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I was winnie the pooh for halloween once, I got more candy that year then any other year.
I was winnie the pooh for halloween once, I got more candy that year then any other year.
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wb madi =)
I find piglet kind of annoying..
eeyore and roo are the best.
I loved Winnie the Pooh as a child. Kingdom hearts kinda either destroyed or provoked it. I was also a Scooby-Doo kid but they never had any merchendise as a child like today....damn society
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Another function of the Reduce Noise Filter is that it allows you to smooth away JPEG compression artifacts inside of an image. Now the image that we are looking at on screen right now is called ornamentaldetail.jpg. It's inside the 12 Blur Average Folder and this is an image that I shot myself. I wouldn't do this to anybody else's image and not only was it pretty darn compressed in the first place but then I turned around and saved the image with a JPEG quality setting of zero which is the lowest setting you can apply from Photoshop.
And that means even though the image is 1.5 Megs in memory it's not very big but still 1.5 Megs it only takes up 50K on disk. That's how much you compress down. But it looks like garbage because of this heaping helping of JPEG compression. Now I am going to go ahead and zoom in on this little detail here. Notice this little highlight that's in the lower right corner of this generic holiday ornament here and you can see it's supposed to be a smooth highlight but it's anything but smooth it's choppy, it's made up of a bunch of gargantuan squares.
Now these squares measure 8x8 pixels alright so 8 pixels wide, 8 pixels tall this is how Photoshop invokes its JPEG compression. And the idea is it locks down so JPEG compression is lossy meaning that it goes through and rewrites the pixels inside of an image. It locks down in these 64 pixel blocks, it locks down the top left pixel, locks down its color and then it tries to change the color of the other 63 pixels based on this upper left pixel.
So it tries to change them to be slightly similar is basically the idea and it makes for smaller code on disk and it also makes for a choppier image on screen and in print. Now what's amazing about it even though we have this enormous amount of JPEG compression applied to this image to the extent that we have just a bunch of big squares here when we are zoomed in this tight, we are zoomed into 1200%. If I were to zoom out or press Ctrl Alt 0 or Command Option 0 to zoom out to the 100% view size notice how amazingly smooth that actually is.
Now it's not entirely smooth you can see that there is a lot of compression artifacts there but it doesn't look like a bunch of squares quite to the extent that it did when we were zoomed in. And the amazing thing about JPEG and the way that it works is it does a heck of a job of fooling our eyes from a distance so as long as you stick with a high resolution file you can get away with a lot of compression not this much of course but you know pretty much. Alright anyway let's say that your image is either highly compressed like this one or it's not all that compressed, it just has some light compression artifacts inside of it but you want to be able to sharpen the image or otherwise modify it without enhancing those compression artifacts.
What do you do? Well I am going to once again Shift+Tab away my palettes and press the F key a couple of times in order to switch this Full Screen mode here and I am going to scroll the image over to the right a little bit. Now the Reduce Noise Filter appears at the top of my Filter menu because it was the last filter I applied so I can just go ahead and press Ctrl Alt F or Command Option F on the Mac in order to bring up the reduce noise dialog box and once again I am going to move it off to the side so we can maximum use of this small format screen.
And I am going to really lay on the reduce noise function here. First of all I am going to turn on Remove JPEG Artifact because that does a better job, it's a subtle function as it turns out but that will go through and do a better job of focussing the command's energies on the contrast areas between one 64 pixel block and the next 64 pixel block. Now I am going to really maximize my settings by of course turning the strength up to 10, taking the Preserve Details Value down to 0.
I am going to take the Reduce Color Noise function up to 60% and I am going to raise Sharpen Details just a little bit here because we just want a little bit of sharpening applied to the image because we are losing so much information. Now in addition to remove JPEG artifact here we have another control. At the top of the dialog box you can see Advanced and watch this area when I turn on the Advanced Radio button. We now get two tabs overall and we have already seen these controls and then per channel which allows us to modify the image on the channel by channel basis. Now I am going to click over here so that we can see this weird little highlight and also we can see the red channel of the image and you can see the compression artifacts are by far worse inside the red channel.
Now you can apply various settings to the red, green and blue channels independently if you want to, I am just going to focus on red channel here by raising the strength to 10 and reducing Preserve Details to 0 so that we are smoothing over as much as we can inside this image and you can see how much smoother the red channel is as a result. Now I am going back to overall and because we have done so much work on red channel I figure we can afford to take the strength value down a little bit, I am going to take it down to 5 actually and I am going to take the Preserve Details value up to 50% in order to raise that so that we get some of our details back inside the image.
And notice even though we are getting the details back in this region right here you can see that we are still getting rid of a lot of the compression artifacts, we are smoothing away a lot not all of course because they were so bad in the first place but we are doing a pretty darn good job of smoothing them away all things considered. Okay let's go ahead and save our settings and I will click on that little floppy disk icon and I will enter Really Bad Artifacts or something along those lines here and then I will click OK. In order to accept those new settings, I will choose the new settings of course to make sure that I don't overwrite routine noise when I click the OK button and now I click OK and this is the result of having applied that filter, this is before and this is after.
An amazing actually an amazing transformation of this heavily compressed image thanks to that awesome powerful reduce noise filter.
