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My lady picked up a couple of these from a nursery moving sale and they didn't have tags. In fact, nothing at the nursery had tags which really annoyed the obsessive labeler in me, lol. |
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It is an Aloe aristata hybrid, maybe a gasteraloe with aristata. |
- Posted by rosemariero6 z10 /ss24 So. Calif. (My Page) on Sat, Feb 9, 13 at 21:06
I believe that is the real deal, Aloe aristata. |
Thanks all, I'm inclined to go with rosemarie's suggestion. We'll see when they flower. |
- Posted by wantonamara 8bTx (My Page) on Sun, Feb 10, 13 at 20:47
If they start pupping a lot of babies, then it is a hybrid. Aloe aristata is a solitary aloe.That one looks solitary so far. Most ones in the trade are hybrids. |
- Posted by rosemariero6 z10 /ss24 So. Calif. (My Page) on Sun, Feb 10, 13 at 21:51
Interesting info about it being a solitary Aloe, Mara. The reference book I have, Guide to the Aloes of South Africa, by Van Wyk & Smith, has this for Aloe aristata: Plants are stemless and usually occur in dense groups of up to 12 rosettes. The online Aloe site, aloestudies.org, shows pix of groups. I would guess they grew that way from pupping (but maybe from seed?). |
- Posted by wantonamara 8bTx (My Page) on Sun, Feb 10, 13 at 22:57
I am just repeating several growers that have said this on other sites. People a lot more knowledgeable than me . But , yes, it is hearsay and they (and therefor I) could easily be wrong. I always thought that was interesting because most A. aristas that I saw were prolific clumpers. Also maybe there are many natively occurring hybrid strains in the wild. Things get complex out there and I am not the one to bank my reputation on anything I hear . |
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It's technically a "paragneiss", which consists of quartz and feldspars with admixtures of other minerals ... it would probably be less susceptible to etching and staining than marble. It looks like a really 'veiny' gray and white marble, but with coarser coloration grains - interesting |
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In-game sounds and music work okay so there's nothing amiss there. i've set the Voice Chat volume to max and turned everything else down. i've found a couple of online pages that mention creating a ~/.openalrc file which i've tried, again without success.
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"Letchworth-Love Mounds is part of a larger mound complex that extends beyond the park boundaries. The cultural resources of Letchworth-Love Mounds consist of multiple mounds, including a small burial mound recorded in 1972 and the larger mound complex recorded five years later. The 46-foot high Temple mound, the centerpiece of the park, is part of a complex of between 20 and 28 smaller mounds. Letchworth Mound predates the Lake Jackson Mound complex north of Tallahassee, and was thought to be the eastern capitol of a Native American culture, with Lake Jackson as the western capitol.The large Letchworth Mound is 13-15 meters high, with an apparent platform on the south east side. The remains of a ramp are visible. The people who built the mound are believed to have been members of the Weedon Island Culture, a group of Native Americans who lived in North Florida between 200 and 800 A.D. There is a second mound located 1.5 meters to the northwest of the large mound. The village associated with the Letchworth Mound is considered to have been on the south side of the mound. Acquisition by the state began in 1992 to protect and preserve the mound and related archaeological deposits. The park opened to the public in 1998. "
Come and explore the art and architecture of Letchworth-Love Mounds Archaeological State Park. Constructed between 1,100 and 1,800 years ago by the Weeden Island peoples, the almost 50 foot tall Great Mound is among the tallest earthen mounds in Florida. While the exact details are yet to be discovered, the construction of the Great Mound required extensive planning and organization. Members of the community carried dirt in baskets weighing 30 to 230 pounds each to create this archaeological wonder.
Each year, visitors come to this historic site to enjoy the natural beauty of the area, as did the American Indians who once lived here.
Come and spend a quiet and peaceful day at Letchworth-Love Mounds Archaeological State Park. A covered picnic pavilion awaits, with hands-on displays and a scaled model of the Great Mound.
A boardwalk leading to an overlook platform beckons visitors to enjoy the richness of this cultural site.


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We investigate structures, processes and functions within natural aquatic ecosystems, their relevance for ecological states and ecosystem services as well as their dependence on natural factors and anthropogenic pressures. We put emphasis on scientific fundamentals for the development of management strategies, which are based on a combination of emission control, optimized structures of aquatic ecosystems and consideration of biological regulation mechanisms.
Our research serves to provide methodologies and indicators for the environmental protection and sustainable use of water resources and aquatic ecosystems under the conditions of global development and climate change. Our focus of interest are the development of concepts, models and tools for the integrative water resources management (IWRM) on catchment scales in Europe and their transfer to other regions of the world.


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J.Cole appeared at NYU last night where he performed his verse from 'A Star Is Born' from BP3 a long with material from The Warm Up. Peformance looks tight, especially with the live band. The girl accompanying him on stage is fellow Roc nation artist Bridget Kelly.
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Jamaica will host Group One of the first stage of the 2012 Caribbean Football Union Under-17 Male Qualifiers from July 9 to 16 in Kingston.
The young Reggae Boyz will play alongside Bermuda and Antigua and Barbuda.
There will be five groups at this stage of the qualifiers. The winner of each group plus the best overall second place team will qualify for the Final Round of Qualifiers later this year.
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Left Hand usually makes a good beer so I had high hopes for the Goosinator. It is my understanding that the ingredients of this particular brew change every year so this review cannot be universally applied to all Goosinators. The 2005 is an amber colored ale that, when poured, appears crisp and thirst-quinching. It smells hoppy and slightly fruity but tastes malty with hints of coffee and carmel. The problem with this beer is that the flavor dissipates before it reaches the back of the throat and thus leaves the drinker feeling disappointed and a little cheated. I wouldn't say this beer is terrible but, for the price, it isn't worth the money spent. That being said I'll give the 2006 a chance before I totally write this beer off, hopefully it will be better…
[Ed. Note – I can't find a picture of the Goosinator, damnit!]
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This is the darkest wheat beer I've yet found, and rings in at about 8% abv. The reasoning behind this is that this is actually a doppelbock, which means that it is lagered and heavily fermented, which should give a heightening of many of the flavor aspects of the beer. The aroma is rich and pungent, smelling of dark chocolate. The flavor is excellent, with traditional wheat characteristics and a hint of dark chocolate and coffee. Overall, this tastes much like the Franziskaner dunkelweiss (which I love), but the Aventinus is a bit richer. This is practically a desert in a bottle, but offers the alcohol kick to really please the senses – highly recommended.
