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What kind of fern is this? I bought it at a nursery last year and it had no tag (but I bought it since it was on sale.... not tag was probably part of the reason it was on sale! :) )..... It is growing in part shade (dapple sunlight) in average moisture (to sometimes moist) soil. (acidic) :) Thanks? Any suggestions? :)
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- Posted by flowersandthings MidAtlantic 6/7 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 29, 05 at 19:04
Thanks.... any other ideas? :) |
Looks just like a lady fern to me. |
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I find the Connecticut Botanical Society web site to be really helpful in trying to ID native ferns (great photos and hints on sori shapes, etc.) |
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Hi all, been awhile,dont get to craft much, made these as a gag gift for my stepsons birthday and thought I would share, should be a good craft fair iteam,dollar tree has the candle sticks,mason jars are everywhere, these are also know as hillbilly wine glass, desided they needed a charm, one has a k on the charm the other a heart for the honey in his life, dont do gag gifts much but atleast this one is useable.
now if I can remeber how to post photos. oddie |
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oddie good to see your post These are really clever and cute!! |
Very cute! Glad to see you on here again! Jan |
- Posted by party_music50 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 7, 11 at 7:47
haha. cute gag gift. :) |
Thank you, miss getting to chat with everyone also, maybe soon life will slow down and I can get back into crafting, and posting more then once a year LOL! gosh so many new names, but then its been awhile. Thanks for looking oddie |
- Posted by grandma_bonnie (My Page) on Tue, Mar 8, 11 at 19:42
I use etching cream to etch Redneck Wine Glass, Hillbilly Highball and Cowboy Cocktail on them - also Bride and Grrom on them too. They go well - of course, I sell mine for $7 - cheap but they move really will... |
Those are just too cute......I'm sure there is a market for them....just like everything else .......when the right person comes along!! |
- Posted by Cardinalee (My Page) on Thu, Mar 10, 11 at 12:26
Hello, I'm brand new here but I'd like to ask a question? Your wine glasses are super. The bottle cap tag really is the icing on the cake. How can I make/get the little bull graphic inside the bottle cap? |
Thank you, found this sine on a image search, dont know if theres a copyrite on it or not, took it to a program and croped it and printed it out, the one inch punch fits the bottle cap right. heres a link to the sine, should be able to save it to your computer. http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q302/oddie3/dGEK.jpg oddie |
- Posted by Cardinalee (My Page) on Sat, Mar 12, 11 at 18:33
Thanks for sharing the info oddie, I'll take a look see. |
- Posted by concretenprimroses (My Page) on Sun, Mar 13, 11 at 23:04
I love these. the bull tag is brilliant. Etching sounds like a great idea too. Kathy |
- Posted by concretenprimroses (My Page) on Mon, Mar 14, 11 at 9:46
Here is the sign. Hope you don't mind my posting it, Oddie. I suspect it is copyrighted, so we should be careful about use, particularly selling. Its a riot tho. I'd like to buy one. Kathy |
- Posted by grandma_bonnie (My Page) on Tue, Mar 15, 11 at 18:49
I just finished making 3 dozen for one of our local wineries. I put their name on it and with a festival coming up, they wanted to give them a try - Of course, with their name on it, I had to charge them up front before even starting on the job... lol I just looked online and boy are my prices low... But I get a fair price for the work and for the cost of the jar and the candlestick holder... |
Please tell me what glue to use. I wanted to use them for toasting at rehearsal dinner and don't want them to fall apart.... |
- Posted by grandma_bonnie (My Page) on Fri, Mar 18, 11 at 12:28
I use E 6000 on them - I put a small bead on each surface and wait five minutes before putting them together.l Takes a day to cure. |
- Posted by grandma_bonnie (My Page) on Sat, Mar 19, 11 at 9:12
When I said "put a small bead" in my last message, I meant to put the bead along the edge of the candle stick holder and put a small amount in a continuous bead where the holder meets the mason jar. When I first made one, I used too much and it took over a week for it to dry/cure... So a small amount works great! |
- Posted by tari(email@example.com) onWed, Apr 27, 11 at 7:41
I just love these. My question is how did you put the bottle cap on the wine glass. Did you glue it to the stem or did you somehow put a hole in it and add it to the chain. I can't tell by the pictures. thanks Tari |
I punched a hole in the bottle cap with a nail and ran the chain throu it, so the charm can be removed while washing. Thanks for the help with the posting didnt mean to ingore anyone, just been going throu some very hard times lately. oddie |
- Posted by maggiemater (My Page) on Wed, May 4, 11 at 17:32
These are so cute! anyone have a poem to add? |
- Posted by Sassy66(email@example.com) onSat, May 14, 11 at 21:18
Thanks for the tip! My sis found some for sale; I told her don't buy them, I'll make them :-) |
