text: Taking Up Space Taking Up Space Family Personal Safety Preparedness Survival Tip of The Day SHARE 'Above Average' Joe , / 180 Christmas is over, all the gifts are unwrapped, and if your anything like me, you have a pile of boxes sitting in your garage just taking up space. This not only looks terrible, but can also be extremely dangerous and detrimental to your survival plan. Many people keep the vast majority of their survival supplies in their garage and if your garage is cluttered and otherwise innaccessible, you will lose a lot of time if you have to evacuate your home. Having all that clutter around makes it much more likely that you will trip and injure yourself. Cardboard and paper are also a major fire hazard as they will take a spark easily, burn hot, and fast. It is extremely important to keep your garage and any working space uncluttered and in proper order. But the holidays often leave our trash bins over flowing and require multiple trips in order to get rid of all of that excess packaging. So what are we to do with all of this cardboard? The first step you want to take is to make sure that you have all of the boxes properly broken down. Cut all of the tape,fold the boxes flat, and stack them in like sized piles. Once all of the boxes are broken down and stacked you can tie them off with twine in order to keep them neat and ordered. This will drastically reduce the amount of floor space that is taken up and make them much easier to transport. Your garage should now be a bit more manageable than before. Unfortunately this still leaves you with more boxes than could possibly fit in a single trash bin. Before you make a midnight run to a business dumpster ( which is illegal anyway) or take a trip to the city dump, you may want to consider these options: 1. Place the smaller boxes in a plastic storage tub and store them in the attic or an out of the way corner. The plastic tub will keep insects and rodents from making a home in the card board ( spiders just love the stuff for some reason) and will also keep it from getting wet which would make it unusable. These smaller boxes can be used the following year for gift wrapping, which will save you a ton of money. I would also store any left over gift bags in the tub to keep them all together. Just be sure that the tub is clearly labeled. 2. If you find that most of your boxes fit into the "standard shipping" size category, you may want to try finding a business that buys used boxes. EcoBox is a chain that I use to offload any excess boxes. They don't give you much and they don't take all box sizes but if you are going to be tossing them anyway, you might as well make a little extra cash on them. 3. Compost them. Cardboard boxes make great compost! The key to using it in your compost pile is to make sure that it is broken down into small pieces. The smaller the pieces the quicker it will compost. Also, soaking the cardboard in water with a bit of liquid detergent will help to speed up the decomposition process. 4. Add them to your survival supplies. Cardboard is a great fire starter especially corrugated card board. It doesn't take much to set it alight and the corrugation increase the airflow allowing it to burn very hot and very quickly. Keep a container of thinly cut cardboard strips in a dry box with waterproof matches to make an emergency fire kit. As a tip you can dip the strips into wax to make them burn slower, hopefully giving you the time you need to get a roaring fire started. 5. If all else fails recycle it. Cardboard makes up roughly 31% of all landfill waste. So if you have a recycle bin use it, even it if takes a few weeks to fully rid yourself of it. Also look at grocery stores near you as many of them have public use recycle bins on site. Can you think of anything else that you can use your left over gift packaging for? Comments 18 Comments David Ozanne says: at 0 You can also check with local charities. I give all my paper and cardboard to the Union Gospel Mission and they sell it to support the work they do. Log in to Reply Linda says: at 0 We shred all our receipts, old bills, used checkbooks (yes we still use those)etc. We till that into the veggie garden in the summer and fall. We save the cardboard to spread on the ground around the plants to cut down on weeds. The cardboard does need to be weighted down. It eventually will break down and we can till that into the garden also. We save the shredded stuff in plastic bags until time to till up the garden. Sometimes we use it under the regular mulch in the flower and shrub beds too. We ask for paper sacks whenever we shop someplace that offers them. Those can be used for our grandkids to draw and color on then reused to wrap their and their parents Christmas gifts. Log in to Reply Anne M says: at 0 These are some great ideas Linda. Thanks for sharing! Log in to Reply JJM says: at 0 Our elementary school has several outdoor recycle bins that we visit a few times each year. Still guilty of trashing much paper & cardboard. Also, properly laid and secured down, newspaper and cardboard make excellant garden mulch/weed barrier. Log in to Reply chris g says: at 0 Go to the library. Borrow the book "Lasagna Gardening." You can use your shipping paper or cardboard boxes to start a garden bed project. We also use newspaper, shredded documents (aka= shred), ect. in our compost piles, garden beds and chickens' nest boxes. My spouse gave me a "brick maker" (the burning kind not the building kind!) for the holidays, that uses shred. We use paper bags, from the store, to store and carry kindling – aka sticks – keeps it from getting everywhere in the house. Log in to Reply Richard says: at 0 I use cardboard in the aisles of my garden, between the plant rows. It completely stops weeds from growing, minimizes dirt I track back into the house, and over the growing season, it decomposes enough to be part of the mulch. Make sure to use cardboard with minimal or no color printing if possible. Log in to Reply Richter says: at 0 When we lived in the country, We take those boxes apart, Lay them out flat. Cutting some into Strips, we'd roll each strip up neatly, until each roll would just fit inside a Juice can, After we got as many cans filled with that Corrugated Cardboard, mom would pour used oil (From Oil Changes) onto some & Hot Wax on the others. The ones with Wax, she would place Corn-Cobs in the Center, like giant wicks. These made Great ' SMUG POTS for the Apple Trees. as well as heating some water we had stored for the cattle's water tank.in the early winter, Sure beat the heck out of Chopping Ice when that tank froze over. But that Idea of mulch beds are a good one, So is using that corrugated board for Night-Crawlers (Giant Worms) as well as the other worms too. By. Log in to Reply Bruce says: at 0 While I recycle most of my cardboard and paper products I save my medium sized corrugated cardboard to use as backstop material for my indoor BB/Pellet gun range. I have a tarp under the whole works so cleanup of the shredded cardboard is quick and easy. I only use corrugated because those steel BBs tend to bounce back if the backstop is too dense. Oh and those shredded boxes that fall onto my tarp go right into my pulp bucket and then pressed in my homemade PVC press. The compressed pellets make a fine firestarter/log substitute once they are thoroughly dried. Log in to Reply Elisabeth says: at 0 How long do they take to dry, Bruce? I was looking into making paper bricks, but Florida humidity means they take forever to dry (had one or two sprout mold- ew.) Log in to Reply Great Grey says: at 0 Elisabeth I would try only using 1/4-1/3 of the paper to speed up drying, and/or putting them in a solar oven (i.e a car maybe with a window just cracked no more then little finger size but, not if it make it a target for thieves). Log in to Reply Graywolf12 says: at 0 I take useable boxes and packing material such ad peanuts and bubble wrap to a local business that ships packages,that way everything is reused at least once. If the boxes are in bad shape I put then in our weekly recycle pick up container. Boxes that are used for shipping household appliances make good bottoms for raised bed gardens. Log in to Reply Jay says: at 0 I used several of the boxes to make a solar oven for emergencies. They (along with the other materials needed such as aluminum foil, black tape and black paint) take up so little space and can be assembled in just a few minutes. The balance of the boxes are recycled or cut into strips for the emergency kits' firestarters. Log in to Reply Pat says: at 0 Cardboard can also be used as a weed blocker in your garden or flower bed. Remove the plastic tape and labels, lay it out, cover it with soil or your compost mix. As it gets wet and breaks down, it then becomes compost its self. Log in to Reply Dad Was Right says: at 0 Killing weeds , grass , worms seem to love it. Useful to black out windows or door glass. In a secure location , with a plastic covering a very temporary , window glass stand in . Using several layers glued & /or stapled to a wood frame make a light sturdy shipping crate(within reason). Shipping & moving , storage containers . Padding or isolation material whole or shredded . As a mattress whole or shredded it is warm , depending on thickness & base soft to firm . As a fatigue mat it will work for some time . Useful thermal break beneath the feet also. Emergency insulation , sealing the ends probably yields Max efficiency . Children at times seem to enjoy larger boxes more than the gift itself .Good for children to draw , color on . Stand in for clothes hamper , trash can dry (wet plastic bag insert) , end table , stool , table , book shelf , Temporary plant container , With enhancements a temporary toilet . Produce fire logs , kindling . It actually is a structural material ,real furniture ect can be built from it ,if you have the time tools & supplies . A bit of advice , remove all labels & destroy. If you received goodies( televisions , DVD players , ammo , survival food /goods turn cartons inside out & bundle , large cartons cut into strips & bundle plain side out before you recycle . Many happy returns of the year ! Log in to Reply Kris says: at 0 I took my cardboard and made FIFO can storage racks out of them. I bought the first ones that I have from the Container Store then used one of them for a template. It works really well as long as the cardboard is not some of the flimsy stuff. Log in to Reply nathan mcgraw says: at 0 save your short cans (such as tuna or cat food)cut the card board into strips slightly less than can height of your can. roll cardboard and insert in can. place a wick or cotton string into the center of the cardboard (to make it easy to light). melt soy wax or paraffin and fill the can with wax.this is water proof and burns a long time. Log in to Reply Danny Lewis says: at 0 Card board boxes can be bound together tightly after being broken down and flatened out to make an archery target. Log in to Reply Laura Greenwalt says: at 0 Strips of cardboard wound tightly into a tuna, or catfood can, and filled with wax are good cooking fuel for little collapsible stoves. 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Julia Roberts Dyes Hair At Daughter's Request
Would You Dye Your Hair at Your Daughter's Request?
