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Rudy Gay scored 23 and Zach Randolph added 19 points and nine rebounds for the Grizzlies, who are now 11-4 when holding opponents under 100 points. Darrell Arthur added 10 points in a reserve role for Memphis.
Stephen Jackson scored 16 for Charlotte, which is now 3-10 on the road this season. Tyrus Thomas added 12 points and both Boris Diaw and D.J. Augustin finished with 10 in the loss.
"We were selfish on both ends and we didn't play hard. We acted like we didn't care," Bobcats head coach Larry Brown said.
Charlotte was without forward Gerald Wallace, who suffered a sprained ankle in Tuesday's 97-91 victory over Toronto. Wallace is averaging 16.7 points and over eight rebounds a contest.
Memphis held a 24-20 lead after the opening 12 minutes.
The Grizzlies opened up the second on a 19-5 run, which was capped when Randolph connected on two from the line just inside five minutes, and his tip shot with 2:15 remaining made it a 51-31 game. The Grizzlies had a 59-36 margin heading to the locker room.
Memphis' lead reached 30, 84-54, on an Arthur bank-shot in the final minute of the third, and the Grizzlies took an 84-55 lead into the final stanza.
The Grizzlies eclipsed the century mark with 6:25 remaining when Gay connected with Arthur on a powering alley oop dunk that all but closed the book on the Bobcats. The Memphis lead reached as high as 35 in the final minutes.
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The Tonopah Historic Mining Park will host Civil War re-enactments August 30 1nd 31, with battles, encampments, period clothing, and a chance to talk to the Civil War soldiers and town folk.
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15 And it came to pass the next day, that he took the coverlet and dipped [it] in water, and spread it over his face, so that he died; and Hazael reigned in his stead. | 15 But the next day he took a thick cloth, soaked it in water and spread it over the king's face, so that he died. Then Hazael succeeded him as king. |
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July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Oil declined, trimming the biggest weekly gain in almost three months, as signs of slowing manufacturing growth in China and the U.S., the world's biggest energy users, stoked speculation fuel demand may falter.
Futures slipped as much as 1.3 percent, their first decline in four days, after China's Purchasing Managers' Index fell to the lowest since February 2009. A U.S. report today may show a slowdown in factory activity. Prices also slid as OPEC boosted supplies and the U.S. offered 30 million barrels of oil from strategic reserves under an International Energy Agency plan to stabilize prices.
"Together with the direct impact of high oil prices, the slowdown in economic activity is having a strong impact on oil demand," Christophe Barret, a London-based oil analyst at Credit Agricole SA, said in a note today.
Crude for August delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange declined as much as $1.26 to $94.16 a barrel and was at $94.30 at 1:42 p.m. London time. The contract yesterday rose 65 cents to $95.42. Prices have risen 29 percent in the past year and 3.4 percent this week.
Brent oil for August settlement slid $1.57, or 1.4 percent, to $110.91 on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. The European benchmark contract traded at a premium of $16.59 to WTI. The spread reached a record $22.29 a barrel on June 15.
China Slowdown
China's Purchasing Managers' Index fell to 50.9 in June from 52 in May, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing said in an e-mailed statement today. The median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey of 13 economists was 51.5. A reading above 50 indicates expansion.
China's report "affirms their tightening of monetary policy is taking effect and impacting oil demand," said Serene Lim, a commodity strategist at Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. in Singapore. "China is where the growth is and having this kind of manufacturing activity data slowing down might be affecting the markets."
A report today may show U.S. manufacturing also slowed last month. The Institute for Supply Management's factory index fell to 52 from 53.5 in May, according to the median estimate of 77 economists in a Bloomberg survey.
Oil dropped early yesterday after the Labor Department reported that U.S. jobless claims fell less than expected in the week ended June 25. Claims slid by 1,000 to 428,000, compared with the median forecast of economists in a Bloomberg News survey of a drop to 420,000.
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IEA members will release 60 million barrels of oil from strategic reserves over 30 days beginning at the end of this week to make up for a Libyan production shortfall and curb high prices, the agency said June 23. Half the crude will come from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
The U.S. offered light, sweet crude as part of the release. More than "90 offers to purchase oil were received" on June 29, the Energy Department said yesterday. Contracts will be completed by July 11, the agency said. The administration will continue to monitor oil supply and is prepared to act further, according to a government official.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' production rose by an average 210,000 barrels a day in June to 29.105 million, the highest since February, a Bloomberg News survey of oil companies, producers and analysts showed. Saudi Arabia increased crude output by 3.2 percent to a 32-month high. Daily output by the 11 members with quotas, all except Iraq, climbed 180,000 barrels to 26.4 million, 1.555 million barrels above their target.
Oil Survey
Oil futures will probably fall next week amid signals that the economy is slowing as the first oil from strategic reserves enters the market, a Bloomberg News survey showed.
Fourteen of 36 analysts, or 39 percent, forecast oil will drop through July 8. Eight respondents, or 22 percent, predicted prices will increase and 14 estimated there will be little change. Last week, 44 percent of those surveyed said futures would drop.
August oil in New York faces resistance at about $96.05, the 200-day moving average, and $96.20, the middle of a Bollinger chart, according to Addison Armstrong, director of market research at Tradition Energy in Stamford, Connecticut.
Nymex crude, trading above its 55-week moving average amid a gain this week, will resume declines should prices fall below support levels at about $89, according to Citigroup Inc.
Crude has "decent support" at $89.07 to $90 a barrel, technical analysts Tom Fitzpatrick, Shyam Devani and Alex Good said in a report dated yesterday. That range is where the bottom of an ascending channel coincides with the 55-week moving average and the 50 percent Fibonacci retracement of oil's rally from last year's low, the analysts said.
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Wow that can't be safe, cardboard and duct tape (even if its speed tape) this just can't be good or safe. I'm really hoping this is just driving in for a repair and not out for a fly.
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It had a birdstrike, so yes its going for repair. Whats the best way to keep the electronics safe from weather? duct tape and cardboard!
ThisGuy on
March 7th, 2011
Fairly common sight. Most likely it's waiting on a repair crew to come replace the window. Would you want several hundred thousands of electronics ruined by *not* taping up a hole while waiting for the aviation mechanics to get around to fixing it??
Fernblatt on
March 7th, 2011
Uh, yeah, what they said, most modern jet airliners cruise at about 450-500 miles per hour, so I would highly DOUBT that that little temporary repair would last for more than about 5 seconds – which would lead one to believe that this was meant to keep the rain out of the cockpit while a new windshield glass was brought in to replace the busted one.
