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#5495Spiewak's Carson Field Jacket is amazingly warm without being bulky, and I love the goes-with-everything grey-olive color.
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#5484Hand Casts in Raw Porcelain and covered with 18k gold this is a perfect gift item.
#5482Sometime, you see a bag and you just fall in love...well i'm in love with Diana by Bruxe
#5480Marc Jacobs' zipper necklace is under $20 at M x MJ stores around the country - but it still comes with that Marc Jacobs bag and box that make it look SO expensive. Christmas present, anyone?
#5478I'm loving furry earmuffs this winter. J.Crew's Toscana shearling style might be my favorite.
#5476POPEYE magazine previewed upcoming releases from Burberry Black Label. December 2009 editorial feature Pavel Baranov, Brayden Jessen & Roman Duvigneau. Standout items in the collection include gloves and cardigans.
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#5470the "Universal Scarf" by Vividbraille - creative scarf that allows unique expression; i can wear it as a scarf, hoodie, shawl, mask, etc...love the attention to detail.
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#5461Sexy, sleek and sophisticated... definitely on my Xmas wish list! Hope Santa will be stuffing my stocking with this pair of pointed toe stiletto by Bronx.
#5460Subversive x Doc Marten boots, a relic of Art Basel available only in a vending machine at the Mondrian Hotel in Miami. But I bet you could make a pair yourself...
#5459the belt adds such funkiness to alexander wang's safari wrap dress. i love the buttons and tight collar - so pretty
#5458I'm in love with the subtle stud detailing on this ring necklace by garnett jewelry...just added to my wish list!
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Six sharp little needle teeth can sure wake you up. They can also cause uncomfortable nightmares until you sleepily learn that the cause of the pain isn't the horrible things in your dream, but an eight week-old Halloween looking kitten that has seen your toes move. She's awake and having fun, with her sharp little needle teeth nibbling on your toes. Welcome Sallie Cat, our new playful baby. She's a silky black, with emerald green eyes, with just a touch of white under her chin. Her area to have time by herself is in our bedroom where the dogs can't climb over the baby gate we have put up. Sallie likes snoozing on our feather –down comforter. Heaven help us if the comforter springs a leak. It'll be raining feathers. Only, she'll have a grand time.
A typical kitten; she is so adorable, soft, sweet. But wait until the middle of the night when she wants to play. She's getting better about leaving exposed arms and legs alone, but sometimes she just can't help it no matter how much we play with her to wear her out. She's a kitten and she's nocturnal.
Sallie already has best buddies: our two dogs, Cocoa, a miniature Dachshund and Chihuahua mix, and Judgie, a Schih tzu and poodle (we think) mix. One big happy family. Literally. At night I lay down next to my daughter on her bed to read the next chapter of The Hobbit and the burrowing Dachshund jumps up to scratch the covers until the comfortable spot is just right; then, the short-legged Judgie whines to climb up as well. His legs are too short to jump up. Okay, fine. We find him a spot while he turns circle after circle to get comfortable. I try to read Tolkien: "What is all this uproar in the forest tonight?" said the Lord of the Eagles. Right in my face is Cocoa, listening to the story. I have to push her face back in order to turn the pages.
About this time, a black ball of fluff practically flies up on the bed and scoots next to Judgie. It's Sallie, the new "baby" not wanting to be left out. Reading time was starting to get a little squished on this full size bed. I try to continue to read: "He was sitting black in the moonlight, on the top of a lonely pinnacle of rock…" Just then Sallie notices Judgies' long typically Schihtze delightfully wagging tail. It's amazing how little room two dogs and a kitten need to chase each other. This is supposed to be the story before my daughter gets to sleep. The Hobbit has to wait while I separate them.
Sallie is segregated in the main bedroom with the door tightly closed. Even at less than three pounds, she can open the door if it's just a little ajar, jump over the baby gate and be back in an instant. Judgie is put in his doggie bed, and Cocoa can stay on the bed, as she likes to hear stories as well … which I find very strange, but allow it. A little J. R. R. Tolkien never hurt a miniature Dachshund.
We feel safe leaving the dogs alone with their new sister. She has claws, after all. But, to her credit, she refrains from using them when playing with the dogs. If she doesn't want Coco to give her a kiss, which is a doggy lick kiss, she'll put up her paw and push her away. It sometimes feels like "Animal Planet" with all the excitement. Not wanting the goldfish, won at Barnesville Buggy Days, to become part of the activities, "Goldie" is on a very high shelf where she or he can safely view the antics of the dogs and cat.
As she gets older Sallie Cat will lose her kittenish antics of nibbling moving body parts. She'll grow older with her "brothers" and human family and become part of the photographs and stories of the house. And, our toes will be safe once more.


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Hi, I am looking for a federal infantry unit to fall in with at this the battle of Resaca this May. Can anyone out there help!
Hi, I am looking for a federal infantry unit to fall in with at this the battle of Resaca this May. Can anyone out there help!
Depending on what your looking for, the AC site has a thread looking for people for a campaigner company.
Thad Gallagher
Pit Rat Mess
49th Ohio
Huber Heights #777 F&AM
"...mostly of a rough and class [who] gave a great deal of of trouble by insubordination; but they did not lack courage..." Brig. Gen. Jacob Cox speaking of the 1st and 2nd Kentucky Infantry (made up of mostly Ohioans)
Christopher Helvey
You can most likely fall in with my unit. We portray the 1st Wisconsin Infantry (we are actually from Wisconsin as well). We will be there, but we are still unsure of how many we will have. But it is looking like we will only have a group of 5, so we are looking for a larger unit to attach to as well. But like I said you can most likely fall in with us so you are insured a group of guys to be with?
