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- Rick Henry - 28-08-2008
Dear John,
I am wondering if you could bring me up to speed please on a question I have as I read the following:
Quote:Athanasius? coinage of the word ?theosis? first appears in his Orationes Contra Arianos 1.38-39, where he writes: ?He Himself has made us sons of the Father, and deified men by: "becoming Himself man. 39. Therefore He was not man, and then became God, but He was God, and then became man, and that to deify us.? "
I do not have anything resembling a timeline of the discovery/'development' of the doctrine of theosis; but, I am wondering where Athanasius might fit in. Specifically, as I consider his extensive writing against the Arains and how very closely these same issues relate to the issues that are emerging for me in your installements here, I would like to have a better handle on the magnitude of the contributions of Athanasius to teaching of theosis in his day.
Thanks for any help for this slow learner.
In Christ,
- John Charmley - 28-08-2008
Dear Rick,
As far as I can see, St. Athanasius is the first to use the actual word 'theosis'. He also extends its possible meanings, and all the terms which you use: justification, salvation and glorification, are included in his use of the word.
Although it is not quite as clear as I should like it, I would read St. Athanasius as saying that theosis can only be completed at the Last Judgement. So it is a life long process. Christ is the crucial mediator for us. But unlike Origen, St. Athanasius does not hold that Christ is, Himself, first deified, and deifies us; he hold that Christ is of one essence with the Father - but that His assumption of our flesh heals it. What is missing with St. Athanasius is quite how our souls are also deified. I have suggested that the implication is via adoption, but even there, he is not clear.
I am reading through Anatolios' recent works looking for the answer my own reading fails to give me, and should I find it, I'll include it in a later post. The odd thing is that whilst most of the writers on this subject rightly make great play of this subject, they too cannot provide an answer to the question about the theosis of the soul; they mostly note that the theosis seems very 'fleshly'. Yes, even I can see that! But it would be nice if they could guide me to some answer other than that 'it is implied'.
St. Cyril, who is initially heavily dependent upon Athanasius, seems to be inspired by the Nestorian controversy to provide a fuller answer to this - and that's coming up soon!
My regret at not keeping up my schoolboy Greek grows daily!
In Christ,
Theosis - a journey without end? - Simon - 28-08-2008
Just an observation from Orthodox reading I have done over the years and maybe from my own thinking too (but no I don't have any quotes from the Fathers to hand to back it up at all) but I am not sure that I see theosis as completed at death or at the Last Judgment. Since God is infinite and we are finite and no matter how great and wondrous we grow into the likeness of God throughout all eternity we will still be finite (maybe that much greater than we are now, maybe far greater than we can imagine - eye hath not seen, neither hath it entered into the heart of man what things God has prepared) but no matter how great and wondrous we become we will still be finite and even as we ever go on growing ever deepar and fuller into the likeness of God we can still go deeper... for we are ever fintie beings attaining theosis, the likeness of God...
So it seems to me that theosis may very well be a journey that has a beginning but that it will be for ever, even unto ages of ages, a journey that has no end, a journey that goes on and on into an ever increasing experience of God, our capacity for love and joy and bliss growing ever greater and greater and greater.
- John Charmley - 28-08-2008
Dear Fr. Simon,
You raise an interesting point. I am not sure that I have an answer from the Fathers, but it would make sense, given that God is eternal and our life with Him will also be that.
In Christ,
the fathers and theosis - kirk yacoub - 29-08-2008
Dear Everyone,
In his splendid book "Orthodox Prayer Life" Matta el-Maskeen writes of union with God and quotes a number of early Church Fathers, St Justin the Martyr, St Irenaeus of Lyon, St Clement of Alexandria, St Hippolytus, St Basil the Great, St Gregory of Nazianzus, St Gregory of Nyssa, St Ignatios of Antioch, the homilies of St Macarios, as well as St Athanasios.
He does not say whether St Athanasios was the first to use the term "theosis", but he does say that, of the early Fathers, he writes about it the most. The fact that our deification through Christ stems from the Gospels, the Letters of St Paul, the 2nd Letter of St Peter, and the 1st Letter of St John, and that it is taken up by early Church Fathers does show that it is absolutely basic. It is complicated to view it simply as a process because that suggests a 1-2-3 step approach. Rather we should link it with our life-long struggle against the devil through prayer, fasting, vigil, attending the Liturgy, and good works in the embrace of the Church, knowing that, whether we take one step forward followed by half a step back, followed by another movement forward, Christ is always there to give us the help we need. It is misleading to state that anything can be "once and for all time" simply because we are always capable of backsliding, and God is always eager to forgive.
With prayers,
Kirk Yacoub
- Rick Henry - 29-08-2008
Dear All,
Thanks for the information about Athansius. I appreciate very much the informed point of view of all here!
BUT . . . it seems now I am going to be forced to hit the books. It is becoming very obvious very quickly that there will be no silver platter here on the teaching of the Church on the subject of theosis.
On the one hand, it seems that according to the fathers, it appears to be shaping up that what the fathers have said about 'theosis' as it relates to our everyday life is exactly what many Non-Orthodox say today about 'sanctification.'
But, on the other hand (and while I understand this thread is about the fathers and theosis), I think I am seeing a sharp dichotomy about what is taught by modern Orthodox writing theologians, about theosis, and what was taught by the fathers about theosis.
Granted, during the time when I was making my journey towards Orthodoxy, I read primarily the modern Orthodox writers/'brouchures' who were more systematic or spoke what I considered to be a language of mystical theology, because it seemed like I could understand them very easily. And, again, granted, there were different views presented by them about theosis . . . none of them lined up with what I am seeing come into view here in this thread. I think one was Bradley Nassif who drew a very close parallel between theosis and a Wesleyan Perfection which is a have or have not situation and is a once for all occurrence. Others taught as stand alone doctrines, or compared theosis to what is commonly known as the Spirit-filled life or the Abiding life, or by other names in protestant renewal theology whereby there is a moment-by-moment experience of theosis.
So I think until I can gather some notes to support in a more intelligent way what I am sharing above, I will have to go mute in order to not promote the very thing I refuse to participate in in the real world which is a pooling of ignorance. And, it occurs to me that what I am sharing here is not appropriate for this thread about the fathers. So possibly another thread something like 'Contemporary Orthodox Teachings on Theosis?"
