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Snow sports are probably not the first thing you associate when you imagine your Israel dream-vacation. But think again: the hallmark of this tiny land is the endless variety of its attractions, and snow is definitely among them! At the very northern tip of Israel, its mild Mediterranean, desert and sub-tropical climates give way to Mount Hermon, with the snow coverage and the dry, cold conditions that make an ideal ski resort.
Mount Hermon, soaring some 6,000 feet high, has nearly 28 miles of ski runs. There is something for every skier, from beginners to advanced, including two runs that have been approved by the International Ski Federation as Olympic-standard. It has four chairlifts and five T-bars to ferry skiers and sightseers up the mountain. There is also a ski school, and a well equipped shop. There's fun for non-skiers too: toboggan-riding for children, and a thrilling track-sled down a 950-yard course. On a rest between runs, or just to take in the view of the slopes and gorgeous surroundings, visitors can enjoy a bite to eat, a cup of hot cocoa or a bowl of soup in the glass-enclosed restaurant at the upper station.
Ski passes for two, three and four days are available, as are package deals including lodging at nearby bed-and-breakfast accommodations, passes and equipment rental.
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Family: Cardinalidae, Cardinals view all from this family
Description ADULT MALE Has streaked dark brown back and dark wings with white "shoulders" and wing bars. Rump is orange-buff (white in Rosebreasted). Has a mostly dark hood with orange-buff neck and underparts. ADULT FEMALE Has mostly streaked brown upperparts with two white wing bars and white supercilium. Margin of throat is pale, but underparts are otherwise pale orange-buff with faint streaking. JUVENILE Streaked; first-winter birds recall adult female, but male has richer underparts.
Dimensions Length: 7 1/2" (19 cm)
Habitat Common summer visitor (Jun- Aug) to hardwood stands and coniferous forests; winters in Mexico.
Observation Tips Easy to see.
Range New England, Southeast, Rocky Mountains, Texas, Southwest, Northwest, California, Western Canada, Mid-Atlantic, Plains
Voice Song is rich and warbling, with some wolf-whistlelike phrases; call is a sharp eek.
Discussion Plump songbird. Immature and female birds are similar to Rosebreasted counterparts; warmer orange-buff underparts and light streaking are good identification features and breeding range is also a clue. Bill is usually darker above than below (uniformly pale in Rose-breasted) and underwing coverts are yellowish in all birds. Sexes are dissimilar.


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A man spent 18 years on death row, coming within weeks of execution, when it came to light that the NOLA ADA withheld blood-typing evidence which proved this wasn't the guy.
The SCOTUS ruled he cannot sue the DA's office.
Oh well, guess a "sorry" and a pat on the back should suffice.
I'm all for the death penalty in theory, but just can't support it when you hear stuff like this. How could that person sleep with themselves for 18 years knowing that an innocent man was rotting away on death row because of his hiding of evidence? Did the conviction get him a bonus? A newspaper headline in the Picayune?


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Produced: 1500 Cases
Alcohol: 14.1%
Barrels: 100% French Oak (48% new)
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The 2001, Seavey Vineyard's 12th estate produced Cabernet, is a blend of 95% Cabernet and 5% Petit Verdot grapes that came from vines planted on several different locations of the South-facing hillside vineyard and harvested during the first three weeks of October. Winemaking style followed classic Bordeaux methods. Harvested at 25 degrees brix, the juice remained in contact with the skins for almost 28 days. Following malolactic fermentation, the wine was aged in French oak barrels (48% new oak). The 2001 Cabernet was bottled on June 19th & 20th, 2003.
June 2011 - Retrospective Review
"Readers looking for a Saint-Estèphe look-alike should check out this brooding, monster Cabernet Sauvignon from Bill Seavey and winemaker Philippe Melka. Tasting nearly the same as it did eight years ago, it reveals stunning, sweet chocolaty notes interwoven with notions of burning embers, loamy soil, black currants and forest floor." "This blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot from the dry-farmed hillside vineyard of Bill and the late Mary Seavey is a 35-50-year wine. Only for true connoisseurs and those with patience." Robert Parker, Jr. - The Wine Advocate #195
The Wine Advocate describes the wine as "a potential super-star in the making… It gets my vote as the finest wine made at this estate since the 1997 and it should have the longevity of their monumental 1991. Sadly, only 1500 cases were produced from a blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot. It should be called a vin de garde (a wine for aging) as it is a tightly knit, powerful, enormously endowed offering with huge tannin, monster extract and rich, intense black currant, tar, blackberries, loamy soil and licorice flavors. Closed, broodingly rich and large-scaled, this 2001 possesses nearly unlimited upside potential, but patience will be a virtue. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2028." Robert Parker, Jr. - The Wine Advocate #150
Stephen Tanzer notes, "Fascinating, super-ripe nose combines plum, iron, leather, mocha, hot rocks, underbrush, licorice and game, plus a light note of raisining fruit. Then sweet, pliant and generous with exceptional depth of texture. Very suave, seamless wine, finishing very long and sweet with huge, broad tannins that coat the cheeks and the front teeth. Seavey's flagship wine has performed consistently well in my tastings in recent years." International Wine Cellar #114.
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1x Gamorrean Guard (21482)
1x Ackbar (21483)
1x Jedi Luke (21484)
1x Skiff Guard - Wooof (21485)
1x R2 with Pop-up Lightsaber & Drink Tray (21486)
1x Rebel Commando (21487)
1x Yoda with Hover Chair (21481)
1x Wicket & Kneesaa (21488)
1x Rebel Pilot (Wedge) (21489)
1x Clone Trooper (20833)
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Family: Parulidae, Wood Warblers view all from this family
Description ADULT MALE Has a bright yellow face (with dark eyestripe) framed by black on crown, neck, throat, and breast, this color extending to back. Wings are black with two white wing bars and tail is white below and dark above, with white outer feathers. Underparts are white, with bold black streaks on flanks. ADULT FEMALE Similar, but throat is yellowish and black elements of upperpart plumage are dark gray. IMMATURE Similar to adult female, but lacks black chest band and has indistinct streaks on flanks and eye stripe.
Dimensions Length: 4 1/2-5" (11-13 cm)
Endangered Status The Golden-cheeked Warbler is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as endangered in Texas. The main threat to this species has been destruction of its habitat at the hands of developers and livestock owners. Since it breeds in only one place in the world, in oak-juniper woodlands in central Texas, the loss of habitat there has been devastating. In areas where the woods remain, they may be in such small tracts that they can't sustain an adequate warbler food supply. The depredations of cowbirds, which lay eggs in warbler nests at the expense of the warbler hatchlings, have also taken a toll on this fragile species. Logging and the conversion of natural habitat to croplands has reduced the Golden-cheeked Warbler's wintering habitat in Central America, adding yet another blow.
Habitat Rare and endangered summer visitor (mainly Apr-Jun) to undisturbed oak- and juniper-covered slopes in Edwards Plateau, Lampasas Cut Plain and Central Mineral Region in Texas. Winters in Central America.
Observation Tips Specific trip to known breeding areas is needed to see this species.
Range Texas
Voice Song is a buzzing d'd'd'd drrr-drruz-zee; call is a soft t'sip.
Discussion Stunning and distinctive wood-warbler whose habitat preference and restricted range are good pointers for separation from other black-throated warblers. Sexes are separable.