- Posted by grandma_bonnie (My Page) on Wed, Jun 1, 11 at 9:43
oddie - if you want, I suggest you start selling them... They have taken off around here - I have four shows coming up and have 14 cases of the mason jars glued together ready to sandblast. I sold out twice last week-end so will try to keep more on hand... Just a heads up. |
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grandma bonnie- Why do you sandblast the wine glasses? |
- Posted by grandma_bonnie (My Page) on Sat, Jun 4, 11 at 9:24
I etch Redneck wine glass/cowboy/gal coctail on them - I did some special wones for a trail ride this week with the names of the gals on them... Here's a pic [URL=http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2467127850031401209yWnjPs][IMG]http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/87/87/1/27/85/2467127850031401209yWnjPs_th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] |
Here is a link that might be useful: Cowgirl Cocktail
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I'd like to make some of these for some fall shows. I can't find the post where it had photos of these for girls. Can anyone help me? |
What would be the best glue to put these redneck wine glasses together with? I see E 6000 in an above post. I can get that on Amazon. Is that a good place to but this E 6000?. I've also heard "liquid nails" makes a good glue and it can be bought at several places including Home Depot. |
I love em oddie!! Is the bottle cap flattened out? I can't tell by the picture. What did you use to glue the no bull sign to the cap? Thanks for sharing, Leslie |
- Posted by grandma_bonnie (My Page) on Fri, Nov 11, 11 at 10:04
Sonny - I buy my E6000 at Walmat for $2.97 - I can glue 3 - 4 DOZEN redneck wine glasses... |
- Posted by ann_in_florida (My Page) on Sun, Nov 13, 11 at 16:21
OMG...I haven't been here ins ages and it is so good to see all these "old friends" here!!! I think some of us go all the way back to the Aleene's forum...many years ago. I love the wine glasses! I say them at a show this weekend and the man was selling them for $15.00 each or 2 for $25.00...and they were selling like hotcakes. His were plain...with a little piece of jute tied around the bottom. He did have confederate "money" from each of the confederate states that people could choose from to go inside the glass. I would love to know how to do the etching, Grandma Bonnie. I would love to make some of these for Christmas gifts, as my budget is really thin this year. |
- Posted by grandma_bonnie (My Page) on Wed, Nov 16, 11 at 22:38
Ann - I use a Cricut and a software program (MTC) to make stencils and then sand blast them but I started off using etching cream. I can't imagine trying to do this without stencils. Holler if I can help you. |
- Posted by concretenprimroses (My Page) on Thu, Nov 17, 11 at 10:28
I just saw something similar made with the candlesticks painted black. If anyone wants to make a slightly different version. It looked good. If it was a gift you could paint the stem to match someone's kitchen. I guess it would have to be washable glass paint for this use. Kathy |
- Posted by ann_in_florida (My Page) on Thu, Nov 17, 11 at 11:36
Thanks for your reply, Bonnie. I have a Cricut but never have seemed to have the time or patience to really learn how to get the most out of it. Is the program you're talking about one that you purchase? How much does it run and where do you get it? Is it user friendly or do you have to be a computer guru to figure it out? |
- Posted by grandma_bonnie (My Page) on Thu, Nov 17, 11 at 18:06
unfortunately, the software program no longer works with the Cricut - PCCrafter (who manufatures the Cricut) sued the young man who pioneered the software and he had to change the software so it will no longer work with the Cricut - thank goodness they couldn't take the sotware away from those of us who already had the program -instad of having to buy cartridges from PCCrafters, I can use any font or graphic found on he internet... I am in the prces of buying another cutte so I can do even more. I am NOT a nerd or guru, but I am able to use it... I bouht the Cricut knowing I would be buying the MTC program three years ago and probably use it 1 - 2 hours a day... |
- Posted by concretenprimroses (My Page) on Fri, Nov 18, 11 at 7:30
I bought a craft robo cutter (also sold under the name "sillouette")at work to cut vinyl letters to make signs. I can not only use any font, but a friend drew a graphic for me to use as my logo at a craft fair, and the robo cutter could cut that! It connects to my computer, so she emailed me a jpg, the cr software converted it to a cut file and it cut it! I notice the place I got it, uscutters, doesn't sell this "craft style" one any more, just bigger more powerful (more expensive) cutters. Although I love the robo cutter I'm not sure I'd recommend it because the software is a little rough around the edges and in fact didn't install correctly I had to call support. They were able to fix it however. AND I have saved a lot of money by cutting our own vinyl letters. It is very expensive to get a custom cut from a printer. I'd be interested in knowing what you decide on Grandma Bonnie. I couldn't get the CR to work when I got a new computer with windows 7 and I tried to install the soft ware to it, so I have my old computer attached to it. This works ok since I was going to keep the old one set up in the other room anyway, but down the road I'll probably have 2 computers with windows 7 so its not ideal. I guess I could try to get them to help me again since it is clearly something wrong in the installation. The fancy ones cut chipboard! I wish I could justify that for our business but I really don't need that capacity there. Kathy |
