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Modern Frill Expands Environmental Commitment through Carbonfree® Partnership
The New Year gives each of us the opportunity to re-examine every aspect of our lives and seek out the most environmentally conscious choices for all that we do. Even party planning and hosting can have an environmentally responsible element. Modern Frill is a Canadian online boutique party shop based in Nelson, British Columbia, hand-sourcing products from all over the world in order to provide shoppers with unique and attractive party supplies to help make their events truly special. In addition, Modern Frill has taken steps to help minimize its impact on the environment, and thus reduce the environmental impact of its party supplies:
- Its Canadian business operations are 100 % powered by renewable hydroelectric energy
- All offices and warehouse are lit exclusively with low energy LED and fluorescent lighting
- All packing supplies are made from 100% renewable materials
- All shipping boxes are locally produced made from 100% recycled content
- Its servers are housed in a "green", carbon-neutral data center with passive cooling practices and powered by wind and solar energy
- Modern Frills maintains an integrated waste-management plan with a goal of zero landfill waste, and
- All business operations (including shipping) are carbon-neutral through the purchase of offsets from Carbonfund.org.
By joining the Carbonfree® Business Partnership program for 2015, Modern Frill has neutralized operational emissions by supporting Carbonfund.org's carbon emissions reduction, forestry and clean air technology projects around the world.
"At Modern Frill, we believe that business can be a force for good in the world and can help to power transformational change," states Misha Graves, Founder of Modern Frill. "For us, that starts with ensuring that our business does not contribute to global climate change, which we feel is one of the greatest threats facing the world today. We have a responsibility to ensure that we are helping the world rather than harming it. We have partnered with Carbonfund.org because they have demonstrated proven leadership and commitment to fighting climate change for over 10 years."
Modern Frill helps its clients "live a pretty life" while also living an environmentally responsible life, and Carbonfund.org is pleased to welcome Modern Frill to the Carbonfree® Business Partnership program.
Toto Tours Joins Carbonfree® Partnership Program to Expand 2014 Environmental Responsibility
Two of the key benefits of the Carbonfree® Partnership Program are its affordability for businesses of all sizes and its applicability to businesses of all industries. Despite best efforts, no business can identify and neutralize all of its operational emissions without the help of carbon offsets.
Veteran travel tours operator Toto Tours recognized this reality and took an important step towards improved sustainability by joining the Carbonfree® Partnership Program for 2014. Through their annual program donation, Toto Tours is supporting carbon reduction and clean energy projects around the world, while neutralizing a portion of their operational emissions.
Toto Tours provides worldwide adventure travel opportunities for the gay and lesbian community. Founded in 1990, Toto Tours hosts small groups of 10 – 20 participants to exciting global destinations. Their tour offerings change from year to year, and their customer tour satisfaction has yielded a repeat rate of 70% or higher on almost every tour.
The activity of travel and touring includes the unavoidable carbon emissions associated with airline flights, ground travel, hotel stays and dining, not to mention regular business operations like office space energy usage, IT services and mailings, and business travel.
"Toto Tours is pleased to partner with Carbonfund.org to offset the emissions generated as a result of our travel program business," expressed Daniel Ware, President of Toto Tours. "We appreciate the tools you provide on your website to help our clients make environmentally conscious decisions regarding ways to offset their travel footprint. The carbon reduction projects you support are excellent!"
Airplane travel is one of the contributors to Toto Tours' carbon emissions, so tour participants are encouraged to be aware of and actively participate in flight emissions offsetting for every tour.
Toto Tours also is committed to giving back to the communities they visit during travels around the world. Toto Tours staff have visited schools and made donations to charitable causes in Nicaragua, Bhutan, Honduras, and Kenya. These included the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, where Toto Tours contributed to the elephant orphanage in Nairobi, a Masaai village in the Masaai Mara, and a giraffe sanctuary in the outskirts of Nairobi.
There were two special causes in Kenya that especially moved the staff of Toto Tours. The first is "The Brethren Concern," a group dedicated to serving homosexual men in Nairobi, and the second cause is a the Matanya Primary School, a remote school where 250 children depend for their early education and even their basic necessities on the generosity of those who happen to visit. Toto Tours will continue to support both of these causes into the indefinite future, and will continue to pursue ways to improve tour sustainability in partnership with Carbonfund.org.
Salsa Labs Ignites Action and Fuels Change for Non-Profits But Keeps Focus on Sustainability
The world of social media has opened new channels for all businesses and organizations to reach their customers and supporters, but for many, it's a strange new world requiring new skills and expertise.
Enter CarbonFree® Business Partner Salsa Labs. Salsa helps nonprofits and political campaigns "ignite action and fuel change" around the world by growing and engaging their base of support online. With Salsa's technology tools and training, groups of all sizes can easily organize their supporters and chapters then improve efforts to fundraise, advocate, communicate through email and social media, host events and measure their results. And despite the fossil fuel references in Salsa's tagline, Salsa Labs has been a CarbonFree® Business for the past three years, partnering with Carbonfund.org to neutralize its own annual operating emissions. By supporting Carbonfund.org's carbon reduction projects, Salsa Labs has mitigated almost 500,000 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to the emissions created by using almost 25,000 gallons of gasoline.
"Carbonfund.org shares our core values of making the world a better place," says Christine Schaefer, Vice President, Community & Marketing. "Their commitment to the environment and fighting climate change is inspiring and we look forward to this partnership."
Salsa is proud to help their nonprofit clients fight for a healthier environment coast to coast and around the world, and Carbonfund.org is equally proud to help Salsa Labs meet its own sustainability initiatives through the CarbonFree® Partnership program.
Live Superfoods Joins Locavore Movement Through CarbonFree® Partnership
There have been a variety of studies published in recent years showing that vegan and vegetarian diets produce a lower carbon footprint than omnivore or carnivore diets. Raw vegans further reduce their dietary footprint by greatly reducing the energy used to prepare foods. But what about the locavore movement and efforts to source food as close to home as possible?
