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The perfect Christmas gift.
If you start planting oaks now,........
(unless you're really old, infertile, imprisoned or suffer a horrible accident or debilitating disease),
.........you will be able to bring your children and grandchildren to sit under and enjoy these trees.
Step 1: Motivation.
I tried to think of a use for them.
To my suprise, I discovered that some of them have an Aluminium lining.
I turned one inside out and it was not unnatractive.
Thus my Christmas plan to give every one a baby oak tree in a recycled pot can now be realised.......
Collect some acorns and a tetrapack.
Step 2: Carton- Cut, Wash and Turn Inside-Out.
Turn Inside-Out.
(This is tricky but only takes a couple of minutes.)
Punch some holes in the base.
Step 3: Collecting Acorns
Get them while they are still on the tree.
If other acorns are starting to fall, then give the branch a little shake; if acorns are ready they will drop.
Leave any that have holes in them, it means that someone is inside munching away on the seed.
Plant your acorns in late April.
Step 4: Creating a future forest.
Use a good quality potting soil mixed with some sand and grit mixed in.
Place the acorn horizontally, barely under the surface. Water until it comes out the bottom and place cups on a southern windowsill.
Check moisture often and don't let the soil get completely dry.
In about three weeks the stalk will be five to six inches and the first set of leaves will have spread. About mid-May it is time to harden the plants off. Gradually increase exposure time to outside sun and air. Set the trees outside during the day and return them to house or garage at night.
I started my tree project in the fall. Before I launched on my endeavor, I collected about 50 acorns from under a large oak tree. I placed them in a bucket and put about a quarter inch of water in the bottom of the bucket. Within 2 weeks, many (but not all) of the acorns sprouted a "tap root" about 2 inches long. This root is what lays the foundation for the oak tree. I took the acorns that had sprouted a tap root and placed each one in their own separate bottle. I kept all of the bottles in my shed during the winter and watered them weekly to prevent the soil from drying out. When transplanting in the spring, take care to not damage the tap root.
Just a comment, don't misunderstand it. Anyway it's a great Instructable. You have my vote, FriendOfHumanity.
I thought about starting my an "Oak nursery" on my in-laws farm.
Start it now and then when in 50 years when the Oaks are a little bigger (and I need cash) I would sell them.
I thought about containing them in the big poly bags that are used for paper recycling for shops.
Don't know if other countries use them but in australia they are about 1metre*1metre* 1metre.
plant the trees.
set up a solar watering system.
check on them once a year or so.
unfortunately the farm is no longer an option.
this site is a place for dreamers
how do you get an elephant up an oak tree?
-tell it stand on an acorn and wait.
You got my vote.
(and rating)
My wife and I, then childless, first saw it at an animation film festival on Christmas Eve. When it finally came-out on VHS, we bought it -- and again when it was available on DVD. Every Christmas Eve, the whole family watches it together; it's a new tradition.
It's available via Netflix.


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"This is a fabulous late-summer fruit salad. Use it on pancakes, waffles or French toast."
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2 1/2 pints
1 pint
strawberries, hulled and sliced
1/4 cup
1/2 teaspoon
ground cardamom
The spices in this dish are wonderful. Any left overs work great on icecream. Our family rates this "Make again soon!".
Sorry:( My daughter and I both love fruit in any form. We just couldn't hang with this cardamom spice. We will keep looking, but the rest of you all enjoy:)
13 Ratings
I liked this a lot! I changed the fruit a bit using peaches, raspberries and bananas. Yummmm!
Wow. I'm not particularly into peaches - I can take them or leave them, but I do like berries a lot.
I'm not all that fond of honey either, and I didn't even know what cardamom was - just a name to me.
But put them all together like this, and it was very tasty. It was even better after being in the fridge for a while, when some juice collected at the bottom of the bowl. I should have tried it as suggested ("on pancakes, waffles or French toast"), but I just had it all by itself, a bowl at a time for dessert.
I'll recommend this dish to The Woman I Love. Thanks for a nice surprise.
OMG! I love cardamom, and it never occurred to me to put it on fruit. This recipe is delicious; I wouldn't change a thing. Thank you for sharing!
I liked the honey and cadamon... I'd never used cadamon before and this introduced me to a wonderful new spice.
Brought this to a picnic over the summer and everyone loved it! Sweetening it with honey really seemed to add a special touch.
This salad puts a nice twist on the plain fruit salad. I put half the called for cardamom and a little more honey and it fit our tastes really nicely. I also added the bananas that another reviewer mentioned and it was a good choice! Thank you!
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SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP – It may have taken a lot of courage for a father to testify against his own son in Monroe County today. That's where authorities said the father was shot by his own son over the weekend.
Police said George Pugh was hit over the head with a hammer and shot at by his own son this weekend – and lived to tell his side of the story.
Today, with the bullet still in his hand – Pugh described in detail this past Saturday's terrifying tale at their home near Marshalls Creek.
David Pugh of Smithfield Township walked quietly into court, facing charges of attempted criminal homicide.
Troopers said this man shot his father this weekend in Monroe County.
"Why did you shoot him this weekend?," Newswatch 16's Amanda Kelley asked David Pugh as he walked into court.
Pugh's 80- year old father, George, testified against his own son, thankful to have survived.
"He was going to do us in, I mean he was going to do it, and I was lucky to get away you know," said George Pugh.
George stood outside the judge's office, a bullet still lodged in his hand,
He said these marks on his head – were from his son hitting him with a hammer during a fight over money.
Pugh's son, who has a history of mental issues, claims his father stole it.
"He (David Pugh) said, `Do I have to ******* kill you to get my money?," George Pugh testified.
Troopers said when the argument began, David Pugh's mother ran from their home near Marshall's Creek for help.
Pugh grabbed his dad's .22 caliber revolver and began pointing the gun at his father.
Pugh explained in court how he ran from his front door, down the stairs and to his car, but as he was driving away to escape shots came through his back window and hit him right in the hand.
The back window was shattered. George Pugh rushed to the hospital. Nervous he wouldn't make it.
"That was my concern, was because of loss of blood you know, and I didn't want to pass out, but I didn't stop for stop signs and I didn't stop for red lights, I just went," said George Pugh.
Meanwhile an eight-hour police standoff ensued back at the home. Troopers brought in SWAT teams and negotiators who worked to get David Pugh to surrender himself to authorities.
Now this father credits his Marine training, to surviving Saturday and said he's doing well, considering the circumstances.
"I don`t know if anybody been through boot camp, if you can survive that, you can just about survive anything," said George Pugh.
A judge decided there was enough evidence to move David Pugh's case forward to trial.
Pugh is locked up tonight on $250,000 dollars bail.


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Sundance Film Festival
Sundance announces Spotlight, Midnight, New Frontier and Sundance Kids programs
Here are the 23 films announced today that represent the 2014 Sundance Film Festival's Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, Sundance Kids and New Frontier programs.
They are among 117 feature films selected for the festival, out of 4,057 feature-length films submitted.
"Blue Ruin" (Director/screenwriter: Jeremy Saulnier; U.S.) • A beach bum (Macon Blair) returns to his childhood home for an act of vengeance — and ending up in a fight to protect his estranged family.
"The Double" (Director: Richard Ayoade; Screenwriter: Avi Korine; U.K.) • Simon (Jesse Eisenberg) is a timid man whose work life is upended by the arrival of a new coworker, James, who is Simon's physical double and psychological opposite. The cast includes Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn, Noah Taylor, Cathy Moriarty and James Fox. Ayoade, star of the British sitcom "The IT Crowd," previously directed "Submarine" (SFF '11).
