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I think being a woman would be a great way to expand ones understanding of life in general, not just sex. There are a lot of things (birth, nursing, "that time of the month", not to mention differing social expectations) that they experience that we don't. Of course, there are things that we men experience differently, too. In Greek mythology, the seer Teirisias' wisdom was attributed, in part, to him having lived as a woman at one point (due to some kind of divine intervention) so that he had experienced that side of life. The transformation came about when he saw 2 sacred snakes mating,and was reversed by the same circumstance. When asked which sex had the geatest pleasure from sex, he asserted that women did. Btw, he sas also the seer blinded by Zeus and tormented by the Harpies.... interesting life
It bothered me at first, but I seem to bring it out somehow, so I have come to accept it as meaning an older protective lover rather than a family member. Even so, I prefer to limit its use to private conversation...
of course it's arousing. Why wouldn't it be?
intelligence is my main fetish. coupled with an active libido, it translates to exciting varied sex with plenty of stimulation afterwards. luv the nerd gurls....
By the sheer power of demographics most of the ladies I chat with here are significantly younger. I am 60. I look for a quick and agile mind coupled with a wide ranging experimental libido. I rarely find these qualities in ladies under 35 or so. But when I do, I have no qualms in pursuing said nymph....
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Interview: Gotta Be Karim on Atlanta vs. St. Louis Hip-Hop, His New Record and Tonight's Homecoming Show at the Gramophone
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|Gotta Be Karim looks damn good in tweed.
Of course, we were only kidding. Dude loves St. Louis more than the Mayor.
Gotta Be returns to town tonight to perform at the Gramophone with his old comrades in the Force (see show flyer after the jump), in honor of the release of his latest album, Bullets and Books.
We caught up with him earlier this week and discussed everything from his craving for some old fashioned St. Louis chop suey to "Do For Self," his strategy for making a name for himself in the Atlanta hip-hop scene.
What's the first thing you're going to do when you get back in St. Louis?
Get a box of rice and a plain St. Paul sandwich with no pickle.
When and why did you leave STL?
I decided to leave about two weeks prior to me leaving. It was November 2008, and I would say the day after my birthday, which is October 26. I proposed it to my woman, we made the decision in about three days. It was a perfect opportunity. The opportunity presented itself right on time, you know what I mean? It was a couple decisions that needed to be made, financial decisions, I started thinking about it, I could bust this move and this move out of town and just keep it moving. I started making phone calls and lined up some earning potential and we just burnt up, it was about a two- or three-day process.
What you miss most about the city?
My family, just the family. I miss the love. But definitely my family. I'm not talkin' just my nuclear family and my blood line, my musical family too, the hip-hop scene, all of that. I miss the love and the attention. At the same time, it's beyond a St. Louis world. There's a whole six billion people I got to touch. That's what going to Atlanta did, well it started it anyway.
How is the hip-hop scene different down there in Atlanta?
It depends on what aspect you look at. If you comin' at it from an artist that's born and bred down here, they looking to get out of Atlanta like artists from St. Louis is looking to get out and spread their demographics. I'd say St. Louis has a better, more talented scene. Not to be arrogant but The Force you know, damn. Atlanta, man, it's not any different. It's just more people and more scene and more demographics. There's still only three or four venues for hip-hoppers to perform at and a handful of promoters controlling it. We got the same problems down here; it's just a different demographic.
Are you taking the Force movement and mentality down there?
I'm doing both. I'm a self-contained unit. However, I rep the Force, that's the energy and as far as like-minded people coming out of my city, my crew, my producers that's the new thing after I was gone but it's still the same energy so I rep it. The whole idea is to expand The Force, it's a force of nature. It's a creative movement, the ideas, in that regard I am reppin' it. I rep it 100 percent but it's just as far as throwing it around every chance I get, no. I'm not living off it.
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Midwives' cycle marathon set to aid cancer charities
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IT could almost be a scene out of Call the Midwife ...
Two community midwives in Bridgend are getting on their bikes to help women — but not those in their care and not even those having babies.
Instead they are taking part in an event in London to raise money for three cancer charities whose causes are close to their hearts.
Carol Bartle, lead community midwife for the Bridgend area, and her community midwife colleague Helen Griffiths are putting in hours of training ready for the 100k Ride the Night challenge.
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This women-only event takes place on the night of Saturday, May 31 in aid of Breast Cancer Care, Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust and Ovarian Cancer Action.
Ms Bartle said: "Neither of us considers ourselves to be keen cyclists.
"We both run. We've done 10k races and half marathons.
"When we heard about this event we fancied doing it.
"We have had quite a few midwife colleagues who had to finish work through things like breast cancer, so these causes are very close to our hearts."
Ms Griffiths added: "We work with women and we have lost friends, family, colleagues and clients with these cancers.
"We are both fit and healthy so this is a way of giving something back, by helping these causes."
The duo are part of the Brynhyfryd team of community midwives covering the Ogmore, Garw and Llynfi valleys. They also work in Princess of Wales Hospital.
Both have bought new bikes to take part in Ride the Night. They have also paid the event entry fee and need to raise at least £200 each in sponsorship.
Ms Bartle said they were now putting some serious training in.
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Ms Griffiths said they were really looking forward to the event.
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And don't forget to brush your teeth and wash behind your ears too Larry! Nah, just sour grapes and jealousy from me. Have fun. Let us know if the toilet water runs down the opposite way as in the U.S. Important stuff..
Just for the record, you're envious. Jealousy involves 3 people. Hey Larry is that Island Beach State Park in your avi by any chance?