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Julia Roberts recently sported a lil patch of pink hair and attributed the hued lock to her daughter, Hazel. The three year-old thought pastel tresses would look good on her mommy, so the actress obliged with a few colored strands.
If the look wasn't dramatically different, would you do this for your child?
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Greggie 7 years
My younger son's the one who'd be most likely to ask me to do something fun with my hair. He also is having fun helping me decide what my next tattoo will be.
Mykie7 7 years
Sure! I'd use a temporary color though. However, I have boys. They could care less about hair. My oldest though is trying to convince me to get a tattoo. THANK YOU NO.
momma-tikita 7 years
i already have! me and my daughter both painted (temporary) a few strands pink! no biggie!
Gabriela14815884 7 years
If it wasn't a drastic change then sure, why not? I could always cut my hair if I hated it and grow it back lol.
Mesayme 7 years
probably not, my hair color's much to difficult to match to change it back. Maybe some fake spray color for game spirit or something like that.
keiren63 7 years
I could see doing a few strands the way she did. How about the other way--a friend once babysat for a woman who wanted to change her haircolour but wondered how it would look, so she dyed her FOUR YEAR OLD daughter's hair (which was the same original colour as hers).
anniekim 7 years
Sure, why not have some fun? I can understand why someone would say no if I would hurt their job performance.
siguros 7 years
Was it permanent dye?
Rinne 7 years
I'm usually pretty traditional with my hair, but after seeing the Julia Roberts interview, my twins, Evangeline and Genevieve (6) asked for pink and purple, and Adelaide (4) wanted light blue. I'm going to buy the dye tomorrow, and we're going to dye once the girls get back from Kindergarten. I'm excited! We'll see how it goes;)
Mommy-of-Three 7 years
I would do it. I have always loved coloring and cutting my hair, so I would welcome any excuse to do something fun with it.
pinkprincess1101 7 years
There is a difference between a hollywood/celebrity and an everyday mother
milosmommy 7 years
I'm pretty adventurous with my hair too so it wouldn't make a difference to me.
Greggie 7 years
Sure, although I want pink streaks when I decide to grow my hair back anyway. I'm pretty adventurous with my hair though.
nevadamtnbear 7 years
I chose "other." I would definitely do it in a heartbeat, but it would either have to be disguisable or very subtle, as I can't really see garnering a whole lot of respect from my colleagues or a judge if I walked into a hearing or an important meeting with pastel strands of hair.

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November 25, 2015
The new owner of a defunct oilseed processing plant in eastern North Dakota is asking farmers what he should do with the facility.
Brett Morrison, owner of Nebraska Bean, bought the Northwood plant at a November auction for $1.1 million. The $10 million plant that once employed about two dozen people opened in 2007 and closed two years later.
Morrison says he plans to operate the plant only as a dry bean receiving station, but is open to restarting a crushing operation if there's enough interest.
Morrison says he hopes the receiving station will open this fall.
North Dakota is the nation's leading producer of edible beans.
Northwood, a town of 945 people, is about 35 miles southwest of Grand Forks. Nebraska Bean is based in Clearwater, Neb.
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World Sailing Management (WSM), organizers of the MedCup sailing circuit, the official international competition of the TP52 and Soto 40 classes, regrets to announce to all those involved and interested in this prestigious circuit, that it has decided to suspend the 2012 season.
Audi MedCup Conde de Godo Trophy 2011
This difficult business decision was taken for the following reasons, all of them related to the economic and financial crisis affecting the whole world and Europe in particular:
- Serious uncertainty regarding the number of boats, mainly in the 52 Series (TP 52 class), willing to commit to compete in all of the events comprising the circuit with the risk of an insufficient number of competitors to ensure the competitive level reached by the circuit in previous seasons.
- The lack of financial resources available to local authorities in their bid to become potential venues for the events of the circuit, which limited the ability to address their usual obligations and maintain the circuit's level of quality.
Together with the abovementioned factors, a decrease in the support needed from AUDI AG, which has been the circuit's title sponsor, has led WSM to terminate, early and peacefully, the sponsorship deal linking both companies.
In brief, WSM believes that it is more rational to suspend the Circuit than let it continue with falling standards.
Nevertheless, WSM will continue to work during 2012 in order to overcome these difficulties, confident that it will be able once again to provide the sailing world with the spectacle that the MedCup Circuit has always been.
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Audi restructures sailing commitment.
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- MedCup: Audi gives up role of name-giver and sponsor
- Kieler Woche continues to bear the symbol of the Four Rings
AUDI AG is restructuring its commitment in international sailing. Effective immediately, Audi is placing the main focus on supporting national activities and large-scale sailing events, while giving up the role of name-giver and sponsor of the MedCup regatta series.
Audi had been the title sponsor of the MedCup since the beginning of the 2008 season. Most recently, two boats sporting the colors of the carmaker based in Ingolstadt – Audi Sailing Team powered by ALL4ONE and Audi Azzurra Sailing Team – competed in the event as well.
'Wherever Audi is engaged in international sailing our brand stands for sporting competitions at the highest level,' stresses Lothar Korn, Head of Marketing Communications of AUDI AG. Sailing, he says, is one of the core sports of Audi's sponsoring commitments. 'However, in the future we want to put a stronger focus on sailing events in individual countries – be it through the continuation of boat partnerships, commitments at tradition-steeped regatta weeks or at national regatta series,' Korn adds as he explains the decision.
The regattas supported by Audi include the 'Copa del Rey' off the coast of Majorca, for instance, the national Audi Sailing Series in Italy or the Kieler Woche, which is the world's biggest sailing festival, attracting three million visitors every year.
Audi is paying special attention to the future of German competition sailing. Since 2010 the company has been supporting Sailing Team Germany, the German national sailing team, providing cars to the top sailors and pool vehicles for traveling to and from the regattas and practice sessions. The commitment is aimed at accompanying the talents on their way toward the 2012 Olympic Games in London in the best possible manner.


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Bethel AME Church: Bethelamemorristown.org
Whippany River Watershed Action Committee: Wrwac.org
Church of the Redeemer Morristown: Redeemermorristown.org
MORRISTOWN — A full-size, rusted water heater protrudes from the river bank, one that must have been here for at least 10 years. Next to it is a nearly 10-foot long hunk of aluminum which resembles a furnace.
With these items surrounded by brick and chunks of cement, it is possible this may have once been a home, and the remnants remain embedded in the bank. Its difficult to tell for sure, though, the rough waters have washed away nearly 15 feet of land along this waterway the Whippany River.