My unit, the 33rd Alabama/6th Indiana will be present. We are not campaigners, but likewise are not a family camp. Tent flys and shelter halves are preferred; an abundance of camp furniture, etc. is discouraged.
Musicians are welcomed.
Andy Redd
Andy Redd
Hey John,
I would also check with the Adj. Capt. Chuck Munson with the Fed. 4th Brigade out of Florida. I believe they usually have a pretty good sized group that attends.
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#1 Posted 04 April 2011 - 09:19 PM
Either way, your pretty much looking at a retired /v/ browser who takes an interest in cooking. No surprises to show from me, sadly, but, guess that's how it is for everybody.
Either way, joined this forum as I see myself a big fan of pretty much every game made by Valve. Either way, in short, hope I can have a good time here.
(And no, I'm not an opinionated, hating on every vidya he sees, /v/ person. Just so you know)
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#3 Posted 04 April 2011 - 09:27 PM
Welcome to our fine place on the internet. I feel we shall have a jolly good time together
A Vvaardenfell sunset
#4 Posted 04 April 2011 - 09:36 PM
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Mysterious Stranger, on 05 April 2011 - 08:19 AM, said:
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shampo0o, on 05 April 2011 - 06:30 PM, said:
HAH! Now isn't that wishful thinking.
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fleshy boney face guy!...
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The Western Institute for Sexual Health in Santa Monica is offering free "Lunch & Learn" educational sessions with board certified urologists, psychologists and other experts every Friday from noon to 1 p.m. through the month of May. Guest speakers—authors, sexual health experts, psychologists and physicians—will discuss the value of a healthy sex life at all stages of our adult lives. For more info and a reservation, call (800) 222-WISH.
Over 35 films will be screened during this 15th annual five-day film festival. Sixteen films will premiere here, along with award-winning films from both the Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals, indie features and a variety of short films. Opening the festival is Darren Stein's (Jawbreaker) latest project, G.B.F. Through June 2. filmoutsandiego.com
Get ready for magic to happen. For one night only, legendary queer performer Carole Pope—an agent provocateur who pushes the boundaries of sexuality, sexual politics and the status quo—will take the stage. Supporting her are local L.A. queer bands Silver and Gold and Clutch the Pearls. tinyurl.com/br4spck
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, the outrageously fun musical, is finally in L.A. Attend a special Frontiers Night Out, where you can party in the lobby with the cast after the show! The after-party will be in the lobby of the Pantages immediately after the show, and there will also be a special drawing for a Palm Springs weekend getaway! Drag queens are especially encouraged to come, as there will be a special prize for "Best Drag Ensemble." frontiersLA.com/priscilla
On the last Thursday of each month, SoCal's axis of underground pop culture, Wacko/La Luz de Jesus Gallery, hosts Billy's Thursday Night Fish Fry & Community Social. Each event presents a diverse multimedia mixed-bag variety show, spoken word, unusual performances and more, putting a spotlight on several generations of L.A. performers. laluzdejesus.com
Now taking place over 17 days, this celebration has you choose from three-course, prix fixe dinner menus available for either $26 or $38 per person at over 70 participating restaurants in the desert. Participating hotels will offer an array of exclusive perks, including specialty room rates, upgraded in-room amenities and more. Through June 16. palmspringsrestaurantweek.com
Performing to packed audiences during their 70-city North American tour, The Tenors will sing selections from their new album, Lead With Your Heart, as well as past hits. The Tenors have been thrilling audiences with their powerful voices for five years and have shared the stage with living legends such as Andrea Bocelli, Celine Dion, Sting and Paul McCartney. greektheatreLA.com
This festival features live music, dance performances, art workshops, food trucks, cooking demos, fitness classes and other interactive activities that reflect the culture and diversity of this unique beach city. The festival is open to all and free of charge, with free parking and bike valet! smgov.net/festival
This set of 20th anniversary concerts will feature the West Coast premiere of Grammy Award-winning composer Christopher Tin's Calling All Dawns. Angel City Chorale will also perform The Best of ACC, highlighting much-loved songs and crowd favorites from the choir's lengthy history. Through June 2. angelcitychorale.org
Gay the bay before L.A. Pride! Serve eco realness at this cleanup of venice Beach, then get (or throw) some shade at the Roosterfish after-party with drink specials and fabulous guests. Cleanup will take place from noon-2 p.m. at Breakwater (at the end of Windward Ave.), and the party starts right after! healthebay.org/pride
It's a night of shock rock that you aren't soon to forget as Marilyn Manson and his predecessor Alice Cooper tear up Universal City. Who knows what you'll expect from these rock gods—maybe some stilts, head-banging guitar riffs and a snake or two. livenation.com
Join Point Foundation, the nation's largest scholarship-granting organization for LGBTQ students of merit, as it celebrates and helps support the next generation of LGBTQ leaders. Hear the students' extraordinary stories and meet alumni at this very special event. pointfoundation.org/LA
L.A. Opera celebrates the music of Latin America and of Spain with a concert that will include popular selections from zarzuela, the engaging and colorful Spanish form of operetta that has long been close to the heart of Placidio Domingo. The show will be followed by the Placidio Domingo Awards Dinner, presented annually by Hispanics for Los Angeles Opera. LAOpera.com
This two-day celebration lets you travel the world without walking more than a city block, sampling hundreds of wines from more than 15 countries. Catch a demo by an L.A. chef, check out a seminar and indulge in some of the city's hottest food trucks. June 8-9. lawinefest.com
Celebrating its 25th year, this event lets you access the best of L.A.'s culinary scene. With over 50 different tastes from the greatest chefs in town, the event will also feature the annual live and silent auctions, cocktails by the city's top mixologists, wine and locally crafted beer. Proceeds benefit the end of childhood hunger in L.A. and across the nation. ce.strength.org
Björk is set to bring her live Biophilia audio-visual in-the-round show to SoCal, and the artist hits up the Hollywood Bowl after multiple shows at the Hollywood Palladium. Björk has collaborated with app developers, scientists, writers, inventors, musicians and instrument makers to create a unique multimedia exploration of the universe and its physical forces—particularly those where music, nature and technology meet. livenation.com


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I told my family that I am eating primally before coming home for Easter. I did not make any attempt to push this on anyone else but was surprised how resentful they acted about it. My mother made too big of a deal about it - loudly saying in front of family members about every single thing she was making, "this has __ in it...is _ on your diet?" and talking about how it is important to drain all the fat so we don't clog our arteries. My little brother at one point angrily told me I was nuts if I didn't eat a bagel. I did not eat that bagel. You get the point.