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Is the plan you asked about a few weeks ago still the go-ahead option, Larry? Just wondering. No big deal either way but it does change things logistically slightly.
Yea Dunc, I think I'm getting my own room, you know, in case I get lucky lol. I will have Grea and Daisy to contend with lol. But as a parting gift, you'll be receiving a life size cardboard facismile of yours truly. Unclothed in all my glory, and fully extended lol.
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Larry if you like museums,you have to visit the British War Museum.Facinating stuff.There's a simulated bomb shelter,and bombing.There's also a trench warfare exibit that's pretty realistic.Lots of equipment,vehicles and one of the only surviving Tiger tanks in existance. Down the block,there was a pub that served great fish and chips,and cold beer.
If you get a chance,visit the original Hard Rock Cafe.I hope Bonzo's snare drum is still mounted on the wall downstairs.
If you go to Buckingham Palace,do it at the changing of the guard.Very cool stuff.
And remember.......when taking the underground....mind the gap.:)
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They sound like good suggestions, thanks Steve. Maybe I'll try and steal Bonzos drum as a souvenir. Kidding! Sheesh! I will at least try and make the Buckingham guards crack a smile.
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Frankly, I didn't recogize a lot of players other than Glenn Anderson, Sergio Momesso, and Stephane Richer. Also on the ticket were Alain Cote, Rick Middleton, and Mike Krushelnyski along with a few others. Hey, if they never played for the Habs chances were good I have no clue who they are.
I did some research, hit my brother up for some cards to get signed, and listened to my father gripe about the trading of Richer for which he has yet to forgive the Montreal Canadiens. Oh game day I threw on a Tomas Plekanec sweater and headed for the Bruce Arena.
"Are you nervous?" Mom wanted to know, since we were going to be schmoozing with the players.
"Not really," I said. I don't impress easily, but I do have periodic bouts of shyness.
The game itself was called by John Horrigan who is a witty and personable guy but suffered greatly by the truly terrible sound system in the rink.
As soon as the players hit the ice you could practically smell the blood. There was also a major height discrepancy between the two teams, clearly visible when they lined up for the Canadian anthem.
One Leafs fan in the front row sang in off-key English, I massacred the half-French half-English version I'm used to for the Canadiens game, and some old guy in a Leafs jacket dropped a ceremonial puck.
The Port-aux-Basques Mariners were badly outmatched from the get go but the Legends seemed to take a bit of pity on them for the first period and the score was 4-3 after the first twenty minutes in favour of the ex-NHLers.
It's not that the Mariners are particularly bad — they have a wall full of trophies to attest to their team's success within the league — it's that even retired NHLers still have a much higher skill set.
Before the end of the first period a local kids team was send out onto the ice to face the Legends, who suddenly turned into the on-ice version of the Keystone Kops. I watched Glenn Anderson dive like he was trying for Olympic gold.
"There's too many men on the ice," I said to Mom, eyeballing the twenty or so kids facing off against the Legends. "And just look at these shoddy line changes. Who do they think they are? The Habs?"
Richer had a lot of fun hauling down some of the younger players, but was the first one to laugh, cheer and raise his sticks as the youngsters put three into the Legends net. Krushelnyski kept slip sliding all over the place and taking out the kids like they were bowling pins.
It was all great fun of course and it was hard to tell who was having the most fun — the Legends players, the kids or the spectators. After that it was time for intermission and a Q&A session with Anderson and Krushelnyski, none of which I got because the audio was so terrible.
After the game, Legends goalie Roy Nolan told me that standing in the corridor before hitting the ice for the second period he flat out warned the Mariners that those three were all they were getting and he was done playing nice. His teammates seemed to up it a notch as well and before the second period was half over the Legends had opened up a four goal lead and were clearly toying with the Mariners.
At one point Richer, apparently frozen by the slower pace of the game, took to skating laps around the rink and interfering with the puck at both ends of the ice. He's a big guy and he's retired but he's still got plenty of juice left in the tank. His shot is also still powerful, fast and accurate, something the Mariners found out the hard way.
Meanwhile Glen Anderson completed the first of his two hat tricks for the night. He was having a blast and it showed, at one point hollering at a ref when an errant puck bounced off the ref's skate and back into the Legend's corner.
"Get out of the way!"
Andre DuPont took to passing into the offensive zone while seated on the bench. When DuPont wasn't doing that he also literally held a Mariner's player against the boards like a lover leaning in for a kiss while a ref shrugged, laughed, and skated away.
Mike Krushelnyski tormented the Mariners players mercilessly, constantly stripping them of the pucks and racing back up-ice. Between that and all the tripping, hooking, holding and slashing it was like watching hockey from days of old.
In fairness, despite the onslaught Mariners netminder Steve Osmond made some nifty kick and glove saves, including a brutal attack by Richer that caught the entire Mariners squad flatfooted. After kicking away Richer's first shot he got a bit of glove on the rebound that directed it into the corner and got a nice burst of appreciation from the crowd.
By the end of the second the score was 15-3 in favour of the Legends.
During the second intermission when the Tier 1 VIPs were sent down to the dressing room to meet the players Mom and I got accosted by one of the organizers who flashed some Stanley Cup rings at us. Of course I grabbed Richer's and tweeted a photo. Altogether he was carrying around 300K worth of NHL Stanley Cup rings, three belonging to Edmonton Oilers players.
Heck I even took a moment to admire the Toronto Maple Leafs Division Championship ring, which is quite frankly a nice piece of jewelry.
After that Mom and I got hauled up to the announcer's booth where we joked with Horrigan and made a good show of cheering for the home team even though they were getting their butts kicked up and down the ice.