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Some people like 'em piled high with pickle relish, onions or chili.
Others will top it off with sauerkraut for some Old World flavor.
Cheddar cheese & bacon are just the ticket for the Midwestern palate.
In the Southwest desert, eateries serve it up with a selection of hot sauces & peppers.
Me, I keep it simple: a bun, the star attraction, ketchup & mustard, yellow, to be exact. That highbrow stuff ain't bad but it ain't welcome on this entrée. Oh yeah, and a paper napkin. Mustard stains are murder.
Three, maybe four bites and I'm ready to roll.
It's the great American hot dog. The nation's favorite hand-held meal.
It says Uncle Sam like tortillas say Mexico and lutefisk says Norway.
Sorry, McDonalds, you set the standard in fast food but the hot dog still reigns supreme.
Though I've gotta' say, that classic barbecue battle between the hamburger and hot dog may never be settled in the minds of backyard connoisseurs. Sometimes a burger (or burrito) can't be beat: a bit of pink in the middle, slice of raw onion, cheese melted on toasted bun, chips on the side (no kettle or home-style, please) and you're in business.
So why such high praise for the hot dog?
Convenience, for starters. Is there anything easier on which to heap a helping of what you hanker than a frankfurter-on-bun?
Price: For home, an 8-pack of all-beef wieners will run you under five bucks. On the street, the smart vender lets you eat for around $3. And at the stadium, it's the best buy on the menu where a 10-spot gets you a kiddie Coke and a plain hot dog.
Tradition: Making the scene at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, the dog's popularity quickly spread. It proved the perfect fit for a burgeoning, on-the-move America and found a home at ball-parks & fairs from coast to coast. Demand grew so fast for the new staple it out-paced an embryonic federal regulatory scheme on mass-produced meat products, a safety gap soon exposed in Upton Sinclair's watershed work The Jungle ('06).
Today's tube steak is a marvel of modern food processing. It easily meets a standard of high quality that makes it worthy of the consumer confidence shown by the millions of wieners devoured daily across the land.
But with fame comes attention, some of it good, some not so good.
Case in point: Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.
That icon of American cuisine could not meet with a more demeaning demise than it does in this promotional sideshow conducted in Brooklyn every 4th of July. Putting aside the worldwide hunger issue that every gorge-contest scorns, washing down bread & meat with streams of water makes a disgusting mockery of the real hot dog eating experience.
Something else you never do with this culinary classic: turn it into a star. A clue is when the traveling food critic covers the subject dog with complimentary-condiments like "famous," "extraordinary" and "unique" (A Hot Dog Program / PBS / 3-12)."
The hot dog's beauty, its essence lies in its succulent simplicity.
Pile it too high, get too creative or too persnickety (some hot dog havens won't provide ketchup, chips, etcetera) and the dog becomes a status symbol in a culinary clique. Tasty enough, to be sure, but too highfalutin for this fan.
And like they say, location is everything. Where you eat your red hot can make all the difference.
The baseball grounds is a hot dog lovers' dreamland. There's something special about the confluence of sights, spirits, sounds & smells at the ball-park that all combine to work a serious flavor enhancement where every bite becomes a savory delight.
But the best hot dog won't be had at the game or that famous restaurant you've seen on TV. It's where tubular treats come with all your favorite fixings like bean soup and dill pickles (Milwaukee's Midgets). That's right, the best frankfurter is in your own home.
So drive on by the Taco Bell tonight and leave the veggie-burger in the freezer. Reach in the back of the fridge and you'll find 'em, always there and always good. The great American hot dog.
Bon appetit!
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I've brought my dog in doing sit here heel drills that we recently started upland hunting and she insist on staying on heel instead of getting out in front is there drills to run that get them to learn to hunt
I've brought my dog in doing sit here heel drills that we recently started upland hunting and she insist on staying on heel instead of getting out in front is there drills to run that get them to learn to hunt
Get out in an open area and just keep turning so that the dog is in front of you as you walk. She will get the idea after awhile. Also, you can plant a few birds a little upwind of where you start walking, (20 yards or so) she can pick up the scent and go towards it. Once she gets a few birds under her belt, she will do just fine.
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I had the same problem when my first dog was young. Similar to what Mark said, I was told to find a field with some cover, keep dog in truck and plant a couple of dead birds in two different spots. Get dog out of truck and approach the first spot, tell dog "Hunt em up" in an excited voice and point out the cover trying to get him to smell up the bird. Keep saying "Hunt em up" dog smells bird and gets it.
Then resume your walk in the field "ok lets go". then when you approach second bird, repeat the "hunt em up" cue and excitedly point to the brush. "go on, get in there" finds the bird and bingo. Now you have a command/cue to tell the dog to get out in front and find some birds.
after a couple of time of using "hunt em up" he knew to look for that bird and get his nose on the ground.
2 weeks ago I had him on his first hunt and was surprisingly shocked of how well he did and so where my buddies and couldnt believe my pup just turned 10mo old
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Find a local HRC club and join in for upland hunting training. They will have birds, gunners will walk out in front and encourage dog to quarter. They love new people with young dogs.
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OK. Everyone take a deep breath and step away from the ledge. There is way to much chatter about files being released and who is going to have to answer questions in the media etc. Relax.
Once again, I have been poked and prodded to give my opinion on the subject and true to form I have one and I will be consistent in my measure.
1. Who cares that the list or files have been released? Let me tell you who cares. People that are on the list. If you are on the list, how did you get there? If you got there because you are a threat to Scouts.. I Love that you are on the list. So who cares. The people that care are people I want to see on this list and I really don't care that everyone knows it.
2. So what? What is the big deal that the list or files have been released. Well I get why the BSA looks at is as a big deal. And so do I. We don't want kids getting hurt. It's that simple. Who among you want a Scout to get hurt. None, right, so when the BSA puts in a "file" system designed to protect our Scouts it is a good thing. This is only an issue because people that hate Scouting is getting their grubby paws in it. I would first ask them why it's not a good thing to keep a file on an ineligible person. The reason is for protection. If only we could have a file in our Schools and Church's. I was asked why the BSA needed these files and to me it's simple. The BSA unlike any other youth program actually cares enough not to allow potentially bad people in the organization.
People that would argue that these files are not necessary do not understand youth protection.
3. Now what? So the files are out there. Does that change anything? Nope. We are still going to do background checks, we are still going to screen for potential issues when it comes to youth protection, and we are still going to turn away people that may do harm to our Scouts. There will be no concession given to a previous offender, and there will be increased awareness and training to prevent bad things from happening in the future. If you don't like that.. Oh Well. Go somewhere else.
So now what. The BSA is the best youth organization out there.. hands down. It will continue to be the greatest well into the future, because it cares about our Scouts.
Everyone take a deep breath and get back to doing the work of Scouting. If the media calls, direct them to the Scout Executive. If your friends ask, tell them what we do to protect our youth, and if you can't handle it. Do nothing, Either way, Scouting will be just fine.
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Tina Fey on the respected if slightly unsettling director, who went on to win best screenplay for Django Unchained.
Amy Poehler followed it with: "Meryl Streep is not here. She has the flu and I hear she is amazing in it."
4. Fey: "Ricky Gervais could not be here tonight because he is no longer technically in showbusiness."
Poehler: "We want to assure you we have no intention of being edgy or offensive tonight because as Ricky learned the hard way, when you run afoul of the Hollywood Foreign Press they make you host this show two more times"
The co-hosts comment on the downward career arc for controversial three-time Globes host Ricky Gervais.
3. Fey: "The Hunger Games was one of the biggest films of the year and also what I call the six weeks it took me to get into this dress."
Poehler: "Ang Lee's been nominated for best director for the Life of Pi which is what I'm going to call the six weeks after I take this dress off"
See, word play can be funny.
2. "Anne Hathaway, you gave a stunning performance in Les Miserables. I have not seen someone so totally alone and abandoned like that since you were on stage with James Franco at the Oscars"
Fey harks back to Hathaway's disastrous co-hosting effort at the 2011 Oscars.
1. "I haven't really been following the controversy over Zero Dark Thirty, but when it comes to torture, I trust the lady who spent three years married to James Cameron"
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150 dollars for a non-armor figure?!? Sideshow has definitely lost touch with their market.
I don't know if they've "lost touch" as much as they've "caught up"....either way, it's not good news.
Sideshow has been the American distributor for higher priced sixth (& seventh) scale offerings from other companies for some time now,whose price range hovers near or above $200 each...so $150 is indeed inching closer to that.
If what Sideshow presents for this figure is what we're seeing here with this prototype (big giant "if" ...I know)....the price stings, but will be less painful, considering what the market is bearing now. Will the final figure have the same good textiles, fine cut-n-sew, sharp looking sculpt (not buried under gobs of a bad paint app), wide belt, an effective wash on the two-part boots along with good and solid interchangeable parts and well-working features ?
Hopefully the answer is a big YES on all of these. Sideshow CAN do it...the clones have gotten better with each successive release, the recent Boba Fett is a real stunner (at least I think so). Yes, Sideshow has had a fair share of flubs between proto and production, it's fair to note that both of those other companies have had their fair share of "misses" too.... Sideshow's efforts at giving some value-added additions to this release are commendable ( the light-up saber feature, the alternate portrait).
This is the one version of Kenobi I've been really waiting for (along with a Padawan Skywalker).
I used rewards points to order this (bought the price down to what these figures used to cost some years ago) and I'm hoping this figure is everything the proto is promising....
Wow, that's nutso. There's simply nothing there showing where the money is going with it, I am guessing they are trying to draw in that insanely high dollar amount through the light-up lightsaber (it is permanently attached to a swap-out forearm). This is a $75 figure that Sideshow a year ago would have punched to $90, now it's double what it should be.
The materials, paint, and sculpt don't match Hot Toys quality yet are now HT pricing, there aren't as many accessories (where are the communicator, breather, and hologram projector Qui-Gon came with? Instead we get a million generic hands). Sideshow even has a few 12" Hot Toys figures for around this price - Sucker Punch and Bruce Lee and even Spider-Man 3 and Black Widow from Avengers. There isn't a single thing on the Sideshow figure that looks up to par with HT - the sculpt isn't a home run, the paint even on the prototype looks at best ok, the outfit doesn't seem like it's tailored to the body and doesn't look like it's significantly better than the Qui-Gon one from years ago (a little better, yes, but not significantly so).
JB, you talk about what the market will bear, but compare the sales figures Sideshow had a few years ago before the insane pricejump - how fast exclusives sold through, how few non-exclusives lingered after release, and how larger the runs were - and you'll see the market isn't actually bearing these, Sideshow has driven away that market leaving a more exclusive group because they've priced themselves out of their previous market, and now they're hoping that exclusive group of a thousand or so folks will buy this because they buy everything SW.