- Posted by grandma_bonnie (My Page) on Fri, Nov 18, 11 at 18:59
I have back to back to back shows 'till December but I'll try tp make tutorial on how I do the glasses -I use contat paper to make the stencils... |
- Posted by grandma_bonnie (My Page) on Fri, Nov 18, 11 at 19:09
oooops ...fast fingers... Here is a tut when firt started etching the mugs It shows how I mask off the stencil (I used red contact paper here...) The equipment was borrowed an I have a 4' x 4' blasting cabinet along with a much larger air compressor and the blating gun is much better... Here's the tut but I will make a better one nex month. |
Here is a link that might be useful: etching with the sand blaster
Love these! Are these glasses dishwasher safe? Does the glue stay strong for a long time? |
- Posted by concretenprimroses (My Page) on Tue, Jan 10, 12 at 17:37
Someone is "selling" them on Listia. Is it you Oddie or Grandma Bonnie? Just wondering, they seem to be doing well. Totally plain with no words or tags, but with the cover on the jar. FTOYWDK: Listia is an auction site where you get and spend points instead of money. You get points by joining and by "selling" things for points. Kind of interesting. Kathy |
I would say wash by hand, not me selling them but thought would be cute to fill with candy or a candle for valentines day, seen where a crafter used the wide short mason glass as a candy dish..looked cool. oddie |
- Posted by grandma_bonnie (My Page) on Wed, Jan 18, 12 at 8:49
Yep - I did well this last year with them. STILL doing well with them... Figured the newness would wear off by this time... On my tag, I say, "hand made - hand wash..."Something I found out due to senior moment/week... I warm my wine glsses in the oven if I need to etch it quickly (he stencils stick better on a jar that in't cold...) - well, I forgot one and when I cooked dinner that niht, I discovred that one had been left in there... They seperate! Using E6000 glue has a drawback in that they DON'T come apart - even if you made a mistake or if it is crooked so now I can now FIX MY MISTAKES!!!! |
good to know, I haven't made any more, showed one to a few people who thought they were cool but no buyers, and I live in a redneck town, I found the girl post if anyone wants it.TFL oddie |
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Hey all, I've been having a problem with fleas in my backyard for a while now. I've tried Diatomaceous Earth and Beneficial Nematodes. Unfortunately, the DE didn't seem very effective even when it was drier and it's definitely not going to be as effective since we've been getting sporadic showers/rain several days throughout each week here in SoCal. I also did a short test with DE by capturing a few fleas and putting them in a jar with DE. It took about a week before they died off - it seems like for DE to be effective, it takes a long time to kill off all the adult fleas and break the cycle (even if the adult fleas are exposed to the DE, they can still lay eggs can't they?) I'm positive these are fleas - I found one sucking blood on my foot in the house a few weeks ago. I'm pretty positive I tracked it in from the yard after being out there. That said, what else can or should I do? I've been avoiding the flea bombs, sprays, poisons, etc for the longest time (because I don't want to spray that stuff near my raised garden beds that I'm growing vegetables in) but now I'm getting to the point of desperation and wondering if I'll just have to bite the bullet and do it; being careful not to spray too close to the beds. Sorry for the long post and thanks for reading! |
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That said, what else can or should I do? I've been avoiding the flea bombs, sprays, poisons, etc for the longest time (because I don't want to spray that stuff near my raised garden beds that I'm growing vegetables in) but now I'm getting to the point of desperation ==>> i remember you.. and i think you answered your own question ... and i have no clue why you would avoid spraying the beds ... where the fleas probably hide during sunlight ... you have tried to play nice .. now its time to get serious ... GO FOR IT!!! i never really thought the DE would do anything .. except waste your time.. but i didnt have the heart to tell you that back when ... hire professionals.. if you dont think you can do it yourself [emotionally or physically] ... and have it done while you are on a week long vacation.. elsewhere.. lol .. ken |
Hey Ken, Well, I just set those beds up recently - the wood is cedar so I'd think/hope the fleas would be repelled by it. I'd want to avoid spraying them so I'm not spraying insecticide/pesticide on my vegetables :) In any case, someone mentioned that he thinks the bites I found on my back/neck are likely not from fleas but are from another biting insect as fleas typically will only hang around the lower extremities. We are going to Europe in a few months, so maybe that would be a good time :D |