Either way, thanks again very much to the contributors of this thread for sharing the teachings of the fathers on theosis in a very clear way. This thread continues to be a true blessing, may it have a long term run . . . or become a book one day.
In Christ,
- John Charmley - 29-08-2008
Dear Rick,
Without trespassing too much on the St. Cyril piece, I think he does provide us with some answers to some of your questions.
He sees Christ's own baptism as the type of our own, which brings the Holy Spirit back into us; so if there is a crucial moment or event, that it is; he sees Christ's human nature as being deified by the Spirit, even as ours is. But although crucial, baptism is not once and for all 'salvation'; we can lose the Spirit, as Adam's descendants did. (One of the features of St. Cyril's anthropology is that he does not see the loss of the Holy Spirit as being simultaneous with Adam's disobedience). That is why we need to live the Christian life, to grow in Him. It is also why the Eucharist is vital, because that literally gives Him access to us, and it thus renews us in Him.
So here we see the process. Sealed as His by the breathing of the Spirit into us at baptism and chrismation, we grow in Him through our following His example, and His ways, and through regular Communion and the rest of the life of the Church. Our bodies and souls thus become partakers in Him - sons by adoption and Grace. But, as I hope to show in examining St. Cyril's works here, there is no earthly end to this process - unless we fall from Grace into sin by not walking in His way.
Hope that helps a little.
In Christ,
- marc hanna - 15-04-2009
I'm going to go ahead and open a Pandora's box here, and make a comment on theosis. I will post more on the topic later. There are two traditional teachings here that are commonly referred to as theosis but are indeed two separate teachings: theosis and theopoiesis. Theosis is the teaching of the Cappadocian fathers and thoepoiesis is the teaching of Clement, Athanasius and Cyril, which is the adoption spoken of by Paul. The Cappadocian teaching of theosis is quite similar to that which belongs to Greek philosophy, and is riddled with philosophical terms. The problem begins with the translation of these two terms into a single English word: deify. Through reading the bible and the works of Athanasius I came the understanding of theopoiesis before I even knew the term and it wasn't until later that I learned there was a difference between it and what the Cappadocian fathers taught as theosis.
Theosis is becoming God by ascension through meditation and spiritual elevation and appears to include sharing in the divine substance when we finally reach full communion with God in Heaven. In theosis we become one with God by becoming a part of God.
Theopoiesis, is the being made a god through sonship by adoption. We unite with Christ at the marriage supper of the Lamb and the sonship which Christ has is transmitted to us only because of our connection to Him, much like the magnetic properties are transmitted to a piece of steel when it unites with a magnet. We do not become what God is but we become one with Him as a married couple becomes one.
A quick example of this:
Gregory Nazianzen, from his 21st oration:
Whoever has been permitted to escape by reason and contemplation
from matter and this fleshly cloud or veil (whichever it should be
called) and to hold communion with God, and be associated, as far as
man's nature can attain, with the purest Light, blessed is he, both from
his ascent from hence, and for his theosis there, which is conferred by
true philosophy, and by rising superior to the dualism of matter,
through the unity which is perceived in the Trinity.
St Athanasius, Four Discourses against the Arians:
it follows that He had not promotion from His descent , but rather Himself promoted the things which needed promotion; and if He descended to affect their promotion, therefore He did not receive in reward the name of the Son and God, but rather He Himself has made us sons of the Father, and deified (etheopoiese - past tense) men by becoming Himself man.
Gregory speaks of theosis and the ascent of man and it being attainable by man's nature and further equates it with "true philosophy"; but Athansius speaks of theopoiesis and the descent of Christ in order to promote us. These are not the same doctrines.
Now this was not meant to rock anyone's faith, but to initiate a real investigation into this topic. I am not presenting this to expose saints as heretics, but rather to identify the different teachings for consideration.
- Rick Henry - 15-04-2009
Thanks for sharing this Marc, I'm looking forward to more of your posts on this topic.
- marc hanna - 16-04-2009
I'm going to talk to my priest before posting more on this because it is an area of contention for some. Norman Russell speaks to this topic as I believe also John McGuckin. I know that a lot of people vehemently support theosis and believe that this is what Cyril and Athanasius spoke of, so I do not want to upset anyone or cause anyone (or myself for that matter) to fall into sin over the subject. However, when I see what I believe to be erroneous understanding of the faith, I am compelled to speak. So be patient and I will provide more on the topic.
God bless.
- admin - 16-04-2009
Dear Marc
I'd be interested in your response to some material produced by a BOC member, John Charmley, on the subject..
http://www.erkohet.com/index.php?option ... &Itemid=14
As ever
Father Peter
- marc hanna - 16-04-2009
I would say, first of all, the doctrine being described by John Charmley is not theosis but rather essentially theopoiesis. Theosis is borrowed from Greek philosophy and St Gregory Nazianzen was primarily responsible for its introduction into the Christian faith. Gregory believed that man could ascend and be like God in the same degree in which He became like us.
Theopoiesis is becoming god by adoption and in name only and we must be careful not to include it as becoming God by nature. For Christ is God by nature and we only may be by adoption and title.
I have asked Abouna Athanasius if I can forward an article by him to you. It is thorough and well researched, but I do not want to take the liberty to post it without his consent.
- Rick Henry - 17-04-2009
Dear Marc and Others:
I hope my use of bold face font and underlining below is not too annoying, but I would like to contribute an article I read this morning [below]. This might help as we work towards at least a toe hold on the distinction here that you have drawn.
This is very interesting to me. I hope the Father allows you to post his article here.
Thanks again very much for your excellent contributions to this forum!
In Christ,
Carl Mosser of Eastern College gave a superb presentation on deification at the ETS meeting. A large part of the presentation was a study of terminology. He noted that the Greek word THEOS (often thought to be equivalent to "God") had a broader meaning, referring to powers that were immortal, incorruptible, and glorious - the very words that Paul uses in 1 Corinthians 15 to describe the resurrected body. For the early fathers, this is what is meant by "deification," and they frequently link the doctrine to adoption via Psalm 82.
Deification is not a capitulation to Hellenism (as Harnack argued) but grew out of biblical exegesis and the patristic understanding of salvation. (Interestingly, Mosser said that 2 Peter 1:4 plays little role in the earliest fathers.)
