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Allen Greenfield, recently announced that he had found in his archives a series of unreleased tapes of interviews that were made by Gray Barker, the UFOlogist and folklorist best known for his coverage of fortean events in West Virginia, including the Mothman, Flatwoods Monster, and for his, some say, invention of the contemporary mythos of the Men in Black. Credulous curmudgeons, and stuffy skeptics often lament Barker's involvement in the field of Forteana, saying that he was nothing more than an ill intentioned prankster that muddied the waters of serious investigation, or worse, a profiteering culture pirate who took advantage of the gullible with articles for Fate Magazine, books like They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers, The Silver Bridge, MIB: The Secret Terror Among Us, and the many publications he put out from others via his imprint Saucerian Press.
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|Hippocampal damage after prolonged febrile seizure: One case in a consecutive prospective series.
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|The factors that contribute to hippocampal damage as a sequela, and its frequency, in patients experiencing febrile status epilepticus, remain unknown. Of the 472 patients with febrile seizures admitted to our hospital between February 2004 and August 2008, 77 had prolonged seizures. Among them, 59 underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A 21-month-old girl showed hippocampal changes after her first episode of febrile status epilepticus. The seizure lasted about 35 min, with eye deviation to the right and ictal rhythmic discharges in the left hemisphere. MRI at 72 h after the seizure revealed high-signal intensities in T(2) and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) images of the left hippocampus. Left hippocampal volume diminished over the next several months suggesting the occurrence of neuronal cell death. In no other cases, not even those with longer seizure durations, did significant hippocampal changes develop. The frequency of hippocampal damage was 1.7% in this case series. The involvement of factors other than seizure duration merits further study.
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As the first month of new year is almost over, there are likely to be a number of people who decide to switch to a vegetarian diet, or at least try it on for size. I thought that now would be a good time to post a short primer on the different types of vegetarians and some tips on getting plenty of nutrition on each of the various types of vegetarian diets.
This week, I discovered a blog that I've really enjoyed reading, called The NuttyNutritionist.com.
It's not a vegetarian blog, but licensed nutritionist Linda Kaminsky has some great articles on the vegetarian diet. This past week, she posted "You Gotta Eat!", which is an introduction to the different types of vegetarian diets and some very good advice on how to eat well, no matter which vegetarian diet you choose. I especially like the focus on teen and young women, so if you know someone in that age group who's thinking of going vegetarian, you should definitely pass this post on to her.
As Kaminsky explains, vegetarians can basically be divided into vegan, ovo-lacto vegetarians, pescetarians (still eat fish but no meat), and flexitarians, who eat meat, but only certain types or very rarely. I would add plain old vegetarian to that list, as she excludes non-vegans who do not eat dairy or eggs. Not all of those vegetarians shun wearing animal products or go so far as to eliminate gelatin or other animal-derived products, but the diets are largely the same.
Vegans not only exclude meat from their diets, but also things like butter, gelatin and anything else derived from animal products. Many vegans also do not wear animal products or use leather and other materials that are made from any animal.
For both of these groups, Kaminsky advises that,
This strict form of vegetarianism is the most challenging and the avoidance of ALL animal foods limits one's intake of complete proteins, calcium, vitamin D, vitamin B12, iron, and zinc, putting one at nutritional risk when not implemented properly. A nutritionally adequate vegan diet should include soy products, such as tofu, edamame, soymilk, and soy yogurt, which contain all essential amino acids to support bodily growth and repair("complete" proteins)."
For ovo-lacto or lacto-vegetarians, (those who still eat dairy products and eggs) it's a bit easier to get the protein and calcium that can be a bit harder to get in a vegetarian or vegan diet.
Provided one is consuming dairy products and eggs on a regular basis, there is little need for concern over adequate protein intake, as animal proteins are "complete", providing all essential amino acids for proper bodily growth and repair.This form of vegetarianism is also likely to meet one's nutritional needs for vitamin B12, calcium, vitamin D, and zinc provided fruits, vegetables, dairy products, eggs, whole grains, nuts, seeds, soy, and legumes are included as well."
Kaminsky does caution ovo-lacto vegetarians to be sure they're getting enough iron by eating fortified whole grains and plenty of leafy green vegetables such as spinach, broccoli and kale.
Kaminsky has some specific advice for teen and young girls, who she says often adopt a vegetarian diet as a way to lose weight.
Now, if you are a parent of a child or teen looking to become vegetarian, it is important to discuss his or her reasons for desiring a vegetarian lifestyle and to review the wide variety of vegetarian practices that exist today. I tend to encourage the lacto-ovo vegetarian lifestyle for most children and teens, as it is generally the easiest to follow and contains the widest variety of nutrients that growing bodies need."
Understand that this post isn't meant to favor or support one type of vegetarian diet over another. I started out as a pescetarian (still ate fish), then became an ovo-lacto and am now working my way toward vegan or "strict" vegetarian. Each person has their own reasons for going vegetarian and each person has to find their own best way to do that. There are several types of vegetarian diets because we are a wonderfully diverse community.


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Semiconducting Properties of Nanoparticles Linked with Oxidative Damage
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An NIEHS grantee and his colleagues used the semiconducting properties of metal oxide nanoparticles to quickly identify nanoparticles that could cause toxicity in vitro and in vivo. This new method could speed assessment of emerging new nanomaterials and prioritize materials for further study.
The researchers first predicted which of 24 metal oxide nanoparticles might cause cell injury, based on semiconducting properties, and then analyzed all the nanoparticles with a high-throughput assay that assessed oxidative damage to a variety of cell types. In only a few hours, the screen identified oxidative damage from six nanoparticles — the same ones that previously met the researchers' predictive criteria. Animal tests of the 24 metal oxide nanoparticles showed that the same six caused lung inflammation.
