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A $370 Oregon State University Energy Efficiency Center audit of your ag operation's power use could save about 10% of your monthly energy costs.
If you found it tough to ward off the blowing snow and bitter winds Missouri was dealt this past winter, think windbreaks.
Missouri is a long way from the Middle East, but the Oelrichs family farm near Mora has struck oil. Soybean oil, that is. Feeling the squeeze of $4-per-gallon diesel a couple of years ago, they decided to put the squeeze on some of their homegrown soybeans and use the oil to make their own biodiesel.
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy recently released its list of "Greenest 2010 Vehicles." Small car and SUV hybrids topped the energy miser list with green scores reflecting high fuel economies and low emissions.
Growing any crop well is a complicated affair, but the bottom-line concepts are simple. Farmers have to produce good quality and high yield and do it as inexpensively as possible. To no one is this more important than flue-cured tobacco growers, who are always under pressure to make more and/or save more in their production.
Turn agriculture waste into cash? This is science fiction, right? Wrong. While many have tried and failed, research at the University of California, Davis, has found new and better ways to convert organic waste into energy.
The anaerobic phased solids, or APS, digester at the University of California, Davis, developed by Ruihong Zhang and colleagues, will use all the organic waste that the campus generates, which will include crop residue, livestock waste, green waste and food waste, says Dave Konwinski, CEO of Onsite Power Systems.
No tour of Purdue University's Agronomic Research Center is complete without seeing the shiny glass panels located west of the Beck Ag Center. What is that rectangular contraption doing there, anyway?
The Iowa State Fair and the Farm Progress Show are both must-see summer events. There's always good food, good conversation and a good chance your favorite equipment dealers will be looking for an excuse to talk shop. Take a minute to sit back and ask them, "How can I save more energy?"
In September, when Danny Clayton came to the Respess Farm in Pantego, N.C., to speak at the North Carolina Cotton Field Day about pickers that feature onboard module builders, one farmer came up, pointed to some round modules in a field across the way and asked him, "What is that in the field, out there?" No doubt the farmer was joking, but the round modules of a John Deere 7760 and the mini-modules of a Case ME 625 setup are still not often seen in the field.
You already may have straw bales stacked around the house foundation and plastic tacked over windows in anticipation of winter. But the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority suggests other measures that can help keep cold weather from blowing through your winter utility budget.
Forgive the pun, but the snow accumulation this winter simply pales in comparison to last year. However, current fuel prices are noticeably higher, and further increases are expected. You never know exactly how long the snow will last here in the Midwest, so ISU Farm Energy offers a few easy steps for saving energy during the remaining winter.
New technology should probably come with a warning label for the headaches and rising blood pressure that follow the learning curve. Take heart that the new "infinitely" and "continuously" variable transmissions in late-model tractors are an exception to this rule. If you're using one this spring, you'll also reap the benefits of improved fuel efficiency. If you're operating an older tractor, shift up and throttle back to reduce fuel consumption for lighter drawbar
If a new 10-megawatt biomass power plant opens in Heppner, Ore., as planned by late summer, growers in the region will find a new market for their sorghum.
Building in energy programs for irrigation, nutrient management, pesticide efficiencies, tillage and more, growers can not only hedge their bets for greater income, but are able to launch viable programs with government funding.
"Old Sol" now works at Sunnyside Farms near Westminster, Md. And he's paying his way at this 10 million-dozen-egg poultry operation.
Today, close to 1,000 acres of fast-growing willow are in commercial production in New York, mostly for biomass energy. But the potential is there for many more — a renewable energy industry.
As the days grow longer in summer, lighting is less critical for day-to- day chores around the farmstead. Day or night, safety is arguably the most important benefit of good farm lighting, but cost and efficiency should also be taken into consideration.
Whether you're drawing up plans to build a new hog barn or working hard to keep the livestock cool in your existing swine facilities, management and maintenance of ventilation fans can improve energy efficiency.
Bonus depreciation for tax purposes has spawned a variety of construction projects this past year, including many new farm shops. This income-tax provision can substantially reduce the initial cost of a farm shop. Energy-efficient features can also help you reduce farm energy costs long after the glow of bonus depreciation has faded.
As you prepare to close the books on 2011, it's never too soon to start planning for next year. When you look around the farmstead, how many "projects" can you see?
This winter, ISU Farm Energy is on the road (and on the Web) with information for producers who want to improve their farm's energy efficiency. "One misconception about on-farm energy efficiency is that cost savings are not as important when profits are already good," says Mark Hanna, Iowa State University Extension ag engineer. "On the contrary, With energy prices creeping upward, now is a perfect time to fuel up on facts before prices rise dramatically.
A lifetime of ranching in an area populated with irrigation wells has given Stirling Spencer an intricate knowledge of the beef industry and the pumps that water his cow herds in the dry New Mexico desert.
One perk of ag technology is all the bells and whistles, but they aren't just for show. Guidance systems and other precision ag tools can help you minimize fuel consumption by reducing overlap. Likewise, late-model tractors with infinitely or continuously variable transmissions can be more fuel-efficient than fixed-gear transmissions when coupecially during spring field operations, which results in less fuel consumption, fewer passes across the field and fewer opera
Many farmers are eager to move forward with construction projects this spring, especially since our April weather seemed more like a typical March! If your building plans include a new hog barn or just some spring cleaning in and around your existing facilities, you can improve the energy efficiency of your ventilation system with proper fan selection and maintenance.