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We've filled one of our beautiful wooden Shaker hatbox with an assortment of gourmet products from Italy. This combination was chosen specifically to provide a tasty overview of what Italian flavor is all about while offering a quick no fuss meal. We begin with a Chianti style bottle of Cucina Viva Extra Virgin Olive Oil. This beautiful bottle of olive oil is perfect for gift giving and it will shine on any table. Serve it with freshly baked bread as a simple yet flavorful dip as well as on salads, pasta, rice and soups. It can also be used to cook meat, fish and poultry. Next we offer Orecchiette pasta, which literally means "little ears" and is based on the shape of the pasta, which is round and indented. It proves to be an excellent shaped pasta to hold sauces and bits of other ingredients. A red sauce is a good choice and we have included our San Marzano Tomato Basil Sauce in our Taste of Italy gift. The Tomato Basil Sauce or "Sugo di Pomodoro" is the quintessential sauce found in Italian households. It is a fresh, basic sauce composed of very few, but excellent ingredients making it a perfect condiment for poultry, vegetables, and meat as well as all cuts of pasta. Last of all we have included a 2 piece towel set that features an olive branch print. Our Shaker Hatboxes are beautiful as gift presentations and a wonderful keepsake after the tasting is done. If an item is out of stock, we will substitute with an equal or greater value item. Our Taste of Italy Contains:
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A tasty way to get your veggies during BBQ season Submitted by EMMAPALE Carbs: 6.8g | Fat: 5.3g | Fiber: 1.6g | Protein: 1.4g | Calories: 77.7
This filling vegetarian meal is nutritious and easy to make. Submitted by TWINMOM143 Carbs: 52.7g | Fat: 5.1g | Fiber: 10.2g | Protein: 13.7g | Calories: 284.5
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Salmon cooked in parchment paper Submitted by BROWNSUGAR22 Carbs: 4.8g | Fat: 21.2g | Fiber: 1.8g | Protein: 63.9g | Calories: 470.4
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This is a saucy delicious way to eat fish and get those omega 3's in. Submitted by KEVINKELLY Carbs: 13.5g | Fat: 12.8g | Fiber: 0.9g | Protein: 38.5g | Calories: 346.9
Forget fancy spices--four ingredients are all you need to make this deliciously simple supper. Submitted by VRAKLIS Carbs: 14.9g | Fat: 5.5g | Fiber: 0.2g | Protein: 18g | Calories: 183.1
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A cool, raw appetizer or main dish Submitted by TERJEGOLD Carbs: 21g | Fat: 7g | Fiber: 5.6g | Protein: 3.2g | Calories: 240.2
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A delicious & different soup! Submitted by 53PINKROSES Carbs: 14.1g | Fat: 13.2g | Fiber: 1.8g | Protein: 2.7g | Calories: 173.3
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Recipe adapted from Stop the Clock! Cooking: Defy Aging - Eat the Foods You Love by Cheryl Forberg RD Submitted by SHELLAB Carbs: 17.9g | Fat: 8g | Fiber: 5.5g | Protein: 8.3g | Calories: 171.4
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These are large, very moist apple-cinnamon muffins perfect for a busy school day. You don't even have to tell the kids that there are beans in them - and you don't have to believe that they're low fat and protein filled, either! Submitted by JO_JO_BA Carbs: 21.6g | Fat: 5.7g | Fiber: 1.7g | Protein: 2.7g | Calories: 146.1
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This is my first SparkPeople recipe! It's one of our favourite dishes which my husband particularly enjoys making. He even made it for my birthday this week. Submitted by PADDINGTONBEAR Carbs: 26.9g | Fat: 11.3g | Fiber: 4.6g | Protein: 4.3g | Calories: 217.4


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Library Board Votes to Place Renovation Bond Question on November 4th Ballot
On August 12, 2014, the Library Board of Trustees unanimously approved Ordinance No. 2014/2015-01 to place a bond proposition for the Library Renovation Plan on the ballot at the November 4, 2014 General Election. The question to be submitted to the voters of the Lemont Public Library District, Cook and DuPage Counties, Illinois is as follows:
"Shall the Lemont Public Library District, Cook and DuPage Counties, Illinois, repair, remodel and improve, furnish necessary equipment and acquire electronic data storage and retrieval facilities for, build an addition to and improve the site of the existing library building and issue its bonds to the amount of $2,800,000 for the purpose of paying the costs thereof?"
Click the document above to view the Renovation Update.
Major features of the $2.8 Million renovation plan include:
CAPITAL REPAIRS & UPDATES $500,000 is budgeted for updates to the original building systems, as identified in a 2013 Facility Assessment, by Dewberry Architects, including: • Roof Replacement • Updating electrical/data systems to current standards • Mechanical Systems Replacement (HVAC) • Energy Efficient, Ambient Lighting • Parking Lot Repaving
TRANSFORMATION OF EXISTING SPACE Relocation of meeting and instructional space will provide: • Convenient, visible Service Desks for checkout and information needs • The Lemont Room, a peaceful enclave overlooking newly landscaped green space, with comfortable seating in a quiet enclosed environment, highlighting our community history • Improved access to materials through centralized displays, more accessible shelving and better lighting. • Flexible seating options for reading, studying and relaxing • Expanded Children's area with interactive stations, age-appropriate shelving and furnishings and a parents' gathering space • Teen Lounge and teen collections to support collaborative learning, independent study and reading • Increased availability of rooms for study, business and collaborative use • Flex space Children's/Teen activity rooms with an operable partition.
ADDITIONAL SPACE A modest expansion will create: • Multi-use spaces with up-to-date projection systems, technology training facilities and demonstration areas. • A new enclosed lobby with convenient access to public services • A courtyard with seating and plantings to enhance the use of outdoor space The renovation would be accomplished through a phased approach, beginning as early as Spring 2015.
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I've searched the forum and haven't found a thread on this topic. If one exists, please let me know.
My question is a philosophical one with practical ramifications: is it better from a tactical point of view to open carry or conceal carry? Putting legal issues aside - for example, in some states where open carry is legal, you must open carry in certain locations or situations such as where alcohol is served - I see the issue being this: is open carry better because it serves as a deterrent and because access to the firearm is faster, or is concealed carry better because of the element of surprise?
Here in Israel, if you have a permit to carry, you carry open. I have seen some conceal their weapons when social conditions might warrant it - like during prayer services. But then, I've been at weddings and synagogues where there are people open carrying without a second thought.
Some people who open carry, have their weapon secured with some kind of retention device, so it can't be easily snatched. But most carry using IWB holsters.
To get back to the main question - if I open carry, am I creating a risky scenario where a BG might target me to try and relieve me of my weapon? Or is my open carry going to make the BG look elsewhere for a likely victim?
If you live in a state where you have both options, which one do you prefer? Or do you switch carry modes depending on the situation? With which mode do you feel most comfortable?


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When I released the Composite Sampler, I had to solve two
tricky bugs:
1. zynjacku's UI would freeze when loading it.
Cause: Glib event loop initialization and PyGtk.
Fix: zynjacku now initializes the Glib event
loop, but this comes with some other
undesirable side-effects.
2. Ingen would crash at exit if you loaded the
Composite plugin, and then unloaded it.
