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It would seem to add up to certain U.S. military action: On Thursday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel confirmed the findings
of a White House letter to congressional leaders that said the United States now believes "the Syrian regime has used
chemical weapons on a small scale in Syria, specifically, the chemical agent sarin." That finding appears to be a direct
violation of the "red line" for action that President Obama set last year and which he reaffirmed last month, when on a trip to
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New research shows obese children as young as 10 years old have arteries resembling heavy smokers and face the prospect of coronary disease in early middle age.
Using ultrasounds to monitor children's blood vessels, doctors from Hong Kong and Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital found some of the children's arteries had thickened to look like those of adult smokers.
"It means these children are at risk of heart attack or stroke in their 40s or 50s, rather than their 70s or 80s. This has terrible implications for later in life," said Royal Prince Alfred Hospital cardiologist and director David Celemajer said Tuesday.
Even chubby children were at risk, Celemajer said. The research will be published in next month's issue of the International Journal of Obesity.
RPA director Kate Steinbeck said a study has found that with a healthy low-fat diet and sustained exercise over one year, the children's blood vessels returned to normal, however.
About 60 percent of Australian adults are overweight, and Steinbeck said children were increasingly starting preschool "significantly overweight."
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KEVIN PHILLIPS made the perfect start to his Aston Villa career with a goal in their 2-0 win over Wycombe.
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See firsthand why Miyazaki is so beloved by international and local tourists alike, by renting a vehicle and setting off to explore the cornucopia of cultural and scenic attractions around Miyakonojo. Miyazaki, lays 25 miles (40 kilometers) to the southwest, and Kanoya can be found 25 miles (40 kilometers) to the northeast.
When you are ready to venture further afield check out the nearest regional area. Miyazaki is 25 miles (40 kilometers) away and features attractions including Miyazaki Shrine, Seagaia Ocean Dome and Sun Marine Stadium. Miyazaki City Phoenix Zoo, Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Nature and History and Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum are other attractions in Miyazaki that should be on everyone's list.
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Loved the colour and the taste of this ice-cream. Thanks To U, Mirj Momma, now I can make peach n brown sugar ice-cream whenever I wish to:)
I didn't have four large peaches, so I used 6 small ones and maybe this was too much because I had more than a quart of mix after adding everything together. I also think that next time I make this, I will use almond extract for a more unusual flavor.
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We care about the quality of your stay with us. Below are nearby attractions, shopping and restaurants that are popular with our guests. Listed locations are nearby with approximate distance listed where available.
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- 3.00 mile(s) from Scotts Valley Cinema
- 5.00 mile(s) from Roaring Camp, Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
- 10.00 mile(s) from Santa Cruz Boardwalk, built in 1911, this is one of the oldest amusement parks in the United States
- 10.00 mile(s) from Santa Cruz Wharf, ideal for seaside dining, the Wharf spans a half mile out into the Monterey Bay
- 15.00 mile(s) from Bargetto WInery, established in the Santa Cruz Mountains in 1933, this winery offers both tasting and tours
- 13.00 mile(s) from David Bruce, winery and tasting room
- 15.00 mile(s) from Loma Prieta Winery, winery tasting room
- 22.00 mile(s) from Mount Eden Vinyards, winery and tasing room
- 32.00 mile(s) from Great America, amusement park located in Santa Clara
- 48.00 mile(s) from Monterey, Carmel, Pacific Grove, 17 Mile Drive, Pebble Beach Golf Course, Cannery Row and Aquarium
Local Area Recreation Opportunities
- 10.00 mile(s) from Santa Cruz Beach, beautiful one mile stretch on the Monterey Bay.
- 10.00 mile(s) from Santa Cruz Boardwalk, one of the countries oldest operating amuement parks built in 1911.
