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I had a bad feeling about the Caitlin Ferry story when it first broke back in January. A Snohomish man had been caught with a horrifying array of photographs of himself molesting several children. It was soon reported that his girlfriend, Caitlin Ferry of Sultan, would also be charged.
The image that came to mind was of a woman rather like some murderers about whom I've written over the years; adult and mature, reasonably intelligent but morally bankrupt.
But Sultan is a very small town, and when one of its own is implicated in something so awful, it becomes important to try to make some sense of it. So I called around to some folks in Sultan and asked if they knew of the girl, and sure enough, several people did.
I learned something from them I hadn't learned in police paperwork or in other news coverage. Ferry is somewhat developmentally delayed.
I immediately got mad. That she is delayed doesn't necessarily absolve her, of course. But it was a relevant detail, and it should have been in the other news coverage, I thought.
I found Caitlin's mom on Facebook and considered her plight for a while. It was horrific. No one loves anyone the way a parent loves a child, and the parents of kids who are delayed suffer a lot more worry and protectiveness than do parents of typical kids.
Here was this woman, whose child had just been charged with the most stigmatizing crime there is. No matter the degree of the guilt of Caitlin, her mother was in one of the worst places a parent could possibly be.
In cases like that, when someone is charged with a serious crime, I generally try to talk to the accused. It's only fair. We get the perspective of law enforcement easily enough from the police reports and the prosecution's affidavit of probable cause.
It is rare to get a defendant to talk, though. Often he or she is simply not answering phones, or may have been advised by an attorney to say nothing to the press.
I sent Mrs. Ferry a message inviting her to tell her daughter's side of the story, and she got back to me and expressed some interest. It never happened for whatever reason, so I let it drop.
Two weeks ago, I got a handwritten letter from prison. That's not uncommon; inmates occasionally write letters to the editor from the Monroe Correctional Complex. But this one wasn't from there. It was from Enrique Sanchéz-León, the man now serving 35 years for molesting those kids. In it, he insisted forcefully and repeatedly that Caitlin had not been involved in what he called his "shameful acts."
He insisted that the handful of photos he'd taken of her nude with his nude son, a child, were intended to be artistic.
No one but he, police and the prosecutor have seen those photos, so there's no way to evaluate that claim. And a guy who would do what he did to those kids surely would have no problem telling a lie. I tried to reach Mrs. Ferry again, thinking maybe I'd revisit the story with this new piece of input, but her Facebook page was down.
Oddly, a week later, Mrs. Ferry sent me a message.
She was ready to talk about the case, as Caitlin was to enter a plea deal that week.
She and I spoke at length, and I feel terrible for her. Anyone would. Her voice reflects the enormous strain she is under. She truly believes that Caitlin had no intention of molesting a child. It runs counter to everything she knows of her daughter. But she has no problem imagining Caitlin exploited. That has happened to Caitlin many times already.
I have no trouble imagining it either. Chubby, somewhat delayed, incontinent at times as a child, her social life can only have been awful. Kids like that often grow up to be people who will do anything for approval.
I talked to the prosecutor, and he said with what sounded like real emotion that he believed she molested the boy. But he said that her disability had never been discussed in the entire legal proceeding so far.
No matter what, this is a horrible story. Either Caitlin is a heartless monster who got kicks out of fooling around with a little boy, which given what everyone who knows her with whom I spoke said seems unlikely; or she did something she knew was wrong in her desperate quest for approval; or she truly didn't think what she was doing was wrong.
And the prosecutor could be a conscientious, honorable guy doing his best to see that the right thing is done. Many are. He could also simply care more about winning than justice. He wouldn't be the first.
I also know that people who think there is even a chance a jury could convict, ensuring them decades in prison, will plead guilty to lesser charges in exchange for a far lighter sentence; even if, as has happened in some famous exoneration cases, that person doesn't believe him or herself to be guilty.
As Caitlin entered a plea of guilty in court, witnesses described her as nearly catatonic. Her mother said she is in deep denial about what this whole thing means.
We will never know the truth of this case. We will never know for sure if justice was served or if it just made another victim.
Very seldom do I wonder about the guilt or the degree of guilt of someone convicted in a court case I've covered. I do in this one, and it's an unpleasant, uneasy feeling.
But I know one thing. The Ferry family needs support.
The family has been in Sultan a long time, and many people know them.
In this age where every online news story like this one is followed by hate-filled comments, it's easy to imagine the sense of isolation and stigma that have settled onto the shoulders of her parents and perhaps her siblings.
If nothing else, I hope to God people take what opportunity they can to keep from making this unhappy series of events even worse.


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This product claims to combat the effects of stress, environment and a not-so-healthy lifestyle through the use of antioxidants. This scrub contains ingrediants from so-called "superfruits" known as Goji, Acai, Pomegranate, Mangosteen, Mango, Cranberry, Noni and Blueberry, which supposedly help purify, detoxify and soothe stressed skin.
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Babiana - a sweet little bulb whose growth is like freesias or sparaxis. Homeria naturalized red tulip blasted by a hot day which taught me Darwins will rebloom for years. Some years fewer blooms as the "splits" grow to blooming size and some years, yazoo! These have been in place more than 10 years. noid Dutch iris that I really want to identify. Color is more lavender. |
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How Not to Write, Market and Sell a Supernatural Romance Novel
The book I had in mind would not be very good. It would be better than everyone else's books but it wouldn't be very good. I was aiming for broad market appeal, shameless pandering to middlebrow tastes and prose more meretriciously sentimental than a whore on wharf. The book would be fast and it would be short. It would be published under a penname. It would help me to get by.


