓SKU : rai@greb
✓ Material : Poly-Viscose
✓ Colour : Greenish Blue
✓ Fabric Length : 1.20 Meter
✓ Disclaimer: Product color may slightly vary due to photographic
lighting sources or your monitor settings
Length 1.20 meters for Boys, Mens, a great style and perfect fit are instrumental for good dressing!.Its lightweight ,Poly-Viscose (Polyester/Viscose) fabric ,a versatile fabric makes it a perfect choice for formal & informal dressing.
Get finesse and impeccable fitting clothing,apparel,dresses this season for stylish Mens,Boys,Grooms at our online Men shopping website,store.Raymond -Greenish Blue Trouser Fabric,
Raymond is the world's largest producer of worsted suiting fabrics commanding over 60% market share in India. With a capacity of 31 million meters, we are among the few companies in the world, fully integrated to manufacture worsted fabrics, wool & wool blended fabrics.
Check out the complete collection of Men clothing,accessories at Seasonsway.com-India's Largest Online Men Shopping Store and add the best outfits to your wardrobe today !
Free Shipping
This Product Qualifies for Free Shipping
Seasonsway Best price guarantee
It's simple! Seasonsway guarantees you're getting the best price on This product. If you should find a better price online for the same Product on an Indian Shopping site within 24 hours, Seasonsway will refund the difference and give you a Shopping coupon worth Rs. 500/-
The Fast Shipping Guarantee
This product will be shipped out within one business day! In fact, over 90% of orders placed Monday-Friday before 3pm EST ship the same day.These are not just pretty words. We stand behind this commitment with our Fast Shipping Guarantee. Cash On Delivery Orders will be shipped out within 48 hours. Here's the guarantee: if we don't ship out within one business day, we will give you 10% off your order
Need Some Help ?
Call on 08080034005
Product Description
✓ Brand : Raymond
✓SKU : ray@bstf
✓ Material : Poly-Viscose
✓ Colour : Blue
✓ Fabric Length : 1.20 Meter
✓ Disclaimer: Product color may slightly vary due to photographic
lighting sources or your monitor settings
|Greenish Blue
|1.20 Metres
|Delivery Area
|All India


text:
Well Lena
I guess this will develope into quite a letter at that. This sheet here is being written 18 hours later than the other one. Now my intentions of sending the other one as a letter was good but surcumstances that are bound to come up popped up and there you are. On the other page (which realy should be well on the way now) I spoke of a rain storm. Well my guess was right, only it wasnt timid. It broke just as I finish (this noted page) and then there was trouble. Regardless of the rain (that was coming down about as hard as was possible) we had to get our stuff together and beat it out here (which by the way is the furthest out post that is establish from this camp.) Say kid it was raining, and then it rained some more, and then some. Some stuff, what? Out side of this rain nothing happened. This sheet of paper was about the only thing that was dry, for I had it in my note book which is all that saved it. I dont know how my stuff is back at camp but I suppose it is in the same old condition again.
We were driven here in motor trucks which got hung up in the mud about ten times and we would all have to get off and push. When we got here we just stood where we were stationed and (Let er rain.) It cleared off fine towards morning and every thing we own is dry now. It is eleven oclock here now; in Boston it is nine.
We got our mess this morning at ten and it consisted of Rotten tea, Rotten oat meal and Rotten eggs. It was a fine feed to throw at a guy after such a night. You see they had to carry it by mule team (they dared not take a chance with the truck) to us, and that helped to make every thing Rotten. I wasn't hungry anyway, but I would liked to have had a hot cup of coffee after such a night.
I spoke of the rain storms not being chilly down here. Well I am going to take it all back after last night. The change is very noticeable. I have a Cossack post (four men and myself) to cover a sector between boundary post #10 to 11. Water mellons and cantilopes all around us. Now as soon as I get an envelope I will mail this so don't get nervous. I must not forget to tell you that I am feeling fine.
© Copyright 2008 by Richard Landers, All Rights Reserved. No reproduction without permission.