- 10.00 mile(s) from Santa Cruz Wharf, one half mile long wharf with shopping and dining
- 11.00 mile(s) from Roaring Camp Railroad, take the train though the majestic Redwood Forest
- 35.00 mile(s) from Monerey Bay Aquarium, one of the worlds largest collection of sea creatures
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- Adjacent to Jack -n-the-Box, Fast Food, American, Open for: breakfast, lunch, dinner,
- Adjacent to Cafe Carlos, Full Service, Mexican, Open for: lunch, dinner,
- 0.25 mile(s) from Santa Cruz Pizza, Cafe, American, Open for: lunch, dinner,
- 0.25 mile(s) from Starbucks, Coffee Shop, American, Open for: breakfast,
- 0.25 mile(s) from Jia Tella Cambodian, Full Service, Vietnamese, Open for: lunch, dinner,
- 0.25 mile(s) from Yamamori Sushi & Grill, Full Service, Japanese, Open for: lunch, dinner,
- 0.25 mile(s) from Taqueria Los Gallos, Cafe, Mexican, Open for: lunch, dinner,
- 1.50 mile(s) from Malone's Grill, Full Service, Steak House, Open for: lunch, dinner,
- 1.50 mile(s) from Rumble Fish, Full Service, Japanese, Open for: lunch, dinner,
- 2.00 mile(s) from Mollie's Country Cafe, Cafe, American, Open for: breakfast, lunch, dinner,
- 2.50 mile(s) from Thai Village, Full Service, Thai, Open for: lunch, dinner,
- 2.50 mile(s) from Erik's Deli Cafe, Cafe, American, Open for: lunch, dinner,
- 2.50 mile(s) from Bruno's BBQ, Full Service, American, Open for: lunch, dinner,
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All went well thanks to his wonderful assistant Alison (who unfortunately is no longer working there) The only downfall was an extra filing fee I had to pay due to his office failing to send in all the correct items at the correct time. I feel since his office made the mistake, they should have had to pay the fee, not me. otherwise all went smooth
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I feel I was following up on a lot of things and felt that these were the paralegals actions to be taking, not mine. The responses I was getting to my questions and concerns left me feeling disregarded. It was as if I were perceived as being "overly concerned" kind of a "don't worry bout it " kind of attitude from both para legals I dealt with during my case. Midway through, there was a different paralegal assigned to my case. This switch caused me to become increasingly concerned and the level of trust diminished even more. The day of the meeting with the court official, Attorney Harrington was present but seemed very distracted. To add to it Attorney Harrington (in my opinion) had not taken much interest in presenting himself (or his client-me) very well. He was not clean shaven and I was a bit let down. Perhaps I am again "over reacting" or being a bit "old school", but I still believe in looking as presentable as possible when interacting with higher ranking officials (in any setting). Over all, and in the simplest of terms...the service I paid for was completed, but the customer service was a bit lacking in my experience, I felt much more like a number than a valued client.
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I made a ftp connection from PC to Xbox and want to know if a game can be played by transferring an xbox iso to the hard drive(games directory on evox)? Are there any other steps? Thanks.
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Posted 05 September 2008 - 02:21 AM
You can only play an iso with a soft mod, if you have a hard you will need to extract it and transfer it over (see: QWIX) but either way you will have to copy the full iso or all the files to the xbox HDD.
Posted 05 September 2008 - 03:44 AM
I have a softmod with an Evox OS and and iso(for xbox) extracted and converted on my PC. Can I transfer it via FlashFXP(not from DVD) to the xbox hd?
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Thanks for the help. I think I got it.
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Morehouse Parish schools and Prairie View Academy will be closed Thursday due to weather conditions.
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Prairie View Academy Principal Ed Bain said PVA will also be closed Thursday. The Lady Spartans are scheduled to play Central Hinds in the South State Tournament on Thursday at 4 p.m. in Columbus, Miss.
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Real Madrid confirmed Carlo Ancelotti as its new coach on Tuesday after weeks of speculation.
Given a three-year contract, he will be presented on Wednesday.
Ancelotti came from Paris Saint-Germain, where he was replaced on the same day by former France coach Laurent Blanc.
Ancelotti's first task will be to nail down his squad, with striker Gonzalo Higuain likely leaving and the club linked to trying to lure Tottenham winger Gareth Bale after losing a complex bidding war for Neymar to Barcelona.