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The Optimator is my first ever doppel-bock. First, a little history. Bock beers, oddly enough, are a variety of lager – meaning they they bottom-ferment at a considerably lower temperature than the more common top-fermenting ales. Secondly, bock is a German type of beer, and was originally brewed by monks to maintain sustenance during fasts – the dark 'beefy' nature of a bock, coupled with its high alcohol content, was both filling and pleasing to the senses. Finally, it is custom that any bock beer's name end with the suffix of "-ator" – so anytime you see a beer with this suffix (like celebrator, alligator, etc) it is most likely a bock.
Okay, enough history – on to the beer. The Optimator pours very dark and viscous with a malty rocky head. The aroma borrows from a good Stout with hints of coffee and malt. The taste is rich and decadent – similar to a good stout, there are hints of chocolate and coffee. The differentiating factor here is the warming malt flavor, giving the beer extra body and an additional sweetness. Altogether this is an excellent beer, and fairly intoxicating at 7.2% abv.
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DE LUCA'S POINT: Let he who is without PEDs, cast the first vote
BY CHRIS DE LUCA firstname.lastname@example.com January 8, 2013 9:34PM
FILE - At left, in a June 23, 2011 file photo, former San Francisco Giants baseball player Barry Bonds leaves federal court in San Francisco. At center, in a July 14, 2011 file photo, former Major League baseball pitcher Roger Clemens leaves federal court in Washington. At right in a May 13, 2009 file photo, former baseball player Sammy Sosa attends the People En Espanol "50 Most Beautiful" gala in New York. With the cloud of steroids shrouding the candidacies of Bonds, Clemens and Sosa, baseball writers on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, might not elect anyone to the Hall of Fame for only the second time in four decades. (AP Photo/File)
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Glenn Beckert tells a funny story of the day he learned his roommate on the Cubs, Ron Santo, was diabetic and needed daily insulin shots.
It was the late 1960s or early '70s. The Cubs were in San Francisco, and Santo excused himself, stepped into their hotel bathroom and administered an insulin shot. With the door open.
Beckert saw his teammate injecting himself with a needle and was shocked.
"I was hitting .210, and he was hitting .360,'' Beckert recalled. ''I said, 'Hey, Rooms, I don't know where you got them needles, but give me a few.' ''
Beckert told this story last July during Santo's induction weekend at the Hall of Fame to detail his roomie's amazing daily battle with diabetes, but it also illustrates the mindset of most professional ballplayers: If there's a magic potion that can make me better, bring it on.
That was certainly the prevailing mindset from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s. It was the mindset of hitters, pitchers, managers, coaches, general managers and owners. They all knew steroids were becoming a bigger part of baseball, and they all looked the other way.
And now we need to revisit that dark era in baseball history and decide who was on the right side of things. Turns out all of them were on the wrong side.
The Steroid Era was celebrated by the media, fans and owners, who kept dishing out outrageous salaries to reward the game's biggest abusers. Attendance skyrocketed, and the paychecks from the TV networks kept adding zeros.
But now we're supposed to pretend that era didn't happen. That the New York Yankees didn't win three consecutive World Series (1998-2000) with a few suspected players on their roster. Or we're supposed to decide that Craig Biggio was somehow clean, while Sammy Sosa was dirty. It's ridiculous.
You never hear this debate when it comes to NFL players and their Hall of Fame. Bob Costas doesn't get teary-eyed when talking about protecting the integrity of a game that has a much deeper history with performance-enhancing drugs. Somehow, baseball deserves better?
Henry Aaron admitted to taking amphetamines during his Hall of Fame career. He wasn't alone. Does anyone really think Mickey Mantle's numbers would've been as good had he not benefitted from performance-enhancing greenies — a drug with a cute name that is every bit as illegal as steroids?
So on my ballot, Biggio, Sosa, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Mike Piazza got X's next to their names. I don't know for sure if any of them used illegal performance-enhancing drugs. I don't know if any of them are clean. It doesn't matter. We'll find out the results Wednesday in the most controversial vote in baseball history.
The nine rules for election in the Baseball Writers' Association of America package that includes the ballot avoid any discussion of performance-enhancing drugs. The closest the BBWAA comes is No. 5: "Voting shall be based upon the player's record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character and contributions to the team(s) on which the player played."
Many writers are using the mention of "integrity" as their justification in punishing the suspected juicers.
If integrity is the overriding issue, leave them all out.
How much integrity do you have when you know a teammate or opponent is using illegal drugs to get an edge and you don't speak up?
Tony Gwynn is a Hall of Famer who played during the Steroid Era. Nobody suspects that Gwynn juiced. But Gwynn has one of the sharpest minds in baseball history. He could tell if a pitcher had lost 1 mph on his slider. He knew if a blade of grass wasn't cut right in the infield. He had to know his teammates and opponents — specifically, his good friend Bonds — were juicing.
Gwynn could've blown the whistle on the Steroid Era badboys. He could've been a hero for doing the right thing. His voice would've been heard.
He kept quiet. To this day.
Integrity? How do you define integrity when it comes to a ballplayer?
Those BBWAA voters who were supposed to have spent at least 10 years in big-league clubhouses know you can't do that.


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Simple Winter Salad with Blood Orange Vinaigrette
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
Blood oranges are in season and I love their amazing color. I had the stomach flu a couple of weeks ago, and the worst thing about that (besides the obvious) is not being able to eat good food. I always end up obsessing over something I see on TV, which in the past helped lead me astray from being a vegetarian (burgers just looked too good!). This time, I was haunted by the amazing opening credits of Dexter. If you haven't seen them, they are a montage of Dexter's morning routine, including sizzling ham, eggs with runny yolks, perfect French press coffee, and him juicing a blood orange. I was drooling.
When I saw local blood oranges for a good price at the store, I had to get some. They ended up in a simple winter salad with spinach and walnuts. Winter veggies can get very monotonous (I love squash, but you can only eat so much of it), so this salad was a nice change. The blood orange adds a bright citrus note to the salad, while the walnuts add some nice crunch and texture.