Live Superfoods, a purveyor of raw, organic, vegan foods and nutritional supplements, recognized that their healthy diet options often came from distant lands, thus increasing the carbon footprint due to packaging materials and shipping emissions. In order to reduce these emissions, Live Superfoods took several steps to reuse and recycle shipping cartons and packing materials wherever possible, use recycled paper tape for sealing shipments and recyclable fill materials instead of bubble wrap and Styrofoam peanuts. Then, to neutralize the remaining shipping emissions, Live Superfoods joined the CarbonFree® Business Partnership program four years ago. The CarbonFree® Partner program makes it simple and affordable for Live Superfoods to mitigate its remaining operational emissions, including all shipping emissions and all employee commuting emissions, on an annual basis.
Live Superfoods purchases enough carbon offsets from Carbonfund.org to offset the shipment of products not only from their warehouse to their customers, but also from their global suppliers to the distribution warehouse. Consequently, their products have a lower carbon footprint than what most locavores consider local.
"As individuals, we're extremely excited about the locavore movement. But since Live Superfoods specializes in superfoods that are typically grown in exotic places, our company hasn't been able to participate," explains Tom Burke, CEO of Live Superfoods. "Now, by purchasing carbon offsets from Carbonfund.org, we're able to import and deliver our foods to the ultimate consumer carbon-free. Our products now have a smaller carbon footprint than foods delivered by farmers to the local farmers' market!"
Live Superfoods also participates in their power company's Blue SkySM Renewable Energy program, which supports a blend of 100% Pacific Northwest renewable resources from Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. This initiative further neutralizes Live Superfoods' annual operational emissions, and together with the CarbonFree® Business Partnership, underscores Live Superfoods' leadership position as a truly sustainable provider of healthy raw vegan foods, supplements and personal care products.
FiberNext Supports Renewable Energy Project through Its Services and CarbonFree® Partnership
Among our long-term CarbonFree® Business Partners are many that choose to support our renewable energy projects, in part because their own business operations provide essential services to green energy resources.
Concord, NH-based FiberNext does just this, maintaining its CarbonFree® operations for the past five years while providing fiber optics communication solutions to the green energy industry.
FiberNext, a versatile turnkey fiber optics solutions provider, has been involved with the design and implementation of fiber optic networks for commercial scale wind farm sites. An industry leader in this area, FiberNext has established a commitment to green energy initiatives by supplying developers of clean wind energy with next generation communication systems. This focus on renewable energy made it a compatible choice to support Carbonfund.org's renewable energy projects with annual donations as a CarbonFree® Business Partner.
"Carbonfund.org seemed like an effective way to make a direct contribution to clean energy initiatives, which is at the heart of our business and corporate culture," explains Craig Bowden, Sales and Marketing Manager for FiberNext. "The media recognition that Carbonfund.org had already generated for itself as an innovator in the area of carbon offsets helped us realize it was a legitimate and reputed vehicle in this emerging market."
Over the past five years, FiberNext has neutralized its annual operational emissions by an amount equivalent to the emissions from the annual electricity consumed by twenty-five households. The CarbonFree® Business Partnership program has helped FiberNext to lead by example in the renewable energy field, and we commend their ongoing commitment to a cleaner energy future.


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Greenville police said on Tuesday that New Bern man died in the wreck that stopped traffic along a busy road Monday afternoon.
Police said James Trice Jr. of New Bern drove the sport utility vehicle that hit a light pole Monday afternoon.
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Note: Additional updates from 10/9 and 10/10 are below–scroll down to see them.
Apparently Joe Atwill has made a "documentary" of his book Caesar's Messiah.
The Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient Jewish texts discovered in caves in Israel in 1947, give a different picture than the idyllic first century Holy Land of the Gospels. From year one, there were battles and confrontations between the Romans and the Jews, the Scrolls note, and there was no turning of the other cheek by the likes of rebel leader Judah of Galilee. And there was nary a mention in the Scrolls of the peaceable prophet Jesus Christ.
"This is where I came into Christian scholarship," says Atwill, 63, an investor who lives by the proceeds of a dot-com sell off in the 1990s. "There was supposedly this character, Jesus, wandering around in Galilee. Nobody knew anything about him. Galilee is only 30 miles long. Jesus and other historical figures of the time would have known each other."
Atwill, an admittedly bookish man, dived in headfirst, digging out whatever historical records he could find, studying the Scrolls, and reading Roman accounts, notably that of a family member of the Flavian dynasty of Caesars named Josephus. He found no historical Jesus in any of those writings. But there were some uncanny connections between the story of Jesus as told in the Gospels and the family of Roman emperors who took power after Nero was forced to commit suicide following a coup d'état.
I mean this is just golden cow scat. Seriously. Why? Because that is what you're watching.
Let's start with the blurb itself. Just the little snippet above should put anyone off from even considering this hypothesis.
- The Dead Sea Scrolls were not all written in the first century, but spread out over many. There are more than 200 years of texts here, from the terminus a quo of the earliest manuscript to the terminus ad quem of the latest (3rd Century BCE – 1st Century CE). So no, Atwill, you're not going to find a match to the Gospels because these were written after the Dead Sea Scrolls had been hidden away in the caves of Qumran. In fact the site was probably destroyed by Romans during the First Jewish War–prior to when it is generally believed Mark wrote the first Gospel around 70 CE.
- The Gospels follow a pattern of what is called 'Biblical Rewriting' which was a common Jewish practice, just as 'Homeric rewriting' was common with Greek and Roman writers. So actually the Gospels fit quite well within the scribal framework of the Jewish community at the time.
- Why would the Dead Sea Scrolls mention Jesus when the settlement where these scrolls were probably written is over 130km (80 miles) away from Galilee? That is the distance between New York City and Philadelphia. Additionally, the sect at Qumran seems to have kept to themselves, living strict pious lives of obedience to god and to their laws. I do not believe them to have been Essenes–though probably quite close to them.