Krushelnyski decided to have a go at tossing his stick into the booth. "That's the highest high stick I've ever seen!" Horrigan shouted at him, but since no contact was made it was decided no penalty was necessary.
It was just as well. There didn't seem to be a penalty box anyway and I wasn't keen on having Krushelnyski get any closer with his stick since he came pretty close anyway, so I didn't want him in the booth with us.
Indeed no penalty was called during the entire game, and since the only stoppages in play occured when the players shot the puck out of bounds into the netting, the time just whipped by. Towards the end it was decided that a shootout was necessary and both teams scores were re-set to 3 goals apiece.
The two best goals of the shootout game courtesy of Gary Leeman who scored major points with the crowd for creativity. His first goal came after picking the puck up with his stick blade and throwing it into the net. The second came when he kicked the blade and puck with his skate.
The final score on the board was 6-4 in favour of the Legends, but in reality it was more like 18-4, Nolan having let one in during the third period despite his resolve not to do so. "Yeah they got one more past me than I was hoping," he said afterwards, shaking his head.
During the meet and greet I won a Mike Krushelnyski jersey which he was kind enough to sign for me even though I hassled him about trying to hit me with his stick. "But I missed you, didn't I?" was his defense and since I can't hold a grudge I gave him a bag of Newfie Screech coffee in return.
I'd like to say how I got a scintillating interview with the guys but really I'm not a hardcore reporter, just a hockey fan, and as a fan I have to highly recommend going to these sorts of games if you get the chance.
Not only is it usually for a great cause, as it turns out there's an awful lot of opportunity for comedy in the world of hockey.
Rosalyn used to frequent the old Forum during her early childhood when her father was a corporate season ticket holder, where she fell in love with Larry Robinson, so her lifelong obsession with the Habs is entirely his fault.
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I was as surprised as anyone to discover that there's actually good New York pizza right in Chinatown (though honestly, who wants pizza when there are cheap fried dumplings nearby?), but yep, it's there right at the bottom end of Mott street. Luna Pizza is actually quite large and offers a pretty full pizzeria menu. More


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What is Intelligent Design Theory?
Many living systems show complicated planning. There are thousands of living systems that cannot be explained by any step-by-step natural process.
It looks like only an "intelligent designer" could have put it all together. A growing group of scientists are beginning to face up to these facts.
There are two main groups of scientists who think this way: Intelligent design theorists and scientific creationists. There are some other groups but these are the largest ones.
Intelligent design theory scientists simply point out that chemistry and chance cannot explain how living things were made. The science just doesn't add up. This idea is not based on the Bible or a religion. (1) These scientists do not call themselves "Creationists" at all.
Dear Internet: Please stop mixing up Intelligent Design and Creationism
Now - Scientific Creationism is different from Intelligent Design Theory. Both groups think living things must have been planned and built on purpose.
The difference is that scientific creationism says only God could have built the universe. Intelligent Design theory simply points out things in nature that had to have been designed.
The idea of Intelligent Design Theory is to "follow the facts wherever they lead." If the facts show that something must have been planned and built, scientists should own up to that fact.
Using an illustration is the easiest way to explain Intelligent Design Theory.
Imagine walking along a beach one day when you discover a small, round, gold object on the sand. You pick it up to discover the object is flat.
One side has tiny numbers and two pointers on it, one smaller than the other. You look closer and realize the pointers move around the numbers and there is a ticking sound coming from the object. Finally, you notice that the numbers seem to match the time of day.
It looks like you found a pocket watch, doesn't it? Well, you could think, "Gee, this object must have taken millions of years of sand, water and wind bumping pieces into each other to get put together."
I suppose you could imagine this…
Ingredients? Oh just some dirt...
Anyway, you might imagine a piece of metal being pushed along by a stream until it bumps into two tiny sticks. You could imagine years and years of tiny accidents banging into the piece of metal until tiny marks that look like numbers get scratched into the surface.
But there are a few problems with this idea…
It seems that imagining this object could have come about by the accidental shifting of sand, water and wind is pretty silly. Even if you wanted to believe it, no one has ever seen something as complicated as a pocket watch get built by accident.
Obviously, all of these parts had to be put together on purpose or the pocket watch would not work.
This is called "design" - complicated, connected pieces put together for a purpose.
It's just one piece of the puzzle in Intelligent Design Theory.
It does seem obvious that a watch was planned and made by someone rather than an accident. A watch is an example of something that has many complicated, well-matched parts.
Each part of the watch needs the other parts in order to work. If one of the parts is missing or doesn't do its job right, the whole watch doesn't work. This is called "irreducible complexity." (2)
On the opposite side of this analogy is any piece of furniture from Ikea, where there is ALWAYS at least 1 piece missing.
Irreducible complexity is:
In other words – something that was built by someone.
How is Intelligent Design Theory seen in nature? Well...
A single animal or plant is made up of thousands of complicated parts. Each of these parts is also made up of thousands of even smaller complicated parts.
Evolutionists believe that all of these parts came about and were put into the exact right place by a natural step-by-step process. They think it all happened by accident.
This sounds like imagining that a pocket watch was built by the natural shifting of sand, water and wind, doesn't it? So how it that supposed to work?
Well – evolutionists think this natural step-by-step process happens when mistakes, also called mutations, happen in DNA codes. These mistakes supposedly create new information in DNA codes.
Now remember, DNA codes tell life-forms how to grow. When animals or plants reproduce, DNA codes are passed down to the next generation.
Left: DNA | Right: Someone being told how to "Grow"
If mistakes are made in the DNA codes of the parents, the babies can get seriously affected. Most of the time, these mistakes either kill the offspring or seriously mess it up for life.
