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Tom Daley!!
Michael Phelps
Ryan Lochte
Nathan Adrian
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Tom Daley!!
Tom Daley...without a doubt...
I have the BIGGEST crush on Nathan Adrian right now.
yes- Nathan is goregous....does he have any Asian in him...looks it a little- maybe a Phillipino mom like Darren Criss.....
Ryan Lochte while he's wearing his gold medal and nothing else.
Definitely Epke Zonderland!
Jared Connaughton
Martin Reader
Picked Adrian- Phelps looks goofy, Lochte would have been pick before the Games- but really a dunce since...never saw Adrian before- since seeing him- definitley him!
^ Nice choice! I'll also go with David Boudia!
Nick McCrory would be right at the top of my list. He is not only gorgeous, but seems to have a wonderful personality. And absolute love his natural body hair and what appears to be a sizeable cock.
Danell Leyva tweeted me- he's kind of a prick.
Matthew Mitcham is absolutely hot as a hell.
Michael Phelps in an underwater bliss that would last for days on end.
いつからか舞い降りた 私の蒼い天使よ
Oscar Pistorius
Andrea Minguzzi
Fabian Hambuechen
For all sad words of tongue and pen,
The saddest are these, 'It might have been.'
How Tom Daley not in the poll on this thread is beyond me
Definitely Tom Daley
Tom Daley
For me it's got to be Tom Daley (Diver- Team GB) an Chris Adcock (Badminton- Team GB). I saw Chris in real life today and his ass is like a beaufiful peice of artwork that you just want to admire...and cum on...
Yeah, I'd join the queue to suck Tom, but I'd rather have his team mate Chris Mears to myself along with Max Whitlock, the gymnast - what a body!
I'll take Attila and Tomás Buday please.
(but not at the same time, that would be awkward….)
Americans need to keep their guns so they can protect themselves from gun violence just like Nancy Lanza did. And like Chris Kyle did. And like Gabby Giffords did. And like Tom Clements did. And like Michael Piemonte. And Joseph Wilcox.
Danell Leyva. Fuck he's hot! (But he's up himself)
So glad this tread has come back to life! Brings back good memories.....
I'll add Bjorn Barrefors to my list!
jeffrey wammes!!!
tom daily for sure
I think Sam Mikulak is very hot and handsome.
Twinkies...it's what's on the inside that counts!
Ryan swam last week at the Winter Nationals- he didn't shave his pits- hope some pics from that come out!!!!!!
Matthew Mitcham and Tom Daley all the way!!
Tom Daley!!
Philipp Boy
THANKS for the Lochte pit shot!!!! Daley has become a real fame whore- a lot of people in UK are already getting sick of him- no bronze medalist in history has gotten so much press- hell, the guy who won gold is a hot American (David Boudia) and we NEVER see him!! Tom is supposed to be hosting a reality show this year- at that pace- I doubt we'll see him in Rio 2016.
People just turn against success. Scrappy underdog kid is fine, but kid hits 18 and dares to have a career?!
It makes me sick, how someone is a 'fame whore' just because he does a TV show and some photo shoots I shall never know.
Just your typical backlash against success. Poor Tom.
I would like suck Luke Campbell, the GB boxer, and then much, much more....
Marcel ngyuyen, tom daley and steve louis


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Love & Diane (2002) In the 1980s, the crack epidemic in American inner cities left a generation of parents addicted and their children in a cycle of foster care and group homes. This film documents one New York City family's struggle to become a family again ten years after their initial separation. Focuses on Diane, a former addict, and her daughter, Love, who is HIV positive and fighting for custody of her newborn son.
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Love, lust and marriage: why we stay and why we stray (2003) How do people find love, why do they fall in love, and once married, how do they stay in love? In this ABC News special with correspondent John Stossel, the modern-day notion of love, with all of its attendant expectations, is examined. Despite divorce rates that are currently holding steady at 50 percent, research shows that married couples are actually healthier -- and claim to be happier as well. Also discussed are what can make a marriage fail and other cultures' solutions to "the dating game," such as arranged marriages
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IE9 Detects Over 90% of Socially Engineered Malware
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gevorg - Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - link
And we thought that average IE users are dumb.
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-07-29/tech/internet.e... Reply -
gaiden2k7 - Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - link
well IE9 users don't represent 'average' probably 15% IE7&8 is the 'average' Reply -
Braumin - Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - link
I am sure you know that report was a hoax to prove that bloggers never check facts...
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-study-saying-in... Reply -
B3an - Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - link
The funny thing is that many people that like to think they're computer literate also normally think that IE users are stupid. I think these people are actually the stupid ones. IE9 is better than competing browsers in many areas, and is very likely the safest browser around, which is backed up by many independent researches and now this latest one. Yet so called tech savvy users stay away from IE9 still because they dont actually know anything about it and base there judgements on older versions of IE.
There was another thing lately that proved that IE9 was also better at JS performance when it came to real world use, and not useless benchmarks. IE9 also still has the best GPU acceleration performance by miles. Reply -
Subzero0000 - Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - link
This represents exactly why IE users are dumb.
Since IE users are so dumb and would fall for these malwares, therefore IE has to do exceptionally good filtering.
Just kidding :P Reply -
falc0ne - Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - link
hahah you made my day. I had a very good laugh when reading this:)) Reply -
damianrobertjones - Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - link
Did you read the follow up article that stated the nature of the original article was fake Reply -
Titanius - Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - link
Firefox 4.0 with NoScript addon detects 100%. Reply -
GuinnessKMF - Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - link
Anyone who thinks they're 100% secure is greatly deceived. Reply -
dayanth - Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - link
NoScript Addon detects 100%... except in the occasion of user error. :) Just in case someone mistakening "Temporarily allow all this page" or mistakenly allows a certain website. Reply -
B3an - Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - link
Still using FF4? FF6 is out.
And NoScript doesn't detect anything at all. It just blocks all JS and Flash outright, and thats very inconvenient for most users. Just using IE9 would be best for most people. Reply -
SoCalBoomer - Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - link
Does it actually detect or does it just not allow ANY scripts to run, whether beneficial or not. . .? Reply -
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - link
Maybe I haven't tried it lately, but I keep disabling SmartScreen because it seems to slow down page load times -- basically, you have to wait on every URL while it gets checked with the MS database. I'd be curious to see some performance results with and without SmartScreen, as well as what happens to the "security" of IE9 when SmartScreen is turned off. Reply -
FaaR - Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - link
If you turn off the security features, what would you expect to happen with the security level?
It's like un-snapping your seatbelt while driving your car and then deliberately crashing into a concrete wall to check what the effect of impacts while not wearing a seatbelt might be. Reply -
Lifted - Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - link
"basically, you have to wait on every URL while it gets checked with the MS database."