It was a happy day for corn growers and the ethanol industry June 15 as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted final approval for a higher blend of ethanol to be sold at gas stations across the country. But that doesn't mean the 15% ethanol blended fuel will be available anytime soon. Sizable hurdles remain for E15.
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association recently held a press conference at the Linn Co-op Oil Co. gas station at Marion in eastern Iowa to highlight the need for "fueling freedom." Linn Co-op is approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to offer the E15 ethanol blend, but petroleum refiners servicing Iowa refuse to provide the type of gasoline blendstock required to mix with ethanol to make a 15% blend.
Summertime always seems like a whirlwind of activities, one after another. Then August comes along and nearly bowls you over: field days, county fairs, Iowa State Fair, Farm Progress Show. Whew!
For decades, Iowa farmers have worked with USDA to protect the natural resources on their farms. The state's best conservationists are no-till farming to reduce soil erosion, reducing and better timing their nutrient applications to improve water quality, and rotationally grazing livestock for better grass and animal performance. Now, USDA is encouraging producers to consider conservation practices that help reduce the amount of energy they use on their farms.
Most people talk about the number of bushels of corn going to ethanol plants. Few note that a portion of that ends up as byproducts, primarily livestock feed. Chris Hurt, a Purdue University Extension ag economist, says that distinction makes a difference when you're embroiled in the food vs. fuel debate surrounding ethanol production.
If the recent fluctuations in fuel prices are bringing back memories of 2008, take time this year to get a jump on fuel savings. As you prepare your tractors and field equipment for spring, consider weight distribution, wheel slip and ballasting to improve overall fuel efficiency.
In a remote part of Bill Wineland's farm is a pasture that cows never graze. It is not because of lack of forage, but rather a lack of water.
Contractors broke ground in November at Kreider Farms' dairy facility at Manheim, Pa., to install an innovative $7.75-million nutrient management system to be paid for by nutrient, or manure, credits. The equipment and technology is owned by Colorado-based Bion Environmental Technologies. Nutrient credits saved with the biological processing plant will be sold under Pennsylvania's new nutrient-credit trading program.
Todd Intermill's shop isn't the biggest or fanciest you'll ever see. But it might be one of the most comfortable and functional.
Todd Intermill heats, cools and dehumidifies his 36-by-56-foot shop for $650 per year with an air-source heat pump and an electric furnace. The air-source heat pump moves heat from outside to inside the shop, and vice versa, to maintain the desired temperature. The electric furnace works as a backup in the winter. Its blower distributes the heat pump's air throughout the shop.
Considering yearly fluctuations in energy prices, flexibility in fuel sources is a good thing for irrigators. Nebraska-based AmeriFuels Energy Solutions, one of the pioneers in marketing irrigation engines that run on ethanol, now has another option for irrigators — an engine that burns both ethanol and natural gas.
Rumors abound that America is headed for $5 gasoline. But aside for a few California pumps priced above a "Lincoln," Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst with Oil Price Information Service, contends a $5 U.S. average is still a few years down the road.
Dakota farmers are as green as they come. They recycle and reuse. They protect the land and water. They're the original conservationists, the true environmentalists. But it's been a tough couple of years for producers trying to take being green to the next level on their farms and ranches.
Even more than usual, grain prices are a hot topic of conversation this fall. Under the circumstances, it's easy to forget that fuel prices are also the highest we've seen since 2008, including more than 100 million gallons of off-road diesel fueling Iowa's tractors and combines.
Remember those once-upon-a-time days when corn sold for 20 cents either side of $2 per bushel year after year? If you want to go way back, before the Earl Butz "fencerow-to-fencerow" farming days, all the way back to the 1960s, corn sold for 20 cents either side of about $1.10 per bushel, year after year.
Prior to 2007, Indiana was lagging behind some other Corn Belt states in joining the ethanol party, with only one plant, South Bend's New Energy, which was built in 1984. Although plans for as many as 41 plants were announced, when the talking was done, 12 new plants were actually built.
Cost savings are possible for fuel if you're flexible on when you buy, and how much you can buy at once. That was just one of the factors that convinced Bryan Kirkpatrick, Greentown, that an on-farm dike and storage center made sense.
Water management is vital to farming the arid regions of western Nebraska. University of Nebraska researchers hope that the addition of a 1,280-acre West Central Water Resources Field Lab near Brule will help them find answers to the questions farmers and ranchers need to know.
A Nebraska Public Power District test of 261 irrigation systems provided further evidence of the need to improve irrigation pumping plant efficiencies, and also of the opportunities you have to save both money and water by making improvements.
Sometimes opportunity presents itself, and you have to take a chance at it. That was the situation for Mack Grady, owner of Cureco Inc., a distributor of computerized tobacco curing controls in the United States.
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Seto Takayuki refused Zenga's offer!
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The japanese midfielder was among the players requested by Walter Zenga at Al Nasr, who was also looking at Steaua's Ovidiu Petre and Timisoara's Razvan Cocis. "Taka" declined the offer after helding talks with "L'uomo ragno", proving once again that he's not putting money ahead of the game. He's definitely hoping to move to a bigger club in Romania though, with Dinamo in pole position to get his signature, a transfer that has very big chances to go through this summer.
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Hey, Tag, make an art thread! :3
Also, make it simpler. I know that sounds dumb, but that's really detailed for an initial draft of a manuscript.