"Ida" (Director: Pawel Pawlikowski; Screenwriters: Pawel Pawlikowski, Rebecca Lenkiewicz; Poland) • In 1960s Poland, young novitiate Anna is about to take her vows as a nun when she learns of a dark family secret dating back to the Nazi occupation.
"Locke" (Director/screenwriter: Steven Knight; U.K.) • Tom Hardy (Bane in "The Dark Knight Rises") stars in this minimalist thriller, as a man whose life is imploding with every phone call he makes while driving.
"The Lunchbox" (Director and screenwriter: Ritesh Batra; India/France/Germany) • A lonely wife (Nimrat Kaur) makes a lunch for her absent husband, but the lunchbox is mistakenly sent to another man, a grieving widower (Irrfan Khan). What follows is a romantic story that unfolds through notes delivered with the lunchbox.
"Only Lovers Left Alive" (Director/screenwriter: Jim Jarmusch; U.S.) • Legendary indie director Jim Jarmusch ("Night on Earth," SFF '92) returns with this vampire romance, set in Detroit and Tangier, and boasting a cast led by Tom Hiddleston ("The Avengers"), Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt, Anton Yelchin and Jeffrey Wright.
"R100" (Director and screenwriter: Hitoshi Matsumoto; Japan) • A family man (Nao Ohmori) joins an exclusive club in this bizarre S&M comedy.
"Stranger by the Lake" (Director/screenwriter: Alain Guiraudie; France) • In this erotic thriller, Frank (Pierre de Ladonchamps) begins a passionate affair with Michel (Christophe Paou), but not before seeing Michel dump his former boyfriend in fatal fashion.
Park City at Midnight
"The Babadook" (Director/screenwriter: Jennifer Kent; Australia) • After her husband's violent death, a single mother (Essie Davis) must deal with her out-of-control son's fear of a monster in the house — a fear that may be justified.
"Cooties" (Directors: Jonathan Millott, Cary Murnion, Screenwriters: Leigh Whannell, Ian Brennan; U.S.) • A horror comedy in which elementary-school teachers must battle for their lives when a virus turns the students into savages. Elijah Wood, Rainn Wilson, Alison Pill, Leigh Whannell ("Insidious") and Nasim Pedrad ("Saturday Night Life") star.
"Dead Snow; Red vs. Dead" (Director: Tommy Wirkola; Screenwriters: Tommy Wirkola, Stig Frode Henriksen, Vegar Hoel; Norway) • A sequel to "Dead Snow" (SFF '09), with Nazi zombies back for more — and a hero gathering an army to fight them again. America actor Martin Starr ("Knocked Up," "This Is the End") joins the Norwegian cast.
"The Guest" (Director: Adam Wingard; Screenwriter: Simon Barrett; U.S.) • The team behind "You're Next" created this horror thriller, about a family who welcomes the comrade of a dead soldier into their house — but learns he's not who he says he is.
"Killers" (Directors: The Mo Brothers; Screenwriters: Timo Tjahjanto, Takuji Ushiyama; Japan/Indonesia) • Two serial killers, who battle for notoreity by posting their crimes online, ultimately face off.


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Cornwall commuters could face disruption from multimillion pound rail improvements
Posted: January 07, 2014|
Cornwall commuters could face disruption while a multimillion pound rail improvement project between Devon and Somerset is carried out.
The £15 million project will see the railway line between Tiverton and Taunton closed to allow Network Rail to make repairs to the iconic Whiteball Tunnel to be completed.
Work will begin next Saturday (January 18) and run for three weeks.
Timetables have been rescheduled and trains will be diverted through Honiton in a bid to minimise the impact.
Early morning trains out of Cornwall to London will leave up to an hour earlier, the train operator has said.
David Crome, First Great Western's general manager for the West, said: "This £15 million Network Rail work is essential to prevent the ageing structure from deteriorating further and to renew rail track."
Work will also be carried out on renewing the track and improving drainage and flood prevention on the embankment as part of a wider programme to alleviate risks to rail caused by extreme weather.
Customers using branch lines are also advised to check connection times to mainline services due to some services being retimed during the line closure.
For more information call 08457 000 125 or visit Whiteball Tunnel works


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EDIT: Looks like the actual game doesnt start until ~38 minutes in.
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I was hoping you'd put up the uncompressed broadcast. Much appreciated!
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I have a hard drive dedicated to all things Michigan so I download torrents of every game. YouTube is a great resource too for getting footage from shows like The Journey.
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that this hype video was made as a lead-up to the 2011 season. I know that because I made it :) I make one prior to every season.
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I did that one. Glad you enjoyed it
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Manning, Peyton DEN QB
Gore, Frank SFO RB
Ivory, Chris NYJ RB
Johnson, Chris NYJ RB
Robinson, Denard JAC RB
Taylor, Stepfan ARI RB
Fitzgerald, Larry ARI WR
Jackson, DeSean WAS WR
Johnson, Andre HOU WR
Manningham, Mario NYG WR
Royal, Eddie SDC WR
Woods, Robert BUF WR
Davis, Vernon SFO TE
Walker, Delanie TEN TE
Feely, Jay FA PK
Gano, Graham CAR PK
Dareus, Marcell BUF DT (P)
Marks, Sen'Derrick JAC DT
McCoy, Gerald TBB DT
Hardy, Greg CAR DE (Q)
Woodley, LaMarr OAK DE
Burnett, Kevin FA LB
Harris, David NYJ LB
Mathis, Robert IND LB (S)
Miller, Von DEN LB
Washington, Daryl ARI LB (S)
Carr, Brandon DAL CB
Milliner, Dee NYJ CB (Q)
Brown, Stevie NYG S (P)
McLeod, Rodney STL S
Rolle, Antrel NYG S
Woodson, Charles OAK S
33 Total Players
Injured Reserve
Bradford, Sam STL QB (O)
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Carey, Ka'Deem CHI RB (R)
Jones, T.J. DET WR (R) (O)
Moncrief, Donte IND WR (R)
Fiedorowicz, C.J. HOU TE (R)
Borland, Chris SFO LB (R)
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|"2. If Michigan blows them
"2. If Michigan blows them out, Michigan looks like a bully."
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Also Florida in JerryWorld as the opener for 2017.
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2006 - at Penn State
Night game, crazy atmosphere, and that M defense, oh boy, that defense was spectacular that night. Poor Anthony Morelli is probably still sore.
2006 - at Indiana
I remember watching this one and it was like Michigan and OSU (who was playing NW) were dueling the week before the game to see who could blow out their opponent the worst. Also, I have a really great HD copy of this on my hard drive.
2010 - at Notre Dame
Denard's coming out party. The talk all week was that no one could expect Shoelace to put up the same numbers he did the week before against UCONN. They were right, he blew them out of the water.
2010 - Illinois
I took my wife and a buddy (who is an OSU fan). He had an awesome time and was blown away by that shootout. On the catch in 1 of the OTs when Hemingway bobbled it and came up with it for a TD my wife actually collapsed into her seat. Her legs gave out as she was overcome with emotion. We laugh about it to this day.
2011 - at Northwestern
This was one of those games that starts out in daylight and by the start of the 3rd Q it's pitch dark out. I think they got up on is 24-14 and we roared back in the 2nd half to win 42-24. Denard was amazing.
2012 - Northwestern
I was in attendance for this one and with :18 left and it looked like all hope was lost until Roy caught that heave on the rebound. I let out the most guttural scream when he caught that ball. Then in OT Demens with the *MINK* hit to seal it. What a crushing hit that was to end the game.