My last Sideshow figures: Boba Fett, Cody, Battle Droids, Bly, Lando - and none of them lived up to their prototypes, usually in deco, fit-n-finish, and with Boba also cut-n-sew. I don't find that encouraging. Each one of them misses their cost-to-value ratio for me by small margins, in other words if they were cheaper I wouldn't have minded their flaws as much. 3 out of those 5 also failed QC in at least 1 area which required replacement which doesn't instill me with confidence for purchases (to be fair, my only Hot Toys purchase also had a QC failure which Sideshow replaced). As much as I like Boba, his helmet is the wrong color and the wrong sculpt for the film, his vest is too bulky to be accurate, the chest plates don't line up right on mine at least, the lower outfit doesn't have the same polish as the upper, the cape misses its sew by a small bit, and the body is sloppy - none of which I would have minded at $100 or minded as much at $125, but instead he's $175 and they pretend to justify it with a light-up base nobody wanted... AND mine had a QC issue to boot, it doesn't mean he's terrible but I have a hard time feeling giddy too. I'm confident if I ordered this Obi-Wan it'd have mediocre paint on the hairline at the very least, and I can't say if it happened to anybody else here they'd be surprised.
Anyway, I just find this so frustrating. I want to be on board, but there isn't any way I can justify this purchase.
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I bought Qui-Gon new for 50 dollars. That would mean the light up lightsaber arm is worth 100 dollars, which I doubt. Even if figure in a gasoline inflation rate (200%), The figure would still be under $100. This to me, is a company that found a market that it can exploit.
The Snowtrooper is $150, the Tusken is $125, how exactly is this figure better than those? This figure uses a buck body, has no armor, relatively simple outfit even if it is in 3 layers, generic hands, almost no accessories. I can understand some level of inflation, but this is 3 times the price of the first Sideshow Jedi figures from 7 years ago.
Well, the Tusken and bossk are the last figures I'm buying. This has gotten ridiculous. The figures aren't selling well (except ganch) and the bottom line is I purchase these items as an investment. There is no point in buying something that doesn't gain value. Facebook is a better play at his point. I exaggerate of course.
Well, the Tusken and bossk are the last figures I'm buying. This has gotten ridiculous. The figures aren't selling well (except ganch) and the bottom line is I purchase these items as an investment. There is no point in buying something that doesn't gain value. Facebook is a better play at his point. I exaggerate of course.I'm not sure I understand the investment part of your post, I don't think but a few figures in the line has actually gone up in the long run.
I don't want to tear down Sideshow, I just want to understand what's going on and why they think I should be paying that much. I've been with them since day 1 of the SW license, and now here we are triple that range with less to show for it. I don't want the Snowtrooper to be my last figure, but they already priced me 90% out of the line and each figure is a friggin' struggle - naturally each figure also comes RIGHT when it's least convenient (2 days before Comic-Con, a week before Xmas, etc.,).
I'm not sure I understand the investment part of your post, I don't think but a few figures in the line has actually gone up in the long run.
I don't want to tear down Sideshow, I just want to understand what's going on and why they think I should be paying that much. I've been with them since day 1 of the SW license, and now here we are triple that range with less to show for it. I don't want the Snowtrooper to be my last figure, but they already priced me 90% out of the line and each figure is a friggin' struggle - naturally each figure also comes RIGHT when it's least convenient (2 days before Comic-Con, a week before Xmas, etc.,).
I've been loyal since day one as well. i still have my exclusive jedi luke. But I have no qualms in bashing them. Because what they are doing is just stupid. Exclusives used to go on the wait list if you didn't get the order in on day one. Bacara exclusive is still in stock. And none of the releases within the last 6 months are on waitlist, except Ganch. Plenty of supply but no demand because their market can't afford it any more. I'm not going to keep these figures forever. Either I'll sell them or my kids will inherit them. There is no point in getting these anymore if I don't at least get the money I spent back when they are sold. How can that happen if sideshow can't even sell them out of their own store? It's getting tougher to justify the expense. The price of one figure will fill a tank of gas three times or can be used to buy two weeks worth of groceries. I've thought about these things and I'm sure others are too. It was fun while it lasted. But I suppose all good thing must come to an end.
I just got an email today about Bacara and Boba Fett and Fox being in stock, so that does help your point. A few years ago, Boba Fett would have sold through in a matter of days for the non-SE, and SEs would be gone in minutes.
I can't imagine selling my collection, but you make a good point - what happens when we're done with these? What did they cost us to keep around while we're enjoying them?
I'm still with Sideshow, but I can see the end of the road coming for my collection, it does seem like this Obi-Wan figure suggests there's no room for collectors with my level of passion yet who aren't wealthy.
Not quite sure what's up with SSC lately...emails abounded about Neyo & the Tusken showing up last week(they ddn't); then a notice they were deducting the final amount yesterday(plus S/H) for Cdmr. Neyo(they didn't).
Yes, it seems that stuff is all over the place there right now....HT Luke delayed yet again (pick your "why" from all kinds of rumors on this one, most notably quality issues), STAP w/ BD showing up for folks(one picture so far...other than the base looking a little tacky, it looks good), Tusken supposedly charging and starting to ship on Friday-with no production pictures of it in sight (10/12), no news on Neyo delay....I got those email notices too and called SSC to shuffle things around a bit to avoid an overload...
When it rains, it pours...as always around this time of year...
Jon, the Tusken email I got on 9/25 was a pre-ship notice for this week's date, you can see that in my story which I'm about to update (as they've moved the date up another day, shipping starts tomorrow), is that not the case with yours? I didn't preorder Neyo so I don't have input on that.
JB, I hadn't heard the STAP shipped, that's surprising. I totally forgot Sideshow used to put up production photos of products before shipping, I've gotten used to not checking anymore for that stuff.
The STAP is on of the things I shifted around, so I'll get some pictures in here, but it might be a while...
If they had gotten that STAP available for gift card, I would have probably bought it with my $75 SDCC card, it's one piece that I would have bought for sure had they not released its preorder AFTER the Battle Droid 2-pack arrived.
I called SSC cust. service re: why have I been charged twice as far back as 10/11 & still my Tusken & Cdmr. Neyo have not shipped. They stated they were "having issues with customs." There's your F.Y.I. in case anyone was wondering. The rep thought pretty certainly the Tusken would ship the pm we talked...that was 2 days ago.
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Try ?Hôtel de la Place des Vosges at 12 Rue de Birague, 75004 Paris
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I can't find a web site for them, but we just faxed our reservation to them. I'm sure you could send a fax (or simply telephone) and ask about your dates and prices. I'm sure it's within your price range.
The rooms are small and the elevator is tiny, but the staff are just wonderful, speak English and their breakfast is generous by Parisian standards. The rooms may be small but they are clean and pleasant and the location is terrific.
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Akron City Council Ward 4 representative
DeAndre Forney vs. Russel Neal Jr. (incumbent) vs. Eugene Norris II
Voters living in Akron's Ward 4 will vote for one candidate for Akron City Council Ward 4 representative on the Sept. 10 Primary Election ballot. Since all three candidates are Democrats, the winner of the race will be decided in the Primary. Below is information that would have appeared in our Voter Guide, which features candidates and issues in the November General Election. Also included below are three position paper questions with answers from the candidates. The information provided below was submitted by the candidates, with their responses to our questions printed as submitted.
DeAndre Forney
DeAndre Forney
Political affiliation: Democrat
Age: 30
Resident of: Akron
Education: Graduate, Houston High School, 2001; attended University of Memphis
Profession: Currently, Democratic Precinct Committeeman 4-D
Professional activities: Member, Summit County Progressive Democrats; former vice president, Summit County Young Democrats; former president, Akron Urban League Young Professionals; elected a Barack Obama delegate to the 2008 Democratic Convention in Denver
Campaign website: None provided
What makes you the better candidate?
"I believe I am the best candidate to represent Ward 4 because of the political and government experience I would bring to the job. I would be a full time councilman working around the clock to solve the most pressing issues that we face in our community. I would also because of my youth bring some well needed generational diversity to council."
Why are you running for Council?
"I am running for Council because I believe that 'the world is not a dangerous place because of those who do evil but those who do nothing.' Every day I run into people who feel like our community is being left behind. They see their home values declining and many of them don't feel safe even in their own homes. I'm running because our current councilman has not got the job done. We can't keep doing the same thing and expecting different results."
What would be your top three priorities if you took office? Why?
"My first priority would be the safety of every citizen not just in Ward 4 but the entire City of Akron. Second, I would work to bring together the business and religious community with government to redevelop the Copley Rd area. And third, I would work to make sure that home values in Ward 4 don't continue to decline by focusing on removing or remodeling vacant and condemned homes and making sure that all lawns are properly maintained throughout the community."
Russel Neal Jr.
Russel Neal Jr.
Political affiliation: Democrat
Age: 51
Resident of: Akron
Education: Graduate, Buchtel High School, 1980; B.A., Ohio University, management and marketing, 1984
Profession: Currently, Akron City Council Ward 4 representative (four years); president and owner, Graffitti Print Shop (24 years); formerly, district manger, Borden Chemical (three-and-one-half years)
Professional activities: Akron City Council Committees: chair, Technology and Parks & Recreation; member, Housing, Planning, Public Service and Health and Social Service
Campaign website: www.vote4RussNeal.com
What makes you the better candidate?
"The experience I have gained having served two terms as the ward councilperson, and my long history of working with neighborhood block clubs, the leadership in our schools and community organizations along with my ability to engaging members of the community in the process of addressing challenges that face the ward, and our city, are what equip me and make me the candidate to serve the residents of ward 4 and the city of Akron."
Why are you running for Council?
"I am running for re-election to city council so that I can continue to serve my community and the city. The 4 years I have been on council I have been able to work with the residents of Ward 4, and the city, to lay the foundation for healthy community engagement
"Through the principle of collective work & responsibility, I have lead our community in the following initiatives:
"Housing: Worked with city and faith based community in Ward 4 to create partnerships to rehab vacant properties and provide affordable housing for families.
"Policy: Worked with neighborhood block clubs in Ward 4 & across the city to create the city's policy concerning the removal of street memorials.
"Crime Prevention: Facilitated collaboration between Akron's Grassroots Organizations, the city and county governments to develop community plan to address youth violence.
"Community Engagement: Created a ward website www.4westakron.groupsite.com in an effort to keep the residents of Ward 4 informed of ward meetings and on the different initiatives taking place in the ward.
"Through inclusive and transparent leadership I have created community forums and ward meetings that provide residents the opportunity to have input in shaping policies that impact our community.
"If re-elected, I will continue to listen, work with and serve the residents of Ward 4 and the city of Akron to help make our ward and city the best it can be."
What would be your top three priorities if you were re-elected? Why?