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Now that we have met Mark, the Golden Boy of Weight Loss, and Julie, the Fitness Enthusiast, we turn our attention to Gertrude, the Poor Eater.
According to Lorraine Ogden's paper in OBESITY, people like Gertrude (who I invented) would make up about 10% of National Weight Control Registry participants.
Gertrude, is 53 years old, works as a retail clerk, and is divorced. Her current BMI is 26, down from 37 almost six years ago. Like Julie, Gertrude also began gaining weight in her late teens and has parents, who are slightly overweight.
In contrast to Julie, who was has always been relatively healthy, Gertrude has a history of high blood pressure, arthritis, "poor" thyroid function and mild depression.
Gertrude also has a lengthy history of weight loss attempts but only once tried a commercial weight-loss program. It was only after consulting with her physician and a psychologist and joining a self-help group (run in her Church basement), that she managed to "conquer" her weight.
Unlike Golden Boy Mark and Fitness Enthusiast Julie, Gertrude made no change to her physical activity levels. In fact, she barely gets a 100 Cals a day from exercise (if you can call it that).
Her "secret" essentially consists of not eating very much. She often eats only a couple of meals a day and reports getting more of her 1300 daily calories from fat and fewer from carbs. Yet, she feels that she can eat whatever she wants, often does not feel very hungry and seldom has cravings.
All in all, Gertrude is happy with her current weight and lifestyle although she continues to struggle with mild depression.
The Gertrudes of this world are not all that rare in clinical practice. They often report not eating much to begin with and do not appear to have much trouble eating even less. They are certainly not the ones to take up any form of regular or rigorous physical activity – they would rather simply focus on eating (even) fewer calories.
In my experience, depression and often pain is a common problem with Gertrudes and once this is effectively managed, cravings are generally well controlled.
Gertrude is definitely not a "foodie" and will be quite happy eating pretty much the same foods everyday.
Gertrudes, respond well to support systems (e.g. TOPS or Weight Watchers), which often become an important part of their social life. Connecting Gertrude to such groups is often the best help we can give them.
Unfortunately, Gertrudes, although more commonly seen in clinical practice, are even rarer than the Golden Boys and Girls like Mark, making up only about one in ten registrants in the NWCR.
If you know people like Gertrude, I'd love to hear about them.
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Successful Weight-Loss Maintainers: Gertrude, the Poor Eater,
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Kristen says:
January 10th, 2013 at 10:41 amI find this series very interesting. I don't think I fit in this category, or the other two you've written about but see some things that describe me.
I come from a family where everyone is very obese. I had 4 children and gained between 40 (premature baby) and 60 pounds with each pregnancy but gradually went back down to my pre-baby weight. Each time it took me a year or so to lose the excess weight. I started running after the third baby and now run an average of 20 miles a week with a yearly marathon and a month or two off thrown in but am otherwise sedentary. I eat what I consider the standard American diet circa 1985; not solely junk, but not over healthy; I cook most days (meat and potatoes, western rancher type food) and don't drink sugar drinks unless running for more than 90 minutes. I eat as much as I want but usually not more than 2-3 times a day. My weight is stable to within 5 pounds (BMI 20.5) and has been for the last 4 years.
If a diet has an expiration weight after which one can eat "normal" again it won't work for maintenance. I think it's important to understand many people who are slim, even those who have never been heavy, have somewhat disordered eating and/or exercise habits; our environment almost makes it mandatory. I find that even my friends who think their weight maintenance is effortless live a lifestyle others might find very difficult to follow.
TLDR: everything works for someone; nothing works for everyone. I wonder how many "normal weight" people who have never had to lose weight fit in these same categories.
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January 10th, 2013 at 11:30 amHi Dr. Sharma:
I would hope that you would work with Gertrude to help her increase her activity level since as a clinician you are interested in her health, not just in her weight, and exercise, independent of its effect on weight, is beneficial for alleviating just about everything that ails us. As Gertrude ages, simply eating less and less to maintain her weight is a recipe for declining health and quality of life.
Alexie says:
January 10th, 2013 at 12:48 pmI have some things in common with Gertrude, in that I am happy being boring about food, which helps me stick to a lower calorie diet. I can happily eat the same thing all the time. Maybe there's a heritable component to this? We used to tease my Dad because if left to his own devices would eat a tin of baked beans every night.
I should add that in my professional life I'm involved with food and hospitality, so I'm exposed to both a lot of creative food and foodies. I can talk trends with the best of them, but while my colleagues go home and devise restaurant-quality meals every night, I am happy with steamed veggies.
What changed me weight wise was going from chaotic eating to ordered eating – now I have a routine and I stick to it, and am secretly annoyed when work intervenes and throws a lot of high calories foods my way that it would be churlish and even a bit Philistine not to eat.
What I notice is that if I have a hectic week of eating out, my hunger levels rise considerably, but after a day or two of my normal eating and battling hunger and cravings, my need for food drops markedly.
Unlike Gertrude I enjoy physical activity.
julie says:
January 10th, 2013 at 5:19 pmI've met people who would be thrilled if someone just invented a pill or some slop that they could eat every day and not bother with food, but these are thin people who find eating inconvenient. I've met others who do no exercise at all, won't even walk a block or two, but most are thin. I notice that when I can't fit in any exercise, I eat much less, but if I don't exercise, I get very depressed, so really not ideal. I enjoy exercise, and really like active transport-the last thing I would want to do is spend more time in my car, I love walking and biking, driving makes me cranky.
shany says:
January 11th, 2013 at 2:30 amInteresting!!