I juiced another blood orange and whipped up a simple vinaigrette. It's a bit on the sweeter side, but not overwhelmingly so. It was a lovely accompaniment to this simple salad.
In the past I made muffins with candied blood orange slices on top, which were also delicious but clearly less healthy. What's your favorite way to use this colorful citrus?
Simple Winter Salad
- 2 C spinach
- 1/4 C walnuts, chopped
- 1 blood orange, peeled and cut into segments
- Blood orange vinaigrette (see recipe below)
Wash and dry spinach. Combine in a large bowl with walnuts and blood orange segments. Toss with vinaigrette until everything is evenly coated.
Blood Orange Vinaigrette
- 2 T extra virgin olive oil
- 2 T blood orange juice
- 2 t champagne vinegar
- 1/4 t agave or honey
- Pinch of kosher salt
Place all ingredients in a small bowl and whisk until thoroughly combined. Pour over salad and toss until everything is evenly coated.


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Denver, CO, 80246, United States
Located just south of Cherry Creek, Loews Denver Hotel is only a 15-minute drive from downtown. Inside the glass-and-steel building, the lobby is designed to resemble an Italian villa, with large marble columns, Renaissance-style paintings, and vintage furniture set beside a fireplace. Similarly styled, the 183 guest rooms are furnished in mostly neutral tones with large windows, some of which overlook the Rocky Mountains. The Tuscany restaurant serves upscale Italian fare, while the T-Bar Lounge stocks a variety of local microbrews. The hotel also provides free parking and a complimentary shuttle service within six miles of the property.
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A new set of documents filed today with the SEC reveals that Apple will be the sole benefactor in terms of using Liquidmetal for consumer electronics for years to come. The filed document, an amended general S-1 form for registration of securities, reveals some interesting information about the future of the Liquidmetal Alloy that Apple is currently licensing exclusively from Liquidmetal Technologies. The form reveals that, as a result of the licence transaction, Liquidmetal Technologies "will not pursue application of our bulk Liquidmetal alloys in the consumer electronics field", meaning that you won't see Liquidmetal in any other consumer electronics aside from those produced by Apple.
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Just A Reminder That Apple Will Announce They Have Sold Stuff Later Today
The Apple quarterly earnings call will take place later today as both amateur and professional financial analysts eagerly await the earnings figures. According to Fortune, the professional analysts expect Apple to announce revenue of approximately $57.35 billion, whereas the amateurs are feeling bullish and looking at nearer $59 billion. As reflected in a previous report, Apple is expected to have sold a number of iPads, a few Macs, and several iPhones.
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iTunes Store Experiencing Temporary Issues
A small number of customers are experiencing a small temporary glitch when trying to make purchases through the iTunes Store, according to reports on the Apple online Support Forums. According to the Forums, the problem is quite widespread and indicates that the problem only affects a proportion of customers who have iTunes accounts. The customers affected with the issue encounter an error that says 'FATAL:: Unable to process your request. Please try again'.
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Apple Highlights Black Friday Sale
Apple has today posted an image which teases its upcoming annual Black Friday sales event, set to take place on Friday, November 29. The event, held each year to showcase Apple's discounted mainstream products, tends to offer substantial discounts on a number of Apple devices. Most of the discounts are in the 5-10% range and can be found both on the online Apple Store and in physical Apple retail stores.
There are no details as yet on what offers will be made available, but in the past, Apple has offered significant discounts on several product lines, including the iPad, the iPod and MacBook devices, as well as accessories such as AirPort routers together with mice and keyboards. The teaser was first made available on the Australian Apple Store but will likely be rolled out to all stores soon.
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A new report is suggesting that Apple is preparing to release an iWatch with two different display sizes for consumers. According to the Korea Herald (via MacRumors), an analyst with NPD DisplaySearch, David Hsieh, is claiming that the company will be releasing iWatch devices with both a 1.7-inch display and a smaller 1.3-inch display. The resolutions of both displays are said to be 320 x 320 pixels meaning that the pixel density of the larger iWatch will be slightly lower than the smaller device.
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A new report is suggesting that Apple will be significantly expanding the services that it offers in retail stores to include replacements of certain components of iPhone devices. According to 9to5Mac, Apple will be giving stores the capability to replace the displays on iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C devices in the near future, meaning that users looking for replacements will be able to get their own device fixed, rather than accepting a refurbished unit as a replacement.
Apparently, a new glass display for either the 5S or the 5C will cost walk-in customers approximately $149. However, this cost is reduced for those who have purchased AppleCare+ and will only cost $79 for those people. Interestingly the report also suggests that other minor components such as power buttons, volume buttons, the speaker and perhaps even the Home button.
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Live Apple Event Coverage – October 22, 2013
Apple is today holding a media event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Key outcomes and launches from the event will be posted live here.
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Apple has today announced the public release of the next generation Mac operating system, OS X Mavericks, a new OS that gives a substantial number of enhancements and improvements to the existing Mac OS, but gives more focus to efficiency and power/memory usage. The new OS also offers a new Maps app and iBooks app, document tagging, as well as supporting website notifications. A new Keychain feature also syncs data across all devices. In an incredibly surprising move for Apple, OS X Mavericks will be made available to all users free of charge today.
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In addition to the new iPads, Apple is also expected to launch the brand new Mac Pro and upgrade the MacBook Pro line-up with latest generation Intel Haswell processors that offer staggering improvements in battery life. Apple is also expected to publicly launch the OS X 10.9 Mavericks operating system for Mac.
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Apple today held a media event at their Cupertino campus in California to introduce a number of brand new devices and software, including the iPhone 5S, the iPhone 5C and the new iOS 7 operating system for mobile devices. Here is a run-down of all of the pertinent points from the event, which also included developments in iWork and iTunes Radio.
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Apple SVP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi came on stage to showcase iOS 7, the new operating system that contains a huge number of new features including new lock screen and notification center developments, enhancements for new Apple devices, as well as an entirely new user interface. Federighi announced that iOS 7 would be launching on September 18 and will be compatible with most iOS devices including the iPhone 4 and later, the iPad 2 and later, the first generation iPad mini and the iPod touch. The new software will be free of charge and will also ship with all new Apple devices. Apple has plugged in a new version of Safari and has made several improvements to Siri. There is a new multitasking view for the OS as well as three new ringtones. The software also contains a new Photos app, with better organization of images, as well as new filters for the Camera app. iOS 7 also ships with iTunes Radio, the new Apple music streaming service.