Citation: Zhang H, Ji Z, Xia T, Meng H, Low-Kam C, Liu R, Pokhrel S, Lin S, Wang X, Liao YP, Wang M, Li L, Rallo R, Damoiseaux R, Telesca D, Mädler L, Cohen Y, Zink JI, Nel AE. 2012. Use of Metal Oxide Nanoparticle Band Gap To Develop a Predictive Paradigm for Oxidative Stress and Acute Pulmonary Inflammation, ACS Nano 6(5):4349-4368.
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Is it a bad thing to create a bad image about yourself so that people will distant themselves from you?
Really do not care.

Sure it would be nice to have someone get the know me before they judge due to ink on my arms, but really it is their loss not mine.
it might keep folks away from you now but just don't expect folks to swarm towards ya when ya decide to change ya mind later.
nah, go for it
Not bad as much as sad.
not bad... but it is sad in a way.
I do this all the time and I think you have the question backwards. isn't you who is trying to distance themselves from others?
Why would you want to do that? I don't see the point.
why would anybody do something like that?
You want me to think you are bad so i wont like you?
we have the opportunity to change people by who and what we are. by not being who you are, you could be breaking and ruining future relationships. it is better to act with integrity than to pretend to be someone you r not.
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The Polynesia cost $500,000 when it was built in 1961. Architect Raymond H. Peck designed the space for owner Dave Cohn. The Polynesia was situated on Pier 51 in downtown Seattle, overlooking Puget Sound; it must have had absolutely breathtaking views.
It closed twenty years later in 1981, when the government condemned the pier... they wanted more space to expand the ferry terminal (it's now part of the Colman Dock complex). The building with three A-frame roofs (minus interior fixtures & furnishings, which had been removed) was put onto a barge and moved to temporary site on the Duwamish River. Owner Cohn sought a new site for some time, and sadly, never found a suitable one. He eventually gave up, and allowed the Seattle Fire Department to burn the building down for practice(!).
Some of the furnishings for the Polynesia included banquettes carved by Witco, large carved posts (these posts were salvaged, uncarved, from the building that had existed on the pier before the Polynesia) by local artists Donald Keys and Donald Ingalls, and a life-size tiki carved from monkey pod from Manila.
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Well the weekend just seemed to slip away from me again. I worked until almost 8:00 Friday night, and having stayed as late most of the week-long, I was just wiped out by the time I got home. I was in bed by 9:00 Friday night. I'm such a wimp.
Brad has been back at school for a week now, but he, Heather and the dog came back here for the weekend. The Minnesota State Fair is going on, and Heather hasn't been there since she was a little kid, so Mark promised her we'd all go. The kids arrived Friday evening, and on Saturday morning, we all piled in the truck to go to the fair.
We normally go to the fair every year, but usually we pick a weekday to go. It's been years since we attended on a weekend and I had forgotten how absolutely insanely crowded it can be. There was no parking to be had at the fairgrounds, but we did find a good deal a few miles away. The area businesses were offering free parking with free shuttle rides into the fairgrounds. That was really the way to go. We probably would have had to pay upwards of ten dollars to park at the fairgrounds, but instead, we parked for free and enjoyed an air-conditioned ride on a coach bus which brought us right to one of the fair entrances.
Jake had gone camping for the weekend with my brother and nephew, so he missed the fun. (Not that he minded. He loves to camp and fish.) In Jake's place, Kacey invited her friend, Hailey along and the six of us began our trek through the fair. It seems like in the past, we tend to just wander aimlessly, trekking here and there and often doubling back to places we'd already been. So I decided right off that we would start by walking the outer edge of the grounds and then weave our way through until we came to the midway on the far side.
There is always so much to see at the fair and SO much to eat, and we did our part to taste-test as many of the foods as possible. We started with deep-fried sun-fish, all sharing from one serving. this is how we tasted most of the foods. And almost everything is deep-fried at the fair. You can't plan on eating healthy there, but if you allow yourself a day to just pig out, you'll have a ball. Just plan on ingesting a few Rolaids when you get home!
We had deep-fried cheese curds and a blooming onion with cheese sauce for dipping. But my favorite were the deep-fried pickles. These were thick, round pickle slices and cream cheese, dipped in batter and deep-fried with ranch sauce for dipping. Yum! And it was an extremely hot day, so we had plenty to drink. And before we left for the day, we made a stop at Sweet Martha's for an overflowing bucket of fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies. We ate a few while there, then took the rest home for later.
The people watching is always the best part of the state fair. First, there's the hair. It comes in all colors, including neon green, hot pink and royal blue. There is long hair, short hair, spiky hair, Pauly-D hair, mohawks and hair with tails. Then, there's the wide array of fashion at the fair. I'd say most people dress sensibly for a hot summer day of walking for hours around the fairgrounds. Those people wear shorts, a t-shirt and a good pair of tennis shoes. (Not me though. I wore my favorite, most comfortable Skechers flip-flops.) But others are there to make a statement, no matter the fact that the temperatures were hovering in the high eighties. My favorite can't-help-staring fashion was worn by a girl with very, dark black hair. She had on a pair of denim shorts, but under the shorts, she wore black tights. Over the tights, she wore knee-high black socks. Over the socks, she wore knee-high black boots with buckles from the top of the boots to the ankle. Honestly, I can't remember what she wore on top, because I could not help but stare at the footwear, which clearly did not say, "Hey, walk for miles around the fairgrounds in me on a hot summer day while fighting massive crowds." But that girl managed to pull it off. Wonder how her feet felt at the end of the day? A close second in stare-able fashion was worn by a woman who I'd say was in her fifties. She had on a pair of zebra striped spandex pants with a bikini top, which, more power to you if you can pull off such a fashion, but let me tell you; I saw her stomach, and someone should tell her she couldn't really pull this look off. Oh… and one other strange thing I saw there… walking casts. I lost count of how many people were wandering around in walking casts! Apparently there's been an outbreak of bone breakage in the state lately. Personally, if I had one of those, I'd take advantage and get one of those electric wheelchairs and zip around the fair in comfort!
