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As wearying as this trend of rebooting old horror franchises has become, if any series could actually benefit from a contemporary makeover, it would be Friday the 13th. While those viewers who grew up watching Jason's bloody exploits still regard the original films with a considerable amount of nostalgia, the fact is that the majority of them simply aren't good movies. Of the ten installments made between 1980 and 2001, only the first three still provide any shocks or scares. By the time Jason X rolled around, the series had moved firmly into camp and audiences were actively encouraged to laugh at the bloodletting rather than scream. So it's not a bad idea to take the series back to basics and that's precisely what Nispel and the film's screenwriters Damian Shannon and Mark Swift have done. Aside from noticeably superior production values and bloodier special effects, there's little that separates this Friday the 13th from the films that kicked off the series almost 30 years ago. It's filled with gratuitous nudity, gruesome kills and obnoxious teenagers whose deaths you actively root for. And you know what? That's exactly what most moviegoers want from a Friday the 13th flick.
It's worth noting that, title aside, Nispel isn't remaking the very first Friday the 13th, in which Jason's crazed mommy went around knocking off teenagers. Instead, the events of that film are summarized in a five-minute prologue that opens this one, which is promptly followed by another prologue that establishes Jason as the boogeyman, thus neatly condensing all of 1981's Friday the 13th Part II into 15 minutes. That means that the bulk of Nispel's Friday the 13th is technically a remake of the series' third installment, a timeline theory confirmed by the fact that both feature a scene where Jason acquires his iconic hockey mask for the first time.
Shannon and Swift's serviceable script finds a group of overprivileged, oversexed teenagers with names like Trent, Bree and Jenna en route to a weekend vacation at a cabin on the shore of the infamous Crystal Lake. Along the way, they cross paths with Clay (Jared Paladecki), who is searching for his missing sister Whitney (Amanda Righetti), one of Jason's apparent victims in the second prologue. These characters go through the motions of pretending to find one another interesting, but really they're just marking time until Mr. Voorhees shows up and punishes them for their promiscuous ways. Sure enough, the dude soon comes crashing out of the woods armed with a variety of weapons, and the screaming, running and bleeding begins in earnest.
Although Nispel adheres to the Friday the 13th formula fairly religiously, he does make a few tweaks. For example, in his new incarnation, Jason is a regular speed demon, striking his victims with quick, forceful blows and somehow managing to be in multiple places at once. Also, this time around, being a virginal innocent doesn't necessarily save you from a date with his machete. (The bed-hoppers do still get their comeuppance first, though.) Otherwise, events play out exactly as expected, right down to the order in which the victims are dispatched.
To be honest, the movie's predictability is probably a good thing. One of the chief complaints about the recent rash of horror remakes is that they go too far in trying to reinvent the material, whether it's Rob Zombie turning Michael Myers into a white-trash version of Alex from A Clockwork Orange or the unnecessary addition of some fake Native American mysticism to the Amityville Horror update. In contrast, with both his Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake and now Friday the 13th, Nispel seems content to simply turn out a glossier version of the original film. As a result, neither movie lingers in the mind the way the earlier films do, but they do hold your attention—and even provide some bloody fun—while you're sitting in the theatre.


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I just found this forum and it has already been helpful. I am considering putting in a pool and would like some opinions. We are in Indian River county in Florida. 1. What are the pros and cons with paver decking versus something like Kool deck? 2. Pros and cons with regards to an electric heater versus a solar heater? 3. Opinions on salt chlorinators versus the regular chlorine type? also if anyone has any recommendations or warnings with pool builders in the area, that would be welcome also! |
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We just completed a pool remodel, so my opinions based on that experience: 1) Our old pool deck was kool deck - we hated it. Always dirty, need repainting now and again. We went with travertine on the remodel (over top of kook deck) and love it. 2) electric heater, much higher up front cost, lower operating cost, but much much slower heating as compared with gas/propane. We went with propane for our spa and did not elect to heat our pool. Will probably go with solar panels at later date. 3) Many people are wild about salt. I went with salt with the new system using Pentair. Honestly, so far, this is a don't care for me. Keeping chlorine system healthy is so easy. The only advantage of salt I'm looking for is cost. I will say I'm very underwhelmed with the Pentair Easytouch system, although I really like their variable flow pump so far. |
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These drawings and sculptures are a response to topographic maps, satellite photos, scanning electron microscope images, astronomy and the unfolding of intertwined relationships. They emphasize the sensuous aspects of water currents, land masses and the wind made visible.
Much of my sculpture developed from an attraction to moiré patterns created by the overlay of two or more grids that are slightly askew.
Recent Exhibits
March 14, 2014 - April 20, 2014
Solo show with Drawings, Sculpture and a Video
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Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211
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I Will Not Die~Entry for the StarOceanArt contest~I Will Not Die by RollingTomorrow
~Faize Sheifa Beleth~
I Will Not Die
Perhaps this is a demise fitting for the 'Apostle of Creation'
Darkness: perpetual, never ending darkness stretching off into the farthest reaches of the great star ocean. The beautifully shining stars it was known for were invisible to his dying eyes. It carried with it a crushing weight that pushed against his chest, making it difficult to breathe. Every breath came with great agony and increasing difficulty. His eyes could have been closed and what he saw would have been more comforting; perhaps his failing mind could at least materialize pictures of those he'd bid goodbye. The starless obscurity transgressed both the universe of mortality and on into the other side of the star ocean, where far too many of the people he cherished had disappeared into.
Is this all a dream ? It barely feels real
Nox Obscurus - the land where the night was endless and the only light was sinister and
Don't Tell AnyoneDon't Tell AnyoneDon't Tell Anyone by RollingTomorrow
He reached out to stop her when she had nearly reached the door, pulling her into his arms before she had the chance to leave. His grip on her forearm was gentle. A tired but peaceful smile pulled at her lips, though she knew without having to look that his expression would serious, if not slightly worried.
The risk of getting caught was painfully strong when they were on the SRF-003 Calnus.
Reimi Saionji's eyes drooped closed peacefully as she leaned back into his embrace. His touch felt so wrong, but his warmth awoke a secret excitement in her. More so, she felt so safe with him. It was like when she was with him and they were alone, the rest of the world couldn't reach her.