"1. Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Project — Working with the rest of council, the administration, and the citizens of Akron to determine the best way to manage the cost of the CSO Project; and, lessen the financial impact on citizens of Akron, and insure that Akron residents have first priority to the jobs related to working on the CSO Project.
"2. Housing — I will continue to address the housing in Ward 4 that has been hard hit by foreclosures and most recently the severe repeated flooding throughout our ward.
"3. Encourage and Develop Relationships — I will continue working with neighborhood block clubs, business districts, and faith based communities in the ward to develop stronger relationships and collaborations with in the ward and city. This is important because the ultimate answer to addressing issues- crime, education and sustaining strong vibrant communities revolve around us all working together."
Eugene Norris II
Eugene Norris II
Political affiliation: Democrat
Age: None provided
Resident of: Akron
Education: Graduate, Buchtel High School; The University of Akron, business administration; Rhema Bible College, pastor studies/theology
Profession: Currently, senior pastor, Mountain of the Lord Fellowship; formerly, firefighter paramedic, Akron Fire Department (five years); formerly, housing director, Association for Better Community Development (seven years); formerly, manager, Cleveland Housing Network (11 years)
Professional activities: Appointed, Felony Drug Court Advisory Committee for Turning Point program; Faith Committee meeting quarterly with Akron Police Chief James Nice; Juvenile Court's committee to address disproportionate minority contact; former board (Ohio Partner for Affordable Energy) OPAE; vice president, Akron and Vicinity Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance
Campaign website: www.norris4ward4.com
What makes you the better candidate?
"Norris brings valuable experience and know-how to City Council as it discusses broader issues that affect the city as a whole. Norris his diverse background and wide range of skills are needed to help Ward 4 deal with its challenges, among them crime, economic development and housing. Norris administers energy efficiency programs in over 30 counties in Ohio managing some $20-million dollars in resources. He promoted community and economic development in housing, business, and training in the United States and as well as the continent of Africa.
"Norris initiated the formation of 'Charisma Community Connection' a Faith-based Community Development Organization which oversees: Bridges Center for Youth Advocacy, Minority Health programming and the 'Violence Free Zone (VFZ)' in the Copley Road corridor of west Akron. Norris initiated FameFathers a fatherhood program which has brought to the community over $300,000 promoting responsible, committed and involved fathers. Initiated the fathers walk were we have seen upwards of 4000 fathers and father figures attend school with our youth.
"On August 20th Norris was honored by being endorsed by the Akron Beacon Journal for the 4th ward."
Why are you running for Council?
"I would like to service the greater 4th ward with the seek and knowledge I have acquired over the years to service for the betterment of the 4th ward."
What would be your top three priorities if you took office? Why?
"1) Economic Development
"2) Public Safety
"3) Housing"
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when you've got the two clips lined-up and ready to be spliced together!!!
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Constitutional adviser to groups in Iraq speaks, April 26-28
Posted April 23, 2004; 01:47 p.m.
Three lectures on the theme "The Ethics of Nation Building: What We Owe Iraq" will be presented at 8 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, April 26-28, in McCosh 50.
The speaker will be Noah Feldman, assistant professor of law at New York University. The titles of his lectures are:
- Monday -- "Nation Building: To What End?";
- Tuesday -- "Trusteeship, Paternalism and Self-Interest"; and
- Wednesday -- "The Magic of Elections and the Way Home."
Feldman will examine the concrete policy problems engaged by the United States' continuing nation building efforts in Iraq through the lens of ethics, international law and political theory. The lectures will include personal reflections from Feldman's experiences in Baghdad as a constitutional adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority and to members of the Iraqi Governing Council.
Feldman received his A.B. summa cum laude in Near Eastern languages and civilizations from Harvard University. Selected as a Rhodes Scholar, he earned a D.Phil. in Islamic thought from Oxford University in 1994. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1997, and served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Harry T. Edwards of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and to Associate Justice David H. Souter of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Feldman's talks are designated as Walter E. Edge Lectures in Public and International Affairs and are part of the University's Public Lectures Series .
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Note: NK for Nkorho, EP for Elephant Plains, ID for Idube, NA for Naledi, TE for Tembe, RC for River Cam, BE for Black Eagle.
Cam pic(s) from yesterday (Touneyman1-Hanneke-Geschu). More here
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Former Senator Pushed for Balancing the Budget
Warren Rudman, a two-term Republican senator from New Hampshire, helped create the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings budget act, an early attempt to balance the federal budget through automatic spending cuts.
Mr. Rudman, who died Monday at age 82, also served as chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics and helped lead the investigation into the Iran-Contra affair during the Reagan administration.
He was an outspoken centrist who reached across the aisle to Democrats in crafting legislation. When Mr. Rudman declined to run for a third term in 1992 he issued a jeremiad to Washington denouncing "record budget deficits" and "our past profligacy."
The son of a New England furniture manufacturer and the grandson of a Moxie soda distributor, Mr. Rudman grew up in New Hampshire. He saw combat in the Army during the Korean War, attended Boston College Law School, and in 1970 was appointed Attorney General of New Hampshire.
His chief of staff at the time was David Souter, whose nomination to the Supreme Court Mr. Rudman promoted in 1990.
Mr. Rudman was elected to the Senate in 1980, beating a Democratic incumbent while pledging to beef up the armed forces. In office he supported Republican legislation but later said he regretted voting for tax cuts inspired by supply-side economics. In his 1996 political memoir, "Combat," he described Gramm-Rudman as an attempt "to undo the damage wreaked by Reaganomics."
When the bill passed the Senate in 1985, Mr. Rudman described it as "a bad idea whose time has come." The law is often cited as a precursor to the "fiscal cliff" of tax increases and spending cuts set to take place at year-end unless Congress postpones or resolves the situation.
But Congress immediately set about finding ways around Gramm-Rudman's budget caps and cuts. Targets and cutoffs were raised. The system for determining the size of cuts was found unconstitutional, and the process of mandatory cuts was supplanted by a new law in 1990.
After leaving the Senate, Mr. Rudman served as co-chairman with former Sen. Gary Hart, a Colorado Democrat, of a commission that warned of potential terror threats on U.S. soil well before the attacks of Sept., 11, 2001, and recommended creating the Department of Homeland Security.
Mr. Rudman's name was floated as a potential vice-presidential running mate for Ross Perot in 1992 and for Bob Dole in 1996.
He continued to call for fiscal discipline and helped found the Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan group that advocates for balanced budgets and changes in entitlement programs.
In a 2010 oral history interview for the University of California, Berkeley, Mr. Rudman said the country's fiscal problems couldn't be solved short of a crisis.
"I'm afraid that we're going to have either hyperinflation, skyrocketing interest rates, something," Mr. Rudman said. "I have lost my faith that we can do it voluntarily."
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The splendid rooms of the Museo Correr will host till October 27, the first major Italian retrospective dedicated to one of the greatest of living sculptors: Sir Anthony Caro.
After a strictly figurative beginning, he drifted away from sculptural tradition to create revolutionary assemblages, welded and bolted together, painted in bright colours and positioned on the floor within the viewer's space; these were abstract works but rich in ideal content. This new, fascinating sculptural language established him as a key figure in the development of 20th century sculpture.
His favorite material is steel, but Caro also experiments with many other materials, including bronze, wood, paper and lead. His assemblages of two-dimensional metal elements became the emblem of new British sculpture, a starting point and influence for all the latter generations.
The famous British artist returns to the lagoon with approximately 30 masterpieces covering fifty years of his career, after his previous participation to the Venice Art Biennales in 1958, 1966 and 1999.
The visitor will be able to admire a collection of Paper Sculptures and, most importantly some of his most famous large steel masterpieces, such as Red Splash, Garland, Cadence to the more recent Venetian and River Song.
Till October 27 at Correr Museum. Opening hours: 10am – 7pm (ticket office 10am – 6pm).
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Yay, advogato is back!
Went to GVADEC last week, that was great. Here is the paper and here are the slides. It was good to meet a lot of hackers, very nice. The beer was expensive though.
Still hacking on HAL, in the process of finalising the GNOME VFS patch, showed it to alex at GVADEC, he was positive about merging it, good stuff.
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This course focuses on civil litigation in California. Litigators must find and assess the legal implications of raw facts, identify potentially governing principles of law, derive and implement case theories and strategies based on immersion in the facts and law, and navigate sometimes tangled, frequently overlapping and always changing procedural routes to resolve their clients' problems. On top of these tasks, litigators must keep their clients informed, involved and satisfied and must maintain their own integrity and ethics. Through the use of simulated civil cases, this course will have students look beyond IRAC and across disciplinary lines to learn to make strategic use of the law to serve clients. It will also require them to develop their powers of analysis and oral and written communication through a variety of skills exercises.
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The minutes are out from the Federal Reserve's latest policy committee meeting in late October, and in a nutshell the Fed is still very conflicted on when to wind down its bond-purchase program and how to manage its communication with financial markets.
Bonds were already down on the day and are mixed following the minutes' release, with long-dated Treasuries seeing further losses while the ten-year Treasury note improved. The ten-year note is now down 12/32 on the day to yield 2.757% and the long bond down 1 9/32 to yield 3.878%, per Tradeweb data. The iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) is down 95 cents at $103.61.
Looking at the minutes, the Fed acknowledged that it basically wrong-footed the entirety of financial markets with its September decision not to taper. It noted that interest rates had fallen since then, but said the Fed's forecast for inflation and its medium-term economic projections had not changed much since then.
The Fed is still deliberating how and when to wind down its $85 billion monthly bond purchases, and how to manage market expectations:
Participants generally expressed reservations about the possibility of introducing a simple mechanical rule that would adjust the pace of asset purchases automatically based on a single variable such as the unemployment rate or payroll employment…. As an alternative, some participants mentioned that it might be preferable to adopt an even simpler plan and announce a total size of remaining purchases or a timetable for winding down the program. A calendar-based step-down would run counter to the data-dependent, state-contingent nature of the current asset purchase program, but it would be easier to communicate and might help the public separate the Committee's purchase program from its policy for the federal funds rate and the overall stance of policy. With regard to future reductions in asset purchases, participants discussed how those might be split across asset classes. A number of participants believed that making roughly equal adjustments to purchases of Treasury securities and MBS would be appropriate and relatively straightforward to communicate to the public. However, some others indicated that they could back trimming the pace of Treasury purchases more rapidly than those of MBS, perhaps to signal an intention to support mortgage markets, and one participant thought that trimming MBS first would reduce the potential for distortions in credit allocation.