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@Slurp thanks. . .now em gonna practice my drawing . . .=)
@Bacon . .yeah. .I think em gonna do that^^
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As of this January, about a third of U.S. adults say they want to cut down or be free of gluten in their diets, the highest percentage making this claim since The NPD Group, a leading global information company, began asking the question in 2009.
NPD's Dieting Monitor, which continually tracks on a bi-weekly basis top-of-mind dieting and nutrition-related issues facing consumers, reports that 30 percent of adults, one in every three adults, claimed to cut down on or avoid gluten completely in January 2013.
"For as long as NPD has been tracking the eating habits of Americans, which is since 1976, they have been expressing a desire to eat healthier foods and beverages," says Harry Balzer, chief industry analyst and author of "Eating Patterns in America."
"It's not that we want health and wellness more, but that we are constantly changing how we address health and wellness," he continues. "A generation ago, health was about avoiding fat, cholesterol, sugar, and sodium in our diet. While those desires still exist for many, they no longer are growing concerns. Today, increasingly more of us want to avoid gluten in our diet, and right now it is nearly 30 percent of the adult population … and it's growing. This is the health issue of the day."
Balzer points out that as recently as 2011, it appeared that this trend might have run its course, but then more Americans started to say they would like to cut back or avoid gluten in their diet.
With the latest information collected from NPD's Dieting Monitor, a greater portion of the adult population is interested in cutting back on or avoiding gluten in their diet than ever before reported.
Interest in gluten-free menu items at restaurants is also growing. In NPD'sCREST foodservice market research, which tracks daily how consumers use restaurants, consumers are asked if they ordered something off the menu that was listed as high protein, whole grain, sugar-free, or described in another way.
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BOA Boss Defends Ye Shiwen
Teenage Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen is not a drug cheat, the British Olympic Association's chairman has said, after a US coach cast doubt on her world record-breaking swim.
Lord Colin Moynihan said Ye, 16, had passed drug tests, was "clean" and deserved recognition for her talent.So the general consensus seems to be the US official was being a whiney ass.Earlier, former British Olympic champion Adrian Moorhouse said the rumours appeared to be a case of sour grapes.
"The Chinese might have just found this really talented kid, who can work really hard, has the perfect shape and can cope with all the pressure thrown at her," he told the BBC.
Suspicions over Ye's performance were heightened when it was pointed out that in the final 50m of her race she swam faster than the winner of the men's race, Ryan Lochte.
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An Overdue Thank You to Readers
Last week, I found out that you don't actually have to be fast to win at the Cross Crusade Awards Party.
You can be lucky and win the raffle, like my friend Beth, who made off with a ridiculous set of tubular wheels.
Or you can be unlucky, flat three times in one race, go home and write a sob story about it, and then win "Best Blog Post" for said entry.
Speed? Who needs speed?! I have words and readers!
Seriously, though, it was a huge reminder to me how lucky I am to have such a fantastic group of readers here at the Everyday Athlete blog. You guys are the reason I wake up every day and line little words up in rows until they make semi-coherent sentences.
I have no idea who nominated the post for the award, but an extra special thank you goes out to them for thinking of me and taking the time to throw "The Curse of Villebois" into the ring.
Incidentally, the Villebois entry was the first race report that I did as part of my partnership with Wend Magazine, making the win even just a little sweeter.
So, homies, my deepest gratitude goes out to all of you. Taking the stage at the Cross Crusade party might be one of the highlights of the year… I'm truly honored.
Thank you thank you thank you.
And a final special thanks to Shannon Holt for the image at the top (she also unofficially dubbed my prom get-up "Best 80′s Outfit") and to my family over at pdxcross.com for this kick-ass set of photos from the moment:
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And now we should flood your comments section with Thank Yous as well. Your weekly reports have been amazing, and a joy to read. Thanks!
Wait a minute, what's all this thanks to other people? I thought this was all just for me. You mean other people are allowed to read this? That's horrible! I'VE BEEN LIVING A FARCE! YOU DUPED ME SWIFT BOAT! YOU DUPED ME!
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Fresh Market opening marked with "Cracking of the Parmesan"
Gabe Funaro of Mt. Lebanon gets fresh fish at the counter. Behind the counter is Steve Taylor.
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Pam Rosencrans "Cracks the Parmesan" at the grand opening.
Thomas Robinson and his mom, Lisa, of Mt. Lebanon select peaches at The Fresh Market.
The grand opening of the new Fresh Market grocery store in Mt. Lebanon was marked not with a ribbon cutting as in the case of most grand openings – instead, The Fresh Market at the corner of Washington and Connor roads proclaimed itself open for business July 3 with its traditional "Cracking of the Parmesan."
"We're a food company. It's what we do instead of cutting a ribbon," said Marc Jones, senior vice president of marketing for The Fresh Market. Cheese vendor Pam Rosencrans used several knives to "crack" the large wheel of parmigiano-reggiano cheese, weighing in at 83 pounds. The cheese was made with about 150 gallons of whole milk and aged for more than three years, Jones said.
"We're excited about this store," Jones said, adding that the Mt. Lebanon store is "probably one of our prettiest stores."
While the official grand opening wasn't until 9 a.m., eager shoppers started lining up much earlier than that, said Randie Alf, manager of the new store. Others were invited to a special VIP breakfast that started at 8 a.m.