Cause: When Qt initialized thread-local storage,
it made an assumption that QtCore would
only be unloaded at application exit.
Fix: Qt's trunk has a fix to clean up TLS
when the library is unloaded. I don't
think it was backported to older
release branches.[1]
Anyway, Qt is a large framework for cross-platform
application development (and very good at that). So, when
you use its core library (QString, QThread, etc.) in new and
non-standard ways (LV2 plugins) you're liable to find bugs
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[1] http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-9436
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Cute but run small
I bought these in the pink, very cute. I wear a true size 8 from name brand to discount and these shoes run small. Order a size up for comfort.
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cute but not true to size
bought these shoes in blue,cute, but could not get my feet in them at all. I am a size 8w, gave them to my granddaughter who is a size seven and she is happy with them. I am going to try them again and order a size nine. Maxxie Gray,TN
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Cute and comfy
I purchased these shoes in the pink, almost expecting that I would have to return them if they weren't extremely comfortable. Well, not only were they adorabable--I've gotten many compliments--but they were extremely comfortable right out of the box, and that is a rare thing for me. They are well padded and have a flexible sole. My only negative comment is that they are not real leather and don't breathe as leather would, but I can live with that. They are true to size and easily cleaned. I'm going back for the other colors!
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Mozilla Lets Companies Build Their Own Firefox Browsers
With its Build Your Own Browser program, Mozilla wants to make it easy for enterprise customers to install personalized Firefoxes.
The next version of Firefox, 3.5, should appear by the end of June and the new program will be implemented with it. Build Your Own Browser consists of two parts: individually customizable browsers and help installing them on desktops across the enterprise. Mike Beltzner, Firefox's director at Mozilla, describes the benefits in an interview: configuring bookmarks to corporate sites or portals and adapting the page design to the company logo, and that across all company desktops. The enterprise can use a Mozilla Web application to establish the look and feel for their browser, and as soon as it's configured, the application will send it to the company along with an enterprise-wide installation program.
The optical treats are provided by Personas, an add-on program that Mozilla released the end of March. This tool could code logos at top and bottom in the company colors, thereby providing an individualized and easily changeable browser skin. The Personas tool has gained quite a following since its launch, as Mozilla Labs reports, with 5 million downloads in the first ten weeks.
Firefox 3.5 is available in 70 languages in its current beta version. Release is scheduled to be within the next couple of weeks.
Issue 171/2015
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Cisco Releases Annual Security Report
Spammers go low-volume, and 90% of IE browsers are unpatched.
Zero Day Exploits Target Flash
Adobe scrambles to release patches for vulnerable Flash Player.
Intel Unveils Compute Stick
Four-inch-long computer on a stick lets you boot a full Linux system from any HDMI display device.
Obama Proposes Personal Data Notification Law
New statute would require companies to report break-ins to consumers.
TGXf Project Warns of File Transfer through Screen Pixels
Weird data transfer technique avoids all standard security measures.
Industry Giants Announce a Fix for the Password Mess
FIDO alliance declares the beginning of the end for old-style login authentication.
Poll: Vote for the Best Open Source Software for Photographers
The Linux New Media Awards have honored the most significant products, projects, people, and organizations for open source/Linux every year since 2000.
Debian Gets Forked
Legendary Uber-distro splits over the systemd controversy.
Linux Mint Project Releases Mint 17.1
New LTS version offers many refinements for the Cinnamon and Mate desktops and significant improvement under the hood.
CeBIT Open Source Forum Call for Papers
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Washington loses after attempt to ice Arizona kicker backfires
Washington rolls the dice and loses.
Washington rolls the dice and loses.
A tribute to "The Pick."
The new USC coach said he tried to be up front and honest about his departure.
On April Fools' Day, Washington Huskies coach Chris Peterson tricked his players into thinking they were getting new uniforms. It (…)
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This lovely property offers 70 traditionally styled rooms, with beautiful decor and all the required modern amenities to make the stay special and comfortable.
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Howdy! If you saw me or Jane from Dear Author, Marcella White Campbell, or Kassia Krozser on the Today Show and are checking out our sites as a result, welcome! Nice to meet you!
As is the standard in tv, where there's piles and piles of tape but the audience sees about seven or eight inches of it, our segment was probably pretty quick. But we were talking then and are here now to say that the stereotype of romance readers is wrong. Romance readers are smart, erudite, clever, and tired of being dismissed as undersexed, overweight frustrated women. I hope that our enthusiasm and love of romance came across. If you like romance novels as much as we do, we're glad you're here.
ETA: There is a link to the video online if you'd like to see it for yourself. My comments after I watched it for the first time are below – click the "more more more" for, well, more more more.
I just saw the Today Show segment in pacific time – I'm not sure why so much airtime was devoted to Sex & The City, though it probably is the most current and stylish representation of the romantic happy ending that's familiar to folks outside the romance genre group. But Nora kicked ass, and if you saw those two ladies looking up at Patrick Dempsey and George Clooney, that was indeed Lisa Kleypas and Barbara Caridad Ferrer.
It just occurred to me that people who attend this conference might be more likely to have bubble-thought dreams of meeting Kleypas and Ferrer than Clooney or Dempsey. But anyway.
I was on and while I couldn't hear what I said (I was in the lobby bar having begged a hotel employee to turn up one of the bar televisions) I think it was the part wherein I compared romance novels to really good sex. So let me tell you some of what everyone else said because they were much more awesome than I could possibly describe.
Jane started out by identifying herself and her profession (attorney, general mastermind of organization) and said that she reads romance because of the assurance of a happy ending, and that they all end in happiness and redemption. She was also the origin of the idea that the stereotypical romance reader is a myth – and that we are the typical romance reader.
Kassia Krozser was kickass. She talked about her favorite books, and about the powerful experiences found in romance novels. Marcella White Campbell's interview was so good that I nearly had to sit down on the floor to keep myself from jumping up and down and doing a happy dance. She said that there's something in romance for everyone, and between the beginning and the happy ending, there can be comedy, drama, fear, hope, triumph and that's why she continually goes back to her favorite books: they stand up to rereadings and they never get old.
When I was about to go over for my turn, someone over my shoulder (I don't remember who, I'm sorry) said something along the lines of, "When is someone going to say something about the sex?" So I said, "I will."