Gregory of Nazianzus was the first to use the word "theosis" to describe this, and he used it very infrequently. The doctrine and terminology of theosis kicks into gear with Pseudo-Dionysus, the hesychast controversy, Palamas and Maximus the confessor. It is thus linguistically anachronistic to claim that the early fathers have a doctrine of "theosis." With the hesychast controversy, not only the terminology but the doctrine changes. Instead of a strongly soteriological understanding of deification, theosis develops in a mystical context, and is worked out by Palamas and others through the distinction between the essence and energies of God, a distinction that has no place in the earliest doctrine of deification.
The confusion of theosis and the broader doctrine of deification creates significant ecumenical problems. Deification is an ecumenical doctrine, taught in some form by everyone from Irenaeus to Wesley and beyond, but theosis is a distinctly Orthodox development. When the two are confused, deification appears to be a distinctly Orthodox teaching as well. Treating the two as synonymous also leads ecumenically minded Western theologians to downplay the distinctiveness of mystical theosis; Eastern apologists, meanwhile, claim that a true doctrine of deification must take the uniquely Eastern form - complete with the essence/energies distinction - and when the West is found to lack such a teaching, Eastern apologists can claim that the West lacks a doctrine of deification as such.
Mosser ended with some consideration of the best way to describe the reality of deification. The term raises problems, since it implies that men become deities; divinization is hardly better. Mosser suggested that "theopoiesis" is the best way to describe the general, ecumenical view of the church, of which theosis is a uniquely Orthodox variation.
- marc hanna - 17-04-2009
I agree with this quote. I will further note that theopoiesis was part of the Alexandrine tradition and passed on into the OO traditions while theosis was out of the Cappadocian fathers then became part of the Antiochene tradition and finally the Byzantine and EO tradition. In recent years theosis has crept into OO theology in the light of dialogue between the two traditions, but I think that a lot of OO's not wanting to appear ignorant of what seems to be an important doctrine and not wanting to appear less sophisticated in terms of theology, have mistaken theosis for theopoiesis.
- Rick Henry - 20-04-2009
marc hanna Wrote:I'm going to talk to my priest before posting more on this because it is an area of contention for some. Norman Russell speaks to this topic as I believe also John McGuckin.
Dear Marc,
Thanks for your continued comments on this topic. I am wondering how things are going with the possibility of reading the essay by your preist. As well, I wonder if you are able to quote from Russell or McGuckin as it relates to this topic. I would like to be able to at least understand the issue(s) here with this distinction.
Thank you.
In Christ,


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Q: What happens if I install and activate MEPC with an internet connection, but then do not have an internet connection after 10 days? Can I still play MEPC?
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The discussion thread on the Bioware forums has grown rapidly, with several members voicing their distaste to various degrees of subtlety -- some even openly declaring that they will pirate the game rather than buy it, simply because it will be less of an inconvenience.
In addition to the game routinely phoning home, the SecuROM copy protection will also enforce a limitation of three "activated" installations of the game -- any copies installed beyond this will require a phone call to EA Support. For those who recall the server issues during the initial launch of Bioshock, EA has addressed this with no small amount of confidence:
Q: There were some problems with authentication servers for games like BioShock. Is EA ready for the influx of MEPC players? Will we be able to play our games when we get them home?
A: Yes, EA is ready and we are confident there will be no server problems. EA has assured us that they have their authorization systems and customer support staff in place and ready for the launch of Mass Effect for PC. Anyone having issues with getting the game activated will be able to contact EA Support and get their problem resolved.
quote: The only people whining about this are people that probably would have pirated the game anyways.
quote: Game piracy is a problem that needs to be attenuated, but criticizing draconian systems and stopgap measures to reduce the problem is part of whats great about our country.


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No, I think the general idea is that team employees/management shouldn't be in contact with the players....not owners.
here's an interesting article about the pens owner and crosby pushing to save the season
isn't that against the rules? players and owners aren't allowed to talk to each other
Don't think so. They're in the building, but not part of meetings.
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Microalgal Cultivation and Utilization in Sustainable Energy Production
Lakaniemi, Aino-Maija
Publication type: Doctoral dissertation
Issue date: 2012-04-27
Language: en
Pages: 107
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Supervisor: Puhakka, Jaakko
Opponent: Aro, Eva-Mari; Karakashev, Dimitar
University: Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto - Tampere University of Technology
Faculty: Luonnontieteiden ja ympäristötekniikan tiedekunta – Faculty of Science and Environmental Engineering
Department: Kemian ja biotekniikan laitos – Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering
Microalgae are a promising feedstock for biofuel and bioenergy production due to their high photosynthetic efficiencies, high growth rates and no need for external organic carbon supply. However, microalgal biomass cultivation for energy production purposes is still rare in commercial scale. Further research and development is needed to make microalgal derived energy sustainable and economically competitive. This work investigated cultivation of fresh water microalga Chlorella vulgaris and marine microalga Dunaliella tertiolecta and their utilization in production of hydrogen, methane, electricity, butanol and bio-oil after bulk harvesting the biomass. Growth of the two microalgae was studied in five different photobioreactor (PBR) configurations especially concentrating on the quantification and characterization of heterotrophic bacteria in non-axenic microalgal cultivations and microalgal utilization of different nitrogen sources. Anaerobic cultures used for the energy conversion processes were enriched from a mesophilic municipal sewage digester separately for production of H₂, CH₄ and electricity from the two microalgal species. After culture enrichment, energy conversion yields of microalgal biomass to the different energy carriers were compared. Anaerobic microbial consortia utilizing microalgal biomass were characterized based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. H₂ and CH₄ production potentials were tested in anaerobic serum bottles and electricity and butanol production in fed-batch operated two-chamber microbial fuel cells (MFCs). All the PBR configurations