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March 12th, 2011
This was actually part of an investigation. The proper window blew out at 25000 ft, the pilot was sucked partly out the window and only survived cos a steward was serving him coffee and grabbed his legs….. was a BA flight out of Birmingham… can't remember date but this was the UK CAA investigation cos some muppet had used the wrong length bolts in the original WTR
thedriver35 on
March 13th, 2011
so wht we are white trash all the mexicans and black people dont like it dont ride the plane then lol
courtney on
March 18th, 2011
This is not the BA flight that Tim Langcaster was sucked out of, the aircraft he was sucked out of was a BAC one-eleven, The picture shown above is clearly a boeing 767-300, This is a Bird strike, also at Birmingham airport in the UK, its awaiting repairs.
CANADIAN on
March 25th, 2011
well you people take the fun outta a good laugh everytime……
wow on
April 17th, 2011
It is indeed awaiting repair. The A/C wouldn't even pressurize without a window. Which makes it un-airworthy
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pip - LOL to races. You also sound as though you run exactly same speed as me! W. Will have to try meet for Abingdon. I only met one guy off Berlin thread - by chance on the home straight. aaaaah the days before babies! I'm doing it again this year with my brother. His wife is a Berliner!
Brookie, I'll be pushing the 5 hour cut off at Abingdon I think!
CM - mascara on a 4 year old! Ekk. My daughter is 3 and if someone allowed her to wear mascara I would not be pleased, let alone someone else's. I take it that this is your children's Dad? It must be hard if you think X and he thinks Y I was pi**ed off enough when my MIL took my daughter (then 2) to McDonalds and bought her a coke. I only found out as it was a passing comment how she didn't like it. Not impressed (btw I do go to McD's sometimes and am no food angel but don't want my 2 year old drinking coke!)
I would be seriously pissed off with both mascara and coke, but prob coke more! Vile stuff.......and I am afraid Matilda has only been to McDonnalds once and that was a birthday party. We can safely pass one and she has no idea what it is! I really had to bite my tongue when M in L gave Eric, aged about 8 months a huge spoonful of super sweet, made out of a packet creme caramel. Blurgh. But then I am the one who made my own baby rice out of ground up brown rice, oats and millet......
talking of millet I had a supper you would, as an aspiring vegan, be proud of tonight CM. I was going through the cupboard earlier and found the millet, and googled how to cook it as it funnily enough isn't something we eat on a regular basis....and we had millet, spinach and roasted sweet potatoes, butternut squash and shallots and I sprinkled seeds all over the top-it really wasnt bad. We have a whole cupboard of weird stuff like quinoa, polenta etc and every now and then I go through phases, so now it's a millet phase.
inset day tomorrow. E's swimming first thing, then straight to a birthday party at a play place for M, then she has ballet in the evening, so they'll both be knackered. It's morning we were at the local fun pool, with slides etc at 8.45 am and it was mobbed! On a Sunday! I was a bit surprised but we still had fun.
good luck EF, I do feel for you. I know I couldn't work full time so I appreciate how lucky I am to have a good job and be able to go in and do it 2 days a wk then walk away and forget about it the rest of the time. I'm actually working 3 days this wk which I know I will find hard as I haven't worked 3 days in a row in a very long time......and
To think I used to work 12 days in a row very often! Shudders at the thought.......
getting up at silly o clock to run tomorrow as now I am back to running my 1/2 I need to actually do a bit more running!
I hate the thought of Sophie wearing make-up, I know I am probably a bit of a prude in that sense and it would just be playing, but it's not something I've ever encouraged!
Came down this morning to find the cat's water spilled on the floor - asked Sophie why it was all wet and she had an instant sheepish look and said very quietly "I don't want to tell you because you'll be cross." I explained that I would be more cross if she didn't tell me, and it transpired that her and Nicky had decided, for reasons best known to themselves, to put the cards from the Shopping Game in the cat's water. WTF??! I like to think my children are sensible and understand the consequences of silly behaviour, so this one really baffled hubby and I! Obviously the pictures have peeled off some of the cards so they are all tatty and rubbish now . I've given them a long lecture and told them they will stay in their bedrooms tomorrow morning until hubs or I tell them they can go downstairs. I think this might sound like an overreaction to some parents, but I have high expectations of my children and want to let them know when they have disappointed me or been disrespectful either to us or to their belongings! Amusingly though, Sophie's response when I said I didn't understand why they didn't stop when they saw it was ruining them, was "we just got a bit carried away" . Sigh, kids. First day of half term too...!
have missed absolutely loads and done a mega skim which I will still miss lots!!
EF ((())) hope today is not too awful, can't believe your time off has gone already and to the boiler, I don't mess with gas either
(can't type, stupidly didn't wear gloves on run today because there is no wind and was 7 degrees and consequently have yellow numb fingers!)
mega chuckling at the knickers/bikini line conversation. I do wear knickers under my run shorts, but not on the bike as I wear two pairs of shorts anyway so I don't get a numb bum!! I have numerous pairs of seamless knickers from M&S, sainsburys wherever, I have a couple of pairs of preferred ones, they are all very thin though and cause me no bother. A razor deals with the rest, thankfully not a big problem for me though.
Yikes to the make-up CM, agree with caro though, would be more bothered by the coke, but am still having horrors at thought of 4-year-old in full make-up. S hasn't even worn nail varnish even though I do sometimes. Neither of mine have been in MacD's yet, but then I worked in there for two years while at college so rarely go in anyway!!
Um, what else have I missed? Annoying husbands ... well mine has a job, but it's 500 miles away and so he's grumpy most of the time because he wants to change but isn't brave enough and so he's tired from commuting all the time and not spending time with the kids ... he enjoyed being in charge here for a few days last week while I was away, so that made him even more grumpy at the weekend.
I had fab couple of days escape from my domestic duties. Was bl**dy freezing and blowing a gale for most of the time, but on Wednesday the views were just spectacular, Cairngorms shrouded in snow in the winter sun - can't beat it. A 50m vertical abseil to the bottom of the route we climbed just about made my day!! Guy being assessed was fab - really knew his stuff and good fun too so we had two days of top-notch winter climbing instruction all for free. Glenmore lodge has really bad mobile phone reception and the wifi is sporadic at best so was like being on a retreat! Dragged out heading home for as long as I could on Friday
Getting back to running cautiously, still niggles but way way better. Biomechanics visit was interesting - I took about three steps across the room and he said 'yes, can immediately see your problem' ... my right foot rolls in way more than would be normal, which consequently twists my knee and then my hip ... I can only imagine that usually I control this quite well but for some reason I currently am not! The knock on effect is also on my big toe joint, which I had noticed was painful at times - it's bigger than my left foot and quite bumpy (start of osteo-arthritis oh joy). Anyway, he's given me some mocked up inserts for my shoes to try - right foot is loving it, left foot is not so mucg, but means my current shoes don't really fit them and now having a bit of a shoe nightmare - boxes going backwards and forwards to Wiggle in an attempt to find something suitable. Accept may need a more structured shoe but am not going back to the complete sofas I used to wear as can't bear not feeling some kind of ground beneath my feet!!