She rested her head against his shoulder, enjoying his familiar scent. He embraced her from behind and she reached up to intertwine her fingers between his. Even through the thin, white material of her gloves, she could feel the warmth of his hand.
It was so refreshing to place her trust
Utopia Chapter XFinal Hikari: Bwahahaha. There's actual plot in this chapter! XD I'm sure my usual readers are aware I never give my characters any peace, but I don't know if anyone is guessing the plot yetUtopia Chapter X by RollingTomorrow
Lymle: Any real announcements?
Final Hikari: Actually, yes! One real one and one not-so-real one. XD The latter is that I completely forgot I was sitting on this chapter! I thought it was already finished and posted.
Lymle: -.- You're really senile, 'kay?
Final Hikari: I blame NaNoWriMo. Now, for the good news! The Grammar Goddess, Dr. Meh, is still drowning in AP high school classes, so Meikahna is betaing for me! Many thanks go to her for saving the grammatical day. XD Now, if you will excuse me, I'm going to hide under my electric blanket for this chapter. XD
Lymle: That's a waste of power. Just sit by the fireplace, 'kay?
Final Hikari: -deadpan- This is 21st Century Earth. Fireplaces aren't in every house.
Lymle: That's weird.
Final Hikari: No weirder than my twisted ima
Utopia Chapter IXFinal Hikari: Okay! Time to explain Toothpick Syndrome! XD I apologize for not doing this sooner, but this was the first disclaimer opening I had. -shot- Its a term I made up for characters whose personalities can be summed up by the following definition:Utopia Chapter IX by RollingTomorrow
A character who is so incredibly powerful you know that they could just pwn the ass of anything other character who tried to fight them armed with only a toothpick. But theyre too stoic, cool, or just mature to gloat about it because both they and everyone else already knows how kickass they are. Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII, KOS-MOS from Xenosaga, Toya from Ceres: Celestial Legend, Sigmund from Infinite Undiscovery, and Arumat P. Thanatos from TLH are all Toothpick Syndrome Victims.
Final Hikari: XD Yes. The phrase pwn your ass is really in my vocabulary. X.X
Edge: -blink- -slight nod- I suppose its a fairly accurate description.
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Hope you enjoy the anal beads that are going in the ass of your cake.
Incredible detail – anal beads, tramp stamp and everything. And there's the kid, with his tongue out already, waiting for his turn. Nice.
What a class act of white trash!
Ummm may I ask why you would want to put beads in your ass? And this is absolutely horrible they have this cake when the little boy is right there and the guy is licking it! The nerve of some people -.-
Get over it already. Its a friggin cake for Christs sake.
Hey look everyone! We found the guy in the picture! Holy shit, he even commented!
DISGUSTING. Getoverit, you are a moron. Darth Havok, you are hilarious.
lol while I completely agree this is inappropriate for the kids to see, i know these people and the kids aren't his. the father of the kids is the one that made the cake for the guy in the picture. not saying it makes it any better, just clarifying.
HAHAHAHAHAHA Those arn't his kids. Its his birthday and the kids father made that cake for him! Hahaha Funny shit!
WTF who ever stole this pic does NOT know the family at all …. the guy in this picture is NOT that kid's father, it's just a cake and the child had NO idea what in the hell it even was …. before you all start calling people white trash maybe you should know the story first…………. and whoever stole this pic and posted it your a freaking moron and I hope we find out who you are , I was shocked when I came across this pic , these people are some of my best friends
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This soup is creamy and delicious and so easy toprepare. You can be done in thirty minutes.Of course, I recommend country ham, but any willsuffice.
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- 4 large potatoes, peeled & cubed
- 1 pound(s) cubed ham
- 4 tablespoon(s) butter
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 pint(s) half & half
- 1 clove(s) garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon(s) salt, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon(s) pepper, or to taste
- 2 tablespoon(s) chopped parsley, optional
- Put potatoes in large pot with just enough water to cover. Add onion, garlic and seasonings. Bring to a boil and reduce heat. Cook gently until potatoes are just tender - about 10 minutes. You want the potatoes to still be firm.
- Remove one cup of potatoes from pot and mash. Add back to pot along with ham, butter and half & half.
- Heat and stir gently until mashed potatoes are blended in smoothly and soup is heated through. Adjust seasonings.Do not boil.
- Remove from heat and sprinkle with chopped parsley if desired. Let stand for at least 10 minutes before serving. Stir and serve. Delicious as a meal in itself when served with cruty rolls and a salad.
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Great jacket.
This jacket is awesome. The lime color is steezyy. When i got it i poured some water on the sleeve and it totaly ran off the edge. This jacket is completely waterproof and breathable. THe face tech mask is super comfertable and crazy awesome. THe noise pocket is nice but you cant wear earbuds of any kind with them....Must wear headphones.
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A sticker on the back of a STOP sign reads, "Sometimes I just miss talking to you" and is signed "The 508″. A message of love for someone missing, or mindless graffiti? What makes the image for me is the couple walking by at the bottom of the frame. The sticker could be a speech bubble above their heads.
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As we get ready to set sail aboard the all-new Disney Dream, the flagship of the Disney Cruise Line, in February, 2011, I know that many of you have questions about cruising. Whether you're curious about the new ship, looking for details about some of the surprises we may have in store for you, or even if you are a first-time cruiser with questions about everything from getting to and from the port, dining, to what to bring, onboard activities or just about anything at all – post your questions in the comments section below. We'll pool all the questions and answer them on an upcoming episode of the WDW Radio Show!
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What, then, is the wellspring of faith in my family?
Simple. Morton's of Chicago.
The service has never been more moving and inspirational than it was at Morton's one night last week. My husband, my father and I communed over whiskey martinis, three pounds of onion bread, eighteen raw oysters, one Caesar salad and three New York strips, medium-rare. We emerged feeling spiritually uplifted and ready to tackle the six weeks that will elapse before our next regularly scheduled session of steak worship.
The people who know we do this accuse us of being indulgent. Little do they realize how carefully we are following in the footsteps of world religions. All of them.