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All Saints' Day (or All Hallows' Day on November 1st) and All Souls' Day (also called Day of the Dead or Dia de los Muertos on November 2nd) combine to form a special time each year to remember those who have gone before us. These church holidays are celebrations of gratitude, the continuity of life and a reminder of our place in the cycle.
Stories of generosity and justice, about prophetic preaching and speaking truth to power.
read moreJohn Becker has written a simple chant called "Litany of the Saints," which in its original form is literally a list of saints of the Catholic Church. But it is easy to write your own lyrics!
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JENSEN: Tillman making an elite place for himself in NFL history
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DEFENSIVE BACKS: A After being named the Player of the Month for October, Charles Tillman was even better Sunday, with 4 forced fumbles to spark the rout. Chris Conte had 3 pass breakups and a fumble recovery.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bears coach Lovie Smith and defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli preach to defensive players not to set limits, always strive to force a turnover and score.
But amid the elation in the visitors' locker room at LP Field on Sunday, Bears players marveled at the play of one teammate in particular: Charles Tillman.
The Bears veteran cornerback forced an astounding four fumbles against the Tennessee Titans, giving him a league-high seven for the season.
Julius Peppers: "It's impressive, man. Never seen anything like it before… It's one of the best seasons I've ever seen."
Brandon Marshall: "It's special to watch… I can't really explain it."
Bears seven-time Pro Bowl linebacker Lance Briggs said Tillman should be the NFL's Defensive MVP.
"I think we are all seeing history being made," he said.
But that's the thing about Tillman: where does he fit historically?
He's clearly the best cornerback in team history, but he's never mentioned among the elite at his position. Look no further than the Pro Bowl, which he's appeared just once after his standout 2011 season.
Champ Bailey of the Denver Broncos, Darrelle Revis of the New York Jets, Charles Woodson of the Green Bay Packers and Nnamdi Asomugha of the Philadelphia Eagles are often named the cream of the cornerback crop.
Tillman is often knocked for being a "cover-2" corner, a role less reliant on one-on-one coverage and more emphatic on tackling and re-directing. And even in that category, Ronde Barber of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is considered No. 1.
Not that Tillman cares.
"I'm confident in my technique, my team, my talent," Tillman said last week. "I think when it's all said and done, you can put my stats with other corners in the league, and I think it'll hold true.
"I can be in the same sentence."
But one of the architects of the Bears scheme insisted that Tillman could thrive in any defense, although he's ideally suited to play for Smith.
"[Tillman] isn't a blazer, a 4.3 guy [in the 40-yard dash]," said Tony Dungy, who hired Smith in Tampa and helped the Indianapolis Colts beat the Bears in Super Bowl XLI. "He's not the guy who looks fluid and all that. But he can come up and make tackles on third and one, strip the ball from people, and make plays down the field.
"To me, he's the perfect corner."
Woodson, an eight-time Pro Bowl selection and the Defensive Player of the Year in 2009, is regarded for his 55 interceptions and 11 return touchdowns. Bailey has a cornerback record with 11 Pro Bowl selections with his share of gaudy stats, and Barber is a skilled blitzer with 28 sacks.
But Tillman blows away other defensive backs – even linebackers – with his forced fumbles.
The statistic hasn't been tracked forever. But since 2003, Tillman is second in the NFL with 36, passing Peppers and Dwight Freeney of the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.
"Most of mine come from the blind side of the quarterback," Peppers said. "He does it while the guy is looking at him and trying to run him over. He does it in a different way so it makes it a little more impressive."
Titans pass catchers were warned about Tillman yet apparently didn't heed. On the first play from scrimmage, Tillman punched the ball away from receiver Kenny Britt at the end of a 23-yard catch.
"He can sure get the ball out," Britt said. "That's something we knew coming into the game and that's something we should have had focus on when we were out there."
One thing would clinch it for Tillman, according to Dungy.
"The only thing missing for Tillman," Dungy said, "is the Super Bowl [ring]."
Tillman has a puncher's chance.
A comparsion of Bears cornerback Charles Tillman with other notible corners of this era.
GAMES TACKLES SACKS PASS DEFENSE INT/ YARDS TDs FF
Charles Woodson 206 719 17.0 119 55/ 896 11 24
Ronde Barber 232 952 28.0 134 46/ 895 8 13
Darrelle Revis 79 294 1.0 98 19/ 364 3 3
Nnamdi Asomugha 145 373 2.0 66 15/ 79 1 2
Champ Bailey 201 730 3.0 134 50/446 4 7
Antoine Winfield 183 931 8.0 84 26/228 2 14
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18 be able to comprehend with all saints, which is the breadth, and the length, and the highness, and the deepness; [that ye may comprehend with all saints, which is the breadth, and length, and highness, and deepness;] | 18 may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, |
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By OOI KEE BENG, Editorial for Penang Monthly, January 2015 No one can doubt that Penang is going through a very dynamic period today. It is evident in how the cityscape and the street life are changing, and in how vibrant the economy and the art scene have become. Much has been happening, and even … Continue reading
Formation of integrated economic community marks coming of age for South-east Asia in wake of colonialism and Cold War By OOI KEE BENG, for Straits Times, Singapore, published December 25, 2014 (From left) Philippine President Benigno Aquino, PM Lee Hsien Loong, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Myanmar President Thein … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng, for THE EDGE Malaysia, 21 December 2014 There is no doubt that the standard of English in Malaysia has fallen badly over the last few decades. And this is true for all Malaysian communities, even the Eurasians. It is a generational phenomenon made all the poignant because Malaysians started out having … Continue reading
By OOI KEE BENG Merdeka is the country's most important word. It defines the country's original aspirations and means a great deal to older Malaysians. For that reason alone, young Malaysians should study what it means for them to be heir to that imposing legacy. All Malaysians know it as the founding of Malaya as … Continue reading
By OOI KEE BENG, Editorial for Penang Monthly, December 2014 Education is a key issue in nation building; and in no other country has that been more evident than in Malaysia where so much contestation since the 1950s has been about school types and the language of instruction. As soon as self-governance was obtained in … Continue reading
By OOI KEE BENG, Editorial for Penang Monthly, November 2014 Let's get serious about global communication. In the Age of Nationalism, which is what we continue to live in, we tend to forget that communication between peoples requires a range of compromises, not least of all in the use of language, in the use of … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng, for The Edge Malaysia, 27 October 2014. South of China, east of India and north of Australia, much is about to happen. This is besides the endless outbreaks of diplomatic antipathy and maritime scuffles between claimant states in the South China Sea, all poignantly signifying Beijing's inevitably enhanced role in East … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng For The Edge, Kuala Lumpur, September 29, 2014 It is indeed a heavy sign of the times that more and more ex-leaders are adopting the Internet as the preferred avenue for publicising their views. And why should they not? The arrival of the World Wide Web and all the fast-evolving social … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng Editorial, Penang Monthly, October 2014 At a time when journalism—as a social activity more than a salaried profession—is booming beyond measure in Malaysia—a fact proven by heightened contestations in the public domain, and by government attempts to intimidate and harass all types of non-supporters, it is important that we pause and … Continue reading