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Marilyn says:
January 12th, 2013 at 8:41 amJust a few comments. I'm a member of that national registry. They have you fill out a form and sometimes – maybe more often – my answer isn't available. So that would skew the results.
I guess, too, that my mood when I'm filling out the form may also color the results. -
Ellen May says:
January 15th, 2013 at 2:18 pmHaving a healthy diet and exercise plan is key to maintaining a healthy weight. Gertrude may not have mild depression if she ate a healthy balanced diet and exercised more frequently.


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Brandy Brann – President
Brandy joined the DJCC in February of 2013 after recently relocating from North Carolina. She formally served on the Board of Directors for the Roxboro Junior Chamber of Commerce in North Carolina as Treasurer for two consecutive terms. Since joining the DJCC Brandy has played an active role within the chamber as well as co-chaired the 2013 Johnny Sides Gala. She currently works for Children's Medical Center of Dallas as a Contract Specialist within the Supply Chain Operations Department. Brandy enjoys staying involved within the local community and spending time with family and friends.
Kristine Capino – Chief Operating Officer
Kristine Capino has a passion for helping people see their best. Her mission is to make an impact on her patients and the way that they are able to see the world. As a recent transplant from Massachusetts, Kristine has continued her desire to stay involved with the local community by joining the DJCC. Prior to moving, she studied at Boston University pursuing her passion within the field of ophthalmology. Currently, she works in the OR in refractive surgery. The Boston native has been in the eye care industry since she was a teenager volunteering with the blind and has cultivated a strong business mindset that she credits to her parents success at running their own business. As Kristine works towards the goal of owning her own practice, her interest in fashion aligns with visions of an upscale optical alongside a medical practice. When Kristine is not working late Friday evenings in the OR you can find her taste testing at new Dallas restaurants, having a Homeland & Suits marathon or breaking a sweat at Flywheel Spinning.
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Duane McClellan – Vice President of Finance
Duane McClellan moved to Dallas after receiving a B.S./B.A in Finance from the University of Arkansas in 2010. Since graduating, Duane has worked at Briggs Equipment as a national account manager and solution implementation project manager. After volunteering at TASTE in March 2013, Duane could not wait to expand his participation with the organization. He participated as a co-chair for the Johnny Sides event and could not be more excited to be apart of the DJCC 2014 board. In his free time, Duane enjoys reading, DIY projects around his home and going to the dog park.
Kristen Mayer – Vice President of Communications
Kristen Mayer has been involved with the Dallas Junior Chamber of Commerce since late 2011 and will be serving as the VP of Communications in 2013. Kristen is originally from Minnesota and moved to Dallas in 2009 from the Philadelphia area. She has a diverse background as a member and board participant with several non-profit organizations over the past 15 years. Kristen is a highly successful senior business development and marketing director with a unique background combining leadership, corporate communications, business planning, company brand design, sales training, project planning, and program management. In her spare time she enjoys planning events, reading, traveling, spending time with family & friends, and attending sporting events, especially Vikings football and Phillies baseball games.
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Besides the rapid growth, a visitor is immediately struck by two things: the spectacular views of the Front Range for which the county is famous, and the bone-dry, high-plains desert that's quickly being bulldozed to make way for Kentucky-bluegrass lawns and new shopping centers.
Even by the standards of arid Colorado, Douglas County is unusually dry. Parched washes and gullies lie at the base of yucca-studded bluffs, and the wind whistles through brittle grasses. The South Platte River runs along the western edge of the county, tantalizing developers who know all too well that Denver tied up most of that water years ago. The same is true of the glorified trickle known as Cherry Creek, which runs through Parker. Though Douglas County residents may live in show homes with sweeping views of the snow-covered Rockies, that snow melt does them little good.
But that hasn't stopped developers from breaking ground on dozens of new subdivisions, golf courses, office parks and retail centers. From Highlands Ranch to Castle Rock, Douglas County is in the midst of a real estate boom that's transforming Denver's southern suburbs. Now home to approximately 100,000 people, the county is growing at a rate of about 12 percent a year and should have 200,000 residents in little more than a decade. By mid-century, Douglas County could be home to half a million people.
Where is the water to support this real estate free-for-all coming from? Just below your feet. Without a surface-water supply system of any consequence, Douglas County is tapping into the Denver Basin aquifer, a vast underground water table that runs along the Front Range between Greeley and Colorado Springs. Dozens of electric pumps scattered around the county operate 24 hours a day, pumping water from wells as deep as 2,000 feet.
There's one problem with this arrangement: State experts say the groundwater will last for only 100 years--and well before that time, the aquifer will become so depleted that water districts will be forced to drill ever deeper to keep up with demand. That means Douglas County residents will almost certainly face sky-high bills for costly new wells. And someday, of course, the aquifer will run dry.
State officials say the economic costs of tapping a declining aquifer will be so high that Douglas County will have to find another water source well before the 100-year deadline. Even the county commissioners, whose pro-development votes have helped make Douglas County one of the fastest-growing areas in the nation, acknowledge the problem. They're pushing a controversial solution that could cost county taxpayers up to $600 million. Under that plan, South Platte River water controlled by the Denver Water Department would be piped into the county, where it would be injected into the aquifer. But Denver officials are cool to the idea--and Denver residents may not be eager to bail out an area widely viewed as a haven for people who chose to flee the core city.
Building a permanent water-supply system before massive development takes place is usually considered common sense. But that's not the way things work in Douglas County.