So when I was asked, like the others, "Why do you read romance novels," the answer I gave was that there's no shortage of unhappiness in the news right now, that it's so easy to become overwhelmed with bad news, and romance novels guarantee a happy ending, that every thing will work out ok. When asked to elaborate as to why I like the happy ending, why I like romance novels so much, I said, "Well, romance novels are like really good sex."
And there you have the soundbite.
I'm bummed out that Jane, Kassia, and Marcella's comments weren't included because they were so very excellent. But the RWA Conference on the whole looked incredible – and the shots of the literacy signing, which raised nearly $60k, were impressive. Romance fans, I think, came across as excited, stylish women who are devoted to reading and to romance. It's a slight change on the fumpy unsatisfied housewife theme, and I like the subtext of the updated reference to romance readers, brought about by the billions of dollars sold and the millions of books sold as well. I hope the update continues so that romance readers are more accurately represented for who we are, and how diverse and amazing our readership is. Happiness is never chic, but I think the perception of romance readers has once again improved.


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The flower show organised by the Rotary Club of Calicut Smart City at the Marine Grounds on the Kozhikode beach has been attracting huge crowds.
An exhibition of more than a hundred varieties of herbs by the Parappanad Herbal Garden is a major attraction of the show which also features a wide range of flowering plants such as euphoria, adenium, orchids, bougainvilleas, roses, dahlias, chrysanthemums and so on.
There are a number of stalls selling seeds of flowering plants as well as seedlings grown in pots, which are a huge hit among the visitors.
On the sidelines of the flower show, an exhibition of biogas plants, induction cook ware, sweets, furniture and even fancy ornaments has been arranged.
A food festival of variety food items, live cultural programmes and play area for kids are the added attractions.
Best garden competition for residents' associations; contests in vegetable carving, flower decoration and painting, dancing carnival, Voice of Malabar and super band contests, competitions for kids, comedy contest, Mehendi contest, Mappilapattu contest, and Pushparaja - Pushparani contest are arranged on different days of the show.
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25 Many people lived in villages that had fields. Some people of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its villages, in Dibon and its villages, in Jekabzeel and its villages, | 25 As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its surrounding settlements, in Dibon and its settlements, in Jekabzeel and its villages, |
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In this taut, chilling audiobook, Lester Ballard - a violent, dispossessed man falsely accused of rape - haunts the hill country of East Tennessee when he is released from jail. While telling his story, Cormac McCarthy depicts the most sordid aspects of life with dignity, humor, and characteristic lyrical brilliance.
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"And HE has sent me here?"
Look, I've read a lot of Cormac McCarthy and this is definitely not your Mother's McCarthy. I think this novel was the final pupa-state before McCarthy emerged as an absolute dark monster of fiction and heir to Faulkner's as ambassador to the strange malevolence of America's soul.
It wasn't as absurdly redeeming as 'Suttrre' or as coldly beautiful as 'Blood Meridian', but had the surreal shock and awe of both. His themes of isolation, perversity, depravity and violence make you feel like climbing into bed with Hannibal Lector or Jame Gumb for warmth and spiritual succor.
A great novel, just not a novel that everyone should read. Wander into the dark, damp cave of this McCarthy novel at your own risk.
"Soaring description of base depravity"
I rarely take the time to recommend an audio book, but it this case I must. Cormac McCarthy's usual grimness is elevated to art not just by his majestic writing but by the spot-on narration. I cannot imagine that reading this could have even half the impact of listening to it. Go listen.
"Pure Evil, Beautifully Written"
As often is the case, Cormac McCarthy takes a subject on with pure evil intent and actions.
Lester Ballard is the worst kind of human animal. A pure psychopath with a twangy good ole boy voice, Lester commits the most heinous and depraved acts imaginable.
And despite this dark subject, Cormac spins it with gifted prose that cannot be mistaken for any other author. I just love this guy's writing.
"Mesmerizing Story"
Yes. McCarthy is a generally tough read with his run-ons and lack of normal writing style. The audible version made it easy to comprehend
I like a book that mixes horror and comedy - it's an awkward blend of suspense and release.
"Cormac McCarthy is just odd. Good, but odd."
First off - great story, and fantastic narration.
Second, it jumps. The storyline. I know that's a thing for McCarthy, and on a written page I bet it's (hopefully) a little more obvious. But in narration, there's spots that I doubled back, even tripled back, a few times, trying to understand what was going on. Once I got it, the story moved quickly and with such great detail and description, I knew exactly what was happening; but it was those odd scene changes that were jarring, all the way through the book.
This is not my first Cormac novel; (No Country For Old Men, which is amazing to read); so I knew what to expect with the graphic violence, (which didn't bother me at all) or sexual deviance, (also didn't bother me). His sense of timing was crazy. Sometimes, a scene goes so slow, detailing the tiniest bits, taking care to provide what's going on in the character's head, and then other times he's leaping forward in bounds.
I liked it. I enjoyed it; laughed, cringed, the whole thing. Like in No Country, he didn't really spend much time on the WHY something happened; it just happened and then the story unfolds.
I'd totally recommend it to somebody to listen to. I already have. I hope the movie nails the story.
"Painful - in a, well, not good, but not bad way..."
You can expect a little pain from Cormac McCarthy, and it's usually the kind that comes from engaging your emotional gears in a way your aren't used to, aren't prepared for, or that is just deeper than you normally experience. A soul workout you might say. In this story (it's barely long enough to be a "book") part of the pain is how you begin to sympathize with someone who is ultimately a pathetic anti-social murderer. You can see how the pain of his existence drives him to increasing desperation.
Not McCarthy's masterpiece, but definitely worthy of a listen if you like McCarthy's other stories.
By the way, the performance by Tom Stechschulte was superb.
"So much more disturbing than any current TV show"
Cormack McCarthy is, as you'd expect, a master at drawing the reader into the story. At times, I could almost smell the honeysuckle on the wind of a humid Southern night. The disgusting parts are just as vividly rendered, so be forewarned.
Parts Silence of the Lambs, Deliverance and a little bit of Dexter, this is in many ways a much more disturbing read than The Road.
Tom Stechschulte is a fantastic narrator and his performance as Lester Ballard is distinct and really sells the evil that he embodies.