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I love it. This will be something that the kids especially will never forget.
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the unfiltered opinions on that game.
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This was actually from the DVD that was sold by the University back in the day (and as far as I can tell it's no longer for sale) that already had the Beckmann/Brandstatter color and the video footage from Michigan's in-house cameras that was shown on the big screen during the game. So I didn't have to pair the audio/video as it was already done for me.
But I use PowerDirector for my hype vids. I haven't done a full game but it's pretty easy to pair audio and video. Naturally I'll lose some video quality when I "re-produce" the original HD video files and add in the audio.
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|Thanks for this!
We can relive the Aaron Craft airball heard 'round the world.
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Slice of Life ... (Dexter reference)
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Thank you for this!
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|You missed an opportunity
You missed an opportunity here to deploy the rarely-utilized deliberate double post for the lols.
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You missed an opportunity here to deploy the rarely-utilized deliberate double post for the lols.
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|Thanks again MGoArchive
I cannot overstate how much I appreciate these. I try to get my hands on as many of the raw broadcasts as I can. They're great for my hype video editing and help with the doldrums of the offseason too.
I have complete original broadcasts for all of 2011, 2012 (except illinois and OSU), and a handful of the 2013 games thanks to you.
Do you have raw .ts video for any pre-2011 games? The 2010 ND game is the only one I have.
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Rosa Lillian Hamly, 83, of Johnson City, died Tuesday, November 15, 2011, at the Lakebridge Healthcare Center.
She was a native of Washington County, daughter of the late Earl and Clarice Moore Hensley.
Rosa was a homemaker and longtime member of the Telford United Methodist Church.
In addition to her parents, her husband, Louis Hamly, and a brother, Carl Hensley, of Nashville, preceded her in death.
Survivors include her cousins, Carla and Phillip McLain, of Johnson City; two brothers-in-law, Ralph Hamly and wife, Ruby, of Johnson City, and Earl Hamly, of Kingsport; several nieces and nephews and cousins.
A funeral service is scheduled for Friday, November 18, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. in the North Chapel of the Morris-Baker Funeral Home under the direction of Bishop Richard Looney, pastor of Telford United Methodist Church.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until time of service at seven.
A committal service will be conducted on Saturday, November 19, 2011, at 1:00 p.m. in the Monte Vista Memorial Park. Family and friends are asked to assemble at the cemetery.
The family would like to express thanks to the staff of the Lakebridge Healthcare Center, not only for the loving care extended to Rosa, also for the care they provide to all their residents every day.
Memorials may be made to the Telford United Methodist Church, Handymen for Christ, 1617 Old State Hwy. 34, Telford, TN 37690.
Online condolences are available at: www.morrisbaker.com.
In charge of arrangements: Morris-Baker Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 2001 E. Oakland Avenue, Johnson City, TN 37601 or (423) 282-1521.


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Smithson Valley's Echard makes NCAA meet in two events
Melvin Echard, a Texas A&M junior from Smithson Valley, has qualified to compete in two events next week at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., in the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Shrugging off a foot injury, Echard qualified for the nationals in both the long jump (25 feet, 5 1/2 inches) and in the triple jump (52-6 […] [Read More]
UTSA signs for four football games against Colorado State
UTSA will play the Colorado State Rams in football four times from 2015 through 2018, officials announced Tuesday. Here is the schedule for the UTSA-Colorado State series: Oct. 3, 2015 — at San Antonio in the Alamodome. Oct. 1, 2016 — at Fort Collins, Colo. Sept. 30, 2017 — at Fort Collins, Colo. Sept. 29, […] [Read More]
USA volleyball coach awaits arrival of 'special kid' from S.A.
USA women's volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon calls San Antonio's Destinee Hooker "a unique athletic talent" and "a very special kid." Clearly, McCutcheon believes Hooker could emerge as a player who could make his team leading into the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. With the former Southwest High School star having just completed an MVP performance in a professional league […] [Read More]
Relentless Abilene Christian ends Incarnate Word's season
Starting play after midnight and toiling into the early morning hours, the University of the Incarnate Word baseball team fell short. The Cardinals' stay in a bizarre NCAA Division II South Central Regional is over. So, too, is their season. The Abilene Christian University Wildcats knocked off UIW 9-4 at Warrensburg, Mo., early Tuesday morning […] [Read More]
St. Mary's falls 9-8 in 13 innings as season comes to an end
Ryan Luckie's two-out, RBI single in the top of the 13th inning lifted the Abilene Christian Wildcats to a 9-8 victory over the St. Mary's Rattlers Monday night in Warrensburg, Mo., ending the Rattlers' season at the NCAA Division II South Central Regional. William Calhoun led off the 13th with a single for ACU, and […] [Read More]
San Antonio in the mix for Fed Cup women's tennis
San Antonio is among 11 sites that have signaled an intent to bid for the right to host the Fed Cup final between the United States and Italy, the U.S. Tennis Association announced Monday. The Fed Cup is billed as the premier team competition in women's tennis. The finals would be played Nov. 6-7. Dallas […] [Read More]
Central Missouri pounds UIW in NCAA baseball playoffs
Central Missouri pounded out an 18-7 victory over Incarnate Word Monday afternoon in the rain-plagued, NCAA Division II South Central Regional baseball tournament at Warrensburg, Mo. With the victory, the Mules advanced to the championship round, scheduled for Tuesday. The loss dropped the Cardinals into the losers bracket in the double-elimination format. UIW will play again […] [Read More]
Mecke wins both the 1,500 and 800 at Southland outdoor
Dana Mecke, a UTSA junior from Smithson Valley, showcased both her foot speed and stamina in sweeping the 1,500 and 800 meter titles Sunday in Arlington at the Southland Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Christina Holland, a Baylor freshman from Judson, placed fourth in the 400 hurdles in her first conference outdoor meet at […] [Read More]
Scott wins Texas Open, Walker finishes third
EDWARD A. firstname.lastname@example.com Adam Scott watches his approach shot on the ninth hole during Sunday's final round of Valero Texas Open. * * * * * Adam Scott finished at 14-under par Sunday to win the Valero Texas Open at the AT&T Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio. Jimmy Walker finished 12 under to tie […] [Read More]
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|Canto 10: The Summum Bonum
|Chapter 1: The Advent of Lord Kṛṣṇa: Introduction
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.1.23
vasudeva-gṛhe sākṣād
bhagavān puruṣaḥ paraḥ
janiṣyate tat-priyārthaḿ
sambhavantu sura-striyaḥ
vasudeva-gṛhe — in the house of Vasudeva (who would be the father of Kṛṣṇa when the Lord appeared); sākṣāt — personally; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has full potency; puruṣaḥ — the original person; paraḥ — who is transcendental; janiṣyate — will appear; tat-priya-artham — and for His satisfaction; sambhavantu — should take birth; sura-striyaḥ — all the wives of the demigods.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who has full potency, will personally appear as the son of Vasudeva. Therefore all the wives of the demigods should also appear in order to satisfy Him.