Over the past twenty years, county officials have approved zoning for 179,000 new homes and 500,000 new residents. The commissioners have proven unwilling to stand up to well-heeled development companies, who also happen to fund many of their political campaigns. The state legislature has done no better, refusing to place tighter controls on water use or adopt statewide water plans such as those implemented by other western states like California and Arizona. Governor Roy Romer denounced Douglas County's dependence on the aquifer in an emotional speech last year, but so far he's done little more than talk about the problem. And the state engineer's office, which issues permits for new wells, is hamstrung by a watered-down state law that prevents it from interfering in local planning decisions.
The result is a public-policy fiasco in the making--and Douglas County homeowners will pay the price. "Colorado's making all the same mistakes Los Angeles made," says former governor Dick Lamm, who railed against short-sighted water policy during his twelve years in office. "It's deja vu."
If the state doesn't "start trying to work this out, it will hit us square in the face in a real crisis," predicts Jim Lochhead, executive director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources. "We're heading for a huge train wreck."
No part of Douglas County's explosive growth is more visible than Highlands Ranch, the master-planned community strung out along C-470 between Broadway and Quebec Street. A project of the California-based Mission Viejo Company, Highlands Ranch has become one of the fastest-growing developments in the United States. Founded in 1979, it already has 30,000 residents, and Mission Viejo's blueprint calls for it to number 90,000 at completion--a town roughly the size of Boulder. Most of the water for this new prairie community will come from the same place Castle Rock, Parker and most of the other cities in Douglas County get their water: the Denver Basin aquifer.


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The palate begins with generous peach and stone fruit. The 25% wild fermentation becomes evident as the wine opens up to reveal a beautifully
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Riesling gives the finesse and class to this wine, Sauvignon blanc adds loads of aromatics, and the Marsanne and Roussanne provide complexity, weight and nuttiness to the palate.
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Outstanding. The wine exhibits a straw colour and subtle vanillin and spice aromas are noticeable in the aromatics, a creamy texture, admirable finesse and complexity and a surprisingly fat concentration and length.
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Week 6
With Week 5 in the past, the RoboRaiders strive to complete the robot before the deadline is completed. The Mechanical subteam has started troubleshooting and finalizing the robot structure. Programming has continued to optimize the code and has completed the dashboard.
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Week 5
Team 75 continues to work in unison as Week 5 comes to a close. The Strategy subteam has begun human and driver testing. Animation continues to finalize the modeling and rendering of the animation.
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Week 4
With the deadline quickly approaching, the RoboRaiders have stepped up to the plate and have begun working on the more serious parts of the building of the robot during Week 4.
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Week 3
With Week 3 of the 2013 build season coming to a close, the RoboRaiders continue their hard work at the warehouse. Programming has been working on the drive code of the robot.
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Week 2
With the end of Week 2 of build season, Team 75 has been hard at work to stay on schedule. The Electrical subteam has been training on Autodesk Inventor.
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I start the week thankful. Thankful for my family.
For Q's cheerful blue eyes and CeCe's ornery little spirit.
The tragedy of last week has given fresh perspective and deep gratitude for my children…as well as a heavy reminder that they are not mine.
They are a gift.
They belong to God.
And every.single.minute. that I get to be their mommy is a blessing far greater than I deserve.
I read this quote yesterday and it resonated deeply with my feelings about what happened in Connecticut:
"Human beings do not lose control of their lives. What we lose is the illusion that we were ever in control on the first place,". Barbara Taylor
There is only freedom in that statement if we believe, like REALLY believe, that God is at His core good and loving toward His children.
And that we can trust Him fully with our own children.
Because He knows what it's like to love and loose His only Child.
I was lying in bed Saturday night fearful and overwhelmed with sadness. The only words I could think to pray were Philippians 4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
When you don't have the words, when the fear or anxiety threatens to steal your joy and security, pray those words.
They are good, true, hope-filled words.
Now, how about a little Ankle Biter adorableness to lighten the mood?
Cousin Annaliese wasn't too thrilled about Q reading her favorite book! Look at that pout! I LOVE IT!
The motley crew of Nativity Scenes…
Our church had a birthday party for Jesus on Saturday….
Look at those faces! A CHILD IS BORN! Such joy!
This is CeCe's "quit bugging me, mom!" face
I whipped up (and by "whipped up" I mean, trashed my kitchen and spent the whole afternoon…) some dye-free chocolate dipped s'mores for Q and CeCe's preschool party. You can find the recipe at Bye Bye Food Dye.
Whew! I feel a little better.
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Nicole Scherzinger is mesmerizing in her music video for the song "Boomerang." The song is from Scherzinger's upcoming second studio album. The former Pussycat Dolls filmed the music video on November 29, 2012.
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Michael grew up with wide open space as his playground and horses as his companions. Everything was a game, an adventure, he played with purpose - trick riding, "backcountry" camps in the woods, racing full size Quarter horses on his Shetland pony and winning. Though all his dreams revolved around horses, Michael's early career led him down an amazing path of world travel, teaching language and history at the university level. He loved language and teaching but somewhere along the line realized he lost the play and had become a practicing adult. Though pursuing his passion he felt himself becoming chauvinistic, autocratic and direct line, not what he wanted to be. Despite his success in academia Michael left that chapter of life behind him to return to his childhood passion - horses. He hasn't looked back! After a year at Parelli Natural Horsemanship University, Michael was certified as a Licensed 2 Star Parelli Professional. Michael has built a reputation in the Pacific Northwest as a clear communicator with both horses and humans. The Parelli Natural Horse Training program combined with his background in teaching and language gives Michael a unique ability to articulate just what the horse needs in terms we humans can understand. Using simulations and demonstrations, Michael is able to help students feel and see what their body language is communicating to their horse. He has taken his love for languages to the next level - using Parelli to communicate with horses in a language they understand and helping you do the same. Most importantly, Michael loves what he does and it shows!