Yes, Microsoft's version of Google Analytics which is running on almost every website out there (and is on permablock by my noscript). Microsoft can now track IE users web browsing habits with the guise of "we care about you sooooo much that we make sure every site you visit is safe".
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sleepeeg3 - Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - link
Too bad about the other 0.8% that gets through lol! Reply -
damianrobertjones - Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - link
I do wish that MS would change the default security setting of 'medium' for their built in pop-up blocker! No wonder people complain... set the damn thing to HIGH Reply -
enterco - Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - link
Ok, let's asume that the results are right.
What else can IE do ? I'm disappointed by it's slowness. IE9 is even worse, the browser often freezes for seconds when loading pages. And I have no connection / AV problem, other browsers work fine!
About safety: no one is safe on the internet. Period. Reply -
formulav8 - Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - link
I've been using IE since way back when. IE9 is definitely the best so far. I definitely do Not experience what your saying. IE9 is very fast for me thanks to GPU acceleration. I tested with GPU Acceleration on and off and its night and day difference when the website has a bunch of images and so on. Reply -
enterco - Thursday, August 18, 2011 - link
I agree tha tIE9 works generally faster than it's previous versions. It's speed seem to be equal to Firefox. But until IE9 i never experienced lock-ups of the browser window, times when the browser does nothing and it's simply non-responsive. I don't install any toolbars or any other things that usually slow down IE.
This lag isn't happening with any of the other browsers I tried. Reply -
kb9fcc - Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - link
Even a quick search seems to show that this study may have been funded by Microsoft and that NSS Labs has had a relationship with MS for years doing similarly MS funded studies with, amazingly enough, similarly positive MS results.
If some truly independent third party (i.e., zero ties to any test candidate) had funded the study, or if all the test candidates contributed equally to the funding (like that would ever happen), then maybe this study could be believed. However, as it is, this study, even if correct, has no weight and appears to be just another piece of Microsoft paid for PR. Reply


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AFGHANISTAN: The Reach of War; U.S. Report Finds Dismal Training of Afghan Police
by James Glantz and David Rohde; Carlotta Gall
The New York Times
December 4th, 2006
Five years after the fall of the Taliban, a joint report by the Pentagon and the State Department has found that the American-trained police force in Afghanistan is largely incapable of carrying out routine law enforcement work, and that managers of the $1.1 billion training program cannot say how many officers are actually on duty or where thousands of trucks and other equipment issued to police units have gone.
IRAQ: How Iraq Police Reform Became Casualty of War
by Michael Moss, with David Rohde and Kirk Semple
The New York Times
May 22nd, 2006
So was much of the rest of Iraq. An initial effort by American civilians to rebuild the police, slow to get started and undermanned, had become overwhelmed by corruption, political vengeance and lawlessness unleashed by the toppling of Saddam Hussein.
IRAQ: Misjudgments Marred U.S. Plans for Iraqi Police
by Michael Moss and David Rohde
The New York Times Company
May 21st, 2006
Field training of the Iraqi police, the most critical element of the effort, was left to DynCorp International, a company based in Irving, Tex., that received $750 million in contracts. The advisers, many of them retired officers from small towns, said they arrived in Iraq and quickly found themselves caught between poorly staffed American government agencies, company officials focused on the bottom line and thousands of Iraqi officers clamoring for help.
US: Tender Mercenaries: DynCorp and Me
by Jeremy Scahill
Common Dreams
November 1st, 2005
In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, journalist Jeremy Scahill investigated the role of private security companies like Blackwater USA, infamous for their work in Iraq, that deployed on the streets of New Orleans. His reports were broadcast on the national radio and TV show Democracy Now! and on hundreds of sites across the internet. In response to Scahill's recent cover story in The Nation magazine "Blackwater Down," the President and CEO of DynCorp, one of the largest private security companies in the world, wrote a letter to the editor of The Nation. Dyncorp CEO Stephen J. Cannon's letter is reprinted below, followed by Scahill's response.
IRAQ: Contractor Charged in Baghdad Badge Scam
by Jerry Markon and Josh White
The Washington Post
September 21st, 2005
A military contractor returning from Iraq was charged yesterday with distributing identity badges that control access to Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone to people not allowed to receive them, including an Iraqi woman he was dating.
AFGHANISTAN: Dyncorp Guards Chastised by U.S. State Department
BBC News
October 14th, 2004
The U.S. State Department has rebuked a private security firm, Dyncorp, over the "aggressive behavior" of guards hired to protect Afghan leader Hamid Karzai.
Iraq: Security Firms Form World's Largest Private 'Army'
by Dana Priest and Mary Pat Flaherty
Washington Post
April 8th, 2004
Under assault by insurgents and unable to rely on U.S. and coalition troops for intelligence or help under duress, private security firms in Iraq have begun to band together in the past 48 hours, organizing what may effectively be the largest private army in the world, with its own rescue teams and pooled, sensitive intelligence.
Iraq: Global Security Firms Fill in as Private Armies
by Robert Collier
San Francisco Chronicle
March 28th, 2004
The shootout was just one more example of the behind-the-scenes role played in Iraq by an estimated 15,000 private security agents from the United States, Britain and countries as varied as Nepal, Chile, Ukraine, Israel, South Africa and Fiji. They are employed by about 25 different firms that are playing their part in Iraq's highly dangerous postwar environment by performing tasks ranging from training the country's new police and army to protecting government leaders to providing logistics for the U.S. military. 15,000 agents patrol the violent streets of Iraq.
US: Computer Technicians Sue CSC to Seek Overtime Pay
by Lisa Girion
Los Angeles Times
November 13th, 2003
Computer Sciences Corp. was accused Wednesday of cheating thousands of computer technicians out of overtime pay in a lawsuit that could open the technology industry to the same class-action litigation that has forced millions of dollars in back wages from fast-food chains and retail outlets.
Iraq: The Pentagon's Private Corps
by Julian Brookes
October 22nd, 2003
Washington has long outsourced work to private firms. What's new is the size and variety of contracts being doled out, particularly by the Pentagon. Private military companies now do more than simply build airplanes -- they maintain those planes on the battlefield and even fly them; construct detention camps in Guantanamo Bay, pilot armed reconnaissance planes and helicopter gunships to eradicate coca crops in Colombia; and operate the intelligence and communications systems at the U.S. Northern Command in Colorado -- work that brings the various companies an estimated $100 billion a year.
Iraq: Some of Army's Civilian Contractors Are No-Shows
by David Wood
Newhouse News Service
July 31st, 2003
U.S. troops in Iraq suffered through months of unnecessarily poor living conditions because some civilian contractors hired by the Army for logistics support failed to show up, Army officers said.