Anyway, I ended up eating a lot of things I wouldn't normally eat just to avoid the uncomfortable attention and to not hurt Ma's feelings. Last night, my stomach was so bloated that I looked pregnant. My face is horribly puffy and my joints are killing me. I had the mental fog, mood swings, and sleepiness that I knew would come. I'm IF'ing today to try to mitigate the damage.
My question: do I tell her that I am feeling this way? I am thinking that it might drive home the point that eating SAD makes me sad, while primal makes me feel like a superhero. The hardest part I am having with primal/paleo right now is the reaction of my family and the social pressure. Any comments or thoughts on pressure from family members is welcome. I am really struggling with this and thanks in advance for any help you all can offer.


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Howard Schaffer, 53, of Slingerlands is owner and founder of Media Marketing, a public relations firm in Albany. A native of Niagara Falls, Schaffer moved to the Capital District in 1981 to work in the New York State Assembly after college and remained in the area to attend graduate school at UAlbany.
Q When did you found Media Marketing and what was the impetus for doing so?
A Having worked as a media assistant for Governor Mario Cuomo in the late '80s, I was able to expand on my academic training as a journalist. After Governor Cuomo left office, I was able to create a media service for trade associations, businesses and non-profits, which today is known as Media Marketing.
Q Share a little about your background and why that led you to a career as a public relations entrepreneur?
A I've always enjoyed writing. And today, working with my team of fellow journalists in serving our clients, I am able to see the results of our work everyday in newspapers, radio interviews, television news and social media.
Q What are some of the biggest challenges associated with running your own PR firm?
A Balancing life with business can sometimes be a challenge, because I truly enjoy what I do for "work." Most often, it doesn't seem like "work."
Q Describe one of your most gratifying experiences either related to work or your personal life.
A Having an impact on decisions that are made in the public interest by a business, organization, town government or non-profit is most gratifying. The role of managing media in the public arena for our clients is a genuine privilege — one which is a real responsibility, and an honor.
Q What is one of your hobbies? Continued...
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thanks for good review! I watch also this interesting interview with a guild master :)
World of Warcraft Review
safe to say that this is one of the better games created of the rpg era that was 2004,game is also bettr than guild-w
Here is the online role-playing game you should play, no matter who you are.
The Good
- Huge, beautiful, seamless world
- High streamlined and conducive to short or long play sessions
- Exciting, action-packed combat
- Elegant, easy-to-use interface
- Excellent music and sound.
The Bad
- Some stability issues immediately following launch
- Player-versus-player elements not complete.
Though massively multiplayer online role-playing games have been around for years, it has taken this long for the genre's breakthrough hit to finally emerge. Here is the online role-playing game you should play, no matter who you are. This is because World of Warcraft brings out all the best aspects of this style of gaming, if not many of the best aspects of gaming in general. It also features many of the specific characteristics that have made Blizzard Entertainment's previous games so entertaining, memorable, long-lasting, and successful. Of course, the company's past track record did not guarantee that World of Warcraft could have turned out this well. Such high quality simply cannot be expected, nor should it be missed.
In World of Warcraft, you create your alter ego by choosing from a variety of colorful races and powerful classes, and then you begin exploring, questing, and battling in Azeroth, the fantasy setting featured in Blizzard's Warcraft real-time strategy games. Fans of those games (especially Warcraft III and its expansion pack) will spot tons of references here, and they will be impressed at how faithfully World of Warcraft translates so many of Warcraft's little details and even some of the finer points of its gameplay into such a seemingly different style of game. Meanwhile, fans of other online role-playing games will be impressed at the sheer breadth and volume of content on display in World of Warcraft, whose setting seamlessly connects a bunch of wildly different-looking types of places and somehow makes them appear as if they all belong as parts of a whole.