By OOI KEE BENG Editorial in Penang Monthly, September 2014 There is much to worry about in the world today, 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, ewhich should give us reason to pause and consider what the long-term, persistent and negative consequences of the cultural shrinking of the world actually are. Politically, … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng For THE EDGE, Kuala Lumpur, 25 August 2014 Multiracialism does not come by chance. It is always an expression of the populated territory's geopolitical history. We imagine societies to be essentially mono-cultural and mono-religious. That may be true of some regions in the world, but in regions such as Southeast Asia, … Continue reading
By OOI KEE BENG Editorial in PENANG MONTHLY, August 2014 Watching the recent World Cup matches brought to my mind the snug relationship between Form and Flair. Football seen on the TV screen shows clearly how different formations—of 4-3-3 or 4-4-2—function differently, and how each of these hold different possibilities and different limitations. Now, if … Continue reading
By OOI KEE BENG For THE EDGE MALAYSIA, 3 August 2014 The whole region held its breath as it waited for the final result of Indonesia's fifth presidential election to be announced on 22 July, 2014. Following exit polls done on election day on 9 July, both candidates had declared victory, and the tension worsened … Continue reading
By OOI KEE BENG Editorial for Penang Monthly, July 2014. A CLEAR CONNECTION seems to exist between an economy's health, on the one hand, and that society's handling of religious and ethnic minorities, on the other. In fact, I would venture that one can best identify a society in crisis by studying the xenophobic tendencies … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng For THE EDGE Malaysia, 30 July 2014 A wave of pessimism and dejection has been pervading Malaysia for quite a long time now. Exactly when it started is hard to say, but what has been obvious is that whatever potential lines of division that can be found in the diversity that … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng For Commentary, The National University of Singapore Society (NUSS). Volume 23, 2014. IF ONE DOES NOT go back too far, one could divide relations between Singapore and Malaysia into the Mahathir period and the Post-Mahathir period. Malaysia's long-term Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed retired on 30 October 2003, after 22 … Continue reading
By OOI KEE BENG For YaleGlobal Online, MacMillan Center. 26 June 2014. The world is on the watch for Islamic extremism – recent examples include the execution of some 1,700 Shia solders in Iraq and the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria. Two dynamics are underway that confound international relations, argues Ooi Kee … Continue reading
By OOI KEE BENG For The Edge, Malaysia, May 25, 2014 What seems to have happened in Malaysian politics since 2008 is that we have a voter population that is divided right down the middle, and given the nature of the game, this situation is expected to remain for quite a while. We have a … Continue reading
By OOI KEE BENG Editorial for Penang Monthly, June 2014 This month's cover is about Malaysia's brain drain; and what is fascinating is how old—and yet how current—the story reads. Indeed, we should be talking about a Brain Drain Trap, as we do about the Middle Income Trap. And we should be worrying just as … Continue reading
By OOI KEE BENG The sudden demise of opposition leader Karpal Singh in the early hours of 17 April in a traffic accident on the North-South Highway outside Kampar in Malaysia has left many Malaysians saddened. The sadness is deepened by the thought that he had only a month ago been convicted of sedition. It … Continue reading
By OOI KEE BENG, Editorial, PENANG MONTHLY May 2014 The morning was soft and cloudy—but only for a while. By 10 am, the sun was blazing and having its usual relentless way with Penangites. Perhaps as many as 20,000 of us were already gathered outside the Dewan Sri Pinang, where the body of one of … Continue reading
By OOI KEE BENG For THE EDGE, Malaysia, April 28, 2014 As they say, one can only tell if a child is well brought up by how it acts—not when it is rested, fed and showered—but when it is exhausted, dirty and hungry. It would be good for Malaysia to turn the disaster of MH370 … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng For THE EDGE, Malaysia,30 March 2014 One trend is quite certain in these uncertain times, and that is that China's political economy's impact on the world will increase for a long time to come. For the Big Powers, China's rise is understood sometimes as a win-win situation, but oftentimes as a … Continue reading
By OOI KEE BENG Editorial for Penang Monthly, April 2014. PM's cover story this month is about East Malaysia, and how unknown a territory it has always been to Malaysians on the peninsula. To start with, we need to remind ourselves of how troubled the beginnings of the Federation of Malaya actually were—and I don't … Continue reading
Review of Penang – The Fourth Presidency of India 1805-1830, Volume One: Ships, Men and Mansions, by Mark Langdon. George Town: Areca Books. 2013. By OOI KEE BENG, for Penang Monthly, March 2014 There are several questions about the history of Penang that have bothered me for quite a while, satisfactory responses to which cannot … Continue reading
INTERVIEW with Tan Twan Eng. In Penang Monthly, February 2014. OOI KEE BENG: What fascinates me greatly about your writing is your ability – and your apparent need – to embellish your narration with a sensitive description of some act or item occurring on the side. I hesitate to use the word "embellish", because very … Continue reading
By OOI KEE BENG EDITORIAL for Penang Monthly, March 2014 This month's article about the endless hunt for energy to power modern man's countless machines leads me to think about the psychological consequences of our dependence on external power; and how that dependence clouds our appreciation of the most simple talents and faculties we possess; … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng For THE EDGE, Malaysia. Feb 24 – Mar 2, 2014 Regimentation is elemental to Nation building. The issue is about "How". How are the processes of social regulation, legal control, central education and negotiated buy-ins arranged?; how is national pride and identity, not to mention national knowledge and aspirations, developed and … Continue reading
By Eileen Ng, February 07, 2014: The Malaysian Insider A prominent Malaysia watcher has said that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim becoming the Selangor Menteri Besar could be a game changer for the opposition, as it provided him the opportunity to lead the state and a track record to pitch to Malaysians in the future. Dr … Continue reading
By OOI KEE BENG, Editorial for Penang Monthly, February 2014. It's always a bit disconcerting when a notion forms in your mind and you cannot find a good word for it. Memory going bad? Mental energy running out? Bad vocabulary? In many cases, it is one of the above – or more. Also, when you … Continue reading