Dyncorp Rent-a-Cops May Head to Post-Saddam Iraq
by Pratap Chatterjee
Special to CorpWatch
April 9th, 2003
A major military contractor - already underfire for alleged human rights violations and fraud - may get a multi-million dollar contract to police post-Saddam Iraq.
IRAQ: Thousands of Private Contractors Support U.S. Forces in Persian Gulf
by Kenneth Bredemeier
Washington Post
March 3rd, 2003
Private contractors are sending thousands of technical experts to the Persian Gulf region. They operate communications systems, repair helicopters, fix weapons systems and link the computers with the troops to command centers.
US: Sex scandal still haunts DynCorp
by John Crewdson
May 13th, 2002
Hoping to avoid a repeat of a sex scandal that marred the presence of American police officers in Bosnia, U.S. law-enforcement personnel recruited to help reorganize Iraq's shattered police forces must acknowledge in writing that human trafficking and involvement with prostitution "are considered illegal by the international community and are immoral, unethical and strictly prohibited."
ECUADOR: Farmers Fight DynCorp's Chemwar on the Amazon
by Jeffrey St. Clair and Alexander Cockburn
February 27th, 2002
The International Labor Rights Fund has filed suit in US federal court on behalf of 10,000 Ecuadorian peasant farmers and Amazonian Indians charging DynCorp with torture, infanticide and wrongful death for its role in the aerial spraying of highly toxic pesticides in the Amazonian jungle, along the border of Ecuador and Colombia.
US: DynCorp Disgrace
by Kelly Patricia O'Meara
Insight Magazine
January 14th, 2002
Middle-aged men having sex with 12- to 15-year-olds was too much for Ben Johnston, a hulking 6-foot-5-inch Texan, and more than a year ago he blew the whistle on his employer, DynCorp, a U.S. contracting company doing business in Bosnia.
US: Company Seeks to Reassure NSA on Groundbreaker
by Patience Wait
Washington Technology
August 13th, 2001
For Computer Sciences Corp., winning the National Security Agency's huge Groundbreaker outsourcing contract has been like catching a tiger by the tail.
DynCorp-State Department Contract
May 23rd, 2001
Corpwatch has acquired a copy of a $600 million dollar contract between DynCorp and the U.S. State Department. The company carries crop fumigation and eradication against coca farmers in Colombia, Bolivia and Peru. In Colombia it is also involved in drug interdiction, transport, reconnaissance, search and rescue missions, medical evacuation and aircraft maintenance, among other operations.
DynCorp in Colombia: Outsourcing the Drug War
by Jeremy Bigwood
Special to CorpWatch
May 23rd, 2001
A U.S.-made Huey II military helicopter manned by foreigners wearing U.S. Army fatigues crash lands after being pockmarked by sustained guerrilla fire from the jungle below. Its crew members, one of them wounded, are surrounded by enemy guerrillas. Another three helicopters, this time carrying American crews, cut through the hot muggy sky.
Colombia: Private Firms Take on U.S. Military Role in Drug War
by Juan O. Tamayo
Miami Herald
May 22nd, 2001
As U.S. efforts to reduce drug trafficking out of the Andes escalate, more U.S.-supplied equipment is flowing into the region and more Americans are becoming involved -- and occasionally coming under fire. But because of the growing privatization of U.S. military efforts abroad, their presence is often unseen.
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Sarkozy Says Burqas Are Unwelcome in France
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By Susanna Ferreira and David Gauthier-Villars in Paris
President Nicolas Sarkozy took sides in a growing debate on the burqa, a head-to-toe garment that is worn by some Muslim women and that conceals their faces, saying it isn't a religious symbol but "a sign of enslavement and debasement" of women.
"The burqa is not welcome on French territory," Mr. Sarkozy said. "In our country, we cannot accept that women be prisoners behind a screen, cut off from all social life, deprived of all identity."
Mr. Sarkozy, who was addressing a joint session of the French Parliament at Versailles — the first French president to address the legislature in more than a century — also pledged further government investment to help the country out of its recession.
Almost halfway through his five-year term, Mr. Sarkozy is struggling to deliver on his electoral pledge to downsize the French state. Instead, his government is spending to try to boost the economy, which is expected to shrink 3% this year.
He told lawmakers he would sharply reduce the state's "bad budget deficit," but he also unveiled a government bond issue to finance industrial, education and cultural projects.
Mr. Sarkozy's speech, delivered at the château of Versailles, signaled his growing domination of French government. He used a change he introduced last year in France's constitution that allows the president to address lawmakers directly.
Opposition lawmakers called the address a "narcissistic exercise" and said it only served Mr. Sarkozy's taste for pomp. They said the speech highlighted how Mr. Sarkozy has relegated Prime Minister François Fillon to a subordinate role.
Mr. Sarkozy said he endorsed holding a parliamentary inquiry to study the small, but apparently growing, phenomenon of women wearing the burqa on French streets. The move could be the first step toward an outright ban on the coverings.
This month, a group of 76 lawmakers called for France to ban the garment, which is often associated with the Salafi strain of Islam and is worn by only a small percentage of Muslim women. The lawmakers appealed for a parliamentary commission to study the issue.
Some Muslim lobby groups, however, have urged the French government to refrain from holding a public debate on the issue, saying it would stigmatize France's Muslim community, Europe's largest.
France has strict rules separating state and religion, including a 2004 law banning veils, crosses, and other religious symbols and dress from public schools and government buildings.
The French debate was spearheaded by André Gerin, a French lawmaker and mayor of Vénissieux, near Lyon. The veils are "a test for our civilization," Mr. Gerin said in a telephone interview, adding that his goal is to "liberate these women."
Mr. Sarkozy said that he won't raise taxes and that it is time to make spending cuts. He proposed slashing the number of local-government representatives, and said he will decide by mid-2010 whether to raise the minimum retirement age, which stands at 60 years for most workers.
So far, Mr. Sarkozy has maintained his popularity despite the economic slump. Still, he has been forced to shelve some of his plans to slim down France's state in order to promote a livelier, more prosperous economy.
The budget deficit is likely to shoot up to €140 billion ($194 billion) this year — 7.5% of gross domestic product compared with 3.4% in 2008. Tax revenues are falling because of the recession, and Mr. Sarkozy has spent public funds to prop up banks and struggling auto companies.


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Press menu on your remote, go to "Settings & Help" and then choose HDTV. Under video, what is native set to? If it's set to on, the resolution changes depending on what channel you're on. If it's set to off, the resolution stays the same and can be changed by pressing the "RES" button on the front of your receiver.


