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PhaseCore 28 Element
The Solution to Personal Cooling
28 is a non-toxic, non-flammable phase change material (PCM) made of a salt blend that is a sealed inside of an aluminum wrapper. It changes from solid to liquid and back again depending on the surrounding temperature. PhaseCore 28 elements are not effected by humidity and react to direct heat. Garments in a variety of styles and materials are designed to utilize the cooling effects of PhaseCore 28 elements to reduce heat stress.
Uses:Personal Cooling, Microclimate Cooling, Computer Cooling
Includes: PhaseCore Material (Salt Blend), Aluminum Wrapper, Label
PhaseCore 28 Element
- Recharges at Room Temperature
- Recharges without Ice, Water, or Refrigeration
- Easy to Use and Maintain
- Effective For Hours
- Reusable
- Non-Toxic, Non-Flammable
PhaseCore 28 Element
Small | Large | |
Activation Point |
Dimension | 2.6 x 2.7 x .3 in. (66 x 69 x 8 mm) |
4.5 x 2.6 x .3 in. (114 x 66 x 8 mm) |
Element Weight Total | 1.75 oz (50 g) | 3.5 oz (100 g) |
Salt Weight | 1.2 oz (34 g) | 2.9 oz (83 g) |
PhaseCore Element | Non-toxic, non-flammable salt mixture sealed inside an aluminum wrapper |
PhaseCore 28 Element
How does it work?
PhaseCore 28 elements have an activation point of 82.4°F (28°C). When the ambient temperature rises above this point, the element begins to absorb heat energy and transforms from a solid to a liquid. PhaseCore 28 elements will remain at its activation point as the heat energy is absorbed and stored. When heat is absorbed, the PhaseCore elements provide a comfortable and soothing cooling effect. PhaseCore elements recharge and return to their solid state when the ambient temperature drops below the activation point. PhaseCore 28 elements have a 10 year or 6,000 cycle life.
Is it Effective?
Tests completed in a hot environment have proven that PhaseCore 28 technology is effective in helping to combat the rise in a person's body surface temperature when in a hot environment. PhaseCore elements are effective for up to 4 hours, actual time varies based on physical activity, body type, environmental conditions, and garment.
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If you are wanting to try Salmon fishing, Torpedo Divers provide a cost effective solution for getting your lures down deep. You can use them with existing mono, braid, or fluorocarbon line setups or combine them with leadcore to take your leadcore setups deeper.
Archive for August, 2011
Radio Show: Torpedo Salmon!
Posted: 29th August 2011 by Jeff in GeneralTags: bait, cheap, Chinook, coho, colours, Cost effective, deep, depth chart, dipsey, dipsey diver, down rigger, inexpensive, king, lake trout, leadcore, lure, precision, Rainbow, Salmon, specific depth, speed, torpedo diver, torpedodivers.com, trout, weight, wire line
Bay of Quinte Walleye Tournament – September 1st, 2011 to December 15th, 2011 The fall Quinte Walleye season is just around the corner and here is a fun online tournament that we will be running. Note that for this tournament we will be offering a boat ticket as well as individual tickets. We are pleased […]
Congrats to Dave Paro, winner of the Hooked For Life Quinte Bass Challenge!
Posted: 15th August 2011 by Jeff in GeneralCongrats to Dave. Here is a picture of Dave and his fish. We look forward to running a Hooked For Life fall walleye challenge. Keep watch as this event will be coming very soon!
Radio Show: Lake Ontario Salmon Fishing
Posted: 11th August 2011 by Jeff in GeneralTags: alewives, anglers, bait, Brighton, charter, Cobourg, education, electronics, Equipment, fishery, Fishing, gear, great lakes, Guide, investment, Lake Ontario, Learn, Port Darlington, Salmon, structure, techniques, temp probe, Temperature, thermocline, VHF radio, water temperature, Wellington
In this week's show, Scott finally gets to talk about his love… Salmon Fishing! Listen in as we discuss some tips on finding and catching Salmon on Lake Ontario.
Radio Show: Shallow Water Largemouth Bass
Posted: 11th August 2011 by Jeff in GeneralTags: Bass, boil, braided line, Crankbaits, docks, explosive, fallen trees, Fishing, frogging, heavy action rod, heavy vegetation, hook set, jigs, largemouth bass, laydowns, lily pads, poppers, prepared, shallow water, skinny water, skipping plastics, slop, soft plastics, structure, texas rig, top water, weedless, weedless frogs, weeds
Scott and Jeff discuss skinny water bass fishing. From the right equipment and techniques, to proper hook sets, the guys will give you some more tips to put more green fish in your boat.
Radio Show: Bass Fishing – Challenge Yourself!
Posted: 11th August 2011 by Jeff in GeneralTags: approach, bait, Bass, challenge, choice, cold front, confidence, experience, Fishing, goal, Ideas, knowledge, lure, magazine articles, method, pressure systems, selection, set goals, Technique, Temperature, weather
We all have our go to methods for catching bass. This bass season, challenge yourself to try new approaches and techniques. And don't be afraid to pull out techniques from the past and maybe put a new twist on them.

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INDIANAPOLIS | Heftier traffic fines would be the ticket to bringing a trauma care hospital to Northwest Indiana under a measure that cleared the House on a 53-42 vote Tuesday. House Bill 1215, sponsored by Rep. Charlie Brown, D-Gary, would impose an $18 court fee on more than two-dozen moving violations, including drunken-driving, speeding or running a red light. The fees would help subsidize the state's seven existing trauma care hospitals and provide start-up funds to Methodists Hospitals Northlake in Gary, which wants to become a trauma facility. "It may generate $10 (million) to $12 million," Brown said. "This is a small step toward helping these hospitals." Level 1 trauma centers have surgeons and other specialists on duty at all hours to treat the most critical patients, including those injured in stabbings, shootings and traffic wrecks. And Level 2 trauma centers have those professionals on-call and prepared to reach the hospital within 15 minutes. Northwest Indiana currently does not have a trauma center, which means region hospitals often must airlift patients to hospitals in the Chicago area. Indiana has two Level 1 trauma centers, both in Indianapolis. Republicans complained about the fees contained in the legislation. "We are turning the courts into debt collectors for the state of Indiana for things we don't have the courage to finance out of the (state) budget," said Rep. Ralph Foley, R-Martinsville. The legislation now goes before the Senate.
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butter for greasing pan
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2 cans tuna
1 can (15.25-oz. size) corn niblets, drained
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Grease a casserole dish with butter, and line the bottom with a layer of potato chips. Add a layer of tuna on top of the chips, followed by a sprinkling of corn and several dollops of the soup.