By OOI KEE BENG, For The Edge, Kuala Lumpur, 3-7 February 2014. WITH rising racial and religious intolerance dominating the stage in Malaysia, the basic unresolved problem in the country's development becomes painfully apparent once again, and questions begged to be asked and answered, again. Principally, how can the diverse cultural terrain that is Malaysia … Continue reading
By OOI KEE BENG [Speech given at 27th Conference of the Academy of Latinity in Kuala Lumpur. Organised with Global Movement of Moderates (GMM), 7 January 2014]. Honoured guests, dear friends, I am most honoured to be here today for this event, and to be on this esteemed panel. My short speech today at this … Continue reading
By OOI KEE BENG, for TODAY Newspaper, Singapore: 30 December 2013 Finally, the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) is displaying signs that it now realizes what a sorry state the once powerful party now finds itself in. This it managed to do at the party elections held on 21-22 December. In the general elections held in … Continue reading
Profile: Jeffrey Sachs By Ooi Kee Beng [Penang Monthly, Dec 2012] Penang Institute held the fourth event in its "Penang in Asia" Lecture Series on 20th October 2012. The honoured speaker was Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs. PM Editor Dr Ooi Kee Beng managed to squeeze a jet-lagging Prof Jeffrey Sachs for an interview while they … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng, For ISEAS Perspective, SINGAPORE, 26 Nov 2012 INTRODUCTION Malaysia's Parliament has to be dissolved by the end of April 2013, following which Malaysians must go to the polls within 60 days. Nothing significant about that, except that this 13th general election is a critical one which will decide how the country's politics … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng [Editorial in PENANG MONTHLY, Nov 2012] It is certainly true that never before in human history have so many been lifted out of poverty as has been the case in East Asia over the last few decades. The suggested reasons for these are many, though few easily agreed upon. In China, … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng For PENANG MONTHLY, Oct 2012 Standfirst: Cheah Cheng Hye, alumnus of Penang Free School, has been called the Warren Buffett of the East. Although he claims that gives him way too much credit, the reasons why he is one of Asia's most respected fund managers are many. For one thing, Value … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng For THE EDGE, Malaysia (29 October 2012) Under the rubric of Nation-building, countries throughout modern times have been struggling to construct institutions that can safeguard national independence, bring economic growth, and create a harmonious society. Thus, small and new countries like Malaysia have been frantically trying to put their house into … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng For The Edge, Kuala Lumpur, 24 September 2012 Its very name is magic…Istanbul. All its old names are magic… Byzantium … Constantinople. They conjure images of ancient civilizations, always fighting each other, and sometimes enriching each other. But in the end, they had to merge to leave a skyline that fascinates … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng For The Edge, Malaysia, 25th August 2012 ELECTIONS are on the way, and an endless stream of promises will be forthcoming. The good thing is that Malaysians are such a politically savvy people — and this is paradoxically a sad reflection on the state of politics in the country's recent history … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng [Editorial in Penang Monthly July 2012] The conference organized by Penang Institute and held on 25th June 2012 at the famed Eastern & Oriental Hotel is interesting for many reasons outside of all the fascinating things said by the impressive row of speakers. The participants were certainly an impressive lot, and … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng For THE EDGE, Kuala Lumpur. 28 April 2012. With Myanmar opening up faster than anyone ever expected the question how ASEAN is to develop as a community in the near future gets ever more interesting. "A chain is only as strong as its weakest link" is of course a saying … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng This interview with YB Liew Chin Tong, outgoing Executive Director of Penang Institute and Member of Parliament for Bukit Bendera, discusses his understanding of the tasks think tanks need to adopt in the 21st century. Malaysian nation building has not been an easy process, and one of the negative developments it … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng [Editorial in Penang Monthly, http://www.penangmonthly.com It has now been two years since this magazine, Penang Economic Monthly, was revamped into a new colourful product meant for wider circulation and sale. The reasons why that had to be done are still valid. In fact, they are more valid than ever. After March … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng [PEM September 2011 Editorial] From August 2, 2011, the name of the research centre that produces this magazine is changed from seri to Penang Institute. While there are several reasons for this evolution, the change that it signals most strongly is the realisation that social research in Penang and Malaysia – … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng [Article for the photograph exhibition by Wei Leng Tay — Discordant Symmetries, held at Baba House, Singapore on September 2011 to March 2012] WE ALL TRAVEL more or less nowadays, and every good trip tweaks our perspective of state, society and self to some extent. Numerous short trips leave us with … Continue reading
Ooi Kee Beng | 21 Sept 2010 Comment in Malaysiakini.com IN MOST WAYS, Selangor and its politics cannot help but set the tone for Malaysian governance in the years to come. The federation succeeds or fails, depending on what happens in this key state. One could go so far as to claim that the nature … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng THE PASSING of Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu in November last year threw a challenge to all serious scholars of Malaysian history. Not much has so far been written about him. No doubt most books on the country's political history do mention episodes such as his successful challenge against Tan Cheng … Continue reading
Penang Profile One hot afternoon in July, Ooi Kee Beng sat down at a Muslim cafe on Kandahar Street in Singapore for a cold Arabic coffee and a chat with one of Penang's many big names in the academic world. Professor Ho Eng Seng, a Penang Free School alumnus, shared with him some of the … Continue reading
Editorial, September 2011 By OOI KEE BENG THE BIGGEST trick that the nation-state concept has pulled on modern man is the proposal that there is an essential line between the external and the internal. Sovereignty over precisely demarcated physical territory is the underlying notion. It is here the nation-state is most easily understood. And so, … Continue reading
By Ooi Kee Beng for Penang Monthly, July 8, 2010. A politician may point the way, but without competent and dedicated civil servants to do the work, not much gets done. This gets truer the more adventurous the politician's goals are. So, when Dr Lim Chong Eu envisaged Penang as the production base for international … Continue reading


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Don't Drift Away
I have this bad habit of not keeping in touch. It's my own fault, I start to draw and sew then days pass, they bleed into weeks and before I even know it it's been a month or more since I've called or written. Those who know me best tend to excuse this particular character flaw and I am grateful for that. So I decided to make a few cards for those I care about most letting them know that I don't plan to drift away anytime soon.