The state fair also had plenty of legitimate attractions to offer, including the livestock barns. And since the Minnesota State Fair began as a celebration of the state's agriculture industry, we thought it pertinent to take a walk through the barns. We skipped the cows and the pigs, but we took a tour through the poultry barn, mainly because our neighbor, Caitlin had entered a couple of chickens and we wanted to see them. Honestly, I don't know one chicken from the next, but I was surprised at the variety of breeds there were. Caitlin's were black and white and sort of stripey. It was fun to check out all the other birds there too. I guess I never really thought about how huge turkeys can actually get, since my frame of reference has been thus far limited to the kind you see in the grocer's freezer. I was impressed with the size of the geese too. I found a domestic one that seemed to take a liking to me while I talked to it. He eyed me curiously and I noticed that it had blue eyes. Mark told me all geese have blue eyes. I had no choice but to believe him, since I really don't know, but I found it odd.
Back outside, we marveled at those brave enough to try the thrill rides. The ejection seat always amazes me, and we watched a few brave souls strap in and allow themselves to be sling-shotted into the sky. I also noticed for the first time this year, some big, clear plastic bubble things (kind of like giant hamster exercise balls… almost said "hamster balls" but realized that didn't paint quite the picture I was going for…) that people could go inside and float around in a big pool of water. There were sky-rides and the space-tower for those who wanted an aerial view of the fairgrounds, but we are all a bunch of wimps and were content just to watch. The three girls did, however, take a ride down the giant slide, while I picked up a t-shirt from my favorite radio station's booth:
Is this not the perfect shirt for wearing to the bowling alley? I thought so too. Just couldn't resist buying it!
I love the fair. If you're ever here, you've got to go. Call me. I'll go with you!


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DEERFIELD, Ill. – The ranks of the nation's regional drug chains continue to thin, with Walgreen Co. recently announcing plans to acquire Raleigh, N.C.-based Kerr Drug.
Structured as an asset transaction, the deal includes Kerr's 76 drug stores in North Carolina, as well as its specialty pharmacy business and distribution center. Kerr will retain ownership of its long-term care pharmacy business. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Assuming it clears regulatory and other hurdles, the transaction is expected to close this year. Walgreens said it expects that the purchase won't have a material impact on its earnings per share in fiscal year 2014.
The acquisition boosts Walgreens' presence in a number of rapidly growing markets of North Carolina, and the company says that Kerr's standard of innovation and excellence in pharmacy service also fits well with Walgreens' own strategy to transform the role community pharmacy plays in health care.
"The Kerr Drug retail drug stores and specialty pharmacy business are an exceptional addition to the Walgreens family of companies," Walgreens president and chief executive officer Greg Wasson said in a statement. "We are closely aligned on the important task of expanding the health care role that community pharmacists can have with their patients, and we share the common goal of stepping out of the traditional drug store format to create a new experience for our customers."
The acquired stores will continue to operate under the Kerr name, at least for a while. The companies said decisions will be made over time regarding the best way to integrate the stores and specialty pharmacy business with Walgreens' operations.
"Kerr Drug's strategy and core principles have always been focused on its unique ability to provide patients access to the most comprehensive and convenient health and wellness offering in the industry," stated Kerr Drug chairman, president and CEO Anthony Civello. "Walgreens is the perfect partner to continue this journey as a patient-oriented company dedicated to expanding the role of the pharmacist as an integral part of health care."
Kerr Drug was founded by pharmacist Banks Kerr in 1951. In fiscal year 2012, Kerr Drug's retail drug stores and speciality pharmacy business recorded total sales of $381 million. The chain says its mission is to be the most comprehensive provider of pharmacy and related health care services, while continuing to be the most reliable provider of health-related and convenience items.
Kerr's health care services offerings include medication therapy management (MTM), and in March of this year OutcomesMTM named Kerr Drug the top regional chain in providing such services to patients in 2012. That marked the fourth time in the past six years that the chain was so recognized.
The acquisition of Kerr is the latest example of Walgreens' recent omnivorous approach to expansion. For much of its history, Walgreens preferred to grow only by opening its own stores. That changed in a big way beginning in 2006, when the retailer acquired Newark, Del.-based Happy Harry's Inc., a regional chain with 76 stores in Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Walgreens initially continued to operate those stores under the Happy Harry's banner.
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"Cosatu urges the government to act without delay on the commission's recommendations," spokesman Patrick Craven said.
"The spread of the cancer of corruption and the theft of public funds threatens to destroy the foundations of our democracy. Money that is supposed to be providing services to communities is being siphoned off into the pockets of a greedy elite."
Craven said the ban on business with the state should extend to elected political office bearers and apply across national, provincial and local government.
Public Service Commission director-general Richard Levin made the call in Parliament on Wednesday. He then revealed that the amount of state funds lost through financial misconduct, including corruption, was approaching R1 billion.