Repeat the layering process until all ingredients are used, making sure to end with chips on top. Pour the milk over the casserole and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
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The 2014 Hendrick Motorsports Fan Fest will run from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday May, 23. The event will be held at the team's Concord, North Carolina, facility and feature an array of free entertainment for the whole family, including activities for children, interactive sponsor displays, food vendors, show cars, live music and question-and-answer sessions with crew chiefs and drivers.
Please check back often for updates as the schedule is subject to change.
Fan Fest parking will not be available on the Hendrick Motorsports campus with the exception of those with handicapped identification. Free parking and shuttle transportation will be at Charlotte Motor Speedway Lot Z off Bruton Smith Boulevard in Concord.
10 a.m. -- Fan Fest opens
Team store, museum, sponsor displays, food and beverage vendors, race shop lobbies and seating areas open
2 p.m. -- Race shops open for behind-the-scenes tours (close at 4:30 p.m.), kid's zone area opens
3:05 p.m. -- Stage activities begin outside the Hendrick Motorsports museum and team store
3:05–3:30 p.m. -- Kenny Francis (No. 5 crew chief) and Alan Gustafson (No. 24 crew chief) fan Q&A on stage
3:35–4 p.m. -- Chad Knaus (No. 48 crew chief) and Steve Letarte (No. 88 crew chief) fan Q&A on stage
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4:35–5 p.m. -- Kasey Kahne, driver of the No. 5 Chevrolet, fan Q&A on stage
5:05–5:30 p.m. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the No. 88 Chevrolet, fan Q&A on stage
5:35–6 p.m. -- Jimmie Johnson, driver of the No. 48 Chevrolet, fan Q&A on stage
6:05–6:30 p.m. -- Rick Hendrick fan Q&A on stage
7 p.m. -- Fan Fest closes
The entrance to free parking is at Charlotte Motor Speedway Lot Z off Bruton Smith Boulevard in Concord. Shuttles will transport all fans to and from the Hendrick Motorsports campus. Parking attendants will direct those with valid government-issued handicap license plates or placards to available handicap parking spaces located on the Hendrick Motorsports campus.
Race Shop Tours:
The Nos. 5/24 and 48/88 race shop lobbies will open for viewing at 10 a.m., and behind-the-scenes tours will be available to fans from 2 – 4:30 p.m. The start of the self-guided tour begins in the lobby of the Nos. 48/88 race shop and continues into the Nos. 5/24 race shop. While supplies last, a complimentary 30th anniversary gift will be distributed to fans touring the race shops.
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An array of activities for children 12 years and under will take place at the Performance Training Facility beginning at 2 p.m. All children must have a parent-signed waiver in order to participate in the activities. While supplies last, children who visit the kid's zone will receive a free gift.
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Nope, never heard of them. And since appear to be a shill I will not use Google to search for those mowers. Who knows what kind of viruses your site might download. |
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Many of my herbs are ready to be picked. This is my first herb garden and I welcome any help. How do you store them, freeze them and which ones should I dry. I have the following:
Basil, Oregano, German Chamomile, Mint chocolate, spearmint, peppermint, Dill, Chives, Sage, Rosemary, Parsley, Bee Balm, Thyme and Chervil. One other that I don't yet recall. I want to be able to use them throughout the winter months and will be using fresh throughout the summer. I also grew some lavender to mix with some for sented gifts. Because I'm currently out of work I am also looking for gift idea's. Thanks. |
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- Posted by herbalbetty z5NY (My Page) on Sun, Jun 12, 05 at 20:15
dpinker, dry everything but the basil and chives. For the oregano, mints, dill, sage, rosemary, parsley, bee balm, thyme and chervil - harvest after the dew has dried, and then bunch them into small bundles (strip off some of the lower leaves if necessary), put a rubber band around them and hang up to dry. For basil and chives, you might want to freeze. Whir the individual herb in the blender with just a little water to help things along and freeze into ice cubes. Put the ice cubes into freezer bags and freeze. You could also make pesto with the basil - which makes a wonderful present. The chamomile should be spread on a clean screen to dry (put something underneath the screen to catch the seeds that will fall through). If your chives are blossoming right now, harvest the blossoms and make chive vinegar. Sterilize an empty mayo jar, fill with fresh picked chive blossoms and top up with white vinegar. Let steep until gift giving time, then strain the vinegar and rebottle into pretty bottles. |
why cant you dry basil and chives? I dried my chives and put them in a jar in July, they are not refrigerated. I keep them with the rest of my dried herbs in a cabinet. I use them all the time for cooking. Am I at risk of botulism? |
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17 And I will send in upon you famine, and evil beasts unto utter destruction: and pestilence, and blood shall pass through thee, and I will bring in the sword upon thee. I the Lord have spoken it. | 17 I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I the LORD have spoken." |
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This is not a particularly deep thread, but it seems to me that the prevalence of 'Atheism' with a capital 'A' is growing. 'Atheism' is a common noun, not a proper noun, so in English it should not normally be capitalized (unless it is at the beginning of a sentence). However, for a time I used to hear people referring to 'Big A Atheism' implying additional values ascribed to the term beyond mere lack of belief.
For those who capitalize, is this just just an odd typing habit, or are you implying something by writing 'Atheism' instead of 'atheism'? If the latter, what is your intended meaning?
For the record, I doesn't matter to me that people use one over the other; it's just a point of curiosity as to why. Personally, I prefer it as a common noun indicating nothing more than one very simple statement of disbelief in deities.
No mater how you dice it, Atheism is a belief system. It just happens to be one that prioritizes skepticism above belief. Personally, I capitalize Atheism to stress it. To point out to others that, to me, Atheism is just as important as Christianity is to Christians.
A belief does not a system make.
As an atheist, I do think that it's counterintuitive and demonstrably wrong for atheists to say atheism isn't a belief, but at the same time a system implies more than a belief that theism is wrong. A system is...
A set of connected things or parts forming a complex whole, in particular" (source)
I don't see a system. Also, you'll find that if every atheist explained what they mean by atheism, you'd here different explanations or definitions but all with one thing in common. No god/God.
No its not. There is only one way to "dice it"; lack of belief.
A lack of belief cannot be a belief, because the belief is nil.
It all goes back to the famous saying "Atheism is a belief, as bald is a hair colour" or "not collecting stamps is a hobby"
If we were to capitalise "atheism" should we do the same to vegetarians, and feminists too?
@Keith Murphy - If 'we' were to capitalise 'Atheism' should we do the same to Vegetarians and Feminists too?
Yay, now you are getting the idea. If catholics can use a capital C, if islam can use a capital I, I will continue to use a capital A for Atheist, to stand out, in protest, whatever. If you want to be 'real proper', then don't use a capital. Easy really.