In all of that did anyone happen to notice that I have cut WOOD on my Bernina 780? Yes, wood. No one in their right mind should ever loan me a machine and say see what it can do. Because I will. I ran everything through that machine that I could think of. I thought long and hard about the consequences of possibly breaking the machine but in the end it outlasted even me and my antics. I glued the little wood anchors onto some fabric and then glued the fabric to some paper I had lying around. I think they turned out pretty cute!
This is the last of my CutWork experiments. Tune in tomorrow to see what I did with the PaintWork tool and software. I know, it's like the gift that keeps on giving.
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Hackers Launch Attacks on Bitcoin Exchanges (WSJ)
Slovenia-based Bitstamp said it halted customer withdrawals to deal with the issue. BTC-e, a bitcoin exchange based in Bulgaria, said it was experiencing delays in crediting certain transactions. During such outages, some trading can continue, but customers aren't able to gain access to their money. Both exchanges described the problem as a denial-of-service attack, according to comments made by the companies on their websites. In denial-of-service attacks, hackers essentially disable a website by flooding it with information requests. The two exchanges account for 56% of bitcoin trading volume, according to bitcoincharts.com, which tracks trading activity. The attacks underscored the fragility of the five-year-old currency, which is created by computers and isn't backed by a central bank. "This is a very big deal," said Jaron Lukasiewicz, chief executive of Coinsetter, a New York-based bitcoin-trading platform that remained open as usual. "The two largest bitcoin exchanges aren't processing withdrawals—that essentially shuts the ecosystem down."
New York regulator moving ahead on bitcoin regulation (Reuters)
Benjamin Lawsky, superintendent of New York's Department of Financial Services, expects to adopt enhanced consumer disclosure rules, capital requirements and a framework for permissible investments with consumer money. Lawsky has said he plans to issue a "BitLicense" for businesses that use the new currencies, and he intends to provide regulations this year, which could make New York the first U.S. state to regulate virtual currencies such as bitcoins.
Two Hong Kong Firms to Pay $11 Million Over Inside Trades (Bloomberg)
Two Hong Kong-based asset-management firms agreed to pay about $11 million to settle U.S. regulatory claims related to improper trades made before China-based Cnooc Ltd. said it would acquire Canadian energy firm Nexen Inc. Citic Securities International Investment Management HK Ltd. and China Shenghai Investment Management Ltd. were the last two firms holding assets that were the subject of a 2012 Securities and Exchange Commission probe of illegal trades ahead of the merger announcement, the agency said in a statement yesterday. The SEC has collected almost $30 million in illicit profits and penalties in the case.
Ryan Seacrest To Launch Clothing Line (WSJ)
Most men don't have two stylists coordinating their clothes the way Ryan Seacrest does. So for his new clothing line, the "American Idol" host is including a color-matching system to help regular guys match trousers to shirt to tie…The clothing will come with tags attached that are numbered 1 through 4. Each tag indicates a color family, so men can look at the number and be confident that if they wear all 1s, everything will match, for example, or get information that a 1 might also work with a 2. The color-matching system, called "Style made Smart," is modeled after one that Mr. Seacrest uses. In his closets, each suit is on a hanger with a tie and a pocket square in the jacket pocket, and shoes for each outfit sit nearby. "I coordinate everything ahead of time," he said.
Pimco Boosts Government Holdings as Bonds Gain Most Since 2008 (Bloomberg)
The proportion of the securities in the $237 billion Total Return Fund (PTTRX) was 46 percent last month, compared with 45 percent in December, the company's website showed yesterday. It was the firm's biggest holding of the securities since at least July, when it revised how it classifies assets. Gross said this month U.S. 10-year yields can fall further if labor growth remains subdued and a key inflation gauge stays below the Federal Reserve's target. Mortgage debt accounted for 36 percent in January, compared with 35 percent the previous month.
Shia LaBeouf Launches Bizarre Public Performance Art Piece (THR)
A press release unveiling the performance art show reads: "Shia LaBeouf is sorry. Sincerely sorry. He will be in situ at 7354 Beverly Boulevard for the duration. Implements will be provided. Free admission." The #IAmSorry show, a collaboration between LaBeouf and artists Nastja Sade Ronkko and Luke Turner, takes place Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. There was no one yet at the scene when The Hollywood Reporter arrived late Tuesday morning for the unveiling, where two security guards were positioned outside. After being let into the gallery, a woman seated behind a table invites visitors to choose one object from a selection of "implements." […] several of the objects correspond to major films associated with LaBeouf's career, including a whip (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) and several Transformers toys. A bowl of Hershey's Kisses, a pair of pliers, a bottle of Brut cologne, a bottle of Jack Daniels and a bowl of folded up notes — each bearing Twitter comments about LaBeouf, according to the proposal — were also available for choosing. The visitor is then led past a curtain into a tiny room. Inside, LaBeouf sits at a small wooden table, the now-famous paper bag declaring "I am not famous anymore" placed over his head. (The wrinkled bag appears to be the same one he wore on the Berlin red carpet.) During THR's visit, LaBeouf never broke eye contact during the one-on-one but responded with total silence to a series of questions. His only reaction came at the very end, in the form of a nodded acknowledgment after being thanked for the experience.
Goldman puts 'for sale' sign on Iran's old uranium supplier (Reuters)
Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank are quietly trying to get out of a business few people know they are even in: trading supplies of raw uranium known as yellowcake. In the last four years, the banks have amassed low-grade stockpiles of the nuclear fuel ingredient larger than those held by Iran, and enough to run China's nuclear plants for a year. Goldman's uranium business can trace its roots back to an apartheid-era South African trading conglomerate that sold Iran its only known source of foreign yellowcake 35 years ago. To this day, that uranium delivery underpins Iran's disputed enrichment program, which western powers fear is aimed at developing atomic weapons, although Iran denies that. Now, under mounting political scrutiny of Wall Street's role in physical commodities trading, and following a collapse in demand after the Fukushima disaster, both firms have put their uranium trading desks up for sale.