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Please make sure to read the update at the bottom of the post...life is filled with ironies!
For those of you who have seen this story, I hope you'll weigh in again. The majority of you, I know haven't read it because I had a much smaller readership back then, I hope you'll weigh in now!
So today I bring you one from the COCOCOZY archives...UGLY OR PRETTY? HOODWINKED BY HERMES! You be the judge!
This is my Hermes scarf. This is the Hermes scarf that I was duped into buying.
Here's how this became mine...
I was at the Hermes store in Beverly Hills on Rodeo Drive awhile back (August 2009)....on a mission to buy a new Hermes scarf. Thought it would be nice to have a classic silk scarf to wear as a belt with black dresses, jeans or black pants. Chic preppy. That was my goal. Black gold and white...or maybe one in that classic Hermes orange. Definitely with an equestrian feel (as I used to ride horses years ago...and love to pretend that I still have the horse woman in me by occasionally incorporating horsey things into my life). I knew what I wanted...I had a clear vision...focus...resolve.
Well, I walked into the store to buy my scarf just as that day's Birkin bag had arrived. If you haven't been to Hermes lately, in place of the renowned Birkin waiting list, Hermes has now started the clever practice of only releasing one of these $10,000+ bags a day...in a surprise daily ritual with the manager walking the bag down from a secret storage area at an unknown time. This Birkin bag "practice" creates a very bizarre in-store hysteria on a day-to-day basis with uber shoppers thronging the store in hopes of getting their hands on the leather purse of the day. The bags usually are sold within 10 minutes I was later told by one of the sales people. Only 10 minutes to sell a purse that costs over $10,000!!! That's smart...trickery....or magic...you decide?
Well, all I wanted was a scarf.
So as I was standing at the scarf counter speaking with one of the Hermes ladies...the Birkin bag arrived. I was almost shoved aside. A girl and her boyfriend, a middle aged woman who everyone seemed to know, an older husband and wife, and lady who looked like a tourist (whatever that means) were all there waiting...to see the color, to decide whether they would plunk down the $10,000. All eager, all with bated breath. It was then that I got distracted. Totally distracted (which would be much to my chagrin).
Watching this Birkin bag purchasing spectacle made me for one moment think that I needed that day's Birkin. My heart started to race. My American Express felt like it was burning a whole in my not so chic Tod's bag. If that bag was not taken, I was going to buy it. Lucky for me (and my bank account), the young girl and her boyfriend, who seemed to have been first in line, won the coveted bag that day. I didn't even have the option to purchase. What? Why not? How did these people know to even be here? How can I get one? This is not fair? Why didn't I get the memo? Why wasn't I in the know? These were all things that were running through my mind as the Birkin sailed out of the store and I was left at the war torn scarf counter.
Bewildered and bemused, I continued my hunt for the perfect silk scarf. I should have left after witnessing that Birkin whirlwind. I had lost all senses. While I had told the sales lady that I definitely and absolutely wanted a more traditional Hermes patterned scarf (you know the kind that oozes classic style), I did feel a bit like a second class citizen and was very impressionable at that point. Here were all of the ladies ready to fork over $10K and all I wanted was a measly $375 scarf (I know $375 is not cheap...I know...that's why I'm telling this story...it was crazy...craziness...but the whirlwind of the Birkin made me lose my senses I tell you. It did! Aaaarrggghhhh!!!!)
So when the sales lady said in her best French accent, "Zees eeez za scarf you must geeeet. Eeet is so very very chic....I adorrrhhhee eeet!", I looked at the scarf and thought to myself, "Really? I don't know? Is this a joke? Maybe she's right? I don't know. I think it is kind of awful. Ooops, I should never even think anything is awful in Hermes. If I do, I may never be in the Hermes know. Well, she just said many of her clients are scarf collectors and this scarf is the one to have this season. I don't know? It seems...so...so...I don't know? Maybe if I buy one of these more daring scarves, I will feel like I am in the know...like the Birkin bag shoppers. I'll have a collectors Hermes scarf. That's it yes! Forget staid traditional. I'm going daring. I'm part of the "in" scarf collectors crowd. There...yes...aha!"
The scarf she carefully unfolded in front of me is the scarf you see here. Hmmm....
The scarf features a mish mosh of colors, patterns, themes, eras, a cornucopia of flora, fauna and half of a Native American man dressed in traditional garb (notice there is only half of this man on the scarf). Oh yes, did I mention, the palm fronds, the tiger and the medieval times horses?
So the scarf is mine. I've worn it once. I've tried it on a couple of times and even as a belt it doesn't seem to work.
Now I leave it to you...is my Hermes silk scarf UGLY OR PRETTY?
Am I missing something here? I think you know where I stand on this...if you don't by now, I'll just call a spade a spade...I think it is leaning towards ugly...
To tie this into home decor...maybe I can salvage this in some way. I won't ever wear it but maybe I could frame it and make it a piece of art? Hang it on a wall? Add style and panache to my home?!#$%^&... I don't think so.
If all of you see some beauty here...I'll reconsider my point of view...I'm waiting...weigh in please!
Important Update...I was just on the Hermes site...today 4/15/11 and I noticed that a version of my scarf (it is called Carre en Carres) is still being sold at Hermes and it is now $580...my scarf has appreciated over time! This is crazy. The scarf I've made fun of for years is actually more expensive now than it was when I bought it. I guess there was no hoodwinking going on after all...someone thinks it's pretty enough that its value has grown! Whoa! Over time, I have found uses for my scarf...I've worn it as a belt (hiding the design), a drawer liner, a keepsake...but I've still never been daring enough to actually wear it as scarf!
Was just on the phone with my good stylish friend Amie (A.Ro.) who works in the fashion industry. Years ago she said the scarf was "in" and I said not. A.Ro. is on her way to Paris and is at the airport right now. She just called and asked me why I was laughing...and I reminded her about the scarf and the story and told her the scarf has apppreciated to $580...all she said was, "I told you. That scarf was on trend. I knew it.". I guess I'm still not on trend!
Please weigh in...do you think this scarf is ugly or pretty?
Happy Friday!