- Who else would have mentioned him? We have no contemporary attestation to anything from the 30's CE from Galilee beyond archaeological finds (coins, epigraphical evidence, etc…). But that does not mean to suggest none existed from the region. Between the Jewish wars, the passing of time, we're lucky we have anything from the region. This is a weak argument from silence.
- If you're coming 'into Christian scholarship' from this position, you're doing it wrong.
- Your argument that "Nobody knew anything about him" is incredible (Fixed!) since we have Gospels and epistles probably dating to the First Century CE. These may not have been accounts of what Jesus said and did, but they certainly demonstrate that a figure of Jesus was well-known to at least some people in the First Century.
- If you're claiming to have 'dived headfirst' into the sources, does that mean you have a grasp of Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Aramaic, Nabataean, and Hebrew? What about just Greek–since you predominately use Josephus? I suspect that, given your book only has something like 7 footnotes and almost all of them are from Josephus, you haven't quite managed to take into account all the sources.
Atwill then suggests the following hypothesis so centric to the thesis of his book:
Sometime in the mid 70s AD, Atwill suggests, Greco-Roman intellectuals wrote the now-well-known stories—in Greek, not the popular Aramaic of the Judaic populace—about the Jewish messiah who defied the Judaic traditions of militancy to preach a sweet, accommodationist message.
I'll break this down too. What the hell.
- You're not using 'Greco-Roman' correctly. (You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means)
- Greek was commonly used by Jews in antiquity–Josephus, Philo, some of the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls, various Jewish pseudepigrapha, the Maccabees (though maybe from a Hebrew original–uncertainty here), Jesus ben Sira (i.e., Sirach), various apocrypha (Tobit, for example–though maybe originally written in Aramaic, more uncertainty here). It depended upon their education and their level of assimilation which anyone familiar with the socio-cultural period of the Hellenistic-Roman periods would be able to explain easily. Atwill clearly has no grasp of these concepts, probably because he didn't bother reading anything related to this despite his self-acclaimed 'bookish-ness'.
- Jesus' message in the Gospel is not new or anti-Judaic. In fact, it is quite Jewish (see anything written by James Crossley, for goodness sake).
All in all, Atwill proves he is incapable of taking this subject seriously–his not being a scholar aside, he completely misses the more logical argument to make from the Josephus-Gospel parallelisms, which also happen to be the same arguments made by Steve Mason in his now-famous work on Josephus and the New Testament: that either the Gospel authors or Josephus were using each other as intertextual references (I think it quite obvious that Luke had copies of Josephus, actually–a point Mason glosses over in a paragraph but never admits fully, but also what Richard Carrier argues here).
If you are planning to go see this movie, please, bring a disposable bag so you can properly rid yourself of the dung that undoubtedly will be thrown at you during the presentation.
Since this "documentary" first appeared, it seems that Mr. Atwill is again trying to profit off the ignorance of others. Now, self-styled as an 'American Biblical scholar", Mr. Atwill is peddling his book of lies and misleading theories to those in the UK. This nonsense does not deserve another post; but I will update this one because it can't go along unopposed.
First, and let me be clear, nothing Joe Atwill has written is 'conclusive'. In order for it to be conclusive, it would have to surmount all arguments against it. Unfortunately for him, he fails to grasp even basic knowledge about the subject. For example, he makes the rather bizarre claim that:
"In fact he [Jesus – ed.] may be the only fictional character in literature whose entire life story can be traced to other sources. Once those sources are all laid bare, there's simply nothing left."
Yet this is simply false. The Hebrew Bible is full of fictional literary characters whose entire life story can be traced to other sources. His hyperbole is bizarre. But even so, is Atwill seriously suggesting that fictional stories cannot be written about historical people or events? Wonder Woman is a highly fictionalized and heroicized literary figure inspired by an actual person, the creator's wife, Elizabeth Marston. Wonder Woman meets Atwill's classification as a "fictional character in literature whose entire life story can be traced to other sources."
So it might be argued that maybe he was referring t ancient literature, but even then he is ignorant of basic figures that anyone with a minutiae of Classical education can speak upon. In ancient literature, the figure and legendary king of Sparta, Lycurgus, is entirely mythicized in literature yet may have been a real person (scholarship is split on this). The mythological tale of Gilgamesh, who we have no actual historical information on, is considered to be a historical figure and ancient king by most leading Sumerologists and yet his entire life story is one of our earliest extant written sources and one of our earliest written myths period. The biographies of Plutarch are propagandist fantasies of his about the lives of historical people like Alexander the Great (mixed in with purely fictional figures like Romulus).
This should be enough to make my point; Atwill makes claims that cannot be supported when those with some basic knowledge of the subject explore the claims further. This is a serious flaw in Atwill's work. He makes claims but doesn't seem to realize how ridiculous they actually are; it is that scholars find his work "outlandish". It is just plain wrong. I mean it is still crazy talk, but it is more that his whole premise is wrong.
For example, like all sensationalist crap-dealers, Mr, Atwill claims to have discovered the secret, super-dooper, hidden code in the text. Amazing! I self-proclaimed "Biblical scholar", with no formal training in the material, has used his magic decoder ring and stumbled upon a code! How clever of him. He states:
Atwill's most intriguing discovery came to him while he was studying "Wars of the Jews" by Josephus [the only surviving first-person historical account of first-century Judea] alongside the New Testament. "I started to notice a sequence of parallels between the two texts," he recounts. "Although it's been recognised by Christian scholars for centuries that the prophesies of Jesus appear to be fulfilled by what Josephus wrote about in the First Jewish-Roman war, I was seeing dozens more. What seems to have eluded many scholars is that the sequence of events and locations of Jesus ministry are more or less the same as the sequence of events and locations of the military campaign of [Emperor] Titus Flavius as described by Josephus. This is clear evidence of a deliberately constructed pattern. The biography of Jesus is actually constructed, tip to stern, on prior stories, but especially on the biography of a Roman Caesar."