I don't care what is 'proper', and that is just me :)
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BURLINGTON CITY — A large fire broke out inside an inactive PSE&G power plant along the Delaware River on Wednesday and continued to burn into the evening as fire officials began using a fire boat and other special equipment to help extinguish the blaze.
No injuries were reported from the fire, which broke out about 2:15 p.m. in the generating plant, which is no longer operational and was being readied for demolition.
Heavy smoke, believed to be from burning oil on the floor of the basement, billowed from all floors of the red brick building off West Broad Street and Devlin Avenue, but city officials said the fire was confined to the 5,600-square-foot basement.
Fire engines and manpower from across Burlington County responded and remained on-site into the evening, but did not actively begin trying to extinguish the blaze until after 6 p.m., when a fire boat and other resources arrived.
Officials said crews planned to use a special foam to extinguish the oil-fueled flames.
"Optimistically, we hope it will be out soon," Mayor James Fazzone said Wednesday evening.
Smoke continued to pour from the building and drift up the river toward the city's downtown, but it was not considered toxic, the mayor said.
A hazardous materials team from the Burlington County Department of Health was on-site and testing the air quality.
"The air quality is good and it's being monitored," Fazzone said.
A fire boat arrived from Philadelphia in the evening and was being used to draft water from the river to pump on the fire. Earlier in the afternoon, officials said they were waiting on that equipment before beginning the fire suppression effort.
"Right now, it's just burning as we wait for the extra resources," Fazzone said during an afternoon news conference. "It's contained in the basement of the building. Our fire officials feel that's the best strategy right now."
He said that water supplies and access to hydrants were not believed to be an issue, but that the fire boat was needed to pump water directly from the river.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. Although the building was no longer being used, Fazzone said workers were moving equipment out when the fire started.
A PSE&G spokeswoman said the building was built in 1914 and had not been in operation for more than a decade. She said that no customers were impacted because the plant was inactive, that the utility had "identified no public safety issues," and that the company was working with the Fire Department to determine an appropriate response.
Because the smoke was not believed to be hazardous, there were no forced evacuations of any nearby buildings, and a large crowd had gathered to witness the fire at the power plant, which was fenced off.
"It's crazy. I didn't think anyone worked in that building," said Willingboro resident Johnny Lee, who was among a crowd watching near the scene.
"At least the smoke is blowing toward Pennsylvania and not this way," Lee said.
Eventually, the huge plume made its way to the Burlington-Bristol Bridge. Police had a vehicle with emergency lights near the top of the span, but traffic continued to cross slowly.
Jim Hunnewell, an employee at the Cannon Solutions America building next to the plant, said that employees initially were evacuated as a precaution but that he was not concerned about the billowing smoke.
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Rick Mishler '74
Lighting paths to peace is lifelong journey
THE SON OF HEIFER International founders Lucy and Dan West, Philip West '60 grew up on the family farm near Middlebury, Ind.
As a junior at Manchester College, the peace studies major applied his farm skills as a Seagoing Cowboy, tending to 28 heifers en route to poor Japanese farmers struggling to recover from World War II. He remained to study Japanese at International Christian University in Tokyo.
After graduation, West completed his selective service as a conscientious objector, teaching English in communist Poland with Brethren Volunteer Service. He studied Chinese at Harvard, earning his Ph.D. in modern Chinese history and East Asian languages in 1971. His first book, Yenching University and Sino-Western Relations 1916-1952, was nominated by Harvard University Press for a Pulitzer Prize.
Throughout his career, West has broadened and enriched the East Asian curriculum in university classrooms and in public schools. He also has helped the State of Indiana establish a relationship with Zhejiang Province in China, promoting education programs and advising the state how to attract East Asian businesses.
For 10 years, West led the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at the University of Montana, named for the former Senate majority leader and U.S. ambassador to Japan. He continues on the faculty.
For his lifelong commitment to exposing the realities of war and illuminating paths to peace, the College presented Philip West with a 2011 Alumni Honor Award.
Integrity, fairness guide pursuit of justice
HER RAZOR-SHARP LEGAL MIND and passion for fairness earn Marcia K. Sowles '72 respect as an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.
With her MC degree (she majored in mathematics and history) in hand, Sowles embarked on her legal education at Valparaiso University Law School. She then gained valuable federal class action experience and attention with Legal Services in South Bend. In 1979, Yale University selected her as one of only 12 young attorneys in the nation for its prestigious Master of Law program.
Sowles then spent seven years with the United States Department of Energy, serving as lead attorney in several complex cases against major oil companies. She also had significant responsibilities in the DOE's two largest enforcement actions, each resulting in a judgment of more than $1 billion.
She joined the Justice Department in 1987, serving as senior counsel for more than 13 years, defending agencies against constitutional and statutory challenges to federal statutes, and administrative decisions and orders. She also works to enforce regulations and remedy regulatory violations.
A loyal supporter of Manchester College, Marcia has served on the Board of Trustees and Alumni Board of Directors and mentors younger Manchester graduates in the Washington area. For her deep sense of integrity and fairness, her lifelong pursuit of justice, and her faithful service to Manchester College, Marcia Sowles received a 2011 Alumni Honor Award.
Compassionate medicine defines discovery, service
DR. RICK MISHLER '74 is a world-recognized pioneer in nephrology dedicated to improving the lives of kidney patients. He says the liberal arts education he received at Manchester College helped prepare him for that life.
He discovered a whole new world on the North Manchester campus. Mishler studied Russian and embarked on a January session course to Cold War-era Soviet Union.
The academic rigors of his biology-chemistry major prepared him for Indiana University School of Medicine and a residency in internal medicine at Michigan State University. After a nephrology fellowship at the University of Wisconsin, Mishler joined the Arizona Kidney Disease and Hypertension Centers in Phoenix.
There, he and colleagues developed a groundbreaking procedure to correct vascular access problems in hemodialysis patients. The outpatient procedure is more convenient, less traumatic and less expensive than a hospital emergency room procedure – and results in a better quality of life for dialysis patients.
For more than 15 years, Mishler flew his plane to a remote area of Arizona to treat Native American kidney patients who didn't have access to care. He also has traveled with the College's Medical Practicum during January session.
For applying his intellect and talent to forge new knowledge in medicine, and for drawing upon his compassion in ways that improve the human condition, Dr. Rick Mishler received a 2011 Alumni Honor Award.
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We have stayed there 2 times and we enjoy it. The pool is great and we love to be close to DTD. The only thing we really miss is being walking distance from EPCOT cuz we also have stayed at Beach Club Villas(that is our home resort).
We have stayed there 2 times and we enjoy it. The pool is great and we love to be close to DTD. The only thing we really miss is being walking distance from EPCOT cuz we also have stayed at Beach Club Villas(that is our home resort).
