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DEDICATED TO a really good friend of mine <3 Reamae Alimbon. :)) My dear, I hope you'll like it <3 And to all of you who might able to read this, who also have been through this...it's for all of you :)
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My whole life's forever changed when I met a guy in a site full of strangers. Cyber chatting had always been my escape from my eccentric world. I never thought that love, in this state, would bother me. I had a friend namely Kris, she's my best friend and she's the one who told me about the site. This is a way different site than to what I am using. I got bored then I gave it a try and there I met Xavier Dunst, he is an Indian by raise but he grew up in Ireland.
I'm chatting to meet people across country and who knows? I might just have a chance to meet them soon. I never asked money to help me on my finances nor asked them for a ticket to be able to travel in their country. I am raised by a good family but without vast wealth. Middle class as we call it here in the Philippines.
We started trading our "Hi's" and Xavier was quick. He asked for my phone number and I'm not that easy-to-get kind of girl but I don't know…because the moment he asked it, I never think twice as what I'm always doing to the others. He's different from them, a mile different than other men I've chatted and had fake relationships with. Xavier was a good man, though we know it's hard to judge, most specially those you've never seen in person. But indeed, there are things that only heart could explain.
I've had good times with Xavier through my phone and my laptop. Talking to him was like listening to a weird kind of music that would wake you up from being asleep caused by boredom. Throughout everything, I never noticed that he's living in a faraway land. I mean, faraway from the land I'm currently standing. He's not a rude guy, unlike any other. I can tell it by the way we had our conversations. From then I never know that I already loved him. I loved him first. I love him so much that he never had an idea how my love could travel along just to reach him. I deal with this already, that this kind of love was the killing kind. But I pushed myself to just survive through this.
I was star struck when I saw him on cam. I got so shy that I even can't look at him. He was lying on his bed and seemed to look like he's very tired but his smile brought an intense drought to me, as a desert. We talk like there's no ending side. I was able to blow him up my problems and then get some positive advices from him and it keeps me going. Xavier was able to capture me by his sweetness. He called me honey, sometimes baby, etc. I've been called by my previous chat-mates and boyfriends like that before but what's unusual is his "I love you". It doesn't sound like just simply saying "Hi", though he laughed at saying that...I can feel his sincerity.
One time, I wasn't able to communicate with him because my parents took my phone out of me because they wanted me to focus on my studies, but we all need some bites of inspiration-someone that will teach us to reach our goals effortlessly though the pressure in class is beating us up. My mind was flying; I can't catch up what my teacher's been talking because Xavier's thought preoccupied my head. I can feel the itch on my fingers that was so eager to search for him, might be on my phone or even just in computer. After class before going home I spent a penny straight to an internet shop. My heart was all out pumping when he almost filled my inbox. I was shocked when a small message box pop-out and said "Hi honey!" I felt an abrupt happiness deep within me that I almost couldn't hide, I was smiling. Xavier told me everything; he asked why he can't reach me when he's calling. Then I lied. I told him I lost my phone. It's quite not an idiotic answer, though. I just wanted not to justify that it all happened to be my parent's command, to take my phone.
My birthday's coming and he knew it after we did getting to know each other for a couple of months. Xavier told me that he loved talking to me. We spend almost an hour every time we talked on my phone before. I am trying to tell him that it's up to him if he wanted to.
An unexpected gift did arrive. It's a touch-screen phone. It was sealed with love. The moment I got it and then opened it, he called. I was speechless. Trying to cover up my nervousness. He was so precious as what this phone means to me.
He woke me in the morning and he leads me to sleep at night. The world has no idea of what I'm feeling now. Sometimes, unexpected things are the best more than the expected ones. We enjoyed talking, it's like where also hanging out though we can't hold each others hands. He can't blame me sometimes from doubting if this is really acceptable in the reality but what calms me down is when he asked me to be his girlfriend. I wonder how we look like in reality. Fear crept into my mind now. That he might break me, torn me, stab me or might left me all hanging in the line. We became friends for quite a long time from now. We started in friendship before getting into this. I definitely said "Yes!" not because he's good looking but because my heart trusted him.
Xavier Dunst, is working as a manager of one of the branches of the top leading Ice Cream company in Ireland. He's working and at the same time he's studying in a particular college there. He is very responsible, very talkative, open-minded person, and he is being respected there, he has his own car, he live alone in a beautiful petite apartment and he love's tea. How he loved tea! He is a wonderful creature outside and what blooms him out is his good attitude in the inside. He respects me and that's what made me fall for him. He looked like Turkish but a half of Indian but he's white. Physically, he was able to adopt mostly what an Irish had. As what I've stated he grew up in Ireland, first with his family but when he turned to be a man his parents go back to India and left him in Ireland but he said they do have communication and that's very important. He loves his family. He has hair as dark as the night sky and he loved to comb it by his finger, an eye that will melt you down and a lips that are kissable, an abs, a muscle, I can say that he really looked like a strong masculine. He supports me morally as what an ordinary boyfriend did to his girlfriend. When my guy friends were trying to put a comment in my facebook wall, I was surprised when he introduced himself as my boyfriend. All my friends knew him. He's very open. Seriously, Xavier has no idea how he made me very happy.
I tried to send him an "In a relationship" request in facebook and he didn't decline, unless, he accepted it. Having someone that is really proud to have you in their life is the greatest achievement you will receive in your entire life. All along I still pretend that I am normally happy but deep inside insanity was torturing me! It could even kill me anytime just because I am trying to stop it from exploding. This was extreme and as time goes by we still do the same thing as what we ever first did. We never get used to it.
A few weeks later, busy days in school dominated my whole time that I couldn't even answer his call because I know we will take long to it. I wasn't able to check on the site for his messages same as I don't have the time to check my facebook profile.
After a week or two, I headed to a computer shop where I'm about to check him. My eyes widened when I saw that no Xavier had appeared in my relationship status in facebook. I drag the arrow down and look for some comments, a girl named Lima Lintze was online and asked if who I'm in a relationship with. She was stunningly beautiful! Sharp nose, cute lips, nice eyes, long hair and oh...boobs that will take every man's breath away. We'll I couldn't compete with her. I'm just a simple Filipina woman. I do have long hair, a cute nose, an asian eye's and I'm quite chubby...but I sure had a heart as big as her butt was.
I told her it was Xavier, Xavier Dunst. There he started harassing me. Bullying me and even discriminating me. Lima tried her best to feed me with her hurtful words. I don't want to end up as a pity girl accepting slaps on my face so I fight back. She was claiming that my boyfriend is his current boyfriend too, so it portrays that I looked like a mistress in a married couple. I trusted my boyfriend and so I shut her by saying that I won't believe in her words. That I'll only believe Xavier. Sudden silence occurred. I thought it was the end but a minute later she sent me a photo kissing Xavier on his left cheek. Honestly, I got hurt. I felt that very painful pinch inside my heart. An unexplainable pinch. I cut our conversation and bring my confusion in my bed. I was about to close my teary eyes when my phone rang.
Xavier calling…
I lazily answered the phone and for once, trying to listen to his lies again. I told him everything, I asked him anything regarding to such chaos that had happened between me and Lima. His whispering words comfort me. It's like he's saying "Baby, it will be alright!". So I ended with a sigh and accepted the fact that he got me.
He explained everything about the picture, he told me that it was taken long ago and that happened to be his birthday that he allows everyone to kiss him. He tried very hard to ease the hurt I've been feeling. And I believed him. Then back again to what we used to do. We talked cam to cam and together we planned our future. Like just nothing had happened.
A day after my fight with Lima, he told me that he talked to her. Scolded her in a right way of conversing. Lima was his previous girlfriend. She was obsessed with Xavier. Funny how we may able to see the importance of a particular thing when their gone. Xavier's gone to her and he's mine.
I prayed for my prince. I hope I'll end in Xavier's arms. I'm hoping that one day everything will be fine. I am a graduating student in a cheap college school that provides quality education here in my city. I am striving hard to finish my studies and live with him in Ireland. So I put all my time and effort to my studies.
What had happened, my previous fight with Lima, I took it as a lesson that I should try to manage my time on everything. I tried my very best!
A word or even just a photo of him made my whole day everyday. We encourage ourselves to live life as it seems.