So, am trying to cautiously get back on track as have 17 weeks until my 70 mile jaunt along Great Glen Way ...
Had a tentative conversation with husband on Sat eve (after he'd several glasses of wine) about a particularly stupid race/event I wanted to do in January next year ... http://thespinerace.com/ which he met with his usual blinding level of support and understanding (not remotely!!) ... so on Sunday morning I applied anyway thinking not a hope in hell ... and of course ... on Sunday afternoon I got an email to say I have a place ... ... so now I need to confess, not even going to think about the logistics of childcare etc as it's a long way off and I need to make it to December in one piece for starters ...
Right I have work to do, new block of Pilates classes start this week and I have 3 or 4 newbies joining
I have a bag of millet somewhere Caro - must go in search, I think I have cupboards with contents like yours!! I had a big glass of what I can only call green sludge this morning complete with chai seeds in it!!
Vixo - yes, skiing v expensive ... we didn't put ours in lessons, just did it ourselves but even so is still expensive but hubby is quite good as sussing out cheap ski etc before leave the UK. Hence we've not gone this year, considering next year as kids getting fair amount of ski practice in up here anyway and will be big enough for us to do self-catering etc and probably no childcare requirements.
Just trying to catch up and am still several pages back but am peeing ma sel at all the pants/ bush talk, soooooooooooo funny!!!!!!!! Back lata maybe x
That race looks impressive CC! Are you doing the 7day one or the 60hr one?! Glad you had some much needed time out. Fingers crossed the sole inserts make a difference too. Funny how it is something that must've developed recently.
Yep, makeup on a 4yr old is a bit much! I do let Maggie have her nails painted (she got two sets of nail varnish for her 3rd birthday!) but would never let her wear make up, I guess playing with an old lipstick when dressing up is ok but mascara?! And OMG to coke too! My two hate fizzy drinks so wouldn't want it but I would never allow it. I'm also anti-McD's, I know its meant to be better than it was but I still will never take my girls there. We do lots of lunches out though, mainly to pizza express, like to keep them restaurant trained! I think I'm like you too Caro, I have all sorts of grains, millet, bulgur, quinoa etc in my cupboard. I go through phases with them but as hubby does a lot of the cooking he reins it back if getting too healthy/grainy for him Also did a lovely (accidentally) vegan meal last night, Jamies happy cow burgers (15min book), basically mixed beans and frozen broad beans plus spices whizzed in processor then fried. Delicious! As usual we ate the whole 'serves 4' recipe between the two of us Must try them on the girls... Gave them puy lentil Bolognese last week which got eaten!
Vixo- great you had fun skiing! We're desperate to go again but with no.3 coming it maybe sometime! The expense is shocking. a friend went and paid for nanny for her 2yr old, 20euro an hr... that's before her older ones ski school etc etc. I would never forfeit my summer hols for skiing so I think that's how it'll stay until we're mega- rich
Thanks for car info too! I am swaying towards the Alhambra because of the sliding doors. Think it'll be that or the s-max. Reason may end up with s-max is money, seems to be far more cheap second hand s-maxs than alhambras.
Pip- I used to live in Tooting. Mine and hubbys first flat was on Garatt Lane. My first was born at St George's. We're out in Surrey now (renting as its no cheaper out here either!).
JG- hope half term getting better! Sophie sounds hilarious 'got abit carried away' is so grown up
EF (()) does seem so fast. Hope first day was ok and you realise why you like your job. As someone else said, there is no good compromise between work and kids. I am resigning myself to the fact that I will be quitting this job when new baby comes. I already earn negative money due to nanny costs and only reason to continue was if I love it and things would change when Maggie starts school in Sept. But as I'll obviously have another baby so high childcare for 3-4 more years and I don't love my job the decision is obvious! But I am kind of excited about thinking what I might do instead (once the kids are bit older).
Gosh, must go, afternoon of seminars on fibrosis in cardiovascular disease to sit through. Will have to sit by the door because my bladder is already acting like I'm 8 months pregnant not 13 weeks!
Ah EF I remember so clearly feeling like that but I am only part time. It does get slightly easier as time goes by and they get a bit bigger But there is always that feeling slightly in the pit of your stomach.
i am on two nights now so won't see the girls again until Wed. afternoon. Feel bad but what can you do. But then I of the rest of the week so it's not too bad compared to some. Our childcare is a real juggling act between private nursery for M & the other 2 go to FIL's before & after school. Hubby has to be put of the house by 7 am with them all.
oh an exciting afternoon got you there then Sonya! Enjoy.
Did you go alone to Glenmore CC? Sounded lovely. Will have to have a look at the race you just entered!
I wear pants running always but not that often cycling. Never have a problem running with chaffing but after my 24 hr MTB race when I had a pee after it felt like hot needles being poked into me, pure agony & had to slather on sudocrem. Oh my it was sore. Recently I have just been trimming but did used to wax a bit. I wear a swimsuit with shorty legs, much better!!!!
your hols sounded great Vixo. We have never taken the kids skiing yet. Just seems so expensive.
My middle girl has loved nail varnish and make up since she was 2 & she is 7 now. She likes to put make up on, drives me nuts especially when she looks like aunt Sally!!! She tries to put mascara on and normally looks like she is starring in a horror movie!!! C who is 9 is not interested in make up but does like to get her nails painted. M(3) likes her bigger sister clarting make up n her face!
the only time the two older ones have a fizzy juice is at a party. At home it is apple juice in the morning, then water or milk. So bad for their teeth.
So I have been doing more running which is good but am missing mountain biking so much. Last week did 4 runs which was 20 miles, a turbo sesh of a hour and 13 miles on the MTB so a good week. One of the runs was a fell run upto 1000 feet and 2 of the runs were cross country with my wee sis who was up for a week ( normally lives in Hove).
