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Someday my kids will look back fondly to this picture and remember sitting at the island counter on their stools (this island counter that we specifically planned for our someday-children when we built this house and now 8 years later it serves its purpose as the breakfast and lunch spot for three sweet little boys.)
Today I am reminded of the green tomatoes that I still need to fry up (Mmmm) and to the left of the tomatoes is the rocket fishbowl with our pet fish Luna. She is audience to all the happenings in the hub of our home.
Lori is having a sweet photo tag asking us to share our family table. Breakfast & lunch may be lively and entertaining and eat-at-your-own-risk at the counter, but dinner is reserved for our table whenever possible. It can still be quite lively and entertaining here, too. There is nothing like a conversation with your kids at dinner. Some of the best things our kids have said have been spoken here.


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COLUMBUS - It can come in many different styles and described many different ways. It can come in an exciting nailbiter of a match, or a quick pin. It can be termed fulfilling, or even unfortunate. But the bottom line is, a win's a win.
And in the opening round of the state wrestling tournament, any kind of win takes you one step closer to the ultimate goal. One more win away from placing. Three more wins away from being a state champion.
That's the spot four local athletes find themselves in after the first day of the Division III state wrestling tournament.
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Carey's Brayden Leist, Upper Sandusky's Alex Kenner, Fostoria's Tony Reynolds and Mohawk's Grant Price all scored opening round victories, putting themselves into today's championship quarterfinals.
Leist was the first to punch his quarterfinal ticket, scoring a victory over Chase Mayabb of Troy Christian in a roller coaster of a 132-pound match. Leist scored a two-point takedown for the only points of the opening round, but a series of reversals and near falls highlighted the second. After a back-and-forth two minutes of action, Leist held an 8-7 lead.
"It was just a matter of getting my balance and not getting nervous when I got put on my back and just following through with the rest of the match," Leist said.
The third period though belonged entirely to Leist, as the Blue Devil senior marched into the quarterfinals with a 14-7 victory.
"I started feeling out the kid by the third period," Leist said. "I figured some things out, just used what I had to use and just went through it as fast as I can."
Reynolds came into his 170-pound first-round match with perhaps one of the toughest draws, matched up against Brenden Stanley of Waynedale, a returning state runner-up. Stanley came to Columbus with a 53-1 record, but also came with an elbow injury suffered in last week's district semifinal.
About a minute into their match, after Reynolds took a 2-0 lead following a takedown, Stanley wasn't able to continue and Reynolds was awarded the win by injury default.
"I was a little nervous for the match, but I knew that he was injured so he wouldn't be 100 percent," Reynolds said. "I just went out and wrestled my match. It's an unfortunate way to win that way, but a win's a win."
Redmen coach Nick Davis said that no matter how the win came, getting an opening=round win would give a lift to the returning sixth-place finisher from a year ago.
"I think that was a huge confidence boost for him," Davis said. "Even though it was an injury default, it still will be a huge confidence boost to get past that first match. Now, since they place the top 8, you get two wins and you're guaranteed to place. It takes us a step closer to at least placing. I know that's not where we want to be. We want to be, top three, top four or obviously state champ, but it puts us another step closer."
Also at 170 pounds, making his third-straight trip to state, Mohawk's Grant Price was looking to do something he hasn't done the previous two years, score an opening round win.
Price trailed Columbiana Crestview's Matt Hardenbrook 4-2, before rallying for a 6-4 win.
"He had that quick single, on the edge of bounds, kind of worried me a little bit," Price said. "But I got a hold of it. I got that reversal to get ahead by two and I felt pretty good from there."
Price said he was driven by the fact that his previous two trips didn't turn out the way he wanted.
"Feels a lot better now," he said. "The last two years coming down, losing the first match every time, it's a long road to haul, but I feel a lot better this year, felt real good after winning that first match.
"It really sets the pace. It feels a lot better when you get out there and get that first win; get that first win under your belt."
Out of the six Upper Sandusky Rams making the trip to state, 152-pounded Alex Kenner was the only one to score an opening round win, pinning Caleb Horn of Amanda-Clearcreek in 4:13.
Kenner admitted he knew very little about his opponent, but felt if he wrestled his match, he'd be successful.
"I didn't know who the kid was, but I just figured I'd go out, push my pace and do what I know I got to do, and that's what I did," he said.
"You don't know what they're going to do or anything," Kenner added when asked the difference of facing an unfamiliar opponent. "So you just got to go on what you can do and capitalize on mistakes they make."
Two more Rams stayed alive after scoring victories in the opening consolation round.
Thurston Dyer (106) routed Theodore Zoumpolidis of Martins Ferry, 16-4, while Carson Mengerink (113) pinned Wayne Trace's Dustin Taylor in 59 seconds.
"I wanted to get out there, get it done. I was so ready for my next match. I really wanted to get it so bad," Mengerink said. "I went out I think over confident (in the first match) not using my head. I didn't keep to my game plan before the match. It definitely threw me off and I definitely think that's one of the reasons I lost my first match. But I knew I had to wrestle back hard. You got to win that next match, that's what it's about."
Consolation winners can climb as high as third place if they keep winning throughout the weekend. One more win would guarantee a placing.
"I wanted it so bad, ever since my freshman year and always came up short," Mengerink said. "It definitely makes me feel good knowing I'm so close."
Cory Frey (160), Tylor Pritchard (182) and Dylan Robertson (195) all saw their state runs come to an end following consolation round losses.
Pritchard said the focus now shifts to being the best teammate he can be to support the three Rams that will be in action today.
"I hope the best for them," he said. "I'm going to be there to support them and cheer them on. I hope they do well. I got to fulfill my role as a teammate now."
For the junior, coming up short this time around means next season will have an added motivation to it.
"It gives me a lot of drive," he said. "I came up short of my goal. If that's not motivation I don't know what is."
Shawn Kissell of Buckeye Central nearly saw his state trip come to an early end. After dropping his opening match to Ben Sexton of Sugarcreek Garaway 8-0, Kissell had to survive the first period in his consolation match with West Salem Northwestern's Matt Hunter that nearly saw Kissell pinned. However, Kissell made it through the round, trailing 5-2, then took control scoring two near falls in the second round to take the lead, en route to a 13-8 victory.
"I was a little scared there at the moment," Kissell admitted. "I really hoped I wouldn't get out. It made me fight as hard as I could from the bottom. I didn't want my season to be over. It definitely pushed me to where I need to be at right now."
Wrestling resumes at 10 a.m. today with the championship quarterfinals, followed by the next round of consolations.

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A Whittier man cleaning out a mixer truck in Tracy died when an 1,800-pound piece of concrete fell on him.
The accident took place just after 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 10000 block of Linne Road.
The 47-year-old contract worker for Express Chipping was removing buildup inside a truck for A&A Concrete Supply when the piece of concrete fell on him, pinning him inside.
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Once in a while, says Jeff Kuhn, venture capitalists in Silicon Valley will give a passing thought to Boston.
The rest of the country between SFO and BOS? Not so much.
That's beginning to change as FLG Partners, a heavyweight CFO consulting firm headquartered in Palo Alto and headed by Kuhn, begins to look seriously at some companies in the Reno-Tahoe area.
Executives who are working to create a better environment for creation of entrepreneurial companies in the region say the interest by FLG Partners marks an important step for northern Nevada.
Chris Dier and Dan Gravelle, two partners in FLG, spent a day in Reno a couple of weeks ago talking with founders and executives of eight young companies.
"It was a real eye-opener," says Dier. "We were pleased. We came away with the impression that some of them have the opportunity to become substantial businesses."