Like the Amish, we have streamlined our rituals over the years until they are simple, predictable and soothing. Like members of the 700 Club, we pour a huge percentage of our yearly income into our religion. Like Jews at Passover, we conduct many of our prayers while sitting around a table with our mouths full. Like Tibetan Buddhists, we can narrow our concentration until one natural object comes to symbolize all that is beautiful--a drop of rain on a flower, for example. Except that in this instance, it's the looming pile of aged, marbled, weighty steaks that sits on the tiled counter next to Morton's enormous grill. Look at that long enough, and each steak becomes imbued with dharma. Karma. Nirvarma.
I'll tell you how this started. Since as far back as I can remember, my father and my sister Jenny have conducted their most mundane business--walking down a sidewalk, mailing a letter, blowing a nose--under the assumption that if they make every move exactly right, THEY will cause a shower of lucre to fall from the sky. Who are THEY? Beats me, but THEY are watching. Go left around the fire hydrant, push the right side of the revolving door, step on exactly half the cracks, and bam! Jackpot!
My sister Marina rejected all this voodoo in favor of a bacon-based religion she calls The Rashers. I appreciated her courage, particularly in leaving her cholesterol count in the hands of her porcine gods.
In my search for meaning, though, I gravitated toward ancient Greece--Dionysus, specifically--and another animal altogether. It has been my experience that if I turn over a big chunk of any financial windfall to Morton's of Chicago, Dionysus will be pleased by the hedonism and reckless abandon of it all, and I will be rewarded.
An example: My auto-insurance company sent me a rebate check of $145. I spent $110 of it taking a friend to dinner at Morton's. (Caveat: This works better if the friend has never been to Morton's, ergo, has never really eaten a good steak.) Five days later a mechanic unaccountably changed my oil for free, I made an unlooked-for $78 selling books at a Kiwanis Club, and I found myself at Jax Fish House, enjoying oyster shooters paid for by my boss. I call this chain of events a sacrifice to Dionysus. If I had stayed home eating spaghetti with Food Club marinara sauce--well, it doesn't bear thinking about.
The other way to placate Dionysus is to have my father take me to Morton's. This can be accomplished by calling him up and saying, "Hey, can we go to Morton's?" An equal-opportunity eater, he has spent a good deal of time worshiping bacon with Marina. But when it comes to making a major sacrifice, there's nothing like a sacred cow.
This is not to say that our family's faith in Morton's has never been shaken. In the past year we've flirted with the Infidel. What else can you do when you're living in a city full of steakhouses, on the edge of the Great American cattle-clogged Plains? What if one of these new joints contained a more powerful messiah of some kind?
At first I thought I saw a glimmer of this in the creamed spinach at Ruth's Chris Steak House. It's really good creamed spinach, but upon reflection, I realized it's no miracle. And the waitstaff cut our steaks for us, which made us feel like toddlers. The Palm, which is full of caricatures of famous media people--none of whom, somehow, are me--has a good steak, I guess, and it's very expensive, which Dionysus likes. But it's not a great steak, and the restaurant's ambience is as antiseptic as that of a suburban Bennigan's.
My emotional bond to Morton's atmosphere dates back to December 7, 1989, when I had just given birth to a girl and reached my dad at Morton's with the news. Over the phone line, I could hear the subtle clink and scrape of the steak knife, the subtle pop of fork through prize flesh.
Between the two of us, my father and I have checked out all the pretenders to the meaty throne and have never seriously considered switching churches. We did not find a better steak anywhere. We did--the meals weren't a total loss--come away knowing more about what is right and what is wrong.


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Shout Out Louds reveal album details, tour dates & launch pre-order
Shout Out Louds will release their fourth album, Optica, on February 26, 2013.
Last week, the band gave away "Blue Ice" from Optica as a 7" actually made of ice.
Watch the official music video, directed and animated by Johan Toorell, for "Blue Ice" now
Shout Out Louds' first show in support of Optica will take place in Brooklyn, NY, at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on March 11 leading up to the SXSW Music Festival, and they have confirmed a full stateside tour for May 2013, beginning May 7 in Washington, DC, and ending on May 23 at the El Rey in Los Angeles, CA.
Following their 2010 album Work, the band (Adam Olenius – lead vocals; Bebban Stenborg – keyboards; Ted Malmros – bass; Carl von Arbin – guitar; and Eric Edman – drums) headed out on their most successful tour ever and returned home to their own pursuits. Families were expanded, side projects were launched and homes outside of Stockholm were explored. When the time came to work on another Shout Out Louds record they wanted to return to the playful spirit that first brought them together 10 years ago.
Shout Out Louds took their time with these songs, recording for about one-and-a-half years in a small Stockholm studio and producing themselves for the first time with help from Johannes Berglund. A theme emerged and Optica was born, an album celebrating color and light from a band confident in its sound, filled with real strings, trombones, trumpets and flutes.
Shout Out Louds explain:
"In our eagerness to please no one but ourselves this time around, we decided to take on the challenge of producing our own music for the first time ever. Our close friend and sound aficionado of choice Johannes Berglund and his studio in Stockholm presented us with an ideal package for the endeavor. A secluded work space close to home, but off the earth's surface, a more than generous timeline, and the patient and brilliant sixth member we needed to get through the whole thing safely. Together we made up a downstairs world of explosive colors, big, warm sounds and a very, very uninhibited work process. We never worried about following a clear path, trusting that the conscious decision not to worry would be enough to lead us right, and that right doesn't necessarily have to mean rational or even reasonable…We all set prestige and skillfulness aside in favor of experimentation and sheer gusto. That will probably come across live too. I don't think we've ever been this excited to take an album on tour."
Pre-order Optica now on CD or LP in the Merge store. LP Preorders will include a free Merge Records LP slipmat and a poster. Preorders will ship to arrive on or around the release date of February 26, 2013. Don't forget . . . the Merge Holiday Code works on pre-orders, too!
Optica track listing:
1. Sugar
2. Illusions
3. Blue Ice
4. 14th of July
5. Burn
6. Walking In Your Footsteps
7. Glasgow
8. Where You Come In
9. Hermila
10. Chasing the Sinking Sun
11. Circles
12. Destroy
The dates for the spring US tour are below. Tickets will be available beginning December 7, 2012.