The river floods Spring Street and the area behind Headquarters Plaza known as the hollow every time more than a few inches of rain falls from the sky. In the wake of Tropical Storm Irene, 5 feet of water severely flooded the homes, cars, and lives of those living in the area, as well as Bethel AME Church, the only house of worship in these flood plains, which lost its kitchen, furnace, water heater, and a classroom in the basement.
Damage and destruction have been a constant here for decades, but with all the powerful storms in recent years, church leaders feel its time for something to be done.
We want to be a part of the solution, not just a victim, said the Rev. Sidney Williams, Jr. When I became reverend two years ago, I was told about the constant flooding of our church. We had to find a way to stop it, so I reached out to the town for help.
Breaking boundaries
After Irene, Williams reached out to the county, and learned of the Whippany River Watershed Action Committee, whose mission is to preserve, protect, and maintain the land and water in the Whippany River Watershed.
The Action Committee was familiar with the issues, and were already devising solutions, according to Art Vespignani, a facilitator with the group. The group in 2011 received a $17,000 grant to conduct a study on the Whippany River that examined its flow from the hollow to Lake Pocahontas and identified eight areas of concern where the banks could be built back up to help assuage flooding.
One of those areas is the section of the river behind the Bethel AME Church. Vespignani said the group is seeking funds to cover the heavy-duty work, but first things first: The trash has got to go.
First step: Clean up
On March 23, the church and Action Committee joined with about 50 volunteers to remove debris for a community clean-up of the stretch of river in the hollow.
The volunteers pulled rusted pipes, wood palettes, building material, and more than 100 shattered glass bottles from the river. Volunteers were shocked to find other items scattered along the banks that showed the length and depth of neglect this river has experienced evidence of a once small home, a tree that had grown through a shopping cart and rusted train parts.
I found an old gas can buried over here, and guess what? hollered Jeff Kurt of Trout Unlimited, who came prepared with a small rowboat and waders to get the larger items stuck in the deeper currents. It still has gas in it!
It was the second time ever that the section of the river has been cleaned up, Williams said. Last year, the church and other volunteers helped haul more than 2 tons of garbage, including more than 20 bikes, numerous car tires, a car battery, computer, and kitchen sink, Williams said.
One aspect that made this years clean-up exceptional was that Bethel AME was joined by volunteers from Morristown Presbyterian Church, the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer and the Market Street Mission.
It is truly impressive that three churches get together for a common theme of helping the environment, said Jim Baranski, vice chair of the outreach and education committee for the Action Committee. His son, Charlie, and Boy Scout Troops 155 and 28 came to lend a helping hand, as well.
Morristown Presbyterian Church Associate Pastor Cindy Alloway said the church felt it was important to help Bethel AME in their time of need.
We replaced the Bethel AMEs furnace and water heater after their basement got wiped out by the flood, Alloway said. But it is also important to us to help the environment. We feel that it is our calling as Christians to help take care of Mother Earth. People really care about this river and this project.
On the Friday night before the clean-up, the Church of the Redeemer hosted a dinner for the leadership of all three churches involved, and discussed ways that these congregations can work together and support one another continuously. The partnership not only benefits the environment and Bethel AME, but also Redeemer, which is on a two-year path to certification by GreenFaith, a national interfaith coalition for the environment.
Reedemer itself has become an advocate for the environment. In the wake of superstorm Sandy last fall, the church held a Save the Trees worship service, during which many of those attending signed a letter to the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church seeking support for the replenishment of New Jersey's lost and storm-damaged trees, according to the Rev. Cynthia Black.
An ongoing effort
Vespignani said the Whippany River Watershed Action Committee will continue their efforts to improve the neighborhood and the lives of the residents in the hollow to stop the nuisance flooding.
Were not going to stop a storm like hurricane Irene, he said. But there is a lot we can do to prevent flooding during the average heavy storm and to stop erosion from worsening.
The Action Committee is working with the DEP to look into the feasibility of bigger-scale stream-bank restoration and creating natural flood retention areas upstream, Vespignani said.
Bethel AME is in it for the long haul, Williams said.
God put us here (in these flood plains and on Earth) to be the stewards of the river, Williams said. Bringing awareness to maintaining and sustaining the river is our goal. Getting the town to know this is an environmental issue is the first step.


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Ridge Elementary School is located in Richmond, VA and is one of 45 elementary schools in Henrico County Public Schools School District. It is a public school that serves 486 students in grades PK-5. See Ridge Elementary School's test results to learn more about school performance.
In 2011, Ridge Elementary School had 16 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The Virginia average is 18 students per full-time equivalent teacher.
In 2011, Ridge Elementary School had 16 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The Virginia average is 18 students per full-time equivalent teacher.
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Monthly Archives: November 2011
OEL Manga Review: Many Are Called
Many Are Called
Story by Gabrielle Gniewek
Art by Sean Lam
Published by Manga Hero
A common criticism of the Bible is that it is dull and unable to capture the attention of modern audiences. But what if a writer and artist created a compelling parable of a Bible story, imitating the manner in which Jesus also told parables?
'Lord, Lord,' they said, 'open the door for us!' But he replied, 'Truly I tell you, I don't know you.'
Matthew 25:11b-12 (NIV)
In a kingdom of medieval/fantasy feel, but featuring anachronisms like WWII era planes and machine guns, a prince goes to retrieve his exiled love to bring her to their wedding. But despite an escort of well-trained female fighter pilots, his quest won't be easy – both at home and abroad, he faces challenges by those who would rebel against the kingdom, including a mysterious man who could bring down an entire kingdom.
The story above isn't particularly new, but its arrangement in Many Are Called, Manga Hero's latest OEL manga release, is unique. Read the rest of this entry
Worshipping Haruhi…and Other Things Your Heart Desires
I'd been waiting weeks and even months for this. As I drove to my friends house, I was a bit nervous and excited. Truth be told, aside from my wife, this would be only the third time I'd ever watched anime with a friend.
A couple of months ago, I was talking to this friend about anime. During college, we'd talk anime quite a bit – he helped me really get into it, providing me with direction over which series to watch (I wouldn't have watched Maison Ikkoku, now one of my favorites, without his suggestion). But now, like so many of us, he'd grown tired of the medium, watching hardly any anime the past several years.
In the course of our conversation, I mentioned The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and was shocked to find out that he'd never seen it. I thought that certainly, if any series could help an anime fan recover, it would be Haruhi. And so, when the time came, I brought my DVDs over for a mini-marathon of what is possibly my favorite series.
This whole series of events got me thinking back to much-repeated words of wisdom in Sunday sermons – wherever your time/wallet/energy/etc. is, there your heart is, too Read the rest of this entry
Mawaru Penguindrum, Episode 20: Himari and Shouma, the First Man and Woman
Mawaru Penguindrum continues to deliver week after week, defying conventions on the way. Among other things, episode 20 was a beautiful episode about romantic fate. The flashback to Himari and Shouma as children is both touching and difficult to watch. There's little as heartwarming as watching two kids love on a stray kitten (and little as heartbreaking as watching a beloved taken away from a child).
The allusion in this flashback is also powerful and quite clear – it's to the Garden of Eden and to Adam and Eve. As the parents scheme, Shouma wanders off. The parents' meeting with other followers of the "Kiba" organization can allude to two things: first, it's the birth of the survival strategy that will ultimately lead to the sarin attacks, and as such, it's a genesis – the beginning. The giver of the apple, which I presume to be Shouma's father and/or mother, also takes on the role of Satan. As he twists minds and hearts in his speech, he also lures Shouma into what is ultimately a painful fate. Read the rest of this entry
Himari's Will, Passion of the Anime, and Guadalupe of Narutaru
Draggle discusses Himari's comments in episode 19 of Mawaru Penguindrum about not amounting to anything in terms of free will.
Omo uses The Passion of the Christ to illustrate a point about how viewers watch anime.
Katie reviews chapters two and three of amateur Christian OEL, Send Me an Angel.
Animekritic briefly mentions an allusion to Mary (mother of Christ) in his recent post on Narutaru.