The former Italian player will also need to resolve three hefty problems inherited from predecessor Jose Mourinho: To find a way to definitely break Barcelona's hold on the Spanish league; win the Champions League after Madrid lost in the semifinals for three straight years; and decide if he gives goalkeeper and captain Iker Casillas back his starting role, or continues to favor newcomer _ and Mourinho's preferred keeper _ Diego Lopez.
Contracting the 54-year-old Ancelotti brought to a culmination weeks of negotiations between Madrid and PSG. It remains Madrid president Florentino Perez's driving ambition to re-establish his club's reputation after watching bitter rival Barcelona hog the limelight in recent seasons.
Mourinho broke Barcelona's grip on the domestic league for one season, but was unable to win for Madrid an elusive 10th Champions League.
Madrid hailed Ancelotti, and said he'd been ''elected best coach in all leagues where he has coached: Italy, England and France.''
He led Chelsea _ the club Mourinho now coaches _ to the English Premier League title and FA Cup in 2010, and had his most successful tenure at AC Milan, where he coached it to two Champions League crowns in 2003 and 2007, and the Serie A title in 2004. He coached at Italian clubs Juventus, Parma and Reggiana as well.
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"She was not quite what you would call refined.
She was not quite what you would call unrefined.
She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot."
Mark Twain
Admit it. If you're into birds, you may be considered a little bit "off". We put up with the mess, the feathers, the noise and the unpredictable behavior but we can't live without our feathered companions. Catherine asked just last night (while she was scratching Popcorn until her knuckles began to get cramped) "what does this small white bundle of feathers bring to the table?"
She asked it with a smile on her face and I knew it was rhetorical. Every weekday morning Popcorn and I have routine. I wake up and let her out of the cage. She then follows me around the apartment like an Air Force escort helping me do things like make the bed and get dressed which is always easier with a Cockatiel on top of a mangled set of blankets or on your shoulder while you try to put on a shirt.
If she gets in my way I shoo her off. Her new thing is to fly to the top of the door crown moldings (we have 9 1/2 foot ceilings so she has lots of room to fly). Last week when my friend Joe was over, Popcorn was walking on the table where we were about to eat. I gently grabbed her entire body with my hand and then lofted her like a slow softball pitch.
I knew she would lose 6 inches to a foot of altitude than flap flap flap right to the top of her cage. I could see the smile in Joe's face and he said it "that is so freaking cool" (he didn't use the word freaking). Popcorn is like this beam of positive energy in the household. She's full of 100% absolute goodness and is always cheerful - unless of course on rare occasions we need to leave her alone during the day for a few hours. Which brings me to today's subject.
Your bird is stressed regardless of the level of care. How I know this if I don't know you or your bird? Do you own a birdcage? Why do you need to birdcage? Because if you open the door of the birdcage and you open the door to your house, your bird will fly away (if his or her wings are not clipped). Your bird does not want to live in said birdcage. Your bird wants to fly around look for food and chat with other birds. Keeping a bird in a cage is not the life nature intended for birds.
Yes we sell bird supplies. So do dozens of other websites and stores. I can't speak for any other organization. Our mission is to be an advocate for the birds. We do our best to help educate people in creating the best environment for a given bird species without having the Amazon rain forest at our disposal.
To further stress your bird out most of you reading this live in North America (hello to our friends around the world) which has a different light cycle than your bird instinctively anticipates being from generally equatorial areas of the planet.
I can rattle off a dozen more stress points but the one many of you are about to face is the Christmas holidays. If you have family coming over they may have some shrieking kids or small dogs. Putting on your best bird caregiver hat, you lock your bird up for safety in another room. Stress point. On the flip side you may be making a trip to Aunt Martha's leaving the bird home alone. Stress point.
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The holidays are unavoidable and much like many of you, I love to see them come and I love to see them go. Your bird doesn't understand Christmas and darkness and alone time.The best we can do is to provide an adequate stimulating environment within the birds cage.
You may even want to consider giving your bird a chill pill in the form of a supplement like AviCalm. Better yet what I'm advocating is to take a proactive role by ensuring your bird's cage is filled with the appropriate amount of enrichment paraphernalia. In the wild your bird spends the majority of its time searching for food. At home food is 20 inches away. Not very stimulating.