tested were amenable to C. vulgaris and D. tertiolecta biomass production. Highest biomass concentrations and productivities by C. vulgaris and D. tertiolecta were 3.8 and 3.2 g L⁻¹, and 0.60 and 0.83 g L⁻¹ d⁻¹,, respectively. They were obtained in bubble column PBRs at 12% CO₂, 10 mM NO₃⁻ and 350 μmol photons m⁻² s⁻¹. Static mixers used in the flat plate PBRs did not generally enhance the growth of either C. vulgaris or D. tertiolecta at the low light intensities (50 μmol photons m⁻² s⁻¹) used. However, the low light intensity resulted in high growth rates at the early stages of growth. The highest specific growth rates were obtained in the flat plate PBRs and were 2.0 and 1.4 d⁻¹ for C. vulgaris and D. tertiolecta, respectively. Bacterial growth occurred simultaneously with microalgal growth and correlated generally well with algal exuded dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations. The bacterial communities were relatively stable and reproducible in both C. vulgaris and D. tertiolecta cultivations. However, algal associated bacterial communities were vastly different in C. vulgaris and D. tertiolecta cultures due to different growth medium salinity (<0.05% and 3%, respectively). C. vulgaris cultures were dominated with Alphaproteobacteria, especially Sphingomonas spp., which are typical in freshwater environments, whereas D. tertiolecta cultures were accompanied with halotolerant or halophilic bacteria belonging to classes Gammaproteobacteria, Flavobacteria and Alphaproteobacteria. The choice of nitrogen source (ammonium, nitrate and urea) did not affect the biomass productivity or growth rate of D. tertiolecta at 1.3 mM N concentration. Nitrate and urea supported growth of C. vulgaris to a similar extent. The use of ammonium resulted in acidification and collapse of the culture due to algal and bacterial uptake of NH₄⁺, bacterial nitrification and a lower buffering capacity of fresh water medium used for C. vulgaris compared to the marine medium used for D. tertiolecta. Growth responses of C. vulgaris and D. tertiolecta to N limitation were also different. Total lipid content and heating value of C. vulgaris increased under N limitation, whereas no significant changes occurred in the lipid content of D. tertiolecta when conditions changed from sufficient N to N limitation. The energy embedded in the N source was low compared to power consumption of gas sparged photobioreactors but was still a significant penalty in the overall energy balance. The maximum net energy ratios were 1.85 and 2.16 for C. vulgaris and D. tertiolecta biomass production, respectively, when the energy consumption of gas sparging and N source was taken into account. However, there is a need to further optimize cultivation strategies to reduce the mixing as well as CO₂ and N consumption. Low level of H₂ was produced from both microalgal feedstocks by the anaerobic sewage sludge enrichment cultures. H₂ was, however, subsequently consumed even in presence of 2-bromoethanesulfonic acid, a specific inhibitor of methanogenesis. Some H₂ accumulated from both C. vulgaris and D. tertiolecta biomass in cultures with no added anaerobic inoculum. This was attributed to anaerobic activities of bacteria associated with the harvested algal biomass slurries. H₂ production by these satellite heterotrophs was similar with both feedstocks; 0.52 mmol H₂ g-VS⁻¹ from D. tertiolecta and 0.45 mmol H₂ g-VS⁻¹ from C. vulgaris. Methanogenesis and butanol production by the anaerobic enrichments were higher from C. vulgaris (11.9 mmol CH₄ g-VS⁻¹and 0.56 mmol butanol g-VS⁻¹) than from D. tertiolecta (1.0 mmol CH₄ g-VS⁻¹ and 0.11 mmol butanol g-VS⁻¹). Electricity generation in MFCs was also higher from C. vulgaris (15 vs. 5.3 mW m⁻²), whilst power generation was more sustained from D. tertiolecta (13 vs. 9.8 J g-VS⁻¹). In addition, the highest lipid content was higher in C. vulgaris (28%) than in D. tertiolecta (19%) biomass. Methanogens were likely inhibited in D. tertiolecta cultures by high salinity of D. tertiolecta slurry. Salinity also resulted in formation of Ca- and Mg-precipitates on the cathodes of the D. tertiolecta-fed MFCs, revealing a mechanism which may impair electricity generation from salt water algae during long-term MFC operation. Microbial community analysis of the anaerobic serum bottle and MFC cultures indicated that the anaerobic decomposition of microalgal biomass supported a high diversity of bacteria. Microbial communities enriched separately for the different energy conversion processes and for the two microalgal biomass feedstocks were different. Polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) profiling demonstrated the presence of H₂ producing bacteria (e.g. Clostridium spp., Hafnia alvei) among the satellite bacteria of both microalgal biomass samples and both H₂ producing (e.g. Petrimonas spp., Syntrophobacter spp) and H₂ consuming bacteria (e.g. Bilophila wadsworthia, Wolinella succinogenes) in the anaerobic serum bottle enrichments. MFC cultures contained bacteria previously reported in bioeletrochemical systems or with a demonstrated ability to transfer electrons to anode electrode. These included W. succinogenes, Bacteroides and Synergistes spp. in C. vulgaris enriched MFC cultures and Geovibrio thiophilus, W. succinogenes, Bacteroides, Synergistes, and Desulfomicrobium spp. in D. tertiolecta enriched MFC cultures. The highest calorific yield of methanogenic conversion of microalgal biomass to energy was 10.3 kJ g-VS⁻¹. The highest H₂, simultaneous electricity and butanol as well as lipid production yields were 0.14, 1.4 and 4.8 kJ g-VS⁻¹ from the similarly grown microalgal biomass. Calorific yield of lipids increased up to 10.4 kJ g-VS⁻¹ by growing the microalgal biomass under conditions favoring lipid production. The effect of higher lipid content of biomass on H₂, CH₄, electricity or butanol production was not studied. Maximum areal energy productions obtained as H₂ and CH₄ were significantly higher from microalgal biomass (3.15 and 246 GJ ha⁻¹ y⁻¹) than from the reference lignocellulosic plant material, non-pretreated reed canary grass (0.38 and 51.0 GJ ha⁻¹ y⁻¹). In summary, this study demonstrated that both C. vulgaris and D. tertiolecta can be used for production of H₂, CH₄, electricity, butanol and lipids. Based on this study C. vulgaris is more suitable for bioenergy production than D. tertiolecta. Depending on cellular lipid content, lipid utilization for bio-oil production and anaerobic digestion were the most potent means of converting C. vulgaris biomass to energy. The study also revealed diverse microbial communities in non-axenic microalgal photobioreactor cultures and in anaerobic consortia converting microalgal biomass to energy carriers.
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Curve SS Ngoepe back home in South Africa after mother's death
July 15, 2013 - Cory Giger
Curve shortstop Gift Ngoepe has been away from the team for three weeks and back home in South Africa tending to family matters after the death of his mother, Maureen.
Ngoepe was able to return home in time to be with his mother before she passed away.
"He was devastated," said Curve manager Carlos Garcia, who mentioned the death resulted from "some kind of pneumonia."
"Everything happened so quick," Garcia added. "He came to my office and expressed what happened, and we just tried to get him over there as quick as we can."