In Bhagavad-gītā (4.9) the Lord says, tyaktvā dehaḿ punar janma naiti mām eti: [Bg. 4.9] after giving up the material body, the devotee of the Lord returns home, back to Godhead. This means that the devotee is first transferred to the particular universe where the Lord is at that time staying to exhibit His pastimes. There are innumerable universes, and the Lord is appearing in one of these universes at every moment. Therefore His pastimes are called nitya-līlā, eternal pastimes. The Lord's appearance as a child in the house of Devakī takes place continuously in one universe after another. Therefore, the devotee is first transferred to that particular universe where the pastimes of the Lord are current. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā, even if a devotee does not complete the course of devotional service, he enjoys the happiness of the heavenly planets, where the most pious people dwell, and then takes birth in the house of a śuci or śrīmān, a pious brāhmaṇa or a wealthy vaiśya (śucīnāḿ śrīmatāḿ gehe yoga-bhraṣṭo 'bhijāyate). Thus a pure devotee, even if unable to execute devotional service completely, is transferred to the upper planetary system, where pious people reside. From there, if his devotional service is complete, such a devotee is transferred to the place where the Lord's pastimes are going on. Herein it is said, sambhavantu sura-striyaḥ. Sura-strī, the women of the heavenly planets, were thus ordered to appear in the Yadu dynasty in Vṛndāvana to enrich the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa. These sura-strī, when further trained to live with Kṛṣṇa, would be transferred to the original Goloka Vṛndāvana. During Lord Kṛṣṇa's pastimes within this world, the sura-strī were to appear in different ways in different families to give pleasure to the Lord, just so that they would be fully trained before going to the eternal Goloka Vṛndāvana. With the association of Lord Kṛṣṇa, either at Dvārakā-purī, Mathurā-purī or Vṛndāvana, they would certainly return home, back to Godhead. Among the sura-strī, the women of the heavenly planets, there are many devotees, such as the mother of the Upendra incarnation of Kṛṣṇa. It was such devoted women who were called for in this connection.
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Thank you, Scott (Grey).
It's a real pleasure and privilege to be with you this evening. To the Eagle Scouts, their proud parents and selfless leaders and generous mentors, thank you for the opportunity to join with you.
One very important less I've learned after seven years in Washington is that there are three golden rules for after-dinner speeches. The first is to have a humorous introduction … the second is to have a short and interesting conclusion … and the third most essential golden rule is to keep the introduction and conclusion as possible.
An Eagle Scout, his Grandmother, and the "Smartest Man in the World" were on a plane whose engines failed. That was bad news … what was worse is that there were three passengers … but only two parachutes. Well, as you can imagine … things got a bit exciting. Without a word, and with total disregard for the welfare of his fellow passengers ... the Smartest Man in the World grabs one and jumps out. The plane was in a sharp dive by now, screaming toward earth and things were beginning to look pretty desperate. The Grandmother, however, was both brave and wise, and told her grandson, "I'm old and you're young. I've lived a long, full life … you take the last parachute." The Eagle Scout, who had remained calm throughout all of this, shook his head and smiled, "Grandma, it's okay, he said, "there are two parachutes left … The Smartest Man in the World just jumped out with my backpack".
Now, nobody would ever accuse me of being the Smartest Man in the World … but like the wise old grandmother in the story … I've been around an awfully long time, have been involved in scouting for a number of years … and I know that Scouting has enriched the lives of generations of young men who, in turn, have enriched and contributed immensely to this great Nation.
Eagle Scouts in particular have achieved something quite extraordinary … Eagle Scouts, you've earned a very rare distinction that marks you as among the most capable … the most hard driving… the most committed … and, the most talented young men in this great country. And with that comes an obligation … America will now look to you … for your entire lives … for your leadership. Great achievement is now expected of you.
My last two bosses, Secretary Rumsfeld and Secretary Gates, are both Eagle Scouts. The service academies and our military are replete with Scouts … and Eagle Scouts … as are the halls of corporate America, the halls of justice, astronauts, civic leaders, business leaders of all kinds and, in fact, every walk of life in America carries the mark of Scouting. And the secret why Scouts and Eagle Scouts, in particular, are so successful is astonishingly simple yet also quite profound:
The secret is knowing and always living the profound scout oath, scout law, scout motto and scout slogan … best summarized in the oath: Duty to God and country, duty to other people and duty to self. I've never forgotten them, and they still guide my life today. It's also the foundation of our military. Did you ever consider that the operative word in the phrase … military service … is service … or that our military academies are called … service academies?
You are extraordinarily blessed as you now stand at the threshold of a time of great opportunity, of challenge … a time of rapid change … a new age of discovery fueled by an absolute explosion of human knowledge.
Some of you may have heard of Moore's law … that describes the seemingly infinite exponential growth in the complexity and capacity of semiconductors. Even if you're unfamiliar with the law… you're certainly all well-acquainted with its products: computers, video games, Palm Pilots, cell phones, IPods, and all the other electronics we have today.
They're all commonplace things today that simply were unimaginable when I was your age. When I was growing up in Baltimore… no one had a television… because there was no television … let alone an MP3 player. Can you imagine a world without television… without an X-Box?
It really was the Dark Ages and I can tell you there were far fewer reasons not to do your homework in those days… but we still found a way. But, in the future, this will be the Dark Ages as you move science, technology and industry to new frontiers.
As it turns out, technology and the entire store of human knowledge… also increase exponentially. At least one theorist believes that in the 21st century… this century… we won't witness a normal 100 years of progress, but rather closer to all the progress of all recorded time. It's a staggering proposition… and altogether difficult to comprehend … but entirely possible.
What it means to you and your generation is that the sky really is the limit. Don't ever believe that genuine adventure and discovery are things only of the distant past. All the adventure you could ever bargain for and the promise of new discovery still wait for you.
Maybe not like Lewis and Clark, but in new fields yet to be discovered … if you're bold enough to seize the day.
All, however, is not sunshine and roses…. This is also a time of challenge for America…. The nation's security and the freedom on which it is founded are under siege by a determined enemy… and we are engaged in a war that will not end soon. Much work remains to be done. Because of who you are… as evidenced by your achievement and by virtue of your tremendous potential… you are uniquely qualified to contribute to the fight for freedom… in whatever capacity that best suits you… and, through your service, sustain this nation… and in so doing… make our world a better place.
You have an obligation … not just to enjoy the fruits of freedom and liberty … but to ensure the survival of freedom and liberty for future generations.
President Reagan left the White House before any of you Scouts were born… but back in 1986, he told a gathering of young Americans, not unlike yourselves, "Out beyond our present horizons lay whole new continents of possibility, new worlds of hope waiting to be discovered. We've traveled far, but we've only begun our journey.
There are hungry people to feed, sicknesses to cure, and new worlds to explore. And this is no time for small plans or shrinking ambitions. We stand on the threshold of an epic age, an age of technological splendor and an explosion of human potential—an age for heroes. And I think I'm seeing many of them right here in this room – tonight.
God bless all of you … and God bless America.


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By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
MOSUL, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2003 The soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division here are working to give their follow-on unit -- a multinational division -- a head start, division commander Army Maj. Gen. David H. Petraeus said Dec. 17.
During combat operations in March and April against Saddam Hussein's regime, the 101st fought from Kuwait up through the west of Baghdad and into the north of Iraq. The unit is due to rotate back to Fort Campbell, Ky., in January and February.
The soldiers of the 101st have gained some hard-won lessons, Petraeus said, and they already are working to pass those lessons along to the unit that will replace them here. The general said it is important the follow-on unit recognizes that coalition forces in the region are not only doing counterinsurgency and stability and support operations simultaneously with a rifle in one hand and a wrench in the other but also is doing counterterrorism operations.
To combat threats of former regime cells, the unit has put together a joint interagency task force that fuses all of the intelligence and operational assets available in the Mosul area. "That has enabled us to get the kind of target resolution that you need to conduct precise raids, so you are not just on fishing expeditions and can go right to the place for that individual and get him," Petraeus said. It is lessons like this that the next unit must take to heart, he added.