The companies include both traditional technology firms as well as firms that are putting technologies to work.
Out of the eight companies, Gravelle says as many as half might be in a position to make a pitch to venture funds in Silicon Valley.
And relationships with the venture-capital community, Kuhn says, are among the areas of expertise for FLG Partners.
"We've got this robust set of relationships in Silicon Valley that we can introduce them to," says Kuhn.
The company's partners they do all the work because there is no junior staff each has an average of 20 years experience as a chief financial officer.
FLG advises boards of directors and audit committees on complex accounting issues, provides interim CFOs and works with companies ranging from brand-new startups to multibillion-dollar public companies.
But until recently, it didn't do any work in the Reno area.
"We had given exactly zero thought to Reno, Sparks and northern Nevada," says Kuhn.
That began to change when Gravelle moved to Incline Village and started looking around at the technology and venture-capital environment in the Reno-Tahoe area.
Then, too, FLG was doing some work for VizKinect, a Reno-based startup that uses biometrics to track the effectiveness of advertising.
Norman Smith, the president and chairman of VizKinect Inc., also is a managing director of C4Cube, the business incubator in downtown Reno. He helped connect the FLG partners with some startups in the Reno area.
He said FLG Partners might help promising young companies in the Reno-Tahoe area tap the capital markets of Silicon Valley, a key step toward a stronger entrepreneurial climate in northern Nevada.
"Their specialized experience adds a new dimension to startup efforts here in Nevada," Smith last week. "They will, I believe, help create our local ecosystem that will eventually be a fertile environment to keep the bright young minds of Northern Nevada here as opposed to losing them to other states and other jobs."
Doug Erwine, vice president for entrepreneurial development with the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada, says FLG Partners also could help highlight the financial benefits of doing business in Nevada to Silicon Valley venture capitalists.
"Creating deeper relationships with capital sources and partners like FLG will undoubtedly create more opportunities for local businesses and entrepreneurs," Erwine says.
Next up for FLG Partners, says Dier, is work to develop wider and deeper relationships with angel investors, executives of startups, and others in the entrepreneurial infrastructure of the Reno-Tahoe region.


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Since picking up a needle and thread at the age of three, Nicole Mallalieu has been a passionate (somewhat obsessive) designer and maker of all things "textile". She graduated (in 1989) from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology with a degree in Fashion, and has worked in Australia, England and Ireland, making clothing, hats, bags and furnishings.
She has specialised in one-off, hand-finished bags and hats for exhibitions, commissions and boutiques, as well as worked in the commercial fashion industry here and overseas.
Since returning to Australia in 2002, Nicole has designed and manufactured bag patterns in conjunction with teaching courses and workshops in patternmaking, sewing, bag and hat making.
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Embrace the time-tested method of toe-up knitting! Join popular instructor Donna Druchunas, and learn how to create your own seamless sock design by mixing and matching different features. Start class by learning about the anatomy of a sock before moving on to the shaping and stitch patterns you can use. For toes, Donna will lay out the steps to the moccasin toe, the wedge toe and the short row toe. When you move on, you'll discover how to create afterthought heels, gusset heels and short row heels. Want to ensure sock success before you start? Donna will guide you through taking accurate measurements and planning your sock using an included worksheet. Plus, you'll learn great tips and tricks for polished finishing and receive three free patterns included with class!
Meet Donna Druchunas and find out all the reasons why toe-up sock knitting is a great technique.
Get to know your socks more intimately. Learn about cuffs, legs, heel flaps and turns, gussets, insteps and toes.
Learn all about construction choices, pattern stitches and all kinds of yarns to make your perfect pair of socks.
This toe-up method creates a six-stitch band that extends across the toe.
Learn how to make the wedge-toe, a simple geometric toe.
The short row toe uses the wrap-and-turn method of shaping. Learn how to decrease and increase in short rows.
Move on from toes to heels! The afterthought heel involves placing stitches on scrap yarn, then returning to work them later.
Move on to a more complicated heel. Gusset heels involve a turn, a heel flap and some shaping for a smooth transition across the instep.
Like the short row toe, this heel uses the wrap and turn method to shape a curved heel pocket.
Donna goes over the worksheet and all the measurements and calculations you need to get perfect-fitting socks without trepidation.
Get started on your socks! Cast on, work your chosen toe, then work even until you're ready to begin your heel.
Customize your socks using the heels you've just learned. Choose the gusset, afterthought or short row heel.
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A stretchy bind-off and some tricks for invisible finishing wrap up your custom sock adventure.
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Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.
What: Shares of Prestige Brands (NYSE: PBH ) , a marketer of over-the-counter health care and household cleaning products, jumped as much as 14% after it announced the acquisition of Australia's Care Pharmaceuticals.
So what: Although financial terms of the deal weren't announced, the press release does note that Care Pharmaceuticals generates approximately $18 million in revenue annually from its core line of over-the-counter health products -- most notably Fess, which treats cold and allergy symptoms. Even more important, this acquisition gives Prestige Brands the opportunity to rapidly increase its Asia-Pacific presence. On the heels of the announcement, research firm Sidoti upgraded Prestige Brands to "buy" from "neutral" and hiked its price target to $41 from $32, implying 35% upside from yesterday's close. Research firm B. Riley joined the party as well, initiating Prestige with a buy rating and a $38 price target.
Now what: Moving into the rapidly growing Asia-Pacific region is a smart move for Prestige, which certainly could use the spark, with organic growth of its over-the-counter products drying up domestically. In the fourth quarter, Prestige Brands' 14 core OTC products delivered 9.3% organic growth. For this fiscal year, Wall Street anticipates that growth will be nearly flat. I'm not sold on Prestige's lofty valuation just yet, as acquisitions take time to integrate and there are often some "hiccups" involved for the acquiring party. However, I would certainly recommend keeping a watchful eye on Prestige Brands by adding it to your Watchlist.
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Monday night, the Centerville Lions Club presented awards to honored guests who are highly regarded in Wayne County.
Among those honored, Sara Coulter, Director of Marketing at First Bank Richmond, received the Outstanding Citizen of the Year award. Among her many accomplishments, most notibly she was praised for her years of work as President of Dollars for Scholars, enabling kids to pursue a higher education.
Also honored was Janis Buhl, of Western Wayne News, for her service to the Western portion of Wayne County by creating a worthy news source. In her many years as editor of WWN, she has been able to promote and convey what is happening in the surrounding communites and has succeeded in keeping information flowing.
Anna Richey accepted the award given in memory of her late husband, Lloyd Richey, for his important work in the community. It was noted that he gave much of his effort and time to helping youth, making an impact on the lives of many.
And finally, Wendy Komman was given the "Lion" award. This honor is bestowed upon a Lions Club member who has made a major impact on the club as well as being a positive community member.
Congratulations to all those honored.
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quote: Exactly. These people crying foul now had no problems with partisan left-wing media giving the Volt a rock-star treatment in the press.
quote: The NHTSA essentially created this controversy by sitting on the Volt fire report for five months before Bloomburg, not them, broke the story.


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WELLSVILLE - The Wellsville Village Council Finance Committee met Monday morning to consider modifications to the ordinances governing the positions of fiscal officer and assistant fiscal officer for the village. Both ordinance overhauls were approved in committee and will be brought before council at its meeting Tuesday evening.
Under the proposed changes, the position of assistant fiscal officer would be reduced from a full-time to a part-time position, with hours not to exceed 24 per week. Pay would go from an hourly rate of up to $10.34 per hour to a fixed rate of $10 per hour. All other employee benefits, including paid holiday, vacation, bereavement, sick and personal hours, would be eliminated, along with the option of participating in village health or life insurance plans.