Ngoepe's fascinating personal story has been told many times during his baseball career. His mother was attending church one day when she was pregnant with him, and a woman she did not know came up to her and said her child is a gift from God. The woman suggested the child be named Mpho, which translates in English to Gift.
Ngoepe is trying to become the first player from South Africa to reach the major leagues. He is in his first season with the Curve, and in 72 games he has batted .177 with three homers and 16 RBIs.
Ngoepe hasn't played since June 26, but the Pirates do expect him to return to action this season.
"Gift is planning on coming back as he takes care ofd some things back home," Pirates assistant general manager Kyle Stark said in a text to the Mirror. "We'll get him transitioned back in and prepared to play again when he's able to return. We expect him to play this year."
Garcia said Ngoepe could be ready to return in about a week.
"We got in touch with him a couple times, and he says that things are moving along after the funeral," Garcia said.
When he is ready to return, Ngoepe could need to play some rehab games in Bradenton since he's had such a long layoff. Drew Maggi has been playing shortstop for the Curve in Ngoepe's absence.
Garcia can relate to Ngoepe's personal turmoil as he lost his father during his playing career, and it happened at a prominent time for Garcia and the Pirates. The Bucs were playing the Braves in the 1992 NLCS when Garcia's father died in Venezuela, but his siblings chose not to tell him until after the playoffs.
"When everything calmed down they gave me the news," Garcia said.


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quote: If things had gone differently, we likely would have had several wars between the north and south which would both be much weaker on their own.
quote: We should just spend our efforts trying to change what roles the government plays in current day politics. Bring back state rights and pass laws legally, rather than by lobby.


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One of its higher-end wines is the Sticks and Stones blend that incorporates Tempranillo, Grenache and two grapes I'm sure a lot of folks haven't heard of – Tintacao and Souzao – both of which are Portuguese varietals.
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"We were literally bombarded with phone calls from people who were offering their help to the millions who were affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami. International volunteer programmes must be able to respond to the new demand by proving effectiveness,'' Mark Goldring, head of Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), based in Britain, said.
Goldring described how VSO turned down most of the inquiries as the organization did not want to send large numbers of British nationals to the affected Asian countries because it is not involved in emergency relief work.
''We thought it would be more effective to send financial donations to local volunteer groups already in action in the devastated areas or send volunteers who would work in liaison with the local groups there," he explained.
The tsunami experience of VSO, a leading organization in volunteer work, is one aspect that highlights new trends in volunteerism.
Local communities have certain advantages over foreign organizations during an emergency because they can act faster as they are already on the ground, can speak the local language and also know the culture, which makes local volunteers more effective in providing immediate relief measures.
''It is no longer possible to assume that one country has more skills than the other. The importance of collaboration between supply and demand countries to be more effective is a trend that has raised its profile even higher, after the tsunami," explained Cliff Allum, president of Skillshare International, another British organization.
Experts said the term "disaster volunteer" was coined after the December tsunami to cope with a rising interest among ordinary people to contribute society's development.
The Philippines, a volunteer recipient country that has recently begun to dispatch its own overseas volunteers, is proposing an official scheme that entails a partnership between countries with local counterparts.
"As previous recipients of aid, Filipino volunteers can contribute to developing effective volunteerism programmes," explained Joselito De Vera, head of the Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency.
Japan, which is celebrating its 40th year of volunteerism, is also developing new strategies to cope with the demands of disaster relief and its growing domestic interest in volunteerism.
Massaki Otsuka, director general of the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers, of the government-funded Japan International Cooperation Agency, said plans are underway to increase the use of returned volunteers for further humanitarian relief programmes.
''We realize that people who have volunteer experience are becoming crucial for the success of government relief operations because they can be tapped for their language skills and first-hand experience in foreign countries, qualities that experts often do not have," said Otsuka.
Some countries have also begun to explore volunteer work in migrant communities to improve bilateral overseas aid programmes.
"We recognize the potential of migrants as volunteers, they can contribute to relief programmes by providing knowledge of the local areas. Migrants provide a gateway to communities to which we have no links," said Karen Takacs of Canadian Crossroads International.
Overall, experts are agreed that the 26 December Asian tsunami has turned the spotlight on the necessity of networking between overseas and local volunteers for efficiency.
Donors have also begun to support programmes that send volunteers with specific skills to countries that share similar cultures and disaster challenges, such as exchanges between African countries.
Yet another innovation is now taking root. France, for example, now officially recognize the work of volunteers as a skilled job rather than a simple personal contribution to society.
Frederique Same-Ekobo, representing the Association of French Volunteers for Progress, said international French volunteers have proved to be successful public investment propositions.
"Volunteers who have returned home, have proved to be an advantage to society because they bring back new sensitivities of other cultures, promoting international friendship among communities at home, work for sustainable development and fair trade organizations, as well as become useful again in public aid during disasters," she said.


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For the first time in her career, Stetson University women's basketball junior forward Sasha Sims (Fayetteville, Ga.) has been named the Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Week, the league announced on Sunday.
Sims averaged 24.5 points per game and helped Stetson (21-8, 14-4 A-Sun) close out the regular season with a pair of wins to clinch the no. 2 seed for next week's Atlantic Sun Conference Championship in Macon, Ga.
Sims scored 22 points in a win over Kennesaw State on Thursday night, shooting 9-for-16 from the floor. She then tallied a career-high 27 points against Mercer on Saturday behind a 9-for-15 shooting effort. For the week she shot 58 percent from the floor and averaged 2.5 rebounds, 2.5 steals, and 2.0 blocks in the two games.
A Sport Management major, Sims is averaging 11.4 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks per game this season. She ranks ninth in the A-Sun in scoring, ninth in field goal pct. (.465), and third in blocks (42). She has scored 20 or more points in each of the last three games.
It is Stetson's sixth A-Sun Player of the Week honor this season. Prior to Sims, Victoria McGowan was selected three times while Shanasa Sanders was tabbed twice.
The Hatters will face seventh-seeded ETSU in the A-Sun quarterfinals at 6 p.m. Wednesday on ESPN3.


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If you lose to a button-masher in tekken, it's because you suck at the game.