One of Catherine's favorite sayings is "bigger bird, bigger brain" Bigger birds are functioning at a two or three-year-old human toddler level albeit like that of an autistic child. He or she wants to be doing something while you're noodling on that new tablet you got for Christmas. This is why we are rapidly expanding our line of interactive toys for both large and small birds.
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All the synchronicity you have with your bird(s) goes to hell in a hand basket around the holidays if you get company. As much is you want your bird to be part of the holidays think about the realities. If people in your home for very short periods are not used to looking for a bird that matches an area rug walking on the floor, your bird can easily get stepped on.
Maybe not this parrot
Every decoration that you put up for the holidays screams in bird speak "I'm new and interesting come and see what I'm all about" everything from the Christmas tree itself and the tinsel foil to the multiple electrical cords the wrapping paper, the scotch tape adhesives - when you really think about it, the holidays are a major amplification of the potential for tragedy with your bird.
Holiday activity can mean strange people and strange materials in the house. Can be information overload to caged bird. Some birds handle it well, some do not. If you see your bird getting agitated consider a simple solution like moving the cage into a "quiet" room with a family member checking on it regularly to remind them they are not alone.
I know you're Jonesing to get that petrified fruitcake wrapped up so I'll let you go. I just want to remind you that you are your birds flock and keeper so it's on you to understand and serve their needs the best you can.
A video explaining how interactive toys can help solve feather plucking and screaming in parrots that would have otherwise little to do in the birdcage to keep them active mentally
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Final Fantasy 25th anniversary celebrations are ongoing until December, and developer Square-Enix has plastered its TGS booth with some incredible artwork from across the series, as well as some new pieces. The ever-brilliant Siliconera has snapped the booth from the show floor.
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HOUSTON (July 5, 2014) A man opened fire just before 2 a.m. Saturday on a crowd of several thousand people in an arena at the Houston Caribbean Festival.
Four men were struck.
The gunfire sparked a panic and as people fled, two women were injured, police said.
The shooting victims were taken to hospitals, and one man was in critical condition, police said.
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I've tried several different theme preview plugins a few days before WP v2.8 was released. In every single instance, without fail, what shows up when I tried previewing other themes is my current theme.
The problem also persists when I tried previewing themes in this latest WP version.
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My prejudice against performance art deepens further.
My first experience involved a troupe of artists moving around the room very slowly, wearing red lingerie, and white makeup. There was this old woman wearing a red sweater, who had sat down on a platform in the middle of the room, and fallen asleep. To this day, I have no idea if she was part of the piece or not.
If all the burners weren't out in the desert at this very moment, you would so be getting about a gazillion flames right about... now.
Yes, I LOLd at the title. But really, it's not half as much fun to pick on the Burners when they aren't around to get all indignant and huffy about it.
Anytime you get a city of 40,000 people together, someone will go and commit suicide.
And @2 is correct.
This is a sad situation. Someone died in an event that is filled with art, sharing and peace minded people. And someone who apparently has never been is slamming a group of tens of thousands as being stupid.
Maybe I should gay bash because I've heard of a gay man who abused children but don't know any other gays. Hm, no I'm better than that.
The death, @5, is sad. Agreed. The fact that his dumbass friends left him there for two hours because they thought it was part of his "art", however, is dark comedy.
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...they shit in a "Honey Bucket"....
the hip will understand
@4 it is not clear if this is suicide or not. He may have been trying to add decoration or some such and got caught up in the rigging.
@7 inability to enjoy nature because one may get a little dirty is hardly enlightenment or being hip.
burning man's plumbing-free temporary city in the middle of a salt flat is "nature" the way a styrofoam carry-out clamshell is "natural".
I thought at least a couple of people die every single year at Burning Man, so @5 this isn't exactly the first time this has happened.
Yet another reason (besides all the stinky hippies) why I will never, ever go to Burning Man.
@5 - Your comparison is weak. Burners are being slammed for paying $250 to attend, something they ALL did.
Supporting the stupidity thesis, a handful of them were dim enough to accidentally leave a corpse swinging in the breeze for two hours.
ECB - Brilliant title!
@9 the comparison is woefully inadequate. And my point wasn't specifically regarding the environment at Burning Man.