The fiscal officer ordinance was also subject to significant revisions, beginning with a reduction in annual pay. The salaried position would go from $34,000 down to $28,500 per year.
A debate about how best to phrase the required working hours led to additional clues of the administration's dissatisfaction with former fiscal officer Dale Davis, who resigned on Jan. 12.
Committee member Tony Cataldo stressed the need for flexibility in the job, being one of greater seniority than that of other village employees. Committee chairwoman Diane Dinch countered by saying council had to ensure that a person hired to a full-time position would work their share of full-time hours.
"You don't want somebody who's just going to come in and maybe put in 15 hours a week, and they're collecting a salary," Dinch said.
"We've been doing that for eight years with one," Cataldo replied with a laugh.
Acknowledging that this has been a problem with other past fiscal officers, not just the most recent one, Dinch proposed the idea of 30-hour-week minimum. Village Mayor Susan Haugh agreed that the ordinance needed "teeth" to ensure that a person hired to the position would know that they would not receive pay for hours that aren't worked.
Acting fiscal officer Cassie Bloor was asked her opinion, given her years of experience in the fiscal office, of how many hours are required to perform the job properly. She replied that an average of six hours per day seemed right, matching up with Dinch's recommended 30-hour work week.
The committee then agreed to a minimum 120 hours worked per month. Dinch said this arrangement would leave 40 hours free each month, which the fiscal officer could take in the form of a whole week off if they choose, thereby providing the flexibility to that Cataldo had insisted upon. An added benefit is that it negates the need for vacation hours, sick hours and other regular paid leave.
Dinch stated that health insurance coverage had to be retained, however, citing the need to attract qualified individuals to the job. "You're designing this ordinance for a position, not a person," she said, explaining that council needed to look further down the road than the person that Haugh will soon appoint to the job.
While the above revisions were approved to bring before council, the committee decided to table village administrator Thom Edgell's proposal to accelerate an unnamed employee's position through the village's five-step pay classification.
Dinch and Cataldo both urged Edgell to revisit the issue in the spring after anticipated tax revenues begin to come in, with Dinch saying that savings from salary reductions in one area should not be immediately offset with salary increases elsewhere. She also reminded those in attendance that the expiration of a federal C.O.P.S. grant would mean money would need to be transferred from the village's general fund in order to cover the loss.
After delivering that note of caution, Dinch outlined her committee's job as hoping for the best while preparing for the worst. "We'll always paint the dismal picture, because that's what finance needs to do," she said.


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6 Things Every Sucker Should Know Before Buying a Used Car
Buying a used car is like going to a dentist who wants to knock out your old teeth and sell you new ones. Everybody involved in the process is assuredly biased, possibly psychotic, and actively wants to do you bodily harm. More sad, dissatisfied people have left car dealerships than strip clubs, and it's no wonder: Cars are extremely complicated, terribly expensive, and for some reason every one is guarded by a small gang of pathological liars. It's one of the worst experiences of your life, and you need somebody trustworthy to help you. Unfortunately, you've got me. Lucky for you, I have bought and destroyed more cars than is technically allowable by the United States government, and am therefore legally obligated to actually try to help you in this column, which I do as a "service" to the "community." I think we can get through this, if you take my advice to heart.*
*Well, except for all the times I tell you to "flip the table on them bitches." That's just some good general advice I try to work in everywhere, and may not be applicable to the situation at hand.
#6. Do Your Research
Never, ever walk into a dealership "just to see what they've got." Salesmen see that aimless stare on your face and they're like starving cartoon wolves -- they don't even see a person; all they see is a giant walking turkey leg. Most small and midsize dealerships will have online inventories. Check those out in advance and start looking up the models you're interested in, then read up on each one: Comb through car sites like Edmunds, click on forum posts by owners, get the specs and find out about users' experience with reliability -- hell, go to Wikipedia and bone up on the entire history of the model and the powertrain you're considering. Back in school, you'd do the same amount of research for a book report on Huck Finn just because an older lady in a paneled skirt threatened you with the alphabet -- you can do the same legwork for a multi-thousand-dollar purchase you're going to entrust your life to every time you leave the house to get a burrito. Whatever you do, the point is to come in with a mental list: Do not let them steer you outside of that list to a car that you're not familiar with. Adventure is wondrous and grand, but the used car lot is not the place to listen to strange old men in tattered clothes whisper of magical chariots.
"It's dangerous to go alone. Take this Daihatsu!"
Now this is the important part, so pay attention: No matter what anybody tells you -- no matter how respectable the source -- never, ever, ever buy the Kia. Regardless of dealership affiliation, every used car lot on the planet has a dull red Kia out back that they want to show you. It's going to feel wrong, somehow, like the air around it has gone stale. That's the universe trying to warn you. There will be rational arguments, and your brain is gonna be all like, "Hey, it sounds like they've gotten a lot better lately," and, "Look, even the car magazines think they've got some decent models." But there's a very simple explanation for this illusion: It's a vast government conspiracy and everybody is in on it but me. They are terrible cars that will explode and betray you, no matter how meticulously you care for them. Isn't that right, Optima, you fickle bitch?! You broke my heart! And for what? A measly 15,000 miles? I thought we had something! I spent two years inside of you. Does that mean nothing?!
#5. Dealing With the Dealer
You need to treat the first few moments at a dealership like an old-timey mobster being interrogated by the coppers: You don't say nothin' about nothin'. Financing? What's that? Trade-ins? Ha, what a hilarious portmanteau of gibberish! Price range? I don't even speak English.
The first step is just and only to find the car you want, go over it carefully, take stock of any work that needs doing, and barter out the final price. Only when that's all settled do you talk about trading in something. Why would you discuss trade-ins right up front if you haven't even found a car you like? You're not even sure you're shopping there yet. The grocery store doesn't pull you aside when you walk in the doors and ask how much you're planning to spend today. So why do dealerships always want to know your price, payment and trades first? Because it gives them leverage against you: "Oh, well, if we're going to do you a favor and take this trade-in off your hands, you have to buy one of these pre-selected vehicles." Or, "Oh, you're financing? Those aren't our finance cars. Our finance cars are all dull red Kias; let's go out back and take a look."
"Ignore the disembodied voices telling you to flee. That's a ... feature. Ghost-voicing. Costs extra."
That's bullshit. Everything is a finance car. Just like everything is a cash car. The car does not care how you pay for it. It is a car. Even if it becomes sentient, it's mostly only going to care about fighting crime and ramping shit, like K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider. And brother, if that happens: You let it. You buy yourself a leather jacket and a perm and get the fuck out of there; your car search is over.
#4. Vehicle Inspection
There are a few basic things you can check, even if you know nothing about cars. First thing you want to do is get right up close against the side of the front fender. (This should also serve to draw out any potential sentient-car crime-fighting partners, as they cannot resist wisecracking and will likely say something cute like, "Geez, buy me dinner first." If so, then you're done: It's all cowhide coverings and curly hair for the rest of your days.) If there's little to no rapport between you and the vehicle at this point, just sight down the trim lines to make sure they're straight with no fluctuations -- offset doors, fenders, and uneven lines could indicate frame damage. Look around the engine bay at the spots where the metal struts come together -- the joints should be straight, with no signs of recent welding. Take a look underneath the car and watch for rust on the rails, in the wheel wells, or basically anywhere else. Be afraid of rust. Rust is the mind-killer. You'll think you can take rust -- it's just some pansy little oxidation, right? But you can't. Rust is better than you. Rust will laugh at your feeble angle grinders; it will spit at your steel wool and mock your puny acids. Rust will shrug off all your mightiest efforts and then, when you are broken, it will take your woman in a way that you never could.