додав Dan 24 Лютого 2003
More specifically Tekken 5: DR is One of THE greatest fighting games ever! Not as technical and complex as Virtua Fighter so a broader audience can pick it up easily, however the difference between 'noob' and 'pro' players are crystal clear. Also a well balanced roster of characters even though there are tiers theoretically any character can beat any other character. The gameplay is awesome and the animation feels alot more fluid than alot of other fighting games. Character designs are wicked and the english voice actors don't sound too bad at all. The fighting system is integrated wonderfully with all the technical sides of a fighting game, (whiff punishing, spacing, etc.) Also the fact that it reaches such a broad audience means you get to play lots of noobies at the arcades :D
Tekken Player: "Did you see that?! I just did a 8 hit air combo!"
Observer: "That's not realistic..."
Tekken Player: "STFU!"
Observer: "That's not realistic..."
Tekken Player: "STFU!"
додав fighting_gamerer 14 Травня 2007
Ballyboo YOU SHALL DIE FOR SAYING THAT TEKKEN IS A CLONE OF ANOTHER GAME!!!!!!!!! I WILL USE MY COLT 45 ON YOU IF YOU INSULT TEKKEN AGAIN, BITCH!!!!!! TEKKEN IS THE GREATEST GAME ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH AND DESERVES TO BE IN THE HALL OF FAME OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE JAPANESE HALL OF FAME BECAUSE IT IS WAY TOO GOOD OF A GAME TO BE INSULTED LIKE THAT, BITCH!!!!!! TEKKEN RULES AND DESERVES TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT!!!!!! TEKKEN WILL BE WORTH THE PRICE OF GOLD ONE DAY, YOU'LL SEE!!!!
Overprotective fan of Tekken here!!!!!
додав Jin Kazama 13 Березня 2005
Basically a fighting game in which some guy named Kazuya Mishima always gets the crap kicked out of him by his dad and everyone takes turns whooping his ass except in Tekken 3, when he was supposedly dead.
I basically summed up the storyline of Tekken in one sentence.
додав steve_k 24 Лютого 2003
A nicely designed versus game, until some douche picked up the art of smashing his opponent into mid air, and keeping him there for the rest of the round, thus, loosing it's realistic feel
Player 1: I'll kick your ass in Tekken cuz I know all the juggling moves and you don't.
Player 2: Your a douche
Player 2: Your a douche
додав Who am I?? 21 Лютого 2009
1. The Greatest Fighting Game of all time, featuring a variety of very unique characters It doesn't matter which came first cause its better then any game on the market
2. Good beyond words
3. A philosophy dictating that fighting itself is just rather then the goals of the fighting
2. Good beyond words
3. A philosophy dictating that fighting itself is just rather then the goals of the fighting
1. Let's Play Tekken Tag Tournement
2. Oh my god thats...Tekken!
3. Empty concepts like justice are meaningless I shall show you with my Tekken!
2. Oh my god thats...Tekken!
3. Empty concepts like justice are meaningless I shall show you with my Tekken!
додав Korhend 23 Травня 2003
Tekken is a fighting game that is developed by Namco. starting its roots on the Playstation with Tekken, Tekken 2 and Tekken 3 (best one, in my humble opinion) and later carried on to the Playstation 2 with Tekken Tag Tournament, Tekken 4 and Tekken 5. Though the game is a classic in the fighting genre of videogames, It offers no new game play. Basically you're being sold the same thing in different packaging with a few new perks.
Namco: How much more can we beat this dead horse?
Clint: I don't know. i think they'll catch on pretty soon.
Clint: I don't know. i think they'll catch on pretty soon.
додав iwannabeanalcoholic 21 Квітня 2005


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After performing two songs each – a pop hit and a standard – on Wednesday night, American Idol's fabulous final four women faced elimination on Thursday.
Last week, Amber Holcomb and frontrunner Candice Glover were in the bottom two. But in a twist, no one was sent home. This week, the singer with the lowest number of votes wasn't so lucky.
And the stakes are high. Not only will the top three perform next week and stay in the running for the finale, but they will also get a hero's welcome when they go on the emotional hometown visits.
Keep reading to find out who was sent home – and who made season 12's top three ...
After performances by Idol winner David Cook, Will.I.Am and this week's mentor, Harry Connick Jr., the results were announced.
Amber was sent home.
The top three are Angie, Candice and Kree!
Amber had tears in her eyes but managed to sing her exit song, Whitney Houston's "I Believe In You And Me" – while her fellow contestants and Mariah Carey cried openly.
American Idol Names Its Top 3
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Replacing the top bun of a McDouble with a whole McChicken sandwich from McDonalds. The $2 price tag makes it a favorite among broke pot-heads.
Dude, after I smoked a bowl, I bought a McMunchie with some change I found in my car.
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Thinking About Custody and Support in Ambiguous-Father Families
Ira Mark Ellman
Arizona State University College of Law; Arizona State University (ASU) - Department of Psychology; Center for the Study of Law and Society, Berkeley Law, University of California, Berkeley
Family Law Quarterly, Vol. 36, p. 49, 2002
The traditional law in principle often treated biological paternity as determinative of legal paternity, however, biological paternity was not usually possible to determine. The paternity presumptions established by social relations therefore usually prevailed where the social relations existed. The rule presuming that a married woman's husband was the father of her child was the most important example. In the last two decades, scientific advances have allowed the unambiguous establishment of biological paternity in essentially all cases. The result is that the traditional focus on biological paternity can now yield new results. First, because it is now possible to learn that a child's firmly established social father is not, in fact, the biological father, legal paternity can be reassigned years after a child's birth. Second, biological paternity, and thus legal paternity, can be established for children who have had no social father. Because scientific advances make such results, once rare, now potentially common, the law must confront a question has often been ignored: whether legal paternity should necessarily be equated with biological paternity in such cases, here referred to as cases of ambiguous fatherhood. This paper suggests that the formal law should be changed, where necessary, to preserve at least a portion of the pre-scientific practice, and thus the traditional alignment between social and legal paternity. It also suggests that our willingness to impose child support obligations upon biological fathers who are not social fathers is based upon policies which, when correctly understood, do not necessarily apply to all biological fathers.
Keywords: Paternity, fatherhood, child support
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In the fast and dangerous sport of IndyCar racing, Dario Franchitti could always take comfort in knowing his biggest fan would be waiting for him at the finish line in her signature floppy hat and movie star smile.
Wife Ashley Judd's devotion was never more public than when Franchitti won his first of three Indianapolis 500s on a rain-soaked day in 2007 as she danced and ran down the raceway to celebrate.