World of Warcraft is superficially similar to numerous other games that came before it, and it clearly draws inspiration from some of them. The fundamentals are all here, such as fighting dangerous creatures (optionally including other players), exploring the countryside either alone or in the company of other players, undertaking various quests, gaining experience levels and new abilities, and acquiring powerful items. However, directly comparing World of Warcraft with any of its predecessors would be almost like pitting a professional sports club against a school team. With all due respect to the other online role-playing games out there, World of Warcraft is in a league of its own. The game clearly benefits from not being the first of its kind, as the design issues that plagued previous online role-playing games are handled extremely well in World of Warcraft. In addition, the game's own subtle innovations turn out to have a dramatic impact on the flow of the action from minute to minute, hour to hour, day to day, and beyond. So the particulars of the game's design--along with its incredibly vast, beautiful, majestic world--translate into a one-of-a-kind experience that seems fresh and original in its own right.
Fortunately, the game is very approachable. World of Warcraft is a complex game whose complexity is carefully disguised by a simple, highly legible, uncluttered interface and an impressive 3D graphics engine, which delivers high performance on a wide range of systems while not skimping on pure flash. The game's interface is so slick and easy to learn and understand, and the gameplay itself is so quickly intuitive, that there isn't even a tutorial to wade through; there are just some helpful, optional pop-up tool tips, as well as an excellent printed reference manual that goes into specific detail about most of the various aspects of play. It's also important to point out that World of Warcraft runs fast and smooth. You can go from your desktop to being in-game in just seconds, and it's virtually just one great, big, seamless world. Loading times are as rare as they are brief. They only crop up when traveling across the game's enormous continents or entering some specific higher-level zones that are instanced for each player group, which guarantees you a fresh challenge.
So World of Warcraft is painless to get into--with the possible exception of you needing a credit card or prepaid game card to create an account, as well as initially deciding on which sort of character to play, since so many of the options seem like they could be interesting. And it turns out they are. So why not try them all? The game lets you create multiple characters on the dozens of different available "realms," each of which is a unique instance of the gameworld that is capable of hosting thousands of simultaneous players. Some of the realms cater to role-playing fans that prefer to play in character the whole time, while other realms are custom-tailored for player-versus-player action. Regardless, World of Warcraft's realms are nicely (if not densely) populated already, and the unfortunate issues with login and lag that plagued the game when it first launched were mostly taken care of in a matter of days. The game just has a solid feel to it that's uncharacteristic of the genre, and for an online RPG, World of Warcraft is surprisingly responsive. Actually, no qualifications are necessary: World of Warcraft boasts the tight control and polished presentation that's desirable in any kind of game.
After countless hours spent playing, the great first impression doesn't wear off. This style of gaming is notorious for being a time sink and for effectively forcing players to engage in repetitive, monotonous gameplay for hours on end in order to make progress. But in contrast, World of Warcraft will keep throwing variety at you, and the combat system at the heart of it features fast, visceral, action-packed battles that are fun and intense, whether you're fighting alone or in a group. Furthermore, World of Warcraft finally achieves that long-sought-after goal of many massively multiplayer games, which is to make the player feel rewarded regardless of how much time he or she invests in a single sitting.
This is due to several key reasons. For one, World of Warcraft has a nice, brisk pace to it, and the fast-loading, seamless world obviously has a lot to do with this. But, in addition, recovery times between battles are minimal, as even those characters without healing spells can still easily recover from their wounds by using bandages, eating a quick meal, or just from natural healing. The battles themselves are quick, too, and they scale nicely so that higher-level encounters don't just seem to drag on. Yet the pacing of the combat seems to strike a perfect balance, because it's not so hectic that those unaccustomed to fast-paced action games will feel overwhelmed. You can also look forward to facing some fairly intelligent foes that will do such things as flee when injured, tag-team with their comrades, and use some dastardly special abilities against you.
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The drilling follws a very successful trenching program that sourced the bonanza grade Maisie discovery to a gold-bearing vein in bedrock. Trenching has followed this vein for a strike length of 700 metres with numerous sites of visible gold. Chip samples range up to 1100 g/t gold over 1.1 m with grab samples up to 1980 g/t gold.
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Ice-sheet retreat can halt due to long phases of climate warming
'Edge of the Brunt Ice Shelf, Weddell Sea' Pete Bucktrout
Ice-sheet retreat can halt temporarily during long phases of climate warming, according to scientists. A UK team led by Durham University has found that the geometry of channels underneath the ice can be a strong control on ice behaviour, temporarily masking the signals of retreat.
The findings, which provide the first simulation of past ice-sheet retreat and collapse over a ten thousand year period in Antarctica, shed new light on what makes ice stable or unstable and will help refine predictions of future ice extent and global sea-level rise, the researchers say.
The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has stated that one of the main challenges in predicting future sea-level rise is to quantify and model the interactions between evolving ice sheets, oceans, sea level and climate. Significant efforts have been made over the last decade to develop computer models and collect data in order to reduce uncertainties and understand the potential impacts under scenarios of future climate change.
The results of the new research from Durham University, the University of Sheffield, the University of Cambridge, and British Antarctic Survey are published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience.
Lead author, Dr. Stewart Jamieson, a glaciologist at the Department of Geography, Durham University, said: 'Our research shows that the physical shape of the channels is a more important factor in controlling ice stability than was previously realised. Channel width can have a major effect on ice flow, and determines how fast retreat, and therefore sea-level rise, can happen.'
Although climatic and oceanic changes are crucial drivers of ice loss, the research shows that the landscape below the ice strongly controls the speed of any retreat.
Dr. Jamieson added: 'Our results suggest that during an overall phase of retreat an ice stream can appear almost stable when in fact, in the longer-term, the opposite may be the case.