Alf said the focus of the store is on its perishable produce. "It's the best you'll find. We're all about quality," she said. She said she feels The Fresh Market "compliments other stores" – the neighboring Giant Eagle Market District and Trader Joes – instead of competing with them. She added that the store offers full-service fresh meat and fresh seafood departments and an extensive bakery. It also offers free samples of its coffee for customers every day.
Fresh Market consists of more than 19,000 square feet of items, including bulk coffees and candies, a wide variety of ready-to-serve entrees and more than 200 imported and domestic cheeses. The produce department has more than 400 items, including a large organic selection.
"Everything we bring in is the best for our customers," Alf said, adding that sometimes select produce won't be available if the market cannot get the best quality.
Alf added that people come to The Fresh Market for the experience of just being there. "Some people come just to relax," she said.
About 90 employees from the area were hired at the new store. "It's a great thing for the community," Alf said.
Grand opening activities included cooking demonstrations, food sampling and free reusable shopping bags, and sample bags of jelly beans and the company's own coffee.
"I love it. There are a nice variety of options," said Ginny Carse of Mt. Lebanon, as she was picking up some salad at the prepared foods counter.
Lisa Robinson and her son, Thomas, of Mt. Lebanon were also shopping during the grand opening day, picking up some fresh peaches. Robinson said she came to the store because she knew a few people from North Carolina who "always raved" about The Fresh Market, so she wanted to see what it was like.
Maegan Bregenser of Upper St. Clair said she had been waiting for the store to come to the area for a long time. Bregenser added she has gone to The Fresh Market in Hilton Head, S.C. "They have things you can't get in most places," she said, including the white asparagus sitting in her shopping cart. Also in her cart were various salads, produce and bakery items.
The Fresh Market was founded in 1982 in Greensboro, N.C., and is a specialty grocery store focused on providing high-quality products in a unique, European-style atmosphere.
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Which Tool Should I Use to Monitor My Social Media? [Infographic]
By: Abdulhadi Hafez
It seems like everyday they come out with a new "social media monitoring tool", everyone is trying to get a piece of the pie. No wonder why we're all getting confused. But do I need to monitor my social media in the first place? Duh! How else are you going to know what people are saying about your brand (called sentiment monitoring) and how well you're doing in terms of views, likes, and traffic (referred to as analytics tracking) and what the trending topics are.
Ok, so let's get to the good part. Which social media monitoring tool should you use? The good news is that there are some really good free tools out there, the bad news is that there many of them, so figuring out which one to use could be daunting. For example, Socialbrite came up with 20 free, awesome social media monitoring tools that you could have a look at.
Just to confuse you even more, Tripwire Magazine prepared a list of 30 Useful Social Media Monitoring Tools that you could also review. One of our favorite ones mentioned in both lists is HootSuite, which allows you to monitor up to 5 social media networks (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Google+, Blog) for free. It's good if you've just starting out and have got 5 or less channels to monitor.
However, as great as some of those free tools are, it wont do the full job for your company if you've got many channels to monitor and are highly involved in social media conversations and engagement all over the Web. This is when you have to start paying a little bit of cash to get the full job done. You could be paying anywhere from $100-$500 per month to use one those bad boys.
For example, Radian6, one of the most robust tools out there, could cost you well around $500 a month to use, but boy is it powerful! It helps capture more than hundreds of millions of posts each day, including the full Twitter firehose, Facebook, blogs, news sites, discussion boards, video and image sharing sites.
Although we're trying to narrow down the list of potential tools down for you, it still wouldn't be fair to mention just two of them. There are plenty of other tools that deserve to be analyzed as well. The good news is that Oneforty surveyed 150 social media professionals to find out how they used social media monitoring tools, and worked with KissMetrics to put their responses into infographic form.
It still doesn't quite boil it down to the best tool to use, but it does narrow down the list a bit more based on the opinions of 150 social media experts. Feel free to click on the infographic to view the enlarged view. Enjoy!


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Send the newlyweds on their way in their very own Limo of Love. Car-shaped cookie is "painted" with color flow then decorated using royal icing and fondant.
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- 101 Cookie Cutter Set
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- Roll & Cut Mat
- Cardboard
- Paring Knife
- Waxed Paper
- Color Flow Mix
- Color Flow Icing
- Royal Icing
- Roll-Out Cookie Dough
- Small Fruit-Flavored Disc Candies
- Cornstarch
Project Instructions
In advance: On waxed paper-covered board using Royal Icing, make 4 Tip 24 swirl drop flowers for each cookie.
Pipe Tip 2 dot centers.
Make extras to allow for breakage; let dry.
Cut cookies using car cutter; bake and cool.
Outline car and window areas using Tip 3 and full strength color flow; let dry.
Flow in car using thinned color flow; let dry.
Using Royal Icing, pipe in wheels with tip 7 (smooth with finger dipped in cornstarch).
Pipe Tip 7 outline running board and wheel wells.
Add Tip 3 dot hubcaps and headlights.
Pipe Tip 3 curving outline streamer; attach flowers.
For disc candy faces, pipe tip 2 dot eyes, outline mouth and pull-out hair.
For veil, roll out White Fondant 1/8-inch thick.
Cut a 3x1-inch wide piece, narrowing to ½-inch wide.
Attach veil with dots of icing; attach heads in window.