"F ... from behind? I don't know, man; I'm just a chemical process."
Also remember to CHECK. THE. FUCKING. FLUIDS. Don't just stare at the engine with your dick in your hand, wondering if you could stop the flywheel with your cock (no matter how awesome it would be to seize a V8 with nothing but your willpower and steely erection, this is not the time for it). Pull those dipsticks out and check the reservoirs. Brake fluid is, in an ideal world, clear to slightly yellowish. But the world we live in is broken and flawed, so it's usually tea-colored. If it looks like strong coffee, you're going to need to bleed the brake system, at the very least. That's a few hundred dollars right there. It doesn't require a lot of know-how or expensive parts, so you're going to want to do it yourself.
Do not.
Bleeding brakes is exactly as traumatic as bleeding your only child, only it takes like, four times as long (depending on size and age of child). Check the oil: If it looks like a Wendy's chocolate Frosty, just turn around and run. Run as fast as you can. Hop into your car and tear ass out of that dealership like The Dukes of Hazzard. That means a blown head-gasket, and it is death. If somebody assures you, "It'll still run," you can respond, "So will a man with no legs, if you shoot at him enough; that doesn't mean he'll get far." (The casual murder references let 'em know you mean business.)
"Hi, Bob. Nice to meet you. I've killed four men. Every one of them stole from me."
Make sure the coolant is clear, the transmission fluid is red or purplish (just not black or oily) and all the belts and hoses are free of cracks. Finally, if it's a new car or a big expense, you buy yourself a copy of a program like Torque, then go on eBay and get an ODBII scanner. Plug that into the car (the ODB slot is usually beneath the dash on the driver's side) and you can see literally everything about its engine in real time, right there on your smartphone. Do me a favor and look at the salesman's face when you do it: See that expression? That's what hope looks like, as it leaves the world. He's just realized he's not going to win this one, because you're from the future -- you've already done this deal.


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The name — to echo our politicians for a moment — of the Great State of California was invented in the early 1500's by a Spanish author named García Ordóñez de Montalvo. This fictional California was an island off the coast of Asia; the setting for his popular "gentlemen's novel" Las Sergas de Esplandián (pub. 1510). As in modern-day rap videos, Montalvo's California was populated exclusively by nubile black women possessed of "beautiful and robust bodies" who wield lots of gold weapons and accessories. It's name combined the exotic concept of a middle eastern caliphate (خلافة) with, rather unsubtly, sexual gratification (-fornia). "En toda la isla," he wrote, "no había otro metal que el oro!" ("On all the island there was no other metal than gold!").
It was such fabulous rumors of gold — and of similarly inclined women — that drove Spanish explorers Hernán Cortés and Francisco de Ulloa to sail the western edge of the American continent in 1530. The Viceroyalty of New Spain planned to find (and loot) what it hoped would be the Seven Cities of Cibola. In a PR move equal to modern venture capital, the Viceroyalty optimistically named the land it found after the island in Montalvo's then-familiar book. California, now our "Golden State," is the only US state whose name derives from fiction.
And so it began: California as the provider of fables and fictions for the Western world. Westward migrations came in waves: gold rushes, a great drought, and so many individual dreams. Each changed the complexion of the state. Through it all, the usual folks managed to hold power, and Hollywood told their stories. Those tales rendered each decade mostly in white, and always in English. But California's future, like the fantasy that gave it birth, promises, finally, to be a fabulous tale told in Spanish.
Today, on the streets of the Mission District in San Francisco (the epicenter, if you will, of America's food culture, and an export factory for hipster trends), the State name has evolved. Various neologisms, each rich with meaning, and with factional adherents, challenge the past and predict the future of the state: "Mexifornia", "Calexico", "Amexica", and, above all, a celebrated new meta-region emblazoned on t-shirts, graffiti-muraled walls, and flung, often, like a challenge: "Califaztlán."
Califaztlán is a portmanteau in the literal sense, packed with meanings and syllables. The idea is that a pre-Colombian Aztec(ish) empire had encompassed what is now California, Arizona, Texas, and México. Tlán is the Aztec-language word for "place of," and the usual suffix of Aztec city names. "Califaztlán" packs in the idea that present-day northward migration of Mexican culture, itself a mix of the Spanish and pre-Columbian, is accomplishing a re-colonization the United States.
The far — and it has been alleged, race-baiting — political right originally came up with the words "Mexifornia" and "Amexica" in an attempt to entrance listeners, in the way Nancy Grace might with stories of an innocent girl's kidnap and murder. But Californians have made carne asada out of red talk-radio meat, embracing the x-words and featuring them on menus, clothing, cocktails, and in everyday conversation. (As earlier gay activists did to defuse terms like "queer") The newfound banality of, say, "Mexifornia," is encouraging the more fabulous constructions like Califaztlán and the handier "Aztlán" — both too high-concept a mouthful to rile the God-and-guns set. So right-wing pundits have fallen back, of late, to another odd-sounding name that also packages immediacy, geography, and listener-fear in a few neat syllables: NAFTA.
It is this inexorability of free movement that scares (or delights). Imbalances no longer hold up the way they used to. The mechanisms of information have become too accessible, fluid, transparent. And so into the controlled vacuum of the North, a delicious chaos rushes in. The social internet reveals much, and informs the otherwise excluded. It offers alternatives to the tropes that have flowed from media formula-factories. Real people appear on YouTube and Facebook, living real lives. They now appear on the other and long-curated screens: coupled, well-adjusted gays; unaccented latinos; blacks that do not so oddly live in Brooklyn Heights or Bel-Air. (And, the downside: exploitative scripted-"reality" shows that conflate new transparency and old stereotypes.)
The fact is that the energy of California that is now, to be charitable to its traditional custodians, at least bi-lingual, radiates in every color. The transparency we have achieved (technologically, socially) has made that impossible to hide, and so, difficult to misrepresent. The team that won this years World Series is as much Los Gigantes as The San Francisco Giants, Los Niners (as they are known here) seem poised to win the nation's Super Bowl. The state's nearly $2 trillion annual economy accounts for about 13 percent of US the economic activity. And 75% of California's infants are non-white.
As anyone with a catalytic converter might realize, there is, by now, some acknowledgement that what happens in California is inevitable for the rest of the nation. And so we see the national rush to include those who, in California, are already included. The elite who plan to thrive in the new United States are leading the charge. In other groups, we see the resolve to entrench, to resist: the ex-New Yorker McMansion retirement communities of Arizona; the patrician networks of Boston; Wall Street; those for whom aspirational and racial are linked. There is, of course, no future in such isolationism. But these groups don't care. They hope to preserve wealth and privilege for their expected life, and they underestimate the speed of change.
In the meantime, the West roars ahead with advances in culture, technology, automotives, music, medicine, politics, film, cuisine, and, above all, social structure. The Califaztlán, if you will, of the future is not multicultural — that old saw of a term that meant static groups co-existing in harmony — but rather a single fast-moving culture-liquid into which various traditions flow. African-American Oaklanders may not speak Spanish (yet), but they unconsciously roll the 'r' in taquería as, well, everyone will. Asian mayors have become common. Gay shibboleths are out of closet and on late-night comedy shows.
The fluidity of this cultural recombination amounts to real intellectual capital, and it contributes the the quirky innovations that characterize the west coast: internet startups, self-driving electric cars, a dazzling culinary scene.
The traditional economy used to be dictated by financial capital. It took lots of money to get a random idea built into a product/service/movie, and then lots more marketing money to bombard people with ads to get them to buy the often lousy result. (This is the system that gave us the processed food of the 1990s, AOL, and Donald Trump.)