'Getting a clearer picture of the landscape beneath the ice is crucial if future predictions of change in the ice-sheets and sea level are to be improved.'
Marine-based ice streams are the fast flowing arteries of ice sheets, draining approximately 90 per cent of the ice that reaches the sea. They flow through large channels where the ice can move thousands of metres in a year. According to the scientists, the unpredictable nature of ice streams makes forecasting ice-sheet retreat extremely difficult. If ice streams speed up they can cause sea level to rise.
View of Sheldon Glacier with Mount Barre in the background, seen from Ryder Bay near Rothera Research Station, Adelaide Island, Antarctica. - Pete Bucktrout
Durham University co-author Dr. Chris Stokes said: 'Ice streams are like taps filling a bath, but the problem here is that we do not know if something is suddenly going to turn them up or even turn them off.'
Satellite imagery from the last 20 years has led to advances in our knowledge of ice sheet stability and has shown that many ice streams are getting thinner and retreating because the ocean and climate are warming. The new research shows that ice behaviour can successfully be simulated in places where ice streams meet the sea.
The researchers looked at the landscape of the seafloor in Marguerite Bay, in the Antarctic Peninsula, and saw that during a rapid phase of recession 13,000 years ago, retreat paused many times. Using a computer model designed to work in situations of rapid change, they found they could reproduce the same pattern in a series of simulations. These showed that ice dragged on the sides of the channel more where it was narrow, causing retreat to slow and in places temporarily stop for decades to centuries before retreat continued.
Many ice streams are found in channels with beds that are below sea level and that deepen inland. Current theory suggests that ice loss can increase rapidly in deeper water, but the new findings show that channel width plays a crucial role and that narrow bottlenecks in the landscape beneath the ice can cause retreat to slow down.
Dr. Andreas Vieli, Department of Geography, Durham University, said: 'We can see from our simulations and from new maps of the ocean floor that these bottlenecks occur in the same place as pauses or slowdowns in past ice retreat. This means we should look more closely at the shape of the bed underneath Greenland and Antarctica to better understand how ice might retreat in the future.'
Dr. Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand from British Antarctic Survey added: 'Knowledge of the factors influencing stability and retreat of ice streams is of particular concern because significant portions of the West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets are currently losing mass that contributes significantly to sea-level rise. Our model results help to explain the apparently time-transgressive retreat of ice streams around Antarctica following the last ice age.'
The researchers say that understanding ice-stream behaviour and the rate of mass loss from ice sheets and glaciers is essential.
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Drawn Words recently attended 2012′s Orlando Comic Expo on September 23. Loads of fun. There's nothing like going to a small comic book convention the weekend of your payday and spending a third of your check on old smelly comics and mint-in-box toys you'll never open and fully enjoy. Not that I need enjoyment from toys at 21-years-old by playing with them or anything, but toys are toys. Either way, I purchased a bunch of comics and toys this that have lasted me a while's worth of entertainment.
This con's guests included Bob Camp, Christian Slade, Ron Wilson, Ben Templesmith, Tim Townsend, Richard LeParmentier, Richard Livingston, and Nalini Krishan. Honestly, four of these guests I've heard of prior, so saying hi and passing out business cards about Drawn Words was an opportunity to network and learn a little bit about these folks.
A huge deal for both Estevan and I (Estevan came out later in the day) was meeting Bob Camp, co-creator, writer, storyboard artist, director, producer, and voice actor of The Ren & Stimpy Show. The Ren & Stimpy Show is the absolutely pinnacle of 90′s animation, also being one of the biggest influences in my life as far as creative endeavors go, and a huge childhood memory of mine. This made fart and pee pee and poo poo jokes okay. This showed Nick that kids loved seeing boogers being flicked at each other. It also proved that adults could have fun watching cartoons too, putting them in a trance of weirdness and mature humor at points. That blend is something several cartoons today are now trying to capture. Hell, Estevan and attempted that feel with our cartoon pitch to Nick earlier this year. So just saying hi to Bob Camp today really made my fucking day. We talked for about 15 minutes and I realized how much of a cool guy he is. Camp is a very passionate man about his projects and characters.
Sitting right next to Camp's booth was Christian Slade, author of Top Shelf Comix' Korgi series. This was an odd meeting, as I had no idea that a Top Shelf published author would be attending such a small comic Expo in Orlando. I haven't met any comic authors I've actually thoroughly enjoyed or been heavily following before, but I do follow Top Shelf a LOT, so I immediately recognized Slade's cover for Korgi when I saw it. I introduced myself, we talked about stuff, and I found out he actually lives less than 15 minutes from me.
Like, what? Really? I'm over here in Orlando complaining that Orlando isn't into the type of comic culture I'm into and this man sits within a 15 minute drive of my house, producing his buns off on a comic book title I've actually heard of and am impressed by. That was surreal!
Both Camp and Slade are incredibly nice folks, and Estevan and I are happy we met them. Their panel really opened my eyes to a lot of things dealing with cartooning and animation in general. Most of all, they took cartooning, comics, animation, and film in a serious way, which is something I enjoy hearing from other people. I love seeing passionate people talk about their art mediums, why they chose it, and why they still with it. Even through the technology advances in the years, they're still sticking to pen and paper. That's something special. The roots will never die. Not if there are faithful folks like them still existing to wield those tools.