Okay, the whole Evolution idea is based on these DNA mistakes. But NO ONE has ever seen a "good" DNA mistake. In fact, scientists have only ever seen DNA codes LOSE information.
But for Evolution to work, some creature out there in the distant past supposedly gained a good DNA mistake. This creature got brand new, beneficial DNA code information.
Of course – no one's ever seen this but we'll just believe it anyway because it sounds scientific. On with the story…
So – some offspring with the new and improved DNA code information are changed by this mistake. This tiny, accidental difference somehow helps the new creature survive better than the parents.
This is called "natural selection". After many millions of years, these tiny changes are supposed to change one kind of creature into another.
Now remember boys and girls…
Okay, okay – someone out there is pounding on their computer screen shouting, "Don't you know that all kinds of amazing things can happen by accident."
Yeah – sure amazing things can happen by accident. But can mistakes from one generation to another explain things that are irreducibly complex?
Picture Unrelated.
That's not just amazing or crazy luck – we're wondering if something like a pocket watch can just happen by accident.
That's what we need to see if Evolution is true.
So - Intelligent Design Theory points out that real science shows way too many examples of things that cannot be explained by any random, natural step-by-step process. And Creationism makes this same argument.
Want to see how this works in the real world? Just think about butterflies. Everybody knows that caterpillars become butterflies. But caterpillars are very different from butterflies.
It seems from everything that we can see on the outside that a Caterpillar is a creature specially designed to live, eat and breathe in a specific environment.
But, of course, the Caterpillar has a secret…
The Secret is that this game must be terrible...
...Did you know that caterpillars have no reproductive organs? It's true. In other words, they don't lay eggs. They don't have any baby caterpillars.
Instead, as we all know, caterpillars spin a cocoon and later come out as a butterfly. Butterflies, however, are designed to fly, not crawl.
You know the interesting thing about butterflies is that they do have reproductive organs.
Butterflies can lay eggs. They can have babies! But wait! Butterfly eggs only hatch into…caterpillars.
Hmm – that's sort of unexpected, wouldn't you think? I mean, we are so familiar with this story we don't stop to think how weird it really is.
After all, humans give birth to baby humans, dogs give birth to baby dogs – but butterflies give birth to an entirely different creature.
Seems suspicious...
That's just creepy. But sort of cool in a weird sort of way! Every elementary student in the world has probably been fascinated when the teacher put a caterpillar in a terrarium.
They waited for it to eat the leaves. They counted the days after it disappeared into a cocoon. And then the miracle – a butterfly…or a moth if you had a lame teacher like I did, but that's a whole different story.
Anyways, back to intelligent design theory…
These two animals seem to be completely different from each other. But they are, in fact, the same animal. Now, if Evolution is true, there has to be some sort of accidental way this system came into being. Somehow, tiny mistakes in the DNA code of one creature caused it to become another creature – while STILL staying the same creature.
Now this is a story that could win some bucks in Hollywood. Think about it…
Somehow some caterpillar-like creature slowly changed, just by accident, into a butterfly. But how was that supposed to happen when caterpillars do not have any reproductive organs?
Perhaps we can imagine a butterfly-like creature that slowly changed, just by accident, into a caterpillar. But why would the new caterpillar-like creature be perfectly designed to turn back into a butterfly?
Here's a Butterfly Nebula for you to look at while you contemplate all this fun stuff!
Darn - even if we could imagine a caterpillar-like animal that did have reproductive organs, what about explaining the amazing cocoon system? A caterpillar in a cocoon actually melts. No kidding – it literally melts into a jelly, a gross-out mixture of different cells.
You want to know what's even weirder (is that even a word?)
Different types of butterflies re-arrange this gross-out jelly in the cocoon in different ways too – they are all different. (3) Scientists have no idea how butterflies are built from this mix. They have no idea how the building process is directed either. (4)
Butterflies and Caterpillars are an example of an irreducibly complex system. This is what the Intelligent Design Theory guys are talking about. This is what the Creationist folks are getting all fired up about too.
All of the parts for this system have to be in place from the beginning, or the system just doesn't work. There is no natural, step-by-step way to explain how this kind of system started in the first place.
Some scientists have some very exciting imaginations. They write all kinds of "just-so" or "maybe like this" stories. But they have not shown…
In fact, Evolutionists cannot explain where the entire group of animals called insects (arthropods) came from in the first place! (5) All we find in the fossils and from examples of these creatures today is what every elementary student studies in science class – caterpillars turn into butterflies.
Along with other topical subjects, led by this guy!
It looks like these creatures had to have been planned and built. Their life-system had to have been complete, right from the start, just the way the Bible says.
There is no way anyone can show how these animals came to be by any step-by-step process. (6)
There are thousands of examples in nature that are irreducibly complex. (7) In fact, there are so many examples, it seems easier to believe a pocket watch could be built by accident from the movement of the wind, sand and sea.
On the other hand, it seems much more reasonable to believe a pocket watch was designed and built for a purpose.
It also seems more reasonable to believe the same thing about living things. After all, living things like butterflies are by far more complicated than a pocket watch anyway. (8)
Butterfly hearts come from caterpillar PARTS:
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Step-by-Step explanation.
My name is Patrick Marks, and I am the author of understanding-creationism.com and the book "Someone's Making A Monkey Out Of You."
I live in Surprise, Arizona, along with my wife and 5 kids. My oldest two sons currently serve in the United States Navy.
I am the Pastor of FourteenSix Christian Church. In my off time I write everything from non-fiction books to screenplays, play guitar, and dabble in drawing and painting.