Cosatu has repeatedly called for public servants to choose between serving the public and going into private business. "The same rule must apply to elected public political leaders at municipal, provincial and national level. This call extends to union and civil society leaders," Craven said.
It was not enough for state employees to be allowed to do business with the government provided that they declared their interests, as Levin had noted that this rule was often not complied with or enforced, Craven said.
Levin told Parliament's public service and administration committee that the cost of financial misconduct to the state in 2010/11 had rocketed to R932m.
The commission had found that some officials had as many as six businesses and noted that a growing number of senior government employees were being implicated in financial wrongdoing, Levin said.
Cosatu also endorsed the commission's proposals for audits of government employees' lifestyles and indebtedness, greater investigative capacity for departments and better protection of whistle-blowers.
"There must be a zero-tolerance approach starting with legislation to enforce the [financial disclosure] rule that the commission is recommending and firm action to ensure that the rule is rigidly enforced," Craven said.
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Thoughts? IMO the new look is much better. http://admincommunity.com/forum/publ...IR#>/smile.gif
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vBulletin 4 = big fail. Though it's about time they get an update. It's sort of a vB4 version of their rather monochromatic style.
Meh, I'm not a fan of vB full stop myself.
It looks more slick then it did before the way the green looks a lot better to me, don't care much for vB4 though.
I honestly hate vBulletin http://admincommunity.com/forum/publ...>/confused.gif But they do have alot of skins and mods . I never seen the Digital Point before the update, Well I'm not so sure on the green http://admincommunity.com/forum/publ..._DIR#>/sad.gif its just not my style :L
I don't like any of the themes they have or did have. The green looks better but still ugly.
At first, I didn't like it but I'm getting kind of used to it now.
I love DP, I am glad they finally upgraded their nasty looking forums. lol.
The green doesnt look too good, but its an upgrade for sure.
The new look does look better than the old look.


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"Escape for your life" Gen 19:17
Text summary of sermon by Rev Erlo Stegen, 3 July 2006, 10:00
1Kings 19:1 - 4 - 1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, also how he had
executed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah,
saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the
life of one of them by tomorrow about this time. 3 And when he saw that, he arose
and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant
there. 4 But he himself went a days journey into the wilderness, and came and sat
down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, It is enough!
Now, LORD, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!
Elijah was an amazing man, though just like us, as we read in
James. He served God wholeheartedly and was prepared for heaven, not only spiritually, but
even physically, so that God took him alive to heaven in a chariot of fire.
He prayed and God shut up heaven so that it did not rain for 3 and
a half years. He prayed again and it rained abundantly.
When Israel fell into Baal worship, and Jezebel killed all the
prophets of God, God hid Elijah so that he was not killed. The prophets of Baal and Ashura
ate at Jezebel's table.
Although Ahab sought Elijah, he couldn't find him, until God told
Elijah to reveal himself to Ahab. Ahab accused Elijah of troubling Israel, but Elijah
answered him that it was he, the king, who was troubling Israel with his Baal-worship.
Then he challenged him to gather all the Baal prophets to mount Carmel, so that the true
God can reveal Himself. There God worked wonderously when Elijah prayed, and fire came
down from heaven and consumed the offering together with the water, stones and dust around
the altar.
Elijah then challenged Israel to choose whom they wanted to serve,
God or Baal. The nation answered with one voice that the Lord is God. Then Elijah caused
the altar of Baal to be destroyed and the prophets of Baal to be killed.
Then Elijah cried to God to send rain, and the seventh time a
cloud appeared, the size of a man's fist. He sent word to king Ahab to make haste and
drive home quickly before the rain comes. Within a very short time the sky was black with
clouds and a very heavy rain descended.
However, the wicked queen Jezebel, wasn't touched by God's
wonders, and she sent word to Elijah that she was going to kill him the following day, as
he killed the prophets of Baal.
When Elijah got the news he was shocked and anxious. He was
devastated with disappointment that although God worked so miraculously, there were still
those who stuck to their idols and wickedness.
Elijah presumed Jezebel would be touched but she was indifferent.
Ahab told everything to Jezebel, like throwing pearls before the swine.
She wasn't impressed by God's fire from heaven or the mighty rain. She was totally
When the rich man burned in hell, he told Abraham that Moses and
the prophets was not enough to convert his brothers, but that something miraculous like
someone rising from the dead would convert them. But Abraham answered him that if they did
not listen to Moses and the prophets neither would they listen though someone rose from
the dead. Here we see how true those words were. Someone whose heart is hardened simply
refuse to listen; it doesn't matter what wonders are performed.
From Abraham's answer we also see the foolishness of ancestral
worship. Those who are dead are either in heaven or hell. They cannot come from heaven or
hell to speak to the people on earth.
So the prophet was bitterly disappointed with Jezebel's reaction.
He fled into the wilderness and slept there. When he awoke an angel of God was there and
asked him what he was doing? He answered that he was bitterly disappeared and desired
death rather than life. The angel answered him that he still had work to do. So he showed
him a piece of cake to eat. He slept again, and was woken by the angel, who gave him more
cake and water, which he ate and drunk.
With that strength he ran to the mount of Horeb in the south of
Judah, for 40 days and nights. God then asked Elijah what he was doing there.
When God gets involved in your life, he enquires into the details of your life. He calls
you to account for the details of your life. So Elijah answered that he had served God
faithfully and that they seek his life. God told him to go to the entrance of the cave. A
violent wind passed in front of him, tearing even the rocks apart, but God was not in the
wind - it was just the wirlwind that went before Him.