Estevan met up later in the day and I suggested he enter in the artist throwdown competition. The contest involved all artists drawing around the same theme, which was "Wolverine drinking a beer." The winner would be announced at 4 PM. Estevan started drawing at 3:35 PM while we were at Arby's entered in around 3:5something PM, and won second prize! The drawing was kept by staff to post on their official website, but here's a closer look at it.
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This is my official Stash | Medical Pick-Ups | New Glass Thread. I figured since I've been inactive for awhile I'd just start out with posting pics of what my stash is looking like. Let's go then..
This is the EastCoastToke stash!
* The Tap Dat Ash ashtray is actually really bomb, I colored the words in with a metalic sharpie, but the whole ashtray is made of rubber so you can just bang glass on it too.
* Can never have enough Bics, I like to pick which one I use depending on my mood.
* The bowl seen here is the same one I recently posted pictures of, just color changed and used.
* Also seen is the roller I use for all my joints, I know I know, learn to hand roll.. its just faster & easier!
* My scale is there too, its time for a bigger one though.. slowly upgrading everytihng.
* The spoon & dish is where I spoon my ground up bud from the shake box, pinch from there.
* Those eyedrops are like a year old, I don't use them since I've moved to California. I rock the red eyes.
* A tubaware of Kief (I know you were eye balling that..)
* The tube on top of the tub of Kief is the brush I use to clean the silk screen in my Shake Box & there is also a scraper in there to get the kief from the bottom of the grinders.
* My grinder and a ounce of some outdoor Strawberry Haze in the reserve tube.
* The Smoking Dice! Never actually used these things yet but its just a bunch of fun combos of things to do w/ blunts and J's when you're w/ a friend.
This is a close up on the kief tubaware..
& the birdseye of the kief..
This is the grinder I got, recently had a 3 chamber Sharpstone but the sour diesel I got for 4/20 was so sticky it jammed it up =\
Thats a ounce & a half ounce roughly of Strawberry Haze (Outdoor) that I haven't smoked yet inside the shake box, that's a silk screen its sitting on. What I do is grind up a ounce at a time and throw it in there. I use the spoon to take the ground up bud out of the box because the grease from your fingers should not be touching the silk screen.. & when you keep a clean screen this is what you get over time...
This is the mirror, from the bottom of the screen that pulls out.. I'll scrap this every now & then and throw the kief in the tub you saw above!
This is my cabinet space that came built in with the new place, I took it over. The top is the weed cabinet, the 2nd layer is for Snapbacks & the 3rd is for the kicks.
The bottom is also a built in dresser where I put all my clothes. This spot made my home studio possible, now I gotta sound proof closet with my mic and everything else set up. I'm in business at this new place! I'm glad to be back on GC!
Now, from here on out you wont really see anymore pics of the whole stash but you will be seeing pick-ups that I come across. I tend to pick up big so pictures won't be coming like everyday, but I will make sure every pick-up finds its way here. I hope you guys enjoy my pictures.. I will update them when tubs start filling up and the cabinet does too!
* Page 1 :: Strawberry Haze (Outdoor)
* Page 1 :: Purple Skunk (Indoor)
* Page 1 :: New Bong
* Page 1 :: Current Glass Collection as of May 17th!
Enjoy the pictures, each group of pictures has the name of the strain at the top & the dispensary info!
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Martin Schram: Here's a way to solve backlog of VA claims
On Monday, the familiar sounds of yet another Veterans Day echoed through a near empty Washington and across the nation.
First, a bugle's stirring notes reverberated above the headstones at Arlington National Cemetery. Politicians at all levels offered heartfelt appreciations and noble promises everywhere people paused to remember.
But everyone who was honoring our military veterans on Monday knew that on Tuesday our military veterans were going to be on their own again. Veterans would have to battle their government just to get benefits, treatment and counseling they earned. After all, the Department of Veterans Affairs is still wallowing in a growing backlog that now totals almost 900,000 unprocessed claims.
On Veterans Day, an op-ed column in The Washington Post championed a very workable solution to the VA's backlog problem. And many experts on veterans' issues were more surprised by the idea's author than the idea itself.
After all, the article's co-author was R. James Nicholson, a former Republican National Committee chair who did not exactly earn a reputation as a problem solver in his two years as President George W. Bush's secretary of veterans' affairs. When Nicholson resigned in 2007, The Washington Post article reported — in the first sentence — that his tenure at the VA was "marked by the largest data breach in the federal government's history and sharp criticism of the care given to injured veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan."
Nicholson's column, co-authored by his former VA chief of staff, Thomas G. Bowman, propounded an idea that is sensible and smart — just not new and not originally Nicholson's. Namely: The VA can wipe out its backlog and serve veterans quickly by adopting the Internal Revenue Service's way of dealing with taxpayer refund claims.
"When a taxpayer files for a refund, the IRS assumes the claim to be legitimate and refunds the money," Nicholson and Bowman wrote. "The return is, of course, subject to an audit later. If we can assume this about taxpayers, why can't we do the same about veterans and expeditiously respond in a preliminary way?"
As they detailed their proposal in the op-ed, there was one significant thing missing — the name of the person who originated the idea. The proposal was first devised and detailed by Harvard professor Linda Bilmes in 2007. "The best solution might be to simplify the process — by adopting something closer to the way the IRS deals with tax returns," Bilmes wrote. "The VBA (Veterans Benefits Administration) could simply approve all veterans claims as they are filed — at least to a certain minimum level — and then audit a sample of them to weed out and deter fraudulent claims."