(1) http://www.discovery.org/csc/aboutCSC.php. (net) "The theory of intelligent design holds that certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as natural selection… Intelligent design theory is simply an effort to empirically detect whether the "apparent design" in nature acknowledged by virtually all biologists is genuine design (the product of an intelligent cause) or is simply the product of an undirected process such as natural selection acting on random variations. Creationism is focused on defending a literal reading of the Genesis account, usually including the creation of the earth by the Biblical God a few thousand years ago. Unlike creationism, the scientific theory of intelligent design is agnostic regarding the source of design and has no commitment to defending Genesis, the Bible or any other sacred text."
(2) Behe, Michael J. Darwin's Black Box. New York, Touchstone: 1996. Print. p. 39 "By irreducibly complex I mean a single system which is composed of several well-matched, interacting parts that contribute to the basic function, and where the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively cease functioning."
(3) Sherwin, Frank. "Butterflies vs. Macroevolution". Origins Issues. Institute for Creation Research., 2010. Web. Feb 2005. "Detailed metamorphosis studies done on different insect species shows only that the ways organ systems are formed are quite varied. This is not what Evolution would predict.
(4) Milton, R., Shattering the Myths of Darwinism, Park St. Press: 1992. p. 220. Quoted from Sherwin, Frank. "Butterflies vs. Macroevolution". Origins Issues, Institute for Creation Research., 2010. Web. Feb 2005. ". . . no stage or aspect of this physical process can be accounted for or even guessed at with our current knowledge of chemistry, physics, genetics, or molecular biology, extensive though they are. It is completely beyond us. We know practically nothing about the plan or program governing the metamorphosis, or the organizing agency that executes this plan.
(5) Osorio, D, J. P. Bacon, and P. Whittington. 1997. The Evolution of arthropod nervous system. American Scientist vol. 95, p. 244. As quoted from Sherwin, Frank. "Butterflies vs. Macroevolution". Origins Issues, Institute for Creation Research., 2010. Web. Feb 2005. "As Darwin noted in the Origin of Species, the abrupt emergence of arthropods in the fossil record during the Cambrian presents a problem for Evolutionary biology. There are no obvious simpler or intermediate forms—either living or in the fossil record—that show convincingly how modern arthropods evolved from worm-like ancestors. Consequently there has been a wealth of speculation and contention about relationships between the arthropod lineages.
(6) Gish, Duane T. The Amazing Story of Creation. Green Forest, AR, New Leaf Press: 1996. Print. P. 53 "The Evolutionary scenario could never produce a butterfly by changing a caterpillar into a mass of jelly. But God, the master engineer of the universe, programmed a mass of jelly to develop into a delicately sculptured butterfly."
(7) Behe, Michael J. Darwin's Black Box. New York, Touchstone: 1996. Print. p. 187 "In the face of the enormous complexity that modern biochemistry has uncovered in the cell, the scientific community is paralyzed. No one at Harvard University, no one at the National Institutes of Health, no member of the National Academy of Sciences, no Nobel prize winter – no one at all can give a detailed account of how the cilium, or vision, or blood clotting, or any complex biochemical process might have developed in a Darwinian fashion."
(8) Ibid. p. 193. "Life on earth at its most fundamental level, in its most critical components, is the product of intelligent activity. The conclusion of intelligent design flows naturally from the data itself – not from sacred books or sectarian beliefs. Inferring that biochemical systems were designed by an intelligent agent is a humdrum process that requires no new principles of logic or science."
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The former Gray Station Better Hometown program changed its name to Main Street Gray as of July of 2013, and Haley Watson became the new program manager this past April. Watson already has a successful Daylily Festival under her belt and is looking toward two more big Main Street events this year, one of which is still in the planning stages.
The new manager spent her early childhood in Macon but attended middle and high school in Jones County. She lives in Jones County with her husband and three children and started updating the mainstreetgray.org website while still working as a volunteer.
Watson attended Macon State College and has an Associate's Degree in general studies and a bachelor's in interdisciplinary studies with a focus on information technology.
She has the lofty goal of listing every business in Gray on the website to promote businesses and to assist the citizens of Gray by letting them know what local businesses have to offer.
Under the business resource tab on the mainstreetgray.org website is an option to open the business profile form. By completing that form, business owners can share pertinent information with the community, including menus for restaurants and what is available in stores. Pictures may also be uploaded to the site.
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PURPOSE: To provide advanced journeyman level skills in the performance of carpentry work. Responsible for using hand and power tools in the construction, maintenance and repair of structures, equipment and articles of wood.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Performs general finish carpentry and cabinet work in the alteration, repair and maintenance of floors, roofs, walls, stairways, doors, windows and other structures; operating power saws, planners, jointers and hand tools. Repair and build tables, benches, cabinets, furniture, bookshelves, desks, counters, shower and tub enclosures and other equipment. Lay formica, tile and other coverage. Select wood and cut to size. Sand surfaces, clean, sharpen and repair hand and bench tools. Sharpen saws. Oil machines and perform preventive maintenance work. Cut glass to size and shape. Install glass in windows or openings and glaze it. Check condition of woodwork. Repair and replace door and window screens and hardware. Perform construction projects. Perform related duties as assigned. Perform duties of Carpenter Supervisor during his/her absence.
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As had been threatened, North Korea's Kim Jong-Il reportedly conducted an underground nuclear test yesterday, a move which promotes a global nuclear arms race and nullifies non-proliferation agreements.
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News that a U.S. company recently sent vials of a 1957 pandemic flu strain to laboratories across the world by accident is only the latest outrage from the billion-dollar boondoggle called the federal biological weapons program.