Really enjoying getting onto the hills and stomping through heather n bog, although hard work!!! The girl I am doing the highland mountain marathon has mapped out a training day for us in 2 wks of 23 Kms & taking in 4 munros, yikes!!! Rather concerned about that. Still rubbish at navigation, need to get better
at it. Luckily she is competent at navigating but I need to be able to as well.
right feel sick as I have eaten tons of dairy milk whilst on here so better go now!!! Did manage a flat 3 miler this morning and 10 minutes of squats, sit ups etc but now feel like a fat pig! Lol. Time to have a lie down before night duty so better go and read my book upstairs.
Wow Sonya, does Maggie really start school in September?? Max can start what they call Voluntary Pre-Kindergarden (VPK) here in September which he will do at the same place the boys currently go to daycare. The government basically pays for (I think) 5 half days so will take him in for the same hours as now but pay less. Then next September he will start Kindergarden which I believe is at the same place he will then start school. I assume that is not voluntary but really don't know
We are now seriously considering a people carrier, never thought I would live to see the day but 3 kids is such a major step up from 2! Like the sliding doors feature and they are so much lower than the 7/8 seater SUVs we are also looking at so loads easier to get into.
Was feeling some cramp type pains on Friday so stayed home from work, I think I've been overdoing it and I must remember that I am 18 months older than last time and also have 2 to run around after not just 1. Felt fine over the weekend so it was probably just ligament pain. Mr TT wanted me to go to the doctor but I'm sure they would have done nothing except tell me to rest.
Your trip away sounded lovely CC, how fabulous to be free too!
Vixo, welcome home, skiing sounded lovely too.
EF, also hope your first day back was OK, bet F has lovely smiles for you tonight. Hope you have heating and hot water when you get home too.
Definitely can't keep up with all the news here!
EF - hope today wasn't too bad, photo on Facebook is great!
CM - I would say no to make up, she is four!!! Someone bought Martha some vile looking lip glosses for her birthday party on Saturday - I was not impressed!
Just realised it must be Ellen's and Kit's birthdays as Martha turns 6 on Friday!!!
I applied for her in year transfer to a new school for when we move house in the Easter hols - so far she is looking forward to it.
I did another 6 miler on Sunday but because of Alan working away I'm only getting out once or twice a week. I am doing a lot of dvd's in the week though.
We had half term last week so its good to get back to normal!
EF - how did it go?
hideous day today - left home at 6 and drove to Hemel. Got stuck in two accidents on M4. had my annual appraisal (he was running 45 mins late by the time mine started) which was fairly non-descript. made no references to the stress I was under or anything. didn't even really thank me for holding the fort last year while head bloke messed around. anyway I know I shouldn't care but I do just want my bl00dy contract to turn up so I can resign!!
as a result, I was 45 mins late leaving Hemel and had to drive to Reading to get my laptop replaced (as it is now 4 years old). on the M1 I got distracted by overhead warning signs about delays on the M25 and missed my exit on the M25 and ended up carrying on on the M1, and before I knew it I was heading for Watford. Came off the M1 and then couldn't turn around so had to drive round Watford in a panic trying to get back to the M1. all the while, I'm running late for my bl00dy laptop replacement. and the engineer who is doing the replacement isn't an employee in the company so there are no contact details for him in the phonebook. marvellous
anyway, eventually I get to Reading about 30 mins late. he starts the process to build my laptop for me and after an hour it blue-screens. so he has to start all over again. I finally left the building at 5.50pm. I was then driving towards the M4 again when my phone rings 5 times. eventually I answer it, and it's the engineer "you've left your power cable behind". I was sure I hadn't but couldn't take the chance (as I'm now off for the rest of the week and don't really want a 200 mile round trip on my first day back next week to try and get the cable). so I tried to find somewhere to turn off the A429M - was going to stop and check - except again - you can't get back on the opposite carriageway, so I ended up driving about an extra 10 miles to get back round and then back to the office. 40 mins after I first left the office, I'm leaving again. He'd made a mistake. It wasn't my c0cking cable after all. I had it in my bag the whole time.
Get home at 8.40pm. So that's a nice 14.5+hr day, most of it in the s0dding car or waiting for meetings / people messing around.
and what's on my doormat when I get in? no, not a contract. car insurance renewal premium. great...
yes, Kinsey - E's bday is the same day as Martha's. she is 5... where DID that time go??? she is obviously going on 15, though - so I'm not really surprised she's 5, IYSWIM.
glad you are finally moving. will you be in Ross then?
And its days like that, that make you realise you're making the right decision!


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CA – Green Arrow #35 Signing
October 1, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under California, Comic Books, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Television
Writers Andrew Kreisberg and Ben Sokolowski appear along with colorist Gabe Eltaeb at Meltdown Comics on Wednesday, October 1st starting at 7:00 PM for a signing of their debut issue of GREEN ARROW.
Meltdown Comics
7522 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046
(323) 851-7223
CA – Justice League of America Signing
February 20, 2013 by Colin Solan
Filed under California, Comic Books, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Top Stories
Writers Geoff Johns and Andrew Kreisberg appear at Earth-2 Comics Northridge on Saturday March 2, 2013 from noon to 2:00 pm to celebrate the relaunch of Justice League of America and Justice League of America's Vibe. The writers will be available to meet with fans and sign the first issues of both Justice League of America, written by Johns, and illustrated by David Finch, and Vibe, written by Kreisberg and Johns, and illustrated by Pete Woods.
While Johns has been writing the hit Justice League series since 2011, this marks the debut of the classic Justice League of America title in DC Comics's popular New 52 line of titles. Vibe originated in the 1980s Justice League of America series but the character died heroically in the line of duty.
Justice League of America #1 is being released with 53 covers featuring the United States flag along with the flags of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
The event will take place at Earth-2 Comics Northridge located at 8967 Reseda Blvd. on Saturday March 2 from noon-2pm.
All-American snacks will be available from the Munchie Machine food truck.
Geoff Johns is the award-winning writer of such popular comic-book series as Green Lantern, Blackest Night, Aquaman and Superman Secret Origin as well as the screenwriter of acclaimed episodes of Smallville. He currently serves as Chief Creative Office of DC Comics and is a partner in Earth-2 Comics Northridge.
Andrew Kreisberg is currently Executive Producer of the hit Arrow TV series on the CW. In addition to serving as writer and co-executive producer on such TV series as Warehouse 13 and Fringe, he has also written such comic books as Green Arrow/Black Canary and the well-received Batman/Joker tale Dead to Rights.
Earth-2 Comics, founded in 2003, was the 2007 winner of the Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award. In 2009, Earth-2 opened a second location in Northridge. In 2011, Earth-2 was named "Best Place to Stock Up on Trade Paperbacks" by the LA Weekly in their annual Best of LA issue.