As part of the Spirituality in the Anime Blogsophere series of posts, each week, Beneath the Tangles links to writings about anime and manga that involve religion and spirituality. If you've written such a piece or know of one, please email TWWK if you'd like it included.
Happy Thanksgiving, Anime Fandom!
Happy thanksgiving, anime fans! Before you dig into that turkey and watch television (football for me…Guilty Crown for you?), I hope you'll think about all the things you are grateful for. So hey, to get the turkey rolling, we'll start our lists of thanks:
R86: I'm thankful for friends, family, and colleagues who support me. I'm thankful for a job, period, in times like these. I'm thankful for websites and a readership like this one, because of which I've learned (counter to all my expectations) that I am not going crazy, and that there are other adults who see deep and sublime themes in anime. I'm thankful for the opportunity to express sometimes what I see in anime at this blog. And I'm thankful to God for not only creating the universe and everything in it, including me (which alone would be enough to make him worthy of my worship), and not only sending his Son for my sake and others', but also showing sovereign concern about every aspect of my life.
Goldy: I'm thankful to be where I am in my life right now. Each year I never think I'll make it further along or be able to grow and learn anymore, but somehow God gives me the chances I need to continue on. I'm thankful to know many fellow anime fans that have such varying tastes and preferences; it allows me to explore more in the anime genre by seeing how different series (that I may have never thought of watching) positively impact my friends. I'm thankful for my school, as annoying as it can be sometimes, because it has great professors in the area that I study, and outside it as well. I have yet to have a "bad" professor. And most of all, I'm thankful for all my family and my friends, who all remain close to me even though some of us live far away from each other. And to God for sending his Son so that I and others may be saved and have the hope to keep moving forward.
Lynna: I'm thankful for a lot of things so I'm not sure where to start. I'm very thankful for my family and friends, who are always supporting me and cheering me on. I'm thankful that I'm able to share my writing and my ideas on this wonderful blog. I'm thankful for all the wonderful things that have happened this year, and all the new experiences I was able to have, as well as the old ones. I'm thankful that I can go to school and get an education, even if sometimes I whine and complain about homework XD I'm even thankful for things like homework that are hard, because they make me into a stronger person. But most of all, I'm thankful for for Jesus's sacrifice on the cross, and his great love for us.
TWWK: I'm thankful for all the blessings in my life. Though being a parent is hard, I love my kids to death and I'm so thankful for my wonderful wife. I have a wonderful extended family too, flaws and all. I'm thankful for my workplace – directors, coworkers, and employees. I'm thankful for my church family, especially my small group. I can't begin to state how thankful I am for Jesus. I'm thankful for the great group of co-bloggers that have joined the site, who (maybe unbeknownst to them) have helped me from getting burned out while pushing me to become a stronger writer.
And finally, I'm very thankful for all the readers of Beneath the Tangles – visiting, occasional, and especially the loyal ones, who keep me on my toes and encourage me consistently.
Happy thanksgiving, everyone!
Chihayafuru (midway pause) – We will meet each other as we pursue our dreams.
Even in the age of passionate gods and miracles, unheard of was such burning autumn red as drenches the Tatsuta river. – Chihaya's card
As we cruise by the halfway mark of the anime season, I reflect back at the anime I'm following and why. Guilty Crown just out of pure interest in story, Un-Go for the characters, Fate/Zero because of Rider, but out of all of choices, Chihayafuru was one of the titles on the bottom of the list.
Frankly, all the information I heard about it was "It's about a girl who really likes this traditional Japanese card game." Yes, passing on that to a guy pulling voids out of people.
Though, thankfully, many of my friends were more ambitious than I and took the chance to watch it and after much convincing, I finally watch the first episode, and I promised it would be only the first episode. 2 hours later, I was fully caught up and wishing for more.
Penguins at Jesus' Arrest, Tabuki as Judas, and a Proliferation of Christian OEL Manga
Draggle sees Momoka of Mawaru Penguindrum as a Christ figure with disciples, including Tabuki as Judas. Roghek responded to that post with one of her own, discussing the episode in terms of the Biblical ideas of sin affecting future generations. Draggle then wrote another post focusing on our attitudes toward victims and again quoting scripture.
Continuing with Mawaru Penguindrum, Vucubcaquix sees parallels between the characters in episode 18 and similar individuals in the Bible, writing that Tabuki resembles a different disciple, Simon Peter, when he cut off the servant's (the Takakura children) ear, after which Jesus (Momoka) rebuked him.
Zeroe4 has been accepted into a YWAM program which will send him to Tokyo. Congratulations!
Katie reviews a ton of self-produced Christian OEL manga, including Dear Emily, Thy Name, Fleeting, Burn, and Send Me an Angel (Vol. 1).
Alafists posted a beautiful night time picture of a Buddhist templte, the Kiyomizu-dera.
Ard Vijn of Twich reviews Angel Beats, emphasizing the religious framework of the story in his review. In fact, Angel Beats! is getting a lot of run this week, with Miette-chan posting about a Tenshi figure, and the Seventh Style website discussing OST themes from the show and detailing Tenshi's guard skills.
As part of the Spirituality in the Anime Blogsophere series of posts, each week, Beneath the Tangles links to writings about anime and manga that involve religion and spirituality. If you've written such a piece or know of one, please email TWWK if you'd like it included.
ARIA: Finding Joy
Psalm 118:24 – "This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."
When I read my first slice-of-life manga, I was shocked. I had always thought that one of the most important things about manga was having a good, complex plot. It is important, but not always necessary.
ARIA is about a girl named Akari Mizunashi, who hundreds of years into the future travels to Mars, which has been terra-formed and re-named Aqua, to become a female gondolier in the city of Neo-Vanezia. From the first chapter, I was captivated. Everything was so peaceful and calm. It was almost as if I was right there, amid the bright-red leaves of autumn, rowing a gondola. The conflicts were minor, the action was trivial, but it all seemed so real, so peaceful, and so beautiful I couldn't stop reading it. Part of what makes this possible is the heroine of the manga, Akari. Read the rest of this entry
Mawaru Penguindrum Episode 18 and a Painful Response
I don't think sad and painful things are pointless. If that's fate, then they must happen for a reason. I will accept it and become stronger.
As Mawaru Penguindrum marches toward its fateful conclusion, one of the most interesting developments has been the change in how the audience views the show's characters. Episodes 17 and 18 certainly showed this, as we see the real Tabuki beneath his cheery and clueless exterior. But the character change that most stands out to me is the one who ended episode 18 with a few powerful words – Ringo, the girl who went from crazy stalker to possibly the show's most normal individual.
Her words at the end of episode 18 resonate loudly. The previous 22 minutes have been intense – the most intense episode of the series so far. Ringo stands at opposition of two of the characters in the center of the episode – Tabuki feels an overpowering sense of injustice and the need to correct that (though he does otherwise at the last second); it is unfair what has happened to Momoka and he can't move on. Likewise, Shouma, with his injured brother and sister in his arms, feels a sense of helplessness and pain:
How did this happen? Why? We never asked for anything special. Read the rest of this entry
Loving God in Macross Frontier, a Loving God in Angel Beats, and God in a Visual Novel
When I was still in love with God / I never expected such a farewell to come.
The lyrics above come from the song, "Diamond Crevasse," in Macross Frontier. Animekritic does his usual wonderful job of analysis, discussing the possible theological meanings of the song in his breakdown of episode 6 of the series.
Kiddtic defends the end of Angel Beats!, and briefly discusses the idea of God in that series's world.
2DT quotes the gospel in his discussion of Un-Go and human morality's relation to artificial intelligence.
Kokoro Hane updates us on her progress on a visual novel about Christian anime fans which she is finishing up.
Nu's tongue is set firmly in cheek as he states that Japan proves that God exists.
The Mecha Guignol provides some information about the Honto ni Atta! Reibai Sensei series, which focuses on a teacher obsessed with the occult.


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A wise man once told me: Vote opposite of Americans for Prosperity. Follow the dirty money.
AR is a Democrat , welfare state, reason only Obama did not carry the state is because he is black. Pryor will win.