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What's the best/cheapest wireless media player to playback .avi files from my PC to my TV? asked Sep 03 '11 at 15:41 |
Via Lifehacker: Your Xbox or PS3 already has this capability. But, if you want to not fuss with that, Roku has this arena locked down. linkanswered Sep 03 '11 at 19:44 Courtney Ostaff |
The roku won't stream .avi files from my computer though. And I don't have a PC next to my TV, so I want it to be networked via a wireless connection. Yeah, if I had my PC right next to my TV, it'd be easy-peasy. linkanswered Sep 04 '11 at 14:18 |
I'm pretty sure at least one Roku will do that. But, this is made for what you want. For more flexibility, you want is get a PS3 or an X360, get PS3 Media Server (it works with either console but seems to be more reliable on my PS3) and install it on the computer with your media. Configure the server. Find the server name in your console of choice.. browse content... hit play. I'd still advise hard-wiring the PS3 or X360 to the network instead of running wirelessly. Also note that if the file has encoding errors a PC may just glitch slightly but keep playing where the PS3 or X360 will simply not play the file at all or stop at that point where the file error exists. Other options:
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Despite many of the advances women have achieved in the last century, such as obtaining the right to vote, they continue to lag men in how much they earn on the job. The reasons for this vary and may include factors such as taking time off to raise children.
The online magazine Slate recently released some findings related to women's earnings based on the 2010 U.S. census. The publication's team looked at the 50 states and numerous counties across America to develop a comprehensive map. The states where women fared the worst included Utah, Wyoming and Louisiana. The best states for female workers included Maryland, Nevada, Florida and North Carolina, where they tend to average three-quarters of men's wages.
In Illinois, the average woman worker earns 66 cents for every dollar a man brings home. This ties Wisconsin's average but ranks the state worse when compared with neighbors, such as Indiana, Missouri, and Iowa.
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FASHION UPDATE: Put your clothes on
FASHION WEEK July 3rd, 2012
VINCE:Hey Steph, what is the deal with all these dudes taking their shirts off in the parking lot at Miller Park? I think I saw more bad tattoos than Brewers logos at the game we went to a couple of weeks ago. Is this in any way acceptable? I say no, but maybe that's just because I don't have any sweet tats brah. I mean, I'm not going to pretend that I've never stripped my shirt off to do the Macarena, but there is a specific time and place where that kind of thing is appropriate. Like a bar mitzvah. You have to read your surroundings when you are doing that stuff and a parking lot filled with people is not that time or that place.In my mind there are maybe six people who can pull off the "casually hanging out in public without a shirt on" look and those people are Matthew McConaughey, D'Angelo, Channing Tatum, Ryan Gosling, David Beckham and John C. Reilly. Oh, and Joel McHale. I'm pretty gay for Joel McHale. (hi joel ;)) Pretty sure none of those dudes are tailgating at Miller Park this season so everyone else needs to shirt up, period. I don't care how hot it is. This isn't the beach. You aren't playing with sand toys. Nobody wants to see your back tattoo that reads "PLEASE FORGIVE ME" or watch you drip a glob of mustard off of your brat and into your taco meat. Please keep your shirt on.
Now am I just a hater because I am more Louis CK than Donald Glover with my shirt off? Or am I right about this one? Please tell me I'm right.
STEPH: Now I understand that I am the (sometimes) proud owner of a vagina but I don't really love seeing dudes without their shirts, it makes me feel uncomfortable. I find myself staring at their nipples and then checking out their abs or lack thereof. 9 out of 10 times, the men that are shirtless at Miller Park are essentially some form of this lad.
I understand that manning a grill while drinking booze in the sun can get a fella a little heated but, Jesus Christ, keep the shirts on. There is no way that tailgating without a shirt is acceptable, how can going sans shirt be that much more refreshing than wearing, say, a cotton t-shirt? The bottom line is that guys are douche bags. Douche bags like to be shirtless. Shirtless dudes end up on Cops. So, in conclusion if you are at Miller Park without a shirt on you will end up on Cops.
VINCE: I'm glad we settled this. I think we should rank taking your shirt off in the parking lot slightly behind "jerseys with your name on it" and "Brewers heels", but above "mixing old and new logos" and "being Front Row Amy" in the Official Miller Park Fashion Rules.
A few thoughts before we go.
1. Is that a cell phone or a pocket knife on his belt? If it's a pocket knife this dude might be a secret genius because, really, those Miller Lite punch top cans are way too hard to punch. And this is coming from a guy who has a lot of extra wrist strength if you know what I mean.
2. There is no way in hell that guy doesn't listen to "Red Solo Cup" four or five times a day. No way. (By the way, "Red Solo Cup" is such an awful song that I am planning on having blue or green Solo cups at the Pants Party just to avoid the off chance that someone gets that song stuck in my head.)
3. Seriously though, your boyfriend looks really cute in this picture.
STEPH: He does, doesn't he? Way better than this shirtless dickface.
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I finally got around to making a Christmas bottle tree in the front yard. It's built around a garden obelisk, but could be made on a sturdy upside down tomato cage, windmill base or anything else that would support it. It's 58 inches tall, not counting the top bottle. The next photo shows it almost half finished. I wired one string of bottles at a time, twisting the wire in between bottles, then put the 'skirt' of bottles around the obelisk, starting at the bottom. They're blue beer bottles, which are the easiest to find a bunch of. There's a blue flower pot upside down at the top to hide the wire on the bottles and a wine bottle just sitting on top. We strung some different sets of lights around it without good results, so have to experiment more with lights. Linda |
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Wow! Very cool!! |
- Posted by marlene_2008 7 (My Page) on Wed, Dec 12, 12 at 20:58
You are the QUEEN of blue bottle decorating! What a great looking tree!! Fantastic job! |
- Posted by nanatricia (My Page) on Wed, Dec 12, 12 at 21:16
Yes so so cool!!!! |
- Posted by tinfoilhat AZ (My Page) on Wed, Dec 12, 12 at 22:29
I like that, it would work on a frame like I built for my Cowboy Christmas Tree. I'm going to have to try that in green bottles next year. An idea that might work for lighting that is put a clear or white light bulb inside your tree with a small fan blade on top of it. The heat from the bulb turns the fan blade giving it a flickering effect. I can't remember where I saw that but I think it was on a fake fireplace or Christmas decoration somewhere. Might be worth a try. |
- Posted by shades_of_idaho z4/5 (My Page) on Thu, Dec 13, 12 at 1:22
Wow. Amazing. So Beautiful. |
- Posted by indigosunshine z4 west WI (My Page) on Thu, Dec 13, 12 at 10:35