Earth-2 Comics
8967 Reseda Blvd, Northridge, CA 91324
(818) 993-7804


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I have been looking through all the excellent work produced by you guys and have noticed that a new thread is started for each new pic. What if we all had our own personal `Gallery' where people could visit and comment on our latest pics? It would need the ability to make unlimited edits to that thread to remove old work, replace with new or just arrange it how we wanted. Just an idea.
I like the idea, but that would just gradually take away the showcase thread and take up more space on Gimper's server... especially if the galleries were by one-timers (ie. someone who has only posted their work once and therefore has one piece of art in their gallery, taking up space on the server when not actively used). If you want a gallery, make an account at deviantART and put the link to it in your signature. That's what dA is for. ^-^
they've dissapeared...we need them back, or a specific deviantART button on the button where profile, and pm are located or maybe a custommizable button? ok im done putting in my 2 cents
Now that I think of it we could start this... If the user isn't active for a month or 2 the account will be deleted.
Well well Of course the me inside also had this in mind but there are many drawbacks on what I'm doing. Right now I can't give details only a few knows about it and it's quite deviant-ish It will be coming hopefully this summer so look forward to it. Hard to work with no one cheering haha *sighs* So for now let's leave it like this there is no precise answer to this suggestion at the moment
David, you're awesome. You take such good care of us, lol. I'm excited to see what new ideas you've got.
That was a little too much but i'll take it at heart haha This summer is going to be... *shivers* so full of unexpected stuff ... must do my best *keeps mental note*
Yes and it may not be the same concept as personal galleries, like I said there are a few drawbacks and well lets just leave it as this for now until I some things organized over my end.


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A. M. Best Downgrades Issuer Credit Ratings And Affirms Financial Strength Rating Of Baldwin & Lyons Group
A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the issuer credit ratings (ICR) to "aa-" from "aa" and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of A+ (Superior) of the Baldwin & Lyons Group, which includes the lead company, Protective Insurance Company (PIC) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Sagamore Insurance Company. In addition, A.M. Best has affirmed the FSR of A (Excellent) and ICR of "a" of PIC's other wholly owned subsidiary, Protective Specialty Insurance Company (PSIC).
Concurrently, A.M. Best has downgraded the ICR to "a-" from "a" of the group's ultimate publicly traded parent, Baldwin & Lyons, Inc. [NASDAQ: BWINA and BWINB]. The outlook for all ratings is stable. All companies are domiciled in Indianapolis, IN.
The affirmation of Baldwin & Lyons Group's FSR reflects its superior risk-adjusted capitalization, historically excellent operating performance and solid market position in its core commercial trucking market. These positive attributes are derived from the group's modest underwriting leverage, disciplined underwriting practices and solid market presence within the national and regional commercial trucking market. Long-standing relationships are maintained with a core group of large trucking firms—including the group's largest customer—resulting from its commitment to service and product initiatives, which somewhat offsets concerns regarding customer concentration. In addition, the group increasingly operates as a diversified carrier through its expansion of products and markets including non-standard personal automobile coverage, small fleet trucking programs, assumed reinsurance, Florida business owners' policies (BOP), professional lines errors and omissions (E&O) insurance and workers' compensation insurance, the latter largely marketed to commercial trucking independent contractors. Historically, Baldwin & Lyons Group's emphasis on disciplined underwriting and loss control has led to solid underwriting profitability and substantial loss reserve redundancies on prior accident years.
The positive rating factors are partially offset by the long-term competitive nature of Baldwin & Lyons Group's core commercial trucking and non-standard automobile markets; elevated exposure to investment variability due to above-average common stock and limited partnership investments as evidenced in 2008 and 2011; variability in earnings due to catastrophe losses as demonstrated in 2010 and 2011, below-average net yield on investments resulting largely from a conservative fixed income portfolio both in terms of risk and duration; shareholder dividend requirements of the parent; and a degree of concentration with the group's largest customer.
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You just might lose control when you hear who Katy's guest is.
A legitimate reason to be on your phone during the game!
Some balls they've got.
Things might get a little ruff.
'I wish I had abs like Bieber,' Sam says in his new Rolling Stone cover story. Don't we all, though?
The release date for "Winds of Winter" is officially never.
Spoiler alert: It'll make you want to go out with your friends tonight. In real life.
The Wall has never looked so big.
Laurel Lance is not her sister, and that's totally fine.
One 'A Good Manchego Is Hard To Find' to go, please.
Perhaps he should have been playing with action figures?
Looks like the former 'Hills' star's book of potential baby names will remain Tiffany-less and sans Crystal.
Sophia's mama will join original cast members Maci Bookout, Amber Portwood and Catelynn Lowell on the hit MTV series.
Before we peep the 'Jersey' gal's spectacular wedding, let's remember how it unfolded.
Why, yes, that would be Jamie Chung and Robin Hibbard-Coulter with the one and only Dan Renzi.
The ladies visited Florida for Nicole's Bachelorette Weekend, but they certainly weren't strangers to the Sunshine State.


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18 Say to the king, and to the queen: Humble yourselves, sit down: for the crown of your glory is come down from your head. | 18 Say to the king and to the queen mother, "Come down from your thrones, for your glorious crowns will fall from your heads." |
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Nashville, TN - Jan 5, 2009 - Country Radio Broadcasters is currently accepting applications for the 2009 Radio Humanitarian and Promotion Awards to be given at CRS-40, held March 4-6, 2009. The Radio Humanitarian Award is presented to stations in large, medium and small market categories for public service performed between Nov. 1, 2007 and Dec. 31, 2008.
To enter, stations must submit a written presentation (two pages maximum including photos) of their community service efforts during the eligibility period. Entries should be sent to email@example.com by Jan. 9, 2009. Applications must include the submitter's name, city, station call letters, daytime phone number and market size.
The Radio Promotion Award is presented to stations in large, medium and small market categories for the most creative and effective radio promotions. Judging criteria include: creativity, implementation strategy, effect on cume (if measured), goals achieved, and style of submission.
Radio Promotion Award winners will receive a free trip to this year's Country Radio Seminar, including airfare, hotel accommodations and registration fees.
CRS-40 will be held March 4-6, 2009, at the Nashville Convention Center in Nashville, TN.
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Games journos mill aimlessly around a hospitality suite. In struts NGamer to a Ricky Martin beat. Heads turn as we jive over to the demo unit, grab the controls, adopt our finest rumba pose and rattle out a room-mesmerising A-ranked rendition of Bellini's Samba De Janerio.