Satisfying read, disturbing and thought provoking.
Not for the squeamish, but recommended for McCarthy fans.
"Don't have a clue..."
I have listened to this whole book (only because I like the narrator) and do not have a single clue as to what this story was about! Nothing! NO IDEA! Nothing made any sense! I kept waiting and waiting and waiting for something to click. Never happened. What a colossal waste of time. My first time with this author...based on this book I would never read another.
"Plenty of dark and not much light"
he is excellent in both
The narration was excellent. On its own the book deserves less than the 4 stars I have given. This is my 4th Cormack McCarthy novel and the least impressive. It is a character study of a depraved down and out. But it is short on the study and long on the depravity. I enjoy reading about the dark side of human nature but I found little justification or insight in this example.
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Trent Guerin hopes his next art show attracts new collectors. But this Thursday night, Guerin isn't hosting his art and wine reception at the G2 Gallery, 4200 N. Marshall Way in downtown Scottsdale.
Instead, he's showcasing 10 contemporary art works from his gallery on the walls of Haus Modern Living, a furniture store several blocks north of downtown.
"I thought featuring the art in this type of venue would be interesting," he said. "Sometimes, it's easier for a collector to get a sense of how a piece will look in size and scale next to furniture."
After seeing art displayed at another Haus location a few years ago, Guerin said he was inspired to approach the store's owners about the cross-promotion.
When it comes to attracting new buyers in a sluggish economy, especially those in their 20s and 30s, gallery owners like Guerin are finding it takes more than the traditional in-house artist "meet and greets," to draw clients.
Some owners say they need to think "outside the box" to further grow their business.
Guerin said this Thursday's event, running from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Haus Modern Living, 4821 N. Scottsdale Road, is the first time he is taking art out of his gallery to promote it at a furniture store.
"People who are into high-end modern furnishings could also be interested in art for their home," said Guerin, whose works will be for sale at the store through the end of March.
Haus Modern Living's co-owner Lew Gallo said the G2 Gallery's pieces "represent good art" and may be attractive to buyers, some of whom may not typically visit art galleries.
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Like their 35-year-old daughter, the Clarkes say they also are investing in iPhones.
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"We are trying to create opportunities for people in their 20s who are passionate about art to come in and learn. We are investing in our future by reaching out to them," Jim Clarke explained.
He estimated that on an average day, three quarters of the people frequenting his gallery are at least 55.
By offering a more dynamic Web site, the Clarkes hope they will reach patrons who may not pay much attention to conventional publications or thought about venturing to an ArtWalk.
"We want to create an environment (on the Web) that is inviting to them in a medium they are comfortable with," said Jim Clarke.
Andrea Lechner, the public relations and marketing coordinator for Vessley Fine Art, 4164 N. Marshall Way - which features the work of Scottsdale artist Ron Burns - also has focused a good portion of her marketing efforts online.
Lechner, 23, regularly promotes Burns and his signature multicolored pop-culturesque dog paintings on niche Web sites for animal lovers and on pet-related blogs.
Lechner even set up a MySpace page for the gallery's latest promotion: a March 13 Vessley gallery art exhibit centered on a dog named "Chad" - who is running for president.
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Official: Dalaran Children's Week quests not repeatable this year
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Oh boy my wife is going to flip out. She's a pet collector and is down to needing just one pet. Sigh.
Going to be fun telling her she can't do it.
Bah. Any info on the change (I may have missed when it happened and only just noticed it) to the Dalaran fishing and cooking dailies? The fishing daily no longer rewards gold and the bag of treasures, just the bag; the cooking daily now only rewards 9 and a bit gold plus the bag rather than 13 and a bit plus the bag. I only noticed ith this morning after the European server maintenance overnight.
It's not like this is the 1st time they've had similar problems. What they could do is prolong the holiday for a day or two, like they've done on previous occasions. Then they could get this fixed and people could get the thing done. You'd think that with the money they are making they'd have some people looking into things like this, especially since there is a history of similar things happening.
This was literally the last pet I can get outside of card pets. I'm quite disappointed that they won't be fixing it. *sigh*
I didn't get the pet last year and i completed the quests. I was hoping to get this year. Thanks Blizz!
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Martinez takes swipe at Fergie
28 Oct 2009 - 09:15:04
Wigan Athletic boss Roberto Martinez believes the Football Association are intimidated by Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
The Spaniard was unimpressed by Ferguson's recent tirade against Andre Marriner who officiated United's 2-0 defeat at Liverpool on Sunday.
Ferguson has also admitted a charge of improper conduct brought against him by the FA for comments he made earlier this month suggesting referee Alan Wiley was unfit.
The United boss then said Marriner did not have the necessary experience to take charge of his side's game at Anfield at the weekend.
Ferguson will face the FA at a personal hearing for his comments regarding Wiley, but Martinez believes the United manager is treated leniently by the authorities.
He told Spanish newspaper AS: "They (the FA) have just sanctioned Ferguson for saying that the referee was not fit enough and the truth is that they're almost apologising to him for punishing him.
"Any other coach would have been crushed for that.
"Ferguson has been here for a lifetime and that carries a lot of weight.
"He has his group of faithfuls, people who are committed to him: Steve Bruce, who was a player with him, Sam Allardyce, who thinks he will be his successor at Old Trafford, and others.
"On the other side there's Rafa Benitez and he gets attacked from all sides."
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21 Perfect Christmas Presents for Her
Wrap up something as special as she is: chic accessories, cozy treats, and cool kitchen accoutrements.
15 Lightened-Up Desserts to Make Tonight
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27 It happened, when Ach'av heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. | 27 When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and went around meekly. |
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Network Management Outsourced to India
Re:Ever thought of Virtualization? (310 comments)
Well if you have you can deploy your "saved state" production server with enterprise Virtualization solution like ESX server from VMware (before the evil patch that downed your prod server) from US/Europe location using some management software like Akimbi, then you really are not needed to administer your systems. Anyone can baby sit and with virtualization technologies treating servers like some appliances the chances are pretty hot that these jobs too will disappear within 5 years time.
So make sure you pick up some other job OR move to India


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When heat hits, city hall comes to the rescue
The blacktop bakes and even the friskiest dogs wilt.