Shout Out Louds on tour:
March 11 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
March 13-16 Austin, TX SXSW Music Festival
May 7 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
May 8 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
May 11 Boston, MA Paradise
May 13 Montreal, QC La Sala Rosa
May 14 Toronto, ONT The Opera House
May 15 Detroit, MI The Magic Bag
May 16 Chicago, IL Metro
May 17 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
May 22 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
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Bible Verses About Predestination
Bible verses related to Predestination from the King James Version (KJV) by Relevance
Romans 8:28-30 - And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose. (Read More...)
Ephesians 1:5 - Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
John 6:44 - No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Ephesians 1:4-5 - According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: (Read More...)
Ephesians 1:4 - According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Romans 8:29 - For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
1 Peter 1:20 - Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
Acts 13:48 - And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
Acts 2:23 - Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
1 Peter 1:2 - Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
James 1:18 - Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
2 Timothy 1:9 - Who hath saved us, and called [us] with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
Titus 1:1 - Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
Colossians 3:12 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
John 15:19 - If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
2 Peter 3:9 - The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Ephesians 1:11-12 - In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: (Read More...)
1 Corinthians 1:24-26 - But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. (Read More...)
Romans 11:1-36 - I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, [of] the tribe of Benjamin. (Read More...)
Romans 8:33 - Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? [It is] God that justifieth.
Acts 17:26 - And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
John 15:16 - Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and [that] your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Mark 4:10-12 - And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. (Read More...)
Genesis 21:12 - And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Revelation 13:8 - And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
1 John 2:2 - And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.
Romans 11:5 - Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Revelation 11:1-19 - And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. (Read More...)
2 Peter 1:10 - Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
Hebrews 10:26-27 - For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, (Read More...)
Hebrews 2:9 - But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
Titus 1:2 - In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
2 Thessalonians 2:13 - But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
1 Thessalonians 2:12 - That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
1 Thessalonians 1:4 - Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
Ephesians 2:10 - For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 1:11 - In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Ephesians 1:9-11 - Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: (Read More...)
Ephesians 1:1-23 - Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: (Read More...)
Galatians 1:15 - But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called [me] by his grace,
1 Corinthians 1:26-29 - For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]: (Read More...)
Romans 11:26 - And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
Romans 11:8 - (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
Romans 10:13 - For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
John 6:45 - It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
John 6:39 - And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
John 6:37 - All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
Luke 10:20 - Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Luke 4:25-27 - But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; (Read More...)
Luke 1:32 - He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
Matthew 25:41 - Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Matthew 25:31-34 - When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: (Read More...)
Micah 4:2 - And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 37:1-28 - The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which [was] full of bones, (Read More...)
Isaiah 11:10-11 - And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. (Read More...)
Proverbs 16:4 - The LORD hath made all [things] for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Jude 1:4 - For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 6:4-6 - For [it is] impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, (Read More...)
1 Timothy 4:10 - For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
Ephesians 3:11 - According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
1 Corinthians 2:7 - But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, [even] the hidden [wisdom], which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
Romans 16:13 - Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
Romans 11:7 - What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
Romans 9:13 - As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Romans 9:12 - It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
Romans 9:7-33 - Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, [are they] all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. (Read More...)
Romans 8:29-30 - For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. (Read More...)
Romans 5:18 - Therefore as by the offence of one [judgment came] upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one [the free gift came] upon all men unto justification of life.
Romans 1:6 - Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
Acts 22:14 - And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
Acts 4:28 - For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
Acts 3:18 - But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
Acts 2:47 - Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
Acts 2:39 - For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Acts 2:38 - Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 2:21 - And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Acts 1:7 - And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
John 21:23 - Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what [is that] to thee?
John 17:9 - I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
John 17:6 - I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
John 17:2 - As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
John 14:6 - Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 13:18 - I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
John 12:32 - And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all [men] unto me.
John 3:1-8 - There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: (Read More...)
Luke 22:22 - And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!
Luke 19:11-27 - And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. (Read More...)
Luke 18:7 - And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
Luke 17:34-35 - I tell you, in that night there shall be two [men] in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. (Read More...)
Luke 8:10 - And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
Luke 4:16 - And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
Mark 14:21 - The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.
Mark 13:22 - For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if [it were] possible, even the elect.
Mark 13:20 - And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
Mark 2:28 - Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
Matthew 26:24 - The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
Matthew 25:34 - Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Matthew 24:41 - Two [women shall be] grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Matthew 24:40 - Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
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Brendan Horan will be the first to admit that the offensive system in place at Archbishop Ryan is somewhat of an acquired taste. When a visiting reporter generously described the X's and O's of Bernie Rogers' basketball playbook as "not the sexiest in the Catholic League," Rogers' most talented player smiled and began chuckling.
Daily News columnist John Baer didn't set foot inside the monthly 7th Police District Advisory Council meeting Oct. 17, but his words resonated with council members, thanks to state Rep. John Sabatina.
Before joining the Philadelphia Fire Department, Joseph Pospiech served in combat with the U.S. military during the Vietnam War.
Barbara Zimath is very lucky she wasn't hurt worse in an attack last week, in which two men beat her and stole her purse and phone. Still, the incident has rattled her family, as well as many locals who are wondering how something so violent could happen where they live.
A Pottstown man is facing child rape charges after he allegedly picked up a 12-year-old runaway in Frankford, took her to a Northeast motel and forced her to have sex with him. Police arrested George Williams, 40, at his home on Aug. 28. According to court records, he is charged with rape, unlawful contact with a minor, statutory sexual assault, sexual assault, corruption of a minor, indecent assault with a person younger than 13 and indecent exposure.
Douglas High School to re-open as a charter; maimed cats found in Port Richmond, and more news in brief.
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Restaurants in Rutherford
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Reclaimed wood? You can't open a restaurant without some. But are you ready for a completely reclaimed building?
The Oak Bay Beach Hotel is a glorious metaphor for your whole relationship. Originally built in 1927, it burned to the ground almost immediately, only to be rebuilt three years later into one of the most luxurious spots in Victoria.
Now's it's been completely rebuilt once more, using salvage materials from the original construction. Now that's a tale of perseverance worthy of V-Day conversation fodder.
Reclaim your relationship mojo beginning in the bedroom. The working fireplaces and sprawling ocean views are just a precursor to your soak in one of three heated natural mineral pools outside.
If Mother Nature isn't pampering enough for you, check in for a spa treatment. How about a full-body Swedish massage or a specially-formulated gentleman's facial?