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Think about this lineup when we go small...
Lebron James
Ray Allen
Dwyane Wade
Rashard Lewis
Chris Bosh
Word is Grant Hill is interested in coming here.
Ray Allen to be introduced in a few minutes.
Ray Allen to wear #34...Team store already selling Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis jerseys/t-shirts. Don't like to wear basketball jerseys but I will be getting a t-shirt
Heat got best team at the ESPYS and LBJ won 3 on his own


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Hey Kentucky!
My wife is from Pikeville and my in-laws are still there. They don't hunt but I'm thinking it gives me a good excuse to go up there more (and keep them happy) if I could get a little hunting in while I'm there.
Do any of ya'll know where would be a good place to get plugged in around that area? How is the hunting?


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Meizu EP-40 dynamic driver IEMs
" The story behind this review is kind of interesting. I was in contact with Meizu about an upcoming portable audio player being released later this year. I asked for a loaner so I could do a review over at InnerFidelity. That device is still a few months out so they don't have review models yet. During the course of our conversation the Meizu rep asked if I might..." --project86
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Patch 45 commentaried!
this patch was the mirror image of patch 44, called to actually send a process either home, or remote. theres some discrepancies between the two processor context send/recv functions i'll have to fix, an of course the vma file handling is broken, which is the thing that needs fixed to call this all 'beta' quality.
personally, recovering from patch 44 was hard. that was really like hitting myself in the head with a hammer. i've only got 5 more patches that should be near that ugly, however.
in theory, it should possible to migrate processes from ia32 to AMD64, and back. in practice.. the code isn't written for it.
while digging through this process teardown/buildup code, i can almost "smell" a process suspend-to-disk procedure, which would be neat to have on hand for things like kernel reboots without losing userspace state. likely also handy for suspend to disk, where you don't any longer have to 'save' userspace. outside the range of the problem i'm solving at the moment, however. process migration is such a big problem.. its truely overwhelming.
having watched the new Battlestar Galactica, i really feel some similarities between events in that, and how i ended up with this mess in my hands. unfortunately, none of my local friends are up-to-date on the series, so i can't talk about it. annoying!
its about time for classes to be over for the university students. i'm wondering how many of the irregulars will show up to the project this year.