Funny how the supreme court said that a business or a corporation has the same rights as a person to lobby with all the money they can muster (or steal from investors and wall street) yet you can't put the corporation in jail.. amazing..
No, Anonymous, you ignorant coward, AR is not a Democratic state. Arkansans vote for the candidate, not the Party. And just come out and say it--it's not possible for people in Arkansas not to like the policies of a King-President whose administration is a bunch of corrupt incompetents--it must be because we're racist. Do you usually find that comment shuts up people you say it to? No jobs, sky-high gas prices, trillion plus spending, governing ignoring the Constitution--No it must be that we're racist. Pryor is toast and I couldn't be happier.
When the founding fathers were in the process of drafting the constitution with only a few hundred thousand citizens they were smart enough to recognize that to provide universal health care would bankrupt the republic in short order. Now 227 years later with hundreds of millions of citizens and hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants I do not believe the powers that be are any less cognoscente of that fact. Quite he contrary it is my sincere belie that they do intend to destroy the republic from within just as Nikita Khrushchev predicted 55 years ago and we will have done it to ourselves. There may be civil unrest and blood shed in the streets I grew up around people who had escaped from the Soviet block and Castro's Cuba more recently I had become acquainted with others who fled Papa Do's Haiti the ones who still survive tell me that with each passing day things are becoming less what they came for and more what they were escaping from and anyone who does not see it is either under heavy sedation or a product of a public education system which for the last 35 years has been little more than an experiment in socialist social engineering from pre-K to Ph.D.
Somebody in here or maybe all are used to being told how and what to think. Sorry guys, no matter what you think or say there is another side that isn't as bad as you think it is. Have any of you gone to the Americans for Prosperity web site., or just believing what you hear?
AFP. Are a neo faciste fringe ultra conservative retrograde racist appendage of the Koch brothers empire.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid continued his public pounding of the Koch brothers on Thursday, saying they are "trying to rig the political system to favor the rich and especially favor themselves." He said he'd do "whatever it takes" to expose their campaign and will not let them "buy Congress and … buy our country."
"That means that no Arkansas residents have as yet had their plans canceled due to the health care law."
Why can't the Koch brothers find ONE legitimate victim of the ACA whose story doesn't fall apart under the bare minimum of scrutiny? I'm sure there are some, but they keep trotting out frauds...
How is AFP promoting social welfare? And getting tax free status to boot.
The woman said her letter the letter from BC/BS said December of 2014. Folks that is 9 months away. Shouldn't do anything to Mark Pryor.
Obama care is here to stay so get off of TV we are tired of hearing the guy whine about Pryor. Wasn't going to vote for him but now i think i will.
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1. The X-Files (1993–2002)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Two FBI agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.
Creator: Chris Carter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Robert Patrick
Votes: 122,064
2. Seinfeld (1989–1998)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York friends.
Creators: Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld | Stars: Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, Jason Alexander
Votes: 157,069
3. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
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Creator: Anthony E. Zuiker | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Eric Szmanda
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TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
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5. Our Brand Is Crisis (2015)
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A battle-hardened American political consultant is sent to help re-elect a controversial president in Bolivia, where she must compete with a long-term rival working for another candidate.
Writers: Peter Straughan, Rachel Boynton | Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Joaquim de Almeida
Votes: 1,612
6. Baywatch (1989–2001)
60 min | Action, Drama
Television series about a cadre of attractive lifeguards who patrol a crowded recreational beach.
Creators: Michael Berk, Gregory J. Bonann, Douglas Schwartz | Stars: David Hasselhoff, Pamela Anderson, Yasmine Bleeth, Jeremy Jackson
Votes: 17,655
7. August: Osage County (2013)
R | 121 min | Drama
A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
Writer: Tracy Letts | Director: John Wells | Stars: Meryl Streep, Dermot Mulroney, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis
Votes: 62,297
8. Argo (2012)
R | 120 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1980.
Writers: Chris Terrio, Tony Mendez, Joshuah Bearman | Director: Ben Affleck | Stars: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin
Votes: 418,738
9. Columbo (1971–2003)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Los Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and disingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.
Stars: Peter Falk, Mike Lally, John Finnegan, Bruce Kirby
Votes: 18,012
10. The Facts of Life (1979–1988)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
A group of girls attending a boarding school experience the joys and the trials of adolescence under the guiding hand of housemother Edna Garrett. Later in the series, Mrs. Garrett is ... See full summary »
Creators: Dick Clair, Howard Leeds, Jerry Mayer, Jenna McMahon, Ben Starr | Stars: Lisa Whelchel, Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn, Nancy McKeon
Votes: 3,765
11. Murder, She Wrote (1984– )
93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Professional writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher uses her intellect, charm, and persistence to get to the bottom of every crime she encounters.
Creators: Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson, William Link | Stars: Angela Lansbury, William Windom, Ron Masak, Louis Herthum
Votes: 11,808
12. Family Ties (1982–1989)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Chronicles liberal ex-hippies Steven and Elyse Keaton, their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.
Creator: Gary David Goldberg | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Michael Gross, Meredith Baxter, Justine Bateman
Votes: 10,942
13. 21 Jump Street (1987–1991)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of an undercover police unit composed of young looking officers specializing in youth crime.
Creators: Stephen J. Cannell, Patrick Hasburgh | Stars: Johnny Depp, Dustin Nguyen, Peter DeLuise, Holly Robinson Peete
Votes: 8,282
14. The Monuments Men (2014)
PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, War
An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners.
Writers: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Robert M. Edsel, Bret Witter | Director: George Clooney | Stars: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett
Votes: 93,754
15. Happy Days (1974–1984)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Music
The Cunningham family live through the 1950s with help and guidance from the lovable and almost superhuman greaser, Fonzie.
Creator: Garry Marshall | Stars: Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley
Votes: 10,391
16. The American (2010)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An assassin hides out in Italy for one last assignment.
Writers: Rowan Joffe, Martin Booth | Director: Anton Corbijn | Stars: George Clooney, Paolo Bonacelli, Violante Placido, Irina Björklund
Votes: 76,519
17. The Birdcage (1996)
R | 117 min | Comedy
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's right-wing moralistic parents.
Writers: Jean Poiret, Francis Veber, Édouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon, Elaine May | Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest
Votes: 59,392
18. Justice League (2001–2006)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Seven of the most formidable heroes form arguably the most powerful team ever.
Creators: Bob Kane, William M. Marston, Joe Shuster, Jerry Siegel, Gardner Fox, Christopher Keenan, Linda Steiner | Stars: Carl Lumbly, George Newbern, Phil LaMarr, Kevin Conroy
Votes: 22,674
19. The Ides of March (2011)
R | 101 min | Drama
An idealistic staffer for a new presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail.
Writers: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon | Director: George Clooney | Stars: Paul Giamatti, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ryan Gosling
Votes: 181,318
20. The Scorpion King (2002)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A desert warrior rises up against the evil army that is destroying his homeland. He captures the enemy's key sorcerer, takes her deep into the desert and prepares for a final showdown.
Writers: Stephen Sommers, Jonathan Hales, William Osborne, David Hayter | Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Steven Brand, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kelly Hu
Votes: 95,061
21. Enemy of the State (1998)
R | 132 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A lawyer becomes a target by a corrupt politician and his NSA goons when he accidentally receives key evidence to a serious politically motivated crime.
Writer: David Marconi | Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet
Votes: 179,099
22. True Lies (1994)
R | 141 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman.
Writers: Claude Zidi, Simon Michaël, Didier Kaminka, James Cameron | Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton
Votes: 180,524
23. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1999)
44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Hercules, aided by his best friend Iolaus, goes on many adventures helping people and slaying mythical monsters using his half-god strength.
Creator: Christian Williams | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Michael Hurst, Kevin Smith, Robert Trebor
Votes: 20,086
24. Matlock (1986–1995)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ben Matlock is a very expensive criminal defense attorney who charges $100,000 to take a case. Fortunately, he's worth every penny as he and his associates defend his clients by finding the real killer.