In the Midwest and East, people have been shedding layers and slowing down, trying desperately to escape the oppressive heat in a week when ice cream melts instantaneously and air conditioners labor overtime to cool a few square feet.
But even as complaining about the temperature becomes a national pastime, health experts note that extreme heat poses risks to the elderly, the poor, and the socially isolated. That is why, more than ever, some city halls go into high gear when the sidewalk simmers and air conditioning fails.
"It's strange that we don't usually think of heat waves as serious health hazards or catastrophic disasters, because in typical years heat waves kill more Americans than all other natural disasters combined," says Eric Klinenberg, a sociology professor at New York University and author of "Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago." "But they prove to be eminently forgettable."
Statistics vary widely from year to year, but the National Weather Service pegs the 10-year average for heat fatalities at 235 – nearly half the 569 total average deaths they list from weather-related causes. Many experts say the actual number is more likely over 1,000, since so many of the excess deaths that occur during heat waves are never examined by a coroner or counted as heat-related.
More than 100 people died from heat-related causes in California last week, and cities farther east are now issuing dire warnings, transporting people to cooling centers, and urging residents to drink water and check on their neighbors.


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West End Market Prepares For State Fair Debut
The Minnesota State Fair will be opening in three weeks, and this Thursday WCCO got a look at one of their newest features – the West End Market. The area of the fairgrounds that houses the market used be called Heritage Square.
Flood Destroys Mankato Children's Museum Exhibits
Brick by brick, stone by stone, work continues on the new Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota. But as quickly as the museum building takes shape, severe flooding left a home with few belongings.
Twin Cities Museum Showcases Somali Art, Culture
A new Twin Cities museum is showcasing Somali art and culture. The Somali Artifact and Cultural Museum opened Saturday and features paintings of nomadic life and photos of Mogadishu along with traditional rugs, ancient writing tablets and lots of items made from animal skins.
Airplanes From World War II Featured In Tour
B-24, B-17, and P-51. These aren't bingo numbers. They're airplanes from World War II featured in the Wings of Freedom Tour at the Blaine Airport.
Finding Minnesota: Firefighter's Hall & Museum
People's fascination with firefighting has only grown since the first fire station in Minneapolis was built more than 100 years ago.
Iowa Museum Says Tortoise Was Never Stolen
An African leopard tortoise thought to be stolen from an Iowa museum was actually trapped behind paneling in her enclosure, and a misguided employee who found her lied to keep up the story about her theft, the museum announced Friday.
Finding Minnesota: The Birthplace Of Greyhound Buses
When you take a walk with Gene Nicolelli, you'd think he was a retired bus driver — not a former grocer.
Black History Museum Faces Major Setback
A new museum honoring Minnesota's African American history may not open after all.
Walker Art Center Among Nation's Best Bathrooms
Besides the great art, a Minneapolis museum is also getting national attention for its bathroom.
Mpls. Museum To Display China Terracotta Warriors
Rare works from the tomb of China's first emperor go on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts this fall.
Best Mini Golf Courses In Minnesota
Five of the best miniature golf courses across Minnesota for inexpensive family fun.
Spotlight On: American Swedish Institute
Take a walk down Park Avenue between 10th and 26th streets in Minneapolis and it will become clear that though many of the houses along this strip have started to show their age, Park Avenue's past is one filled with grandeur.
February Arts Preview
There aren't enough hours in the day to check out every noteworthy art event in the Twin Cities. Here's a quick guide to our can't-miss arts picks for February.
Museums To Exhibit 'Most Authentic' Rembrandts
"Rembrandt in America" will open at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts on June 24, 2012.
Family Fun Guide to Red Wing
Nestled amidst bluffs on a sharp bend in the Mississippi River, Red Wing is a scenic and charming destination for a day or weekend visit. This historic river town is world-renowned for its pottery, shoes, and delightful accommodations.


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1 And Moses sent for all Israel, and said to them, Give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I give you today, and give attention to them so that you may keep and do them. | 1 Moses summoned all Israel and said: Hear, O Israel, the decrees and laws I declare in your hearing today. Learn them and be sure to follow them. |
2 The Lord our God made an agreement with us in Horeb. | 2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. |
3 The Lord did not make this agreement with our fathers but with us, who are all living and present here today. | 3 It was not with our fathers that the LORD made this covenant, but with us, with all of us who are alive here today. |
4 The word of the Lord came to you face to face on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire, | 4 The LORD spoke to you face to face out of the fire on the mountain. |
5 (I was between the Lord and you at that time, to make clear to you the word of the Lord: because, through fear of the fire, you did not go up the mountain;) saying, | 5 (At that time I stood between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) And he said: |
6 I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house. | 6 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. |
7 You are to have no other gods but me. | 7 "You shall have no other gods before me. |
8 You may not make for yourselves an image in the form of anything in heaven or on earth or in the waters under the earth: | 8 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. |
9 You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters; | 9 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, |
10 And I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws. | 10 but showing love to a thousand [ generations] of those who love me and keep my commandments. |
11 You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged as a sinner by the Lord. | 11 "You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. |
12 Keep the Sabbath day as a holy day, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God. | 12 "Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you. |
13 On six days do all your work: | 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, |
14 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day do no work, you or your son or your daughter, or your man-servant or your woman-servant, or your ox or your ass or any of your cattle, or the man from a strange country who is living among you; so that your man-servant and your woman-servant may have rest as well as you. | 14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor the alien within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest, as you do. |
15 And keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord your God took you out of that land by his strong hand and his stretched-out arm: for this reason the Lord has given you orders to keep the Sabbath day. | 15 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the LORD your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day. |
16 Give honour to your father and your mother, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God; so that your life may be long and all may be well for you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you. | 16 "Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you. |
17 Do not put anyone to death without cause. | 17 "You shall not murder. |
18 Do not be false to the married relation. | 18 "You shall not commit adultery. |
19 Do not take the property of another. | 19 "You shall not steal. |
20 Do not give false witness against your neighbour; | 20 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. |