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So y'all know about the recent DeCSS decisions. I'm ready to challenge them with a Perl script. Here it is.
Name: Omri Schwarz
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So y'all know about the recent DeCSS decisions. I'm ready to challenge them with a Perl script. Here it is.
My PBS wrapper scripts now deal with the MPI Chameleon implementation and will deal with the coming version of LAM-MPI.
In the meantime, I notice that PGPDOMO is nowhere to be seen, but since there is a Perl module for Gnu Privacy Guard has been written, and majordomo is a set of Perl scripts, that it's time I wrote something usefull. Voila: Wizzier, a way to have privacy-protected mailing lists. It's in the works.
I finished my first open source project and posted it for distribution. It's a set of wrapper scripts for the Portable Batch System which does execution queues for clusters. PBS is very nice except some of the user interface issues cause cluster users to bypass the queue system (users can be particularly reluctant to write their own shell scripts for every job they want in the queue). The wrapper scripts (all Perl) resolve that without heavy handed policies I've seen used in some cluster systems. (Like killing after 5 minutes any process that did not get started through the queue system.)
It's too obscure even for Freshmeat, but it's my itch I'm scratching, so I actually unlamed long enough to get it done.
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Submission + - RedHat celebrates AMQP/1.0 release with new patent (uspto.gov) 6
patent number 8,301,595, for accessing an LDAP server over AMQP. In January 2008 I provided to the AMQP Working Group, including Red Hat, the Digest-AMQP spec, "a way to integrate WWW servers and LDAP servers over an AMQP network." Here's the GitHub repository. Red Hat's patent 8,301,595 was filed two and a half years later, on June 14, 2010. In 2009 I wrote about another Red Hat patent on AMQP. That time, Red Hat said required patents would be made available royalty-free, but then as now, the patent was not on the standard but of a common use around it."


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If that's the case, then a big hearty congratulations to Hasbro! They actually managed to find yet another way to oversaturate the market during a movie year. In addition to poorly packed case ratios (which I'm sure they'll do), they'll release so much product at once that the majority of consumers can't buy all of it at once. 24 is enough for one night. Maybe 30 but no more than that.Originally Posted by plo koon 200
I totally agree. It does make sense because I know those aisles can get very crowded because they're so narrow, but it hurts fellow collectors. While someone is off sorting through their loot, there is less merchandise on the pegs. If one person does it, big deal. If three or four people do it at once, then a significant chunk of inventory has been whisked away from other potential buyers.Originally Posted by CooLJoe
Think of it this way. Every figure left in that cart when you're done is a figure that would've been bought by another person if it had been left on the shelf, and that person will be leaving a little more empty-handed that night. Put yourself in that position. I'm sorry if I'm coming off a bit preachy or harsh, but I really don't believe in "every man/woman for themselves" during Midnight Madness. That's the one time we as collectors should coordinate and help each other out because the scalpers will turn it into enough of a feeding frenzy without our help.
Besides, the cart approach might not be needed. All the stores I saw in April 2002 tried their best to keep each peg filled with the same figure (peg of Anakin Peasant, peg of SBD, peg of Padme Arena, etc.) Hopefully, they'll do the same again, and we can just skim off the top of each peg.


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One of the benefits of the Olympics has been a series of fascinating programmes about London. One of the best has been the BBC2 series 'The Secret History of our Streets' which has taken a road somewhere in London and shown how it has changed over the years.
The series takes as its start Charles Booth's Poverty Maps showing the income and social status of roads in London, and then goes through the years showing how the roads have changed. Some have stayed as working class areas, whereas moved either upmarket or downmarket. It doesn't matter whether you know the roads or not – so far only Caledonian Road has been familiar to me and even there it's only the bottom end of it that I know – but it remains fascinating and you can probably build similar stories in cities across the country. This isn't just some dry social history, although personally I love social history, as it not only describes the history of the street but also talks to its residents current and past. If you haven't watched this series I really recommend that you do whilst it's still available on iPlayer.
Whilst I'm recommending programmes, another great one has been 'The Bridges that Built London' with Dan Cruickshank. Dan Cruickshank has always been one of my favourite TV presenters as he makes history come to life in a way that I've always found fascinating. I first discovered Dan Cruickshank when he was on the series 'One Foot in the Past' back in the 1990s which I really miss and which has never really been replaced. Since then he has been a constant feature on TV and I don't think he has ever done a programme or series that hasn't been worth watching.


text: Hi everyone! I am usually a "lurker" in these forums, but i thought it was about time that I post! Anyway here is my problem. I recently received my Darth Vader FX lightsaber. I've just noticed that it sounds like something has "broken loose" inside the hilt. Example: When I shake the hilt up and down (when the saber is off), it sounds like a small piece of something is rattling around, and it is NOT the D-ring thingy on the shroud because I hold that piece in place while I shake it. It works fine but this noise kinda bothers me. Does anyone else have this problem? If you could "test' your Vader FX and get back to me I would appreciate it!


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So great!
What a peach.
This is a legitimate fear.
So great!
This is how you know men created this meme.
Ask the cat, he'll verify it.
Dream girl, right here.
Side note: How many times have you tried to convince a crush that this was the case? Yeah, me too.
And it's not even your birthday!
The Overly Attached Girlfriend would want you to get stranded without gas.
Downton Abbey ain't no joke.
Just like Mom used to do.
This one might be my favorite, because it's just so "...huh?"