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I love geeks with big dicks.
This is officially the greatest thread ever.
I'm kind of a nerd too
Smart guys need loving too...
And I would gladly show some love any one of these guys!
The Three Musketeers... Bashful, Chrisglass, and Ronboy!
iPad sucks. Not sure how to copy a picture and paste it here with one.
Holy Prostate Exam Batman! That was AMAZING!!
So I found out today that the geeky friend with a huge cock whom I've posted about before has REALLY been mistreating his ex-girlfriend. He keeps begging to get back together with her and she wants to take him back but he wants to be the center of her universe and pitches a fit whenever her plans conflict with his. She called me today to vent about it. Apparently he had some spring break trip to an anime convention planned for the both of them. She got sick and couldn't go so she told him to go on without her. While he was gone her grandmother got sick and she ran home. Apparently he took offense that she went to visit her grandmother despite her own sickness but didn't feel well enough to go on the trip with him. His response was to immediately go out and find a girl to shack up with for the rest of spring break while she was gone. She just found out that this was one of quite a few such instances. You would not think it to look at this gangly little geek but apparently he's been using his charisma and his huge tool to gather quite the stable of fillies on the sly. He's bi too so I have to wonder if there are guys he has shacked up with without her knowledge as well.
He is just a big prick. Tell her to dump him as fast as she would used groceries.
It doesn't matter what type of person you are, how big your cock is, or any other category, some people are just plain fucked up. And he sounds like a major case of it. I wouldn't touch him knowing what you just shared about him as there is more to a person than a big uncut cock hanging between your legs. What is between his ears? Seems like a lot of empty space.
Great posts guys. I can't seem to copy and paste photos like before with my iPad.
Holy Prostate Exam Batman! That was AMAZING!!
Actually, I just found the picture on the internet, wanted to submit it here and decided I would tell a story which I thought was relevant to the thread in the same post. I suppose I could have made it into two consecutive posts but I thought that might be a wast of forum space. I never said that this was a picture of my geeky friend. I'm sorry if that's the impression that you got from my post. Blah blah blah.
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Holy Prostate Exam Batman! That was AMAZING!!
I don't get this thread. Just because a guy may have bad vision does this automatically make him a nerd
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Holy Prostate Exam Batman! That was AMAZING!!
Will Braun- Guys in Sweatpants
reminds me a little of Zack Randall.
After going through this thread I think I have developed a geek fetish
That guy is so friggin' hot! I need to be on my knees in front of him.


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Marketing, as we know it, has been around for a long time. It first started with word of mouth marketing and this was passed mainly among family and friends. This still happens today but has expanded through networking events and seminars etc So how do you build a 'buzz' around your company and have others […]
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1. Blog about something you love or at least feel passionate about?
The beauty of blogging is that you have the ability to talk about something you love.
The beauty of blogging is that you have the ability to talk about something you love.
If you put hard work and effort into it, chances are you will succeed. But, if don't what's the point?
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I participated in a gathering of social activists that happened last Thursday in front of the Japan Embassy to express solidarity with the Japanese people in time of crisis and threat of further nuclear disaster. Aside from lighting candles and offering of flowers, some held placards bearing the statement "We All Live In Fukushima" which underscores the fact that we all live in one planet and whatever crisis happens in one part of the earth will definitely impact elsewhere. Hoping that the crisis in Japan will soon be resolved and lives will be restored to normalcy.
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[OS] FRANCE/CHINA/JAPAN/EU/ECON - Sarkozy Wins China Cooperation Pledge as Japan Plans EFSF Aid
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By Jonathan Stearns and Helene Fouquet
Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy conferred with his
Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao as European policy makers seek to build
support for an enlarged rescue fund designed to resolve the region's
sovereign-debt crisis.
Hu hopes that the measures will help to stabilize markets, state-owned
China Central Television reported. The phone call between the leaders came
hours after a euro-region summit ended with an agreement to boost the
European Financial Stability Facility to about $1.4 trillion, leveraging
existing guarantees by as much as five times. Japan plans to support the
increase, and is waiting to hear from European officials on details for
the program, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Sarkozy's outreach precedes a Group of 20 summit he will host next week,
with Europeans seeking to bolster the role of the International Monetary
Fund in overcoming the euro-region's woes. Australia's finance chief said
that while it's "appropriate" to look at the IMF's resources, Europeans
must look to themselves first for bailout money.
"The Europeans have their back against the wall and China is the lender of
last resort," Patrick Bennett, a strategist at Canadian Imperial Bank of
Commerce in Hong Kong, said in a Bloomberg Television interview before
Sarkozy's call.
The French president's office said in a statement that Sarkozy and Hu
"agreed to cooperate closely to ensure the G20 can make a decisive
contribution to ensure growth and global stability."
Greek Deal
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has signaled willingness to aid the European
Union as financial turmoil within the region threatens to crush export
demand in China's biggest market. The expansion of the rescue fund and a
deal for bondholders to take 50 percent losses on Greek debt may help
Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel to convince the world that
Europe is getting to grips with the crisis.
"China will need time to evaluate this plan very carefully," said Shen
Jianguang, a Hong Kong-based economist for Mizuho Securities Asia Ltd.
"What worries China is that there is so much disagreement among European
policy makers. It doesn't want to be seen spending money on a plan that
even Europeans don't want to support."
Sarkozy and Hu's conversation came a day before a planned visit to Beijing
by Klaus Regling, chief executive officer of the EFSF, to court investors.