Honestly, giving up or cool-off intrudes both our minds but we sealed our relationship by our ring. It's a silver infinity ring with letters embarked on it "N&X" (Nirvana and Xavier). He send me such thing and we both wearing it. It means forever. We have reason to stay with this. And there's no guarantee that this love is that easy.
Sometimes, I envy those couples anywhere. Holding hands at the park, at the malls and watching movies together. This relationship I had with him isn't normal and it's hard to deal with the fact that where miles away from each other. We face many obstacles too, we get jealous often times but we discussed that it wouldn't bring greatness in our relationship.
Love follows many rules and I know Xavier and me are both trying not to break it. If I cried my pillow catches those tiny tears and Xavier is wiping it by his voice. It was like he's always by my side. I get so sensitive with him too. I love him. You'll get emotional when you loved a person unconditionally, most specially when he's not near you.
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At last! I graduated with a bachelor's degree. I send Xavier messages and photos, few days had passed but he never replied and this day's turned to weeks, then for a month. I was hanged. I got lagged. I was so empty. I keep crying all night.
Kris took me and toured me in a newly opened mall, and she knew It that I wasn't in the mood. After watching movie we find a seat in a coffee shop, seeing the horizon ahead throughout the huge glass window. Kris took my chin and caught my eyes then I fall down. My tears told her everything. Everything that I'm going through. We never even had a proper way to say goodbye. And this was hard because many thought entered. What if he got married there? He got back with Lima? and worst forget me as easy as that because we've never seen each other.
After an hour, Kris and I go home. The jeepney where we ride in stopped on Kris's canto street so I waved him goodbye. Before we reach the terminal where I should stop by, I asked the driver to stop and I get off the jeepney and started walking in the street. Walking and look at the night sky. Searching for that star once I tried to get. Breathing deep as I am trying to halt my tears from falling again. I paused from walking and covered my mouth again and slapped my cheeks to wake myself that we ended up. That I must leave in reality.
"Hey!" someone said that at my back but I refused to turn to look at it. Until, I feel that the voice is trying to reach me.
"Nirvana!" I stopped and turn my back then I saw my prince. My handsome prince. It was Xavier.
"You think, I've forgotten you? You think I've abandoned you? You think I left you as easy as that? Honey you have no idea how painful it is to spend the rest of the day without her, Nirvana." I didn't say a word as he was trying to hide my hair behind my ears, my hair covers my face.
"See you still wore the ring…Honey, you're speechless again and though you love saying nothing but YES it already means a lot to me! Honey, I want you to know that I didn't leave you! I processed everything I could...so if you go there, everything was organized. I bought a share from the Ice Cream Company there. I bought a house where we could possibly raise our family. Honey, I know you'll say yes but I wanted to hear it one more time…" I looked straight to his eyes as he kneels down and pulled out a diamond ring.
"Honey, Nirvana Gypsy, will you marry me? Please say yes? The Philippines is watching…" I cried because of disbelief he took my cold hands and kissed it. I closed my arms around his neck as he stood and keep crying as I loudly yelled…"YES!"
We where both very happy. We both beat the distance and the obstacles; I hope we could still defeat the next challenge. From now on, I'll never get homesick…because I'm home.
I love him. I love him upto infinity.
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DOHA, Qatar — Anticipating an onslaught of criticism from poor nations, the United States claimed "enormous" strides in reducing greenhouse emissions at the opening of U.N. climate talks Monday, despite failing to join other industrialized nations in committing to binding cuts.
The pre-emptive U.S. approach underscores one of the major showdowns expected at the two-week conference as China pushes developed countries to take an even greater role in tackling global warming.
Speaking for a coalition of developed nations known as the G77, China's delegate, Su Wei, said rich nations should become party to an extended Kyoto Protocol — an emissions deal for some industrialized countries that the Americans long ago rejected — or at least make "comparable mitigation commitments."
The United States rejected Kyoto because it didn't impose any binding commitments on major developing countries such as India and China, which is now the world's No. 1 carbon emitter.
American delegate Jonathan Pershing offered no new sweeteners to the poor countries, only reiterating what the United States has done to tackle global warming: investing heavily in clean energy, doubling fuel efficiency standards and reducing emissions from coal-fired power plants. Pershing also said the United States would not increase its earlier commitment of cutting emissions by 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. It is halfway to that target.
"I would suggest those who don't follow what the U.S. is doing may not be informed of the scale and extent of the effort, but it's enormous," Pershing said.
"It doesn't mean enough is being done. It's clear the global community, and that includes us, has to do more if we are going to succeed at avoiding the damages projected in a warming world," Pershing added. "It is not to say we haven't acted. We have and we have acted with enormous urgency and singular purpose."
Rich vs. poor
The battles between rich and poor nations have often undermined talks in the past decade and stymied efforts to reach a deal to keep global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees centigrade (3.6 Fahrenheit), compared to preindustrial times.
Efforts taken in the absence of a deal to rein in emissions, reduce deforestation and promote clean technology are not getting the job done. A recent projection by the World Bank showed temperatures are expected to increase by up to 4 degrees C (7.2 F) by 2100.
Countries are hoping to build on the momentum of last year's talks in Durban, South Africa, where nearly 200 nations agreed to restart stalled negotiations with a deadline of 2015 to adopt a new treaty and extend Kyoto between five and eight years. The problem is that only the European Union and a handful of other nations — which together account for less than 15 percent of global emissions — are willing to commit to that.
'We owe it to our people'
Delegates in the Qatari capital of Doha are also hoping to raise billions of dollars to help developing countries adapt to a shifting climate.
"We owe it to our people, the global citizenry. We owe it to our children to give them a safer future than what they are currently facing," said South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, who led last year's talks in Durban.
Environmentalists fear holding the talks in Qatar — the world's biggest per-capita emitter — could slow progress. They argue that the Persian Gulf emirate has shown little interest in climate talks and has failed to rein in its lavish lifestyles and big-spending ways.
There was hope among activists that Qatar might use Monday's opening speech to set the tone of the conference. But Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, the president of the conference and a former Qatari oil minister, didn't offer any voluntary emission targets or climate funding for poor nations.
"Some countries, especially the one where we are sitting, have the potential to decrease their carbon emissions. They have the highest per-capita emissions, so they can do a lot," said Wael Hmaidan, a Lebanese activist and director of the Climate Action Network.
"If nations that are poorer than Qatar, like India and Mexico, can make pledges to reduce their carbon emissions, then countries in the region, especially Qatar, should easily be able to do it. ... They still haven't proven they are serious about climate change."
Al-Attiyah defended Qatar's environmental record at a later news conference, insisting it was working to reduce emissions from gas flaring and its oil fields. Qatar is already doing plenty to help poor countries with financing, he said, adding that it was unfair to focus on per capita emissions.
"We should not concentrate on per capita. We should concentrate on the amount and quantity that each country produces individually," al-Attiyah said. "The quantity is the biggest challenge, not per capita."
Jump in greenhouse gases
The concentration of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide has jumped 20 percent since 2000, according to a U.N. report released last week. The report also showed that there is a growing gap between what governments are doing to curb emissions and what needs to be done to protect the world from potentially dangerous levels of warming.
At the same time, many scientists say extreme weather events, such as Hurricane Sandy's onslaught on the U.S. East Coast, will become more frequent as the Earth warms, although it is impossible to attribute any individual event to climate change. The rash of violent weather in the U.S. — including widespread droughts and a record number of wildfires this summer — has again put climate change on the radar.
"While none of these individual events are necessarily because of climate change, they are certainly consistent with what we anticipate will happen in a warming world," Pershing said. "The combination of these events is certainly changing minds of Americans and making clear to people at home the consequences of increased growth in emissions."

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State champs in three sports among Norwin hall inductees
The Norwin Athletic Hall of Fame will host its fourth annual induction ceremony on Thursday at Stratigos Banquet Centre in North Huntingdon.
A total of 14 teams, players, coaches and contributors will enter the Hall of Fame this year. Last week, the Norwin Star profiled six of those inductees, and this week, the Star shares the achievements of the remaining eight before their enshrinement.
1973 Norwin boys cross country team
Norwin's cross country team finished as the WPIAL runner-up in 1973, but that second-place finish propelled it to something much bigger.
That year's cross country team remains the only Norwin boys team to win a PIAA state title, as the Knights put five runners among the state's top 35.