As you might recall, the Bush administration started its "biodefense" spending spree following the September 2001 deadly anthrax attacks, and one of its first projects was to genetically engineer a super-resistant, even more deadly version of the anthrax bacteria.
Our leaders are nuts.
As the body count from the tsunami rises, America's international reputation plummets to new depths, thanks to the Bush administration's smugly incompetent response.
While other world leaders immediately put forward action plans and solid donations, Bush has spent most of the past critical week on holiday at his Texas "ranch," riding his mountain bike and avoiding the press. Predictably, only allegations of stinginess increased the White House's initial measly offer of $15 million for the relief effort to a grand total of $35 million.
China was the undisputed star of last week's Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) conference in Vienna, leaving Uncle Sam hiding in the wings.
The US has always been somewhat impatient with international non-proliferation agreements. Despite a 1992 self-imposed moratorium, in the past six years the States has conducted 19 nuclear tests, dismissing them as sub-critical and therefore acceptable.
A lawsuit on behalf of over 100,000 Gulf War veterans has the Bush administration on edge and businesses running for cover.
The class action suit names 11 companies and 33 banks alleged to have helped Iraq with its chemical weapons program in the 1980's, despite knowledge Saddam Hussein was actively using WMD against both Iranians and his own people.
Illegal biological and nuclear weapons production is on the rise - in the United States.
Ignoring the internationally-recognized Biological Weapons Convention, the US Army has patented a new grenade capable of delivering biological and chemical agents. Irony wasn't lost on the watchdog group Sunshine Project which observed, "Hans Blix might have an easier time finding illegal weapons if he were inspecting near Baltimore [site of the Army's Edgewood Arsenal facility, where two of the inventors work] instead of Baghdad."
The UMRC study found "astonishing" levels of uranium in the urine of Afghan civilians living in Nangarhar province, one of many places coalition forces bombarded with a new generation of "cave-busting" and seismic shock warheads. Interestingly, none of the civilians tested at Nangarhar showed traces of depleted uranium (DU), yet hundreds exhibited symptoms resembling those of DU-exposed Gulf War veterans.
The implications are ominous. Independent studies show coalition forces used toxic uranium alloys and hard-target uranium warheads in Afghanistan, but if the "mystery" uranium in Nangahar isn't DU, what is it? What kinds of radioactive ammunition were used elsewhere in Afghanistan? What are the long-term health implications for civilians and service members? And what are the moral, let alone criminal, implications of radiating civilian populations?
Unfortunately, Afghanistan isn't the only country reeling under the Bush administration's idea of "liberation" - Iraq has arguably fared worse. New evidence suggests the US invasion may have killed up to 10,000 Iraqi civilians, many from cluster bombs dropped into densely populated civilian areas. Meanwhile, US and British occupying forces are accused of illegally detaining and torturing Iraqi civilians, and the US military has kicked around the idea of having Iraqi "hooligans ... either captured or killed."
Of course, if Iraq was used as a testing ground for radioactive weaponry, as appears to have been the case in Afghanistan, then the true civilian costs in cancers, birth defects and human suffering could be immeasurable.
As might be expected, the US Department of Defense (DOD) has shown little interest in pinpointing the medical effects of radioactive weaponry. In the 1991 Gulf War, an estimated 320 tons of DU ammunition was dumped on Iraq, and the Pentagon later acknowledged over 900 American soldiers had sustained "moderate to heavy" DU exposure. Few epidemiological studies have been conducted to assess the damage though, and even worse, US government officials have lied to cover up bad results.
For example, a Pentagon spokesperson recently told the NATO press corps, "We have seen no cancers or leukemia" in a group of 60 Gulf War vets involved in a DU-study program, despite that fact that two participants had in fact contracted cancer. And in a press briefing last March, a DOD spokesperson downplayed health risks associated with DU, claiming Iraqis complained about it only "because we kicked the crap out of them."
Fortunately, British researchers have taken the DU issue more seriously. Scientific studies in the UK have shown Gulf veterans can have up to 14 times the normal level of genetic chromosome abnormalities, which means their children are also at increased risk for deformities and genetic diseases. It's also been proven that DU-exposed vets have a greater likelihood of contracting lymphatic or bone marrow cancer.
Findings like these have prompted the European Parliament to call for a moratorium on DU ammunition (and other types of uranium warheads) pending independent investigations into their possible harmful effects. Similarly, the UN Environment Program (UNEP) has announced plans to test the Iraqi environment for DU, and the World Health Organization (WHO) may begin similar testing on the human population.
The ultimate irony, of course, is that America may have used radioactive weaponry to justify invading other countries to search for radioactive weaponry. Bitter irony too that our service members were put at increased risk because of the weapons our government gave them.
One of the legacies of the Vietnam War is the now infamous quote from an American military press officer, "we had to destroy the village in order to save it." Rings some bells these days. In the name of "fighting terror," countries with secret weapons programs are poised to pulverize Iraq because of its secret weapons programs. And Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) are being used against civilians in order to prevent WMD from being used against civilians.
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It is a close call but if I had to pick the most requested recipe from my Mummies Night Out I would have to say it is today's recipe.
I have a go to appetizer that I love. It is a roasted garlic and artichoke dip that I have made for years. Everyone loves it and it is always one of the first things to disappear.
Last month when I went out to dinner with blog reader Beth who was in town for the Portland Marathon she told me she would send me a few of her favorite recipes – one of which was an artichoke and spinach dip. I was excited and decided to try it out at Mummies Night Out.