China has the world's largest foreign-exchange reserves at more than $3.2
trillion. Regling is also scheduled to visit Japan, Agence France-Presse
reported, citing a European Union official in Asia.
Japan Waiting
Japan, the world's second-biggest holder of currency reserves, anticipates
waiting until November for specification of how it may be able to help
Europe, a person familiar with the matter said on condition of anonymity
because discussions on the matter are private. Finance Minister Jun Azumi
said the European statement today was a "big step forward," speaking at
parliament in Tokyo.
The EFSF, established last year to sell bonds to finance loans for
distressed euro nations, has since also gained the authority to buy
sovereign bonds on the secondary and primary markets, offer credit lines
to governments and recapitalize banks as the Greece-triggered debt
troubles have spread. The EFSF said Regling's visit to China this week is
linked to the fund's original debt-issuance role.
`Normal' Discussion
"It is a normal round of discussion with important buyers of EFSF bonds,"
Christof Roche, spokesman for the Luxembourg- based facility, said by
e-mail yesterday. He declined to comment further when contacted by
Bloomberg News by telephone.
China "welcomes" the agreement reached by EU leaders, Jiang Yu, a Chinese
foreign ministry spokeswoman, said at a regular press briefing in Beijing.
"It is conducive to lifting market confidence."
The European Union must ensure the safety of China's investments, the
official Xinhua News Agency reported today, citing Wang Hua, an official
in the Western Europe division of the International Department under the
Communist Party's Central Committee.
Europe is facing international calls to end a debt crisis that President
Barack Obama has said "is scaring the world" and U.S. Treasury Secretary
Timothy F. Geithner has described as a "catastrophic risk."
With the G-20 leaders gathering in Cannes, France, Nov. 3-4, euro-area
government heads gathered in Brussels yesterday for the 14th time to
tackle troubles that began in Greece two years ago, then engulfed Ireland
and Portugal and now threaten Spain and Italy.
Wen's Message
Premier Wen said last month that while China was willing to help,
developed nations also needed to put "their own houses in order."
In Canberra today, Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan echoed that sentiment.
"In the first instance, any bailout fund in Europe is a responsibility of
the Europeans," he told reporters. Swan said in a statement later that
global markets will demand details of the European plans. "Europe is
building its war chest, but the war has not yet been won," the statement
Stocks rose in Asia after the euro-region meeting, with the MSCI Asia
Pacific Index advancing 3.1 percent, the most since September.
"This morning we saw broad positive reaction from the market -- but as
they say, the proof of the pudding is in the eating," Amando Tetangco,
governor of the Philippine central bank, said in a mobile-phone text
message to reporters today.
Korea, Indonesia
Bank of Korea Governor Kim Choong Soo said his nation hasn't been
approached and hasn't considered joining the European financing effort.
Indonesian Vice Finance Minister Mahendra Siregar said his country also
hasn't been asked to contribute.
The question of leveraging the AAA rated EFSF has arisen because of the
political hurdles in countries such as Germany, the biggest European
economy, to increasing the national guarantees that back the fund.
As part of its original role, the EFSF is providing 17.7 billion euros
under Ireland's aid package of 67.5 billion euros and 26 billion euros
under Portugal's rescue of 78 billion euros. So far, the EFSF has sold two
five-year bonds and one 10-year security, all in the first half of this
year. The Japanese government bought more than a fifth of the inaugural
issue in January.
On Oct. 13, the EFSF announced changes to its bond-sale program for the
two countries in the second half of 2011. Instead of selling four
"benchmark" bonds in the period, as outlined in mid-May, the fund will
sell one security for Ireland valued at 3 billion euros and delay issues
planned for Portugal until "early 2012."
The EFSF may have to finance more than 70 billion euros of a planned
second aid package for Greece. The initial Greek rescue of 110 billion
euros in May 2010 was composed of loans directly from euro-area
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Southeastern Coast of NorthCarolina, originally from Eastern Coast of Maine..for work, I clean beach houses, furniture stores, landscaping, and sales of furniture.For fun, I like to dance, collect diabetic recipes, cookbooks, and play games like volleyball, badmitten, and other outside game, plus swim, play my quitar & piano., sing and yodel and play with my 20 some odd cats and kittens. I have no peeves, not a peeving type person..pretty quiet other than the music, Amonth off, would take me to the Mountains of Tennessee or New Hampshire and Maine. I love these areas. Family wise, I have 2 daughters, a son, 6 grandchildren and a great grandchild (girl) to be born in October of this year 2003. I enjoy my Australian Friend, so very much. It is wonderful, to be able to get with others in this world.
Favorite dish...Mincemeat pie
Famous dish, Motherinlaws..PigsIn a Blanket'
Favorite Restaurant..OutBack/also enjoy Golden Corral, The Red Lobster, Most all Seafood Restaurants, and The Cracker Barrel., so many good ones. It is hard to pick just one. Like Logans, and the Texas Steak House as well.
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Alicia is a sweet-as-can-be kitten who loves playtime with her sister, Avery. Alicia is a gentle girl who is inquisitive and loves to cuddle. She can't wait to find a forever home full of love and affection!
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The Bill Simmons Rocky II Adam Carolla Award for excellence in bullshittery.
Last week a commenter informed me that my picks were the exact opposite of one Sports Guy, and that was just fine with me. Sure, Simmons is a truly brilliant analytical mind brimming with insights that none of us could ever hope to articulate, and I'm just a dipshit who accounts for quality of cheerleader tits when picking games. Needless to say, we both wound up 2-2 for the weekend, proving once again that anybody who pretends to know what the fuck they're talking about is filled with more shit than the septic system serving Ben's Chili Bowl and The Grill Next Door.