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a pro can ID the problem.. and offer a solution ... and i would treat before you plant the veggies.. i doubt anyone is going to suggest a soil based treatment.. aka systemic ... and if you have to give up one cycle of veggies.. so what.. would you prefer the bugs.. to the veggies that cost you more to grow in your yard..than they do at the grocer .. lol .. as i said.. at some tipping point.. you have to give up this touchy/feeling nonsense.. and declare war .. and be done with it.. or just move... ken |
Contrary to popular wisdom, fleas are nest parasites. Thus they don't range throughout a garden & landscape. thus the only sites that need management are where the flea-ridden animals sleep. Flea bombs don't work indoors, and certainly not outdoors. Neither will the cedar boards. I suggest you obtain a firm ID of the creatures you're capturing because insects other than fleas can bite people,including certain beneficial insets. To do so, take samples to your county's Extension Service office. (Phone ahead first.) Locate your county's office w/ this clickable map: |
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The symptoms simply don't sound like fleas. Oh, I do think that the ones you've actually seen on your leg are fleas, but I suspect that the other critters are a biting gnat of some sort or a biting thrip. |
- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, Dec 18, 12 at 8:19
seriously.. if you can afford to go to the continent .. hire a 'professional' [and i dont mean jose' with a pump tank] to take care of this.. and come home to a bug free yard ... and to be done with it all.. get a guarantee ... you are really tilting at windmills here ... i wish it had worked.. but the gauntlet has been thrown down ... there.. enough metaphors for today ... oh.. and have the house checked ... really now.. arent you really to the point of getting this taken care of??? ken ps: do keep us informed on the ID .. and the treatment.. we are very interested ... well i am.. i cant speak for the rest ... |
Thanks everyone! I think I need to ID the issue first. Rhizo, you bring up an interesting point on "Thrips" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrips I think I've seen insects that look *very* similar to the pictures of "Thrips" - I noticed a few crawling around on a watering can I had outside one time. Of course, it seems like their bites feel like pricks, etc. I didn't notice this when I was outside but it could have just been from being so occupied with what I was doing at the time. |
Biting thrip "bites" feel like little needle pricks to me. So do the little sand gnats or other biting gnats. |
Yea, I think I have been bitten by those things before, and they do feel like pricks. However, I don't necessarily recall the bites swelling up to bumps and itching (which is currently the case) |
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Ugh, so it seems the fleas must have just gone into 'hibernation' for the winter. A few weeks ago I was out in the garden and came back in and noticed bites. I checked again and found fleas. As far as bug ID, I'm positive these are fleas, and that they are biting me (I've seen them sucking blood before so I know). And they are managing to cling to me and get up above my lower extremities - I've seen several bites around my waist area... actually, there are times where I'm squatting so they might be jumping onto my shirt/waist area then. Anyway, the plausible explanation is that there are rodents or animals that are either hanging around in the yard or hiding under the deck. I'm not sure how to figure this out though because I *never* see any animals out there. That's with the exception of the one time I saw a possum on the yard wall. Actually, the other day I came across a dead rat (or larger field mouse?) that was all dehydrated and decomposing. I'm thinking once I get rid of whatever animals are hanging around the garden, the fleas should be gone as well. This whole thing is pretty irritating though. I even asked a terminator about spraying the yard and he said he could but warned that the problem won't necessarily go away if there are animals bringing the fleas into the yard in the first place. Ughh, I don't know what to do. |
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I have fleas in my garden as well because of all the cats that like to use my garden as their litter box. |
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Whether you love them, hate them or couldn't care less, video games are on the march. Three powerful game consoles will do battle this holiday season for home entertainment supremacy--here's our report from the front. --Erik Sofge
Microsoft XBOX 360
AVAILABLE: Now
PRICE: $300 to $400
RESOLUTION: Up to 1080i
Hardware: With nine months and some 80 games under its belt, the 360 is the next-generation console to beat. But now the 360 is in danger of becoming the least technologically impressive of the pack, lacking the PS3's supercomputing power and the Wii's motion-sensing controller. Microsoft is counting on innovative games to maintain its lead.