@10 check your facts. Only a few people have died in the events 20+ years of existence. I dare you to find another event even close to the magnitude of Burning Man with such a good record.
OK, I guess there's at least one Burner around to get all indignant and huffy about it.
@12 Hm, $250 for an event that lasts 8 days, has hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of artwork (some of which you can climb into), effectively an open bar and free breakfast, free medical facilities, a post office and live entertainment by world class performers almost 24 hours a day. Yeah, that's a rip off. I should be able to download that for free.
Yah ECB - totally brilliant title!
I've been to Burning man for a full 10 days, as part of a camp. It's retarded. The desert is lovely and awe-inspiring - I could have done without the stupid "artist" wannabes. The only good things about it were the Temple, which was truly the only real piece of art, and the thunderdome (because that's just silly drunken fun). Frankly burner kids, you need to put down your shroom tea and stop whining about people being annoyed with your hippie selves. We don't care what happened on the playa. We really, truly don't.
I've always wanted to go to Burning Man. I kinda secretly want to go to Burning Man wearing Officer Dangle's disguise.
But really I just want to once go out into the desert and get waisted and be a freak and just not care.
@17 I'm glad your at least commenting from a place of experience. But to say the Temple is the only real piece of art is naive at best. Maybe the rest of the art wasn't to your liking or maybe your one time there was a bad year for art in general. In any case your opinions are your own and I have no intention of arguing the merits of the artwork beyond what I've said.
Also I am not a kid and I could care less if people consider me a hippie. But to insinuate all who attend Burning Man are of low intelligence (this includes you BTW) or that the event has no merits beyond free drug use (very naive indeed) is simply wrong and I'll not be silent when such ignorance is put forth.
It's like saying all Iraqis are terrorists. Which is simply untrue and an unacceptable idea to proliferate.
And if no one cares what happens on the playa why was this post even made?
@18 - I'm so with you on that.
And that $250 is a hell of a lot cheaper than 8 days in Vegas.
Maybe not as freaky though.
That title was a stroke of genius.
As Runelmp@19 so elegantly demonstrates, Burning Man is VERY VERY VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS, Y'ALL. Do not joke about the vinyl-clad glowstick-waving cupcake-car-driving hallucinogen-dropping database software developers in the middle of the desert. There is no room for gentle mockery of such pursuits. None!
@ 15: "live entertainment by world class performers"
I don't think that description's terribly apt, unless you intended a wry and ironic definition of "world class."
The definition of "live," sadly, is non-debatable.
ECB, heretofore, I would have thought these kind of enthusiasts are your kind of people.
After all, you are a true believer, a faithful adherent of The New Orthodoxy.
they make two-story tents?!
oh, and ditto on wanting to attend one some day.
Shouldn't this have been Jen Graves's post?
The second year I went to Burning Man the group I was staying with built a 60 foot tower as part of a larger art project that didn't end up coming off. I forget the exact circumstances but, long story short, someone jumped off it for no apparent reason. The previous year someone in the camp I was staying with almost died when she drank beer after pounding a bunch of GHB. Both years I went multiple people were seriously injured by riding their bikes at full speed across the desert in the middle of the night with no lights.
What I took away from all this is that if you take a large group of people and put them in a situation where they have a great deal more freedom than they usually have, a certain percentage of them will -- regardless of their native intelligence -- immediately do something profoundly stupid and/or crazy, essentially just to see what will happen.
I tend to chalk it up to stress, exhaustion, and a failure to distinguish between a temporary license to violate societal norms and a temporary license to violate the laws of physics. Sort of like:
Contrary to the view suggested by certain authority figures, bad things will not necessarily happen if everyone walks around naked; maybe the authority figured who told me not to do a swan dive off a 60 foot tower into a dried up lake bed were likewise mistaken. I think I'll climb up there and find out.
And it's just kind of all downhill from there.
tsm@23 Burning Man is a serious and spiritual experience for many who attend. I do not say there is nothing to poke fun at. I do it all the time at the event when I'm able to attend. In any sized group you will have your loons and idiots. But Burning Man has its fair share of brilliance and inspiration as well.