Then there was a terrible earthquake. But God wasn't in the earthquake either. Then there
was a fire but the Lord wasn't in the fire.
Then there was a still small voice and the prophet took his cloak and covered his head and
You need to take earnest heed of this, lest you end in hell. When
something dramatic happen, discern whether God is in it. If a person performs miracles
discern whether God is with him. If a person preaches ever so wonderfully, discern whether
it is from God. Many have gone astray because of sensational matters, but God wasn't in
God wanted to reveal Himself to Elijah. All the miracles and
wonders only went before God, but He wasn't in them. He was in the still small voice.
The antichrist will even call down fire from heaven and give life
to the image of the beast and yet God will not be near.
God then told Elijah the work He still had for him to do. He had
to mentor Elisha as the prophet to follow in his footsteps.
Do not mix God's work with the world. If you want to make the
world your God, follow it; but if the Lord is God, then follow Him.
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Not just because he thinks his team needs the extra work — the young group surely does — but because he is in a comfort zone on the practice field, wearing a pair of shorts, a whistle around his neck, instructing players on the finer points of the game.
But Chryst admits the time is approaching when decisions must be made. And the time to make them is running out. Camp concludes Thursday, classes resume next Monday and the opener is Aug. 30 against Delaware at Heinz Field.
Meanwhile, backups such as offensive tackle Jaryd Jones-Smith and defensive backs Reggie Mitchell and Avonte Maddox are challenging starters for playing time while a definite third wide receiver has yet to emerge.
At running back, a deep stable of as many as five players look like they can help the team this season.
"(This week) we have to narrow it down," Chryst said.
Sophomore running back Rachid Ibrahim has stepped into the heat of the competition after a freshman season when he totaled 343 all-purpose yards and scored a touchdown. During the first two weeks of camp, he has been the coaches' choice for the third-down back, showing skills in the passing game and — with 10 pounds of added weight — some ability to run inside.
In the scrimmage Saturday, Ibrahim ran for a touchdown in the red zone and took a swing pass from quarterback Chad Voytik and sprinted 60 yards down the sideline. He also admitted that he ran right instead of left on a screen play, missing a blitz pickup.
"We are still learning," he said.
Ibrahim said he was most proud of his shorter run because it developed through traffic inside the tackles.
"That's what I've been trying to work on, being a complete back," said Ibrahim, who is listed at 6-foot-1, 185 pounds. "I've been trying to show the coaches I can go not just on third down, but first and second if they need me."
Finding enough carries for everyone could prove to be difficult. After starter James Conner, Ibrahim is competing with freshmen Chris James (210 pounds) and Qadree Ollison (230), who are stouter than he but less experienced. All three players appear capable of spelling Conner, who continues to work both sides of the ball.
Then, there is the case of senior Isaac Bennett, who is limited after undergoing shoulder surgery four months ago. If Chryst continues to be cautious with Bennett, it decreases his chance of starting the season on time.
But even without Bennett, that leaves four running backs. Last season, Pitt used only Conner, Bennett and Ibrahim.
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What is it?
I used to know.
How does it feel?
I can't feel anymore, so I don't know.
I'm numb to the core.
My brain doesn't function,
And my heart is lifeless;
As my limbs only follow by habit,
I walk as I am dead.
I will talk,
But I won't know what I've said.
I will listen,
But there is no sign of comprehension.
It's more than that.
I know everything I need to know.
I live my life,
But I am not alive.
Do I need help?
I'm beyond help.
I'm not crazy,
I'm real,
And I have been for too long.
I am not broken,
I'm shattered.
A strong word in my life;
Powerful and meaningful.
That word is what has me detached,
It is what has stopped me,
From continuing to live.
I live my life,
But I am not alive.
I am here,
But translucent to the world.
Should I give up?
Should I end it?
That's what it is,
But what life?
Very little;
But a whole lot.
It, is hanging by a thread.
A thick thread carried by two people,
And one word.
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i heard it was approved of a 24 ep run or something :/
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i heard it was approved of a 24 ep run or something :/
here is an active link for watching: http://narutoforreal.blogspot.com/20...glish-sub.html
(gumlover: your link didnt work for me for some reason...)
I really enjoyed this episode. The filler was fillery, but the animation was as beautiful as I expected.
The OST is amazing. That song near the end = love.
another website you can watch the anime on is http://www.anime44.com/category/ao-no-exorcist
omg!!!the anime was amazing! although there were fillers it wasn't too bad, in fact it was kinda funny! especially seeing rin's first day of work not going so well, man i thought i had it bad! lol :D this is probably the best month ever for ANE! first the english volume gets released, then the anime, and pretty soon the new chapter!!! woot! i'm so happy!!! though they had yukio move out a little bit earlier than the manga had him move. i just hope it doesn't mess up the story line too much! >.<
(on a totally random note, i just saw Insidious yesterday and OMG that was the scariest movie i have ever seen in a LONG time!put it this way, i never get scared during scary movies but this one i jumped out of my seat. and when the movie ended the people behind me ran out! it was non-stop scary and the scary parts would come out of nowhere! it was completely different than any other horror film i've ever seen, but different in a good way. definitely recomend it!:D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1YbOMDI59k)
Episode 01 --->http://www.animefans.tv/downloads/stream/8904.html
that is enjoy to watch it ... i hope it will 24 esp but it won't cover to Kyoto arc but unless it will more rating in there .. it will be maybe season2 will cover Kyoto arc ...but right now , it is early to determine to be anime ... it is just began ...
i love that priest, that is funny guy ...