Here's what actually happened: games journalists sit in a hospitality suite. In stumbles NGamer, late. Pushing through to a demo pod we grab the controls and adopt our finest rumba pose.
"Why are you standing like that?" asks the Sega rep. "This is Sega Bass Fishing." Shamed, we reach the correct unit and promptly fail Bellini's Samba De Janerio.
Memory can be a funny old thing. It paints our lives as a string of masterful moments, kindly censoring out all our missteps. And we do it for games, too.
Mention Samba De Amigo and eyes glaze over as one-time Dreamcast owners remember all those Latino holidays they had from the safety of their sofas - all the passionate rhythm, none of the favela-based stabbings.
Daylight come
"Oh, those beautiful maraca peripherals," they say, but little else. It's the weighty sensation of plastic rattlers that Amigo-heads really warmed to.
Take away the ability to jive around your living room like a one man carnival and you're left with little more than a rudimentary rhythm challenge and a terrifying monkey with the eyes of a Sunny Delight addict.
Question is, without those chunky plastic wonders can we hope to have a Samba De Amigo of our very own to nostalgically over-sell for years to come?
Mechanically, Gearbox have done a sound job. The concept is as simple as it ever was: a right maraca and a left maraca, you just have to shake each one at the height the game tells you.
High, middle and low are represented by the three circles to Samba's side; as blobs move over them, simply ensure the height of the respective 'maraca' matches and give it a shake.
And we want go home
A highlighted circle shows your height. Simply flapping your arms up and down a few times shows how well synched they are as the highlighted circle effortlessly flits from top to bottom.
It's not based on angle, as with the sword poses in No More Heroes, nor does it use the sensor bar - the nunchuk's tight synching is testament to this.
Using just the accelerometers, it's impressive that the vigorous shaking required to hit the notes doesn't upset the game's height registering.
Yes, as mentioned above, we are miserably poor at the game, but we'd put this down to personal rubbishness rather than any specific in-game flaw.
Having the confidence in the technology is the major hurdle - every shake is currently hindered by a panicked glance at the circles to ensure the game is registering height correctly.
A nearby Dreamcast fan fared much better - it would seem that this confidence is key to all iterations of Samba De Amigo.
One Wii-specific worry that didn't come to fruition was the dreaded 'after-shake'. If you've played the rhythmic bell-ringing game in Zack And Wiki, you may be acquainted with this particular fiend, where the momentum of a single shake registers as a second unintended shake.
In Zack And Wiki you had to nervously tweak the remote in order to play single notes during Bonelich's musical asides; here you can shake as hectically as you want and it only registers as one. Wise move.
Wii say day-ay-ay... oh
Actually, hectic may be the wrong word. Samba may dance an infectious monkey boogie all around the screen, and it may sound like a lively street carnival (although admittedly this demo build was limited to endless loops of the game's adopted theme, Samba De Janerio) but there's something strange holding the party atmosphere prisoner inside your telly, preventing it from spilling into the room.
This is where the importance of the original maracas reveals itself - with the lightweight remote and nunchuk in your mitts, there's little in the way of physical connection with the mad game world.
It looks, sounds and plays right; it simply doesn't feel right. Here's hoping Sega can tighten things up in time for release.


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My idea of a birthday cake, several small ones!
I have a lot of posts that I just can't seem to get quite caught up on, so I think I'll just skip to today's most topical post and tell and show you what we did for my birthday. Today is my actual b-day, but as Fabrizio is off today to work his part time summer job at the local swimming park, where he manages their food kiosk for a good friend, we had a wonderful outing yesterday in upper Val Chisone. This is our busy time of the year and often difficult to get away. As it turned out, yesterday, we were free to take a drive up to the upper valley and drive up into a remote spot literally just over the back of our mountains, not so far away as the crow flies.My idea of a birthday cake, several small ones!
It was a glorious sunny day and although I would have enjoyed walking in, we didn't have the time to be able to do that and so in true Italian fashion we motored in up and back into a bumpy dirt mountain road taking it nice and slow, making it easy to take in the breathtaking views of our valley. Monviso and Ghinivert peaks along the French border made their presence known poking up along the skyline and occasionally disappearing with the swirl of cotton ball clouds dotted along the borderline.
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Arriving at Rifugio Selleries, after bumping along this high narrow mountain road, coming round yet another corner and to our delight there it was nestled in the lap of some very dramatically beautiful peaks. To my amazement on a Monday, there quite a few cars there and a number of people enjoying the excellent selection of local Piemontese wines, under the bluest of skies with the gentle sounds of the cow bells as they topped up their tans. Inside we met the latest folks to breath new life into this old hotel, Massimo and his wife, Silvie and their darling little boy. They were busy, as this too is their busy season, but they took the time to offer us something to drink, a chat, and a tour of their recently refurbished facilities and a genuine welcome. They really are a charming forward thinking couple that I think will be making this stop in the Alps a very sought after place along the GTA. There were some other interesting folks there for a days outing also, who had to hurry back to milk their cows. Massimo introduced us to half of the owners of Casa Scaparone and Bottega Scaparon, an agrotourismo and makers of Piemontese wines and other spirits, in nearby Alba. The Refugio has their wines on offer and I am looking forward to sampling it some time. Sounds like another opportunity for a days outing to Alba is in order? The fathers and children had been hiking and were just about to depart to get the evening chores done. They are also traditional folk musicians as well and have some lovely traditional songs on their site featuring their children singing as well.
The Region of Piemonte purchased the Rifugio a few years back and refurbished it before entrusting it into these very capable hands. It was a hotel way back when but closed down in 2002. Massimo and family took over 2 years ago and have been going full speed ahead to bring it back from the missing. I've been in a number of mountain Rifugios over the years and this one did have a freshness and cleanliness that was as refreshing as the mountain air. Certainly not luxurious accommodations, but clean and charming with fantastic views of the surrounding mountains. Their simple menu offered local specialties with some very nice touches often lacking in most Rifugios. The selection of wines and local beer was impressive and quite a welcome sight when you arrive indoors after a long drive or trek in. The bergeria next door is not to be missed either and of course, we took home some berge and seirass cheese along with some butter, the likes of, you don't find in the store. It was another restored series of old buildings that were charming and extremely clean. The young boy that waited on us was so friendly and accommodating to have a few samples of the goods before making our selections. We're still enjoying them along with our guests.I have some friends that are interested in doing some trekking from hut to hut here in the Alps and I feel like I now have some good suggestions for an itinerary or two. Of course, I think a perfect ending to a perfect high mountain trek would be a few days relaxing with us here at Bella Baita, and perhaps a few "Cooking Together" courses to finish off the trip, or maybe even a acclimatization stay before heading up. Either way, I think it it would be a great way to get out and about in the Italian Alps.