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That's right, one lucky Ben's fan will win The Bacon Crate from ManCrates! (MSRP: $60 + shipping). Inside the Man Crate, you'll find two flavors of Bacon Jerky, Bacon Popcorn, Bacon Salt, Sir Francis Bacon Peanut Brittle, Bacon Sunflower Seeds and Bacon Pop Microwave Popcorn!
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Looking for a pup I ran across an add for a fox red with BLUE eyes. Any ideas how that can happen?
A google search AFTER the fact answere all the questions.
Looking for a pup I ran across an add for a fox red with BLUE eyes. Any ideas how that can happen?
A google search AFTER the fact answere all the questions.
Last edited by gdluck; 02-09-2013 at 10:40 PM.
If it was a puppy, it's very common for them to have blue eyes til 3 mos. or longer if the eventual eye color will be light yellow. All puppies' eyes are blue when they first open but brown-eyed dogs turn to brown within a week or two. Chesapeakes have amber to yellow eyes, so they stay blue or blue green longer. The faster they turn, the darker the eventual eye color will be. The dog in my avatar, Panda, had blue eyes til she was almost 6 mos. As you can see, they are very light yellow. Below is a photo of one of her pups at 8 wks. with her baby blues.
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Oh that one will never do anything wrong. Just look at that angelic face.
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Dawn you getting ready to meet my two new young chessies. Jay is son of Larry and Sam is son of MIke Coutu's FC Chester. They are both very different but you can't take your eyes off them for a second.
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I have a female lab from Code Blue lines that has/had a blue eye. It was blue green at 7 wks and instead of getting darker and turning brown like her right eye did, it just kept getting lighter until it turned an icy blue with yellow tints to the outer ring. Had her CERF'd and found out that it was a fluke and did not hurt her vision nor was it a cause for not breeding in the future. There is a name for the condition (same thing that collies, shelties, and australian shepherds, and huskies have that can cause bi-colored or merle eyed dogs) but off the top of my head I can't think of it. As she has gotten older, it is more an icy yellow with blue hints.
Now, just because it does not preclude my breeding of this dog (possibly in the future), it should NOT be perpetuated as a selling point or as some rare or special type of lab! No one trait (especially something as stupid as color of coat or eyes) should be the main focus of breeding! If that is the main selling point for a litter, don't walk away- run!
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According to this BMI chart, I am too short !!!
I've never seen blue after 3-4 wks here. No idea!


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Hey everyone! I've been reading the forum for a while now and decided to make my first post!
This is going to be my first year calling my own birds and only my second season. I've been practicing my calls for almost a year now. I'm no where close to winning a calling contest, but I'm comfortable enough with my mouth calls and pots. This is going to be some broad questions, but here it goes. What ques do you guys use when you call a turkey? I know how to morning yelp, but when do I start yelping and more importantly when do I go to a fly-down cackle/plain yelping? I know tree yelps are done by hens before they leave the roost, but I'm worried about when to start and when to change. Also, if a get a gobble off a tree yelp, do I stop for a little while and do a fly-down or do I entice him with some more soft yelps before fly down?
Here's another scenario. Let's say I know I've got a gobbler's attention. How much clucking and yelping do I do? If I yelp to a gobbler and he gobbles back do I stop calling as soon as I hear him hammer it? If so, how much time before I yelp again? I've heard if a gobbler is henned up, you may be able to agitate the hen by responding to her yelps and cackles. Has anyone had success with this?
How do you guys handle random calling? Not every sound is going to get a response, and some days toms are going to be more active when others. What is a good calling strategy when things are slow?
I guess what I'm really hoping to get out of this post is an idea of strategies you guys take over the course of a conversation with a gobbler? I've learned some different calls, I know what they sound like, and I know turkeys make certain sounds at certain points of the day, but I don't know when to talk and when to shut up. I don't know when to be aggressive and when to sit tight. I'm hoping to get a lot of points-of-view on this so any tips would be much appreciated. They don't necessarily have to answer the questions above.
Sorry for the long post, but I just wanted to be as descriptive as possible to give you guys an idea of what I'm asking here.
Thanks Guys and lay it to 'em this spring!


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Vuyisile Colossa: The Muay Thai World Champion In Action at ONE Fighting Championship
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Vuyisile Colossa is one of the top Muay Thai fighters on the planet but he will be turning his attention to MMA this September to take part in ONE Fighting Championship's inaugural show. The Hong Kong based South African is still a very active Muay Thai fighter who regularly faces world class opposition. He is about to return to MMA, where he boasts a 3-1 record, after a six month absence but is still recovering from the disappointment of seeing a fight with Muay Thai legend John Wayne Parr cancelled at late notice,
"I was very disappointed with the situation because fighting JWP in his home country was a great thing for my Muay Thai career and I had never fought in Australia. Training for that fight and for The Challenger has been very hard but there is no substitute for the experience that comes from world class Muay Thai training. I am already in great shape and to adjust for the up and coming fight I need only to spend time on the mat and I will be ready to go," he said.
Results from The Challenger, which is effectively season two of Contender Asia, have not been released yet because the TV series has yet to hit our screens. Colossa holds a victory over the original Contender Asia winner Yodsaenklai Fairtex and has won numerous world titles in Muay Thai. He probably has better stand up credentials than just about any active fighter in the world of MMA today,
"I think people appreciate the fact that a world class Muay Thai fighter is making a stand in MMA. I know for a fact my stand up skills are far better than any other MMA fighters out there and I am always looking for that knockout because I don't want to leave decisions in the hands of the judges," he said.
This is perhaps a thinly veiled reference to his fight with highly experienced Filipino Eduard Folayang last year when Colossa lost a controversial decision. Round three was an extremely one sided affair as Colossa chased the URCC Welterweight champion all around the cage dominating him in the stand up department. Folayang, who is probably the top fighter to emerge from the Philippines scene, managed to survive the round and was awarded the fight by all three judges courtesy of securing repeated takedowns in the opening two rounds. Many cageside spectators felt that Colossa had done enough to win the final round 10-8 and he still believes he won that fight,
"I was very suprised when they gave him the win because he only did eight takedowns in the whole fight and he didn't even control me on the ground. I was the aggressor and he was back peddling the entire fight, how can one win like that?"
Folayang's reward for defeating Colossa is a marquee fight against Ole Laursen in the main event at ONE Fighting Championship while the South African has had to settle for a place on what is admittedly a star studded undercard. Colossa has to get past Chinese Sanda champion Wang Ya Gi first but assuming he does he would relish the prospect of facing the winner of the contest between Folayang and Laursen,
"I think everyone would like to see the rematch with Folayang and I would also love to fight Laursen. Maybe we could fight for the ONE C lightweight belt? It would be a battle between two world class stand up fighters: Colossa vs Laursen, I like the sound of that."
One FC's lightweight division already looks set to be extremely competitive and Colossa will be keeping a close eye on Eddie Ng and Zorobabel Moreira Jnr who will both be in action on September 3rd. Ng's fight is of particular interest because Colossa has been based in Hong Kong for several years and Ng is being billed as the best fighter to ever emerge from his adopted home,
"I had never heard of him before because he had been living in England but since it got announced that he would be fighting for One FC a lot of people in Hong Kong have been talking about this fighter who is supposed to be the best fighter from Hong Kong. I hope I get to watch his fight because I want to see if he is as good as everyone says he is."
Mixed martial arts in Hong Kong is still a little way behind other places in South Asia such as the Philippines, Thailand and Singapore where there are numerous MMA camps and regular competitions. Colossa is currently without a full time training camp and has been forced to travel around in order to find suitable sparring partners but he has been making the most of a difficult situation,
"Since my gym closed up last month, it's been very hard to get in a routine. Luckliy I have guys like Irshaad Sayeed and Quinton Arendse at Versus gym who are both from South Africa and also Rodrigo Coporal and Andrew Wonkie at JAB MMA and Douglas Pieterse. All these guys have been very helpful with my MMA training and I would like to say thank you to them."
Colossa has won world titles in Muay Thai, kickboxing and Wu Ling Feng and with world class stand up skills and a rapidly evolving ground game many feel that is is only a matter of time until he adds MMA to the list. Audiences love to see a truly elite striker inside the cage and Colossa knows that September 3rd could be a truly defining moment for his career,
"I feel like this is the biggest fight of my life because not only will there be 12,000 people there but it is being shown on domestic TV in Singapore and will also be broadcast all over Asia so everyone in Hong Kong will be watching. It's a fantastic opportunity for me and I am looking forward to showcasing my Muay Thai skills in MMA."
For more information about One Fighting Championship visit: www.onefc.com.