I haven't read the manga and still liked this a lot. Obviously I didn't notice any fillers and if some of that was indeed added, then I'd said it was possibly even better constructed than the manga, though as I said I haven't read it, so hard to say.
It was rather stantard shonen this far, but it works.
^I agree that the filler added more to the story. It showed Rin's frustration of not able to keep a job even though he has good intention (losing his first job because he was stopping those bullies and losing his job at the grocery store because he tried to get Yui's scarf back).
You can d/l the ED over at Random Curiosity
To tell the truth, I wasn't sure what to expect of the anime (especially the voice actors). But the voice actors have done a really good job! I didn't feel that they weren't like the characters at all. :D The ED sequence was a little weird, though... It's mainly like a car travelling on the road? That doesn't make much sense to me...
So far so good for me. I really enjoyed the first episode, all was as espected. There was filler, but it fitted pretty well.
The worst part for me was the ED, didn't like it at all.
I loved it!!
It was cute and sweet and heartwarming and fluffy. I wanted to give Rin a big hug and Yukio too. Shiro was more awesome than ever even though he's always been too awesome for words, and now he's officially off the scale (the scene during confession r u l e d). I loved the voice actors. Loved it that they started with a dark note (spoiler for those who didn't read the manga). I'm not a fan of this kind of music, but the idea of ED (metaphor for life path) was simple and creative and really good. I was never against fillers and indeed they were in character and entertaining. Drawings are pretty (nice eerie coloring of the blue flames) and the pace is perfect (I loved it when Rin sped to the bad boy or slow motion when Shiro came to the rescue). Looks like the story is in good hands :D
That being said, I think it was sometimes a little too cute-- I love Rin because he's a rough boy whose good nature shows every time he rushes to help or cheer people up. In the manga we had to wait till, erm, second part of the first chapter to see how insecure Rin is and it wasn't till Rin's background story that we saw how he struggles and suffers because of his aggressiveness. Here it was simply shown and said and it was a bit emo. It's not that I don't like it. It just feels so much like a fanfiction I'd write it doesn't feel right :p
I was puzzled about the possessed boy being Astaroth. Is that a spoiler for the manga readers?
astroth... which demon was that again? i cant help but think i have heard the name before (in the manga)?


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Everyone there believes reading makes the world go round!
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To the municipality of Gioiosa Marea also belong the localities of Armo (3,63 km), Balsima (1,81 km), Caferi' (1,73 km), Calava' (2,32 km), Casale (-- km), Case Pileci (4,23 km), Catello (1,25 km), Cireni (1,34 km), Fico (4,11 km), Fontane (3,21 km), Francari (4,84 km), Galbato (3,49 km), Landro (5,20 km), Maddalena (4,30 km), Magaro (-- km), Mangano (1,23 km), Marotta (4,41 km), Palombaro (2,83 km), Passolauro (4,34 km), Piana Santa Margherita (5,31 km), Ringata (3,12 km), Rocca di Galbato (2,93 km), Russa (4,90 km), Saliceto (6,92 km), San Filippo (3,22 km), San Francesco (3,26 km), San Giorgio (-- km), San Giorgio - Magaro (5,22 km), San Giorgio di Gioiosa (0,25 km), San Leonardo (2,07 km), Santa Lucia (2,16 km), Santa Margherita (5,53 km), Santo Stefano (2,03 km).
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The locality of San Nicolo' Vecchio rises 256 meters abobe sea level.
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The judges for the Deming-Luna County Chamber of Commerce have completed their tour of 14 entries in the annual Christmas Lighting Contest of Deming homes.
The first place prize was awarded to the home at 902 E. Olive. Second prize went to the home at 7925 Hermanas Road and the third prize was presented to residents at the 1619 Santa Catalina address.
The Chamber is pleased to continue to sponsor this event and the public may view the houses that were entered in this year's contest.
This event could not be possible without the sponsors who make it available: Public Service of New Mexico (PNM), Columbus Co-Op and Elected Luna County and City of Deming officials.
For those who wish to see the houses that entered, here are the rest of the entries:
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This place is located just up the hill from Parahita and is only slightly better than its cheaper cousin and features Western toilets and slightly better linen and beds, but it's much more expensive. The hot water bathrooms are clean as are the floors and the location is good, on the uphill side of the market. Soap and towel is also included in the tariff. It's a safe choice for those wanting to spend more for a Western toilet.
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Kipp is thinking that a sinking of the World islands in Dubai may be no bad thing.
January 20, 2011 4:23 by shafeer
In their infamous book The 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene and Joost Elffers deliver a guide to obtaining and using power in this world. It's become a kind-of business manual for those success driven types (clearly not Kipp), who probably also own a copy of The Art of War.
Anyway, in the list of 48 laws, law number 10 basically states: Avoid the unhappy and the unlucky. It's based on the idea of infection – if you spend time with unhappy or unlucky people they will infect you with their unhappiness and bad luck, no matter what you do. Even if it's your intention to help change their luck or their happiness, you will fail. Never kid yourself, or be under any illusions, they will bring you down.
[It's similar to a phrase often uttered by a former colleague: "How can I soar like an eagle when I'm surrounded by turkeys?" He left shortly after. Funny that. Presumably he meant everybody bar Kipp.]
The 10th law of power comes to mind as we read that a dispute has flared up over the state of Dubai's The World islands. The Dubai World Tribunal, which is hearing all cases regarding the indebted conglomerate, has been told that the World islands are eroding and its navigation channels are clogging up with silt. The allegations come from a company hired by the developer to ferry goods and people to and from the development. "The islands are gradually falling back into the sea," said Richard Wilmot-Smith QC of London, who is acting on behalf of Penguin Marine.