Mosul is a complicated area. Mixed in ethnicity, the city is the second largest in Iraq, with 1.5 million people. "It's incumbent on us to set our successors up for success, and to do that we have to share our knowledge," Petraeus said. Mosul's local elections in May were the first in Iraq. The division has patrolled the area since moving in at the middle of April. The 101st worked with special operations personnel to kill Saddam's sons Uday and Qusay.
"What we have to do is a very thorough hand-off in a relatively short period of time to get them to understand the main players, the ethnic groups, the political parties (and) the other interests groups that are here," he said.
It's also important the new soldiers understand the current issues and how the coalition got to this point in the region. "Somehow, we've got to transfer that knowledge to them as best we can," Petraeus said.
The advance party elements will arrive in Mosul this week. "It is a challenge," the general said. "But the units that are coming in here have been studying the area for months. They already know the vocabulary and the landscape. What we've got to do is get them immersed in it and living it so they can just take off and take it to the next level, instead of having a lull before they can move out."


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What a racist statement! From judging your comment, sounds like you owned or still own some kind of hood. And we all know what I'am talking about!!!
I grew up on Soniat and Freret , attended McMain and Fortier. The thing I remembered most about Bill Longs bakery was the donuts and milk my brother and I bought after mass at our Lady of Lourdes on Sunday mornings. Reading this brings me back to 1965, my goodness, times were great then!!! I was 10 then now I'am 57. Took a ride through there when I came home for carnival. Some things didn't change but a lot did. That part of New Orleans will always be home for me.
Once again this proves this proves that age 17 most young men have graduated from HS and have a course of life to look ahead to. But if you are 17 running around with a assault rifle you should be in US Army basic training. This nation needs the draft to be reinstated immediately! It would cure all those young men running around with weapons trying to kill people. Lets train them and send them to Iraq or Afganistan then they could shoot all day and nite and we would really see how tought they are. Plus it would give them a little discipline and make a productive man out of them!
Is it me or do you folks remember Mr.Fielkow was FIRED by your beloved Saints because of his weak front office skills. Now you want this clown to replace Mr. Nagin as mayor. GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!!!
I would definitely only keep CP3 and the rest of these clowns pretending to be pro basketball players would be cut today!!!
We all know what the problem is here in this city. It seems certain folks have moved out of N.O. now they have changed their minds again and want the city back and will do anything or say anything to be little the mayor and his staff! But get over it, this is what you wanted and now you realize that move blew up in your face. Everything here is so racially divided , Now I can understand why people everywhere else have developed such a negative attitude about our city. Stacy head has the right name d***k head! She is one that needs to go with her negative attitude about everything put in front of her!!!!!!! All you other clowns sit back on your computers and say your little racist comments and hire her to do your dirty work because you are scared to. What are you all going to do now, Hide out in the woods with your other buddies. Or maybe exile Nagin to Sun or maybe Jena!!!!!!!!!!!! You all created this monster!!!!!!!
Maybe the same refs that did that game 7 in May were diguised as refs in the Saints game Monday night! Outcome surely looked the same.
Thanks automan1, How do you know the robbers were from N.O. and black unless you were with them. And also as if nobody from st john parish ever committed a crime in the last 3 years.
Some people on this page have defnitely missed the point! I was talking about the MILITARY not COLLEGE. I hope that you did learn something in college that you could use everday in life. The military was great start for a lot of young men and women that could not afford college. Instead of being so narrow minded, you should thank a veteran when you come into contact with them instead of bashing! Which seems par for this area! People join the military and serve our country to protect narrow minded peole like you. And no it is not free! I don't care how cliche it sounds, IT'S TRUE! And, you probably made that statement because 1. you are not from the U.S. or 2. you never served in the military!
Being a former Army recruiter during the 80's and listening to people today in day to day life, Young people do not want to join the military and parents say not my child. Let somebody else do it. The only problem is FREEDOM ISN'T FREE! Suppose all current veterans thought like that. I went in the army at age 18, and it has helped me become the man I'am today! Everday in life I use something that I learned in the military!
I like the way Spurs fans justify this punk Horry actions. He only plays 3 min a game to try to take out the best player for the other team. (ask Nash, last year.) he was definetly trying to take West out for game 7. I say the Hornets ought to take the lowest man on their team, and take out one of their big three with a pick.
MOVE TO THE NORTHSHORE, WHO CARES! CHEVRON IS A 2ND GRADE GAS ANYWAY! THE NORTH SHORE WILL NEED TO BUY IT TO GO BACK AND FORTH TO WATCH THE N.O. SAINTS, N.O. HORNETS AND ALL THE OTHER GREAT ATTRACTIONS IN THE CITY WHEN GAS HITS $5.00 A GALLON!!! BY THE WAY CHEVRON, MOVE ALL YOUR GAS STATIONS TOO! (to the northshore)


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When National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden was working to convince journalists to cover NSA documents he taken with him to expose evidence of dragnet warrantless surveillance, he was especially frustrated with one media organization, which has actually received recognition for its work on the NSA files: The Washington Post.
The story of how the Post became involved and, in many ways, let a whistleblower down is a testament to why future whistleblowers should be cautious when approaching such establishment media outlets. What happened is detailed in journalist Glenn Greenwald's book, No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA & the US Surveillance State.
Journalist Laura Poitras was given permission by Snowden to give "some documents" to Barton Gellman, a reporter for the Post. In particular, Snowden convinced himself there could be some value if the Post reported on the PRISM program, which is a surveillance program that involved the NSA collecting in real-time the communications from companies like Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Skype and Yahoo.
Snowden found out through Poitras that the Post had "assembled a large team of lawyers who were making all kinds of demands and issuing all sorts of dire warnings." Instead of quickly and aggressively getting the story out, this signaled to Snowden that the Post was going to take this "unprecedented journalistic opportunity" and allow their institution to be "driven by fear rather than conviction and determination." He was also "livid that the Post involved so many people, afraid that these discussions might jeopardize his security." The "fear demonstrated by endlessly convening with alarmist lawyers" truly upset him.
Remarkably, enlisting the Post ultimately led to a US official leaking information on the fact that The Guardian had a story on PRISM that would soon be published.
The Guardian was finishing up its prepublication process. Janine Gibson, British editor-in-chief of the US edition of The Guardian, along with other editors, had informed the government that the media organization would be publishing a story on PRISM. A deadline was given for them to get back to them by the end of the day with any objections.
Just as The Guardian's story on PRISM was being finalized on June 6, 2013. Gibson sent a message in a chat to Greenwald: "The Post just published their PRISM story."
Greenwald and Poitras had known that the Post was planning to publish their PRISM story on June 9. Greenwald planned to have the story for The Guardian published before the Post.
"Why, I wanted to know had the Post suddenly changed its publishing schedule to rush their article into publication three days ahead of their plan?" Greenwald wondered.
As Poitras told Greenwald, the Post had "got word of our intentions after US officials had been contacted by the Guardian about the PRISM program that morning. One of those officials, knowing that the Post was working on a similar story, had passed on the news of our article on PRISM. The Post had then rapidly sped up their schedule to avoid being scooped."
Already reluctant to engage in this prepublication process of informing the government about sensitive details in stories so officials could object, Greenwald found himself loathing these deliberations even more. "A US official had exploited this prepublication procedure, supposedly designed to protect national security, to ensure that his favored newspaper would run the story first," he writes.
The situation where two media organizations were in competition would never have happened if the Post had not dragged its feet as it had done. But, as Greenwald suggests in the book, the Post is the "belly of the Beltway media beast, embodying all the worst attributes of US political media: excessive closeness to the government, reverence for the institutions of the national security state, routine exclusion of dissenting voices."