After you've purged your toxins, stop in at the Snug – one of Victoria's oldest cocktail bars – to imbibe some new ones. Then take a horse-drawn carriage ride around town, or just retire to the decadent comfort of your room.
Victoria is less than an hour away from Seattle by seaplane, so don't even bother with traffic.
Again, except the horse-drawn kind.
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Victoria, BC, Canada
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Rilakkuma in Red Fox Costume 12"
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The usually reserved Rilakkuma dresses up as Ali, or Ali's Dream Castle fame. The red fox has an effervescent personality, with blushing face and large smile, in stark contrast to Rilakkuma's cooler exterior. The combination of the two characters make this one soft unique plushie to hold close. |


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Strathcona Park Lodge is the oldest outdoor education centre in Canada and remains a leader in the field.
Every year thousands of school aged children come to learn in our outdoor classroom. Our active, adventure packed programs foster positive learning experiences that teach children and groups outdoor and life skills. We offer three main types of outdoor education programs for youth: summer camps, school programs, and custom programs for youth groups. Choose from the descriptions below to find out more.
WYLD summer camps are 1-2 week long adventure summer camps on Vancouver Island, Canada, where youths (ages 12 – 18) experience guided hiking, sea kayaking, canoeing, climbing and camping trips whilst making new friends.
Our interactive learning experiences challenge, inspire and enlighten students in a positive and exciting environment. Bonds are formed, minds are opened and the programs complement school curriculum. In order to better prepare people for the Strathcona Park Lodge experience we have created a teacher/chaperone specific page and if you're a student coming to hang out at SPL head on over to a page just for you.
Hands on learning experiences in an outdoor classroom for all kinds of youth groups: ESL programs, incentive, community groups, clubs, scouts, tour operators, sports teams and more.


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Rumors Swirling: Is Casey Anthony in Brevard?
FROM FLORIDA TODAY: It's on Twitter and Facebook. It's the talk of bars, banks and housing communities. But the latest rumor remains just that, and has left Brevard residents wondering: Has Casey Anthony come to Cape Canaveral?
The rumors seem to have sprung up as early as Nov. 23, prompting long comment strings on Facebook debating Anthony's trial verdict and alongside seemingly distraught comments including, "I don't think she'll last a week," and "Hide yo kids!!!!"
Anthony was arrested in 2008 and charged in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee. She was acquitted of murder in summer 2011 after a trial in Orlando and verdict that drew intense media attention.
According to media reports in September, Anthony had moved out of state. Charles Greene, Anthony's civil attorney, said he couldn't confirm whether Anthony was living in Cape Canaveral, saying it was "privileged" information with is client.
The chatter that she moved to Cape Canaveral seems to center on her living at Ocean Woods condominiums, where residents said they've heard the same thing but hadn't seen the near-celebrity.
One woman said: "I hope it's not true, because it'd be a circus up here."
Another resident said he'd heard that Anthony moved to Cape Canaveral because it was close to The Green Room Café in Cocoa Beach, one of two Central Florida shops that sells an organic beer Anthony allegedly likes.
Green Room owner Debbie Wright said one customer reported an Anthony sighting weeks ago, but stressed that it was only one report and that Wright wasn't there at the time. As for the rumor Anthony is coming in for organic beer?
"She's not drinking much if that's true," Wright said with a laugh.
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Sat, May 17, 08 at 15:08
In a book I was reading, it mentioned a list of plants that were poisonous to herbivorous herps. However, it did not mention whether these plants posed a problem when a carnivorous herp consumed a cricket that had been munching on these. Does anyone here know whether this should be a safety concern? The main one that I would be likely to/interested in using would be English Ivy.
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- Posted by terrestrial_man 9 (email@example.com) on Sat, May 17, 08 at 16:24
I am not too sure if there is an answer to your concern. I would not use the plant as a matter of precaution. Different toxins act in different ways. Also the question of how much was consumed, the extent of sensitivity, the ability of the toxins to maintain residence in the herbivore all have a bearing on subsequent toxicity to a predator. |
Here is a link that might be useful: English Ivy toxicity
I did a google search on this. One of the people posting on here (last post) apparently has tried ivy without problems. One person responding on this post said ivy was fine for frogs, but the link they posted has ivy as poisonous. It appears to be specific partly to frogs, too. However, it sounds like that person in the first link has personal experience. So, I don't know what to think. -Jmcat |
- Posted by terrestrial_man 9 (email@example.com) on Tue, May 20, 08 at 23:52
Jmcat How about trying some other plant. Perhaps checking out where your animals come from and seeing what kind of plants there habitat has will provide some nice plants, if available. |
I did some searches, and found a few plants that might work (if I can find them). The frog this would be for would be a Green Tree Frog (Hyla cinerea). Do you have any ideas? Thanks, -Jmcat |
- Posted by terrestrial_man 9 (email@example.com) on Wed, May 21, 08 at 20:15
Jmcat, Think you need to browse the aquatic/aquarium plant retailers sites. Here is a link to one. But you would need to google each plant of interest to be sure it will fit in your tank. At the site below stay away from the Potted Tropical plants as they all can get big even for a greenhouse! But the Paludarium plants look ok. If you are keeping your terrarium cool you may want to check out locally native wetlands plants. Be sure to check out the home page on this site-the music is cool. Costwise I would check out the local nurseries/pet stores in your area first! |
Here is a link that might be useful: Only the Paludarium plants-not the others
Ok, now I'm kind of confused. Are you thinking I should try plants from the native habitat of this frog, or mostly aquatic plants, or what? -Jmcat |
- Posted by terrestrial_man 9 (email@example.com) on Thu, May 22, 08 at 19:13
Probably a combination if there is anything that will work together. There is a world of possibiilities. check the link. |
Here is a link that might be useful: worlds of vivariums
Thanks. I looked at some of the pics on that link, but couldn't get to all of them. The main thing that I noticed was that most of the terr.s used pothos, which I might end up using. I think if I can easily find some of the plants that are native to this frog's natural habitat, I'll use those. Otherwise, I'll have to mix and match. -Jmcat |
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The Board of Supervisors will wait until Nov. 17 to decide what to do with roughly $28 million in savings from fiscal 2010.