Creator: Dean Hargrove | Stars: Andy Griffith, Linda Purl, Kene Holiday, Nancy Stafford
Votes: 3,950
25. The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A modern revival of the classic eponymous 1960s sci-fi horror anthology show. Episodes often have twist-endings and involve aliens. Sometimes, story from one episode continues in a later episode.
Stars: Alex Diakun, Eric Schneider, Garvin Cross, Kavan Smith
Votes: 8,115
26. Money Monster (2016)
Drama, Thriller | Post-production
Lee Gates is a TV personality whose insider tips have made him the money guru of Wall Street. When Kyle loses all of his family's money on a bad tip, he holds Lee and his entire show ... See full summary »
Writers: Alan DiFiore, Jim Kouf, Jamie Linden | Director: Jodie Foster | Stars: Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Dominic West, Jack O'Connell
27. The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
R | 94 min | Comedy, War
A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.
Writers: Peter Straughan, Jon Ronson | Director: Grant Heslov | Stars: Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges
Votes: 105,599
28. Touched by an Angel (1994–2003)
TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Monica, Tess, and Andrew are a trio of angels sent to Earth to tell depressed and troubled people that God loves them and hasn't forgotten them.
Creator: John Masius | Stars: Roma Downey, Della Reese, John Dye, Valerie Bertinelli
Votes: 4,489
29. Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
PG | 93 min | Drama
Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Writers: George Clooney, Grant Heslov | Director: George Clooney | Stars: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels
Votes: 81,808
30. Dante's Peak (1997)
PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A vulcanologist arrives at a countryside town named Dante's Peak after a long dormant volcano, which has recently been named the second most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that Dante's Peak, may wake up at any moment.
Writer: Leslie Bohem | Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Jamie Renée Smith, Jeremy Foley
Votes: 58,844
31. Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.
Writers: Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone, John Romano, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Billy Bob Thornton, Geoffrey Rush
Votes: 72,648
32. Thirtysomething (1987–1991)
60 min | Drama, Romance
Hope and Michael are a married couple in their thirties, living in Philadelphia, and struggling with everyday adult angst. Michael runs an ad agency with his friend Elliot, whose marriage ... See full summary »
Creators: Marshall Herskovitz, Edward Zwick | Stars: Timothy Busfield, Polly Draper, Mel Harris, Peter Horton
Votes: 1,491
33. L.A. Law (1986–1994)
46 min | Drama
The lives and work of the staff of a major Los Angeles law firm.
Creators: Steven Bochco, Terry Louise Fisher | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Michael Tucker
Votes: 2,597
34. Leatherheads (2008)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1925, an enterprising pro football player convinces America's too-good-to-be-true college football hero to play for his team and keep the league from going under.
Writers: Duncan Brantley, Rick Reilly | Director: George Clooney | Stars: George Clooney, Renée Zellweger, John Krasinski, David de Vries
Votes: 27,010
35. Congo (1995)
PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
When an expedition to the African Congo ends in disaster, a new team is assembled to find out what went wrong.
Writers: Michael Crichton, John Patrick Shanley | Director: Frank Marshall | Stars: Laura Linney, Tim Curry, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson
Votes: 32,977
36. Mama's Family (1983–1990)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Thelma Harper and her spinster sister Fran open their home to Thelma's recently divorced son Vinton and his teenage son and daughter. It's quite an adjustment for everyone, especially the ... See full summary »
Creators: Dick Clair, Jenna McMahon | Stars: Vicki Lawrence, Beverly Archer, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman
Votes: 2,751
37. Sleeper Cell (2005– )
60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An American undercover FBI agent is assigned to infiltrate a terrorist sleeper cell that is planning an attack in Los Angeles.
Creators: Ethan Reiff, Cyrus Voris | Stars: Michael Ealy, Oded Fehr, Henri Lubatti, Melissa Sagemiller
Votes: 4,898
38. License to Drive (1988)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy
A teen decides to go for a night on the town with his friends despite flunking his driver's test.
Writer: Neil Tolkin | Director: Greg Beeman | Stars: Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Carol Kane, Richard Masur
Votes: 12,621
39. Black Sheep (1996)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy
A gubernatorial candidate hires a wormy special assistant whose only job is to make sure the candidate's well-meaning but incompetent brother doesn't ruin the election.
Writer: Fred Wolf | Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Chris Farley, David Spade, Tim Matheson, Christine Ebersole
Votes: 28,223
40. Rocket Power (1999–2004)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Family, Sport
Four friends and their daily lives of playing extreme sports, surfing, and getting into some crazy situations.
Creators: Andrew McElfresh, Gabor Csupo, Arlene Klasky, Michael Bloom, Eryk Casemiro, Victor Wilson | Stars: Joseph Ashton, Shayna Fox, John Kassir, Ray Bumatai
Votes: 4,708
41. Yes, Dear (2000–2006)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Yes, Dear is a comedy about two young couples and their outrageously contrasting views on parenting. First-time parents, Greg and Kim Warner struggle on a daily basis to become perfect at ... See full summary »
Creators: Alan Kirschenbaum, Gregory Thomas Garcia | Stars: Anthony Clark, Liza Snyder, Jean Louisa Kelly, Mike O'Malley
Votes: 4,988
42. The Twilight Zone (1985–1989)
TV-PG | 45 min | Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Mystery
A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but often have a wicked sense of humor and an unexpected twist.
Creator: Rod Serling | Stars: Robin Ward, Charles Aidman, Richard Mulligan, William Atherton
Votes: 5,448
43. Valerie (1986–1991)
30 min | Comedy, Family
Originally the saga of a working mom raising her three sons alone while her pilot husband is away. After star Valerie Harper left the series, her role was filled by Sandy Duncan as the boys' aunt.
Creator: Charlie Hauck | Stars: Jason Bateman, Jeremy Licht, Luis Daniel Ponce, Josh Taylor
Votes: 836
44. Hardcastle and McCormick (1983–1986)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A retired judge and his last defendant follow up on cases that were dismissed due to technicalities.
Creators: Stephen J. Cannell, Patrick Hasburgh | Stars: Brian Keith, Daniel Hugh Kelly, John Hancock, Mary Jackson
Votes: 1,238
45. To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feeling about Cinema.
Writers: Manoel de Oliveira, Atom Egoyan, Olivier Assayas, William Chang, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Amos Gitai, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Aki Kaurismäki, Andrey Konchalovskiy, Nanni Moretti, Kar Wai Wong, Yimou Zhang, Jingzhi Zou | Directors: Theodoros Angelopoulos, Olivier Assayas, Bille August, Jane Campion, Youssef Chahine, Kaige Chen, Michael Cimino, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, David Cronenberg, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Manoel de Oliveira, Raymond Depardon, Atom Egoyan, Amos Gitai, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Aki Kaurismäki, Abbas Kiarostami, Takeshi Kitano, Andrey Konchalovskiy, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, David Lynch, Nanni Moretti, Roman Polanski, Raoul Ruiz, Walter Salles, Elia Suleiman, Ming-liang Tsai, Gus Van Sant, Lars von Trier, Wim Wenders, Kar Wai Wong, Yimou Zhang | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Pegah Ahangarani, Anouk Aimée, Leonid Alexeenko
Votes: 3,469
46. Harry and the Hendersons (1991–1993)
30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The Hendersons were a typical sitcom family living in the Pacific Northwest who owned an unusual pet: a real live Sasquatch. While on a camping trip, the Hendersons found Bigfoot, and ... See full summary »
Stars: Bruce Davison, Molly Cheek, Zachary Bostrom, Carol-Ann Plante
Votes: 745
47. The Boys Next Door (1985)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Roy and Bo leave their small town the weekend after graduation for a short road trip to LA. Soon, they find themselves lashing out and leaving a trail of bodies behind them. The violence escalates throughout.