Seriously though, I'm shocked that Bill's quest for an 11-0 postseason fell apart after the first weekend. Nobody could have seen that coming. YOU CANNOT DENY THIS!
On to the picks (and Sexy Friday) after the jump!
Tennessee -3 vs. Baltimore>
I like how everybody forgot that Tennessee is like, good, and shit. Hopefully they still remember how to do it up right. Plus just look at that rack. Are you going to look her tits in the eye and tell her that her boys aren't good enough to beat a rookie quarterback and a rookie coach by a touchdown? Because I sure as shit am not.
Carolina-10 vs. Arizona
Carolina gets their interior line back and the Buzzsaw must once again travel into the dreaded eastern time zone, this time without Anquan (who apparently is mortal below the neck). What a pussy.
Philadelphia +4 at New York
Again? Fuck. If Andy Reid manages to blow this I'm going to shove a spit up his ass and roast him like a fucking hog. Hopefully I won't start a grease fire, but you know, shit happens.
Pittsburgh -6 vs. San Diego
Tiny Darren's cloaking powers are useless against a Silverback. As you may know they hunt their prey by scent rather than site. White people are allowed to call him that, right? I mean I'm not saying he looks like a gorilla, but he looks like the kind of guy that could only be taken down by a diamond powered laser.
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Trying to decide what size sink to use in our 90" vanity, which will have two sinks. It will be more expensive and difficult to get the 19" sink because the vanity is only 21" deep, but I'd really like the bigger size. Although is it worth it for just two inches? As I understand it 17" is standard, so am I just being silly and should stick with standard? Thanks so much! |
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We have Toto Rendevouz (17" x 14" oval undermount) sinks in each of our masterbath vanities. I really like these sinks so we are putting two of them in our son's 85" vanity. I think they look large and well-proportioned and I personally wouldn't want anything larger. I've seen pictures of bathrooms with larger sinks and some of them do look nice but, for me, sinks are more of a functional item and less of a design feature. What is the front to back dimension of the sinks that you are considering? That will have more bearing on whether it will fit in your 21" deep vanity. If the sink that you really want will fit your vanity, then I'd go for it because whether it is worth the extra expense and possible difficulty is a personal decision. |
Good to know that you like your Toto 17x14 oval, as this is basically our other choice. We are deciding between the Toto LT569 (17" x 14") and the Toto LT546G (19" x 13") - I don't know the style name. The vanity depth is 21 and the cabinet width is 21 also, which means this is one of the only 19 that would fit as it is only 15" front to back and also that we would need to cut into the side of the cabinet in order to make it fit. It sounds nuts but I am such a mess with the sink -- I don't know how but water seems to always end up everywhere so I thought a bigger sink could help contain my mess! |
- Posted by treasuretheday (My Page) on Wed, Mar 20, 13 at 18:58
I'd suggest checking your product specs carefully because, unless your 21" is an interior measurement, I wonder if a 19" sink would fit, even if you're prepared to cut the side of the cabinet. We had a close call on our son's vanity because we had asked our Amish cabinet maker for 22" interior width sink bases and he mistakenly made 22" wide cabinets. We fit our 17" sinks with little room to spare. One thing to consider with a 19 x 13 as compared to a 17 x 14 is where your spout will reach. You may find that the extra room you gain laterally may not compensate if the sink/faucet makes it feel shallow as you lean over the sink. I don't know, I've never had an oblong sink, just something to think about. In case it helps, here is a photo of our masterbath faucet over the 17 x 14 oval sink: |
You raise a very good point about the faucet, I hadn't thought about that. I think sticking with the standard 17" sounds like the smartest idea. Thanks for all of your help! |
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For my science fair project I wanted to see if color effects the internal temperature of a structure. I built a model of a house out of matte board, and painted the roof and sides each a different color. I found that the house painted gray was the warmest, followed by blue. When manufacturers create roofing materials or shingles is this why they are about the same colors?
Hi Jon,
Energy from the sun is primarily in the invisible infrared wavelengths, and in visible light. Color has nothing whatsoever to do with an object's ability to absorb infrared energy. That is because color is a property related to visible light only. White paint, for example, appears "black" to infrared energy. That is, although it reflects most visible light (which is why you see it as white), it strongly absorbs infrared energy. In fact, most surfaces except bare polished metal, strongly absorb infrared. A significant part of the sun's energy is in the infrared region, so no matter what color your experiment was painted, it looks black to infrared energy. Almost all paint strongly absorbs infrared regardless of color.
This leaves the energy in the sun's visible light. A surprising amount of energy in the sun's output is in the visible region; light that you can see. The reason that an object painted black gets hotter than one painted white is that the black object absorbs both infrared and nearly all visible light energy too. A white-painted object reflects the energy in the visible region, and mainly absorbs infrared only, and so a white object absorbs less total energy.
Different colors of paint in your experiment all absorb much the same amount of the sun's infrared spectrum, but they absorb differing amounts of the visible light. Your grey paint absorbs a large proportion of all visible light (which is why it looks grey and has no particular color). The blue color you used likely absorbs a fairly wide part of the spectrum as well (especially if it is a darker blue), hence very little of the visible spectrum is reflected away. Other colors you tried may have been lighter (thus reflecting away more of the visible light), or may absorb less of the total visible light spectrum, reflecting the rest away.