It was not difficult for Snowden to convince Greenwald and Poitras to come to Hong Kong (although Snowden spent months trying to convince Greenwald to use privacy tools so he could communicate with him securely). On the other hand, the Post's willingness to conform with authority led it to become overly concerned about allowing one of its reporters to travel to Hong Kong and meet with Snowden to discuss the documents.
"The Post's lawyers had told Gellman he shouldn't travel to Hong Kong," Greenwald recounts. The media organization told Poitras not to travel either or it would not pay her "travel expenses."
Greenwald contends, "This was based on an absurd fear-driven theory; that any discussions about top secret information conducted in China, itself a pervasive surveillance state, could be viewed by the US government as the Post recklessly passing secrets to the Chinese, which could result in criminal liability for the Post and Gellman under espionage laws."
It shocked Snowden. "I'm ready to hand them this huge story at great personal risk and they won't even get on a plane."
The Washington Post won a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of the NSA files. However, it would seem that individual journalists, not the institution, are responsible for making this possible.
Snowden had not wanted to give documents to The New York Times because of how the media organization handled the story on NSA warrantless wiretapping published in 2005. However, he probably thought he could trust Poitras if she recommended giving some of the documents to a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist.
Remarkably, Snowden's first encrypted chat with Greenwald arose out of how furious he was with what was happening at the Post.
"I don't like how this is developing," he said. "I had wanted someone else to do this one story about PRISM so you could focus on the broader archive, especially the mass domestic spying, but now I really want you to be the one to report this. I've been reading you a long time, and I know you'll be aggressive and fearless in how you do this."
Establishment media organizations are extremely reluctant to face down the reality that whistleblowers are afraid to trust in their organization, and they should do something to change culturally—and even institutionally—if they want them to come to them and provide source material for news stories.
Likewise, many of these same organizations allow themselves to be cowed into being subservient to government as they are overly-cautious, like the Post was when offered the opportunity. These same organizations also refuse to publish stories, as the new executive editor of The New York Times, Dean Baquet, did when AT&T whistleblower Mark Klein came to the Los Angeles Times with documents that exposed how AT&T and the NSA were working together and wiretapping Americans without a warrant.
What happens when these media organizations are criticized by readers or the general public for fearing what may happen if they exercise freedom of the press is incredible as well.
People like former Times executive editor Bill Keller will get this catatonic look on their face, as they struggle to come up with some word salad to justify not printing stories that were clearly in the public interest because they chose to serve the interests of the national security state instead.
This culture in journalism is not insignificant. There are numerous examples of how President Barack Obama's administration has contributed to a climate that makes it hard for journalists to engage in watchdog journalism or investigative reporting that requires risks to produce. Management in establishment media organizations are often far too willing to engage in actions that reinforce the chilliness of this climate through their anxiety over appearing too resolute in opposing government.
Greenwald is not indoctrinated by this culture. That is why Snowden wanted him to responsibly report on the documents. But that will not convince institutions to shift what they do, even out of self-interest, so whistleblowers will feel comfortable seeking them out. They must maintain this culture to keep their access to power, and they would rather accept this as the cost of doing business and distance themselves from the candor and spirit of an adversarial journalist like Greenwald.


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Kourtney's Pregnancy Almost Ripped Apart Kardashians
"I think he was just trying to have as much fun as possible before the baby came. All he wanted to do was hang out with his friends. He needed to realize that Kourtney and the baby had to come first," she said.
Kourtney had a tough time trying to convince her family that Disick would be a good father. "We're obsessed with one another. If someone does something wrong to one of us, we're all down their throats."
Kourtney in Life & Style
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"It was hard," Kourtney admits. "There was so much negative energy. But this is the father of my baby - I needed everyone to just get over it."
In the end, Kourtney's pleas for peace didn't win over her family -- Scott did. "He just started trying so much harder," Khloe Kardashian says. "He put the crib together - no one asked him to. He's not a manual labor kind of guy, but for him to put the crib and changing table together meant so much to Kourtney."
The tension "was really intense for a few months," Kourtney says. "But I feel like if that stuff hadn't happened, things wouldn't feel as good as they do today."
Check out the entire interview in Life & Style, on newsstands today.
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- Wednesday 18 NovemberBy LottahippzHigh Rank Vote downVote upReport this
And see children that's why we never back bite. Also, never talk your business with your family about your man!
- Wednesday 18 NovemberBy jim
it is hard to have a family, when all the girls are whores
- Wednesday 18 NovemberBy Barbie
I'm happy for them. Hopefully when Scott see's his new son for the first time, everything will change for him. He will maybe grow up a bit. Kourtney doesn't need a man to support herself and the baby, and maybe Scott needs to wise up to that fact. This is a close family and that baby will never do without. I hope their relationship works out, but until Scott grows up and realizes the responsibilities of being a father and husband she may wind up with the baby alone. But no matter what I have no doubts that the baby will be loved and spoiled by everyone. Especially Kylie and Kendall, they are the youngest and will always want to take care of their nephew. I wish them all the best.
- Wednesday 18 NovemberBy Stugott
Who really cares. They are all just a bunch of media whores. They all belong on the "Trailor Park Boys". Trash to the max.
- Wednesday 18 NovemberBy Tim
Just because a girl gets pregnant does not mean it's all about her all of a sudden. Babies are born every day without drama. It's just another way modern women try to control, trap and manipulate their man. And let's not forget the drama if he doesn't
- Wednesday 18 NovemberBy Mike
Am I seeing that they've gone from a ranch type house to a mansion? And what is it that Bruce does for a living? I must have missed the money trail here.
- Wednesday 18 NovemberBy Jess
Lmao...rotf....."manual labor"???? Putting a crib and changing table together??? That's the funniest thing I've heard so far this week. Poor guy...must've been such a huge challenge. Next weeks challenge...plugging in the toaster? Hahahahahahaha! These people are almost pitiful. Almost.
- Wednesday 18 NovemberBy Angiebaby
Awww! You sister didn't take her birth control and got preggers, and the family was sore at the man? Well, Kim Kardashian would do well to mind her own affiars of the heart. Consider her love, Reggie Bush. He saw one of her sisters get "oopsies" pregnant, and the other one dragged her boyfriend down the aisle before he knew what hit him. And with that writing on the wall, what does Reggie do? He gets his ass back to New Orleans while the gettins' good. I think he's probably smarter than the whole bunch of Kardashians put together.
- Wednesday 18 NovemberBy WhoSaid
Sorry Angiebaby, Reggie and Kim are back together and she has said in recent interviews that she wants to be pregnant before she is 30 (she recently celebrated birhtday number 29) and she is giving up her condo to purchase a house with Reggie. With all of that maybe Reggie is not so smart, Kim is a little smarter (maybe).
- Wednesday 18 NovemberBy JoAnneLowest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
I love all the Kardashians and Kourtney's baby is a gift from God..She has a close family with alot of support...That baby is a blessing to that family..As for Scott we all make mistakes but he is there for her and their baby...I wish them all the best and God Bless...
- Wednesday 18 NovemberBy pat
Ok, did any of you watch the Kardashian Wedding Special on E???????????? Wow! First of all, what have these young women done to deserve a TV program? Are they actors? Do they sing? Have they ever been involved in the entertainment business in any creative way? Ryan Seacrest gives them a reality show (probably because Kim Kardashian is such a FOX) and off we go............drama, drama, drama. Its one sister outdoing the other - a fun filled 1/2 hour of catty, manipulative, overacting by the mother and her girls! I can't get over how the youngesst, Khloe, talks to her mother - so disrespectful. But, then again the mother lies to Bruce Jenner about family issues - so Khloe is learning her the Queen Bee. Then Life and Style parades these wannabe celebrities all over the cover of the mag! I smell trouble ahead for this group! This can't be good folks!