Nicholson told me this week he had gotten his idea from Bilmes. He had a copy of her proposal and had talked with her about it. "She planted the seed in my mind," he said.
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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:09 pm
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Ah yes, the classic Fender vs. Gibson debate. I have had it with many other guitarists. Myself I went with a Fender Stratocaster when I bought my first real guitar. But you have to understand that getting a guitar for me has allways been a major headache because I play left-handed. So when I went to get a guitar I went to Guitar Center in San Fransisco on Van Nuys blvd. (They called it Guitar ect. back then). So of course they had a very limited choice...a black Les Paul Standard or a sunburst Strat with a black pickguard that had been custom made for someone who never picked it up.
The first one I tried was the Les Paul. The action was really high for some reason and it was pretty out of whack for the harmonics. While I know that can be adjusted, the guitar just felt rather unwieldly to me. Then I tried the strat...The first thing I noticed was it was really heavy. The action on it though was really low and it was a delight to play. The other thing I liked was that it had a tremolo bar while the Les Paul did not. Gibson has never really been known for making good tremolo bars. Most of thier guitars don't have one.
But to be fair the Les Paul did have those double humbuckers and for distortion playing they definatly do have more bite. The standard strat set up was 3 single coils (at least back then). So the strat has a much cleaner sound which can give you a bit more range which I thought might be a good idea for me since I wanted to be a little more flexable.
The strat I bought later wieghed in at nearly 20 pounds...so when I say it was heavy...it was pretty damn heavy. I had to use a wide leather strap with it and after playing all night my shoulder took a beating. These days you can get strats with more pickup options and some with the floyd rose locking tremolo. However Gibson hasn't changed thier setups much at all. I'm not saying Gibsons are bad, they are just not my cup of tea.
These days though I'm more into Jacksons. I used to have a Jackson Rhoads performer I strung backwards so I could play and it was a pretty nice guitar. What I would really like to get is a neckthough Jackson Rhoads...if I can ever afford one that is. They are pretty spendy and a lefty will be even more costly.
But if you are trying to decide which to buy I would reccomend you go try them out and see which suits you best. Figure out what kind of amp you are going to use and try as many combinations as you can. While effects do radically change your sound, you need a good base sound to start with. If the setup sounds good all by itself it will make the effects sound that much better.
Remember if the guitar you buy is fun and comfortable for you to play, then you will spend more time playing it and you will learn more. Don't ever just buy a guitar cuz it looks cool or so and so uses them. None of that matters cuz so and so ain't gonna be the one playing it...you are. And I don't care how cool it looks...if it sounds like crap it is crap period.
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I see it a little differently... i like the Strat for the maple fret board but most strats that i have played were not heavy but quite light and hollow sounding IMHO however not all of them are that way, i found an old 1972 Hard tail (no tremlo) Strat and bought it just because it's got a heavy body for more of that LesPaul feel, but single coils are noisy and to use the setting on the strat switch that runs two singles together (two up from the bottom) does work as a humbucker however the fact that the two pickups are so far apart, it has less crisp crunch which works great for lead work but sucks for rythm crunch.
The LesPaul on the otherhand has the crisp crunchyness that i love but the rosewood fretboard is slower then the Maple so the feel isn't quite as smooth, the action tends to be better on Lespauls some of which is because of the scale (size) or distance between the nut and the bridge is shorter then a Strat, that's why most who like to use a slide will use a Srtat because the higher action setting is better for slide work, although you can just set the action just as low as a Pal anyway which is what i do on mine.
For me I like them all and will switch back and forth and go with moods and play one for a while then another for a while... whatever stricks me at the time.
And another way to look at it is what you are playing, some recordings i will use the LesPaul for the rhythm tracks and the Srat for the lead tracks in the same song which gives it a nice feel. Each one has it's place and perpose in my mind.
You bring up some very solid advice on reasons to choose wisely on gear though, the worst thing anyone can do is stick themselves with a setup that doesn't sound pleasing to them, for years i searched for my sound before really finding what pleased me, now i know just what does what and wish i knew then what i know now, it would have saved me a lot of time and money to just find exactly what i needed and fork out the bucks for it and get it over with.
In the 80's though most killer gear was very costly so most of what i have now was out of my reach anyway, thank GOD now days the prices are down from a flooded market of vast amounts of choice gear by many different companys who all want you to buy their stuff, and the computer age has also helped us gearheads out in the same ways.
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Well yeah some musical instruments and equipment have gotten cheaper since the 70s-80s...however the reasons for it are, in many cases, cheaper materials and a sell out of brand names. Sad, but true.
For instance all Fender guitars used to be made in the US but now you have to look carefully to find one that is accually made in the US. I happened to be in the philippines back in 1980 and saw many guitars proudly bearing the Fender and Gibson trademark names. They looked just like the US made ones in every aspect. The only way you could tell they weren't real is when you picked them up and played them. They felt cheap, and everything including the knobs were made from different, cheaper matierials. They played like cheap copies because they were.
The asian market is full of copies of American goods. They are very bold and shrewd in thier practices. Copywrites mean nothing in other countries and to pursue them in international courts is very costly and in most cases pointless. So rather than fight it Fender and other guitar makers took the easy way out and just sold them license to put thier name on these sub-standard guitars. BC Rich suffered terribly and for the most part went out of bussiness by the flood of copies coming from Korea.