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Question: I'd like to try showing my Bulldog but he isn't a puppy anymore. What is the best way to get an older dog used to showing/handling, etc?
Answer: The first thing I would do is to start practicing at home. Having a large mirror is a great idea for help. This way you will be able to see how you are showing the dog and change things to make your dog look better. If you are a novice, I strongly suggest you go to some handling classes and to some dog shows so that you won't be surprised by the proceedings. Remember every judge will want to look into your dogs mouth to see the bite. Some will ask you to show it and others will open the mouth themself. Your dog must be prepared for either scenario. Try to get friends to practice examining your dog when he/she is set up too. This will help when you are showing to the judge and once again your dog will be prepared for it.
Talk to some breeders about grooming as well. Oh, yes, bulldog do get groomed contrary to what a lot of people think in other breeds. It takes time to get your bully ready. You might want to trim the whiskers off his face to give him a cleaner look. Also, make sure to bath your dog the night before the show. There is nothing worse from a judges point of view than having to go over a dog that smells. Show that you are in the ring to win, and prepare your dog with that thought in mind.
Q2- Is judging about the same in Canada, USA, Japan,etc?
Answer: In most ways it is the same. I use the same ring procedure no matter which country I am in. However, in different countries, the breed standards may change a little and so do the disqualifications. It is very important that the judge be aware of the standards in the country they are. The system in North Americas is unlike FCI countries (another system). The main difference is FCI* countries is that they critique the dogs as well as judge them.
Q3- Can a near term bitch be shown with any real expectations.
Answer: Yes she can be shown, but I would not advise it. First of all she will not look her best and will be at a disadvantage, and secondly, why put her through it at such a crucial time. There can be a lot of stress at a show, and there is no reason she could not be entered later after she is back in shape and able to compete on a level playing field with the others.
Q4- Have you ever needed to excuse a dog from the ring, and what warrants doing that.
Answer: Yes I have excused dogs several times, including Bulldogs. Limping is the main reason, although there are other reasons when excusals can be made such as 'lack of merit' and 'attempting to bite'. If a dog actually did make contact with you it is to be disqualified.
Q5- Is it proper to see a 7 month old puppy get BISS, can one truly evaluate a immature specimen to the point of winning BISS.
Answer: Judges are required to judge the dog 'on the day'. We are not supposed to try and imagine what the dog is going to turn out like in the future. It is uncommon at a specialty show that a puppy would win the breed, however it is very possible is the puppy is very good. Again, it is the opinion of the judge to determine the merit of the puppy. We won two specialties with one of our dogs as a puppy in Canada, however the shows were very small in comparison to the U.S. but still they were breeder judges who did it. This dog ended up being the number one bulldog in Canada for three years and still holds the record for best in shows wins by a bulldog while being breeder owner handled. His name was Comepatabull's Gettin Respect, known to all as 'Rodney'. He certainly was the best dog we ever bred and competed on all levels. He finished in the U.S. at 4 shows winning at specialties including the Milwaukee Bulldog club specialty. Our dog of a lifetime. He will always be missed.
Chris Neilson
'Bulldogs are my love, not my living'


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Designed by Brian Landau
Window Nightsight features a photoelectric cell for automatic on/off function. The body is a natural wood window frame with frosted amber window panes. The photoelectric cell is housed in the lower section which includes the lamp socket and plug and grey finish. Made in the USA. 2.75W x 4H.
Expo Design, Inc. produces a collection of products designed by its owner Brian W. Landau. His goal is to bring you truly unique designs, fresh ideas functional solutions. The Lighting line utilizes safe 12 volt power. This allows simple sculptural forms to deliver current to super strong efficient halogen bulbs. Our phrase 'Art as Functional Lighting' started with the introduction of 'Metal Men' in 1989 at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York. The lighting line grew from there to the collection you see today. The whimsy of many of the designs captures your imagination while providing excellent lighting solutions. All of the fixture designs are available for use on cable, table lights, wall sconces & ceiling lights.


text: I was just playing Jedi Power Battles and thinking what a cool character Maul is, but mourning the fact that in TPM he got no depth or backstory like Darth Vader (like the rest of the characters in TPM). So is there anything worth mentioning, in the EU, that gives Maul a little meat? Maybe deepens the character a little, gives a backstory as to why he's so vicious? I understand there's a children's book and a comic series, but haven't heard if these are a waste of time or not (and I might feel a little more silly reading a kids' book, but will if it strengthens Maul's character).


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The common domesticated apple was originally classified as Pyrus malus when the scientific Latin-based binomial system of naming species was first introduced in the 18th century. By the 19th century, the apple was re-classified as Malus domestica, but the term Pyrus malus is still often used in ingredient lists when apple extracts are used in skin care products. The apple has been a source of food and healing products since the dawn of human civilization. Botanists believe that all of the current cultivars (or types) of apples grown today -- which number at least 7,500 named types of apples - originated in the European crab apple tree. Today, apples are the single greatest fruit crop grown in the world, produced for its healthful food and medicinal qualities.
Since ancient times, the apple has held special symbolism throughout many cultures. The apple was blamed for the original fall of Adam and Eve and their eviction from the Garden of Eden. The Greeks used the concept of a golden apple as the cause of the Trojan War -- a young prince, named Paris, from that city-state was asked to award a golden apple to the most beautiful woman at a wedding. Still, despite such an occasionally troublesome reputation, the apple has been honored and treasured for thousands of years. Alexander the Great, during his invasion of India, took the time to collect samples of dwarf apple trees and send them back to his teacher, Aristotle, in Greece. Although native to the Old World, the apple tree was one of the first species introduced into the Americas by European settlers. John Chapman - known by his nickname Johnny Appleseed" - famously spent the last years of his life planting apple trees in the Midwest part of the United States. The Welsh


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Economists to discuss 'Crisis on Wall Street'--UPDATED
Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, 4:30 p.m. · McCosh 50
Posted September 18, 2008; 06:31 p.m.
A panel of Princeton economists will review recent events on Wall Street and assess their implications for the economy and public policy in a discussion titled "Crisis on Wall Street" at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, in McCosh 50. (NOTE: New location)
The panel will be chaired by Hyun Shin, the Hughes‐Rogers Professor of Economics and associate chair of the Department of Economics, and will include:
- Alan Blinder, the Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs and co‐director of the Center for Economic Policy Studies.
- Markus Brunnermeier, the Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Economics.
- Harrison Hong, the John Scully '66 Professor in Finance.
- Paul Krugman, professor of economics and international affairs.
The event is sponsored by the Department of Economics.


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Black & Decker Ergo® 2-Speed Food Chopper - Available in Black or White
Perfect for personal use, the Black & Decker 2-Speed Chopper (EHC650, EHC650B) chops, dices and minces vegetables, fruits, herbs, cheese, nuts, cooked meats and even chocolate with ease. Simply press one of the two speed buttons on the top and hold the unit steady, the blades do the rest. Such simple controls and the compact design make one-handed operation a reality, simplifying any kitchen task.
With a powerful 150-watt motor and a stainless steel blade, this food chopper gives you the crisp cut and the results you want with no problem. All removable parts including the blade are dishwasher safe, making cleanup quick and easy.
3-Cup Capacity:The mid-size bowl capacity is perfect for personal or small-scale use, from chopping vegetables for salsa, cheese and tomatoes for salads, to even nuts and chocolate for dessert toppings
Great for Storage:The chopper's slip-resistant base doubles as a lid for the bowl should you need to store leftover food
- Models: EHC650, EHC650BBlack & Decker Ergo® 2-Speed Food Chopper
- Brand: Black & DeckerTwo blade speeds: high and low
- Available in black or whiteOne-handed operation
- 3-cup capacityNon-slip base doubles as lid for storage
- One touch control buttonsPower: 150 watt motor
- Warranty: 1 year limitedDimensions: 9" H x 5.3" W x 5.1" D
- Height: 9"
- Width: 5.3"
- Depth: 5.1"


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KWLUG: Introduction to Git
I presented my Introduction to Git talk at
KWLUG tonight.
I was pleased to hear that folks found it enlightening.
You can grab my OpenOffice slides, as well as the demo scripts I used during the presentation, by using git:
git clone http://foursquare.net/intro_to/.git
If you missed tonight's talk, I'm also booked to give it at the next Drupal User Group meeting on Thursday, July 15, 2010, at 7pm. You can find more details here. That meeting is at 58 Queen St. in Kitchener (across the street from the old KWLUG meeting place).
Special thanks to Paul Nijjar for providing the laptop tonight and the setup.
Syndicated 2010-07-05 22:39:10 from Chris Frey's Blog - Entries tagged advogato