The Tribunal rejected the claim from Penguin Marine, apparently, though it has yet to fully explain its decision. Meanwhile a spokeswoman for Nakheel told the National: "The World islands is not sinking, and our periodical monitoring survey over the past three years didn't observe any substantial erosion that requires sand nourishment."
What Kipp is thinking is this: The project has been so troubled, and has become so emblematic of Dubai's real estate crisis, and is seemingly so far from any serious development that it may be best for everyone if it slips quietly back into the sea. With the kind of luck the World has demonstrated so far, Dubai might be better off.
What do you think? Can the World overcome all its problems?
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did your former colleague (the eagle), quoted in this article, work at your current employer?
you guys at kipp always seem to mock dubai's business model, ur sarcasim on the city is as light as the sun…stop it..and post something good for christ's sake..we love the city…its the reason kippreport exists!
Pedro, Dubai was a far nicer place before the madness kicked off. The World is the crowning jewel of Dubai's hubris, personally I'd rather see it stick around for a while longer.
Hopefully the only thing sinking will be the collective lessons of the crash sinking in.
@andrew, i totaly agree, we all miss the older simple yet energetic dubai, aside from all the craziness , i think the city gave the opportunity to alotta people to rise up and achieve their dreams, but again shattered manys' after the crash, we are starting to see good flashes of recovery in the market , so lets keep our fingers crossed.
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More than 25 Dothan area businesses are suing CenturyTel for leaving them out of the phone book and attorneys say that number is growing.
Verizon, Graceba Communications and ITC DeltaCom are also named in the suit. Attorneys contend they didn't do enough to make sure CenturyTel had all the information it needed to put out its new phone book.
If businesses win their case, it would be up to a jury to decide damages.
Representatives from CenturyTel and the other companies say they are unable to comment specifically at this point.
But, CenturyTel says they are putting out a supplement to the phone book later this month that will contain numbers that were left out of the September book.
If your business was left out, you can contact CenturyTel at 1-800-201-4102 and residential customers who aren't listed can call 1-800-201-4099.
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There was a lot of hoopla surrounding the J/100 when it first came out, so we were pleased to be able to finally jump on one in Puget Sound.
The J/100 makes no bones about what it was designed for: to be a 33-foot daysailer that can be sailed easily shorthanded, with hot performance for club racing or just to recapture the joy of sailing in the dinghy days. As the brochure says, it's the "Sunfish or Hobie of the 1960's or their J/24 of the 1980's ...reincarnated."
We headed out into Elliott Bay after a squall which left light winds and a lot of slop. The narrow boat cut through nicely, feeling very solid. Like a meter boat, it rolls over a little bit, finds a groove and goes.
The boat we were on had the Hoyt Jib Boom, where the loose footed jib was trimmed with a continues sheet. Sailing short handed, you could literally set it and forget it tacking upwind. The jib on the boom doesn't have the adjustability of a standard jib, but performs well. And, it acts as a pole off the wind for wing and wing. The jib boom, however, is removable for racing.
The main is loosefooted on a Hall Carbon Mast (optional) and aluminum boom. The luff goes up a track mounted on the mast, with two Harken cars at the head and one at the batten. Picture a vertical traveler for the idea. It hoisted very easily, with the winch only needed for final adjustment. The Harken traveler is about mid cockpit.
Speaking of that, you could hold a class reunion in the cockpit. At 9.5-feet, it really gives that open, dinghy feel to the boat, especially with tiller steering. For just daysailing you can take a lot of friends along for a ride.
The owner had selected Quantum sails for the boat; jib and main of Fusion Membrane, and Code Zero (large, light asymetrical spinnaker flown from the bow) of Dimension CZ15.
For racing the boat uses a standard spinnaker pole setup. The Code Zero was set up for roller furling so we rolled it out and rolled along. We moved nicely in very light wind, wishing for a few gusts just to spring her loose. We were doing 2 knots in no wind and slop, which is pretty good, and she accelerated well when the occasional puff came through. Others who have sailed the boat said that in about 5-6 knots of wind they were doing 6-7 knots with the Code Zero.
Normally, in this part of the review, we talk about accomodations down below. This will not take long as, basically, there's places for four people to sleep and that's about it. If you're tall, you can't sit up straight, or at least lean back without hitting your head. For keeping food and drink cold, there is a cooler. That's about it. Pretty basic, but light. On the other hand, accessiblity to most everything is right there; engine, saildrive, electronics.
With the reputation of being able to 'spin on a dime', we had to try it, and it did. The deep rudder gives a good bite and very good control. There was a Volvo 10 HP on this boat which pushed us a about 6.5 knots. Later versions are coming with a Yanmar 18.
The J/100 is a lot of fun and it's easy to see why Sailing World picked it as their 2005 Boat of the Year. It's an attractive looking, easy handling day sailer that can be set up for sailing from restaurant to restaurant or competitively buoy to buoy -- or both.
Thanks to Lance McDonough of Sail Northwest for the ride, and Tony Zecca for pulling lines.
For more information on the J/100 visit: www.jboats.com
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Observations: The true path to wealth
First, have really rich parents
Since I frequently write travel and adventure stories, I receive numerous press releases about travel opportunities every day. Most of them go into the trash because I simply can't read them all and an event happening in Australia is generally outside of the realm of The Observer News.
Last week the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) announced that income for the wealthiest one percent of Americans grew 275 percent between 1979 and 2007, while income growth for the rest of Americans averaged only 40 percent in the same period. On the same day I received an ironically appropriate press release announcing that for a mere $161,000 a lucky couple could rent a 22-room Italian luxury resort all for themselves. Included in the package was a 24-hour personal assistant, a helicopter tour, the use of a vintage Fiat 500 automobile, and the use of a fully staffed luxury yacht.