Oh my! I'll have to recruit the husband and kids to abandon the home brew and switch to the blue bottle kind! Thank you so much for sharing! Hope you don't mind copycats?! |
WOW!!! Way cool :) |
That is awesome. Gonna be on the look out for a base. I'm giddy with excitement, friends and family have been saving blue bottles for me and didn't really know what I was gonna do with them.....THANK YOU for sharing |
- Posted by ohtobedone (My Page) on Thu, Dec 13, 12 at 19:26
That is so cool!! I love the idea! |
Beautiful in the sunshine & hope tinfoil hat's idea will work for a night time glow! Lots of work but so worth it! Jan |
- Posted by marylee_2010 (My Page) on Fri, Dec 14, 12 at 22:49
Your tree is really neat. I like it. |
- Posted by toomuchglass 5 (My Page) on Sat, Dec 15, 12 at 16:34
OMG ........... I want one so bad now ...! Are they Bud light ? Those bottles are so thin ,I'd end up breaking them all . How many are there ? I just started drinking Skyy Vodka because of the blue bottles ....LOL I have 2 so far. I wonder if my liver can take another 100 bottles or so ... |
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- Posted by shades_of_idaho z4/5 (My Page) on Sat, Dec 15, 12 at 19:47
lindasewandsew , Toomuchglass brings up the question if they are the Bud beer bottles. If they are how did you get the labels off of them? I was trying to see what was all the blue bottles in the background of your picture. Found your Fence Is Done post. Chris |
- Posted by lindasewandsew So Cal 9 (My Page) on Sat, Dec 15, 12 at 22:06
Thanks for the nice comments. They are Bud bottles. Beer and Vodka are not my favorite drinks, but a neighbor drinks green bottle beer and gives the bottles to an older retired neighbor so he can recycle them. I give him a dime for each one (they're worth a nickel at the recycle place) then take them to the recycle place and trade them straight across for blue ones. The guy at the recyle place gets a soda for doing it. Most bars will give you their empty blues if you ask. Tell everyone you know that you want blue ones. They'll start coming to you. Bud and Skyy use the same kind of clear labels. I give them a quick scrape over a trash can with a straight razor blade to get rid of most of the clear label, then do it again with hot soapy water to remove the little bit of glue that's left. The vodka bottle labels sometimes just peel right off clean, but if they don't, just do the same as the Bud bottles. If the bottles have the letters baked right into the glass, just hang them at a distance and they'll read blue. Indigo, Can your home brewer switch to blue bottles? They're likely to be available online. Have fun being copycats! Part of the fun on this forum is to see what people do with other people's ideas. Most of the photos below have been posted before, but here they are again. Linda http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r149/lindasewandsew/back yard/20100102006.jpg |
- Posted by shades_of_idaho z4/5 (My Page) on Sun, Dec 16, 12 at 1:43
WOW Thanks for the inspiration. I only have one blue totem and a few blue bottles. Will see about getting the labels off of them. I can not drink beer either. Will see if the bar people will save me some. Now I am finally retired I am going to have more time to get myself in trouble. LOL Really appreciate your pictures . Kitten helping me to type NOT!!!GGGRRRR |
Here is a link that might be useful: Cobalt Lily
I love the Christmas Tree and all of your other blue bottle creations! You are such an inspiration! |
Reisling wines usually come in blue bottles, too. A lot more fun to drink than beer and vodka, IMO! That's where I get mine! Sandy |
- Posted by jeannespines 4 (My Page) on Wed, Dec 19, 12 at 6:57
They'll be no 'Blue Christmas without you,' sewandsew! Wow, you did an awesome job on the Christmas tree! TFS the 'how-to's' (as you so graciously do for us all)! Any kind of 'lights' even nearby will reflect off the bottles ...I was thinking of a 'floor lamp' or something like that 'underneath' the tree. Great recycling! Jeanne S. ***oh & I always love seeing your other project pics, too! |
I KNOW that I posted on this before-LOL but something happened and it is not here. This is a most wonderful tree. I love all the blue bottle things, and have 83 bottles on my 4x4 bottle tree. I asked the question before 'How do you keep rain water out of your bottles?' Mine are all upside down. I have coffee, arizona tea, water, vodka, and of course, the bud bottles. I bought a BUNCH of them and a friend drank the beer. My son-in-law brings the vodka bottles from the people who work in his office. Wish I could post pictures! |
- Posted by concretenprimroses 4B NH (My Page) on Wed, Dec 19, 12 at 22:33
It flows like a beautiful glass skirt. I love it. thank you for showing the technique, I think I could actually do this if i got the right center. Kathy |
- Posted by laurastheme (My Page) on Sun, Dec 30, 12 at 23:48
Absolutely AWESOME!!! |
- Posted by lindasewandsew So Cal 9 (My Page) on Mon, Dec 31, 12 at 3:34
Thanks again for the nice comments. Nona, Sorry, my computer was on the fritz for about a week. The bottles on this tree are somewhat protected from water, since each level of bottles protects the one below it. A lot of the bottles here are upside down on old wrought iron fences, daybeds, pieces of rebar, etc. The bottles in the trees have to be turned upside down. We do get a little rain here in So Cal, in spite of the reputation, lol. If this photo shows up, it's a new experiment with bottles on some old metal pieces. |
Thanks, and love the new experiment-anything with blue! |
Love all the blue ideas. Have never seen succulants planted in the tiny opening of the bricks before.......what a clever idea. And the little flower pots nestled together for an edging is neat! |
- Posted by luvstocraft (My Page) on Wed, Jan 2, 13 at 22:11
Love your new bottle tree! You have been busy making all those creations for sure. Love the flower pot border too. Luvs |
- Posted by tracey_nj6 6 (My Page) on Sat, Mar 2, 13 at 17:11
Wow, that Christmas tree is insanely gorgeous! |
- Posted by concretenprimroses 4B NH (My Page) on Sat, Mar 2, 13 at 20:03
I just looked at all of these again. Your garden is amazing, not just for the blue bottles. It looks like a magical place. Kathy |
- Posted by JosepTaylor none (My Page) on Tue, Oct 8, 13 at 1:27
Your Blue Christmas tree is magical. Along with all of your blue bottle art. TYFS Jlily |
Looks GREAT!!! TFS. |
That tree is AMAZING!!!! I have never ever seen a blue beer bottle. It's beautiful. |
- Posted by diane_v_44 Z6 (My Page) on Sun, Feb 9, 14 at 5:00
just came across your bottle work in the gardens Thanks for the work and that you shared your |
- Posted by missindepedy NZ (My Page) on Tue, Feb 18, 14 at 3:24
If you can get to the neck of the bottles which are upright or near so, try dropping into each one a plain chemical glow stick. As they don't last long, wait till xmas eve and fairly late. We did it with hubby's shelf of green special label beer bottles on a high shelf. Looked cool - but the blue will look even better |
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Former Charleroi police Chief Ed Hank pays his respects to slain Donora officer Alfred Calzacorto as family members, including Alfred Calzacorto Jr. (center foreground), look on.
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Police from several Mon Valley departments served as pallbearers for slain Donora officer Alfred Calzacorto, whose murder is detailed in a new Investigation Discovery television show.