I may have a new favorite appetizer. It's really too close to call!!
The original recipes calls for frozen spinach but Beth told me she always uses fresh so I did too. It also calls for Parmesan and Romano cheeses. I found a combination of the two and used that.
It is covered in mozzarella cheese!
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- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- ¼ C mayonnaise
- ¼ C grated Parmesan cheese
- ¼ C grated Romano cheese
- 1 clove garlic, peeled and minced
- ½ tsp dried basil
- ¼ tsp garlic salt
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 (14 ounce) can or jar artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
- ½ C frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained or 2 handfuls of fresh baby spinach, chopped
- ¼ C shredded mozzarella cheese
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)
- Lightly grease a small baking dish
- In a medium bowl, mix together cream cheese, mayonnaise, Parmesan cheese, Romano cheese, garlic, basil, garlic salt, salt and pepper
- Gently stir in artichoke hearts and spinach
- Transfer the mixture to the prepared baking dish
- Top with mozzarella cheese
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How many calories are in the Garlic Noodles with Chicken entree?
How many saturated fat grams are in the Miso Salmon entree, not including any sides?
How many calories are in the Grilled Chicken and Avocado Club?
How many grams of sodium are in the Grilled Chicken Tostada Salad?
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Giasbash6260 6 years
Ah ha ha ha! I totally got EVERY question WRONG! But it doesn't matter because when I do go to this restaurant (which is pretty RARE) I order a large & in charge salad with dressing on the side and no croutons, anything fried or candied, no nuts or seeds or fruit - simply vegetables & greens & pure protein like grilled chicken!
tatsauce 6 years
Damn I got a 0%?!!!. I will just come here for the cheesecake, where I don't feel so bad about the calories sabotaging my body because of that seductive whip cream.
Modus-Vivendi 6 years
It's only really that gross if you eat and entire entree. I have only eaten there twice, and both times I took at least half of what I ordered home.
amandaaa 6 years
wow never going here again, this is disgusting
bigestivediscuit 6 years
Yuck, I never eat at this place - it's GROSS.
caligirl101 6 years
Never ben there, but holy crap!
Spectra 6 years
I didn't take the quiz because we don't have a CF near me at all, so I never eat there. I figure all the crap they serve is loaded with fat and calories, so why bother?
cg130 6 years
0/6, I underguessed on EVERYTHING, thank god I've never been to the Cheescake Factory, I don't think they even have them in Canada.
dani17731 6 years
3/6 Geez I wonder how bad the cheesecake is...
hottpink 6 years
gumdrops334 6 years
If I ever eat here again, I'll remember to share a plate with someone. Their food isn't even that great, the cheesecake is the only amazing thing on the menu.
rach1007 6 years
You would think I would know better, but sometimes a chinese chicken salad, with all of its fat and calories and sodium, is just the tastiest thing. Luckily I don't eat there as often as I did in the past.
Zivanod 6 years
2/6 ... not good at guessing those numbers. I'm not surprised though since they're portions are HUGE. It won't stop me from eating there though since there aren't any in Canada and I only go there maybe once a year if I am vacationing in the States and what can I say? I love the carrot cake cheesecake! :feedme:
6 years
I eat there occasionally, since there's one less than a mile from my condo. BUT, in their defense, when I order a pasta dish, I eat about 1/4 of it and take the rest home and freeze it. Their portions are all over-sized, and you have to take that into account. If you divide the first dish (garlic noodles w/ chicken) by 4, which is the amount people ACTUALLY eat, it's less than 500 calories and only 6.75 grams of fat. I feel like these nutrition facts are really useless. Take anything you eat, multiply it's fat and calories by 4 or 5, and it will sound horribly unhealthy. They give you a lot of food - that doesn't mean you have to eat it in one sitting!
UrbanBohemian 6 years
I don't make it a habit to eat at the Cheesecake Factory often, but I do enjoy it when I go on special occasions. The calorie count here doesn't surprise me. I wish it could change, especially when it comes to the items that should be healthier, like salads, fish and chicken. But who am I kidding; when I go I order a Factory Burger with fries (which I eat half of and box up the rest), and take home a slice of cheesecake!
simplyfab87 6 years
I've only been once and I liked what I had. But never knew the good was that unhealthy. I was however fully aware of how bad the cheesecake is for you, 800 calories a slice. But it was worth it as a once in a while treat.
cyanste 6 years
I love Cheesecake ... but I've never had any of these dishes there so it was hard to guess. By the way it sounded it was bad though. =P The place is a bit pricey so it's only a once in a while treat, so it's not really as bad as fast food places in reality.
6 years
Easy.. pick highest or second highest if the highest is rediculous. Results * You answered 6 out of 6 questions correctly. * Your score: 100% * The average score is 1.4 or 24%
poptart-princess 6 years
oh this is that place where Blake Lively likes to go and eat before she has red carpet appearances and scantily clad photo shoots.. (J/K)
miamixo 6 years
I agree with deanna on this.
6 years
You must mean "milligrams" in all of your references to sodium, right? 3,000 grams of sodium would probably kill a person.
AMP 6 years
lemuse20 6 years
Wow... and I was going to go there for my birthday in about 2 weeks. Maybe I'll go somewhere else...
michlny 6 years
Let's not forget that people usually get some sort of dessert AFTER they ingest this poison! (sorry, but this is absurd! people should really be more aware of what they eat)


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#1 17 February 2012 - 06:12 AM
When Sue gets enraged, by the amazing Red Crystal no less, you beat her down in the same manner as you would the other rabid Mimiga. You can end the fight by only defeating the Undead Core, where it would make a little more sense, but it really makes no difference either way. Even if you blast her like crazy, she's completely fine once the Core is down.