Mike Yarosik was the state bronze medalist that year, and behind him for Norwin were Jeff Findle (13th), Earl Kiser (20th), Denny Bierbower (30th) and Dan Thornburg (35th).
Mike McLaughlin (59th) rounded out Norwin's top six at states, while Rick Boehm, Keith Ference, John George, Russ Mikach, Keithley Mulvihill, William Sears and manager Ernie Gribshaw filled out the roster of the state-champion Knights.
Coach Ed Matko
Matko is a double honoree this year, as he enters the hall both as the coach of the 1973 cross country team and as an individual for his 13-year coaching career.
After leading the boys cross country team to a state title three years prior, Matko got the WPIAL title that eluded him with the 1976 team. From 1970 to 1980, Matko's teams won 11 consecutive Westmoreland County Championships.
Matko's teams were 104-17 during his tenure, and seven times during those 13 years, Norwin placed among the top 10 teams in the state.
Coach Dave Rider
Norwin's boys and girls swimming teams have never reached greater heights than they did under Rider from 1978 to 1986.
In 1982, the Norwin girls — led by the record-setting 200-yard medley relay of Tammi Ditter, Holly Peters, Susie Susin and Darci Bodner — won the PIAA title after a third-place WPIAL finish. Two years later, the Norwin boys took a runner-up finish at the PIAA championships.
During Rider's tenure at Norwin, the boys and girls teams were a combined 159-63-3 and produced 61 all-state and 16 All-American swimmers. After leaving the Knights, Rider went on to become a three-time Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Coach of the Year leading Bloomsburg University.
Bill Bailey
As a junior in 1981, Bailey paired with senior Dan Stewart to claim Norwin's only state tennis title of any kind in the PIAA doubles tournament.
After finishing as the WPIAL runners-up, Bailey and Stewart powered through the state tournament with a semifinal win over Upper St. Clair, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, and a final win over Harriton, 6-4, 6-4.
Bailey was the No. 1 singles player on Norwin's team that year, as he was in his sophomore and senior years, as well. He also was a gifted student and a basketball player at Norwin before graduating and continuing his career at Westminster College, where he went undefeated and won the NAIA District 18 singles title all four years while graduating summa cum laude in biology.
Dan Stewart
The other half of Norwin's state title double team, Stewart was a four-year singles player for the tennis team in addition to his other athletic achievements.
Stewart was a three-year starter at quarterback for the Knights football team and a four-year letter winner for the basketball team. Football ended up being his sport of choice after high school, as he attended Union College (N.Y.).
At Union, he was a four-year starter and quarterback and led his team to the Division III national championship game. A member of his college's hall of fame, Stewart twice was a second-team All-American and threw for a touchdown pass in 28 consecutive games for Union.
Allan Bilinsky
A three-sport star for Norwin, his biggest achievements came in the sport he picked up last, track and field.
Bilinsky was the WPIAL 110-meter hurdle champion as a senior in 1994, only one year after first joining the track team. He also was the 300-meter hurdle runner-up, and he still holds school records in both events.
Bilinsky also spent two and a half seasons as the starting quarterback for the football team and was a second-team all-conference pick as a senior. On the basketball court, he was a two-year starter at guard, a first-team all-section pick and the 3-point champion at the Westmoreland County/Fayette County All-Star Game.
He currently teaches in the Penn Hills School District and is an assistant on Norwin's football staff.
Al Leukhardt
One of the most decorated baseball players in Norwin's long history, Leukhardt led the Knights to the 1977 WPIAL semifinals and 1978 WPIAL final as a star pitcher and hitter.
By the time Leukhardt graduated, he held school records for wins (17) and strikeouts (228), and he was second in school history with 43 RBI. He threw two no-hitters during his senior season and batted over .400 for his final two years.
Also an all-conference lineman for the football team, Leukhardt was an 18th-round pick of the Cleveland Indians, but he declined their selection to accept a baseball scholarship to Stanford.
Jay Murray
Murray is being inducted 25 years after setting Norwin's single-season touchdown record with 19 as a senior running back.
The three-year starter helped lead the Knights to their first WPIAL Quad-A playoff game in school history, and he finished with a school-record 2,253 yards rushing.
Also a wrestling and track letterman for the Knights, Murray was selected to the Big 33 All-Star Football Game in 1987 and received a full scholarship to Pitt after his gradution from Norwin.
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S.W.A.T.: Season 1, Episode 7
Death Score (7 Apr. 1975)
Posing as terrorists seeking freedom for their comrades, a group of thugs take an entire pro basketball team hostage during a game. They aren't terrorists, they just hope to extort $2 ... See full summary »
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ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - Two puppies are dead after someone threw them out of a moving SUV on the interstate.
Animal advocates say there are so many options to get rid of unwanted animals, and puppies are always in demand, but for whatever reason somebody chose to kill them in a way that also could have hurt or killed people.
Whoever it was threw them from a moving vehicle while traveling on Interstate 255 North near Route 15 in Alorton.
It was at around 2:00 a.m. Monday, but there were other cars on the roadway because the puppies, one white, one brown, died when they were hit by at least one other vehicle.
Illinois State Police say nobody was hurt.
Investigators don't know who's responsible. All witnesses passed along was the puppies were thrown from a white Ford Expedition.
Kathy Turner, the executive director of the Metro East Humane Society, said somebody needs to step forward.
"What instantly goes through my mind is somebody out there knows who did this," said Turner. "Either they saw them throw them out of the car or a family member woke up this morning and someone they knew didn't have two puppies."
Authorities don't know what breed the dogs were. Turner says this crime is aggravated animal cruelty, a felony.
On Tuesday, an anonymous donor contacted the Metro East Humane Society and offered a $1,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest and charges.


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Stamped Creations
Here are some of my stamped creations. In 2005 I was a member of the Splitcoaststampers Dirty Dozen Design Team and the first here gallery has the designs I posted in the Design Team gallery.
Here are some cards I've created over the years:
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Nellie the Dolphin turns 60 years old
JU mascot oldest dolphin in human care
Published On: Feb 27 2013 03:06:00 PM EST Updated On: Feb 27 2013 03:11:12 PM EST
A very special marine mammal celebrated a birthday Wednesday.
Marineland's Nellie the Dolphin has just turned 60 years old.
That's equivalent to about 120 years in human years and makes her the world's oldest dolphin in human care.
Nellie was born at Marineland, which is located south of St. Augustine, and was featured in several TV shows in her younger years.
In 1970, she became the mascot of Jacksonville University and received honorary undergraduate and graduate degrees.
JU plans to give Nellie an honorary doctorate as part of Marineland's 75th anniversary celebration in June.
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With every tragic shooting comes the same series of media narratives. Some in the right-wing media will proclaim that now is not the time for a discussion about the larger issue of gun violence, and the steps that can be taken to prevent it. Other conservatives will claim that the tragedy could have been averted if the victims were armed. And inevitably, someone in the traditional media will push the myth that no action can be taken because of the supposed power of the National Rifle Association.
National Journal Editor-in-Chief Reid Wilson is the latest to go down the latter path. In a December 13 column, he writes in response to the "missing conversation" that followed NFL linebacker Jovan Belcher's murder of his girlfriend and suicide and the subsequent response from sports journalists:
The president is unlikely to devote political capital to any sort of serious push for new gun-control legislation. Though the National Rifle Association's power has waned from its peak, Republicans remain firmly on the NRA's side while Democrats remain deeply scarred by the gun-rights group's success in ousting pro-gun-control legislators.
While Wilson acknowledges that the NRA's power has diminished, he does not question the central premise of the myth of the NRA's electoral dominance. While reporters have cited this phenomenon for years, there is little evidence to support the notion that the group has an outsized role in winning elections.
In a Bloomberg op-ed today, former Rep. Bob Inglis (R-SC) criticizes his fellow conservatives for not dealing in facts when it comes to climate science. The National Journal also has an interesting article out on how a "number of influential Republicans who have left the battlefield of electoral politics are now taking action in an effort to change the GOP's stance" on climate change. After noting that Inglis is making a conservative case for taking action to combat climate change, the article stated:
A leading GOP strategist who advises congressional leadership on energy issues was dismissive of the former officeholders' efforts.
"If you're Bob Inglis and really believe that, the way that we work these things out is that you run for office," said Republican strategist Mike McKenna. "These retired guys, they say they think this, that, and the other. But if you really want to change it, you have to be on the inside. If you care about this stuff, you run for office. They have been unable to convince anybody that they're right. The working party thinks one thing; these retirees think another. If you want to make a difference, get off the porch and work with the rest of us."