I just don't like misconceptions about the event which often suffers enough from ill informed, bad press to proliferate. The event like all things in life is not for everyone. Such is life. But at the least I simply try to have it represented truthfully where I can. O:-)
Maybe he WAS doing an art piece.
I'm jealous of my friends on the playa right now (they're still alive).
RuneImp, shouldn't you be out burning something?
Yeah jzilla - like burning your behind. (:=
But seriously - get that many people together anywhere else and you have to admit that there would be much more chaos. Burning Man is the best-planned of any such outing with the least crime/incidents you will ever see in a gathering of that magnitude. Period. It has a GREAT track record.
Maybe in the beginning Burning Man was this great freeing artistic thingamajiggy, but now it's just a pretentious excuse for being a freak. "Oh like yoga totally changed my life," or "Come in to my tent and learn the freeing power of having me shave your vagina!" I'm sorry, but what a load of shit. The really sad thing here is that Burning Man just attracts incredibly self involved freaks who are under the delusion that they actually care about everybody and everything. Well, case in point....their friend was hanging there dead for two hours and they didn't even notice. Nice friends.
This link has a bit more info than the one that Erica posted:
It also points out that this is the first suicide at BM in its 21 year history. Although the attendance count at the gate last year was 55 thousand. It's not the first death. Every year has its share of injuries and sometimes moralities. Still, in remarkably small numbers given the size of the event. But it says right there on your ticket, as well as on the main website, that this is a "ride at your own risk" event. The environment alone can and will kill you if you are not properly prepared. And the potential threats to your health are not all physical. It can be a very emotionally stressful environment, espeiclaly if you are already struggling through an illness.
But like any other physically, mentally or emotionally demanding activity part of the appeal is the challenge. And if you aren't up to that challenge its so easy to sit on the side lines and mock those that are.
These people are not hippie burn-outs. They are folks that are out there fighting for the lost ideals of that generation. Be it working for not for profits, volunteering to help with recovery after Hurricane Katrina, lobbing for social reforms like gay rights and reproductive freedom or experimenting with different forms of community that aren't based on bio-families, organized religion or fear of others.
The Stranger writers are, more often than not, crass and insensitive to the pain of others. Mean will always garner more readers than nice. But at least they are fairly equal in their criticism of others often turning that gun on themselves.
But the rest of you that have been insulting burners from the safety and anonymity of your computer, especially on the one week most of them are not here to defend themselves, that is pure cowardice.
I invite any and all of you to show up at the next regional burner event and share your opinions in person. Or better yet why don't you come up with your own event instead of bitching about the efforts of others.
Thank You Lady T! Reading the comments from from the blatantly ill informed, envious little Seattle mice has made my stomach turn, thanks for your antidote.
@34, @35, and many others - Do all Burners get their panties in a bunch over any criticism? So, some people like to make fun of it. Maybe they are envious because they're working all week instead of partying in the desert. Or maybe they really hate the idea of it. Or maybe they thought it WAS a good idea, but has become a parody of itself.
Whatever the case, why are you so defensive about it? If you like it, great. Why so insecure about what The Stranger, or anyone else, thinks?
It reminds me of when people from drier climates ask me about Seattle weather, "It rains all the time, how can you live there?" I reply, "Yeah, it's not for everyone", but I'm thinking, "I love it, please don't move here and clutter it up."
@19: As to my "naivete" regarding art, I've graduated from art schools both on the east coast and in Europe, in addition to the fact that I work for an art school (not in Seattle). I'm fairly certain my artistic sensibilities are well-grounded. I don't have to like a piece of art to be willing to deem it as art and with merit - e.g., I'm not a fan of Warhol but by god I can see what he did and have an appreciation for it. For the record? A giant, ill-constructed rubber duckie in the desert is pretty lame art. Much humor value, yes. Art? No.
As to the rest, I can certainly say that I'm not hiding behind my computer - I'm actually using my name, not a pseudonym - I'm quite forthcoming about my views when people wish to engage me in actual face-to-face conversation. However, this is an online forum, so yeah, computers are kinda necessary. Just because not everyone gets whatever catharctic experience you get from sitting in the desert drinking GHB for over a week and wearing homemade fairy wings and body paint doesn't mean they aren't entitled to their opinion - likening those who disagree with you as ignorant, unenlightened or equivalent to xenophobes is exactly why the rest of us don't want to hear about your playa experience or your "art." That is why I refer to you as "burner kids." Having been to the event and observed how people behave there, I feel more than backed-up by experience in my opinion.