21 Or let your desire be turned to your neighbour's wife, or his house or his field or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is your neighbour's. | 21 "You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor's house or land, his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor." |
22 These words the Lord said to all of you together on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire, out of the cloud and the dark, with a great voice: and he said no more; he put them in writing on the two stones of the law and gave them to me. | 22 These are the commandments the LORD proclaimed in a loud voice to your whole assembly there on the mountain from out of the fire, the cloud and the deep darkness; and he added nothing more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me. |
23 And after hearing the voice which came out of the dark while the mountain was burning with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your chiefs came to me, | 23 When you heard the voice out of the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, all the leading men of your tribes and your elders came to me. |
24 And said, The Lord has let us see his glory and his power, and his voice has come to us out of the fire: today we have seen that a man may go on living even after hearing the voice of God. | 24 And you said, "The LORD our God has shown us his glory and his majesty, and we have heard his voice from the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him. |
25 Why then is death to be our fate? For if the voice of the Lord our God comes to us any more, death will overtake us, and we will be burned up in this great fire. | 25 But now, why should we die? This great fire will consume us, and we will die if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer. |
26 For what man is there in all the earth, who, hearing the voice of the living God as we have, out of the heart of the fire, has been kept from death? | 26 For what mortal man has ever heard the voice of the living God speaking out of fire, as we have, and survived? |
27 Do you go near: and after hearing everything which the Lord our God has to say, give us an account of all he has said to you, and we will give ear, and do it. | 27 Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then tell us whatever the LORD our God tells you. We will listen and obey." |
28 Then the Lord, hearing your words to me, said to me, The words which this people have said to you have come to my ears: what they have said is well said. | 28 The LORD heard you when you spoke to me and the LORD said to me, "I have heard what this people said to you. Everything they said was good. |
29 If only they had such a heart in them at all times, so that they might go in fear of me and keep my orders and that it might be well for them and for their children for ever! | 29 Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever! |
30 Now say to them, Go back to your tents. | 30 "Go, tell them to return to their tents. |
31 But as for you, keep your place here by me, and I will give you all the orders and the laws and the decisions which you are to make clear to them, so that they may do them in the land which I am giving them for their heritage. | 31 But you stay here with me so that I may give you all the commands, decrees and laws you are to teach them to follow in the land I am giving them to possess." |
32 Take care, then, to do whatever the Lord your God has given you orders to do; let there be no turning away to the right hand or to the left. | 32 So be careful to do what the LORD your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left. |
33 Go on walking in the way ordered for you by the Lord your God, so that life may be yours and it may be well for you, and your days may be long in the land of your heritage. | 33 Walk in all the way that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess. |
The Bible in Basic English is in the public domain. (The Bible in Basic English Version Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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Managing a Baby and a Toddler
For parents of children up to 4 years.
FREE 2 hour workshop.
This workshop looks at the transition and possible effects on the family unit with a new baby arriving, from a toddler's perspective.
Common challenges that families experience are discussed as well as practical ideas to manage the change.
And then there were two... - written by Ngala for Offspring Magazine
Babies under 7 months welcome to attend.


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Eliminate Restless Leg Syndrome is the latest book that teaches people how to reduce their restless leg syndrome quickly and easily. The book also provides people natural remedies for treating this syndrome at source without using harmful medications, supplements and expensive prescriptions. In addition, this book is penned by Jeremy Coughlin, a medical researcher, former restless leg syndrome sufferer and health consultant who has over 7 years of experience in teaching other people how to relieve symptoms such as abnormal and unpleasant sensations in their calves, feet and thighs. Since Jeremy Coughlin released the Eliminate Restless Leg Syndrome book, a lot of clients used it to learn how to prevent or treat restless leg syndrome associated conditions such as peripheral neuropathy, kidney failure, and iron deficiency. Accordingly, Chris Cole from the website Vinamy.com performed a detailed review about the effectiveness of this book.
A detailed review of Eliminate Restless Leg Syndrome on the site Vinamy.com indicates that this book will help people take back control of their life, and get rid of their restless leg syndrome easily. The book also provides people with safe and natural recipes for alleviating symptoms such as burning, gnawing, tugging, pain, itching, throbbing, pulling and crawling. In addition, in this book, people will learn how to fight the root cause of this syndrome, how to strengthen their immune system, and how to increase their overall health. Furthermore, people also discover a list of
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Divisional forest officer for wildlife RK Singh told The Times of India that deforestation and poaching have been a problem along the country's Himalayan border with Nepal for some time.
As a consequence, he explained that ex-army men and local villagers have been deployed in the area in a bid to protect the tigers and other animals which inhabit the region.
Creating the so-called Tiger Protection Force in February 2008 has provided "encouraging" results, he commented.
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Naruto is awsome! My faves are sakura and haku!
Wel Naruto to me is original its a combanation of drama,fun,violence(of course),and much more so that's why Naruto is the best anime/manga! Also, don't forget Naruto go nominated for the Quills award so let him win! Go to www.narutofan.com for more information about that!
Temari: Naruto's own Wind Charmer.
Naruto is awsome! My faves are sakura and haku!
you should wath more, it rocksman
I stand as the most insane british person ever
DUDE...HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE NARUTO!?!?!?!?!?! IT'S LIKE MY ALL TIME FAVORITE MANGA AND ANIME!!!! Eeee...don't give up on it just yet...like someone already said: read it, don't watch random episodes on TV (considering they have new episodes on every Sat)
I like naruto, I think its a badass anime
OMGosh!!! Did anyone just see the newest episode of Naruto tonight!!!! Oh man, I almost cried!!!!! It was soooooooooooo tragic!!!! Poor Lee...I <3 him!!!!
well as for me naruto is an awesome anime, to start off with it has good stryline and lots of intense battle... though the down side is it also has a heck long of filler episodes... but it's all good. it's an awesome anime, people should watch it and also teh manga is awesome too
Rock Lee got effed up!! I saw that in the Manga too.........His leg and arm.....yup.........he gonna be out for awhile...
NoT tHe SiGgY yOu R lOOkInG 4
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The Philippines are currently being slammed with the most powerful typhoon in recorded history. They're calling it Haiyan and it's killed at least four people so far. The numbers are galling:
- Winds have reached up to 347 kilometers per hour on land, according to NASA. That's about a third the speed of a 747.
- The Philippine Red Cross believes that 90 percent of the country's infrastructure has been damaged so far.
- Yesterday, it "achieved tropical cyclone perfection" with an 8.0 on the Dvorak Scale. That's the highest you can rate a typhoon.