At the panel's Oct. 27 meeting, Allan Carmody, budget and management director, gave a report on fiscal 2010 that had been presented to the Budget and Audit Committee, which includes Supervisors Dan Gecker and Jim Holland, the day before.
Revenues came in $1.4 million, or 0.2 percent, under projected levels, he said, which is impressive in light of the fact that the projection was locked in 16 months ago.
Expenditures came in significantly lower than budgeted, as the county saved $18.5 million, after covering the shortfall, and the schools posted a surplus of $9.5 million.
Staff has recommended that $10.3 million on the county side and the school's $9.5 million in savings be left unallocated for future use. Of the remaining $8.25 million, staff recommends that:
At the budget and audit meeting, Carmody said employees who had been with the county for one year or less would be excluded from the group receiving the one-time payment.
On Wednesday, Clover Hill Supervisor Art Warren said the Staff deserved a lot of credit for the county ending fiscal 2010 with money in hand. He probably agreed with 99 percent of the proposal for the surplus, but he hadn't had a chance to hear from residents on the issue, he said.
"I personally feel that we should take this up at our Nov. 17 board meeting," he said.
Holland said he wanted to underscore the importance of the county's "hardworking and industrious employees," whose efforts have produced this positive result.
"We've minimized the impact to our citizens and we've continued to serve them in an exemplary fashion," he said.
Matoaca Supervisor Marleen Durfee said she also wanted to applaud the efforts of Carmody and County Administrator Jay Stegmaier, but the board needed to have more discussion of the surplus.
"I do think it requires a little bit more time for us to consider the surplus," she said. Taking time to consider the issue shows that the board is being a good steward of the taxpayers' money, she said.
Bermuda Supervisor Dorothy Jaeckle noted that the public didn't receive information on the surplus or potential plans for it until the day before the board meeting. The recommendations are good, she said, but the Citizens Budget Advisory Committee should take a look at it, too.
Gecker said he thought the staff's proposal was sound. He also noted that the budget and audit panel made a recommendation at its meeting to increase the fund balance from 7.5 percent to 8 percent of the county's operating budget.
Officials aren't talking about giving employees raises, he said, and the money wasn't "found" – officials knew it was coming and where it was coming from. The deferral should be viewed as a reaction to the fact that the matter is a "major item" and that it's hitting some supervisors "relatively cold," he said.
"I don't think this deferral ought to be misread as disagreeing philosophically with where this is going," he said.
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Understanding how much you can afford is one of the most important rules of home buying. Depending on your individual situation, your budget can affect everything from the neighborhoods where you look, to the size of the house, and even what type of financing you choose.
Bear in mind, however, that lenders will look at more than just your income to determine the size of the loan. Likewise, you may find that there are some creative financing options that can help boost your purchasing power.
Loan prequalification vs. preapproval One of the best ways to determine your budget is to have your real estate agent or lender prequalify you for a loan. Prequalification is different from preapproval, because it is only an estimate of what you'll be able to afford. On the other hand, preapproval is a more formal process where a lender examines your finances and agrees in advance to loan you money up to a specified amount.
What factors are important to lenders? Banks and lending institutions will use several criteria to determine how much money they'll agree to lend. These include:
Two important ratios Lenders also use your financial information to figure out two, very important ratios: the debt-to-income ratio and the housing expense ratio.
Debt-to-income ratio Many lenders use a rule of thumb that the amount of debt you are paying on each month (car payment, student loan, credit card, etc,) shouldn't exceed more than 36 percent of your gross monthly income. FHA loans are slightly more lenient.
Housing expense ratio It is generally difficult to obtain a loan if the mortgage payment will be more than 28 to 33 percent of your gross monthly income.
Down payments make a difference If you can make a large down payment, lenders may be more lenient with their qualifying ratios. For example, a person with a 20 percent down payment may be qualified with the 33 percent housing expense ratio, while someone with a 5 percent down payment is held to the stricter 28 percent ratio.
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noun \ˈkü-(ˌ)kü, ˈku̇-\: a type of bird that lays its eggs in the nests of other birds and that has a call that sounds like its name
plural cuckoos
Full Definition of CUCKOO
: a largely grayish-brown European bird (Cuculus canorus) that is a parasite given to laying its eggs in the nests of other birds which hatch them and rear the offspring; broadly : any of a large family (Cuculidae of the order Cuculiformes) to which this bird belongs
: the call of the cuckoo
: a silly or slightly crackbrained person
Examples of CUCKOO
- <one cuckoo at the campground tried to boil soup in a plastic cup>
- <didn't want to be among those cuckoos who race around the mall the day before Christmas>
Origin of CUCKOO
Middle English cuccu, of imitative origin
First Known Use: 13th century
Related to CUCKOO
- Synonyms
- berk [British], booby, charlie (also charley) [British], fool, ding-a-ling, dingbat, ding-dong, dipstick, doofus [slang], featherhead, git [British], goose, half-wit, jackass, lunatic, mooncalf, nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit [chiefly British], nitwit, nut, nutcase, simp, simpleton, turkey, yo-yo
- Antonyms
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Rhymes with CUCKOO