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Turf Club is an awesome laid back table service location and the artists Pointe ain't bad either
Yeah I only know from the Cruise Line Travel Channel shows...
Any room I have ever had there has been nice and clean, so I can only speak from my own experience.
It can be a long bus ride to the parks, seems to me it takes at least 20-25 minutes to get to the AK, for example....If you have a car it would save you some time....I never rent a car, I am on vacation, I want Disney to drive me around...LOL.
SS is my home too, but I haven't stayed there yet - first time will be this May. I've read so many mixed reviews on the resort, but I really think it's beautiful! I loved the tour we did with DVC, and I've read several tips about the place that help make it better since it is so large. I've also heard mixed reviews on mousekeeping, but the same is true for all DVC resorts so I'm not sure that it's as bad as it's made out to be. I mean, I've heard complaints because mousekeeping forgot to leave the towel origami on the towel service day - puhleeeeze!!
Some things I've read that may help you on your trip though:
Put in a request for Congress Park if you want a DD view and a quick walk to DD (about 10 minutes)
If you want to be near the main area - pool and food court - request Springs area.
I've heard that AP gets very busy in the mornings so make a trip early for breakfast, or keep breakfast items available in your room.
I have read that there is an internal bus system to get you to different areas of the resort if you are far away - maybe someone can confirm this. If not, many suggest hopping on a bus that's going to a park and hopping off at the section you want to be at.
I have read about the "long" rides to the parks, but it can't be much worse than POFQ which is where we stayed last year. The bus ride can be relaxing and fun if you don't worry about the time - at least IMO.
Plus, if you have time, stop by the DVC tour area and see if you can sneak a peak at a possible CRV model or the Hawaii model - lol!
No matter what, just remember you're in WDW and make the best of it! Also, I'd love to hear your opinions after you return. Like I said - I've never stayed there yet, but have read as much about it (good and bad) nas I possibly can!
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WE just got back May3 thru May8. AWESOME stay. NO bus problems. AWESOME place quiet, clean, Artist pallete great for Breakfast. We stayed in a studio at Grandstand the first stop. If you miss your bus its only a couple minute walk straight across to Springs the last stop. WE heard horror stories about this resort and didn't find anything to complain about.


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Helping Through Rescue and Rehabilitation
The USACPF wants to prevent the Clydesdales from being inhumanely or unnecessarily slaughtered. We communicate with and attend auctions in Arizona and try to rescue any Clydesdale horses before they are sold for slaughter and shipped to other countries.
All Clydesdale horses rescued will be cared for by USACPF trained staff and needed medical treatment will be provided by our local veterinarian.
After rehabilitation is complete the horses will be evaluated. At that time a permanent adoption to anappropriate home could be arranged. Few horses can be retained for USACPF to assist in the foundation's work.
USACPF provides services for surrendered Clydesdale horses and their owners who are unable to provide care for their horses. After care and evaluation the horses are either placed in our adoption program or used as USACPF horses for our foundation's work.
USACPF provides an educational resource for colleges and high schools to enhance their equestrian curriculum and offers important information about the Clydesdale Horse. When invited USACPF staff will instruct using our curriculum.
Young Women's Program provided by USACPF includes youth education about horse care, safety and offers beginner rider opportunities. Additionally, the young members learn about the Clydesdale Horse and become Youth Ambassadors for USACPF.
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Daybreak: Thousands Protest in West Bank
Plus New York's circumcision consent form is not stopping a problem
• Following the death of two Palestinian activists–both of whom will reportedly killed during clashes with Israeli troops–as well as the death of a Palestinian prisoner from cancer, thousands of Palestinians began protesting across the West Bank. In a separate incident, another rocket was fired from Gaza into southern Israel. [AP]
• In an attempt to shore up support for his successor, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is apparently taking a hardline against Iranian conservatives ahead of the June vote. [NYT]
• The Forward has a report on the second Jewish infant to contract herpes after the circumcision employed the controversial metzitzah b'peh ritual. The parents of the child did not sign the mandated city consent form. [Forward]
• Larry Thomas, who played the Soup Nazi on Seinfeld, is none too pleased about having his likeness in gun advertisements that decry New York State gun laws. The makers of the ads, Serbu, will drop the ads. [NYP]
• American Jewish leaders are pressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take confidence-building measures for peace in response to President Obama's call for a return to negotiations. [JTA]


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Wake up, Polly Parrot.
"I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis." -- Humphrey Bogart
"How about this for a headline for tomorrow's paper? French fries." -- James French, executed in the electric chair, 1966
"I'll take a wee drop of that. I don't think there's much fear of me teaming to drink now." -- Dr. James Cross, Scottish physicist andlifelong teetotaler
"Am I dying, or is this my birthday?" -- Lady Astor, awaking to find her relatives gathered around her bedside
"And now, I am officially dead." -- Abrarn S. Hewitt, industrial, after removing the oxygen tube from his mouth
That was a great game of golf, fellers." -- Bing Crosby
"I've had 18 straight whiskeys. I think that's the record!" -- Dylan Thomas, poet
On being told that God would forgive his sins: "Why, of course . . . That's His line of work." -- Heinrich Heine, German poet
"So little done. So much to do!" -- Alexander Graham Bell
"I desire to go to hell and not to heaven. In the former place I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, while the latter are only beggars, monks and apostles." -- Niccolo Machiavelli
"Waiting, are they? Waiting, are they? Well, let 'em wait." -- General Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War hero, on being told that "the angels are waiting for you."
"I have lurnt Word Perfect 6.0, computor and spreadsheet progroms."
"Received a plague for Salesperson of the Year."
"Reason for leaving last job: maturity leave."
"Wholly responsible for two failed financial institutions."
"Failed bar exam with relatively high grades."
"Let's meet, so you can 'ooh' and 'aah' over my experience."
"You will want me to be Head Honcho in no time."
"Marital status: single. Unmarried. Unengaged. Uninvolved. No commitments."
"Reason for leaving last job: They insisted that all employees get to work by 8:45 every morning. Could not work under those conditions."
"Note: Please don't misconstrue my 14 jobs as job-hopping. I have never quit a job."
"I am loyal to my employer at all costs. . . Please feel free to respond to my resume on my office voice mail."
"I procrastinate, especially when the task is unpleasant."
"As indicted, I have over five years of analyzing investments."
"Personal interests: donating blood. Fourteen gallons so far."
"Instrumental in ruining entire operation for a Midwest chain store."
"The company made me a scapegoat, just like my three previous employers."
"Finished eighth in my class of ten."
"References: None. I've left a path of destruction behind me."
"It's best for employers that I not work with people."