Online: Xbox Live, a pay-per-year network that launched with the original Xbox, extended the life span of some titles, letting gamers jump into massive firefights or establish online racing leagues. You also can download cheap "arcade" games. Every 360 title is Live-compatible.
Breakthrough Game: Test Drive Unlimited
This massively multiplayer racing game will support over 100,000 players cruising around a virtual Oahu, heading for league matches or spoiling for a pickup race. It comes with 90 vehicles, including bikes and concept cars, and more will be available over Xbox Live. Online bells and whistles aside, it's a great racing game.
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AVAILABLE: Nov. 17
PRICE: $500 to $600
RESOLUTION: Up to 1080p
Hardware: Delayed by about six months, the PS3 has some explaining to do. Will its powerful RSX and Cell processors deliver better visuals and smoother game play than the 360? It plays 1080p-resolution Blu-ray discs, but what if HD-DVD wins the format war? The PS3 seemed worth the wait when we played it. But will the price tag--as much as $600--sideline this contender regardless of its heavyweight technology?
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Breakthrough Game: Assassin's Creed
The crumbling masonry and teeming marketplaces in the Crusades-era Holy Land are gorgeous, but the artificial intelligence (AI) is even more stunning. Shove through a crowd and some bystanders shove you back. The AI extends to brawls, where enemies won't always fight to the death, but may beg for mercy or run for help.
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AVAILABLE: November (Est)
PRICE: $250 or less (Est)
RESOLUTION: Up to 480p
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Bringing a sword to a gunfight is a bad idea, but lots of fun. Red Steel gives you both kinds of weapons--and showcases the Wii's motion sensors by letting you aim your controller like a gun or swing it like a blade. The graphics aren't as detailed as the PS3's and 360's, but game play doesn't get more immersive than this.


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I found my wedding photographer and can't make up my mine on which album and package I will need about 75 thank you cards but I really love the packages. Please have a look and please help me come to a decision. Here is the link to the wedding album packages. http;//www.BellaMiaStudio.com Thanks
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I don't know whether this is a real post or a come-on from the photographer, and I didn't go to the web site. But the reference to thank you notes caught my attention. Are you ordering stationery with your picture on it? I would skip that. I assume they are expensive, and frankly, I think I would find it a little odd to receive. Would you put your photo on your stationery any other time? Probably not -- it seems a little narcissistic -- so I wouldn't do it for a wedding, either. Maybe especially not for thank you notes; the focus should be on the giver of the gift, not the recipient. Just use regular, nice stationery (not with "thank you" printed on it, either; you're going to write that inside). Save yourselves some money while making it even nicer than if you'd spent more -- how often can you do that? |
- Posted by sweet_pea10 (My Page) on Mon, Feb 16, 09 at 19:44
Actually, thank you notes with a photo of the couple is very popular. It allows those who attende the wedding to have a photo of the couple and those who couldn't attend get to see them in their finery. Some couples even hold a sign saying "thank you." |
"Actually, thank you notes with a photo of the couple is very popular." They are popular with some percentage of couples who are getting married. However, I have observed that they are rather less popular with guests who wait six months or more to receive a thank-you note because the couple are sure that everyone wants a card with their photo on it. |
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Which comes first: shifting the balance of power or reclaiming the Palestinian narrative? Does the Palestinian Authority education system undermine the Palestinian story? Is there a place for the Israeli in the Palestinian narrative? How badly has the hegemonic narrative on Israel in the U.S. been shaken? These questions and more are thrashed out in this provocative Al-Shabaka roundtable.
"The Palestinian Authority has been undermined; it has [become] a nuisance… The only just solution that some Palestinian activists have started discussing is a secular, democratic state on the historic lands of the state of Palestine, which means the end of the Palestinian Authority and the end of the façade of the peace process doctrine."
As Mahmoud Abbas heads to the United Nations to secure non-member state status for Palestine, he faces a strong and growing movement among Palestinian civil society activists within and outside the occupied Palestinian territory to reframe the Palestinian struggle as fighting against an apartheid Israeli regime and for inalienable Palestinian rights – and not for a state per se. Al-Shabaka Policy Advisor Leila Farsakh discusses Abbas' attempts to placate this movement while retaining control of his political program.
