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I was crusing around on the "who's online" spot... and I came across an interesting looking fellow. So I checked out his profile. While viewing his cock pics I thought "wow, that's not much to be proud of." and while viewing his body and face shots I thought "nore is that..." Then I went on to read his essays, why? I'm not sure. Under describe your physique he has "athletic, attractive, and well endowed." Uhm... how many other penises have you seen in your life buddy? B/c in my world, thats small.
Obviously everyone has their version of size, normalcy, and the like. I personally think anything under six is small, six to seven is average, and over seven is large. Well endowed is the ten inch wopper I had when I was sixteen. Oh, those were the days. LoL.
I remember loosing my virginity (if you could call it that) to a three and a half (four on a good day) cock and thinking... thats IT? THAT was sex? However I made do (knowing no better) and shortly I learned to enjoy it and orgasm from him. The next guy Iwas with was the ten incher. Imagine my shock and horror (ok... maybe a LITTLE pleasure) to see THAT pop out of his pants!!! I cried when he was all the way in, I would have sworn that I was going to bust in half. No orgasm that time, it hurt too bad. But shortly there after...
Maybe that's why I'm a "bigger is better" kinda girl?
Whats your version of small, medium, and large? Best and worst experiences based on size?
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Jan 25 @ 9:17PM
well not sure bout small med or large BUY.......
' been the best size for me
LDK i just HAD to......it popped into my mind n well it got typed out ....you KNOW
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Jan 25 @ 9:17PM
I think 5-7 is average for guys in my opinion...
Jan 25 @ 9:32PM
Yeah I have seen many a profile pic (dicks mostly) that just shouldn't be posted its not good advertising if you dont have the stuff
Jan 25 @ 9:41PM
Ill hang on to my 6in because its all I got!! and never had a problem with it at all. But damn I am proud of my tongue, LOL IT ROCKS!! LOL
Jan 25 @ 9:45PM
I just prefer smaller... to me, 7" is huge
Jan 25 @ 9:57PM
I could not even tell ya what mine is. I have had woman tell me it is just right. Do not know what that means because they all have different tastes. I have No reason to compare. I just usually put average if a question asks about it. I guess it is average cuz not been told it is small lol........
Jan 25 @ 10:05PM
i agree wit ur measuring system
Jan 25 @ 10:18PM
I consider myself to be just above average at 8.5 inches, and that is based on my experiences with group activity and couples that I have been with. I do have a good biker friend that I make films with and he is considerably shorter in hieght than myself, but OMG, the guy is packing a good 10". His wife is very petite and the look on her face when he drives that monster home is confusing to me. It looks as if she enjoys it, but at the same time painful. So, at the end of the day, I would consider 5-7 average, 8-10 large, over 10 huge and less than 5 needs some professional enhancement. I guess most guys feel comfortable with what they have though, 'cause thats what they have become accustomed to.
Jan 25 @ 10:22PM
I want to test out Muffdivers42's tongue!!
Jan 25 @ 10:45PM
My penis is three inches long, but a full eight inches in diameter. Plus it has a purple toupee.
Like I'd really tell you what is lurking behind the kilt. You want to know? You gotta find out yourself.
Jan 25 @ 10:57PM
I figure why lie or hide it.... its what I have for better or worse. If they don't like it, then they don't have to look. LOL I'm well aware some women prefer bigger.... and some prefer smaller.... you can't keep everyone happy all the time. That I suppose its why they come in different shapes, sizes, and colors in the first place. To each their own. I'm well aware of the fact that certain people have strong opinions about things, but the one thing that confuses me is when some of those people act like all people either do think like they do, or should think as they do. Not meaning to rant here or anything, but I think people shouldn't be so shallow minded. And yes, I am aware I do not have much to advertise in the eyes of size queens, but as some people prefer a compact car over a massive SUV, I offer them an alternative. While it might not be much, its all i have.... so i'm damn sure proud of it! Even if some women laugh at it, I'm not that sensitive about it, nor do I assume I have a big one like some probably do. I know its not big, but if you can get off with a finger.... then you can get off with a small guy that knows what he is doing.
P.S. You can stop laughing at it now LadieDarkStar. LOL I have not seen many posts about what men think about small breasts? I know men tend to obcess over penis size, but think its more cause they see a few women post about how they like big ones, and not many at all about how they like small ones. I think women are just to freaking picky these days! LOL But this is all just my opinion, I could be wrong.