- Wednesday 18 NovemberBy katie
and who cares if it did rip the family apart? they're all a bunch of attention whores anyway. and if life & style was going to get in bed with a celebrity.. couldn't they pick one that wasn't on the d list? these 3 skanks are jokes.
- Wednesday 18 NovemberBy Lisa Marie
the only person I feel for at this time is BRUCE! He seems to be the only normal and realistic one in the family. And I just have to add that if Robert Kardashian/their father is seeing this, I'll bet my life that he's probably turning over in his grave! and Scott, Your a waste of life!!! You have no job! how in the hell are you going to contribute to your child? Oh I forgot, you dont have to, you just sponge off your girlfriends family! get a job @sshole! I hope in the previews I've seen for the new show, your the one getting your @ss kicked because you sure as sh*t deserve it!
- Wednesday 18 NovemberBy jaddeyez
that guy is the biggest douche on the planet
- Tuesday 29 DecemberBy Kirsten
King of doucheville! The episode where he reappeared on the scene was douchgusting I for one cannot wait to see his douche ass get kicked. Train wreck tv.
- Wednesday 18 NovemberBy karl hungus
it never ceases to amaze me why there is a section of the american public that actually cares about the antics of the kardashians, who are undoubtedly the worst collection of human garbage ever to steal a spotlight
- Wednesday 18 NovemberBy susan
- Wednesday 18 NovemberBy TORI
Can't stand these people!! Bruce is the only normal one, Kris and her kids are mean as trailer trash to him if he was for sale he'd be sold on the auction block. What he sees in this family is ridiculous, Kris is one nasty mother to him and lets her kids run him over. Rob is the only one that shows any real caring feelings for him. This whole family aren't worth the street I walk on!
- Thursday 19 NovemberBy michelle
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I noticed that people are having trouble making the breading stay on, I made these again just 2 nights ago and they turned out perfect as always. You need to use really fine grated parmesan, it has to be powdery and what I do is I really press the breading onto them. The breading shouldn't fall off and you need quite a bit of butter because the breading absorbs most of the butter and when you turn the scallops over the pan will get too dry if there's not enough butter.
I tried the breading but used flour first, then egg and then dipped in breading, coating did not stay on the scallops. I think the flavor is good but this mixture just doesn't grab ahold of scallops.
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This was quick and delicious. We used italian bread crumbs and egg to make it stick better instead of cream and crackers.
I also added some Old Bay, but instead of light cream, I let them soak in plain milk for about 2-3 minutes, and the crust stayed on completely. I also finished them with a dried little dill weed. FANTASTIC, I too will make these often.
This was a tasty and really easy way to make scallops. I did put the scallops in an egg wash before I breaded them. I had hoped that the breading would stick better than being put directly on the scallops. It didn't help enough. Half of the breading came off in the pan. Also use less butter than the recipe calls for or it will be a little greasy. I will make these again but I will try something else to keep the breading on it better. Also try to get scallops that are very close in size otherwise some will be perfect and others overcooked.
These were fantastic!! I crushed the cracker crumbs to dust and I also greated my parm cheese to dust and pressed it into my scallops and my first batch I noticed the coating fell off a little so I just cooked the 2nd a little longer to a toast brown colour and the coating stayed on. Will make these weekly!
Quick and Easy! This is the first time I attempted to make scallops at home and they were delicious! I had a little trouble with the breading not completely sticking to the scallops but all-in-all...would recommend to others. Thanks for the tip about the Old Bay...it was a good addition. Will make again for sure!
The use of the light cream in lieu of something like egg/egg whites made it so the breading didn't stick as well and half of the scallops were missing the coating after cooking/flipping. In addition, a touch of salt and pepper goes a long way to finishing and rounding the flavor of this dish - that said, when I added the salt/pepper (and a small drizzle of lemon over each scallop), they tasted superb. Follow my lead and this 3-star recipe can become a 5 star.
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Welcome to the Charm City Gameday, a Baltimore area role playing game event. Our semi-annual Gamedays are being held at Games and Stuff in Glen Burnie, MD. It's a great shop with plenty of game space, free parking, and nearby restaurants. Our next Gameday is currently scheduled for the 19th of September, 2015.
Charm City Gameday, Late Summer 2015 Edition
Hello Gamer Friends!! We are pleased to announce that our next Gameday will be on Saturday, September 19th 2015. More details will be coming in the future!
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Charm City Gameday, Winter 2015 Edition!!
Gamer Friends, we hope that you had a wonderful time at Charm City Gameday, Summer 2104. We are pleased to announce that our next event will be February 21st, 2015 at Games and Stuff! Keep your eyes peeled for more information as we get closer to the event!
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We here at Charm City Gameday HQ are pleased to announced that not only were we able to expand the number of tables of play from five to seven per gaming slot, all 14 slots have been claimed by area GMs. This means there will be a ton of variety to choose from at the Gameday and plenty of opportunity for everyone to get some table time and roll some dice.
Speaking of which, player signups begin tomorrow! Like last time, we will be using Eventbrite for our registration. If you are not registered with Eventbrite yet, now is the time to do so. Also, our events have been organized into Morning and Afternoon events, so be sure to carefully check to see that you're not signed up for two games in the same time slot.
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NOVA's Tim De Chant posted this awesome photo of the Kilby Solid Circuit, the first working example of a miniaturized electric circuit that combined all the necessary structures onto a single chip. Back in 2000, when he won the Nobel Prize for this achievement, inventor Jack Kilby gave a really nice talk about the history of electronics and the context that lead to his creation. It's definitely worth a read.
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The only thing is that this is not an integrated circuit at all. It's a proof of concept, in that all the components are made of silicon. The wiring is another matter.
Bob Noyce at Fairchild patented an actual integrated circuit, with metal lines plated on the silicon instead of the wires of Kilby's invention. The resulting patent litigation made many lawyers rich.
Similarly, the 1946 ENIAC was not anything like the computers we use today, but Turing et al's 1948 Manchester Baby is thoroughly modern in its architecture.
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So very bored of the gaming selection right now. There just doesn't seem to be anything to fit the kind of game I'm craving. Everything seems to have such a heavy emphasis on MP, with any SP being an after thought. There are exceptions like Dues Ex, but such games seem few and far between.
I'm watching Star Trek: Voyager on Netflix and how awesome it'd be to have a FPS game based off of that. Encounters with the Borg and other dangerous species. It's a sci-fi with great variety- some situations the weapons and equipment are extremely high-tech and in others they're more like present day.
The last SP campaign I played that really wowed me- really hooked me, seems to have been Quake 4. I would love another game such as that- where you're battling on the ground, but also in space. I loved the part of Quake 4 where the Hannibal is under Strogg attack and you're rushing to your pod with the battle raging all around you. My only complaint is I wished that part played out longer, with you actually fighting the Strogg on the ship. You'd have a time limit, you'd have to reach your pod before the ship was destroyed or completely taken over. Not a set time limit as that'd be too predictable each play through.
I guess what I'm wanting would be a mixture of Quake 4 and The Elder Scrolls... that kind of game. It would be incredible imo. The battles to be had in space, the skies, on the ground, and under the ground. A large, and very expansive game like that would be an immensely addictive game for me.