NYSE Is Still No. 1, But Not By Much (WSJ)
Rival exchange operator BATS Global Markets was just a fraction of a percentage point shy of overtaking NYSE in January, handling 20.54% of U.S. trading volume compared with NYSE's 20.58%, according to Sandler O'Neill + Partners. BATS was able to leapfrog ahead of Nasdaq OMX Group Inc.'s 20.01% share with the addition of Direct Edge Holdings LLC, a merger that closed at the end of last month.
Goldman Sachs Promotes Five to Management Committee Amid Moves (Bloomberg)
Paul Russo, Michael Daffey, Justin Gmelich, Sarah Smith and Craig Broderick were named to the panel, which now has 34 members, according to employee memos obtained today by Bloomberg News. The New York-based firm yesterday named Ashok Varadhan, the 41-year-old chief of macro trading, as the third co-head of its trading division.
At Long Last, Westminster Gives Rat Terriers a Chance to Show (NYT)
New breeds like rat terrier — and the other newbies at the show, the chinook and the Portuguese Podengo Pequeno — generally need time at an elite show like Westminster to demonstrate their bona fides. There are, after all, plenty of breeds that have never won. It took until 2008, more than 130 years into Westminster's history, for a beagle, Uno, to win. And while terriers have won Westminster's top prize 45 times, Marti was unlikely to win the terrier group and advance to Best in Show against the winners of six other groups Tuesday night. Rat terriers, it should be said, do not resemble rats. Rats are among their field prey. It is not an especially lovely name, but Browne asked, "Who forgets it?" They are small, delightful, peppy dogs whose ancestry is derived from crossbreeding the fox terrier with various other terriers, and later with more terriers, beagles, whippets, Italian greyhounds and others, the American Kennel Club said. Despite the breed's deep roots in America, the American Kennel Club did not recognize the rat terrier until last year, an action that finally ushered in its debut showing at Westminster on Tuesday. "It's taken a long time," said Kimberly Seegmiller, a breeder in Glenwood, Mo., who is the interim secretary of the Rat Terrier Club of America. "But rat terriers became nearly extinct when farmers left the Dust Bowl and they didn't need their dogs. They kind of came back when a few people had them in the '60s and '70s, but even by the '80s, they were still pretty rare. And they're still not prevalent." It required the club petitioning the A.K.C. for five years and complying with its rules to get the rat terrier recognized last June, she said. From then until the end of 2013, the A.K.C. registered 3,268 rat terriers. Browne, who said recognition was overdue, proudly cited the date when she started to show Q in A.K.C.-sanctioned confirmation shows: June 26, 2013. "I think people took rat terriers for granted," she said.
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Seacrest item: Grranimals for adults.
Where can I buy Ryan Seacrest clothes? I want them now! Such a great idea.
Okay guys, so friday the regional vp is coming in, please wear a two or better.
you would have thought $5.5billion in profits could buy you some sort of protection
George Soros' ex-girlfriend goes berserk during deposition and smacks the 83-year-old billionaire in the head: court papers -
Taupe cargo pants, white frilly shirt and a red-tie are the NKI.
>Guy who thinks NKI really means something like straight guys don't know shit about fashion, but in Italian.
That is a serious amount of PR for someone who is not supposed to be famous anymore. I can't wait until Shia actually stfo.
Unknown Comic + Joaquin Phoenix – Originality = Shia LaPouff
Or a prettier ex-girlfriend
Well, I suppose there is a certain market for men who think their clothes are supposed to match.
"Goldman Sachs promotes 5 Rat Terriers to Management Committee." Lightning-fast scrolling and minimal speed-reading skills not a bad combination if I do say.
Dudes 83, do you think he can really see that well or think completely straight anymore ?
These guys are just happy to get the feet on the floor in the morning.
I'm actually pretty nervous about this winter storm coming, especially because the weather channel keeps referencing storm troopers.
I would miss it when it's gone though.
– guy who loves watching famous idiots commit social harrakari and implode
I mean, you can't make this shit up!
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I like the recent trend in Opening Bells. Keep 'em coming.
Bess will you be my Valentine?
– Proactive Guy
Kids today don't know how to whack off. They yank their wieners to hard and pull out their back. That's why all the jobs went over seas.
anybody else have to fly to SFO/IAH/ORD* tomorrow night?? "sorry doll, big deals to handle this weekend…."
*actual destination: Eagle County Airport
anybody else have to fly to SFO, IAH or ORD tomorrow night? "sorry doll, huge deal just popped up out of nowhere."
My wifey told me she is going to go bang kok tomorrow.
Doll text: He's gonna be gone til weekend !
Lax Text: I'll swing buy if you get new panties
Don't worry about the storm troopers – this is not the winter storm watch they're looking for.
– Obi W.-K.
Oh no, Bess, pick me instead. I don't have acne like the guy above.
Dear JPM Equity Derivatives MO,
Please learn how to properly account for splits with equity swaps so I don't have to explain to my PM that we really didn't lose $3M.
– Hedge Fund Analyst
and Berkeley chimes in with liberal dribble
pretty sure bess said she wants a guy that really cares about fitness. you know, pays for an equinox membership but doesn't exactly work out, per se. unless you consider working out to be going there at 8:00p, putting on some baller looking new nike shit, carelessly walking around listening to jams on spotify, firing off some texts and emails, jumping on a bike for 6 or 7 minutes, doing 3 pull ups, hitting the steam and showers, and crushing something from the juice bar like a boss
Losing 3 grand is not such a big hit. Losing $3MM. Now that hits your bonus.
right next to the trump stuff in the discount bin
As long your air drying it's all good.
Heh heh….Kids
"Do these pants go with my broken dreams?"
-Seacrest clothing line owner
UBS MD in 3 Stooges movie >> Shia LaDouche in any movie
Although nothing screams I am fully dedicated to my clients like acting on the side:
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Where are we, middle school? Clothes don't match, they go together.
I don't work out, but I'll take her to Per Se…if I get some "per se" in return.