First, and let me be clear, are there striking similarities between Josephus and the Gospel of Luke? Yes, there are. Steven Mason, a real scholar, has published an entire volume on the subject called Josephus and the New Testament. Richard Carrier has also written on the subject of the parallels between Josephus and Luke-Acts. Joel Watts, an actual student of Biblical Studies who has done graduate work in the field (unlike Mr. Atwill), has written an academically-published book on some interesting mimetic elements between Mark and Josephus.
The difference between what these scholars have written and what Mr. Atwill have written is threefold: (a) all of them have academic training in Greek, (b) all of them published through an academic press (Carrier is the exception, but he has published academically and is qualified on the subject), (c) None of them make the illogical leap that similarities between Josephus (a Jew) and the Gospels (written by Jewish authors) mean that the Romans did it. In fact it is the same misguided leap that some evangelicals make about God. "We don't know, ergo 'God did it'." Instead, all of these scholars agree that the most rational reason for these similarities is that the Gospel authors had copies of Josephus, or Josephus had copies of the Gospels. This sort of interplay of texts is not new in the ancient world.
Second, notwithstanding this damning evidence against him, Atwill's premise is quite narrowed and simplistic, demonstrating a critical lack of understanding of the cultural dynamics of Judea in the first century.
There exist over 30 Jewish sects that we know of from the first century, and have some basic understanding of their belief structures. There are some dozens more we just know by name. On top of that, we have to conclude there are perhaps dozens, if not hundreds, more Jewish sects of which we simply have no record. What is so interesting is how incredibly different each sect is from each other.
Despite Atwill's unlearned claim that the Jewish people were expecting a 'Warrior messiah', in truth there is no universal version of a messiah. Even among the same sect, over time, the concept of their messiah would change. In the Dead Sea Scrolls, which Mr. Atwill seems to think he knows so well, the language of the messiah and his purpose changes (in fact at one point, we see two distinct messiahs at once–one a priestly messiah and another a kingly messiah). Some sects did not even expect a messiah at all. Any of the numerous works on messianic expectations published in the last two decades utterly annihilates any claim that Atwill is making about some uniformity in Jewish thought and ritual.
Even logically, his analysis is flawed. If this tactic was used against the Jews, why didn't the Romans use it against an even greater threat: the Gauls?! The Jewish people were never as serious a threat to the Empire as much as the Gauls were–who sacked Rome twice and destroyed Legions. Atwill never seems to consider how basically incompetent his thesis is in this regard. If the Romans had such success against the Jews using this "psychological warfare" (anachronism alert!! Danger! Danger!), why don't we see this happening against all of their enemies? It is just so beyond absurd. It really is.
Here is the thing; it may be that Mr. Atwill is completely clueless about this. Maybe he isn't just trying to scam everyone and sell a bunch of books to a group of gullible people. Maybe he legitimately hasn't read anything relevant on this subject or any recent scholarship on it.
But that is troubling–would you want to read a science book written by a layperson who hasn't read a single relevant scientific study? Would you pick up a book on engineering written by someone with a background in computer science, and trust that book enough to build a house based upon its designs? I hope not. I sincerely hope that no one would agree to trust either of these books.
This is the issue with Mr. Atwill. He may sincerely believe he has discovered the secret code off a cereal box with his 3-D glasses he found inside; that doesn't make him an expert in the subject, it doesn't make him knowledgeable enough to give lectures on it. It certainly does not make him credible.
Mr. Atwill is just like all the other amateur-Scholar-wannabes who refuse to put in the time and effort to earn a degree in the field, who want to advance their pet theories to sell books and dupe you over. He relies on popular media and the ignorance of the layperson to score points rather than publishing in a credible academic journal or publishing academically. He knows he can't do that, because he has no clue how academics work, how they think, or what they actually argue on the subject. He might as well claim that Jesus lived on Atlantis, which came from Mars. That theory is about as ridiculous as the notion that Rome invented Jesus.
You'll want to check out some additional take-downs:
- Richard Carrier: http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/archives/4664
- Joel Watts: http://unsettledchristianity.com/2013/10/joe-atwill-bill-oreilly-and-josephus-sitting-in-a-tree/
- Aaron Adair: http://gilgamesh42.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/the-roman-jesus-propaganda-of-joseph-atwill/
- Joel Watts' HuffPo Article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-l-watts/was-jesus-a-roman-inventi_b_4080458.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=693804b=facebook
Shameless plug): For an academically published volume on the historicity of Jesus (which does not contain wild conspiracy theories), consisting of essays from scholars all over the world (the first such book of its kind to my knowledge), consider my co-edited volume 'Is This Not the Carpenter?' The Question of the Historicity of the Figure of Jesus (Sheffield: Equinox/Acumen, 2012/2013).
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In recent years the Minneapolis City Conference has not received the attention it used to get in the 1980s, '90s, and the early part of the 2000s. This year could prove to be a very competitive season for the conference, which has plenty of talented players who can hoop. So far, three conference games have been played, and if those games are any indication of the future, the City Conference might not be decided until the final game. Here is a quick rundown of the conference race so far:
North (3-0) is a young team led by sophomore point guard TYLER JOHNSON, who's averaging 18 points per game. JAMIL JACKSON and ISAAC JOHNSON are playing well, giving the Polars a well-balanced attack. Continue Reading →


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Stephanie covers legal affairs and domestic policy in Mother Jones' Washington bureau. She is the author of Blocking the Courthouse Door: How the Republican Party and Its Corporate Allies Are Taking Away Your Right to Sue. A contributing editor of the Washington Monthly, a former investigative reporter at the Washington Post, and a senior writer at the Washington City Paper, she was nominated for a National Magazine Award in 2004 for a Washington Monthly article about myths surrounding the medical malpractice system. In 2000, she won the Harry Chapin Media award for reporting on poverty and hunger, and her 2010 story in Mother Jones of the collapse of the welfare system in Georgia and elsewhere won a Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism.