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The Worms from Hell
These are the very last days, the last lap of the race, and this final stretch will be the toughest. But the redeemed can take great confidence in the promises of God, for His promises never fail. I Corinthians 10:13:
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Hebrews 13:5speaks of the Lord Jesus Christ:
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Strengthening one's faith is the business of all God's saints. It is time to redouble our efforts. It is time to press in with our might. Luke 13:23-24:
23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,
- 24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Building faith is the business of the saints.
Romans 10:17declares the formula for building faith:
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Immerse yourself in the Word of God. Jesus said in Luke 16:16:
The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
Soon, Jesus Christ will return in the clouds to receive the born-again unto Himself. Will you be one of those He is looking for? Are you born-again, born a second time, this time of the Spirit of God? Terrible, terrible times are approaching and Jesus Christ is the only way of escape. John 3:3:
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Are you ready to escape the wrath of God? Do you want all your sin and shame erased as though you never were guilty? Do you want the power to live a most beautiful life filled with promise and eternal purpose? GodSaidManSaid has good news for you. Today is your day of salvation. Click onto "Further With Jesus" for childlike instructions and immediate entry into the Kingdom of God. Don't procrastinate. Your window of opportunity is closing. Do it now. We'll wait for you here. Now for today's subject.
GOD SAID, Isaiah 14:9-15:
9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
- 10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
- 11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
- 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
- 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
- 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
- 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
GOD SAID, Mark 9:42-48:
42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
- 43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
- 44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
- 45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
- 46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
- 47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
- 48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
MAN SAID: The Bible is not to be taken as the literal, inerrant truth. It was written by mere men thousands of years ago and it is laden with gross exaggerations, folklore, and fairytales.
Now THE RECORD. The absolute inerrancy of the Word of God is breathtaking. To those of childlike faith, the Bible is the very wellspring of life. Consider that the declarations in the Word of God that skeptics dub as foolish impossibilities have been, and are continually being, certified as the gospel truth. What carnal men call foolish impossibilities, such as a 6,000 year-old earth created by God; one mother and father of all; mankind being made out of dirt; the woman formed from man's rib; all of the earth being once vegetarian; Noah's Ark; all of the earth once speaking one common language; Sodom and Gomorrah; Joseph, the Grand-Vizier of Egypt; Moses and the plagues of Egypt; David slaying Goliath; Jonah and the whale; the animalization of Nebuchadnezzar; and so on are all certified by archaeology, paleontology, microbiology, history, and other sciences as true! Welcome to GodSaidManSaid. This is feature article #591 that once again proves the full inerrancy of Holy Writ. All of these features are archived on GodSaidManSaid in text and streaming audio for the edification of the saints and as ammunition in the battle for the souls of men. Every Thursday evening, God willing, they grow by one. Thank you for visiting us today.
Thousands of years before man's vaunted science begins to discover the truth of a particular issue, he finds that God's Word is already there — knowledge that only the Creator could know. The Bible speaks of Hell' fire, a place of tormenting heat that sits in the bowels of the earth. This is a place that was created for Satan and his angels and for all those who reject the Lord Jesus Christ as the Saviour of their souls. At the very end of all time, Hell is cast into a place called the "Lake of Fire." Revelation 20:10:
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Revelation 20:11-15:
11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
- 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
- 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
- 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
- 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Jesus called this place outer darkness. Matthew 25:30:
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Now, concerning Hell and the lake of fire, the Bible speaks of worms that exist in this most uninhabitable place of infernal heat, brimstone, and finally, utter darkness. As a side note to this feature is the Bible's noting of brimstone. Brimstone is sulfur, and when sulfur is burned, it produces suffocating odor. Science now understands that brimstone is an important ingredient in sustaining the worms from Hell.
Following, you will find excerpts from various sources that once again certify the veracity of the Word of God.
Source: thefeaturecreature.com:
The Pompeii Worm (
- Alvinella pompejana
) is a deep sea creature reaching lengths of up to 5 inches with red tentacle-like gills on their heads that can withstand temperatures that rival those in Hell. The worms live in tubes near black smokers, or hydrothermal vents, one of the most inhospitable environments on our planet. Their tail end rests near the source of the heat which gets up to 176° F (80° C) while their head pokes out into cooler, almost room- temperature water of 72° F (22° C).
- Scientists aren't even exactly sure how this remarkable creature can withstand such extreme temperatures. They're studying the symbiotic relationship-based bacteria that form a "fleece-like" covering on their backs. A symbiotic one is one in which both animals benefit. In this case, the worms secrete mucus from tiny glands on their backs to feed the bacteria, and in return, they are protected by some degree of insulation.
- The Pompeii worm is the most heat-tolerant complex animal known to science after the tardigrades (or
water bears that have previously been featured
- ), which are able to survive temperatures over 150° C (302° F). [End of quote]
Source: Popular Science:
The giant tube worm is one of the most conspicuous members of a diverse community that forms around hydrothermal vents. Scientists once thought that no living thing could survive the harsh combination of toxic chemicals, high temperatures, high pressures, and total darkness at these vents. But, in 1977, researchers diving in Alvin discovered tube worms and other bizarre organisms thriving at a vent off of the Galapagos Islands. Similar communities have since been found at several hundred hot spots across the world. These creatures are like nothing else on earth.
- Besides the giant tube worms, which have so far have been found only in the Pacific, there are pencil-size Jericho worms with accordion-like tubes; orange worms covered with tiny bristles; small benthic worms that wriggle through the mud; and finger-length, dark red palm worms that stand upright, topped with wing like fronds. A special class of worms, called Alvinellids (named after the sub), live on the walls of mineral deposits that form around vents.