Seriously? A press release? For that? How many people could be interested that it would warrant a general press release?
It may or may not surprise you to know that more than a few people in South Hillsborough could do it without a second thought. Whether or not they would, of course, is the question. But by and large, it seems that most people these days are working hard just to keep the lights on and food in the cupboards. The personal assistant and luxury yacht will have to wait.
Given the economic conditions — and worst of all, the economic uncertainty — it should be no surprise that people are angry. That anger takes many forms from Occupy Wall Street to the Tea Party. On the surface, those two groups don't seem to have much in common, but the reality is that both have sprung up from fear. Fear of both the present and the future. That fear morphed into anger that morphed into action.
I spent the first decade of my post-college career working for very large corporations — organizations that are frequently vilified today for their outrageous profits and greed. Are large corporations evil? Yes, when they are viewed from a human perspective. A more accurate depiction of them, however, would be that they are simply soulless. As an entity, a for-profit corporation is legally obligated to make as much money as it can for its shareholders. That is the entire purpose of its existence. Unlike humans with their philosophical pondering over the meaning of their lives, the meaning of a corporation is clear: make money, as much of it as possible.
If Walmart or Target discovered that playing the Satanic verses, read in a monotone voice, over the loudspeakers in their stores spurred buyers to subconsciously spend an additional one or two percent with no negative consequences, would they do it? Yeah, they probably would.
But while corporations have no souls, the people who work for them do. There is a Facebook page dedicated to hating the delivery service UPS. One day not long ago, I clicked on the tracking number of a package I was expecting only to see that it was needlessly being routed back and forth around the country. I clicked the "Like" button on the "I hate UPS" Facebook page.
Then I realized the UPS driver that delivers to my house is a really good guy. Do I hate him? Of course not. I know full well that he works hard and if there is anything he can personally do to make sure I get my package, he'd do it. So whom do I really hate? Do I hate the customer service person on the phone that pretty clearly didn't care if I lived or died? No, I can't hate her — my call was just one of hundreds of calls she has probably handled on her shift, most from angry people wondering where on God's green earth was the latest crap they had ordered from Amazon. That customer service person was just trying to get through another day without having her head explode.
In my career with large corporations, I never met an evil person. I even occasionally hung out with the top executives and I found none of them to be evil or even soulless. They were all good people. It turns out there is really no one to hate, and thus any hatred I may have felt was simply misdirected at a faceless, indefinable entity. There is nothing constructive about misdirected hatred.
While the CBO report made headlines for the massive growth in income for the rich, what was often overlooked was that, on average, everyone got richer. Also, hidden in the numbers was the fact that the people earning the most tended to have at least undergraduate degrees and were older, while the people earning the least had much less education and were younger. That kind of takes the shock out of it, doesn't it?
Proof that nearly everyone is richer can be found in the latest Apple iPhone. Both my wife and I use and enjoy iPhones. Our phones are a few years old now and are showing some wear so we decided it was time to upgrade. It has been a few weeks since Apple released the iPhone 4S so I thought, no problem, we'd just walk into a store and buy one. Not so much, it turned out — people are still lining up for them.
In order to get an iPhone 4S, you have to go to a website to reserve one. Each night at 9 p.m., the website is updated with the latest inventory. On the first night I tried it, the inventory in both the Brandon and Tampa stores was completely wiped out when I visited the website at 9:05 p.m. The next night, I discovered that the site is actually updated a few minutes before nine, but within milliseconds, nearly everything was gone. At 8:58 p.m., the site showed a few available models that were more expensive than I was willing to buy. By 25 seconds after 9 p.m., even those models were gone.
What must it be like to have people lining up, pleading to spend literally hundreds of dollars, saying, "PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE TAKE MY MONEY!" only to be told to try again tomorrow? Even more amazing, this has been going on for weeks. How impoverished can we be? As a society, how angry can we be? It all depends upon your perspective, I guess. More people than ever seem to be hurting and 275 percent is a big raise for a small number of people. But then again, welcome to the world.
Perhaps it's all bread and circuses. Keep the unwashed masses amused with an iPhone now and again while the seriously rich party on in 22-room Italian luxury resorts with helicopters and yachts. Besides, I'm fairly certain I discovered the one true path to wealth through my growing obsession with reading the wedding announcements in the Sunday New York Times, showing page after page of spectacularly handsome and successful young people getting married. Almost without fail, each of those young people has something in common (besides being spectacularly handsome and successful): they all have really rich parents.
So there it is: the real path to wealth is by being wealthy in the first place. Yes, the rich are getting richer, but it would appear that a bubble is forming among the one percent group. That sort of income growth simply isn't sustainable. Sooner or later, Mom and Dad's money will run out. But if your parents still have the coin, feel free to shoot me an email and I'll send you the details on the Italian resort. Perhaps with a little haggling, you could get them to throw in an iPhone or two. But don't count on it.


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Parowan's bench celebrates the win over Enterprise on Friday.
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When it comes to Region 13 softball, no one has been able to come close to matching the success the Enterprise Wolves have enjoyed in the last four seasons.
With one mighty swing of her bat, into a strong wind, Parowan's Shelise Frandsen put an end to that history.
Frandsen lined a double to the left-field fence with two out in the bottom of the eighth inning to score Allie Simpson from first base as the Rams rallied late to stun Enterprise 5-4 on Friday. ...