"When he was introduced, or got a good pole position she yelled and waved her hands in the air and was there to support him in a big way," a source at another track, Watkins Glen International raceway in New York, tells PEOPLE. "He is not that outgoing but it seemed cute and like a nice thing for a high-profile actress to be so there for her husband."
So for some in their racing circle the news of their split this week after nearly a dozen years of marriage came as a shock. "It looked like they were pretty happy," says another source.
Others, however, had seen indications of tension between the two stars. In a joint announcement, Judd, 44, and Franchitti, 39, said they had "mutually decided" to end their marriage but would "continue to cherish" their relationship.
"They can be having a drink or dinner and all of a sudden sparks will fly, and they will be fighting over something that was said in their group of friends," another racing source says. "Then it would stop and everything was fine between them."
They had been the ultimate glamour couple, the 2001 marriage of beautiful actress and dashing Scottish driver bringing together the world's of Hollywood and sports.
They often traveled together and shared in each other's successes. In 2012 Franchitti basked in his third Indy 500 victory by posing for photos with Judd and their two cockapoos, Buttermilk and Shug.
But those close to them saw another side. One night they were with a group of people at Tanino's, an upscale Italian restaurant in Horseheads, N.Y., not far from Watkins Glen International, where Franchitti, 39, races each year.
"The place was packed and Ashley was kissing Dario, playing with his face and trying to get him to concentrate his attention on her instead of the rest of the group," a source tells PEOPLE. "It was cute at first but went on and on, you could tell he was uncomfortable with the public [affection]."
Ashley Judd Breakup: Pals Saw Signs of Tension
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Female Founders To Watch: Women With Solid Technical Chops – And Own It
For a thorough list of technical women founding companies (CTOs, CEOs, VPs of engineering and more), check out this list.
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
Of the five finalists for Entrepreneur Magazine's ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR award, there is a female founder – Limor Fried.
The MIT-educated electrical engineer (pictured) started electronics hobbyist company Adafruit Industries to distribute DIY electronics toys like littleBits and Arduino items. Vote for her for "Entrepreneur of the Year" for the eponymous magazine – go on, go do it!
It's been pointed out on Twitter that the recent Mashable list of 44 female founders includes hardly any technical


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The Village of Williamsville's new initiative, Picture Main Street, is well worth the relatively meager amount of state or federal assistance it needs to fully implement the project.
The result could mean safer streets for pedestrians and more walkability in what should be a walkable area but often isn't. In fact, walking along the village's Main Street can be downright dangerous.
As News staff reporter Sandra Tan chronicled, getting around on foot is a hazardous activity for pedestrians such as 90-year-old Margaret Rogers, and it doesn't have anything to do with her age. Cars and trucks whiz by as she stands bravely waiting to cross Main Street.
The Picture Main Street proposal, which will be finalized next month and possibly win Village Board approval in January, hopes to improve the pedestrian experience without breaking the village bank. This would be accomplished in a number of ways, including "bulb out" protruding curb extensions at intersections, a pedestrian island and a designated, mid-block pedestrian traffic signal in the village center, among others.
These ideas and probably more should go a long way toward making it even a little safer to walk in the village. Most drivers who travel the area understand, even though they may be part of the problem.
How many of us have used Main Street as a toll-free bypass of the Thruway between I-290 and Transit Road? It can certainly appear to be an attractive alternative to the Thruway toll booths. That is, until the traffic on Main Street starts exacting a heavy toll. On Oct. 1, a tractor-trailer heading down Main Street clipped a town platform lift truck and sent two town workers to the hospital with multiple fractures.
Mayor Brian Kulpa told The News he knows there's no way to "unwiden" Main Street from the improvements made in the 1990s – but he and others are determined to make it more physically attractive to walkers. And he wants crossing the road on foot to not instill as much fear, either.
It's going to take money. The village has already spent about $10,000 to plant 56 sidewalk trees through the Main Street core. Planting more will require the help of a state grant. The Village Board also adopted in October new design standards to preserve village character and encourage mixed use and pedestrian access on Main Street.
But the more costly curb extensions, at about $3 million, require some state or federal matching grants. And the village is hoping for state assistance in installing a pedestrian-activated traffic signal and crosswalk, which the state Department of Transportation has offered to study.
If all goes well, 90-year-old Margaret Rogers won't have to rely on her sense of timing and good luck to get her across the street safely. She'll truly have the right of way.


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Could a water crisis happen here?
January 17, 2014
Many local residents have wondered, after last week's shocking water contamination crisis in Charleston, if something similar could happen here....
Can you say E.L.F. or E.P.A. or radical extremist leftists??? Yeah; won't be surprised if down the road a bit we find out exactly what 'conveniently' happened and why the left's first instinct is to 'blame' the coal companies when it's the unknown dangerous chemical from the left's EPA Eco-rads that forced it's use. Never waste a crisis or prevent one, eh?? Rahm Emmanuel loves that one. He repeated it often enough.
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WHAT....the sky did NOT fall!
Sorry you liberals can't report that it did!
You libs lost this one. Nothing to see.
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A democrat from southern WV is demanding Governor TOmblin have a meeting to discuss why he disagrees with a scientist on why he disbelives the scientist on people using hot water to shower/bathe/cook with would not be inhaling formaldehyde as that EPA required new chemical PRODUCES formaldehyde when heated!!!
I guess Gov Tomblin thinks he's more qualified on chemicals than a scientist???
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I do find it interesting that today it came out about the water situation that a scientist has stated that people could be breathing in Formaldehyde from that "new" EPA regulated chemical used to supposedly 'clean' our coal. Some WV democrats are not disagreeing with a 'scientist' on this and are 'questioning' Democrat Governor Tomblin's disagreement with it. Our governor doesn't want to take responsibility for the liberal Obama's EPA forced chemical use in which they knew nothing about to begin with....Surprise there!
EPA knows very little about this new chemical they forced coal mines to use; yet we used it anyway. No studying it; no past use to look back on and see what 'damage' it will do to our water supply, or the public, but as liberalism forces....they don't care as long as their 'agenda' takes priority. Govt forced this chemical use; and will NOT take responsibility for its cause effects. One democrat is requesting meeting with gov and scientist, wanting to know WH
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The more the old bitter GOP white guys yell and scream the more they expose their racist rants, same old blame and yell at anyone who disagrees with them etc. Obama was re-elected twice in huge victories because people are so tired of all the hate coming from the right and they see it coming in 2016 when Hilary wins in a landslide!!! The country has moved forward and you have been stuck in the 1950's
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More liberal teachers (yes in WV too) molesting, abusing, bullying students who do NOT march to the liberal socialist agenda and propaganda of the left nut jobs.