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Mar 6th 2011 4:18PM Just started healing on my paladin a few weeks ago after tanking and dpsing on and off since tBC (he is an alt, one of 8) and I am loving it. I know a little about how holy used to work pre 4.01 before the advent of holy power. I think the class and spec is really coming into it's own as being more well rounded and fun to play. Thanks for the tip on judging more, I have a great macro I use to judge my focus' target (the tank) works great available on wowwiki.
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Feb 16th 2011 9:23AM Toss up between Zul'Drak and the awesome homage to Diablo in Blade's Edge Mountains.
An in-depth look at World of Warcraft action figures series 8 {WoW}
Feb 14th 2011 7:00PM Maybe Bliz wants you to hate Garrosh. Not every leader and figurehead in fiction and reality are upstanding individuals, there are plenty of tyrants. I also think replacing Thrall with any if the other suitable candidates would have lessened the impact that we lost such a wise leader in the first place. Honestly I feel Garrosh is a placeholder for Thrall and we will see him brought back at the end of this expansion or possibly in another expansion, and having a tyrant for a leader now will make that transition more dynamic. Just my humble opinion.
Around Azeroth: Ever fallen in love with someone you shouldn't have fallen in love with? {WoW}
Feb 14th 2011 12:40PM Like most, my ex as well. Our relationship went 2 years too long in a 4 year one. My advice don't let it drag on. Been with my current girlfriend for 3 years now and we are closer than ever, she's a keeper.
Scattered Shots: What other classes should know about hunters {WoW}
Feb 7th 2011 6:22PM Here's a sexy tip you can share with your warrior buddies: trapping that target first nets you aggro on all mobs in the pack right off, however it's actually not that much threat. Simply casting Battle or Commanding shout as soon as the mobs all start to move toward the hunter will redirect all threat to the warrior tank. This is assuming your healer hasn't popped his cherry early with an in combat pw:s or hot or something, and the rest if the dps are behaving as well, letting the mobs at least reach the tank first.
Arcane Brilliance: The mage survival guide, part 1 {WoW}
Feb 5th 2011 6:55PM Only time you have to worry about getting the rest of the group topped off or at least partially healed up is just before he enrages. During the enrage he does constant unavoidable aoe dmg. Just spam aoe heals at that point ftw.
The Queue: Miskatonic, my alma mater {WoW}
Feb 5th 2011 4:27PM Sorry this was supposed to be a reply to the comment on the first page about satchel of helpful goods from the dungeon finder.
The Queue: Miskatonic, my alma mater {WoW}
Feb 5th 2011 12:53PM Idk if it gives useful stuff for the class at all 100% of the time. I got a strength neck piece the other day on my hunter.


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After you greedily tear open the pretty blue box, you will be greeted with several items to make sure that you get up and running in no time at all. Above is the package deal all together, but lets take a closer look at what we have to work with.
As with most video boards being sold today, you will get all the necessary cabling to handle those tedious chores of hooking up to a TV or similar device. Even if you have no immediate plans of using a television as a display, who can say that you won't end up with a HDTV and just want to try it out and see what it can do? In the event that you want to try it out, you will have the items necessary to do it without having to go out and buy more stuff.
Whoever came up with this gem ought to get a prize. And any manufacturer that adds it to their package ought to get another one.
What we have here is a very small device that is a dream come true for those who want the benefit of dual displays but can't justify the cost of that second display being a digital LCD monitor. It is a converter that allows you to hook up a standard CRT into the digital display port of the card. Just attach this to the digital port of the video card and then attach the 15-pin monitor cable into the converter.
Having used several nVidia based products, I can say that it is rare indeed (if ever) that you can expect something like this to appear in the retail package of any of their video cards.
Most video board manufacturers have long since done away with large software packages. This actually makes perfect sense since a majority of buyers already have the games that they want to play anyway. It saves money of the product and helps keep the retail prices more reasonable for the consumer.
With this in mind, you will get an Installation disk and a DVD utility called PowerDVD. The PowerDVD program has shown itself to be very capable for watching your favorite DVD movies (you DO have a DVD drive, don't you?) and the Installation disk offers drivers and helpful utilities to let you get the most out of your new video card.


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In Bottle, a violent bombing in Jerusalem in 2007 motivates Tal (Agathe Bonitzer), a 17-year-old French-born teen, to compose a letter, which includes her e-mail address, pleading for peace and slip it into a bottle that her soldier brother Eytan (Abraham Belaga) throws into the nearby Gaza Sea. The letter, which quite directly asks why such bombings happen, is retrieved by a gaggle of young Palestinian males, among whom is 19-year-old Naim (Mahmoud Shalaby). The first message back is inauspicious: One of Naim's wiseguy friends suggests instructions on how someone can strap on a bomb.