But who is Mike McKenna and whose interests does he represent?
McKenna is the President of and a lobbyist at MWR Strategies, whose clients are fossil fuel companies, including Koch Industries.
Other news outlets have correctly identified McKenna as an energy lobbyist and asked him to disclose his clients.
The bad news for Sarah Palin this week? A new CNN poll shows that among Republican and Republican-leaning voters, only 12 percent want her to be the party's presidential nominee in 2012, which puts the former political superstar in a statistical tie with TV host Donald Trump.
The good news for Sarah Palin this week? Some within the Beltway press continue to hype her presidential chances. Outlets like the National Journal, which this week tagged her as a "rising" player in the Republican presidential field.
Here's the analysis [emphasis added]:
SARAH PALIN (previous rank: 8)
The basic formula for compiling these rankings is to take a candidate's likelihood of winning and divide by the likelihood that he or she will run in the first place. We're very skeptical that Palin will run, but her chances of securing the GOP nomination if she does are high. How can that be, given her falling approval ratings among Republicans? Consider Rep. Ben Quayle, who faced allegations during his primary campaign in Arizona that he posted messages on a raunchy local website. Quayle became the focus of the race, big-footing other candidates and splintering the opposition. Palin has the unique ability to do the same.
So, Palin's chances of winning the nomination remain "high," even though polling among Republican voters suggests it's not. And Palin can overcome her "falling approval ratings among Republicans" because Dan Quayle's son was elected to Congress in Arizona.
Or something.
Isn't it time for Beltway media elites to start telling the truth about Palin's chances?


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Kids can meet sea monkeys and maybe a bat on Antelope Island
Sea monkeys and bats and kids, oh my!
You can find all three at Antelope Island State Park on Saturday as park staffers teach the young 'uns and their parents a bit about the first two.
Not much of anything can live in water as salty as the Great Salt Lake, so those that do have some pretty cool adaptations. Children ages 6-12 are invited to come and learn all about brine shrimp also known as sea monkeys on Saturday at 11 a.m.
Meet at Bridger Bay Beach.
If you're more interested in winged mammals, you can learn how the much-feared, oft-reviled bat is really one of the most important do-gooders in the natural world. Discover some of the wonders of bats beginning at 6 p.m. in the Visitor Center.
There's no fee for to learn about the sea monkeys or the bats, but regular park admission prices apply.
For more information call 801-721-9569.
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Sea Monkeys of the Great Salt Lake
When • Saturday, June 30, 11 a.m.
Bats! Nature's Do-gooders
When • Saturday, June 30, 6 p.m.
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Johannesburg - The ANC in the North West and Western Cape on Thursday said they were elated by the party's victory in six of the 10 wards contested in Wednesday's municipal by-elections.
"The people of Taung have spoken through their ballot that the ANC is a revolutionary movement that represented their aspirations in the past, that represents their aspirations now, and represents their aspirations in future," said North West spokesman Ishmael Mnisi in a statement.
"We want to thank all our people who reaffirmed their confidence in the ANC by ensuring that in their numbers they vote (for) the ANC."
The ANC took Greater Taung in North West, Ward 48 in the eThekwini metro in KwaZulu-Natal, Ward 35 in Cape Town, Ward 9 in Saldanha Bay, Kgatelopele in the Northern Cape, and Lephalale in Limpopo. The remaining four wards were won by the Democratic Alliance.
The Western Cape ANC said it was on a winning streak.
"The ANC's winning trend continues to confirm that support for the ANC in the (Western Cape) is on the rise," it said in a statement.
"The party is able to consolidate its base areas in the Cape metro while winning back lost ground and in particular in rural areas." - Sapa
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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: After Taylor disclosed information about Brooke and Bill's re-launch of the Brooke Bedroom line, Katie became furious when she found her husband celebrating with Brooke, intoxicated and in a compromising position. Dayzee revealed that she is a Forrester and warned Maya to keep clear of Rick. Meanwhile, a distracted Rick was confronted by Caroline about his apparent lack of interest in her. »Read Full Article


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EAST GREENWICH ŌĆö With statutory and regulatory criteria for receiving state benefits being tightened up, state Sen. Dawson T. Hodgson (R-Dist. 35, North Kingstown, East Greenwich) is targeting the fraud side of the equation in a bill he recently submitted to the General Assembly.
EAST GREENWICH - Thomas Mears had just put his one-year-old daughter back to bed at about 3:50 a.m. Sunday morning, and was about to fall back asleep himself when he heard the horrible noise not far from his home at Shippeetown Road.
ŌĆ£If you put your head against a board and somebody hit a baseball bat across it, that's what it sounded like,ŌĆØ said Mears, East Greenwich Fire District captain. ŌĆ£I just started getting dressed and ran out. I knew it was going to be bad.ŌĆØ
EAST GREENWICH ŌĆö The cost of building a new East Greenwich Fire District Station 1 may still be too rich for some residents, but the price of land for its new home seemed right for most of them.
EAST GREENWICH ŌĆö Think knocking down a brush fire or dousing a burning structure in East Greenwich is a challenge?
Try maneuvering the firefighting apparatus out of Station 1 downtown on Main Street, where East Greenwich Fire District personnel have to contend with not only pedestrians and sometimes speeding traffic, but the structure of the 98-year-old building as well.
EAST GREENWICH ŌĆö While the current state of the economy may be a drain on local food banks, local volunteers and a supermarket chain are attempting to keep a local bank replenished.
The East Greenwich Interfaith Food Bank, based at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, received a $4,280 donation from Stop & Shop's Frenchtown Road branch, which has been active in several local food bank initiatives.
On the night of Feb. 20, 2003, East GreenwichŌĆÖs Tracy King was working as a bouncer at the Station Nightclub for the Great White concert, escorting around WPRI-TV cameraman Brian Butler for him to get video of the show.
In the nine years since the tragic fire that claimed Tracy, 38, and 99 others at the Station, Evelyn King ŌĆō TracyŌĆÖs wife ŌĆō and her children have been taking things one step at a time and one day at a time to try and progress through life without him, with some days being naturally better than others.
EAST GREENWICH ŌĆö Seldom does a French lesson get students out of their seats and dancing.
But that's what happened last week in the East Greenwich High School Auditorium, with some help from Grand Derangement, a band from the Canadian maritime province of Nova Scotia, whose diverse music ties in with the history element of French language classes.
About 850 French language students from around the state, in two shifts, were bused to the school for the concert, an annual event sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French Rhode Island.
EAST GREENWICH ŌĆö The Town Council took a step closer Monday night toward finalizing a memorandum of understanding with the East Greenwich School District regarding the upkeep and cost of maintaining athletic fields used by the schools.
Town Manager William Sequino Jr. and School Superintendent Victor Mercurio have spent nearly a year working on an agreement to formalize arrangements between the two entities, in which the town Parks and Recreation Department has maintained fields and the schools have paid for supplies used in their upkeep.
EAST GREENWICH ŌĆö Ana Opishinski is taking the battle against bullying out of school and putting it online.
ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs a community issue. You canŌĆÖt just rely on school,ŌĆØ the East Greenwich High School senior says of the problem that prompted her to create her new website, Bully Tracker, as her Girl Scouting Gold Award project.
The site, which she put online last week at www.ribullytracker.org, is designed to help compile statistics on bullying activity throughout the state and help public safety officials target areas and demographics where extra attention is needed.
The East Greenwich School District continues to shine on standardized testing, as evidenced by last fallŌĆÖs New England Common Assessment Program results for students in grades 3 through 8 and 11.
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Local 4 has learned that Detroit radio personalities Drew and Mike of 101- WRIF will be replaced by former 89X duo Dave and Chuck the Freak.
Sources said Dave and Chuck the Freak have been under a non-compete agreement since their exit from 89X in November.
"We decided at this time it was best to make a change," said Market Manager Steve Chessare.
The station wouldn't say why the due was being replaced.
"They want a young audience and Dave and Chuck the Freak have certainly proven that they are able to provide that," said Dick Kernan from Specs Howard School of Media Arts.