Man Shoots Neighbor with Machete
Stripper Resents Exposure
Multiple-Personality Rapist Sentenced To Two Life Terms
Iran Claims Success In Its Attack on Iran
Retired Priest To Marry Springsteen
Defendant's Speech Ends In Long Sentence
Old School Pillars Are Replaced by Alumni
19 Feet Broken In Pole Vault
Kicking Baby Considered To Be Healthy
Henshaw Offers Rare Opportunity to Goose Hunters
Terminal Smog Not Lethal
Cause of Aids Found -- Scientists
Police Kill Man With TV Tuner
Milk Drinkers Are Turning To Powder
Bible Church's Focus Is The Bible
Two Convicts Evade Noose, Jury Hung
Stiff Opposition Expected to Casketless Funeral Plan
Council to Examine Impotant Problems
Lit'erarcy Week Observed
Prosecutor Releases Probe Into Undersheriff
Queen Mary Having Bottom Scraped
Large Church Plans Collapse
Potential Witness To Murder Drunk
Britain Inches Grudgingly Toward Metric System
NJ Judge To Rule On Nude Beach
Official: Only Rain Will Cure Drought
If the caller says he's John Doe from XYZ Company, ask him to spell his name. Then ask him to spell the company name. Then ask where it's located. Continue asking personal questions or questions about the company for as long as necessary.
Cry out in surprise, "Judy! Is that you? Oh my gosh! Judy, how have you been?" Hopefully, this will give Judy a few brief moments of terror as she tries to figure out where the heck she could know you from.
Say, "No," over and over. Be sure to vary the sound of each one, and keep a rhythmic tempo, even as they are trying to speak. This is most fun if you can do it until they hang up.
After the telemarketer gives their spiel, ask him/her to marry you. When they get all flustered, tell them that you couldn't just give your credit card number to a complete stranger.
As soon as you realize it's a telemarketer, set the receiver down, scream, "Oh my God!" and hang up.
Tell the telemarketer you are busy at the moment and ask them if they will give you their home phone number so you can call them back. When the Telemarketer explains that they cannot give out their home number, you say, "I guess you don't want anyone bothering you at home, right?" The telemarketer will agree and you say, "Now you know how I feel!" Hang up.
Ask them to repeat everything they say, several times.
Tell them it is dinnertime, but ask if they would please hold. Put them on your speakerphone while you continue to eat at your leisure. Smack your food loudly and continue with your dinner conversation.
Insist that the caller is really your buddy Leon, playing a joke. "Come on Leon, cut it out! Seriously, Leon. How's your momma?"
Tell them to talk very slowly, because you want to write down every word.
Manipulating people, that's what I'm good at.
I always want more. That's me. I'm a bitch.
I always said I wanted to be famous. I just love all the glamour and the attention.
I've always known this was going to happen to me. My success was something that was meant to be.
I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those good old fashioned values to rebel against.
Shut up so I can talk!
Power is a great aphrodisiac, and I'm a very powerful person.
Losing my virginity was a career move.
Where other people are obsessed with the idea that I am always reinventing myself, I'd rather think that I'm shedding my layers, and slowly revealing myself. It feels to me like I'm just getting closer to the core of who I really am.
I am my own painting. I am my own experiment. So, I am my own work of art.
On the other hand, the French eat a lot of fat, rich cream sauces and pastries, drink very fancy red and white wines and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
The Chinese drink very little red wine, no cheese or sweets and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
The Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine, eat lots of pasta in rich cheese sauces and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
The Germans eat excessive amounts of red meat and drink a lot of beer, schnapps, wine and also have fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
Conclusion: Eat and drink what you like. It's speaking English that kills you!
"Wanna buy some strawberries?"
"Come around back," answered the pretty young blonde.
Cooperman walked to the rear, rang the bell, and the woman opened the door. To Cooperman's shock, she stood there stark naked. Not a stitch of clothes on. Cooperman started to cry.
"What's the matter?" asked the blonde.
"Today, my wife ran away with my best friend," explained Cooperman, "I lost three thousand dollars on the stock market, and now you're gonna screw me out of my strawberries."
I hate it when my foot falls asleep during the day because that means it's going to be up all night.
I bought a dog the other day. I named him Stay. It's fun to call him, "Come here, Stay! Come here, Stay!" He went insane. Now he just ignores me and keeps typing.
I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.
It doesn't matter what temperature the room is, it's always room temperature.
A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me -- I'm afraid of widths.
I just bought a microwave fireplace. You can spend an entire evening in front of it in only eight minutes.
Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a dotted line. He caught every other fish.
When I turned two I was really anxious, because I'd doubled my age in a year. I thought, if this keeps up, by the time I'm six I'll be ninety.
I bought some land. It was kind of cheap. It was on somebody else's property.
The guy who lives across the street from me has a circular driveway, and he can't get out.
I bought some batteries, but they weren't included, so I had to buy them again.
Babies don't need a vacation. But I still see them at the beach. It pisses me off. When no one's looking I'll go over to a baby and ask, "What are you doing here? You haven't worked a day in your life."
I went to a general store, but they wouldn't let me buy any thing specific.
To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations -- such is a pleasure beyond compare. -- Kenko Yoshida
TV. If kids are entertained by two letters, imagine the fun they'll have with twenty-six. Open your child's imagination. Open a book. -- Author Unknown
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. -- Logan Pearsall Smith
Books had instant replay long before televised sports. -- Bern Williams
To choose a good book, look in an inquisitor's prohibited list. -- John Aikin
Books - the best antidote against the marsh-gas of boredom and vacuity. -- George Steiner
In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation. -- Stéphane Mallarmé
Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled "This could change your life." -- Helen Exley
1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down.
1. Birthdays, Valentines, and Anniversaries are not quests to see if we can find the perfect present yet again!
1. Sometimes, we are not thinking about you. Live with it.
1. Do not ask us what we are thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as navel lint, the shotgun formation, and NASCAR.
1. Sunday = sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be.
1. Shopping is NOT a sport, and no, we are never going to think of it that way.
1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine. Really.
1. Crying is blackmail.
1. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one: Subtle hints do not work. Strong hints do not work. Obvious do not work. Just say it!
1. We don't remember dates. Mark birthdays and anniversaries on a calendar. Remind us frequently beforehand.
1. Most guys own three pairs of shoes - tops. What makes you think we'd be any good at choosing which pair, out of thirty, would look good with your dress?
1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.
1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.
1. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor.
1. Check your own oil! . Please.
1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days.
1. If you won't dress like the Victoria's Secret girls, don't expect us to act like soap opera guys.
1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.
1. Let us ogle. We are going to look anyway; it's genetic.
1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done - not both. If you already know best how to do t do it yourself.
1. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during Commercials.
1. Christopher Columbus did not need directions, and neither do we.
1. The relationship is never going to be like it was the first two months we were going out. Get over it. And quit whining to your girlfriends.