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That furry red body, those crazed bug eyes, and that high pitched deceivingly innocent baby voice… it's just not right I tell you.
I did my research on the little critter we've all grown to hate… Sesame Street's own red devil, Elmo.
Elmo may seem innocent, but we know better. If you remember back in 2006, Elmo caused mass pandemonium with his "Tickle Me Elmo" toy. Christmas is hard enough without adding a hard to get $30 toy to the list. Parents literally almost killed each other to get their hands on this toy. Oh the things we do to appease the monster child. To be fair, perhaps the vibrating red doll didn't just appeal to children… but that's a different story.
If the "Tickle Me" craze wasn't enough to make you hate Elmo, how about his potty training book? I recently came across an article from 2006 that discussed numerous complaints to the company in which the book said "Who wants to die?" instead of "Who wants to try to go potty?"
The name "Elmo" with the letters rearranged spells out "Mole". This leads to only one conclusion. Elmo is a mole sent to the US by Iraq. They are using him to manipulate children and their parents to get all the Elmo toys/books/etc put in place in every home in America. Once this happens, every ticking time bomb Tickle Me Elmo will go off simultaneously….resulting in most catastrophic terrorist attack the US has never known.
Do not despair! There is hope! People are already starting to fight back…
It's not too late for you to join the fight! Be proud to be an American!
We have a hero in our midst… and his name is Oscar the Grouch. As we all know, he is the most realistic character on the Sesame Street block. He reflects the modern world as we know it. Together, we shall rise out of our trash cans of idealism and shaded reality and fight for America. Start practicing today with the Elmo Pull String Pinata.
May the red, white, and blue be with you!
Disclaimer: There is no proven link between Sesame Street or Elmo and Terrorism against America…just strange documented events that I've strung together to create something that probably isn't there. Sesame Street please do not sue Fright Catalog. We know not what we do. This article is for entertainment purposes only… and the mass selling of your Elmo Pinatas.


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|Naruto: The Cross Roads
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Naruto: The Cross Roads (ザ・クロスローズ, Za Kurosurōzu) is the sixth Naruto OVA. It uses the same CGI graphics as Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm and was released during Naruto: Shippūden. This OVA premiered at the Jump Festa Anime Tour 2009.
Between the Land of Waves Arc and Chūnin Exam Arc, Team 7 is given a mission to search for a missing man, Genmai, from the Inaho Village. While doing reconnaissance, Kakashi Hatake finds Genmai but gets stuck in a trap spell technique. Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha get ambushed by a group of missing-nin and their leader, Kajika, who have orders from Orochimaru to test Sasuke's strength and abilities. The group kidnaps Sakura, resulting in Naruto and Sasuke teaming up to get her back. In the end, it turns out to be a flashback of Sasuke's, who is shown standing beside Tobi, claiming he was remembering something frivolous.


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Dermal Irritation in 3D Human Tissue Constructs
3-D reconstructed human epidermal (RHE) tissue constructs are organotypic in vitro models, which can be utilized in a variety of assays to evaluate the dermal irritation, corrosivity, cytotoxicity, phototoxicity, and/or anti inflammatory potential of test materials. Tissue viability is determined using the vital dye MTT (3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide). The reduction of MTT in treated cultures is expressed as a percentage relative to untreated (negative control) cultures.
RHE tissue constructs are made from human epithelial cells, which are cultured on specially designed cell culture inserts. The cells differentiate to form a fully differentiated epidermis, complete with a functional stratum corneum (see picture below). An advantage of using 3-D tissues is that test materials are applied topically, so solids, undiluted final formulations, and insoluble test materials can be tested.
MTT, a vitality-indicating dye, is actively taken up by the tissues and subsequently reduced in the mitochondria of living cells. This chemical reaction produces a purple-colored compound (formazan) within the cells, causing the live tissues to turn deep purple in color. For specific assay procedures, please see Step-by-Step.
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The writing team of Marisa Carroll came about when one half, Carol Wagner, parted company with her first writing partner, an old high school friend, after publishing two books. Carol saw the writing on the wall—the line they were writing for was on life support—her friend didn't. It looked like it was back to being 2nd shift charge nurse at Oak Grove nursing home.
Enter the second half of the duo: her sister, Marian Franz, who had been typing heroically on an almost worn-out Selectric, and editing industriously with two toddlers hanging onto her pant leg since the beginning of Carol's now sputtering career.
"Try writing for Harlequin," Marian said.
"I don't want to do it alone," Carol replied. "I loved talking story ideas over with someone else. I hate all that grammar and stuff."
"We'll do it together," Marian said. "I already type your manuscripts anyway."
So they gave it a try. The combination has lasted for 28 books, 26 of them for Harlequin's various lines.
Ideas come from one or both. Carol does most of the writing. Marian does the research, all of the editing and proofreading, and ruthless weeding out of run-on sentences.
The partnership isn't always smooth sailing, but like most long-term relationships, even those among non-siblings, the sisters have learned to put petty differences aside for the greater good of the book.
Marian sometimes longs to sit down in front of the computer in her pajamas instead of donning panty hose for her job at Bowling Green State University, and Carol envies her younger sister her excellent health benefits and pension plan.
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Look at you there, with your ponytale, slightly overweight, with teeth as straight and clean as Richard Gere, you're not happy are you? Do you know why? It's because you're not English. But wait! don't go! - With this simple guide you'll be well on your way to spelling colour correctly and supporting your american allies in pointless desert wars!