I will easily agree that not all burners are ignorant morons. I met many who are intelligent, interesting, cool people and not dirty hippies. They are, however, in the minority. Much apologies for the insinuation you might have felt.
I guess in the end, I can't say it better than @36 did, so I'll wrap up by deferring to that comment instead.
You know if you take a typical Friday or Saturday night in Seattle you will find far more violent behavior, suicide, murder, theft, rape, arson, and general mayhem than you will ever find at Burning Man. You will also find ER's full of people whose last words were "Hey! look what I can do."
How do you reconcile the fact that 50,000 people converge on a merciless environment, with no services, no police but the rangers we provide for ourselves (volunteers no less)Fire and explosions and art projects everywhere, no light but the light we provide for ourselves, with the minuscule number of serious injuries that actually occur? That fact alone should tell you more about the average burner.
You call Burners shallow and self absorbed. Hmmm. How many of your neighbors would come and pick up the shattered remains of your wind destroyed shade structure, and return it to your yard some 2 blocks away. All without you being there to help, no vehicles or wheel barrows, steel poles and torn canvass carried on backs, back to your camp. Just because that's the burner way. When you can honestly say your neighbor in Wallingford, or Greenlake, or Bellevue would even consider doing anything for you, then you can call burners self absorbed. Even better, when YOU would lift a finger to help your neighbor, without being asked, without expectation of recognition, or fear of being sued... Then you can call a burner self absorbed.
36: No... not insecure, just-*disappointed* It's saddening. Someone was moved to commit suicide....Take That In; they were convinced on some level it was their only choice, maybe even something beautiful, who knows. You don't. If you had ever been "there", in that state, you wouldn't live to tell the story. Would you? I'm sorry you're job is that oppresive that one week of playing in the desert isn't an option, that was/is your choice. "Hating the idea" of Burning Man is just silly... being simply annoyed out of envy on the other hand, is understandable, and common. Envy is a dangerous route, often leading towards commentary that is crass and insensitive: thus the subject matter. I'll now proceed to pick my panties out of my ass. Thanx.
Please have respect for the dead, and not only that, the festival itself. Spike, Lady T, and Sheila Joon, I love you all and thanks a million for your commentary it gave me peace of mind after reading several other remarks that were in the poorest of taste.
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Something stinks and it smells like crab, only there's something funny about these crustaceans. You play as Detective Nick Bounty, who despite his ability to solve the most tangled cases, has yet to work for a paying client. This time it's up to you to discover who knocked off a local seafood salesman and get to the bottom of a diabolical counterfeiting operation!
[edit] Game Play
Nick Bounty is a point-&-click game with a menu action. Click on the screen for making Nick move around. Click on a action then click on an object or a character for interacting with it. You can also do the same for your inventory. The actions are SHOOT (for shooting with a firearm), TALK, USE, GET (for picking things up), MOVE (for moving an item) and LOOK.
[edit] Features
- Classic Point & Click interface.
- Stylish Black & White "film noir" graphics.
- Fully vocalized by talented actors.
- Fully compatible with PC, Mac, or Linux!
- No download neccessary! Just click and play!


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Consider the following scenario:
In this scenario, a ServiceActivationException exception occurs for the first message in queue for the child application. However, later messages are processed correctly.
This issue occurs because IIS notifies the MSMQ activator for each application for which an MSMQ protocol is enabled. The MSMQ listener adapter performs prefix matching to determine which service to call for a request. If messages are processed after the root (/) application is initialized but before the child application (/child) is initialized, a request for /child/childservice.svc matches the prefix (/) of the root application. However, because root application cannot respond to a request for the child application, the root application throws a ServiceActivationException exception.
Note Later requests are serviced correctly.
Article ID: 2021891 - Last Review: 04/13/2010 00:10:00 - Revision: 1.0


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