Financial centers in New York and Boston pushed this scheme to ever more exotic abstractions, products became utterly divorced from utility, until finally, the finance system itself imploded in 2008. Today, product launches are modest, sales and social media say yay-or-nay, and failures are caught early. The West Coast is used to this model — they've been producing software for decades. And people here are poised to create products and set the trends for a changing American demographic. They are living in the place where demography already changed. Ideas spring from a culture with less bias and more meritocracy. Yes, some initial money is necessary, so crowdsourced alternatives like Kickstarter are steping in, kicking the traditional moneymen out of the innovation temple.
For all the marvelous glitter of the West, much of it also turns out to be gold. There is an energy and and magic to life out here, as perhaps there always has been. It seems obvious, as it did to Cortés and Ulloa, that the future, the treasure, and the best of life will be here — whatever you call the land. And it is, at last, spreading East.


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Author talk: "Outcasts United"
Warren St. John, author of this year's Oswego Reading Initiative book, "Outcasts United," will speak. The book tells the story of Clarkston, Georgia, a southern town that became a center for refugee resettlement, through the lens of a soccer team of refugee boys called "the Fugees." The book explores the difficulties the team and town face as people from a range of ethnic and cultural backgrounds are forced to live and work together. Free; parking for those without a campus parking sticker is $1 -- see oswego.edu/administration/parking. 315-312-2232.
Location: to be announced
Wednesday, Sept 28, 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Columbus Day Open House
The Open House will include: Admissions presentations, a chance to talk with faculty, student-guided campus tours, select tours of academic facilities and an opportunity to meet with representatives from Career Services, International Education (study abroad) and Experience-Based Education (internships). Presentations regarding financial aid and first-year academic and advisement programs are also offered. Please go to www.oswego.edu/visit to register.
Location: Marano Campus Center, Main Concourse
Monday, Oct 10, 9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Men's Soccer vs. Plattsburgh (Alumni Weekend)
Free. 3056.
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Friday, Sept 30, 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Men's Soccer vs. Potsdam
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Homecoming 2016
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Metamorphosis in Progress
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You'll be able to shop from all of our great ACCO brand sites in one easy trip. Come back and see Mead, Five Star, AT-A-GLANCE, and Day-Timer, all shiny and new.


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Slang term for heavy drugs
Can i buy some candy?
di 187 05 aprile 2003
noun - usually, a quater or half ounce of sticky, high quality weed that will provide a very very fun time.
-"do you wanna get candy this weekend?"
di Chris McGrath 09 dicembre 2006
Just another word for plastic jewlery. Normally flashy colorful dress up jewlery worn by not only ravers buy stupid emo's.
Whoa man, look at your arm, you have a lot of candy.
di Selly420 22 febbraio 2006
Another word for condoms because they come in many flavors and colors like...... candy.
I'm horny, who's buying the "candy" tonight?
di Chipmunk5369 30 agosto 2008
A word I started using to replace the well over-used word "sweet". I used to say sweet, and then added the "like candy" for emphasis. "Man, that car is sweet like candy." I then shortened it to simply "candy". I use it instead of sweet in everyday conversation.
1 dude..."Dude, there's free ber at the Junction tonight!"
Another dude..."Candy."
Now if I could just find a word to use instead of dude...
Another dude..."Candy."
Now if I could just find a word to use instead of dude...
di Homer Simpson 15 giugno 2003
girls, chicks , bitches , anyone female
i like vanilla candy = i like white girls
di Babylatin16 18 ottobre 2007
Candy is like 2 describe an ol skool ride, like a classic Impala, that has multiple high clear gloss coats on it.
"Dude was ridin on candy"
di India in Tx. 09 novembre 2004


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Pending parole decisions
The Illinois Prisoner Review Board will decide March 27 whether to grant parole to two other convicted killers from Rockford: ...
Pending parole decisions
The Illinois Prisoner Review Board will decide March 27 whether to grant parole to two other convicted killers from Rockford: Calvin Madison, who killed John Hogan in 1970, and Curtis Brownell, who killed Louise Betts in 1977.
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Editor's Note: This story originally published Feb. 27, 2014.
SPRINGFIELD - Parole was denied Thursday for Robert Henry Lower, who will remain behind bars at Graham Correctional Center in Hillsboro for the 1975 killing of Joey Didier.
The Illinois Prisoner Review Board voted unanimously to keep Lower in prison. It was his 19th attempt at parole. He has never got a single vote in favor of release singe he first became eligible for parole in 1985.
Lower, 75, won't get another chance to ask for parole until 2019, the maximum five-year distance between hearings that the board can impose.
The decision was a relief for Diane Didier-Adolphson, Joey's sister, who has to relive the horrific events that led to her brother's death each time Lower fights for parole.
"Illinois will be a safer place for at least five more years," Didier-Adolphson said.
Joey Didier went missing March 4, 1975 shortly after beginning his morning newspaper route on Fulton Avenue in Rockford. His body was found 11 days later in a Boy Scout camp cabin in Jo Daviess County. He had been raped and strangled to death. Lower later confessed that he couldn't sleep and decided to go "driving around looking for a paperboy," according to Register Star archives.
About 20,000 people signed petitions to lobby the Prisoner Review Board to deny parole, including 2,325 that signed the Register Star's online petition. There were also about 40 letters sent to the board asking for parole to be denied, Didier-Adolphson said. The board takes petitions and letters into consideration when it decides whether to grant parole.
"My mom and dad taught us all that there is power in numbers and this is absolutely a testimony," Didier-Adolphson said. "Together people can make a difference and it did make a difference."
Didier-Adolphson thanked all who signed petitions and sent letters. She also thanked Winnebago County State's Attorney Joe Bruscato and Jo Daviess County State's Attorney John Hay, who each traveled to Springfield on Thursday to help lobby for Lower to stay in prison.
Lower's health has faded during his 38 years in prison. He is on dialysis and has lost one leg due to health issues, Didier-Adolphson said.
The Review Board member who interviewed him said Lower has "resigned himself to the fact that he's going to die in prison," Didier-Adolphson said she learned Thursday. "Or if he does to get released he'll have to go into a nursing home."
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Scientists in New Zealand have combined RNAi interference with nuclear transfer technologies to generate a transgenic cow that produces milk lacking β-lactoglobulin (BLG), the whey protein believed to be the primary cause of milk allergy in people. The team at AgResearch and the University of Waikato say their achievement demonstrates that targeted expression of miRNAs is a viable method for knocking out production of a particular protein in livestock, and will also hopefully allow more research into the "still obscure" function of BLG.
Anower Jabed, Ph.D, Goetz Laible, Ph.D., and colleagues carried out an miRNA screen in BLG-expressing cultured cells to identify molecules that knocked down the protein, and then generated tandem constructs incorporating combinations of two of the most efficient miRNAs that knocked down both ovine and bovine BLG, which are closely related.
The most promising of these tandem miRNA constructs (designated miRNA 6-4) was subsequently tested in a transgenic mouse model that expresses ovine BLG, to confirm its ability to block BLG production in vivo. Having demonstrated activity in the mouse model, the investigators then went on to generate a transgenic calf using nuclear transfer, with a donor cell from a bovine fetal fibroblast cell line transfected with the BLG-silencing miRNA.