accrue, achoo, adieu, ado, Agnew, aircrew, airscrew, anew, askew, babu, Baku, bamboo, battu, battue, bayou, bedew, beshrew, bestrew, bijou, boo-boo, boubou, brand-new, breakthrough, burgoo, cachou, can-do, canoe, caoutchouc, Carew, Cebu, Chonju, construe, Corfu, corkscrew, coypu, CQ, curfew, debut, Depew, doo-doo, ecu, endue, ensue, eschew, floor-through, fondue, fordo, Gansu, Gentoo, Gifu, goo-goo, GQ, ground crew, gumshoe, guru, hairdo, hereto, Hindu, home brew, Honshu, horseshoe, how-to, HQ, Hutu, igloo, imbrue, imbue, IQ, jackscrew, K2, Kansu, karoo, Karoo, kazoo, Khufu, kung fu, Kwangju, leadscrew, lean-to, long view, make-do, Matthew, me-too, mildew, milieu, miscue, misdo, muumuu, non-U, old-shoe, one-two, on view, outdo, perdu, Peru, poilu, prau, preview, pursue, purview, ragout, redo, renew, Renfrew, review, revue, rough-hew, run-through, sandshoe, Sardou, see-through, set-to, setscrew, shampoo, sinew, skiddoo, snafu, snowshoe, soft-shoe, span-new, subdue, surtout, taboo, Taegu, tattoo, thank-you, thereto, thumbscrew, to-do, too-too, tree shrew, undo, undue, unglue, unscrew, untrue, vatu, vendue, venue, virtu, voodoo, wahoo, walk-through, wherethrough, whereto, who's who, worldview, yahoo, yoo-hoo
verbDefinition of CUCKOO
transitive verb
: to repeat monotonously as a cuckoo does its call
First Known Use of CUCKOO
adjective: silly or crazy
: very enthusiastic
Full Definition of CUCKOO
: of, relating to, or resembling the cuckoo
: deficient in sense or intelligence : silly
Examples of CUCKOO
- <a cuckoo woman who wandered around town carefully gathering up useless trash>
- <offered a completely cuckoo suggestion for using the defunct strip mall>
First Known Use of CUCKOO
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- Synonyms
- balmy, barmy [chiefly British], bats, batty, bedlam, bonkers, brainsick, bughouse [slang], certifiable, crackbrained, cracked, crackers, crackpot, cranky [dialect], crazed, crazy, insane, daffy, daft, demented, deranged, fruity [slang], gaga, haywire, kooky (also kookie), loco [slang], loony (also looney), loony tunes (or looney tunes), lunatic, mad, maniacal (also maniac), mental, meshuga (or meshugge also meshugah or meshuggah), moonstruck, non compos mentis, nuts, nutty, psycho, psychotic, scatty [chiefly British], screwy, unbalanced, unhinged, unsound, wacko (also whacko), wacky (also whacky), wud [chiefly Scottish]
- Antonyms
- balanced, compos mentis, sane, sound, uncrazy
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)Any of some 138 species of tree-dwelling and terrestrial birds of the family Cuculidae. They are found worldwide in temperate and tropical regions but are most diverse in the Old World tropics. New World species are sometimes classified as a separate family (Coccyzidae) and include the roadrunner. Cuckoos range from 6.5 to 36 in. (16 to 90 cm) long. Most are drab gray, but a few are partially or completely brightly coloured or iridescent. Aside from the European cuckoo's familiar two-note call, cuckoos are best known for their habit of brood parasitism (see cowbird); their eggs resemble those of the host species (egg mimicry), and the adult cuckoo removes one or more host eggs to ensure that the substitution is not detected. The newly hatched cuckoo may also eject eggs or nestlings.
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- Mahler, Vincent A., David K. Jesuit and Piotr Paradowski, 2014. "Electoral Turnout and State Redistribution: A Cross-National Study of 14 Developed Countries," Political Research Quarterly 67(2): 361-373.
- Murray, Gregg R., and Richard E. Matland. 2014. "Mobilization Effects Using Mail: Social Pressure, Invoking Injunctive Norms and Timing," Political Research Quarterly 67(2): 304-319.
- Simon, Christopher A., and Raymond Tatalovich, 2014. "Party, Ideology, and Deficits: Provincial Fiscal Policy and the Cameron Thesis, 1966-2009," Canadian Journal of Political Science 47(1): 93-112.
- Tatalovich, Raymond and Steven E. Schier with Thomas Engeman, 2014. The Presidency and Political Science: Paradigms of Presidential Power from the Founding to the Present, 2nd ed. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe Publishers. Foreword by Theodore J. Lowi, Cornell University.
- Tezcür, Güneş Murat, 2014. "The Ebb and Flow of Armed Conflict in Turkey: An Elusive Peace," in Conflict, Democratization, and the Kurds in the Middle East eds., David Romano and Mehmet Gurses. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 171-188.
- Avdeyeva, Olga A., and Richard E. Matland, 2013. "An Experimental Test of Mail Surveys as a Tool for Social Inquiry in Russia," International Journal of Public Opinion Research 25(2): 173-194.
- Doherty, David, 2013. "To Whom Do People Think Representative Should Respond: Their District or the Country," Public Opinion Quarterly 77(1): 237-255.
- Frendreis, John, and Raymond Tatalovich, 2013. "Secularization, Modernization, or Population Change: Explaining the Decline of Prohibition in the United States," Social Science Quarterly 94(2): 379-394.
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Boys Basketball: Hillcrest holds off Oak Forest
By Pat Disabato email@example.com February 14, 2014 10:48PM
Hillcrest's Taylor Adway (2) guarded by Oak Forests Jason Roland (14) shoots against Oak Forest in Oak Forest Friday, February, 14, 2014. | Jim Boyce/For Sun-Times Media
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Updated: March 17, 2014 11:37AM
Hillcrest guard DeAngelo Isby woke up feeling a little different Friday morning.
"From the time I woke up I had a different mind-set and focus," he said. "I was ready."
That didn't bode well for Oak Forest on Friday night.
Isby poured in a game-high 26 points to lead Hillcrest to a 63-57 win over host Oak Forest in a South Suburban Blue battle.
The victory was the Hawks' 10th straight and moved them one step closer to securing their 26th consecutive conference championship. A win against either Tinley Park or T.F. South earns Hillcrest (16-6, 10-1) at least a share. A sweep assures the title outright. Oak Forest fell to 18-4, 8-2.
"I was locked in offensively and defensively," said Isby, a 6-foot-5 junior guard. "It was one of my best all-around games of the season."
Isby received considerable help from fellow junior Taylor Adway. With Isby converting buckets from all over the floor, the 6-8 Adway provided a menacing presence inside and finished with 19 points.
It was a seesaw battle until the early stages of the fourth quarter. With Hillcrest leading 45-40, Tom Shute (15 points) buried a three-pointer and Jason Roland (13) followed with a steal and layup to forge a tie with 5:45 remaining.
Isby, however, stepped up and canned consecutive baskets to give the Hawks a 49-45 advantage with 3:47 to go.
"Isby is a special player," Hillcrest coach Don Houston said. "We've got to get him to play to his potential every game. He and Taylor can be two of the best players in the state."
Oak Forest closed to within 49-48, but free throws by George McDaniel and Isby and a dunk by Adway stretched the Hawks' lead to 55-48 with 1:48 left.