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Investigation Discovery last week launched the second season of its "Evil Twins" series with a show detailing the chilling story about identical twins from Donora, one of whom has been the chief suspect in the murder of his father and, years later, was convicted of killing his neighbor.
"Blood Brothers," produced by Sirens Media of Silver Spring, Md., used the Observer-Reporter's archives to build its story about the 1986 killing of Donora police officer Alfred Calzacorto Sr., how his son Brian figured into the case and how advances in DNA testing led to his conviction 17 years later in the brutal slaying of a cocktail waitress in Clearwater, Fla. No one has ever been charged in the slaying of the elder Calzacorto.
The episode also features interviews of Observer-Reporter staff writer Scott Beveridge, who wrote about the Calzacorto homicide, and retired Donora police officer Joe Greco, and uses the newspaper's photographs taken at the officer's funeral.
It further illustrates how jurors in the Florida trial in the killing of Laurie Colannino had to decide whether Brian Calzacorto or Alfred Calzacorto Jr. committed the murder because, as identical twins, they have matching DNA.
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The neighbouring nations to be subdued. (1-11) Zedekiah is warned to yield. (12-18) The vessels of the temple to be carried to Babylon, but afterwards to be restored. (19-22)
Verses 1-11 Jeremiah is to prepare a sign that all the neighbouring countries would be made subject to the king of Babylon. God asserts his right to dispose of kingdoms as he pleases. Whatever any have of the good things of this world, it is what God sees fit to give; we should therefore be content. The things of this world are not the best things, for the Lord often gives the largest share to bad men. Dominion is not founded in grace. Those who will not serve the God who made them, shall justly be made to serve their enemies that seek to ruin them. Jeremiah urges them to prevent their destruction, by submission. A meek spirit, by quiet submission to the hardest turns of providence, makes the best of what is bad. Many persons may escape destroying providences, by submitting to humbling providences. It is better to take up a light cross in our way, than to pull a heavier on our own heads. The poor in spirit, the meek and humble, enjoy comfort, and avoid many miseries to which the high-spirited are exposed. It must, in all cases, be our interest to obey God's will.
Verses 12-18 Jeremiah persuades the king of Judah to surrender to the king of Babylon. Is it their wisdom to submit to the heavy iron yoke of a cruel tyrant, that they may secure their lives; and is it not much more our wisdom to submit to the pleasant and easy yoke of our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, that we may secure our souls? It were well if sinners would be afraid of the destruction threatened against all who will not have Christ to reign over them. Why should they die the second death, infinitely worse than that by sword and famine, when they may submit and live? And those who encourage sinners to go on in sinful ways, will perish with them.
Verses 19-22 Jeremiah assures them that the brazen vessels should go after the golden ones. All shall be carried to Babylon. But he concludes with a gracious promise, that the time would come when they should be brought back. Though the return of the prosperity of the church does not come in our time, we must not despair, for it will come in God's time.
Jeremiah 27:1-22 . THE FUTILITY OF RESISTING NEBUCHADNEZZAR ILLUSTRATED TO THE AMBASSADORS OF THE KING, DESIRING TO HAVE THE KING OF JUDAH CONFEDERATE WITH THEM, UNDER THE TYPE OF YOKES. JEREMIAH EXHORTS THEM AND ZEDEKIAH TO YIELD.
1. Jehoiakim--The prophecy that follows was according to this reading given in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, fifteen years before it was published in the reign of Zedekiah to whom it refers; it was thus long deposited in the prophet's bosom, in order that by it he might be supported under trials in his prophetic career in the interim [CALVIN]. But "Zedekiah" may be the true reading. So the Syriac and Arabic Versions. Jeremiah 27:3 Jeremiah 27:12 , Jeremiah 28:1 , confirm this; also, one of KENNICOTT'S manuscripts. The English Version reading may have originated from Jeremiah 26:1 . "Son of Josiah" applies to Zedekiah as truly as to "Jehoiakim" or "Eliakim." The fourth year may, in a general sense here, as in Jeremiah 28:1 , be called "the beginning of his reign," as it lasted eleven years ( 2 Kings 24:18 ). It was not long after the fourth year of his reign that he rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar ( Jeremiah 51:59 , 52:3 , 2 Kings 24:20 ), in violation of an oath before God ( 2 Chronicles 36:13 ).
2. bonds--by which the yoke is made fast to the neck ( Jeremiah 5:5 ).
yokes--literally, the carved piece of wood attached at both ends to the two yokes on the necks of a pair of oxen, so as to connect them. Here the yoke itself. The plural is used, as he was to wear one himself, and give the others to the ambassadors; ( Jeremiah 27:3 , Jeremiah 28:10 Jeremiah 28:12 ) proves that the symbolical act was in this instance (though not in others, Jeremiah 25:15 ) actually done (compare Isaiah 20:2 , &c. Ezekiel 12:3 Ezekiel 12:11 Ezekiel 12:18 ).
3. And send them to the king of Edom, &c.--Appropriate symbol, as these ambassadors had come to Jerusalem to consult as to shaking off the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar. According to PHERECYDES in CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA [Miscellanies, 567], Idanthura, king of the Scythians, intimated to Darius, who had crossed the Danube, that he would lead an army against him, by sending him, instead of a letter, a mouse, a frog, a bird, an arrow, and a plough. The task assigned to Jeremiah required great faith, as it was sure to provoke alike his own countrymen and the foreign ambassadors and their kings, by a seeming insult, at the very time that all were full of confident hopes grounded on the confederacy.
5. God here, as elsewhere, connects with the symbol doctrine, which is as it were its soul, without which it would be not only cold and frivolous, but even dead [CALVIN]. God's mention of His supreme power is in order to refute the pride of those who rely on their own power ( Isaiah 45:12 ).
given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me--( Psalms 115:15 Psalms 115:16 , Daniel 4:17 Daniel 4:25 Daniel 4:32 ). Not for his merits, but of My own sole good pleasure [ESTIUS].
6. beasts of the field--not merely the horses to carry his Chaldean soldiers, and oxen to draw his provisions [GROTIUS]; not merely the deserts, mountains, and woods, the haunts of wild beasts, implying his unlimited extent of empire [ESTIUS]; but the beasts themselves by a mysterious instinct of nature. A reproof to men that they did not recognize God's will, which the very beasts acknowledged (compare Isaiah 1:3 ). As the beasts are to submit to Christ, the Restorer of the dominion over nature, lost by the first Adam (compare Genesis 1:28 , Genesis 2:19 Genesis 2:20 , Psalms 8:6-8 ), so they were appointed to submit to Nebuchadnezzar, the representative of the world power and prefigurer of Antichrist; this universal power was suffered to be held by him to show the unfitness of any to wield it "until He come whose right it is" ( Ezekiel 21:27 ).