Writers: Glen Morgan, James Wong | Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Maxwell Caulfield, Charlie Sheen, Patti D'Arbanville, Christopher McDonald
Votes: 1,938
48. Vital Signs (1990)
R | 103 min | Drama
This movie follows the lives of medical students who are in their third year, which is the time that they have to decide what they intend to specialize in. At the center is Michael Chatham ... See full summary »
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I live on the south side of Sheboygan and walk my dog. When we walk we see droppings on the sidewalk, against fences on the alleyways, on the school grounds and may other places. I feel that a responsible dog owner would pick up their droppings.
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Elaine A. Harms, 83 years, of Fremont, NE died Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at Nye Legacy in Fremont. She was born Feb. 11, 1929 at Scribner, NE to Harry and Lora (Iske) Ristau.
She grew up at rural Scribner and was a 1946 graduate of Scribner High School. Elaine married Dale Harms on October 9, 1947 at Salem Lutheran Church in Fremont. The couple farmed northwest of Fremont from 1947 to 2005, when they moved into Fremont. Elaine had been residing at Nye Legacy in Fremont since 2009. She was a member of Salem Lutheran Church in Fremont; member of Fraternal Order of Eagles #200 Auxiliary and the Fremont Eagles Camping Club; and member of Tri Valley C.B. Radio Club.
She is survived by daughters & sons-in-law, Susan & Jack Aspy, Judy & Dean Chapman, Peggy & Randy Brand and Kathy & Matt Hoschiet all of Fremont; sisters-in-law, Nadine Ristau, Dona Mock and Ella Harms all of Fremont; 11 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Dale, who died March 9, 2006; daughter, Betty Harms; and 4 brothers, Donald, Gail, Harold & Alvin.
Funeral service will be 10 AM, Saturday, April 14th at Salem Lutheran Church in Fremont. The Rev. Michael Thomas will officiate. Visitation will be on Friday from 5 PM to 8 PM the family will receive friends on Friday from 6 PM to 8 PM all at Moser Memorial Chapel, Fremont. Visitation will continue on Saturday at church 1hr prior to service.
Burial will be at Memorial Cemetery in Fremont.
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Ally #1, Bruce Sterling, sends along this article about the most recent report on the implications of peak oil, noting "The part I like is 'massive demand destruction.' Now there's a coinage with legs."
"World oil peaking is going to happen," the report says. Only the "timing is uncertain." ... But in its conclusion the report makes troubling reading, noting that "the world has never faced a problem like this. Without massive mitigation more than a decade before the fact, the problem will be pervasive and will not be temporary. Previous energy transitions were gradual and evolutionary. Oil peaking will be abrupt and revolutionary."
Now we're getting news from Al Jazeera? Please.
Yes, because American media is always scrupulously truthful and never misleading in any way, whereas the sneaky Arabs have invented peak oil as a conspiracy to take away your good Christian God-given right to drive an S.U.V!
The report itself is available at http://www.hilltoplancers.org/stories/hirsch0502.pdf.
For Jesse, and anyone not glancing beyond this page and his comment, Al Jazeera are reporting the contents of the report (thanks for the link, Devin!) 'Peaking of World Oil Production: Impacts, Mitigation and Risk Management' by Hirsch, R.L., Bezdek, R.H & Wendling, R.M., published by the US Department of Energy, February 2005.
The DoE also submitted a summary of the report to the Association for the Study of Peak Oil (http://www.peakoil.net/) March 2005 newsletter (http://22.214.171.124/newsletter51.pdf). They conclude that we need to start preparing for peak oil 20 years before it happens in order to mitigate the effects; also, that it will happen within 20 years from now.
"Misplaced cynicism" is probably the politest way of describing Jesse's comment. Shouldn't we be asking why such a report from the DoE is only being picked up a specialist newsletter and Al Jazeera? (BTW, worth mentioning that energy trade publications have picked up the story, too. Seems that Al Jazeera should be praised for actually reporting "The News".)
I thought Jesse was joking.
Anyway, if we are all reading the same blogs, we probably see the evidence for Peak Oil accumulating. I think it was bits from Green Car Congress:
that led me to (tenatively) accept the idea:
A friend of mine on a message board had this to say about this. I think he is correct.
"Where as supply steadily dwindles, the price will slowly but steadily increase. It's not going to simply "crash" if it actually has a correspondance to supply (which subsidies distort, as price is less directly coupled to supply). As price indicators slowly push oil up, investment in alternative infrastructure looks better and better. The very point of this however is gradual change, not a total crash."
Here is where that quote is from.
Also think of the oppritunites for energy leap frogging that this provides. Developing nations will no longer have a need to develop capital heavy oil based energy systems and can look into cleaner distributed energy systems.
Graham, I think I expected this sort of soft landing as well.
Now I'm thinking things might be perturbed by the nature of oil production. Costs come at the front end (exploration, drilling) and at the tail end (secondary recovery, whatever), but the middle is easy. In the middle stages of production you just (simplifying a bit) run the pumps.
I think it is easy for an oil-rich nation to run the pumps, even when it might be in their interest to pace the output a bit.
This could prolong our sense of well-being a bit past the "peak."
I'm somewhat puzzled by the fascination with "peak oil". It sometimes appears that its proponents are hoping for this big crash in oil production so that the world can magically change to a radically new energy infrastructure.
I'm not sure when oil production will hit it's peak and I don't really care. It appears that the average price for oil is going to stay relatively high for the near future and it may rise more. If this happens, substitutes will become more "affordable" and other sources of oil which are now uneconomical will come into production. If the substitutes are more economical than the new sourc es of oil then we will have hit a peak. What's the big deal?
Over the next century we will gradually (with some hiccups/disruptions) move to newer energy sources. The current high price of oil will encourage this.
Everybody likes a disaster movie.
Well, before you discount the gravity of peak oil completely, consider the following:
Oil drives our economy, literally and figuratively: besides providing for transportation (that is, allowing the 'market' to function), oil by-products also provide for a major part of industry (by by-products I mean both energy derived from oil and these: Air conditioners, ammonia, anti-histamines, antiseptics, artificial turf, asphalt, aspirin, balloons, bandages, boats, bottles, bras, bubble gum, butane, cameras, candles, car batteries, car bodies, carpet, cassette tapes, caulking, CDs, chewing gum, cold, combs/brushes, computers, contacts, cortisone, crayons, cream, denture adhesives, deodorant, detergents, dice, dishwashing liquid, dresses, dryers, electric blankets, electricians tape, fertilisers, fishing lures, fishing rods, floor wax, footballs, glues, glycerin, golf balls, guitar strings, hair, hair colouring, hair curlers, hearing aids, heart valves, heating oil, house paint, ice chests, ink, insect repellent, insulation, jet fuel, life jackets, linoleum, lip balm, lipstick, loudspeakers, medicines, mops, motor oil, motorcycle helmets, movie film, nail polish, oil filters, paddles, paint brushes, paints, parachutes, paraffin, pens, perfumes, petroleum jelly, plastic chairs, plastic cups, plastic forks, plastic wrap, plastics, plywood adhesives, refrigerators, roller-skate wheels, roofing paper, rubber bands, rubber boots, rubber cement, rubbish bags, running shoes, saccharine, seals, shirts (non-cotton), shoe polish, shoes, shower curtains, solvents, solvents, spectacles, stereos, sweaters, table tennis balls, tape recorders, telephones, tennis rackets, thermos, tights, toilet seats, toners, toothpaste, transparencies, transparent tape, TV cabinets, typewriter/computer ribbons, tyres, umbrellas, upholstery, vaporisers, vitamin capsules, volleyballs, water pipes, water skis, wax, wax paper (list taken from here.))
What happens when the major constitutive force of the economy suddenly becomes more expensive? Everything becomes more expensive. At some point, this rising in cost may shatter 'the market' completely. ((That is, when the cost of fabrication/transportation connot be recuperated)). And before you run on flights of fancy about 'the market' supplying the impetus for a change when gas gets expensive, consider the time needed to implement a massive infrastructure change--not to mention the great cost as is, without calculating the costs after cheap oil becomes a thing of the past.
The timeline of the report is rather important as well: 20 years preparation will mitigate the vast majority of the effects; 10 years will take the edge off the guillotine; none will leave us, as it were, running without heads. Most geologists agree that the peak will hit by 2010. Barring major global recession, demand will outstrip supply at around the same time. That's 5 years away. The time to act is now, rather than then. The 'market' is not going to save us: it works on the basis of the dollar, not the joule.