Of five resulting pregnancies, one was sacrificed to recover the fetus and obtain transgenic cells for use in future nuclear transfer work. One of the remaining four pregnancies led to birth of a live female cow—albeit without a tail. This calf was hormonally induced to lactate, and analysis of milk samples using SDS-gel electrophoresis, Western blot, and HPLC confirmed that all the samples taken were devoid of any detectable BLG. Interestingly, the lack of BLG had a compensatory effect on the levels of other milk proteins. Compared with natural and induced wild-type milk samples, milk from the transgenic calf exhibited much higher levels of major milk proteins, and in particular the caseins. Of these proteins, α- and β-casein levels were increased more than twofold, and κ-casein levels were elevated about fourfold.
BLG has been suspected as a major milk allergen for decades, but its biological functions and impact on milk composition or nutritional and processing properties remain elusive, primarily because rodents don't naturally produce the protein, and so unmodified mouse or rat models aren't available. Reporting on their BLG-deficient calf in PNAS, the researchers say the ability to generate dairy cows with comprehensive knockdown of BLG will enable direct testing of "the longstanding conjecture that milk with greatly reduced BLG level will be less allergenic than normal cows' milk". And, they point out, the high casein levels in the BLG-deficient milk should in addition provide for increased calcium levels and high cheese yields.
Moreover, the authors write, the achievement validates miRNA expression as an effective strategy for modifying livestock traits. Drs. Jabed, Laible, and colleagues published their results in a paper titled "Targeted microRNA expression in dairy cattle directs production of β-lactoglobulin-free, high-casein milk."
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Serves 1 |
Prep Time 5 minutes |
Cook Time 0 minutes
1 cup Vanilla Edensoyor Extra Vanilla Edensoy
1 tsp Eden Matcha Powdered Green Tea
1 medium banana, peeled
1/2 cup fresh pineapple chunksor unsweetened pineapple canned in its own juice
1 tsp organic maple syrup, optional
Place all ingredients in a blender and pulse several times until the fruit is crushed and the matcha has dissolved. Pour into a glass.
American, Beverages, Edensoy, Good/High Fiber, Good/High Protein, Low Sodium, Macrobiotic, Tea, Vegan


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Average Ratings
4 out of 5 people recommended this car.
Consumer Reviews
Comfort meets performance
by Looking for comfort and performance. from North Carolina | December 5, 2011
I have driven/ridden in many different vehicles, and have yet to find a car that is this comfortable while unleashing this kind of power when you need it. It probably doesn't hurt that this car comes with the heart of a naturally aspirated Supra from the factory. The seats are super soft and supportive, all the controls are very ergonomic, and the ride is like floating on clouds. I would not hesitate to recommend a well taken care of Lexus in this trim.
Purchased a new car
Uses car for Commuting
Does recommend this car
I just Love This Car!
by Lexus Man from Greer SC | July 6, 2011
This is my second Lexus. You will not go wrong when buying one. My sister even has one now. Great gas mileage and very reliable!!! Its been a joy to own and Im sure Ill buy another.
Purchased a new car
Uses car for Just getting around
Does recommend this car
by Unsatisfied Customer from | March 1, 2011
Self Explanitory. Is there really anything else that I need to say. In general it wasnt worth the money.
Purchased a new car
Uses car for N/A
Does not recommend this car
Best Value in Luxury
by Corky from San Dimas, CA | June 12, 2010
Totally reliable. Nearly the last of the old body style. Style still holds up well. Xenons, Nav, Dual exhausts, inline six ...better, smoother than v6. Steering wheel shift paddles add to better control in the twisties or even just on the freeway. Add spoiler and you cannot tell the difference from the more expensive v8 model. marginal rear seat room, cd changer in glove box is old style but Mark Levinson Radio cannot be beat. Original tires and battery lasted six years before replacement required. Dealer service tops.
Purchased a new car
Uses car for Just getting around
Does recommend this car
beatiful inside and out
by tato from sacramento,california | December 15, 2008
this car always gets my attention.I love both the interior and exterior design.The car is a very smooth driving car.It has good brakes,soft comfortable seats,and a great sound system.Overall the features are great.To wrap it up im always relaxed when im in this car.I would recommend this car for anyone.Single,married,kids,no kids,young,or old.
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TAHOE/TRUCKEE - Pacific Fine Arts Festivals, a producer of California's highest quality art festivals since 1980, has announced its schedule for 2013. The roster includes a variety of two- and three-day festivals that take place from March to October, providing family-oriented events in scenic settings located throughout the Bay Area, Lake Tahoe and in Southern California. All of the events feature a dazzling array of fine arts and crafts, offering the unique opportunity to meet the artisans.Pacific Fine Arts Festivals brings together talents of artists from across the nation, including many award winners in the mediums of painting, sculpture, jewelry, photography, ceramics, mixed media and much more.Sunshine Artist magazine has ranked several of PFAF's events in the top 200 outdoor festivals in the country, and while each has a distinctive look and feel, all promise to offer enjoyment for the entire family. For information on any of the festivals, contact Pacific Fine Arts Festivals at 209-267-4394 or visit www.pacificfinearts.com. You can also see more information on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PacificFineArts and on Twitter @PacificFineArts.
The list of festivals for 2013 in the Lake Tahoe area includes:• July 27-28 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday - the Squaw Valley Arts & Crafts Festival is held in the beautiful mountain resort of The Village at Squaw Valley and features 60 artists and crafters nestled within the Village at the base of the majestic peaks of Squaw Valley.• August 10-11 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day - the Kings Beach Fine Arts and Crafts on the Shore makes its appearance at beautiful Kings Beach State Park on the shore of North Lake Tahoe. The event features 40 artists displaying 2-D and sculptural works, fine crafts and jewelry in this scenic setting.• August 16-18 and August 23-25 from 10 a.m. 5 p.m. each day - the Tahoe City Boatworks Mall is a fantastic host for the Tahoe City Boatworks Mall Arts & Crafts Festivals, a two-weekend spectacular. The event takes place in Tahoe City right off Highway 28 (North Lake Blvd.) on the lawn area beside the indoor Boatworks Mall, adjacent to Tahoe City Marina overlooking the lake.• September 7-8 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday - the Historic Downtown Truckee Arts & Crafts Festival is hosted by the Truckee Downtown Merchant's Association and features the original work of more than 60 artists and crafters in downtown Truckee's walkable historic mountain setting, on the closed street of Bridge Street between Donner Pass Road and Church Street.


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Source: MacRumors
quote: Wah wah wah is all I hear from you on EVERY Apple article. It must be nice to be able to patent a shape and get away with it and use that as your only "evidence" in all court cases pertaining to tablets. Apple is not the greatest company in the world nor did they "invent" anything BESIDES great marketing. PLEASE oh PLEASE enlighten me on how Apple is going to "invent" or "revolutionize" the TV once they release their iTV. Well it won't be named iTV atleast in the UK as they have already been warned by the real ITV but I and everyone else knows, that Apple will take them to court and somehow (bribe) the judges into letting them use the name. ITV has been since 1955 and yet Apple will own that name soon enough. Feel free to enlighten me on that topic as well since you know any and all things.


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10 Behind-the-Scenes Photos That Make the Movie Better
Last April, I told you all about my stupid little hobby of collecting behind-the-scenes pictures that ruin films. I still collect these pictures, because a good hobby is a good hobby, but because being positive is healthier than being negative, I've been seeking out images that actually make their movies better. This is that.
#10. Gandalf and Saruman from The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings is a movie with wizards and tiny people and tree monsters.
"It looks like you guys are expected at a mall to sign autographs on the 5th, but we can always cancel that. Otherwise your next free day would be ... March 17th."
How It Helps the Movie
Look! Saruman and Gandalf are actually good friends. And they hired this little hairy-man, something between a hobbit and a real-sized person, to be their personal assistant. And if the look on Saruman's face is to be believed, their assistant just can't do ANYTHING right! I'd watch THAT buddy comedy.