7. son . . . son's son--( 2 Chronicles 36:20 ). Nebuchadnezzar had four successors--Evil-merodach, his son; Neriglissar, husband of Nebuchadnezzar's daughter; his son, Labosodarchod; and Naboned (with whom his son, Belshazzar, was joint king), son of Evil-merodach. But Neriglissar and Labosodarchod were not in the direct male line; so that the prophecy held good to "his son and his son's son," and the intermediate two are omitted.
time of his land--that is, of its subjugation or its being "visited" in wrath ( Jeremiah 27:22 , Jeremiah 25:12 , 29:10 , 50:27 , Daniel 5:26 ).
serve themselves of him--make him their servant ( Jeremiah 25:14 , Isaiah 13:22 ). So "his day" for the destined day of his calamity ( Job 18:20 ).
8. until I have consumed them by his hand--until by these consuming visitations I have brought them under his power.
9. ye--the Jews especially, for whom the address to the rest was intended.
enchanters--augurs [CALVIN], from a root, the "eyes," that is, lookers at the stars and other means of taking omens of futurity; or another root, a "fixed time," observers of times: forbidden in the law ( Leviticus 19:26 , Deuteronomy 18:10 Deuteronomy 18:11 Deuteronomy 18:14 ).
10. to remove you--expressing the event which would result. The very thing they profess by their enchantments to avert, they are by them bringing on you. Better to submit to Nebuchadnezzar, and remain in your land, than to rebel, and be removed from it.
11. serve . . . till it--The same Hebrew root expresses "serve" and "till," or "cultivate." Serve ye the king of Babylon, and the land will serve you [CALVIN].
12. I spake also--translate, "And I spake," &c. Special application of the subject to Zedekiah.
13. Why . . . die--by running on your own ruin in resisting Nebuchadnezzar after this warning ( Ezekiel 18:31 ).
14. lie--( Jeremiah 14:14 ).
15. in my name--The devil often makes God's name the plea for lies ( Matthew 4:6 , Matthew 7:22 Matthew 7:23 , Jeremiah 27:15-20 , the test whereby to know false prophets).
16. The "vessels" had been carried away to Babylon in the reign of Jeconiah ( 2 Kings 24:13 ); also previously in that of Jehoiakim ( 2 Chronicles 36:5-7 ).
18. at Jerusalem--that is, in other houses containing such vessels, besides the house of God and the king's palace. Nebuzara-dan, captain of the guard under Nebuchadnezzar, carried all away ( 2 Kings 25:13-17 , 2 Chronicles 36:18 ). The more costly vessels had been previously removed in the reigns of Jehoiakim and Jeconiah.
19. ( Jeremiah 52:17 Jeremiah 52:20 Jeremiah 52:21 ).
22. until . . . I visit them--in wrath by Cyrus ( Jeremiah 32:5 ). In seventy years from the first carrying away of captives in Jehoiachin's reign ( Jeremiah 29:10 , 2 Chronicles 36:21 ).
restore them--by the hand of Cyrus ( Ezra 1:7 ). By Artaxerxes ( Ezra 7:19 ).


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On Wednesday during the NCAA's National Signing Day, the hard work showed as 28 high school and junior/community college standouts signed with the school for the 2013 season.
"It's been a lot of fun," Cooley said. "There hasn't been a lot of sleep, but it's been a lot of fun. The staff has done a great job. We thought we did a really good job. I want to commend Coach (Lanier) Goethie. He did an unbelievable job as our recruiting coordinator with the organization of all of our visits. Everybody in Cleveland has been real helpful. Luckily, we were able to get some quality young men to join the family at Delta State."
Two of the players – Jared Hunt and Trace Bray – are Cleveland High School standouts. Bray played fullback and linebacker at Cleveland High, while Hunt played linebacker. The two were instrumental in Cleveland posting an 18-8 record over the past two years with two trips to the 4A State Playoffs.
"Those two young men came over, and I met their families," Cooley said. "Fine young men. They represent Cleveland the right way. We're always going to recruit at home first, and we're excited to have those two on our team."
Cooley said he is optimistic about the potential of the overall recruits coming to DSU.
"I just tried to go out and fine the best players we could in a week," Cooley said. "Obviously, some of them were guys were recruiting before I got here, and I wanted to keep that going. A couple of guys had already committed, and we wanted to hold those commitments. I thought we did a real good job."
Out of the 28 players on the list, 16 of them are from Mississippi. DSU had 15 junior college transfers and all of those were from Mississippi JUCOs.
"They have ties to Delta State even though they didn't come out of high school," Cooley said about the transfers. "We're still going to always see us recruit the Mississippi Junior Colleges. It's an unbelievable league."
The rest of the recruiting class consists of: R.J. Hulse (Foley, Ala., OL, Foley High School,), Kenterrius Gray (Pinson, Ala., RB, Clay-Chalkville High School,), David Evans (Hueytown, Ala., CB, Hueytown High School), Darius Holder (Lumberton, Miss., WR, Pearl River CC), Brandon Avant (Maben, Miss, OL, Northeast Mississippi CC,), Jadarius Hicks (Jackson, Miss, LB, Hind CC), Anton Thornton (Gauiter, Miss, RB, Mississippi Gulf Coast CC), Michael Gibbs (Brandon, Miss, OL, Hinds CC), Cortez Hibbler (Sardis, Miss, OL, Northeast Mississippi CC), Tyler Garner (Birmingham, Ala., OL, Minor High School), Earl Andrews (Farmerville, La., WR/DB, Farmerville High School), Cody Conkle (Petal, Miss, OL, Petal High School), Jeff Linzy (Pensacola, Fla., Escambia High School), T.J. Myers (Pensacola, Fla., WR/CB, Escambia High School), Vance Grayson (Gonazles, La., CB, East Ascension High School), Ryan Self (Clarksdale, Miss, LB, Coahoma CC), James Johnson (Brandon, Miss, FB, Mississippi State University), Dennis Robertson (Gulport, Miss, QB, Holmes CC), Brian Walker (Cairo, Ga., DB, Northeast Mississippi CC), Bre'Nard Williams (Omega, Ga., LB, Clark Atlanta University), Landry Tullo (Hoover, Ala., LB, Hoover High School), Jordan Martin (Florence, Miss., OL, Southwest Mississippi CC), Dekoven Ware (Albany, Ga., LB, Coahoma CC), Ricky Hunt (Sardis, Miss, WR, East Central CC), Deon Fairly (Taylorsville, Miss., DB, Jones JC) and Martez Nixon (Taylorsville, Miss, WR, Jones JC).


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