In a statement, Greater Media Detroit said Drew Lane and Mike Clark's last broadcast will be May 17. They'll take calls from viewers and past on-air contributors
The morning show, which includes longtime newsperson Trudi Daniels, is ending after entertaining listeners for the past 22 years.
"We would like to thank Drew, Mike, Trudi and the entire team for their many contributions to the station over the years in the Motor City," said Greater Media Detroit Market Manager Steve Chessare. "They are true professionals and we are very grateful to them."


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I took up photography back in 2002, which came about through cycle racing all over Wales and th UK.Even when i was racing i often thought it would be nice to capture some of the stunning scenery i was speeding through,so when i decided to take a break from the sport i bought myself a battered old 35mm and taught myself through trial and error and a lot of photography magazines.In 2004 i made the switch to digital and haven't looked back.
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AFRICA/KENYA - "Progress made in last 15 months but much remains to be done" say Catholic Bishops of Kenya
Nairobi (Fides Service)- " We thank God that we have a democratically elected government in Kenya". With this statement the Catholic Bishops of Kenya introduce a press statement issued in April in which they reflect on the situation in the country 15 months since the installation of President Mwai Kibaki, highlighting progress made and remaining urgent problems to solve.
"Together with others, we have journeyed with Kenyans to bring about the many positive changes that we see today - the Bishops affirm - We in the Catholic Church strongly feel that to sustain gains made in democracy and democratic values, it is imperative that Kenyans are constantly vigilant. Towards these efforts, we believe that civic education must continue so as to nurture these gains and move forward. ".
A major problem in Kenya today is corruption. " The government's ongoing efforts to cleanup the judiciary is commendable. We recognise numerous legislative measures, such as the Economic Crimes Bill, that have been passed to help fight graft in the public service. However, recent reports on corruption still indicate that bribery is still alive in public institutions, which 'sell' what is supposed to be free services to Kenyans - the Bishops say, adding - We urge the government to act on such reports in its fight to rid of corruption all public institutions. "
In the field of education the Bishops recall the contribution offered by the Church to Kenya's school system. Free Primary Education is a major provision made by the new government: "The history of the Church's involvement in education dates back to 1900s. The best-performing schools in National Examinations and in producing leading professionals are church-owned or church-sponsored schools; this must be appreciated. We note that free education has brought to school 1.5 million more children, raising the primary school population to 7.2 million. Despite suffering logistical problems at initial stages, free primary education is set to become a lasting legacy, given that an estimated 3 million school age children were out of school, due to lack of fees. The initiative has received overwhelming support from all development partners."
"At this time of the Easter Season, we celebrate the resurrection of Christ. This gives us hope that although we are different people, we should stand united as Kenyans. Like it is often said, our unity lies in our diversity.
" the Bishops conclude. (L.M.) (Agenzia Fides 4/05/2004, righe 39 parole 431)
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Kim Jaejoong wallpapers and photos. Stunning pics high resolution HD quality. Set pictures as wallpaper and share with your friends via SMS!This is an unofficial free fan / parody app. Any content not owned by this developer belongs to their respective owners. We believe the images fall under fair use doctrine as they are reduced size and excerpted for informational purposes. If you would like to request removal of an image of our collection for copyright reasons, feel free to contact us and we will be happy to oblige.Please rate this app 5 stars! This free fan app is ad supported and may contain ads in the notification tray and/or home screen. fondos de Pantalla, imagines de Pantalla y wallpaperKim Jaejoong (Hangul: 김재중; Hanja: 金在中; born on January 26, 1986 as Han Jaejun), also known by his stage name Hero Jaejoong, is a Korean singer-songwriter, actor, and director.Best known as a member of the Korean pop group JYJ and one of the original members of TVXQ, he has branched out to act in dramas including Sunao ni Narenakute, Protect the Boss, and most recently Dr. Jin, and in films such as Heaven's Postman and Jackal is Coming. He was also the Executive Director for JYJ's 2011 Worldwide Tour and the 2011 LG Whisen Rhythmic All Stars.Solo singing projectsApart from TVXQ and JYJ, Jaejoong has worked on solo activities as a singer. He sang, "Insa" (인사 lit. Greeting), for the soundtrack of A Millionaire's First Love. Jaejoong collaborated with label-mates The Grace for the Japanese version of their song "Just for One Day", which was featured on their fifth Japanese single and their debut album, Graceful 4.Jaejoong also sang the solo track "Maze" for the fifth and final single of the Trick Project, "Keyword/Maze". Jaejoong wrote and composed "Wasurenaide" (忘れないで lit. Don't Forget?) which was included on Tohoshinki's twenty-fifth single "Bolero/Kiss the Baby Sky/Wasurenaide." The song was also on their fourth Japanese album The Secret Code, along with the songs "9095" and "9096" which were also composed by Jaejoong. The song, "忘れないで" was used in television advertisement for cosmetics in Japan.On September 30, 2009, Jaejoong and Yoochun released a self-composed single "Colors (Melody and Harmony)/Shelter." The A-side track, Colors (Melody and Harmony), was used as the image song for Hello Kitty's thirty-fifth year anniversary. Jaejoong and Yoochun also participated in "m-flo TRIBUTE -maison de m-flo" singing "Been So Long."Jaejoong sang "Love" for the soundtrack of the movie Heaven's Postman in which he starred as the male lead. He also sang "Found You" and "For you It's Separation, For me It's Waiting" for the soundtrack of the television drama Sungkyunkwan Scandal, "I'll Protect You" for the soundtrack of the television drama Protect the Boss, and "Living Like A Dream" for the soundtrack of the television Drama Dr. Jin.On January 17, 2013, Jaejoong released his first solo mini-album titled I/MINE. The rock-themed album debuted at the top of both the Hanteo and Gaon weekly charts in Korea and broke previous pre-order records in Japan. It also topped the iTunes overall chart in Japan, as well as the iTunes rock charts in nine countries. On 26 and 27 January, Jaejoong held two days of special concerts at the KINTEX Ilsan to celebrate the launch of the album, as well as his birthday. The 16,000 tickets to the concert were sold in record time.


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This information has not been updated since 2010 and is provided for general reference purposes. For more detailed information and for the latest data, please see the Australia¿s Identified Mineral Resources nickel chapter .
Australia has some of the world¿s largest nickel sulphide and lateritic deposits of their type, mainly in Western Australia. Australia has the world¿s most significant share of economic resources of nickel with around 24 million tonnes representing 35 per cent of the world economic resources followed by New Caledonia with 10.3 per cent, Russia with 9.6 per cent, and Cuba with 8 per cent. Australia is also one of the major nickel producers.
Nickel Properties and Uses
Nickel is a lustrous, silvery-white metal which has relatively low electrical and thermal conductivities, has strength and toughness at elevated temperatures, is easily shaped into thin wires and flat sheets and is capable of being magnetised. It is very durable as a pure metal and readily alloys with many other metals to enhance their strength and resistance to corrosion as well as their electrical, magnetic and heat resistant properties.
About 65 per cent of world nickel output is consumed in the manufacture of stainless and heat-resisting steels which are used in the chemical, construction, transport, military, marine and aerospace industries. Nickel is also used in domestic items such as sinks, cooking utensils and white-goods, as well as in nickel-cadmium rechargeable batteries, electroplating, jewellery and medical applications such as artificial hips, knees and kidney dialysis.
Properties and uses of nickel are summarised in the Australian Mines Atlas Nickel Rock File .
Nickel Production and Exports
All of Australia¿s annual nickel production of around 165 000 tonnes is from Western Australia and attracts export earnings of around $3.2 billion.
Information on Australia¿s mineral production and exports is given in Australia¿s Mineral Statistics and Australian Commodities, both produced quarterly by Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) .
Nickel Resources
Western Australia is the largest holder of nickel resources with about 90 per cent of total Australian economic resources, followed by New South Wales with 5 per cent, Queensland with 4 per cent and Tasmania with less than 1 per cent. The economic demonstrated resources in Western Australia comprises both sulphide and lateritic deposits, while the economic resources in New South Wales and Queensland are associated with laterite deposits.
Russia is the largest nickel miner producing around 270 000 tonnes, followed by Indonesia with 190 000 tonnes, Canada with 180 000 tonnes and Australia with 170 000 tonnes.
Australia¿s nickel resources and reserves are summarised annually in Australia¿s Identified Mineral Resources.