Also it reminds me of Space Jam, one of my favorite movies. Everyone remembers Michael Jordan as a Bull, but I think people overlook the fact that he also played for the Washington Wizards at the end of his career. So, when I look at that picture above, I can't NOT be reminded of the OTHER time a short, chubby, nerdy-looking guy with glasses followed around a wizard for an entire movie.
#9. Planet of the Apes
In 2001, Tim Burton reimagined Planet of the Apes with Mark Wahlberg, Paul Giamatti, Tim Roth, and some others. His decision to reimagine the film as a shitty, tedious affair was a bold and certainly unorthodox approach, but ultimately people prefer the original.
Chris Brown (fan submission)
This is actually what I imagine every single one of Tim Burton's dinner parties is like.
How It Helps the Movie
We're no longer on a planet where apes evolved superintelligent brains; we're on a planet where apes evolved superintelligent brains but now Tim Burton is their crazy human leader. All of the other humans are pets and slaves, but Burton manages the entire planet, dictating orders to his lieutenants over their nightly dinner meetings. I don't know why Tim Burton taught the apes how to talk and dress themselves just so he could use them to enslave humanity, but I'm sure his reasons are crazy-ass and I would love to hear them.
E.T. is about a cute little alien on the run from walkie-talkie-wielding army men who fear, distrust, and don't understand him. E.T. is no threat to Earth and spends the duration of the movie trying to get back home, where people don't try to kill him.
How It Helps the Movie
E.T. is a Watcher, a mystical being from another dimension who only appears on Earth when something cosmic and world changing is about to happen. He came here to prepare us for the real threat: a giant balding man who will pinch whatever he wants.
#7. Hannibal Lecter from The Silence of the Lambs
In The Silence of the Lambs, the brilliant but evil Dr. Hannibal Lecter is already in a maximum security prison for his crimes (killing and eating people). He's a chilling villain, because he knows exactly how to get in your head and expose your biggest fears and insecurities.
"C'mon, eat it. Open up. Here comes the airplane, coming in for a landing! And it's ... full of brains and guts and things. You like that, right?"
How It Helps the Movie
It just further demonstrates how Lecter is the smartest and most manipulative serial killer the world has ever seen.
#6. Darth Vader from Star Wars
Star Wars is a movie about a star war.
How It Helps the Movie
This adds so many layers to the already very layered Vader that I can't even stand it. You can tell how much love the Old Man has for Vader, and even though we only see the side of his helmet, you can tell how Vader is forcing himself to resist the Old Man's kiss. Anakin Skywalker. He lost his wife. Both of his children were taken away. He had to murder his only friend. He finally found love in the form of an old man (a clear stand-in for his former mentor, Obi-Wan), but he can't find happiness and embrace that love because the evil Sith Lord needs him focused forever on darkness so he can maintain control over Vader, and also he can't embrace that love because of the helmet. Poor, tragic Darth Vader.
(Darth Gayder.)


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when a male or female licks the inside of a females pussy(vagina) causing extremeeeee pleasure to her
Oh yeah! I eat her pussy whenever we get ready To FUCK! It Was So GOOOOOD!
dari freddman Rabu, 03 September 2003
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Can you define these popular missing words?
A man who would lick a womans "pussy" and lick till she climaxs. A very fun and sexual activity , very pleasurable. Done in a act of love.
i am a pussy eater, i would eat daniela out , i bet she taste sweet. (wink)
dari no1 Jumat, 12 Maret 2004
a man who enjoys tasting his woman cause he loves her.
I'm a pussy eater, cause my wife's pussy taste good.
dari Just saying the truth Kamis, 09 Oktober 2003
lickin down town
puttting my tongue in yours
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One who performs oral stimulation of the female genitalia.
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Dantez Bennamon is one of the best high school basketball players in South Carolina, but he hadn't gone 19 for 19 from the free-throw line until last week.
Not even in playing a video game.
"You don't get fouled that much in NBA2K," Bennamon, Goose Creek's junior point guard, said Wednesday during his lunch break.
Top-ranked Irmo has a perfect 28-0 record, but Goose Creek has a chance Friday night in the Class AAAA state championship game at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia.
If they can just get to the line, where they were almost perfect last week against Sumter.
The Gators made 33 of 36 free throws in a 57-47 Lower State championship game victory at the Florence Civic Center.
"After a while," Bennamon said, "it almost became like the free throws were layups."
Davidson leads NCAA Division I teams with an 81.8 free-throw percentage.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are tops in the NBA at 83.3.
Goose Creek, like tossing a ball into the creek itself, made 91.6 percent of its free throws against Sumter.
'Unheard of'
"It probably helps that we've shot with all different kinds of backgrounds behind the basket," Bennamon said. "At our gym, it's a solid wall behind the basket. At Wando, there are people behind the basket, crazy people making noise and holding signs. Then in Florence, it's a lot of empty space with no one behind the basket. That was kind of awkward."
Truth is, Goose Creek (22-4) needed emergency free throw aid because of awful field goal shooting. Bennamon, averaging 21.3 points per game, made only 2 of 17 shots from the floor.
"Dantez is one of the best basketball players in South Carolina, if not the best," senior guard Rashard Alston said. "For him to make only two field goals and still have 24 points, that's just an awesome performance. I mean, 19 for 19 is unheard of."
Of course, the best offense is a strategy that completely restrains an entire defense.
Free throw shooting, however, isn't as easy as it looks — Goose Creek is at 67 percent for the season.
"We were shooting about 50 percent earlier," Goose Creek head coach Blake Hall said with a smile. "We work on it, but we don't do anything real different."
At this rate, South Carolina state finals records are in reach. Greer holds the team record for most free throws (26 in 2005), and Derrick Robinson of Byrnes has the individual record (12 in 1983).
Chris Singleton, a junior guard, was Goose Creek's second-best free throw shooter against Sumter. All he did was make 11 of 14.
Football support
Much has been made of the Goose Creek basketball team wanting to win for a juggernaut Gators football team kicked out of the 2012 state playoffs for using an ineligible player. Bennamon is the Goose Creek quarterback, and basketball teammates Alston and Deshawn Evans also played football.
The basketball story shines by itself. Hall led North Charleston to the Class AA state championship last year, and Goose Creek won a state title in 2009 under Brad Dobbels, now an assistant coach at Charleston Southern.
This overachieving Goose Creek team has gradually improved after a rocky start.
"It's been a roller coaster ride," said Alston, who has signed a Newberry College football scholarship. "We opened with a loss to Timberland, a 2A school. But we found ourselves. We realized if we play our game, we're a pretty tough team to beat. Now here we are, going to the state championship."
Expect the football team at the big game Friday night. They plan to wear their game jerseys at Colonial Life Arena, and cheer for the basketball team to get to the free throw line.
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When youve been waiting four years, whats 10 more minutes?
Wando rugby defeated Greenville, 10-3, in the state championship game Saturday at Furman University in Greenville to earn the programs first title in its four-year history.
Regulation expired with the Warriors leading, but the officials added 10 minutes of extra time. Greenville threatened inside Wandos 22-meter line with an aggressive attack throughout the bonus minutes, but the Warriors defense held solid to preserve the title win.
It was like a 10-minute goal-line stand, Wando head coach Tod Shepherd said. Our defensive front was unbelievable.
Greenville scored off a penalty kick 15 minutes into the game to hand Wando (10-0) its first deficit of the season. Junior Sam Huthwaite countered almost immediately for Wando, scoring a try 50 seconds later from five meters out to put Wando on top, 5-3.