Now when you go to buy a guitar you can see the "Made in USA" on it...but that doesn't mean all the parts on it are. God knows where it was even assembled. I have heard of people spending thousands to buy a top of the line Les Paul only to find that real Gibson tuning pegs won't fit because the hole is too small. Why? Because it isn't a real Les Paul..it was made somewhere else with cheaper parts made in a factory where they figured they could save a few cents by making the tuning pegs smaller in diameter.
Fender has the "Squire" line of cheap versions of thier guitars...Gibson has the "Epiphone" line... Jackson had the "Performer" series for thier aisan models. Some of these are not too terribly bad...others just plain suck. Quality is optional anymore and some dealers charge big just to make you think you are getting something good.
By the way, Jackson guitars merged with Charvel as you probably know...but now Fender owns the name. This is why many musicians try to get the older models from the 70s-80s or go to custom shops looking for a quality instrument. The major brands know this and are making "reproduction" models for many of the classics.
This is another good reason to "Try before you buy".
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For any product to be labeled "Made In The USA" , only 10% of final assembly needs to be done here.
BTW~ Jackson didn't merge with Charvel, Grover Jackson owned Charvel Manufacturing when Randy Rhoads approached him with the drawing of his "Concorde" flying v (the white with black pinstripes one also referred to as the "Shortwing Rhoads") after Dean turned it down. After completion, Grover felt it was a little too radical for the Charvel name, and Jackson Guitars was born. A year later Randy came back and said that everybody was referring to it as a flying v and he wanted something slightly different. Grover basically copied the template for the Concorde, and hacked at it with a band saw. When he liked what he saw, he held it up and asked Randy "How about this?" Randy allegedly replied "Yeah that's it!" , and the Jackson Rhoads Custom (black and brass one) was born.
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Well that 10% could be anything really. Maybe a pick guard or back cover...who knows? But you still can get 90% crap which is more than enough to make it total crap...lol.
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That's a good point....when you're talking guitars, which is the first important part of ones sound it can be a long hard road of choices depending on your area also, there is always the option of ordering however it's hard to tell what you may get out of the deal....nothing tells you more then the feel!
But as for rack gear and amps... the prices now are way better and if you choose wisely you can get good stuff for not too much.
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Eastern Anatolian montane steppe
The Eastern Anatolian montane steppe ecoregion's position at the junction of three floristic zones creates a unique biotic blend of species. Constituent landscapes of this region are floristically diverse. The mosaic of steppe and patches of woodlands, both remote and intact, are rich in terms of wildlife, too. Mammals such as the striped hyena (Hyena hyena), and marbled polecat (Vormela peregusna), birds such as the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), and reptiles such as the Armenian viper (Vipera raddei) inhabit this region. Agriculture and industrial development have contributed to most of the degradation of ecosystems. More reserves are needed to protect diverse habitats.
These high mountains and patches of woodlands provide favorable habitat for many large mammal species. Brown bear (Ursus arctos), gray wolf (Canis lupus) are two important carnivores. Their presence is an indication of intact habitats. Another important species is striped hyena (Hyena hyena) which was once widespread, but is now on the Red List. Although there is not much information about its population status within the ecoregion it is known to occur in mountains of Turkey, Armenia, and Iran. Wild goat (Capra aegagrus) is often found in areas of rocky scree.
The Aras Valley between Armenia and Turkey is location of high bird diversity.
A number of species are close to extinction or extirpation. To date, 35 plant species of economic importance are known to have become extinct in Armenia. A further, 386 species (12% of the flora) are listed in the Armenian Red Data Book. The ecological crisis associated with Lake Sevan has been well documented. Vegetated wetlands around the lake have disappeared. In the Ararat valley alone, 1,500 square kilometers(km2) of swamps have been drained and transformed into agricultural land. In the mountainous areas, inhospitable climate, and remoteness make the region unattractive for large scale development.
Protected areas in the ecoregion is not sufficient for effective conservation. In Armenia, principal protected areas are Sevani National Park, and Khosrov, Dilijan and Shikahogh State Reserves. Uromiyeh Lake in the Iran with 4636 km2 is one of the important protected areas in the ecoregion.
Caucasus mixed forests
The Caucasus Mixed Forests are located at a biogeographical crossroads where flora and fauna of at least three biogeographic provinces converge. Mount Elbrus, Europe's highest point at 5,642 meters (m) above sea level. Speciation level is high; accordingly, the Caucasus forests have one of the highest levels of endemism in the temperate world. 23 percent of vascular plants and 10 percent of vertebrates are endemic to the region. Landscape and habitat diversity favors high species richness as well – about 5,000 vascular and 7,000 lower plants (including high mountains), and 700 vertebrate animals are found in this ecoregion.
Characteristic mammals include the East and West Caucasian tur (Capra cylindricornis and Capra caucasica), chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), Caucasian red deer (Cervus elaphus maral), wild goat (Capra aegagrus), mouflon (Ovis orientalis gmelini), brown bear (Ursus arctos), and the critically endangered Caucasus leopard (Panthera pardus ciscaucasica). Unsustainable forest use, including poor management and illegal cutting in combination with uncontrolled timber export, represent chief threats for these forest ecosystems.
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Ecoregions are areas that:
[1] share a large majority of their species and ecological dynamics;
[2] share similar environmental conditions; and,
[3] interact ecologically in ways that are critical for their long-term persistence.
Scientists at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), have established a classification system that divides the world in 867 terrestrial ecoregions, 426 freshwater ecoregions and 229 marine ecoregions that reflect the distribution of a broad range of fauna and flora across the entire planet.