1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.
1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.
1. We are not mind readers and we never will be. Our lack of mind reading ability is not proof of how little we care about you.
1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," we will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.
1. I'm in shape. - ROUND is a shape.
"Yeah," Johnny replied, "but then I wouldn't have a siren!"
The director says, "This is the most important part, and it has only one line. At the opening you walk on stage carrying a rose. You hold the rose to your nose with just one finger and thumb, sniff the rose deeply and then say the line 'Ah, the sweet aroma of my mistress.'"
The actor is thrilled. All day long before the play, he's practicing his line over and over again. Finally, the time comes. The curtain goes up, the actor walks onto the stage, and with great passion delivers the line, "Ah, the sweet aroma of my mistress."
The theatre erupts. The audience is screaming with laughter, but the director is steaming.
"You idiot!" he cries. "You've ruined me!"
The actor is bewildered, "What happened, did I forget my line?"
"No!" screams the director. "You forgot the rose!"
What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers. -- Logan Pearsall Smith
The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium. -- Norbet Platt
It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment? For the moment passes, it is forgotten; the mood is gone; life itself is gone. That is where the writer scores over his fellows: he catches the changes of his mind on the hop. -- Vita Sackville-West
Writing became such a process of discovery that I couldn't wait to get to work in the morning: I wanted to know what I was going to say. -- Sharon O'Brien
Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very;" your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. -- Mark Twain
I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter. -- James Michener
The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say. -- Mark Twain
The wastebasket is a writer's best friend. -- Isaac Bashevis Singer
So often is the virgin sheet of paper more real than what one has to say, and so often one regrets having marred it. -- Harold Acton
The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. -- Anaďs Nin
Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. -- E.L. Doctorow
A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket. -- Charles Peguy
Writing is easy. All you have to do is sit at a typewriter and open a vein. -- Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith
And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. -- Sylvia Plath
I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all. -- Richard Wright
I try to leave out the parts that people skip. -- Elmore Leonard
"A census taker is a man who goes from house to house increasing the population."
"Most of the houses in France are made of plaster of Paris."
"Iron was discovered because someone smelt it."
"The four seasons are salt, pepper, mustard, and vinegar."
"Can you help me? My husband's driving me crazy and he won't shut up."
"Do you have a glacier at this visitor centre?'
"Is this a map I'm looking at?"
"Don't all Canadians wear raccoon hats? Where can I buy one?"
"The coyotes made too much noise last night and kept me awake. Please eradicate those annoying animals."
"Too many rocks in the mountains."
"Where does Bigfoot live?"
"Patient has left his white blood cells at another hospital."
"When she fainted her eyes rolled around the room."
"Discharge status: Alive but without permission."
"Please excuse Ray Friday from school. He has very loose vowels."
"Please excuse Harriet for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the Sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it on Monday, we thought it was Sunday."
"Please excuse Jimmy for being. It's his father's fault."
"Well," he thinks, "it's my lucky day!" and he takes the two of them back to his cave. Later that day he decides to take the sheep as he thinks it'll be more docile than the dog. Just as he gets up behind the sheep, the dog runs over and starts attacking him. He backs off and the dog calms down. Later on he tries again but the dog does exactly the same thing. This goes on for about two months and it gets to the stage that he is absolutely desperate.
One day, he sees something floating on the water towards him. He swims out to find an amazingly beautiful woman on a raft who has survived a sinking ship. He manages to get hold of the raft and take it back to his island. When he gets there the woman says, "You saved my life. I am indebted to you forever. Anything you want me to do, you just name it."
He's starved for sex, so he says, "Well, there is one thing . . . "
"Tell me what it is, I'll do anything for you."
"Can you just hold this damned dog back for two minutes?"
The second farmer replies, "You have to do it yourself if you want any results."
"What do you mean?" the first farmer asks curiously.
"It's simple. Load them up in your lorry, take them around behind the barn, and do the business. Wait about three days, and you should see them start to act peculiarly."
So the first farmer thinks about this, then decides he's going to do it. The next day, he loads the sheep up in the lorry, drives them out behind the barn and proceeds to screw each one in succession.
Three days pass and he's sitting in the kitchen with his wife.
"Look out of the window and tell me if those sheep are acting peculiarly," says the farmer to his wife.
"Nothing unusual" the wife responds.
Upset, the farmer loads them up in the lorry the next day, drives them out behind the barn, and goes to town on them again. Three more days pass.
"Those sheep doing anything funny?" says the farmer to his wife, sitting in the kitchen.
"Nope." she responds.
Pissed off, the farmer decides to give it one more try. The very next day he loads them up in the lorry, drives them out behind the barn, and really screws their brains out. Three days pass, and once again he's sitting in the kitchen with his wife.
"Those sheep doing anything peculiar?" he asks, hopefully.
"As a matter of fact, yes.", replies the wife. "They're all sitting in the lorry, and one of them is honking the horn."
"Ya mean women?" asked the cowboy. "We ain't got none. 'Round here, we do sheep."
"That's disgusting," cried the correspondent, "I've never heard of such moral degradation."
However, after a few months, the correspondent had become very frustrated and the sheep were looking better and better. So he finally went out and found himself a comely sheep, brought her back to his room, shampooed her and then tied ribbons in her hair. After a bottle of champagne, he lured the sheep into his bedchamber and released his pent-up frustrations.
Afterward, he escorted his four-legged lover to the saloon for a drink. As the correspondent and his wooly mate entered, a hush fell over the patrons and the anxious couple became the object of many stares.
"You goddamn bunch of hypocrites!" the reporter yelled. "You've all been doing sheep for years, but when I do it up right you look at me like I'm some sort of crazy pervert!"
One cowboy spoke up, "Yeah, but that's the sheriff's gal!"
If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.
McDonald's breakfast for under a dollar' actually costs much more than that. You have to factor in the cost of coronary bypass surgery.
Recently, in a public bathroom, I used the handicapped stall. As I emerged, a man in a wheelchair asked me indignantly, "Are you handicapped?" Gathering all my aplomb, I looked him in the eye and said, "Not now. But I was before I went in there."
There is something refreshingly ironic about people lying on the beach contracting skin cancer in an attempt to acquire a purely illusory appearance of good health, while germ-laden medical waste washes up on the sand all around them.
I think we should attack Russia now. They'd never expect it.
Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.
Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that shit.
Who says life is sacred -- God? Hey, if you read your history, God is one of the leading causes of death.
A lot of times when they catch a guy who killed twenty-seven people, they say, "He was a loner." Well, of course he was a loner; he killed everyone he came in contact with.
Whenever I hear about a peacekeeping force, I wonder: If they're so interested in peace, why do they use force?
Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.
Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it. -- Gordon R. Dickson
When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him. -- Henry Wheeler Shaw
We hate to have some people give us advice because we know how badly they need it themselves. -- Source Unknown
Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example. -- François Duc de La Rochefoucauld
The best advice is this: Don't take advice and don't give advice. -- Source Unknown
No one wants advice -- only corroboration. -- John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent
When we ask advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice. -- Marquis de LaGrange
The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others. -- Source Unknown
It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves. -- François Duc de La Rochefoucauld
In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend. -- Solon
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself. -- Oscar Wilde
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice. -- Ed Howe
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. -- Cicero
Sure I've got one. It's a perfect 20-20. -- Dallas Cowboy Duane Thomas, on his IQ
Even Napoleon had his Watergate. -- Baseball manager Danny Ozark
I'm a four-wheel-drive-pickup type of guy, and so is my wife. -- Outfielder Mike Greenwell
That was the nail that broke the coffin's back. -- Basketball coach Jack Kraft
He'll take your head off at the blink of a hat. -- Joe Theismann
I look up in the stands and I see them miss balls, too. -- Outfielder Devon White, after fans booed him for dropping a fly ball
Next up is Fernando Gonzalez, who isn't playing tonight. -- Broadcaster Jerry Coleman
My grandmother told me it was good for colds. -- Outfielder Kevin Mitchell, on why he eats Vick's VapoRub
You mean the great home-run hitter? -- NJ Net Yinka Dare, asked about Beirut
I'm in favor of it, as long as it's multiple choice. -- -L.A. Laker Kurt Rambis, on drug tests
Maybe I'm not getting enough saltwater to my brain. -- Frankie Hejduk, U.S. soccer team member and surfer, on his hamstring injuries
If a guy is a good fastball hitter, does that mean I should throw him a bad fastball? -- pitcher Larry Anderson
David Cone is in a class by himself with three or four other players. -- George Steinbrenner


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By: RBM
Tags: business, film, sales, testimonial reel, testimonials, video
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Three Reasons to Use Video Testimonials
We received an email from Danielle Marchant recently asking us to do some editing. She had recently run a workshop called 'Bloom Where You Are Planted' and afterwards filmed some of her guests sharing their experience of the event. We jumped for joy at this request because we love testimonials films and believe they can impact your business in a significant way. Let's look at just three reasons.
1. Peer recommendations are powerful.
Endorsing yourself and your offering can only go so far. Of course *you* think you're great! For your customers however, they need to hear it from someone else. Peer recommendations give a stamp of approval from other consumers who have spent their money on your service or product.
Have you ever shopped online? It's likely that one of the first things you do when making a significant online purchase is check the reviews and ratings. Have you ever been close to making a purchase and a bad review stopped you in your tracks? Peer recommendations matter. They carry a lot of weight.
Using video testimonials are even more powerful because you can see that person's face, hear their voice and assess their authenticity. It comes to life. Having a reel of people giving glowing feedback, like Danielle who interviewed guests after her workshop, makes you feel completely confident to move forward with investing into that offering. You're building trust.
2. Set the tone.
As you can see from Danielle's example, the filming was simple and classy (with no need for exorbitant budgets) and we employed some basic editing techniques to pull it all together with some appropriate music and images. However, this little film sets the scene for her workshop and anyone considering attending a future event will have a good idea of what to expect.
You'll notice that the use of music and pace informs the mood immensely. If you want people to feel inspired and motivated, you can indicate that. If you want them to feel calm and supported, you can do that too. By setting the right tone, you will naturally connect with the right audience.
By using clever film making techniques you will create a virtual experience for people before they have even met you in person. Film is a vehicle for experience and using it wisely to create testimonial films will do wonders for your business.
3. Give yourself a sales tool.
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Ever asked yourself how long it takes to die from a stab wound?
Probably not, but confronted by the central premise of Dutch writer/director Cyrus Frisch's British debut and you would be forgiven for answering 39 minutes too long, if the process is going to be played out in all its agonising detail.
But that would be doing Frisch's short, sharp blast of a play a supreme injustice. Because this tale of the aftermath of a violent clash between neo-Nazis and Amsterdam's Arab community, which finds two representatives of both camps injured and holed up in a pitch-black alleyway, is about as effective as studio theatre can be.
Shorn of the set and effects of its Netherlands run, Frisch's decision to stage the action in an almost total blackout, punctuated by the odd, tantalising spark from a lit cigarette, gives the piece an intimacy that is almost too much too bear. While for such a contrived situation the dialogue - well executed by an utterly convincing Ali Cifteci as Ibn and Cees Geel as right-winger Johnny - is also refreshingly cliché-free.
Frisch's utter resistance to absolutes, portraying both sides as human and vulnerable, smacks a little of worthiness. The illiberal attitudes of the extreme right need a tougher examination than it gets here, where all we learn about Johnny's motivation is that "something went wrong in my breeding".
But this is a small minus in play with a power and intensity that has to be seen - or, in this case, not seen - to be believed.


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Shock and awe in the Arena {WoW}
Jul 2nd 2008 3:14PM @ Candina@WH:
Here's a video from Veronika on Sinstralis-EU 5-boxing shammies through Heroic MagT:
(not a rickroll)
And another 5-boxer doing Heroic Shattered Halls:
Shock and awe in the Arena {WoW}
Jul 2nd 2008 3:09PM @ beaubot:
Let me provide a little bit of clarification here--Do I multibox? The answer there is yes. Do I multibox more than 2 characters at any given time? No. I don't have that much coordination, lol. My husband is "normal" multiboxer in our house--he's got the software and the PC to do it. Now, that being said, his current 2-toon multibox team is sitting at around lvl 20. If I'm running two characters, I'm actually controlling them both (dangerous for my toons--one usually dies).
The two characters that I multibox I leveled to 70 individually. Two completely different classes, no macros, nada. I ran through the game dealing with gold-farmers, pesky alliance--basically everything any other "normal" player would deal with.
I'm honestly surprised that you have had many run-ins with multiboxers--most of the ones I've seen have been 70 and only hang out in BGs (now, I know that they had to get to 70 somehow, so yea, I understand how questing in a zone with them must suck).
Is multiboxing my end-all-be-all experience of WoW? No--not at all. It does add a new twist to a game that I've been playing for almost 2 years now. My preference is to group with people and actually do things as a team--the multiboxing just saves me the trouble of sitting in the LFG channel for 5+ hours on my server.
Every gripe that you list (being camped, getting slaughtered in the BGs, having your quest mobs ninja'd) is something that every WoW player has experienced at one point in their playing career.