Before the end of the first half, sophomore Jon Cummins added a second score from 10 meters out wide on the wing to send Wando into halftime with a 10-3 lead.
As soon as Greenville scored, we knew what to do, Shepherd said. We kicked off deep, turned the ball over, applied pressure right away and kicked it up a notch to keep that pressure on them.
Greenville ramped up its attack in the second half, searching for points but was shut down by the Warriors stronghold. Defensemen Sean Kiernan, Austin Clark, Ryan Moody and Micah Stewart led the blockade with one-on-one tackles against Greenvilles larger players to preserve the lead through the second half and extra minutes.
Those guys made solo tackle after solo tackle, Shepherd said. I cant believe some of the tackles we made.
The win marks the second time this season Wando has defeated perennial power Greenville and completes a perfect season for the Warriors. Fifteen seniors will graduate from this seasons team, including a core group who helped start the program as freshmen four years ago.
This is for the kids, Shepherd said. I wanted it so badly for the kids because I know how hard theyve worked. It really was a special group. Theyll have this to look back on for the rest of their lives.
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Winter weather advisories for Erie and Crawford counties are scheduled to expire today at 10 p.m.
Possible snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches today and 1 to 2 inches tonight are forecast for the Erie region, according to the National Weather Service in Cleveland.
Frigid temperatures and subzero wind chills will continue to keep the area in a deep freeze.
Today's high temperature will be near 22 degrees, and the low tonight around 7. Southwest winds of 21 to 28 mph will reduce the wind chill to as low as minus 7 today and to as low as minus 12 tonight, according to the weather service.
Sunday's forecast calls for snow, mainly after 1 p.m. The high will be near 20, but the wind chill will dip to around minus 12 at times.
Sunday night will bring more snow, with a low around 9 and a wind chill as low as minus 8.
Snow showers are likely Monday. The high will be near 14 and the low around zero, before giving way to even lower temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Yardarm Village Inn, a charming old New England Inn at 406 Shore Road in Ogunquit, ME is located in a quiet residential area just south of the entrance to Perkins Cove and a short walk or trolley ride to the Ogunquit Beach. For your convenience, our Ogunquit Maine Bed and Breakfast provides a diversified and comfortable selection of accommodations.
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SL TV: One Drive - The James Blackwell Story
Golf is a game measured by distance. Inches separate champions. It starts with a drive.
For Ball State golfer James Blackwell, one drive was nearly the end. Inches separated life from death.
"It could have very easily been the end," Blackwell said.
After nearly eight months of rehabilitation, doctor visits and even learning to play golf again with one hand, Blackwell slowly returned to the game he loved.
"Golf was the farthest thing from my mind," Blackwell said. "At the time, I could feel a really weird, cold feeling in my hand. I didn't think I'd be able to do much competitively."
Ball State Sports Link has the exclusive story on Blackwell's near-fatal accident in Western New York and how, at one point, he thought he would never play golf again.
A game measured by distance, but defined by staying the course. A course which eventually led to Ball State.
"Realistically for a program like us, we wouldn't have been looked at from his standpoint as heavily as we were," Ball State head coach Mike Fleck said. "I don't look at it from a standpoint that he lost time when he was younger. This time we have now goes pretty fast."
In life, just as in golf, staying the course through the rough can be rewarding. Life is passing. To seize it, we must keep ourselves focused on the present. For now, Blackwell's focus is on Ball State.
"You build toward the future, but we're in the now," Blackwell said. "I have a better appreciation for the now. We're in the now and go from there."
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Session state servers are being implemented for PHP applications. This will improve the performance of most sites by setting the default session handler to the state servers. Session data will be accessible from all PHP web nodes from a purpose built server pool instead of the local or network file system. This avoids common problems with performance, garbage collection, and sessions not following users to other servers.
Special care has been taken to ensure functionality is compatible with the default 'files' handler. Session save paths are still honored to emulate sharing of a file system directory. If you set the same save path between multiple sites on a single account it has the same effect as using a shared file system folder. If for some reason the session handler does not work, the original behavior can be restored in .htaccess with the following:
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You can change how your PHP sessions are handled by using a .htaccess file containing the following directives:
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An English professor and former provost at Idaho State University has been selected as the new president of Daemen College, the school announced this morning.
Gary A. Olson, who served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Idaho State from 2009 until June 2011, will take over at the college in Amherst at the beginning of 2013.
Olson will succeed Edwin Clausen, who has served as Daemen's president since the retirement of Martin Anisman in May of 2011.
Clausen will continue at Daemen as a distinguished professor and faculty member in the history and government department, officials at the school said.
Olson earned his bachelor's degree from Kings College and his master's from the University of Connecticuit, before obtaining a doctorate in literary criticism and rhetoric from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1980, according to Daemen.
From 1985 to 2004, Olson served as an administrator and faculty member at the University of South Florida. He was the chief academic officer at USF's St. Petersburg campus from 2002 to 2004, when he helped lead the campus to a seperately accredited campus within the USF system.
Olson served as dean of the college of arts and sciences at Illinois State University from 2004 to 2009. He was named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Idaho State in 2009 and served in that position until 2011, when he stepped down after his contract ended, according to published reports.
Currently, he is an English professor at Idaho State, where he is a scholar in rhetoric and a monthly columnist for the Chronicle of Higher Education.


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Judge Sweet also invalidated, on the basis of patentable subject matter, a method patent for the diagnostic test used to screen for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations by using isolated DNA as a comparison. He found that the process of "analyzing" or "comparing" was not sufficiently transformative and ruled that the "claimed comparisons of DNA sequences are abstract mental processes" not constituting patentable subject matter.
Judge Sweet relied largely on the machine-or-transformation test of In re Bilski, which was recently rejected by the Supreme Court on June 28, 2010 in Bilski et al. v. Kappos in an opinion recognizing the changing nature of innovation. The Supreme Court addressed the changing nature of innovations in the Information Age, noting that "the machine-or-transformation test would create uncertainty as to the patentability of software, advanced diagnostic medicine techniques, and inventions based on linear programming, data compression, and the manipulation of digital signals" (emphasis added).
The Supreme Court, however, left open the details for implementation of its decision:
"[T]he Court today is not commenting on the patentability of any particular invention, let alone holding that any of the above-mentioned technologies from the Information Age should or should not receive patent protection....In disapproving an exclusive machine-or-transformation test, we by no means foreclose the Federal Circuit's development of other limiting criteria that further the purposes of the Patent Act and are not inconsistent with its text."
As the Supreme Court reiterated the limits to patentable subject matter previously set forth (precluding "laws of nature, physical phenomena, and abstract ideas"), it remains to be seen whether Judge Sweet's invalidation of the diagnostic method patents as "abstract mental processes" will stand on appeal.
Many who believe strongly in patents as incentives for innovation, particularly critical in fields such as the biotechnology industry where life-saving innovations come only after significant investment in research and development, hope that careful consideration will be given to the effect that precluding these patent categories could have on motivating future discoveries.
As recounted by the court, plaintiffs in Molecular Pathology asserted that "gene patents are not necessary to create incentives for initial discoveries or the development of commercial applications, including diagnostic tests," while patent-holder Myriad clearly disagreed, stating that "patents on isolated DNA, including the patents-in-suit, actually promote research and advance clinical development to the benefit of patients."
This is perhaps the central debate. Although the incentives provided by a strong patent system are admittedly difficult to quantify (given that we have no "control" in the intellectual property experiment to know what a world without patents would look like), if Judge Sweet's decision stands it may cast doubt on the future of ingenuity in the biotechnology industry. In the meantime, biotech companies must wait to see what becomes of patents in the "Information Age."
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