But the serious Naim, with designs on leaving Gaza and studying in Paris, answers responsibly. Using the handle "Gazaman," he begins what will become an online friendship with Tal.
She keeps their correspondence secret because her loving Israeli family, relocated from France, is loyal to their adopted country and their Judaism and would clearly not approve. A joyful Succoth celebration puts across the point of these decent people unfairly caught up in so problematic a situation.
Tal and Naim reveal pain in their growing correspondence. Tal writes that her brother, although a soldier, is "a good guy." Naim states his case: "Your people have a state; we don't" and laments about who's to blame. As warmth between the two grows, we also learn that they share important values. Naim's nurse mother Intessar (the wonderful Hiam Abbass of Lemon Tree and Munich), for instance, urges her son to return to college. After reading a notice about French government scholarships, he studies French with supportive teacher Thomas (François Loriquet) at Gaza's French Cultural Center. As Tal and Naim share more in their e-mail exchanges, it becomes clear they have much in common. But violent Arab attacks, bombings and near-impossible border crossings serve as a cruel counterpoint to this unusual communication, which is soon discovered by Tal's family. Unexpected interruptions ensue.
The performances here are wonderful and the local color and beautiful cinematography add much to the film's authenticity and dramatic turns. In addition to its Palestinian-Israeli theme, Bottle is timely, as Israel, after last November's violent Israeli and Gaza eruption, just eased passage of trucks across the tight border.
But where is the solution? None of these films, however concerned and well-intentioned, has had the courage to suggest giving (back) the Palestinians their state so that they can live in dignity instead of under the terrible conditions forever depicted in the media.


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III. The "Street Fighting Man" in Oakland
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Santa Rosa–Your raconteur finishes his narration on Tariq Ali's visit to San Francisco Bay on the Prophet Issa (PBUH's) birthday (Dec. 25th) in this overgrown farm town – like San Jose a hundred miles to its south with a burgeoning high tech concentration with the possibility of tremendous population growth, too – also, fifty miles north of San Francisco and gritty Oakland where the Anglo-Pakistani Tariq Ali spewed forth his vision on Palestine and so much more two months ago.
"What do you say when the system stops working in the West?"
The Arab Revolution is similar to the French. It is essentially about equality, but it will, further, create the space for future uprisings. (Ali perceives the regime changes in the Maghreb and the rest of North Africa plus the Middle East as part of a political radicalization. Your commentator believes his subject slights his human objects by missing their religious yearning expressed by the disenfranchised Arabs before the "Spring." Succinctly, Ali's vision is an overly secular one.)
Ali deems a new Western Imperialism has arisen simultaneous with (the Israeli War) of 1967. His perception is that of a weakened Washington. Further, he predicts that the American Empire Will collapse from within. (Seeing the Occupy Wall Street Movement so vehemently fought out on the streets of Oakland at that end of last October, and of the Christmastide of this writing, it is still in battle [Occupy Berkeley was just cleared out December 22nd], must have re-enforced his analysis of a crumbling Metropole.)
Regarding a possible Chinese Imperium, it will be one based on trade like the current Anglo-American "Empire."
Of the changes arising in North America, Europe and the Arabic realms, "The most important force are [and will be] the citizens" of their land themselves.
Tariq Ali is the man of the moment, but he only sees the political people power. Yet he fails to acknowledge the spiritual craving of the Fellaheen (i.e., فَلَّاح فَلَّاح) themselves. The Palestinian struggle and the larger Arab "Spring" go further than territory (the Koranic concept of the Ummah (أمة)). It supersedes this, but it goes to the very souls of the lands' residents!
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Palestinian Recognition at the U.N.
By Geoffrey Cook, TMO
Washington–Your reporter has devoted much time to the (progressive) Israeli position on any possible peace discussion with the rightful Arab claimants to the Holy Land. The Palestine Center, housed in the American capital city, has given your narrator the opportunity to voice the opposing Palestinian position on their march to recognition towards their legitimate status at next month's meeting at the United Nations.
"Ambassador" Maen Areikat gave a formal speech on his "country's" formal position on a potential declaration next month of his country's independence in New York City a month ago here in the District of Columbia with the most knowledgeable legal expert on Ramallah's right for national agency, Professor John Quigley.
This, presented in July, was part of the Palestine Center's public examination of what they termed "The Arab Spring becomes the Palestinian Autumn" — something your scribe does not as yet subscribe.