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Looking at this from a little different respective, I worked in the roofing industry for 25 years and I can say that shingles are more often sold for their ability to blend pleasingly with the house and outside environment and with some concern for its reflective quality or heat transferring ability. Most roof shingle colors perferred by customers have granules that are darker with the exception of the common white granules shingles, but even in this case, the underlining material these white granuales are placed upon is black asphalt. Darker granulated shingles are preferred by many in my area (43-45 degree north latittude) as to assist with snow melting in the winter, however, I have not seen too many differences with the rate of snow melt with the white shingle.
Furthermore, the impact of the house color and roof color to internal heat is minimized today because of the high insulation ratings of the attic and house wrapping materials used in modern construction.
One point about blue as a color. Blue granualted shingles and blue house paint pigments are notorious for bleaching out to gray over time. House paint has seen improvements with blue pigments, but granualed shingles are exposed to UV rays constantly and tend to bleach out to a gray tone.
I am not sure any of this is helpful, but it may help you with your project's discussion.
Steve Sample
First, I love your thought process. You made an observation (you saw that roof color is similar from place to place), then formulated a hypothesis (that color affects the temperature in a structure), and then designed an experiment to test the hypothesis. That is terrific science! Well done.
Color can affect how much a surface heats up, as you data showed. However, in the case of shingles, the color may play a minor role. There are many, many layers in a roof (and typically a ventilated attic below the roof). These other factors probably affect temperature in a structure more than color. However, if all else is equal, color does matter! Black shingles will be hotter in the sun than (otherwise equivalent) white shingles. That said, shingles are designed to resist all sorts of weather, from hot sun to heavy snow to driving rain. Even if their colors differ, their overall performance is very consistent.
The most important reason for different colors of shingles (you can get black, light gray, blue, red, brown, green, and on and on) is because people want to have a shingle that matches (or complements) the colors of their house. As an example, we had a hail storm where I live recently, and everyone in the neighborhood got a new roof. Before the storm, everyone had the same flat black roof. After the storm, people chose all different colors, shapes, and sizes. Personal taste seemed to be the biggest factor!
As a next step, you could ask a roofing company to donate shingles of different colors to you. They often have extras. You could repeat the same experiment and see if shingle color, not just painted color, makes a difference.
Hope this helps,
Burr Zimmerman
What guides a manufacturer is difficult to say. I suspect "energy efficiency" is not near the top of the list -- not because they are "anti-environmental" but the VISIBLE color plays a minor role in the absorbance of the roofing/siding. Two factors that a likely (in the absence of any data) to be of more importance is the absorption of infra-red radiation (heat radiation) and reflectance. A shiny black surface could absorb less light energy than a "dull" white surface if a large fraction of the incident "light" is reflected before it is absorbed. It is also important to make sure that the thickness of the painted film and the angle of incidence of the light are both taken into consideration.
This is a much trickier experiment than it appears at first.
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I have just been looking through old threads from last year. I have been admiring the photos from Renee's (hosenemesis) garden and I am wondering, is it too early for some spring photos? Is anything starting to flower in California yet? Here in the Mediterranean Sea, the wild anemones and narcissus, are blooming along the roadsides and in the olive groves. The almond trees are blossoming all over this island. The pink forms look gorgeous against the blue sea and the silvery olives. In my garden, the crocus are in flower and some of the earlier narcissus. The new, young Hardenbergia violacea is flowering and some of the roses, agyranthemums and pelargoniums haven't stopped all winter. What is blooming now in California? Do show. Daisy Wow! I have just seen wcgypsy's photos. Lovely. |
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Here's a picture of part of my front yard, taken at 5:30 PM, when the light was too dim to keep the ice plant flowers open, but you can still see them. The yellow flowers are on an aeonium arboreum, which are common in my neighborhood and generally bloom in January and February. The picture also shows Japanese Iris, which are pretty much a weed and have to be pulled out constantly, although we let them grow wild on one side of the house. The aloes are also blooming or starting to bloom, as well as quite a few other succulents. In the back yard I have cymbidiums and epidendrums blooming, as well as a couple of bromeliads. |
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Thank-you, great photos. It is fascinating to see what is flowering in California now. lgteacher, I love rosemary, I just wish it flowered for a little longer. Tinan, Your lavender, looks a good rich colour, and is that Layia platyglossa beside them? publickman, my Aeonium arboreum haven't flowered yet. |
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Michael Bowes, an inventor from Glasgow, has designed the 'automatic bartender.' He hopes that this vending machine of sorts will cut down on lines in pubs and even help to reduce binge drinking.
Bowes, 23, dreamed up the idea for his invention while waiting for a drink at a busy pub. He stated: "After queuing for a great deal of time, it dawned on me that a system could be put in place to provide customers ordering bottled alcohol, such as beer, with an alternative point of purchase." He also added: "This would relieve undue pressure on bar staff who often struggle to keep up with orders during peak times and also provide customers with a drink far more quickly."
His concept impressed the Japanese firm Fuji so much that they teamed up with him to produce it.The machine stocks 300 bottles and will supposedly serve them chilled without cracking or shaking. It will take either coins or bills and other models are being designed that will be able to accept payment by credit card or mobile phone.
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"He drew a line under most of the blunders and misconceptions of the new Labour years.
"Ed's promise is to restore our country to its people. Decent homes and services; fairness before favours for the rich and powerful; our NHS back where it belongs, in public hands – these will make us thrive again.
"Labour must speak for the public against the rampage of private interests. Speak for the people whose talents are wasted and aspirations destroyed. Shake up our banks and take back our NHS. And yes, put the burden on those with the broadest shoulders. That is the agenda set out today."


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In a cute touch, the owners of this urban bar decided to keep the vintage tiles, which feature pictures of sheep getting sheared and painted cows looking down on them from the ceiling tiles. These light-filled shots show off the new bar perfectly from all angles.