Geoscience Australia produces maps of Australia¿s operating mines, mineral deposits, endowment, and processing centres via the Australian Mines Atlas .
Nickel Exploration and Discovery
Minor quantities of nickel were produced from near Zeehan of western Tasmania from 1894, but it was not until 1966, when a new type of nickel sulphide deposit was discovered at Kambalda in Western Australia that Australia had a major impact on the global nickel market.
Nickel exploration in Australia has focussed on Precambrian mafic-ultramafic igneous rocks in the older crustal components of Western Australia, South Australia, and the Northern Territory. The largest deposits are hosted by Archean komatiitic rocks in Western Australia¿s Yilgarn Craton although smaller deposits occur in Archean layered mafic-ultramafic intrusions in the Pilbara Craton and in similar Proterozoic intrusions in the Halls Creek and Musgrave orogenic zones. Nickel is also being produced from nickel laterite deposits in the Yilgarn Craton. Unusual hydrothermal nickel sulphide deposits in the younger Phanerozoic terranes of Eastern Australia have produced minor amounts of nickel while lateritic nickel was mined at Greenvale in Queensland between 1974 and 1992.
Highlights of mineral exploration, including nickel, are reviewed annually in Australian Mineral Exploration Review and Australia¿s Identified Mineral Resources.
Further information on nickel and platinum-group elements is contained in the Geoscience Australia publication New Products from Geoscience Australia to assist nickel and platinum explorers 2008.
Geoscience Australia Programs
Geoscience Australia¿s series of `Magmatic Events¿ web-based map sheets summarise the continental extent and age relationships of Proterozoic and Archean mafic and ultramafic rocks and associated mineral deposits throughout Australia. These maps provide a national framework for investigating under-explored and potentially mineralised environments.
Other previous Geoscience Australia programs (some archived) have investigated the nickel and platinum-group element potential of Precambrian mafic-ultramafic rocks in the Pilbara Craton (Hoatson et al., 1992; Hoatson & Sun, 2002), Halls Creek Orogen (Hoatson & Blake, 2000), Arunta Region (Hoatson et al., 2005), and Gawler Craton (Hoatson et al., 2005). Hoatson et al. (2006) summarise the geological setting and resources of nickel sulphide deposits in Australia.


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Periodic Table of Wall Street Criminal Elements
by Barry Ritholtz - August 27th, 2010, 2:30pm
This is perfect for a Friday afternoon: An amusing romp thru Wall Street:
Via William Banzai7
Please use the comments to demonstrate your own ignorance, unfamiliarity with empirical data and lack of respect for scientific knowledge. Be sure to create straw men and argue against things I have neither said nor implied. If you could repeat previously discredited memes or steer the conversation into irrelevant, off topic discussions, it would be appreciated. Lastly, kindly forgo all civility in your discourse . . . you are, after all, anonymous.
30 Responses to "Periodic Table of Wall Street Criminal Elements"
dan10400 says:
OK, cute. It would be nice if there was a version which had jail bars in front of those 'celebrity squares' though.
JustinTheSkeptic says:
They all turn crap into gold for themselves though! Aint that America!!!
NoKidding says:
I don't see Bushium or Paulsonite in the cleptocrat family.
Have you turned into a EIB network ditto head?
dead hobo says:
Thank you for this gold. This guy's website is absolute treasure. It's been bookmarked and that bookmark will be used a lot.
Roubini and Taleb?
mailman says:
Barry – First post here. Awesome blog and great follow-up by the readers. Learned much and I thank you for that.
Just a comment about ECRI and their team. I believe ZH also covered this today. They seem to be issuing numbers around 10, or just below it, only to be revised later. Wondering if Lakshman and gang are upto something here – perhaps spindoctorium !?
AHodge says:
they could do better for treas secy G
i suggest fellatium or fallacium. both pronounced the same
dead hobo says:
call me ahab Says:
August 27th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
Roubini and Taleb?
They don't apply. Roubini hates everything and Taleb is too cool to admit anything that might bite his ass later.
dead hobo says:
correction: see doomium
they are on the criminal element list- so I was wondering WTF? Considering they were pretty vocal about coming calamity- especially Roubini-
It would be like seeing a ritholtzium on the list
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Taleb is listed as blackswanium and Roubini as doomium
zdog says:
Is the right most column the Noble Gasbags?
b_thunder says:
Glad to see Maria Fart Aroma in the table. Not a thief, but an accomplice.
*** But ***
Where the F^&*K are the largest perpetrators of the crash: Bush, Paulson, Kash-n-Carry, and some of the biggest beneficiaries like Bill "nationalize all housing financing" Gross?
W/out Bush and Paulson this "table" looks like a political ad.
MorticiaA says:
Greenspan doesn't even get an "-ium."
If you look at the color coding, you'll note that Taleb, Roubini and Soros all fall into the "anti matter" category. I suspect that means they are the "anti matter" to the criminal elements, i.e. non-criminal themselves.
Agree that Bush and Paulson are at least as deserving of inclusion as Obama, though I'd also add Gramm and Clinton. It's not like this started last year.
good catch- missed that on the anti-matter-
Gramm is revolvingdooron- I think
zitidiamond says:
Banzai makes a terrible error in not including the Founding Father of Voodoo economics, the man who taught Dick Cheney that deficits don't matter and who refused to reappoint Paul Volcker to a second term for not deregulating the financial industry– Mr. Ronnie Reagan.
Sorry, I missed Gramm. He should have had a more obvious name, like Grammanium or some such…
TerryC says:
There needs to be a separate series of manmade elements along the bottom. Here, by nuclear synthesis, you could add several heads to Greenspan and call the new element Maestronium.
ToNYC says:
The analysis of a half-baked presentation is a bridge too far. Roll another one; the pictures work but the Chemistry blows. Give Mendeleev some props. As a work-in-progress, nice try.
peachin says:
I don't get it?
There are about 5,000 + or – people who have been on Wall Street during this statute of limitations time period who belong behind bars. No cartoons, no Weekend Getaway Jokes by Wall Street 60 yr old + moneyed conservative people – let's get some real pictures up with "real reasons" and and penalize them by confiscating their wealth ( putting their families out on the streets) and do weekly repentance stories from Federal Prisons – on how they have found God and all the other bull shit that makes them empty souls…
maybe even some live suicides…. lets get real!
gmherger says:
Someone ought to go through The Inferno (I have an old John Ciardi translation) and place the dastards in the appropriate circles/bolgias of Hell.
I nominate Circle Eight, Bolgia Seven. Hideous reptiles coil themselves around the damned. Each sinner's hands bound behind and coils through their groins. Other reptiles/snakes dart about. One flies into and tears open the jugular of the damned who bursts into flame and only ashes remain. The sinner painfully reforms from the ashes. They are eternally punished: as they destroyed their fellow man by making his wealth disapppear so are they in Hell.
Some crimes may justify the policies and procedures of the Spanish Inquisition… thumb screws, the rack …
rktbrkr says:
Google trends: double dip
Fredex says:
Obama stands in place of helium, a lightweight and inactive element.
OK, that works.
mathman says:
and then there's this:
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mservat says:
It looks like a republican add. I don't see President Bush and Mr. Henry Paulson in this Mendelif's table of Wall Street Criminal Elements.
IS_LM says:
It looks like a republican add. I don't see President Bush and Mr. Henry Paulson in this Mendelif's table of Wall Street Criminal Elements.
It just betrays the partisan nature of this guy's website. On the other hand, financiers are raising lots of money for Republicans who opposed basic financial reforms, which tells you all you need to know about the finance industry.
WilliamBanzai7 says:
Call me anything you like, but partisan. If you look at my posts in 2008, you will see that I was a staunch supporter of Obama.
Now I would say that my disaffection with his performance equals or exceeds my disgust with the GOP's douchebags.
I expected what we got from them. But I expected much more from Obama. I won't even give him credit for trying since in my view all he has done is perpetuate the corrupt financiers.
In short, I'm not partisan, I hate em all.
Thanks for the exposure and comments all. I have revised the table to include Bubbium, Dubyium and Bonzonium
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Posted on: January 9, 2011 3:40 pm
Ryan Williams is going pro
Posted by Tom Fornelli
Virginia Tech now has a couple of running backs it'll need to replace in 2011. Earlier this week Darren Evans announced that he'd be leaving Blacksburg to enter the NFL Draft, and now Ryan Williams has decided to give professional football a shot as well. Williams made it official on Sunday morning, letting Virginia Tech know that he was not going to return for another season.