The most striking physical feature of a Brit is his or her stiff upper lip, english people inherit this naturally, but as you're a filthy colonist descendant you will need the help of Liquid Nitrogen, apply the Nitrogen liberally onto the upper lip, be careful not to spill it onto the teeth as you might accidentally[1] bleach them an unhealthy white, thus ending any chances of being accepted into British society. Casual dress is only worn by the serf underclass known as "The Cockneys" so make sure you wear a waistcoat and dinner jacket at all times (
including especially during coitus and windsurfing.) It's best to assume the demeanour of a bemused pedophile, furrow and unfurrow your eyebrows constantly, and try to avoid conversation whenever possible, except with the Queen who you'll soon be on close terms with. Smiling is frowned upon, except in Scotland where it is punishable by death.
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As an Englishman you now have the burden, nay the duty to seek out England's enemies, be they Jock or Frog and fight them to the death whenever you have the chance, usually during the World Cup and budget holidays to the South of France that you will now attend regularly. If you're unfortunate enough to end up in a foreign country and you're having trouble communicating, my advice is to add vowels randomly to the ends of words eg "I say-io" "Giv-a me a beer-o or i'll-a knife-o you!". If they continue to feign confusion, talk louder, if they still pretend to not understand you then they are obviously challenging you to a fight. You know what to do
Fish and Chips is the staple meal of the Englishman, but anything deep fried and containing trace amounts of nutrients is generally considered luxurious. After the Indian military invasion of Britain in 1976 certain curries such as the Chicken Tikka Massala and Vindaloo were introduced to much enthusiasm, little did the British know, but both dishes contain copious amounts of weapon grade plutonium, giving the curries their distinctive "spicy" flavour. The Indians discovered the unique oppertunity to remove their waste products, and make a profit in the spring of 1898 when a young Ghandi noticed 63 year old Ming Campbell happily guzzling down a bottle of sulphuric acid, thinking it was a rare chardonnay.
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Anger and arguments are normal parts of healthy relationships. But anger that leads to threats or violence, such as hitting or hurting, is not normal or healthy. Physical, verbal, emotional, or sexual abuse are not acceptable parts of any relationship.
Violent behavior is any behavior by an individual that threatens or actually harms or injures the individual or others or destroys property. Violent behavior often begins with verbal threats but over time escalates to involve physical harm.
Violence is learned behavior, so it is especially important to help your children learn that violence is not a healthy way to resolve conflict. Set a good example by handling conflict in a calm and thoughtful manner. Never use violence, such as spanking, pinching, ear pulling, jabbing, shoving, or choking, to discipline your child.
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Violent behavior may occur in cycles. First, there is conflict and tension. This is followed by abuse of another or destruction of property. This pattern usually repeats itself and gets worse over time. If there is a cycle, learning to recognize it may help you prevent violence from occurring.
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Christmas time is jazz time, if you ask us. At least the jazz of one or two fellows. Vince Guaraldi's music is music you have heard, even if you didn't know it. He sat down at his piano and wrote the music for all the Charlie Brown television specials. Music he heard playing in the minds of Chuck and Chuck's friends.
The Charlie Brown Christmas special is hall of fame material. It's soundtrack is legend. It's Christmas music you can listen too all year round, because Guaraldi did what he set out to do and tapped into what kids hear. And when we listen to what kids hear, parts of us wake back up.
There has been an idea floating around this building for some time now: what if we could find a fine group of musicians to perform that music live on the Everyday Joe's stage? Wouldn't that be something? This year, some sort of alignment happened in some realm of the cosmos and we found a fine group of musicians. Whats more, a fine group of musicians so excited by the idea that it spurred their thematic creativity.
Back in 1960, Duke Ellington released a big band jazz arrangement of The Nutcracker Suite. It's quite good, if you haven't heard it or didn't even know it existed (like us).The fine group of musicians we came across not only said yes to performing some classic Guaraldi on stage, but they asked the question, "What would Charlie Brown hear when he went to The Nutcracker? Duke Ellington, of course."
On December 6, our new friends of Ron LeGault Jazz will be performing an evening of jazz titled Charlie Brown Goes To The Nutcracker. Selections from the holiday catalogs of Guaraldi and Ellington, live at Everyday Joe's. Plus – and this is the best part – it's a benefit for our dear friends at The Cooper Home.
Tickets for the event are $10 and can be purchased here. Show starts at 7 pm. We'll see you there and we'll all leave with smiling hearts.
Lydia is an artist from Loveland, Colorado, currently studying in NYC. Her work spans a lot of genres, but we decided to feature her black and white minimal drawings and a bit of her film photography. They're all real nice; come and check them out, say hi.
There's this fella we know. He has a fine beard, fine style, and a good good heart. He also happens to be a rather well-skilled musician.
Josh Dillard has celebrated the release of each of his albums with a show at Everyday Joe's. Those shows have left the marks of good memories on these brick walls. Tonight (May 10), Josh will look to make a few more marks as he releases his latest effort – The Bright Light Of Shipwreck. It's an eclectic 8-song collection that will make you tap your toes, shake your hips, dance closely with your loved ones, and feel your heart.
Ticket for the show are $8 adv / $10 door and are available at the shop or online here. Making the show even better are the acts opening the night up: A Boy & His Kite followed by Lifeboat Etiquette. This is darn near a super show, if you're into that sort of thing and methinks you are.
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- 1/4 cup butter, softened
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"Made this for an office Thanksgiving party today because I love my slow cooker and this sounded snazzy. Doubled the recipe in a 6-quart oval cooker, came out moist and flavorful without being too rich or too sweet. This recipe's a keeper, definitely making this again!"
"Picked this because the in-laws like gingerbread and that this could free up the oven. Super easy to throw together. Wasn't sure it was gonna work because it was really soupy going into the crock pot. The middle was still pretty soggy but the edge pieces had a nice cake-like texture. As for the flavor, it was too rich for me and not sweet enough. I could only take a few small bites and that was more than enough. Seeing as I made it for the in-laws I didn't get any positive feedback from them so I am guessing I won't be making this again."