Peak oil is fun in that it puts a deadline on all our collective efforts of building 'a bright green future'.
It places our actions under the sign of a certain 'fatality' - and the fatal is a condition under which I think many romantic souls love to work.
Some comments on Hirsch's articles (this one and a presentation from last year with similar content) were posted earlier this week over at altenergyaction.org:
"Peak Oil" - sounds a bit negative. How about, "Peak Carbon in the Atmosphere!" which is of course a huge positive. Self enforcing Kyoto.
One other note, riffing off some of comments, the reason why peak oil is a big deal is if it happens, the cost of building an alternative energy infrastructure explodes. Transportation, linchpin of the global economy, takes a big hit.
The other aspect to consider is that oil isn't the only finite energy resource to have a depletion curve associated with it - natural gas is another, so if people plan to follow Amory Lovins' recommendations to transition to a hydrogen economy one day, they better do it while there is still enough gas around to make it feasible.
(I'll note uranium has a poorly analysed depletion curve as well, for those who buy the "clean, green nuclear energy" line).
And if you're into doomsday scenarios based on endless oil production decline, the best places to go include Jay Hanson's fabulously gloomy dieoff.org (http://www.dieoff.org) and Mike Ruppert's From The Wilderness (http://www.fromthewilderness.com/) - where you can also get a good dose of conspiracy theories as well.
This article may also provide some food for thought: "The Oil We Eat" (http://www.harpers.org/TheOilWeEat.html)
"How about, "Peak Carbon in the Atmosphere!" which is of course a huge positive. Self enforcing Kyoto."
Jon, it doesn't work that way.
Carbon accumulates in the atmosphere as long as human emissions exceed the rate at which the planetary system of air, oceans, soils, rock weathering, etc., resorbs the carbon.
In other words, as long as the "faucet" is at a higher volume than the "drain", the "bathtub" will fill. You can reach a "peak fill rate" and then diminish from there, but the tub will keep filling until the "drain rate" is greater than the "fill rate".
Kyoto is about a tiny reduction in the fill rate. The actual reduction we need is approximately 70% from today. Many folks think that's impossible. I don't - in fact, I think most of what we need to do to get there will be a lot of fun. Beats the alternative, anyway.
Re: "What's the deal about peak oil?", "The market will resolve it", "Alternative will become affordable". I think livingfossil sums up an important point, in that people far too easily limit oil to its direct usages, and look to "alternative energy" sources as easy replacements. Firstly, there is a serious debate about whether alternative energy sources (1) can match the energy generated by oil in the near future, or (2) can be built into our oil-based infrastructure in time to mitigate serious negative effects, i.e. the energy needed to overhaul the infrastructure won't be forthcoming before it's done. I'm far from decided on this debate - but I know enough to know it's real, not to be easily dismissed.
Secondly, there are all the other uses of oil - my understanding is that agrochemicals are the most important of these. Never mind energy to transport food when you've got no fertiliser to grow it with and soil that's lost its own fertility due to years of use of agrochemicals.
Re: Terriblisma, "Everyone likes a good disaster movie", etc. Some truth in this, but I'm not sure it's helpful in a debate about these issues. Reminds me of the mis-/over-used idea of people actually having a desire for the terrible things happening to them. (Did this originate with Freud's theory of "wish-fulfilment" in dreams and neurosis? Surely past its sell-by date?) Of course there's something to it, but you can't base rational discussion on the idea, it just becomes an easy dismissal. People jerking themselves off over apocalyptic scenarios are easy to spot - everyone else deserves counter-arguments, not cod psychology :-)
David - The implication of peak oil is that well over 70% drop in emission will occur by 2030. There is also a peak for methane, and uranium.
I recently posted an article summarizing Peak Oil on TreeHugger.com. Most interesing response is that there is no response: e.g. no comments at all. I think it falls flat partly because of the dread that the very idea inspires and because we have become a defeatist, supersition driven society. The whole "I'll get my MBA and get rich" mindset has to be overcome.


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The UK National Audit Office advises that 9% of hospital patients acquire a nosocomial infection. This is equivalent to 100,000 infections per year. Of the 10,000 European patients in intensive care, 45% contracted a nosocomial infection.
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If the cost of an Infection Control Programme = €300,000 (250 bed hospital with 8,000 admissions)Nosocomial infections average an extra 4 hospital days per infection. At an extra cost of €750/day, the total cost = €3000 per infection.
Assuming 9% nosocomial infections, there are 720 infections each year at a total cost of €2,160,000 The break-even cost/saving occurs at 100 infections per year.
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the multiple lanes of fast-moving traffic on Route 5 between
Colonie Center and Northway Mall can be daunting for even
the most able-bodied pedestrian. For people who, due to age
or disability, must use a bit more caution, that sidewalk-to-sidewalk
journey can be exceptionally dangerous. So, on Saturday (Nov.
8), about half-a-dozen grassroots public-transportation advocates
took up picket signs in the hopes of making the public aware
of the dangers faced by nondrivers wishing to patronize mall
In 1999, Capital District Transportation Authority bus routes
taking patrons into the Northway Mall parking lot were abruptly
canceled, due to a lack of interest in the then-suffering
commercial district. Since that time, the mall has experienced
a revitalization, with several well-known businesses setting
up shop in the area. However, even with this revitalization,
no plan to reconnect the mall directly to bus routes has emerged,
leaving many nondrivers in the region concerned.
People wishing to use public transportation for a trip to
Northway Mall currently have two options. Eastbound passengers
can disembark at a bus stop on the same side of Route 5 as
Northway Mall, but in order to reach the mall from this bus
stop, customers must navigate without a sidewalk over a landscaped
embankment and then cross a wide, bustling parking lot.
For westbound passengers, the difficulties in patronizing
Northway Mall are significantly greater, since they have to
cross the highway. Traffic on Route 5 is frequently congested,
and, according to 66-year-old Lucille Brewer, chairwoman of
Citizens for Transportation, often unforgiving toward people
whose pace is too slow for the brief crossing time alloted
by the walk signals.
Several years of discussion between representatives of Northway
Mall, CDTA and groups like Citizens for Transportation have
yielded several potential solutions, but nothing has come
to fruition so far. One idea involved shuttle service between
Colonie Center, Northway Mall and their respective bus stops.
According to Margo Janack, manager of corporate communications
for CDTA, these concerns have not fallen on deaf ears. We
havent defined the scope of or the method [of a solution]
just yet, explained Janack. Were looking closely at the
use of a shuttle-fly, because we do want to provide for the
people who use our service.
However, Northway Mall management has been resistant to many
of the proposed solutions, according to Brewer. Even after
compiling extensive petitions, the most recent signed by 383
Route 5 bus patrons, and garnering the support of CDTA, Citizens
for Transportation has received little in the way of response
from Northways New York Citybased management company, Mall
Properties Inc. This lack of communication prompted Saturdays
demonstration, where protestors traced the long route from
bus stop to mall.
was willing to send the shuttle buses into the mall, said
Brewer, but they [Northway Mall] acted as if they didnt
want the buses in there.
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where do i put the ajaxSend code i found here:
I mean, i have a base htm file that has a section, which looks a bit like this:
$(function() {
... and then i define buttons to be pressed etc etc
so what? do i put the code above the ${function(){}); call (but in the script tags)? do i put it in the function call? do i have to change it - the way it is called, perhaps - in any way shape or form?
i stuck it above the $(function()) call (but in the script tag), but its not like my ajax calls are behaving any differently. In fact, i don't have the foggiest notion how to test if this is doing anything. I'm not using any test code (i know, terrible. but this is a learning progress. also, i don't like test code). Is there some way i can "manually" test this? Like, using nothing but firefox?


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|not found
|The database specific class was not found.
|Check the $dsn and make sure to have an complete installation of the DB-package and that you database is supported by DB.
This function should be called statically.