"It came down to what I felt like was the best decision for me," Williams said. "When they say you have the potential to be a first rounder, that's something that's hard to pass up. This has been my dream since I was 6 and I've never wanted to do anything else. This is an opportunity to help out my family and especially my brother.
"I want to thank Coach Beamer for giving me the opportunity to play. I remember when he came for my home visit with a No. 34 jersey and he told me I'd look good in it. I just thank him for the opportunity to play for his team. I also have thank Coach Hite for the opportunity to play in his backfield and for teaching my how to block and Coach Stinespring for allowing me to play for his offense."
Williams burst on to the scene as a redshirt freshman in 2009, rushing for 1,655 yards and 21 touchdowns. Injuries hampered him a bit in 2010, as he finished the season with only 477 yards and nine touchdowns. Still, he's been told that he's likely to go in the first two rounds of the NFL draft, and that's a hard opportunity for anyone to pass up. Particularly when you play a position that's known to have a short shelf-life.
Category: NCAAF
Tags: ACC, Darren Evans, Early Entries, Ryan Williams, Virginia Tech
Posted on: January 1, 2011 7:22 pm
Two VT players suspended for missing curfew
Posted by Chip Patterson
As Virginia Tech prepares for the greatest test of their 11 game win streak against Stanford in the Orange Bowl, the last thing that head coach Frank Beamer wants to do is doubt his team's focus. ESPN.com's Heather Dinich reported Saturday that two Virginia Tech players have been suspended for the first quarter of Monday's Orange Bowl for missing their 1 a.m. curfew on New Years Eve. Running back David Wilson and safety Antone Exum will miss the first quarter of the Orange Bowl as punishment for missing curfew.
"We're going to keep them out of the first quarter of the ball game, take some of their travel money, and that will be the end of that," Beamer said regarding the suspensions. "The good thing is they were in their hotel, the bad thing is they were out of their room. They knew they needed to be in there."
Wilson is a crucial part of the return game, and also the next in line behind Ryan Williams and Darren Evans. With Williams a game-time decision due to a re-aggravated hamstring, the suspension could result in a heavy load early for Evans. Wilson is expected to be replaced in the return game by talented defensive back Rashad Carmichael. Exum is listed second on the Virginia Tech two-deep depth chart, and has played in all 13 games this season.
Category: NCAAF
Posted on: November 21, 2010 1:35 am
What I learned from the ACC (Nov. 20)
Posted by Chip Patterson
1. Virginia Tech clinched the Coastal Division title because of playmakers - If there is one thing that has seemed to separate Virginia Tech from the rest of the conference in 2010, it has been the weekly appearance of Hokie playmakers. Frank Beamer's roster is loaded with talent that can simply make plays when needed. Virginia Tech clinched their fourth Coastal Division title since joining the ACC in 2004 with their 31-17 dismantling of Miami in Coral Gables on Saturday. When the Hurricanes stuck VT in a corner, the Hokies always had someone to answer. Whether it was Tyrod Taylor, Ryan Williams, or Danny Coale, someone was always stepping up when needed. The Hokies may have the division clinched, but they'll be playing for history against Virginia next week. No team has run the table in the ACC since Florida State did it in 1999 and 2000. A win over the Cavaliers and Virginia Tech can add that to their already impressive ACC resume.
2. N.C. State on the edge of a historic season - By squeezing out a 29-25 come from behind victory against North Carolina, N.C. State has found themselves a game away from competing in their first ACC Atlantic Division title. The Wolfpack have not won an ACC Championship since 1979, and with a win over Maryland next week in the season finale, will have a chance to do so against the Hokies in Charlotte. They got it done with special teams against the Tar Heels, benefitting from T.J. Graham's 87 yard punt return touchdown to give the Wolfpack the go-ahead score in Chapel Hill. The win gave Tom O'Brien a perfect 4-0 record against North Carolina as the N.C. State head coach, an accomplishment that can keep him in good graces around Raleigh for quite some time.
3. There might not be much of a quarterback controversy in Miami - Miami chose not to play quarterback Jacory Harris against Virginia Tech despite being cleared by the doctors before the game. Stephen Morris had performed well in Harris' absence, even leading some pundits to murmur ideas of a quarterback controversy. After Morris' performance against Virginia Tech, which included three interceptions and a lost fumble, it would not be surprising to see Harris back under center for the Hurricanes' season finale against South Florida. Miami's loss ended their chances of a division tittle, and with the conference season being completed are playing for bowl stock against the Bulls next week. The Hurricanes offense finished the game with six turnovers, and Morris looked very much like a freshman against Bud Foster's defense. Harris has a knack for turning the ball over as well, but judging by how active he was on the sidelines on Saturday it would surprising not to see him take some snaps against the Bulls to warm up for the bowl game.
Category: NCAAF
Posted on: November 16, 2010 1:35 am
Ryan Williams would prefer not to return kicks
Posted by Adam Jacobi
It takes a special kind of mentality to return kicks and punts. Running headlong into the football equivalent of oncoming highway traffic is not exactly written into human rationality, after all, and finding the right person with the speed to take a kick to the house and the bravery to risk injury by running at that coverage team with purpose.
Fortunately, college football players are the type of players who would at least try, because that's football and that's just the way of things. And so with Virginia Tech needing some help in the return game after losing three returners over the last couple weeks, VT coach Frank Beamer figured he could use tailback Ryan Williams back there in a pinch. And sure enough, Williams -- wait, what's that? Okay, let's just skip all that:
"Ryan decided at the end he'd rather not do that," Beamer told the Daily Press . "You want a guy back there that wants to be there. I'm not sure what Ryan's reasoning was, but it was his decision."
As the Daily Press points out, Ryan Williams does have one career return in college... and zero successful returns; Williams muffed a punt that led to an Alabama field goal in a 34-24 loss for the Hokies to start 2009. Since then, Williams has stayed away from special teams, and truly, more power to the guy; if he knows he's not cut out for it, then that's that, and it's probably better for the team that he not stand back and field punts or kicks. That takes a lot of maturity to realize, and though humility doesn't necessarily make a good football player, it does make for a good teammate.
Category: NCAAF
Tags: ACC, Alabama, Frank Beamer, Ryan Williams, Virginia Tech
Posted on: November 5, 2010 12:01 am
Edited on: November 5, 2010 12:05 am
Hokies survive GT, Josh Nesbitt out for season
Posted by Chip Patterson
With the return of Ryan Williams to the Virginia Tech backfield, sophomore running back David Wilson knew he would need to make the most of his few opportunities with the ball. Pushed back to third-string again, Wilson made the most of every touch. But no touch was quite as important as the 90-yard kick return for the winning touchdown with 2:23 left in the game. It was the only way to answer the 9 play, 80 yard drive by a crippled Georgia Tech offense.
One particular aspect of the Georgia Tech option-based offense is that it does not rely too heavily on any particular player. Which is why when starting quarterback Josh Nesbitt left the game after injuring his arm attempting to make a tackle, the Yellow Jackets were far from done. Nesbitt has been the center of Paul Johnson's offensive scheme for most of his career, but Thursday night called for backup Tevin Washington to step in for the second half. After he put together that drive in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 21, all momentum was swinging the way of the Jackets.
But Lane Stadium erupted as Wilson broke free up the left side, accelerating past the Yellow Jackets coverage and right into the end zone. The Hokies were able to secure the 28-21 win and improve to a perfect 5-0 in conference play. But what shook the Coastal Division the most may have been the news on injured quarterback Josh Nesbitt. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting that Nesbitt is out for the season with a broken right forearm. If there is any good news for the Yellow Jackets, Nesbitt believes that he would be able to play in a bowl game. Otherwise, Thursday night was a narrow escape for the Hokies, and a terrible twist in an already disappointing season for the Yellow Jackets.
Posted on: November 4, 2010 9:32 pm
Nesbitt out, but GT leads Virginia Tech 14-7
Posted by Chip Patterson
This Coastal Division showdown between perennial conference powers has already been as eventful as expected, and we are only done with 30 minutes of play. Georgia Tech jumped out to a quick 14-0 lead thanks to two Josh Nesbitt touchdowns, one for 71 yards. Georgia Tech's defense and special teams served up their own version of "Beamer Ball," forcing Virginia Tech into two turnovers in the first half. But Nesbitt's heroics were short lived when he threw an interception in the end zone when Georgia Tech was threatening to claim a 21-7 lead. Nesbitt got injured trying to make a tackle on the interception return. He went to the locker room and at halftime was declared out for the game.