"Ambassador" (your raconteur only puts parenthesis around his title because Areikat represents a stateless State, and his credentials may not be officially recognized here in D.C.) Mean Areikat is the main PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) representative in the U.S. officially commissioned with the rank of Ambassador by President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority (PA).
He has held high positions in negotiating teams and delegations with the Israeli occupiers. Maen, also, served as Desk Officer over English-speaking powers within the PA's Orient House's International Relations Department.
From your author's recent research on Israel, the attitude of the Palestinians going directly to the U.N. on Manhattan's River for an official acknowledgment of their natural entitlement is anathema to Tel Aviv. As John Quigley pointed out, the Israeli parliament (or Knesset) recognized the PLO as representing a State by recognizing the legitimacy of the Oslo Accords or the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arraignments or more succinctly the Declaration of Principles (DOP) of September 13th 1993. Further, under the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne, the Turks under their then Ottoman Empire ceded their former territories (including Palestine) as States to the (former) League of Nations who gave them in trust to the victorious (post-)World War I European Empires as temporary Mandates.
Erekat noted, whatever, the Security-Council does not have the right to recognize or deny nationhood, but it must be passed by two-thirds of its members to be sent on to the General Assembly (GA) , but, if it does pass the initial hurdle, it will most likely be bureaucratically shunted into a Committee. Here, this Committee can be slowed down in referring it to the General-Assembly.
The leading legal expert on this process this process is Professor John Quigley of Ohio State University in Columbus. Besides the law, Quigley's interests includes human rights; and, thus, Palestine.
Professor Quigley simply states that, after the matter has been referred to the General-Assembly without obfuscations, the Security-Council has to defend their position on whether to grant Statehood or not to the G.-A. This can actually go back and forth between the two bodies for some time.
The Ambassador showed that it is only the G.-A. that can bestow the legal status of Statehood, and that standing can have several different levels. Under the U.N. Charter the U.S. can't say "We don't like it [our bid], or give Israel more time to make peace." Both of these are invalid under the United Nations' Charter.
There is a question of what exactly is legally binding because the Charter is ambiguous here: It is not clear whether the General Assembly has the authority to admit a country into the U.N. without the Council's approval to do so, and there has been no precedent to establish it one way or the other. To continue the pun we are proceeding on uncharted ice.
Only Israel is claiming that this move is unilateral. It is not so, as the Ambassador declares, " We are going for full admission into the United Nations to be acknowledged as a sovereign entity!" In the General Assembly the Palestinians only require a plurality of fifty (percent) plus one. Debate is proceeding back home in Ramallah on which course to proceed. According to the District of Columbia, the U.S. insists that Palestinian State's status should only come through negotiation, but negotiations for Tel Aviv denotes the avoidance of the two-country agreement whereas Palestine advocates a dual realm resolution by fighting against the unjust Settlements. The real cost of the Occupation is borne by the international commune. This is "Not an effort to isolate Israel," for "We are committed to non-violent peaceful resistance, but we shall not tolerate the Occupation!"
The Right Honorable Maen Areikat continued, "The only way we shall reconsider [this bid for recognition] is if the community of nations can guarantee our security; then, discussions can go on in good faith."
Quigley, further, adds that, if Palestine achieves its place amongst the family of sovereign states, the War Crimes committed against the Canaanites can be brought before the International Court under the Treaty of Rome of 2003.
If Palestine would be welcomed into that august body on the Hudson, then, as a sovereign nation, "We would have [to have] responsibilities," too, Areikat stated. "We would [then] have to follow the U.N. Charter," Conversely, "The Quartet [the nations acting as interlopers between Tel Aviv and Ramallah – the United States, the United Kingdom (U.K.), the Russian Federation, the European Union (EU) and the United Nations as a coordinator] is concerned about [this forthcoming] September['s confrontation], for [it is bound] to be more favorable to the Arabs. It is a foregone conclusion that Ramallah will gain the fifty plus one in the General Assembly guaranteeing a Palestinian nation, but alternatively, they can merely grant Observer Status; but, thereby, we shall gain international legality," also.
Areikcat said, "We may just be headed for New York as a rouse..[but we have the ]the right to tell…people our options!" Concluding, "We can move towards independence!…We have rights under the U.N. " Then, "We can move forward towards [true] Independence…We'll have our rights under the U.N.!" There "will be a change in international relations. In 1948,Israel agreed to be a neighbor of a bordering Arab State. The PLO's position is a two-State solution!" Ultimately, the agreement will be made between the Palestinians and the Israelis. Although there is EU support, His Excellency felt the European vote is in question.


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