"Tried this recipe Friday night for a game night party and it was a complete disaster. I have been baking since I was 12 years old and have never had a recipe turn out so bad. The cake did not cook all the way and then burned on the bottom. There was no cake or pudding, just a disgusting tasteless mess. I tried to follow the recipe exactly as written, so I can't figure out what went wrong. All the other reviews make it sound so good and easy. This one will not make it into my recipe file."
"Easy and sooo delicious. I served it with whipped cream. Will make again!"
"I had never made a cake in my slow cooker so I was curious how it would turn out. I was pleasantly surprised. It went together quickly, and was very good with real whipped cream on top. A tasty, noval idea that I will make again."


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Over 10 years ago, Stan's No Tubes developed a method of converting a standard mountain bike rim and tire to tubeless. By removing the traditional tube and replacing it with a molded rubber rim strip and adding a liquid tire sealant, Stan's started the tubeless revolution.
Strip is 53"x26mm. Fits most 24" & 26" rims 21.5-25mm wide (measured outside to outside). Removable core presta valve is 32mm long.
Strip is 52"x38mm. Fits many 24" & 26" rims 36-39mm wide (measured outside to outside). Removable core schrader valve is 32mm long.
Strip is 54"x32mm. Fits many 24" & 26" rims 27-34mm wide (measured outside to outside). Removable core presta valve is 32mm long.
Strip is 65"x26mm. Fits many 29er rims 25-28mm wide (measured outside to outside). Removable core presta valve is 32mm long.
Strip is 57"x26mm. Fits most 29er rims 21.5–25mm wide (measured outside to outside). Removable core presta valve is 32mm long.
Strip is 65"x19mm. Fits most 700c road rims used for Cyclocross. Removable core presta valve is 32mm long.
Strip is 65"x25mm. Fits specialty 26", 650b, & 29" rims (measured outside to outside). Removable core presta valve is 32mm long.
The kit might seem a little pricey but running tubeless is so worth it! Finally run your tires as low as you want (within reason). Easy to set up with everything you need included (minus the air compressor). The black rim strips can be reused but depending on how cooperative your rims and tires are, may require some cleaning and additional work after the first installation.
It works, and tubeless is obviously pretty nice. Good easy fix to save some component $$$ too. Good luck mounting any 2.25 ardents though.
This kit works. Tubeless rolls faster and smoother. Valve stems allow to top up without breaking the bead seal.
This is a cheap solution that will allow any rider to benefit from tubeless. I converted three bikes using this while I saved up for a nice set of wheels and highly recommend going this route if you want to save up for that nice wheel set you have always wanted.
I really didn't expect to feel much of a difference going tubeless, but I was wrong. I felt a lot more feed back from my tires (kenda nevegals) that I had previously. I also like the fact that it feels as if they absorb a bit more impact than tubes do. I smacked my back wheel so hard during a race this weekend that would have popped a tube, but the bead of the tire held so well under the impact. I even stopped to make sure I didn't have a complete blowout and couldn't believe it held so well. This kit was really simple to use and install, the only "negative" I would say is you'll probably need some sort of compressor to get the bead to seat properly. It's way too hard to do it with a hand pump.
After working on going tubeless for many many hours I came to the conclusion that all the money I spent for this kit, plus the core tool and the injector, I could have bought a bunch of tubes with the same money and spent a lot less time patching and changing them than I have trying to make this system work. I'll probably keep trying but I don't have a lot of hope for it
I purchased this kit a when I first tried to go tubeless and...my results were less than stellar. Even with a dedicated tubeless tire, things didn't quite work out, and I put my blame in the rubber rim strips. The stan's sealant works great, and the bottle lasts a long time. I've set up about a half-dozen tires tubeless with the sealent given, including a few sealant refills after it dries out. (takes about 6 months in hot, dry so-cal) The yellow tape does its job well , and is easy to apply, but the rubber rims strips are really not good. Unless you have the rims listed on the packaging...chances are things are going to go badly. Save yourself the hassle and a bunch of money: buy presta-valve 24" or 20" BMX tubes (They do exist!) if you have 26" rims, or a regular 26" presta tube if you have a 29er, butterfly those open, and use that instead. Costs you 10 bucks and works far better. Buy the sealant on its own for cheaper.
Not that Stan's needs any single riders endorsement BUT...the No Tubes line works great. Most recent bike (mtn bike) came with tubed setup from factory. After getting flats in both front & rear tires the 1st weekend riding before having a chance to convert to tubeless... I immediately converted to tubeless and have had no issues since. The initials flats were caused by thorns poking through...and have had no air loss on any ride since.
I have had the tubeless thought in my head for a while and all I can say is I don't know why I didn't do it sooner. No more stock piling tubes, slowing down my friends with the trail side tube change, and no more flats! The overall process was not difficult or time consuming considering.


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Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) trading up 44 points (0.3%) at 15,464 as of Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013, 12:50 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,183 issues advancing vs. 1,800 declining with 78 unchanged. The Materials & Construction industry currently sits down 0.7% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.2%. On the negative front, top decliners within the industry include Ryland Group ( RYL), down 4.3%, USG ( USG), down 2.9%, Masco Corporation ( MAS), down 2.4%, Plum Creek Timber ( PCL), down 1.6% and Rayonier ( RYN), down 1.3%. Top gainers within the industry include James Hardie Industries ( JHX), up 3.4%, Fastenal Company ( FAST), up 0.8% and Fluor Corporation ( FLR), up 0.5%. TheStreet would like to highlight 5 stocks pushing the industry lower today: 5. Sherwin-Williams Company ( SHW) is one of the companies pushing the Materials & Construction industry lower today. As of noon trading, Sherwin-Williams Company is down $1.85 (-1.0%) to $175.99 on average volume. Thus far, 316,766 shares of Sherwin-Williams Company exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 771,500 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $175.16-$177.83 after having opened the day at $176.91 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $177.84. The Sherwin-Williams Company engages in the development, manufacture, distribution, and sale of paints, coatings, and related products to professional, industrial, commercial, and retail customers primarily in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean region. Sherwin-Williams Company has a market cap of $18.2 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. Shares are up 15.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 6 analysts that rate Sherwin-Williams Company a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold. TheStreet Ratings rates Sherwin-Williams Company as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income, notable return on equity and good cash flow from operations. Although no company is perfect, currently we do not see any significant weaknesses which are likely to detract from the generally positive outlook. Get the full Sherwin-Williams Company Ratings Report now. STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12-months. Learn more.Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link. All three major indices are trading up today with the
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8.5 cm mass all around spleen
3 years ago I dealt with chondrosarcoma with Allie - she had three ribs removed and muscle from along her spine moved to cover the rib area behind her left elbow. I was told that her cancer could recur and that it could be lying dormant and that she may not live past the age of six. Allie is now 6 1/2 years old.