Category: NCAAF
Posted on: November 1, 2010 3:58 pm
Edited on: November 1, 2010 4:01 pm
VT's Williams nearing full strength
Posted by Chip Patterson
Virginia Tech running back Ryan Williams has not had the kind of season he was expecting after setting the ACC single-season rushing record as a redshirt freshman in 2009. A slight hamstring tear in the third game of the season has kept Williams out four games before finally returning to the field October 23 for a six carry warm up int he 44-7 victory against Duke. Williams has benefited from the Hokies' off week to continue to heal and prepare for Virginia Tech's primetime matchup with division rival Georgia Tech on Thursday in Blacksburg. After Saturday's practice, the sophomore running back announced himself "85-90 percent" healthy, but some particularly insightful analysis was offered by offensive coordinator Bryan Stinespring.
"I thought he made some nice cuts," Stinespring said. "He hit a gear very quickly. I thought he turned it loose a couple times. If you'd have asked me up until this week, I always thought there was a little bit of hesitation in him. But (Saturday), I thought he felt good, looked good. Looked like he had a bounce in his step out there."
Williams' only two complete games all season were the Hokies' only two losses against Boise State and James Madison. At this point in the season, that 0-2 start seems like an ancient memory in the ACC. Since the joining the conference, Virginia Tech has consistently competed for division and conference titles week in and week out. The heart-wrenching loss to the Broncos and upset at the hands of their in-state FCS rivals have no effect on Frank Beamer's pursuit of his fourth ACC title since joining the conference in 2004. At this point, Virginia Tech controls their own destiny in the conference title race. Miami and Georgia Tech are tied for second place in the division with 3-2 records, and the Hokies face both opponents in the final stretch of the regular season. A win over Georgia Tech on Thursday would create a crucial advantage over Miami, allowing some breathing room before the Hokies have to travel to Coral Gables on November 20.
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Posted on: September 30, 2010 8:39 pm
Ryan Williams out this weekend for Virginia Tech
Posted by Adam Jacobi
Those wondering about the availability of Virginia Tech's all-conference tailback Ryan Williams may wonder no further; the all-conference tailback was ruled out of his second straight game by the Hokies today as Williams continues to recover from a hamstring injury.
Hamstring injuries have a nasty habit of lingering for indefinite amounts of time, and aside from trying to help the healing process along with therapy like ultrasound stimulation, it really does come down to nothing more than patience and careful monitoring.
Fortunately, though, there may be no position in all of college football where a certain team has an embarrassment of riches than Virginia Tech has at running back. Even without Williams, Virginia Tech can depend on Darren Evans (2nd team all-ACC rusher as a freshman) and David Wilson (Virginia Tech's most productive rusher this season). Considering QB Tyrod Taylor and FB Josh Oglesby are both still healthy, the Virginia Tech backfield is still one of the most formidable in the nation.


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Perennial herb from woody taproot. Stem: 1–many, decumbent to erect, generally red-tinged. Leaf: basal and cauline, alternate, entire, toothed, or sharply lobed, glabrous to tomentose or glandular; basal petioled; cauline generally clasping, ± reduced. Inflorescence: heads generally radiate, 1–30+; involucre hemispheric to bell-shaped; phyllaries ± equal or ± graduated in 2–6 series, herbaceous; receptacle flat to weakly convex, epaleate. Ray flower: 10–80; corolla 2–35 mm, ray adaxially yellow, abaxially yellow to orange or red. Disk flower: 20–100+; corolla 5–15 mm, cylindric to funnel-shaped, yellow. Fruit: 3–4-angled, generally hairy; pappus bristles 15–60, generally rigid, unequal.
± 15 species: western North America. (Greek: ± red hair, describing pappus) [Bogler 2006 FNANM 20:413–424]
Unabridged references: [Mayes 1976 Ph.D. Dissertation, Univ of Texas, Austin]
1. Ray flowers obscure, often << disk flowers (heads ± disciform); involucre subtended by leafy bracts ..... P. carthamoides var. cusickii
1' Ray flowers conspicuous, >> disk flowers; involucre not subtended by leafy bracts
2. Plant glandular
3. Glands sessile; plant glabrous; heads crowded in spike-like clusters ..... P. lucida
3' Glands stalked; plant proximally generally hairy and red-tinged; heads in raceme- or panicle-like clusters
4. Heads in panicle-like clusters; plant sometimes becoming proximally glabrous ..... P. lanceolata var. subviscosa
4' Heads in raceme-like clusters; plant proximally tomentose ..... P. hirta
5. Plant densely glandular; phyllaries ± equal, barely overlapping, herbaceous nearly to base ..... var. hirta
5' Plant sparsely glandular; phyllaries unequal, much overlapping, herbaceous only at tip ..... var. lanulosa
2' Plant glandless
6. Head generally 1(4)
7. Phyllaries ± oblong to oblanceolate, graduated in 3–4 series, glabrous; fruit glabrous ..... P. apargioides
7' Phyllaries ± linear, in 2–3 series, barely or not overlapping, generally tomentose to woolly; fruit silky ..... P. uniflora
8. Herbage tufted-woolly; involucre 10–13 mm; phyllaries unequal ..... var. gossypina
8' Herbage tomentose, becoming glabrous; involucre 6–9 mm; phyllaries equal ..... var. uniflora
6' Heads (1)3–25(50)
9. Heads in ± flat-topped to panicle-like clusters
10. Leaves minutely spiny-serrate ..... P. lanceolata var. lanceolata
10' Leaves entire or minutely dentate ..... P. racemosa var. paniculata (2)
9' Heads in ± narrow raceme- or ± spike-like clusters ..... P. racemosa
11. Involucre 10–15 mm
12. Stem cobwebby, hairs tangled; basal leaves lanceolate; phyllaries densely long-soft-hairy ..... var. pinetorum
12' Stem generally glabrous; basal leaves oblanceolate to elliptic; phyllaries ciliate ..... var. racemosa
11' Involucre 5–9 mm
13. Heads in a narrow raceme- to panicle-like cluster, not crowded ..... var. paniculata (2)
13' Heads generally crowded in a spike-like cluster
14. Involucre 12–16 mm diam, phyllaries yellow-green throughout, sparsely tomentose near base or throughout, tip glandular-ciliate ..... var. congesta
14' Involucre 5–7 mm diam, phyllaries green-tipped, leathery, ciliate (except recurved tip), margin translucent ..... var. sessiliflora
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When I save a song to my songbook, it'd be fabulous if it retained the same instrument/tuning/transposition as I had set in the browser when I saved it.
It's a bit tedious to always switch from the standard guitar chords. As a possibly easier way to accomplish something similar, if I'm opening a song from my songbook, could Chordie use the chords for the instrument I've set on my songbook by default?
If there's already a way to do this that I'm overlooking, please let me know.
Thanks for providing a great site!
Furthermore, if I select chord variations, those should persist in my songbook as well.
On a related note, if I have chord variations selected, it would be great if they were displayed when I print out the songsheet. Now, it reverts back to the default chord diagrams in the print.
If you go into 'Resources' at the bottom of the list is 'Change settings (instrument/tuning)'. Click on here and you can chose your instrument so that the correct chords are shown.
Also chord change can now be saved.
Thank you for noting the default instrument link in Resources. That's helpful, but it would still be good to use the instrument of the songbook from which the chart has been opened, for those who have different songbooks for different instruments. Otherwise, what's the point of having the instrument field on the songbook?
I still can't find a way to save alternate chord fingering choices in the songbook. It always changes back to the default fingering chart. Can you clarify what you mean by 'chord change can now be saved'?
I have reported the fact that the alternative instrument cannot be saved to Per and he will look into it as soon as possible.
Hi Spamhead,
I also found that selecting the alternate chord didn't save but if you get comfortable with editing, you can make it work there - and save it.
The "Show Help" dropdown has a bit of info...
Example: C# to be played like an A on 4th fret:
{define: C# 4 1 3 3 3 1 1}
It's not too complicated just be sure you type it right... those spaces are essential too.
Good luck!