Obama and socialist democrats attempts to remove our 1st and 2nd amendment rights so they can REALLY use that fist and sickle on citizens without worrying about any citizen "defending" themselves!
Liberal socialists newest Hitleristic attempts to brainwash younger children at kindergarten age through "Common Core" stupidity in which only liberals think is intelligent education.
Obama/democrats' using another Hitler/Stalin method of reminding your children in govt schools that you should 'tattle' on your parents and give govt all the details about a. whether your parents own guns; b. whether your parents 'discipline' you; c. whether your parents smoke cigarettes, but 'marijuana' is okay.
Attempts by liberal socialists to tax the world through FAKE, made up Madoff Scam of global warming.
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No WHAT; I don't expect you liberals to worry about anything. That IS your problem! Dems don't have enough intelligence to "PRE-conceive" the consequences of their own actions. We are now reaping the devastation of liberal socialist policies of Obama and democrats in congress. Here's just a small list:
Trucking industry regulations harming that industry. (Wait until no trucks = NO food in grocery stores).
Healthcare (Obamacare) tripled premiums; lowered "care." NOT to mention; UNsustainable!!!
JOBS Lost worst since depression of the 30's. And still continues.....
EPA's chemicals Destroying our water!
Immorality rampant; Violence increased under liberal policies of "acceptance" of drug users/pushers; "acceptance" of having sex with anything that moves (or doesn't!)
Liberal govt employees in Obama's administration allowed to NOT pay their own taxes; but YOU just try it!
More liberal teachers (yes in WV too) molesting, abusing, bullying stud
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EPA's own chemical caused this. Thanks DEMOCRATS for now not only destroying our economy and country; but your stupid EPA is even destroying our water.
Dufus D's cannot do anything right.
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Now Now my GOP lovers just deregulate it all and let us fend for ourselves may the best man win and the*****with everyone else. Unless you are a Big Corporation then give them a tax cut so they can move the good jobs overseas
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HAHAHA...I guess Elkins has no comment on govt's and EPA's fault in this disaster. All he could do was show up in here, click 'disagree' and run like a coward back home again. LOL. Typical when they know they're wrong. Is okay; we didn't REALLY expect a response.
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Oh sure ELkins, all those liberal REGULATIONS of govt's are really working well for us financially, educationally and safely, right?
Bwahahaha....You better try again. That excuse didn't work!!!
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EPA forced them to use this UNKNOWN chemical that no one knows much about as a "coal cleaning" agent. SO if Obama's EPA hadn't 'forced' the mine to use this; THIS would not be a problem now would it ELKINS?????????
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And what excuse do you have Elkins for the govt and EPA NOT doing their job? Oh I am sure you'll give them a break as Obama is in charge now and you wouldn't want to make a liberal mad. You're hypocrisy is showing again. WHich is why no one takes you seriously.
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The Truth is Big Corporations always screw the public and without regulations they would get away with it, It's not the President's fault that these Corporations have been allowed to get over on us. All the GOP talks about is deregulations see what that gets you!!
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What....you need to tell Obama that about bringing jobs back to usa. His policies shutting them down here.
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What....*** in the water? YOUR water? Not surprised.
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Aww, elkins still whining I see.
Actually it WAS Obama's EPA. The 'chemical' was the chemical they required to "clean" coal. Idiots. And then the GOVT didn't do their job and even do ONE INSPECTION of this mine. Democrat Governor Tomblin TRYING to place blame elsewhere as usual. Made excuse; 'this mine "fell under our radar."' That is liberal dumb speak for: WE SCREWED UP AGAIN!
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I'm sure somehow Fox news will blame it on Obama!
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The man in the goatse.cx pictures.
Look! It's none other than goatman himself!
автор: Cliff Fleming 31 мая 2003
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The best internet celebrity out there. He posesses the most amazing talent of opening his asshole about 4 or 5 inches wide. Through years of practice he can fit up to three(3) dildos in his anus at one time. He used to be found at www.goatse.cx now he resides at google images since he got shut down.
Ben: Hey Ted you know what I want to be when I grow up?
Ted: GOATMAN!!!??
Ben: Of course.
Ted: GOATMAN!!!??
Ben: Of course.
автор: Ben 22 апреля 2005
A half-man, half-goat creature that is believed by some to be the result of a USDA experiment that went horribly wrong. The Goatman roams PG county, MD, terrorizing its citizens, and is purported to eat small pets. There remains some discrepancy over which half of him is goat and which is man.
I saw the Goatman last night! He ate my dog!
автор: anonymous77 10 июня 2006
Some one with a lot of hair this can include arms and legs but mostly applies to people with long hair, beards and moustaches who tend to stroke them. In some unfortunate cases, this can also apply to women.
Mayo is waiting outside the gates of a University with her friends, Philadelphia and Summer. A man wearing a long blue cloak dotted with silver stars, half moon spectacles walks past. He has long white hair and a beard. He is wearing a pointed hat. He strokes his beard in thought.
P: He is such a goat man!!!
S: Lol, yeah.
M: That can't be. No. It is. It is!! *runs after him*
A: What??? Where's she going?
P: OMG!!! IT IS!!! *runs after him screaming "Dumbledore"*
S: Who's Rumblemore????
P: He is such a goat man!!!
S: Lol, yeah.
M: That can't be. No. It is. It is!! *runs after him*
A: What??? Where's she going?
P: OMG!!! IT IS!!! *runs after him screaming "Dumbledore"*
S: Who's Rumblemore????
автор: THE CHEESE TEACHER 5 августа 2012
A man who loves to have sex with goats.
Hide those goats before goatman sees them.
автор: EvgenyIsGreat 12 мая 2010
a old man who yells a lot and get squinty eyed and has a grey goatee
John:man that goat man kept bleating(yelling) and gave me a headache
Fred:darn your grandfather sure is mean
Fred:darn your grandfather sure is mean
автор: aedf64 11 ноября 2011
A male/female that trys to get attention all the time and acts like a total asshole.
Oh god theres the goat man again trying to get people to like it.
автор: !ME! 8 марта 2005