- The satellite pictures say it better than we can.
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pillow case signing for boys ???
I love the Mickey Mouse pillow cases on etsy but afraid to order one for my Grandson. Do boys around 8-9 think that it is UN-cool to sleep on a Mickey Mouse pillow case with autographs (even if it's Mickey with a pirate hat on)?
My Grandson is very into watching sports and loves to go on the rides at Disneyland, just not so sure about the whole Mickey Mouse thing. It's a no brainer for my young grandaughters...they'll be so excited! We're taking our Grandkids on Magic cruise. What's your opinion/experience with elementary age boys? Thanks! |
My boys each have one. They are 10, 7, and 2. We also made a family one and live that bit is for a throw pillow
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For 6 and 8yr old boys I had a skull and crossbones embroidered by their name (where the younger kids got characters). A nice tie-in to Pirate Night and not so juvenile for the 'big' boys :)
All our cases were signed by a variety of characters. |
I like the idea of the skull and crossbones embroidered for my Grandson. Where did you have it done? I do not do any type crafts and was planning to order off of ETSY or maybe there are other sites ??
Thanks for the replies! |
Both my boys 8 and 10 year old boys want an autographed pillow case but I'd go with superheroes if I were you. I believe what you last see or think about at night contributes to the kind of sleep you have...so a skull and cross bones wouldn't be my suggestion. Maybe Captain America shield? Or just a black mickey hat perhaps with a non threatening pirate hat? Just my 2 cents.
I'm getting one with a Disney cruise ship applique on it for my 8 year old DS. I'm pretty sure he'll love it!
It's a great keepsake. We took ours to members services soon as we arrived and picked it up with tons of signatures. Some whom we didn't get to see on the ship.
We got pillowcases as a wonderful FE gift. They are king sized pillowcases and are completely covered in signatures. No embroidery or appliqués. My 7-year-old twins love them. They don't even care that princesses are on it (but you can absolutely request to have them left off).
It doesn't have to have Mickey Mouse on it. Get an image of the cruise ship plus the sail date and name of the ship. It might seem less babyish to him that way.
Or, do something besides a pillowcase. Get a photo mat that he can use for a photo from the trip. Does he like baseball? Have them sign a baseball for him. Or maybe you can think of something related to another hobby. My son was five at the time of our cruise (daughter was almost two) and I got them aprons. There are tons of great things to sign that aren't pillowcases. |
My mom made all the pillowcases, and embroidery as well. The skull and crossbones were done in variegated red/yellow/black.
There are lots of embroidery patterns of all types. I would bet many Etsy artists would be willing to work with you! |
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The Iron Horse
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Time Out says
The epic silent Western, made as Fox's response to The Covered Wagon and effortlessly surpassing it. A paean to Lincoln and the notion of Manifest Destiny, it recounts the building of the first transcontinental railroad. Gangs start from both coasts, rebuffing Indian attacks, thwarting greedy landowners, initiating a sweeping trail drive and moving whole towns along the line. After battles against the rigours of blizzard and desert, the final spike is driven home as the hero avenges his father's murder and wins back his childhood sweetheart. Visual glories (and stirring piano accompaniment) sweep aside objections to the tedious passages, the psychological ineptitude, and the racist portrayal of Indians, Irish and 'coolies'. As in Stagecoach, each scene and each character looks fresh struck at the mint of myth, while every frame asserts that this is the making of America and of the American cinema.Author: JW
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Cyril Chadwick, Fred Kohler, William Walling, Charles Edward Bull, Madge Bellamy, George O'Brien, Delbert Mann
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The King's English....or Spanish...or Portuguese....or......
Paw Prints: Writings of the maddog
This blog is not aimed at those people who try to speak in languages other than their own native language. For those people I have the greatest respect.
This blog is aimed at people who do not take the time and effort to communicate well in their own native language.
My niece teaches high school English in the Pennsylvania school system, and tells me that some of her students do not seem to know or care that there the words that rhyme with the word "to" that are spelled "two" and "too" have completely different meanings. "I have to friends" is something they would write.
Recently I gently corrected a man who was studying business in college when he used the word "there", when he meant to show possession by using the word "their". "It was there house" he tweeted to the world.
It is the age of SMS and Tweeting, where short and shorter sentences are used to convey our meaning, and the instruments used to communicate not only lack tone and expression (other than the occasional smiley face), but also limit us to just a few characters. People get lax in the use of their language.
I was reading a mailing list when one of the people participating asked a question as if it had been typed over SMS (and perhaps it was), but the messages so filled with abbreviations and misspellings that one of the most knowledgeable members of the list refused to even recognize that the question had been asked.
I deal with many people from many lands that speak many languages other than English. When they send email directly to me, they often either write in English or use Google Translate to convert their native language into English, then they apologize for the poor translation. Actually most of the time the translation is quite good, or at least makes the foreign language understandable.
However, Google Translate is not perfect, and it really starts to fail when I want to read Facebook comments or profiles in some other language and where the foreign language is written in their own "shorthand" for SMS and Tweets. Google Translate tries valiantly to translate, but can not hope to translate the latest acronym for "laughing out loud" in that culture's language.
This is too bad, because I do want to know what these people are saying. And I assume that they wanted to be understood because they took the time and at least a little effort to write something.
When I first started doing videos, I would not put in captions. But then a friend of mine, Joner Worm, convinced me that putting in captions not only helped foreign people that had difficulty understanding what was said in the audio of the video, but also helped the people who were hard of hearing. After captioning the English verbiage, we would turn over the caption file to the translators, and they could more easily translate the written English into other languages. From there many other people would be able to learn from the one video.
In today's global environment, whenever we can, we should take the time to speak and write carefully and clearly, particularly if it is the written word, so others on the opposite side of the planet can understand us, and Google Translate can do its best.
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Linux Mint Project Releases Mint 17.1
New LTS version offers many refinements for the Cinnamon and Mate desktops and significant improvement under the hood.
CeBIT Open Source Forum Call for Papers
One of CeBIT's most successful forums returns in 2015.
TOR Network Isn't So Anonymous
A new study says it is possible to unmask 81% of TOR users.
.NET Goes Open Source
Redmond joins the revolution by turning the .NET Core Runtime into a GitHub project.