Just a side note. The most destructive thing on earth, capable of destroying entire cities, and altering the very fabric of society as we once knew it, is so small you can not even see it. An atom. So its not the size of the atom, but how you use it.
Sorry, I just had to. I'll stop now
Jan 25 @ 11:39PM
With my belief in reincarnation ....
I don't say anything about size...especially the size of a guy's cock..
Jan 26 @ 1:02AM
I seriously, in all honesty...don't know who is more obsessed with the size of a man's cock. Women, or the men themselves?!
Personally I've NEVER understood it, same goes with women's breasts! Seems women who have small breasts wish they were bigger, women with big breasts wish they were smaller. Same goes with men, men with small cocks wish they were bigger, and believe it or not...there really are some men with big cocks, wishing it were smaller.
I personally have never cared, nor have I ever been concerned with the size of my cock. When I'm asked, I tell women my cock is small to average. The reason I've never cared, (even though I do know the size in length and circumference) nor have I ever been concerned with it.
It's quite simple...if it's not enough to make a woman happy, she can go buy herself a damn dildo. And I'll find a woman who is happy with the size of my cock.
And remember this ladies...99.99% of men who brag about what they have...either don't have it...or they can't use it for shit anyhow. At least this is what I hear women say quite often...
Jan 26 @ 1:04AM
Oh shit, and I thought 3 inches was well hung ;) lol.
Jan 26 @ 2:25AM
7 to 8 inches....yep....I was very selective in choosing the right cock substitute...I have named him PINKY...and I will love him and pet him.....just kidding...its from a old bugs bunny cartoon...but once I was with a guy..on older man...told me he was French...who the hell knows...he was from Gary, IN...had a dick so small it was almost strange...barely a mouthful...and tried so hard...pardon the pun...took some sort of male enhancement pill...two at a time...and ya know I never told him how I looked at his manhood...but I did tell him how I looked at him...he was a DICK
Jan 26 @ 2:46AM
This is just my opinion,,,,size does not matter if a man knows how to use it,,,,If a women knows her body,,,,she could come over and over without it ever being put in....just with Clit stimulation....But I do perfer Medium size.....just my point of view
Jan 26 @ 4:30AM
Penis size is all in the mind.
I happen to own a 9 incher that is quite thick but i manage to make woman have multiple orgasms just using my tongue and a couple of fingers inserted in the right place at the correct angle.
I am by no means large as far as i am concerned but actual penetration the last part of having sex/making love anyways, the foreplay should last much longer than the actual sex , that way no matter what size a male is if he has done the foreplay right the woman should be so worked up or had enough orgasms already that it really doesnt matter if she comes whilst he is inside her with his cock.
For men generally they get off direct cock stimulation but for most woman its a combination of situation,mood,person they with ,how much foreplay,there feelings towards the man and lots more men are a simple animal to please woman take a lot more effort and a lot more factors contribute towards there satisfaction.
So in my opinoin and yes this is just my opinoin size does not matter it is how you DO IT not how you use it as the saying goes
Jan 26 @ 5:13AM
I sure am glad i dont have a small dick.
7 1/2 incher
A little bigger would be nice but i'm happy with my size and get lots of compliments on my pics
Jan 26 @ 6:47AM
This blog got me curious, I got out the tape measure and at the appropriate momenta few moments later, I measured that sucker, I could not believe it, so I measured it again, and still the same,just a little over 15.Thats right ladies !!!
I went about the day strutting like a rooster in a hen house untill my soon to be ex called me on the phone wanting to know if she had left her metric ruler at the house................whoever invented metric I hate you.
Jan 26 @ 8:32AM
wtxman....I just rolled laughing..that was funny...metric...hmmm...damn now I will have to convert....where the hell is the conversation table?...damn I hate metric too...probably not as much as you....hahahahahah
Jan 26 @ 1:27PM
I'm an average (6.5) so I guess I would be considered neutral!
Jan 26 @ 3:49PM
I am not sure about this size thing.... but I refuse to tie my pecker to the porch handrail and jump off for anyone.... if my whopper (ok whopper JR - a huge "2" ) does not work I guess I can always get out the old "shoulder massager" for you..... Hmmmm... thats just discrimination on yet another level...... geeeeesh
Jan 28 @ 11:50PM
Size really isn't an issue for me. "Huge" is nice if you wanna feel like your uterus is going to be split in half with the orgasm...but I really have no preference as long as the guy knows how to work it!