I'm faced with a splenectomy and I'm wondering if that's the right way to go - the radiologist report said that there may be pooling of blood around the spleen area. I'm now trying to decide on my decision to have the surgery for Allie.
I feel that her body is contaminated with cancer.
I haven't been on for a long time but Allie was a rescue who had her first two litters by time she was two. She was tied up out back and basically ignored and part of a backyard breeding operation. I took her away from that and have given her the 'good life' since then.
I have now bought a Mt Si Golden English Creme for her to spend her days with - even though I'm home with Allie all the time - I found a 1 year old female and I thought and family and friends think that Allie was help pass on good traits and it will be someone for Allie to hang out with and maybe just maybe I won't fall apart so hard - I love and adore my Allie girl.
Does anyone have experience with the spleen removal and how long their dog lived after this procedure? I know each dog is different - and no one story is the same - I just don't know - I don't want her to bleed out! I'm also worried that she will have to be euthanized on the table before the surgery is completed. I pray that it will go well.
So sad - this dog is sweetness personified.
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There was a thread yesterday I believe about a dog who just had her spleen removed and the report came back that it was just a hematoma, not cancer! It is possible. I'll see if I can find it.
Here's the thread on Libby. http://www.goldenretrieverforum.com/...ng-well-5.html (Libby is not feeling well)
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I went over to the thread but there isn't the information I was hoping for - it's very good news indeed for them! I am delighted that things went well...
I'm wondering if size of the mass makes a difference and if there is anything in the radiologist report that I could glean from it that might help me until the surgery date. All that I can gather is that there may be pooling of blood around the spleen. In addition to the 8.5 cm mass around the spleen. The other organs look good and the vet said he would feel the organs when he does the splenectomy. Also the radiologist report shows that the heart and lungs look good.
I just don't know anymore - it's just like one scare after another with this dog. We just adore her...
8.5 cm mass all around spleen
I think go for it if her other organs look good it could just be hematoma
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The vet says he won't know exactly if there are nodules on any organs until he opens her up - that being said I'm willing to give it a go for Allie - she is a beautiful and wonderful dog - I just don't want her to suffer!
Two of my dogs have had a splenectomy. Charlie had his when he was around 7 years old and he lived until he was almost 13. The pathology report on his spleen was benign. Charlie developed seizures when he was almost 12 that were probably caused by a brain lesion of some kind, but there was never any evidence to link that to his spleen. Between 7 and 13, his life was pretty normal.
Joker, who is Charlie's half-brother, had a splenectomy last summer at the age of almost 12. This was on the heels of a hard fall on steps that made me suspect internal injury, though Joker acted as if nothing was wrong at the time. We found my sweet boy the morning after his fall lying very still and unable to stand, with gray gums. He was clearly bleeding internally and we rushed him to the emergency clinic, where they said he was in shock and promptly gave him a transfusion. I told the vets before surgery that I was sure this would prove to be a benign hematoma. They didn't quite believe me, but when the surgeon called with the pathology results, she said, "You have hit the splenectomy jackpot twice in row. The report says 'consistent with benign hematoma.'" Joker is doing very well now. as a happy senior who knows that I couldn't stand to lose him a day too soon.
A splenectomy is really major surgery and the recovery is difficult. The spleen processes a lot of blood and you have to make sure that the dog is quiet - no being off-leash or rough play indoors - for weeks after the surgery. The dog needs pain medication for several days to two weeks after surgery and just needs a lot of loving.
Would I do this again? In a heartbeat, given an otherwise healthy dog. For Allie, you will make the right decision, based on tremendous love and determination to do what is best for her.
Hugs and prayers,
Lucy, owned by Joker and Sunny, who remember Charlie with me
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I also had a dog with her spleen removed that turned out NOT to be cancer. She was 12 at the time and lived to be 15. It seems like it's about 50/50 here on the forum, I think she has a very good chance.
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I had two dogs with splenetic masses, both hemangiosarcoma. Our first boy was let go on the table because the surgeon found cancer cells everywhere. It was too late. Our second boy had a splenectomy, to save his life. Leaving it in wasn't an option for us because it's life threatening to the dog whether it's benign or malignant if it bleeds out. It took a week and it was hemangiosarcoma. His mass was about half the size of Allie's. He recovered from the operation very quickly. I was surprised at how quickly! We opted for chemotherapy, which didn't affect him negatively at all physically, but we lost him almost 4 months later. We did a lot of living during those months, made a lot of wonderful memories and gave him a lot of love.
I'm very sorry you are facing this.
There are some hemangiosarcoma studies going on right now that you could participate in, but I don't have the link handy. Maybe someone else on the forum has it. I believe it's through either the Broad Institute or University of Minnesota.
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My King had an emergency splenectomy when he was 7, he was close to having bled out. His recovery went very quickly and the results were benign.
He died when he was 14 1/2, so half of his life he lived a great ilfe with no spleen - cancer did kill him in the end but liver cancer.
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