Perhaps it was the Doctor's magic that kept her enraged and then once he died, she was free. So I suppose it could be that Quote (at most) only knocked her out during the fight. Still, Quote wasn't capable of doing that with Toroko, why was he able to with Sue? I was under the impression the rage the Red Flower induced was constant and everlasting, something that turned them into no-sleep, murder-everything machines, which was why Quote couldn't knock Toroko out and then imprison her while they thought of a way to change her back.
I mean, I really didn't want to kill Toroko...One of the hardest moments in the game as far as sentiment goes. Having Sue survive almost felt unfair.
#2 17 February 2012 - 06:25 AM
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She was just transformed by the doctor's magic. Similar effect, sure, and the crystal was made from the red flowers... But whatever Sue was turned into wasn't just an enraged mimiga. She was half human or something.
EDIT: So, based on that, she was no less likely to survive that fight than say, Misery.
Edited by jed37, 17 February 2012 - 06:26 AM.
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#3 17 February 2012 - 06:27 AM
|"Life begins and ends with Nu."
First, the red crystal. It's already made clear that it functions differently on a fundamental level from the red flowers themselves, it can even work on humans.
Her possession also takes a different form than other rabid Mimiga. One could say that this is because of the Red Crystal, but given the infinite supply of stereotypical rabid Mimiga on the Balcony, I'd be inclined to believe it is because Sue is a human turned rabid because it seems to work fine on other Mimiga.
#4 17 February 2012 - 06:29 AM
|"Ha! Ha! Ha! Mega Man is no match for my Mimiga Man!"
It wasn't done systematically to create the Doctor's army, like the other mimigas. It was part of the Doctor/Core/Crystal's last-ditch effort to survive. She doesn't even LOOK like an enraged mimiga.
Edited by jed37, 17 February 2012 - 06:30 AM.
Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine.
#5 17 February 2012 - 07:52 AM
|"Life begins and ends with Nu."
I mean, your theory is no more valid than mine, and mine no more than yours D:
I'm fine with two discrete theories, I approve of opposing opinions, but putting on a fake condescending tone doesn't make you any more right than I.
Edited by cultr1, 17 February 2012 - 07:55 AM.
#6 17 February 2012 - 11:54 AM
|"Life begins and ends with Nu."
#7 17 February 2012 - 05:44 PM
#8 17 February 2012 - 06:55 PM
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I would think Misery's death might end the curse, if it's like Ballos' Demon Crown effect? It will live on as long as Ballos is alive.
So what would happen if she ate a red flower? ....... Kazuma wonders this.... We have no way of knowing...
The Red Crystal apparently powers up humans, like how the Doctor was able to feel Super or something... [maybe his attacks were more impressive/more health/intelligence etc] But damaged Doctor lead to the Crystal going berserk, turning him into the Muscle Doctor...
So...? Does that mean your mental state is a factor in how the Red affects you? Or is it your physical state? A combination of both??? In any case.... Sue is transformed into a bunny girl, leading me to believe that look is a combination of both Misery's Mimiga transformation and the Muscle Doctor's form. A frenzied bunny girl... Rawr....
Why does she survive? Well.... I'm going to go with Game Logic ? You are not allowed to kill her, therefore she cannot die.
Probably due to the fact Quote doesn't TRY to kill her? Just knock her out..?
Or maybe... one of the points about the Red Crystal is the amount of extra health/regeneration you get, like I mentioned about the Doctor's health becoming stronger... So, Sue could take a beating and end up okay.
Also on the Core being destroyed; Kazuma says the only way to break the Frenzied transformation / ( Red Crystal's power ), would be breaking the Core.
That makes the Doctor's interest in the Core, that much more clear as well... His great achievement being the Red Crystal, which probably works thanks to the Core's existence...
Why did Toroko die from Quote? Hmmm... Maybe it has something to do with how disfigured the transformation made Toroko? Maybe she ingested a bunch of Flowers instead of just one... Unknown... All I know is Frenzied Toroko is HUGE! For such a small girl... Sue on the other hand isn't that gigantic, nor was the muscle doctor. We know the Doctor survived a single assault from Quote, perhaps Sue could too. A second attack however...
So my theory : Sue survived because the Crystal gave her more health/stronger durability. Also game logic, Quote wasn't trying to kill her. Plus with the Core's defeat, perhaps she was restored to her former state? [damage as well?]
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#9 18 February 2012 - 03:30 AM
But Quote wouldn't have been trying to kill Toroko either, unless/until he understood there was no way of saving her.
Also game logic, Quote wasn't trying to kill her.
I suppose Sue's case is pretty different from a standard Mimiga, given she's originally human and only Mimiga by magic.
Still, you do have Muscle Doctor, an enraged human, who disintegrated when he suffered too much damage. Enraged Sue only got knocked out after taking too many hits.
The only explanation I think could be valid is that Quote took down the Core without harming either Sue or Misery to the point where their possession would utterly destroy them, as it had with Muscle Doctor. And that the only reason they get knocked out is so that the final battle doesn't stay ridiculously hard from a gameplay perspective.
#10 18 February 2012 - 05:14 PM
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Quote took down the Core without harming either Sue or Misery to the point where their possession would utterly destroy them,
This. It's possible to win the fight without even hitting Sue or Misery, so it would be unfair to make them die.
It's like Schroedinger's Booster.
... Kinda.
Edited by jed37, 18 February 2012 - 05:14 PM.
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I think any entrepreneur starting a business needs to learn how to spread risk and diversify.
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