My point is simple--people just need to accept that Blizzard has said that multiboxing is legal as long as the player owns all the accounts and isn't botting. Does it suck to be on the opposing team? Yes, it does. But until Blizzard puts into their ToS "No Multiboxing," it's going to keep happening. This is not directed at you, but all who post in these threads: Griping about someone's hobby is just stupid IMO. If you don't like what the post is about, no one is holding a gun to your head and making you comment. Go make a post on the Blizzard forums and see if you can do something to change it if it makes you so unhappy.
That being said--best of luck questing in Azeroth!
Shock and awe in the Arena {WoW}
Jul 2nd 2008 12:20PM Sooo many delicious tears!
Seriously...the QQ is strong here!
Multiboxing is a challenge, and it's A LOT of fun. My husband and I regularly multibox instances when we don't want to interact with other players. I'd rather be in an instance with another multiboxer because I'm not at the mercy of some of the idiots who made it to 70...I want to be sure that something is going to die, and that it's not going to be me.
Multiboxing isn't easy--leveling the toons isn't easy. But welcome to the World of QQ...most people who read this site and the forums are quick to b!tch about anything that anyone else does well, because they fail at doing it themselves, or don't have the money to try. Don't knock people's hobbies--you may get off on fapping to the VS catalog, someone else may be into technology and pushing the limits of a game. Whatever floats your damn boat. Multiboxing COMPLETELY changes the way you see WoW. Whether it be in PvP or in PvE--it's a completely different ball park.
But please...continue your QQ...and just to let you know, you can built a very decent $1100 PC and be able to box 3 toons at once. And Blizzard has said REPEATEDLY that multiboxing is NOT illegal as long as the account holder is not botting to control their toons. Please go find something else to QQ about--I'm sure you all have SOMETHING to whine about in concern to Warlock buffs or something.
Forum post of the day: Cliques aren't just for high school anymore {WoW}
Jul 1st 2008 8:53AM My last guild was a mixing pot of people from a previous guild, and then all the people we had collected along the way as we progressed in 25-mans.
I know that there were some hurt feelings due to the way we did business on our non-raiding time. The officers all knew each other from our previous guild, and our play styles complemented each other. That meant that if we wanted to do a daily, or work on a timed ZA run, we usually played with a specific team. We liked to be quick about things, and you'd rather bring the lock that runs the needed DoTs and the healer who can heal and the tank that can stay alive than some untried new person who isn't used to how you do business.
I know we had several people get REALLY PO'd when we would do our Friday night power Kara runs for badges. Thing is, this was something that kept the officers "together." When we weren't dealing with the whining or the drama, we wanted a chance to kick back and relax. Kara was our chance to do that--and vent and our raid chat was questionable to say the least--that's not something you want to bring a new guildie into.
I always tried to raid with my husband--he didn't like raiding without me, and only did it a couple times because I had a migraine and couldn't sit through the raid time. He was given crap in a new guild we moved to because I was away on travel and he told them he wasn't raiding until I returned. Based on the level of BS he got, he said "forget this" and gquit, moving both his and my toon back to our alt guild.
People need to expect that cliques are going to exist--especially if it's a group that's been playing together for a while--people also need to accept that there are many who play with SOs--so they might always be a 2-person party LFM.
I've come to the conclusion that I want to take a group of friends with me into Wrath and do 10-man content. I started the game and played with friends, and I think at this point that's where I want to go back to.
Any guild you get into is going to have a clique. It's part of life. People just need to learn to roll with it.
Lanwar hosts WoW levelling contest {WoW}
Jun 13th 2008 10:41AM I'd be all over a leveling contest. I've gotten quite good at speed leveling with various alts. I've currently gotten my alt lock to 68 with 7 days /played. I think that a leveling contest is pretty cool--since the focus is normally on the Arenas or PvP--two things I'm not overly interested in.
The MML party isn't too far away (like a day's drive)--might have to go get my geek on.
Breakfast Topic: Guild hosting {WoW}
Jun 12th 2008 8:17AM I used DKPSystem.com--which was flexible enough to allow our guild to design a site with our own template. I absolutely cannot stand sites that look like it was an explosion of color, or so messy that you can't find 1 link. We went for "easy on the eyes" color, and a sensible layout with limited clutter. Got a lot of complements for the site when it was up.
The tanking Rogue strikes again, 5-mans Gruul {WoW}
May 20th 2008 1:52PM I've seen it drop once in a Gruuls raid...and I was the one who got it. It used to have a really low drop rate for us.
Hiding from justice {WoW}
Nov 26th 2007 8:15AM This is why I only have Officers and the 2 Raid Leaders as having the ability to withdraw from the bank. Not that the "Guild Bank Bug" doesn't have me a *bit* worried...
"Request for Item" for anyone who wants stuff out of the guild bank FTW. Also a great tracking tool as to what stuff is being used for.
Breakfast Topic: What details did you notice in 2.3? {WoW}
Nov 19th 2007 1:01PM My pet has huge amounts of fun trying to get behind mobs in Kara...including running through the entire instance. I had enough of a headache on the trash pulls that I let another hunter step in for me to save me the headache. The 2 hunters in the raid (myself and another) spent most of the time calling our pets back. Glad I didn't notice this in SSC earlier in the week...oh yes, and the consistent desire for pets to eat...
Post 2.3 hunter chaos - updated {WoW}
Nov 15th 2007 4:21PM I will say that I noticed some of this stuff last night while in SSC. I felt like I was constantly feeding my pet during the raid...we would be rebuffing after a wipe, pet would be fed and happy, and we'd start the fight...within 15 seconds into the fight (less than 3 mins since pet was last fed), my pet would be showing yellow happiness.
Did also notice a weird pathing issue in SSC. While on the islands, if I was standing in one spot and sent my pet, he wouldn't attack the mob until it had moved a bit further across the island. That was also a PITA.
I will say that I did notice a decrease in pet deaths with the "moving to the back" setup that is now in place. Pet never died to cleaves in the ZA bear fight when we did that--which was really nice since I'm BM and my pet needs to stay alive to help me out.


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Start with a thin layer of synthetic material, such as polypropylene, to help draw moisture away from the skin. Don't use cotton for the base layer; it will not wick away the sweat. Next, try a layer of fleece. Finally, wear a windproof, breathable jacket. The number of layers should be dictated by the temperature and wind. To warm the air before it hits the lungs, cover your mouth with a thin mask or scarf.
The body reacts to cold by directing heat to the core. That's a great natural survival mechanism, but it also leaves hands and feet vulnerable to frostbite. Use a thin set of liner gloves under your regular gloves, and take the same approach with your socks. And don't forget a close-fitting hat. Though research is mixed, it is believed that more than one-third of a person's body heat dissipates from the head.
Winter means shorter days, which means a smaller window to train in the daylight. Wear reflective clothing if road training takes place in the early morning or evening, when visibility can be tricky.
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