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1. Park Avenue Summer. Quietly, Park Avenue (blank) has turned into one of the city's most accomplished restaurants. Since this is Summer Restaurant Week, we can hardly think of a more appropriate place to stop in.
2. Barbetta. Thanks to the sky-high prices and old-fashioned food, you're unlikely to go here the rest of the year. But the garden in the back is one of the two or three most beautiful in the city, a transporting experience that you'll remember in the cold winds of winter.
3. Esca. David Pasternack's superlative local seafood as amazing for the sourcing as for the cooking makes Esca the jewel of the Batali empire. Be warned: It's typically crowded and noisy and will no doubt be even more so during the tempest that is Restaurant Week.
4. L'Impero. It won't be L'Impero for long — soon the place will close and reemerge as Convivio. Now is the chance to get Michael White's Southern Italian menu at its most dressed-out, and in the posh surroundings that originally marked it as a tribute to empire.
5. Lure. Another expensive restaurant generally (and correctly) thought of as a refuge for trustafarians. But Josh Capon's seafood is superb, and the sushi bar is underrated. It'll be noisy, but it's more than worth it for the food.
6. Petrossian. You may never go there again, but you have to go just once. We doubt you're going to get much Osetra, but between the room and even the lesser grades of caviar, you can have a taste of luxury that even the well-heeled seldom indulge themselves in.
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36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt also, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. | 36 Why do you go about so much, changing your ways? You will be disappointed by Egypt as you were by Assyria. |
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The long running CBS Reality series is entering it's 29th season in the fall of 2014 with "Survivor: San Juan Del Sur" which premieres Wednesday, September 24th. The show pits a group of Americans in exotic locales where contestants outwit, outplay and outlast each other to earn the million dollar prize. A contestant is voted out of each episode at tribal council where Survivor's host, Jeff Probst, informs the person who got voted out "The Tribe Has Spoken".
Survivor airs on Wednesday nights on CBS at 8 pm ET / 7 pm CT in the US. Rob Cesternino and Stephen Fishbach host "Survivor: Know-It-Alls" following each episode at 9:15 pm ET. Rob also will have an interview with the player who got voted off the show on Thursdays following the episode and a full episode recap with a former Survivor contestant on Rob Has a Podcast.


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Aims to keep momentum going for Sox
NEW YORK — Exactly how many wins it takes before it can be said that a baseball team is officially on a "roll" has yet to be established by the commissioner's office. Somewhere between four and six wins in a row, or about five wins every six or so tries, seems like it's an in-the-right-neighborhood choice.
With a win tonight, the Red Sox' record would be only 2-0, a tad early to declare "roll" status on the team.


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The traditional farmers' market at Trax Farms, owned and operated by the Trax family since 1865, teems with an eclectic array of produce grown onsite, freshly baked goods, deli fare, and gifts amid 325 acres of fields and orchards. The owners eschew imported produce for farm-grown, seasonal vegetables and fruits, and furnish their shelves with local and international specialty foodstuffs, Sarris and Wagner's chocolates, and the farm's own brand of flavored coffee. The aroma of freshly baked seasonal pies, homemade breads, and made-from-scratch cookies tantalizes noses as the deli rolls out soups, salads, and sandwiches assembled from premium meats and cheeses. In addition to a selection of quilts, clothing, and jewelry, the shop boasts wines, including award-winning Arrowhead Wine Cellar varietals. Furthering its homey, community-centered approach, the farm hosts flea markets, festivals, and special events, such as its autumnal hayride, which entices young visitors and scarecrows with thinning scalps.
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A still figure stands silently behind a few thin trees. When he sees someone emerging from a long, metal tube several yards away, he takes aim with his marker, squeezes the trigger, and watches a blot of brightly colored paint materialize on his friend's shoulder. Such friend-turned-foe scenarios play out daily at Urban Assault, a paintball facility whose outdoor battlefields in Cecil and indoor arenas in McDonald attract players from all around the area. In the outdoor arenas, the surrounding wooded landscape adds variety of terrain and barricade possibilities, letting staffers add touches such as metal crawl tubes and other strategic bits of architecture that paintballers have come to depend on for cover. The competitors engage in open play on five such outdoor fields—each with unique features—as well as in the company's two indoor spaces that total some 30,000 square feet. Indoors, paintball contests go from sparsely adorned to almost disco-like as players stalk their enemies while traipsing across catwalks and navigating a demanding maze of fog machines, black lights, and adrenaline-boosting music inside one of the fields. The brains behind Urban Assault also offer special rates to large groups, military veterans, and members of the CIA's finger-painting brigade.


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Minnesota National Guard Staff Sgt. Joshua R. Hanson was riding in a Humvee in Iraq Wednesday afternoon when an improvised explosive device detonated, rocking the vehicle and setting it
ablaze. A half-dozen other soldiers tried to pull Hanson, who was sitting nearest the blast, to safety, but they were called off when it became too dangerous.
The 27-year-old from Dent, Minn., died immediately, a military official said from Iraq on Friday afternoon.
The six soldiers who tried to save him - many of them also from northwestern Minnesota - suffered smoke inhalation and second- and third-degree burns on their hands and arms, said Lt. Col. Paul
Zimmerman, deputy commander of the 1st of the 34th Brigade Combat Team.
"It is a tragedy for Minnesota," he said of Hanson's death. His family, friends and military officials gathered at the Detroit Lakes armory Friday to recall his service and the heroism of the six soldiers.
"He'd hate that we're crying," said Hanson's longtime friend Jessica Fahje. "He always made us laugh."
Hanson recently graduated with a degree in law enforcement from Minnesota State University, Moorhead, she and a military official said.
Hanson was assigned to the Guard's Company A, 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry, from Detroit Lakes.
Military officials said Hanson was a team leader in charge of about three other soldiers and the 3-ton Humvee, which they said was armored and fitted with bullet-proof glass, during the explosion about noon Wednesday near Khalidiyah, Iraq. The soldiers were on combat patrol with Marines on a four-day offensive to capture and kill Iraqi insurgents, Zimmerman said at a news conference.
Hanson joined the National Guard between his junior and senior years at Pelican Rapids High School, where he played football and graduated in 1998. He was deployed to Bosnia from the summer of 2003 to the summer of 2004, said Lt. Col. Kevin Gutknecht, the rear detachment commander of the 1st of the 34th Brigade Combat Team.