- Water pouring out of vents can reach temperatures up to about 400° C (752° F); the high pressure keeps the water from boiling.
- The most prevalent chemical dissolved in vent water is hydrogen sulfide, which smells like rotten eggs. This chemical is produced when seawater reacts with sulfate in the rocks below the ocean floor. Vent bacteria use hydrogen sulfide as their energy source instead of sunlight. The bacteria in turn sustain larger organisms in the vent community.
- A recent volcanic eruption has spread glassy lava across the ocean floor, and the researchers measured temperatures up to 403° C (757° F) — the hottest ever recorded at a hydrothermal vent. The scientists dubbed the site Tube Worm Barbeque, because the worms they brought back to their ship had charred flesh. [End of quote]
Source: Mother Nature Network, June 3, 2011, under the heading, "Worms from Hell unearthed that were 8 feet long:"
A complex life form has been found living 1 mile below the Earth's surface, according to a study published in the journal
- Nature
, proving life can thrive in a place where only bacteria were thought to exist. Nicknamed "worms from hell," the newly discovered nematodes were found living in several South African gold mines, shattering scientific assumptions about the conditions needed for multicellular life. To find animals with nervous, digestive, and reproductive systems so deep underground is like finding "Moby Dick in Lake Ontario," study co-author Tullis Onstott of Princeton University tells
- The Washington Post
. "This is telling us something brand new," he says. "For a relatively complex creature like a nematode to penetrate that deeply is simply remarkable."
- Nematodes, aka roundworms, are known to exist on the deep ocean floor, but they're typically not found more than 10 to 20 feet underneath the ground or the seabed, says co-author Gaetan Borgonie from Belgium's University of Ghent. Yet, Borgonie saw now reason they couldn't survive deeper than that, and without funding or professional support, he contacted Onstott with an idea to search for nematodes in boreholes below gold mines. "Everyone thought I was insane, risking a career hunting something everybody said they knew could not be," Borgonie tells Wired
. But the duo ended up finding the elusive nematodes, formally named
- Halicephalobus mephisto
, living in extremely hot water fed by subterranean rock fissures and pools — essentially "uncovering a new realm of biology on Earth,"
- The Post
- [End of quote]
Source: LiveScience.com, June 1, 2011, under the title, "Worms from Hell? Deepest multicellular life:"
How low can worms go? According to a new study, at least 0.8 miles (1.3 kilometers) below the Earth's surface. That's the depth at which scientists discovered a new species of worm, dubbed
- Halicephalobus mephisto
in honor of Faust's demon Mephistopheles (a nickname for the devil). The worm, reported this week in the journal
- Nature
, is the deepest living multicellular organism ever found.
- "We tried to get the title of the paper to be 'Worms from Hell,'" said study author Tullis Onstott of Princeton University. "But Nature
didn't go for that."
- [End of quote]
Source: Venitism Blog, August 14, 2011, under the title "Unearthing worms from hell:"
After digging holes in the Earth's crust for nearly two decades, Princeton University geoscientist Tullis Onstott is now making headlines for unearthing worms from hell.
- Onstott's research team, which he led with Gaetan Borgonie of the University of Ghent in Belgium, recently made a startling discovery: microscopic roundworms known as nematodes living nearly two-and-a-half miles beneath the Earth's surface in several South African gold mines.
- A wide range of single-celled organisms previously has been known to thrive as far down as these worms. It was thought, however, that the constraints of temperature, energy, oxygen, and space would make it impossible for a multicellular organism to live in such a place.
- These half-millimeter-long worms can apparently tolerate very high temperatures, prompting the researchers to nickname them worms from hell. The worms also reproduce asexually and feed on bacteria from the subsurface. Given their size, Onstott said that finding these nematodes at such depths was akin to finding Moby Dick in Lake Ontario! [End of quote]
Source: Discover magazine, July/August 2012. Geologist and biologist Tullis Onstott interviewed by Discover:
Interviewer: Then you found still more perplexing discoveries in other South African mines — for instance, microbes similar to those previously seen only at the bottom of the ocean.
- Onstott: That's right. We went back to South Africa in 1998, this time to Driefontein Mine, located about 40 miles southwest of Johannesburg, and took water samples, which are easier to work with than rock and less likely to be contaminated. We started finding the same organisms that people were reporting from deep-sea hydrothermal vents [where hot, mineral- laden fluid flows through volcanic rock into the ocean from deep within the Earth]. We don't know how the same organisms got to be in both places.
Interviewer: That's amazing, since we usually think of radioactivity as deadly — but these organisms were actually living on radiation?
- Onstott: Well, not just radiation, but radiation, water, and rock were all that was needed to support life at depth. You don't need light, food, or anything else from the surface. Plus, it's a renewable energy source.
Interviewer: And does that microbe interact with other species down deep?
- Onstott: Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator
is entirely self-sufficient. It has its energy source, radiation. It contains everything it needs to exist, and it requires nothing from another organism. The fact that we've found it almost by itself tells us that it's a one-species ecosystem. Such things aren't supposed to exist. We thought all organisms depended on others, but this one doesn't. We've found a whole new way to live.
- [End of quote]
Jesus said, Mark 9:44:
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
God said worms and brimstone. Man said it's impossible — at least until now.