Right now the closest modern game available seems to be AvP only it is definitely lacking in it's open-endedness. And the SP campaign seems to become tiresome after a while. I think it is mostly due to the frustrating save-game system than anything. Never did beat the marine campaign- I seem to recall getting to a point where I just couldn't make it to the next save-game checkpoint. But there is a lot that happens between the checkpoints so when I quit and started the game up at a later date I'd have to start back from the last check point and go through everything all over again. Easily 20-30 minutes of gameplay with no save-game checkpoint. Get's frustrating. lol
Meh. Prey 2 sounds like it could at least partially fill this "void" in gaming I'm having. Maybe if HL3 ever comes out, Doom 4 is planned and it could be very entertaining if they maintain it is a SP-first, MP as an after thought kind of game.
Another kind of gameplay I'd enjoy is co-op. Proper co-op during the campaign. In Doom4 imagine the NPCs that normally assist you? Well it could be a friend instead of an NPC. And they could acompany you throughout the campaign. Much like the survivors in L4D and L4D2 only for the duration of a full-blown SP campaign. I'd love to see something like that in a game like Doom 4, Quake 5 (if they ever make it), or maybe even in Prey 2.
Meh, guess I'll just go back to very little gaming. Mostly playing through what I already have in my collection. In the mean time I've got Voyager to help pass the time.
Anyhow just felt like creating a random thread to vent. It seems like so many people here are really enjoying the MP games like BF3 and MW3. I beat the MW3 SP campaign on my best friends 360 and it was very enjoyable, but I can tell the heart of the game seems to be it's MP.
Any other gamers feel this way? Not interested in today's popular MP? Just wanting a solid SP experience? A solid story line, a believable plot that develops and unfolds? Anybody else that misses the days of gaming where a game was a story that as it was being told, you partook in it? Unlike a movie where you're a mere observer, but you get to actually experience and be a part of the plot as it progresses? Anybody else miss those days? Seems fewer and fewer games are made like this. And it is unfortunate, in my opinion.
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It's difficult to argue with those claiming the government shutdown is an ongoing disaster for Republicans. As our John Podhoretz noted today in the New York Post, the idea that the GOP could somehow buffalo red-state Senate Democrats into abandoning the president and defunding ObamaCare was divorced from reality. It was never going to happen and now they're stuck in a standoff with the White House that Obama thinks he's winning. Though, as I predicted last week, those who claimed the Republicans would have to fold quickly underestimated their staying power, they're still stuck with a plan without a path to victory or a viable exit strategy.
But even if we concede that fact, as we should, the assumption that President Obama is winning the shutdown seems to be just as farcical as Senator Ted Cruz's assurances that the Democrats would blink in the face of conservative threats. As everyone predicted, Republicans are getting more of the blame for the government shutdown. As the latest Associated Press/GFK Poll published today illustrates, 63 percent think Republicans in Congress are not doing enough to end the shutdown while 52 percent say the same of President Obama. That's a statistical win for the Democrats, but not exactly a vote of confidence. When it is combined with the same poll's stunningly low 37 percent approval rating for the president, it's time to also concede that the idea that a shutdown might be a turning point that could revive President Obama's dismal second term is unfounded. Tea Party and Cruz critics were right to think this is a fight that the GOP should have avoided. But those who think this it is making Obama look like a hero or can help his party win the 2014 midterms are also wrong.
Watching the president's press conference yesterday, it was clear that this intelligence hasn't penetrated his consciousness. The president's hard line vowing not to negotiate over the shutdown or the debt ceiling (though offering the prospect of talks over the budget after the Republicans give up their leverage by surrendering on both the shutdown and the debt) is based on his belief that this is an argument he will always win and that his opponents will eventually see they have no choice but to give up.
For two years, Obama has been daring the Republicans to make his day with a shutdown, secure in his belief that doing so would ensure a repeat of the 1995 fight that helped rescue the Clinton presidency. But while at the urging of the Tea Party House Speaker John Boehner has finally succumbed to the temptation to don the Newt Gingrich clown suit, Obama has proved once again he is no Bill Clinton.
Pointing out Obama's low poll figures does not exonerate the Republicans or make them look any smarter. But the media's gang tackle of the GOP, Boehner, Cruz, and the Tea Party has missed an important element of the story that must be taken into account in any analysis of the political impact of the shutdown. As much of a blow to the Republican brand as the shutdown may be, it is far from clear that it will diminish their chances of holding onto the House next year or taking back the Senate.
Democrats may crow about the Republicans' difficulties, but so long as the public face of their party is a president who endlessly repeats that he won't negotiate with his foes or Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, they are not likely to gain much ground with the public. Nor is there any indication that Obama's tantrums are the sort of thing that will give his second term the boost of energy or popularity he so desperately needs.
For all the hyperventilating about the long-term damage the shutdown will do, it's more than probable that this episode will have little or no impact on the 2014 elections. The fate of the next Congress will largely be determined by the events of the coming year that we cannot predict and by the identity of the candidates in individual swing races (which is a reminder of how much damage Tea Party extremists can really do to the GOP, as they have in the last two election cycles). Both parties will emerge bloodied and bruised from this mess. That doesn't vindicate Cruz, but it also won't save Obama.


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|Anchor Butter Feedback Thread - see what Mumsnetters created with Anchor butter PLUS chance for non testers to win £250! NOW CLOSED
|mshell1231 28/05/15 16:03
|retiresavvy feedback thread: read the MNers opinion of the new portal from Skipton NOW CLOSED
|AnnMumsnet 18/05/15 10:49
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|MichelleMumsnet 11/05/15 10:18
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|Kerberos 09/05/15 09:50
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|HollyJollyDillydolly 01/05/15 11:51
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|MichelleMumsnet 29/04/15 16:32
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|AngelieMumsnet 28/04/15 17:07
|Roadtest the new portal retiresavvy – you could win £300! NOW CLOSED
|AnnMumsnet 22/04/15 15:45
|Online questionnaire for feedback on baby ready meals??
|mamato3luvleys 21/04/15 17:22
|Anchor Butter: child aged 4-11? Bakers needed to get creative with their children - £300 to be won for feedback NOW CLOSED
|AnnMumsnet 17/04/15 14:53
|Cow & Gate Friends Savoury Pouches Feedback Thread - £250 Mothercare voucher to be won for feedback NOW CLOSED
|AngelieMumsnet 17/04/15 11:03
|Kärcher SC1 Steam Stick - Review thread - non testers - chance to win one of your own! NOW CLOSED
|BeansInBoots 16/04/15 12:44
|HouseTrip review thread. Non-testers: Share your top tips on how to make the most of holidaying in an entire house, apartment or villa and you could win a £200 Boots voucher NOW CLOSED
|Skandi 15/04/15 10:44
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|MichelleMumsnet 14/04/15 14:41
|THORPE PARK Resort #MyFirstCoaster Day reviewer thread NOW CLOSED
|Lonelynessie 09/04/15 17:06
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|ASDA Click & Collect Feedback Thread NOW CLOSED
|Orangeanddemons 02/04/15 15:30
|LowLow Snack Pack Feedback Thread - £250 John Lewis voucher to be won NOW CLOSED
|AngelieMumsnet 01/04/15 15:17
|See what Mumsnetters thought of Universal's Decorative Egg Wraps and tell Universal how you decorate your Easter eggs - £150 voucher prize draw for non-testers!*NOW CLOSED*
|KathrynMumsnet 30/03/15 09:51
|Sign up to try the NEW and breakthrough Colgate® Maximum Cavity Protection toothpaste with your DCs for your chance to WIN a £300 voucher. NOW CLOSED
|gallicgirl 22/03/15 23:19
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