Hanson, who went to Iraq in March, sent messages home full of reassurances that he was doing well, Fahje said. His only complaint: the heat.
"He was always a rock when everyone was worried for him," she said.
Hanson was supposed to come home next month for a short visit. A hay ride was planned with old high school friends, Fahje said. And long after that, when his service in Iraq was over, he hoped to
become an Otter Tail County deputy, she said.
On Friday, his parents, younger brother, girlfriend and Fahje were too emotional to share more.
Gutknecht read a statement from Hanson's family as they stood nearby.
"Josh was a wonderful and loving son and a great friend," it said. "He was proud to serve his country as duty called. ... Our solace is knowing that Josh died doing what he felt he needed to do."
David Knopf of Detroit Lakes attended the news conference in support of Hanson's family and the Guard. He said his son, Justin, is serving in Iraq and was among the six who tried to rescue Hanson. Knopf said his son didn't want to talk about the incident, but is doing well physically. The other injured soldiers were not identified.
The soldiers who tried to rescue Hanson, and two other soldiers in his company who were wounded in a separate incident Wednesday, returned to light duty and are expected to make a full recovery, Zimmerman said.
Knopf and his wife, Diane, work with military families in the area and said many of the soldiers injured while trying to save Hanson are from within 30 miles of Detroit Lakes. The Knopfs said
they have spoken with many of the soldiers' families. "We're OK, but we're kind of shaken up," Diane Knopf said.
Minnesota Guard spokesman Maj. Kevin Olson said Hanson is the sixth Guard member from the state to die in Iraq. More than 40 soldiers with state ties have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Funeral plans for Hanson are pending.
David Knopf, who is retired from the Guard, said,
"Freedom isn't free. These soldiers aren't giving their lives for naught."


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Hugs to your friend and good for you all trying to help him.
I know this guy (Chase) from church who is just going through a really hard time. He and his brother moved to where I live a year ago. During suday school he looked like he would burst into tears at any moment. It turns out his dad hits him, makes fun of him, and hates him. (Im not sure about his mom) He goes to church and youth group to avoid his dad. He said that he got into a lot of trouble back where he used to live. We (our youth group) are trying to help him as much as possible.
He needs prayer and pixie dust!
Hugs to your friend and good for you all trying to help him.
It's a Disney thing. If you understood, your only question would be "can I go?"
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If your friend is being abused by his father you should try to convince him to seek help from a teacher or counselor at school.
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Our youth leaders are helping him out
That sounds awful. I am with Jiminy and hope he has the courage to speak up to someone and seek help.
At the least he has - by the sounds of it - a good group around him.
My prayers and thoughts ar with him and I hope the situation gets resolved soon.
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I don't know in which state you live, but where I used to live, any adult, who knew of child abuse was required by law to report it. I hope that if your friend is afraid to seek help from the authorities, that an adult in your church will do so for him.
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Adult daycare for the kid inside you.
I used to work for Child protection services and agree with the above. I'm sure that help can be found.
Prayers and pixie-dust to your friend and to you.
He is getting help and thanks
Wow, this is so incredibly horrible. I wish your friend luck and strength.
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hi.i used to make a delicious 'cherry crumble' which had *1c oats (rolled) 1/2 of mix 'patted' on bottem of 9x13 pan.. with rest of crumb mixture patted on top and baked in a 350 degree oven for 45 minutes. mmmm. i am not good at substituting. can i get the same result with half the butter and half (or more) the sugar! any other recipes for cherry crumble or cherry crunch would be appreciated. |
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- Posted by Ginger_St_Thomas (My Page) on Fri, Jun 25, 04 at 8:11
Go down to the Quick Berry Crunch at the site below to see if you can adapt it. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Quick Berry Crunch
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Thank you so much,Ginger!The page you referred me to was PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!! thanks again alice |
- Posted by Ginger_St_Thomas (My Page) on Sat, Jun 26, 04 at 9:11
You're quite welcome! It looked good to me too. Hope it turns out ok. |
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Sat, Sep 17, 11 at 9:00
Hello, We just bought an "oilette" painting of the ocean liner Aquitania. From what we were told it's not a real painting but some sort of print. There are fake brush strokes on the canvas to give it a somewhat real look. It's very dirty, we are thinking that there is a varnish over the "paint" or whatever they used. First how can we determine if it is paint and secondly how can we clean it? Thanks, Richie |
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First of all dust it with a soft bristled brush. As I recall, oilette was a process often used on postcards....looked like canvas texture, the picture was a photographic repro and a texturing stuff like modgepodge was applied over the picture. You at one time could buy a sort of a dough cleaner. Came in a can and you would knead it then press it onto the paper, knead it again and press again. But I can't remember the name of the stuff!...Was used to clean wall paper. Another "grandmother's remedy" would be cheap doughy bread. remove the center of a slice, sort of wad it up and press onto the picture....remove, check the bread to see if it has removed any dirt.....and repeat. Linda C |
Silly Putty! According to my mother, the putty stuff you're remembering was a wallpaper cleaner developed way back when fireplaces, kerosene lamps and candles sent lots of soot into the air. Once home HVAC systems improved, wallpaper stopped getting so grungy, and the company started looking for new ways to market their product. Their solution? Repackage the stuff as a toy -- Silly Putty! |
the wall paper cleaner and Silly Putty are not the same thing. Silly putty was invented during WW II as a synthetic rubber....that didn't make a good rubber substitute. Silly Putty only picks up certain types of inks....don't know if it would work on just plain "dirt"...but it would be cheap to try. |
- Posted by javaandjazz (My Page) on Sat, Sep 17, 11 at 16:21
Forgot to mention the finish is crackled so do you still think the silly putty will work. Will it pull off that textured modgepodge? |
don't know.....wadded up bread is safer. |
A search just revealed it wasn't Silly Putty that was originally marketed as wallpaper cleaner but Play-doh. But it's so highly colored now I would be afraid the color would stain. Linda C |
- Posted by palimpsest (My Page) on Sat, Sep 17, 11 at 22:03
A kneaded art eraser? |
Yeah!...Forgot about them....good call. |
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Local Woman Skis to Fight Hunger
June 14, 2010
"Miller pitched her ski descent idea to G Movement, the philanthropic partnership between sports drink company Gatorade and Action Against Hunger, an international organization geared toward ending hunger worldwide. Miller has raised more than $1,000 for Action Against Hunger while training for her endeavor. Once she hit that initial goal, she decided she could do more. "My original goal was $1,000 and we hit that, so I was like, 'We should make it $5,000,' she says."
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