God's Word is true and righteous altogether. Surely a place to build a life.
GOD SAID, Isaiah 14:9-15:
9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
- 10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
- 11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
- 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
- 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
- 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
- 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
GOD SAID, Mark 9:43-44:
43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
- 44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched..
MAN SAID: The Bible is not to be taken as the literal, inerrant truth. It was written by mere men thousands of years ago and it is laden with gross exaggerations, folklore, and fairytales.
Now you have THE RECORD.
Authorized King James Version
www.thefeaturedcreature.com, "The Demon Worm from Hell," 04/2012
Stover, D., "Creatures of the Thermal Vents," Popular Science
www.mnn.com, "Worms from Hell Unearthed that were 8 Feet Long," 06/2011
www.livescience.com, "Worms from Hell? Deepest Multicellular Life Found," 06/2011
www.venitism.blogspot.com, "Unearthing Worms from Hell," 08/2011
Ross, V., "Tullis Onstott, Geologist, Biologist, Subterranean Microbe-Hunter," Discover, July/August 2012
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Postcode BA16 0AW is 0.027 km from ST485371
NOTE: this is the closest geographically, it might not be
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UK Postcode: BA16 0AW
What We know: (may or may not be accurate)BA16 0AW is near ST 48591 37123
> Somerset County
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Contains Royal Mail data © Royal mail copyright and database right 2010.
BA16 0 center is about ST48373642
BA16 covers:
Overleigh (Somerset)
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BA is postcode Area: Bath
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Randy Pitchford reaches out to the artist who found his work had been plagiarised for some Borderlands 2 cover art.
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"good artists copy, great artists steal."
Sounds like both Moss and Gearbox were both just being civil, and good natured about the whole thing. Props to both for not making a huge scandal out of it.
I was expecting Gearbox to sue him and call him a homophobic woman hater. Then I remember that's something only Bioware would do.
Glad they could solve the problem.
It's nice to see how Gearbox handled it, they could have just ignored him but they didn't... and for the love of F$@#$! stop going to the next video while I try to type a comment lol
I'm sorry but if this is plagiarism then we as a society are doomed to be suing each other back to the stone age...yes they have the same overall design but just look at most of pop music, It all sounds virtually the same and the biggest difference is either the poorly written lyrics or the sex of the "artist" (If you can call them that) but It is nice to see both sides resolve it without suing and getting all pissy
You do all realize that this shit happens every day right? It's not like gearbox was the first or something... In fact what they did by addressing the issue actually speaks highly of the quality of their character. life goes on, this guy will be paid for his unexpected contributions and with a shred of class this stupid headline will find a place in the trash can. no matter who you are and how great you think you are, we are all influenced by what we see and hear etc. and for the people complaining that the art was stolen actually it wasn't... it was re-created differently and only shares few key similar aspects... its the same concept but not a direct copy get over it.
I'm a composer and I know that there's often a fine line between feeling flattered because you inspired another artist or feeling like you've been stolen from. Sometimes you feel both at the same time. In this situation, this artist was ripped off. That said, I give Randy the benefit of the doubt. Just by the way he handled it, I can't see that he knew about it. Some Gearbox artist used the art as the basis for his work, turned it in, and didn't give the original artist credit. I believe that's the extent of it and I doubt anybody else at Gearbox picked up on it. Either way, Randy fixed it. Problem solved. Good on them.
Gearbox+plagarism= does not compute.
I'm an illustrator myself, and I'd bet you anything that the plagiarism was done by some lowly production artist who never imagined it would be spotted. There's no way the image would've been featured so prominently if management knew it was plagiarized.
They stole something and you're all praising them. They admitted to it because they got caught.
Good Guy Gearbox knows when it's been a Scumbag Steve! Good for them. I think it's pretty clear the inspiration was lifted pretty hard from this guy, it's always hard and subjective when it comes to artistic plagiarism but I think if the GB team is choosing not to say that the argument is contrived then it's great that they're taking the high road. This guy isn't even suing so it really is them taking the initiative.
It's called apropriation, where you take one form of something such as art and make it distinctively yours. The Romans did the sane thime with the Ancient Greek's style of art and religion and made it distinctively their's. there's a reason why the Romans became so successful. Their sword the gladius is from spain, shield is from gaulic france, etc.
Yea they copied the style of his art work, but to me that looks more than 50% altered from the original piece which should be enough to be "their" art. Or have I been under a rock too long? Kudos to them for acknowledging him though!
At least they acknowledged they were wrong. The guy will probably be paid and get some cool swag.
I don't get it. The original artist ripping off Star Wars?
I think that Gearbox will pay him anyway. And that's cool.
if the game has made money, he deserves to get acknowledged as the inspiration.
Its no real different to what Zynga is doing with EA games or what EA's Medal Of Honor is doing with Killstreaks from the inspiration from Call Of Duty Modern Warfare.
The is the age where every company is ripping off everybody. The Chaos is starting to happen, we need The Reapers to arrive early this cycle. 50'000 years before the next harvest is to long, i reckon every 4000 years would be a much better timeframe to re-start the cycle of organics.
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I think it's just an inspiration taken and not the actual picture. A soon to be released game "Furious Four" is from Gearbox with INSPIRATION from Inglorious Basterds so I'm not too surprised that they honour other peoples work by showing similarities.