"It's the same story every year with Hillcrest," Oak Forest coach Matt Manzke said. "They wear you out with their pressure and depth. They keep coming at you."
The Bengals led by as many as six points in the opening half. Kyle Flanagan (19 points) thrilled a partisan Oak Forest crowd by burying two midrange jumpers, and Shute and Roland followed with baskets to vault the Bengals to a 24-18 advantage.
The Hawks, however, used a 10-3 spurt to close the half, keyed by hoops from Bakari Hull, Isby and McDaniel for a 28-27 lead at intermission.
"We knew they were going to come out with all they had," Adway said. "We took their best punch."
A solid night from the free-throw line certainly helped Hillcrest, which converted 19-of-26 from the stripe.


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Hyattsville Man Sentenced to over 6 Years in Prison for Distributing and Possessing Child Pornography
Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. sentenced Daniel Cardwell, age 28, of Hyattsville, Maryland, today to 77 months in prison followed by supervised release for life for distributing and possessing child pornography. Judge Williams ordered that upon his release from prison, Cardwell must register as a sex offender in the place where he resides, where he is an employee, and where he is a student, under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge William Winter of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); and Colonel Marcus L. Brown, Superintendent of the Maryland State Police.
According to the plea agreement, from October 4, 2010 to May 4, 2011, Cardwell used a file share program to distribute 1,298 files depicting children engaged in sexually explicit conduct. On May 10, 2011, after identifying Cardwell as the individual distributing the images, the Maryland State Police executed a search warrant at Cardwell's home and seized computers and hard drives containing 57 videos depicting children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc For more information about internet safety education, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the "resources" tab on the left of the page.
This investigation was part of Operation Predator, a nationwide ICE HSI initiative to protect children from sexual predators, including those who travel overseas for sex with minors, Internet child pornographers, criminal alien sex offenders, and child sex traffickers. ICE encourages the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free hotline at 1-866-DHS-2ICE or its online tip form at http://www.ice.gov/exec/forms/hsi-tips/tips.asp. Both are staffed around the clock by investigators.
United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein commended HSI Baltimore and Maryland State Police for their work in the investigation. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Special Assistant U.S. Attorney LisaMarie Freitas, who prosecuted the case.


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Jean Cras came across Albert Samain's dramatic poem "Polyphème" in the summer of 1910 and immediately resolved to make an opera of it—"a will superior to mine chose the work to which I was thenceforward to dedicate myself with the fervor of a submissive disciple." Cras took Samain's text almost unchanged, dividing the poet's two acts into four and cutting a few lines from Polyphemus' final harangue. Composition was complete by 1914, though the outbreak of World War I in August of that year delayed its orchestration until 1916-1918. Cras pursued, like his friend Albert Roussel, a naval career, and was commander of the torpedo boat Commandant Bory, which saw action in the Adriatic. Unlike Roussel, who resigned his commission at 25 to follow music, Cras remained in the service, attaining the rank of Rear Admiral. Awarded the City of Paris Prize in 1921, Polyphème enjoyed a successful première at the Opéra Comique on December 28, 1922, staged by Albert Carré and conducted by Albert Wolff, with Vanni Marcoux taking the lead. Revived for the 1924-1925 season, it was forgotten until a 2003 recording brought it again to public attention. Motivated by intense ethical concerns, the appeal of Samain's play for Cras was its valorization of Polyphemus as the trivial love interest of Galatea and Acis—an attractive airhead courted by a fop—is overshadowed by the tragedy of the ugly man. In a moment of murderous rage, Polyphemus, about to crush Acis and Galatea, experiences a moment of recognition and blinds himself, instead, before wading into the ocean. Samain's chiseled verses provided, as well, scaffolding for a musical vision of antiquity (most telling in the Act IV Divertissement—Galatea's dream—a balletic vision of Pan surrounded by nymphs), the inevitable elaborate love duet, and a sea-haunted mise-en-scène. While Cras is at pains to give the poet his due—and Polyphème is often compared with Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande in this regard—his music has much more in common with such French post-Wagnerian operas as d'Indy's L'Étranger (another sea-obsessed score), Fauré's Promethée and Pénélope, or Dukas' Ariane et Barbe-Bleu in being through-composed (vocal lines shaped with mélodie-like suppleness rising into arioso), sparing use of leading motifs, and symphonic eloquence. Of some interest, the composition of Polyphème overlapped that of Roussel's similarly pivotal Padmâvatî (premiered at the Paris Opéra on June 1, 1923), whose acerbic Modernism and foreshadowing of neo-classicism throw into relief Polyphème's throwback post-Romanticism, whose fin-de-siècle aesthetic baggage rendered its real grandeurs unfashionable -
Polyphème, operaYear: 1910-18
- Act I: Introduction
- Act I Tableau 1: Scene 1: Nymphes des bois et des rivieres (Un Sylvian, Une Nymphe, Choir)
- Act I Tableau 1: Scene 2: Ah! c'est toi, mon petit (Polypheme, Lycas)
- Act I Tableau 1: Interlude
- Act I Tableau 2: Scene 1: Elle dort …(Polypheme, Galatee)
- Act II: Introduction
- Act II Tableau 3: Scene 1: Il est loin maintenant (Galatee)
- Act II Tableau 3: Scene 1: J'ai du garder la ferne, ou le travail est rude (Galatee, Acis)
- Act II Tableau 3: Scene 1: Tiens, mords a meme (Galatee, Acis, Lycas)
- Act III: Prelude
- Act III Tableau 4: Oh! qui m'enlevera mon eternel ennui! (Polypheme)
- Act III Tableau 4: Scene 2: Lycas! (Polypheme, Lycas)
- Act IV Tableau 5: Scene 1: Mes cheveux sont defaits…(Acis, Galatee)
- Act IV Tableau 5: Scene 2: Nymphes des bois, nymphes des eaux (Acis, Galatee, Nymph, Choir)
- Act IV Tableau 5: Scene 3: Les feux du jour sont apaises (Choir)
- Act IV Tableau 5: Scene 4: Que fais-tu? (Acis, Galatee, Polypheme)
- Act IV Tableau 5: Scene 5: Il est parti…(Galatee)
- Act IV Tableau 5: Scene 6: Lycas!…Lycas!…(Polypheme, Lycas)
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