So I suppose anyone who paints a portrait of someone is plagiarizing the works of the first person who to paint a portrait.
Anyone who creates a dance track at 80 bpm should be sued by the first person to have created a dance track at bpm? pfft!
The original artist should be proud of himself to have created a design which decades later is being used in pop culture. He sounds like he should be working for Apple, not Gearbox.
Yea those images are not similar enough to be considered plagiarism imo. It could have certainly been influenced by the first image but even that couldn't be said for sure as the specific throughout the images are so different.
I can't believe this happened and that A. the artist isn't suing. and B. the corporation is trying to make it right anyway. The saddest part about it all is that these kinds of actions surprise me.
What no lawsuits, counter suits, boiler suits, birthday suits??? All this dealt with amicably and gentlemanly?? What is the world coming to? I'm going to sue the pair of them for being nice. That'll learn em.
Ever heard music? Everything is plagiarized. With a capital :P
Randy is a classy dude. He really seems to care about his work.
As a designer I find it a hard one to judge (so I'll go with no plagiarism). Good on them for sorting it out though and hopefully they can all benefit from it!
similar indeed...oh well :D
Not plagiarism, just very similar.
As long as everyone wins :)
It didn't strike me as completely plagiarized, but having admitted that it was "lifted" shows some form of guilt. I think they should just pay him whatever they pay the person/s at Gearbox to design cover/box art (for the time allotted for the project) and be done with it. That seems like the right thing to do.
@mariomaster16 I partially agree, but I see mainly some (!) will to keep the scandal as low as possible as the main reason for which Pitchford has invited the artist to work with Gearbox!
@ztg360 yea that's because pop artists are all owned by big record labels that co-en-side with each other quite allot. Among other reasons I may or may not know.
@CatAtomic999 - Totally agree.
@Heshertonfist I understand what you mean and it was sad to see that Gearbox has done such a thing. As the artist said, he would have loved to help out. Randy Pitchford did make amends to the artist afterwards so isn't that enough to forgive?
@TheSkyrimStatue one of his pieces was a fake movie poster for star wars. That's not plaigarism or copyright infringment, simply fan art. However someone at gearbox ripped that image and essentially took that work of art and then just made it all Borderlandsy. THAT is plaigarism and copyright infringement. Especially when the original artist wasn't even contacted.
@nyran125 Are you mentally challenged? Don't answer that, it's a rhetorical question. You clearly are mentally challenged if you consider that a fan poster could possibly be the inspiration to a game. Borderland was the inspiration to Borderland 2. Idiot. This is concerning a picture in the book art for Borderland 2 which was based upon the said fan poster.
@BludshedX he isnt suing and gearbox is trying to make it right. However im sure youll like it when something you work on is used without your permission.
@jean_borrero And what is that called .... ?
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@CatAtomic999 - Say, as an illustrator you can probably confirm this. I imagine this kind of thing happens a lot in your field?
@N4o7A @Heshertonfist Until proven otherwise I won't blame gearbox as a company, just the artist who was in charge of the cover art. I never heard of this artist before nor seen his work, and its just as possible that Randy and the others had no idea that this picture was copied either. Also after looking at Mr Moss's site I see he rips off alot of other people as well so all I can say is Karma is a b&*ch.
@rem234 I'm aware of that.
Nothing there was copied other than a few design principles. And even then, copy is not the right word. Just because he put a dark silhouette of a landscape into another silhouette of a contrasting hue does not make him owner of that art principle.
It's like the first person who ended his letter with the words:
John Smith
Imagine all of a sudden one day he came out and said "Hey! You did not have my permission to end your letter with my gracious choice of words. Set things right and give me a job!"
There's only so much you can do in art before you are 'copying' someone else. Paint a portrait.. crap.. it's been done.. paint a landscape.. too late.. how about something abstract? Forget about it if you want to do it 'right.'
@suplax @jean_borrero Paraphrasing
@shantd I've seen it a couple of times, yeah. People get fired for it. One time it might've been something the guy was mimicking without even realizing it-- you know, like he'd seen it and it was floating around in his head when he started "creating", lol. The other time was a straight-up copy, like this thing.
@shantd @CatAtomic999 actually you won't see it happens very oft. You can pay huge amounts of money for it.
The element that was straight-up lifted wholesale was not pictured in the side-by-side comparison in the report above.
The zig-zag sand in the background is supposedly taken from another piece in the series "The Empire Strikes Back 'Boba Fett' image". Google it.
@rem234 @Volgin "...In what way is making art something [that is] supposed to take inspiration but to create something unique similar to signing a name that may or may not be the same as someone elses or the use of specific words."
That right there is the definition of art.. at least one angle of it.
My views have sort of changed the closer I examine both works. It's clearly imitating the same art style with intention of creating a similar 'effect' [in the viewer]. Though I wonder if the original artist would have said anything if a similar image was made to promote a parody.. or just laughed it off.
@Volgin @BludshedX Thats what im saying, They are making it right and thats important. However i was also referring to the fact that he had reason to want the recognition.
Blud your use of a false analogy is confusing, In what way is making art something supposed to take inspiration but to create something unique similar to signing a name that may or may not be the same as someone elses or the use of specific words.
Your second comparison is an oversimplification, there are thousands of different methods for portraits and landscapes and abstract, some similar in style but rarely of subject or composition. Just because a genre is done by many does not mean that someone should copy a specific piece of work by someone else without acknowledging the work used.


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