Mar 22 @ 12:36AM
wtxman....I just rolled laughing..that was funny...metric...hmmm...damn now I will have to convert....where the hell is the conversation table?...damn I hate metric too...probably not as much as you....hahahahahah
It converts to 5.8 evening.... just in case you needed to know... lol Yea i was bored.
Mine converts to about 10.5 in metric or about 4"
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I adore blossom, but it is so short-lived! To have "blossom" throughout the year, please could anyone recommend any frothy white or pink flowers which are maybe 2ft - 3ft tall. I do have Sweet Rocket (Hesperis Matronalis) which I love, but what else can I grow?
How about Bouncing Bett (love that name) - Saponaria officinalis. It's a British native and comes in single and double versions - the double is particularly attractive in gardens.
Thank you landgirl . . . I'll look that one up. The only Saponaria I have is very low-growing - this one is new to me.
You could have Cleome which are annuals, or Cosmos, white campion, white Honesty, poppies, Camassias. In the shrub line you could have Choiysia, dogwoods, amelanchier
The double Saponaria officinalis is one of the worst thugs going. We have been trying to get rid of it for the last 18 years and it still comes up everywhere.
for later on, one of the small flowered asters, an ericoides or laterifolius cultivar.
There's an ericoides called 'Pink Cloud' or something like that.
Many thanks Gardenmaiden! I tried Cleome one year, but wasn't very successful, and my Camassias don't last very long either (but I appreciate the suggestions); Cosmos is a great idea, and I will try to increase my white Honesty. Love the idea of masses of poppies too. I'm lucky enough to have the shrubs you mention, but my dogwoods have never flowered - wrong type of soil apparently.
Thank you nutcutlet - I will look up ericoides Pink Cloud.
Berghill - I looked at Saponaria on Bob Brown's website (Cotswold Garden Flowers) and he says the same as you - very invasive!
The flat heads full of tiny flowers of Achillea are always nice in the summer months and loved by pollinators but careful what you buy as from my experience some are so heavily bred that they actually become sterile. My personal preference is wild carrot (Daucus carota) which looks similar but flowers for a very long period and is absolutely loved by pollinators, I found that ladybirds are particularly attracted to this plant for some reason!?
I grew Wild Carrot in my wildflower area last summer alongside Knapweed and scabious and it's a winning combination for texture, colour and best of all pollinators.
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Ammi majus and gypsophila are pretty annuals, Sarah Raven does them
Just a note on Saponaria - I haven't found it invasive on poor, sandy soil, and it doesn't spread much in the road verges either round here. Must depend on the soil.
Hi Higgy, Thanks. I have a wildflower area too, so might try that. Our ladybirds will be happy! I've just looked it up and like it a lot . . . do you grow it from seed, and if so, do you have a reliable supplier??
Thanks Fleurisa: two good ideas. I was given Ammi majus by a friend once, and grew it "through" the Cotinus, which helped as it was so tall!
Landgirl - good point about the soil, that would make a big difference.
I haven't found the saponaria has wandered far but I can't get rid of it from underneath a euonymus. It's 'Emerald and Gold' and I don't like pink flowers on yellow bushes.
Orlaya Grandiflora is lovely, I think I got the seeds from the Telegraph online garden shop.
Thanks artjak . . . it is pretty, but doesn't seem to like our garden!


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Last week, China reported its first half of '08 GDP growth ran at a rate of 10.4% Y/Y, the slowest pace seen over the last 3 years. Relatively speaking though, it was still one of the highest among the world's economies. Going forward, we have to ask how long China can sustain its double digit growth rate? High overall inflation, rising commodity prices and slowing exports are expected to put the brakes on the Asian giant.
On the other hand, the Olympics will give the economy a short-term boost by increasing aggregate demand. However, a Bank of China survey of the last 12 Olympic Games shows most host nation economies have suffered a post Olympic economic downturn, which has been termed by economists as – "Valley Effect."
Japan and South Korea, which were enjoying double-digit growth in the period running up to Olympics, slowed down by more than 2% Y/Y after the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 and the Seoul Olympics in 1988, respectively. So we wonder if China is equipped to ward off the Valley Effect.
Tightening monetary conditions are already expected to cool an overheated economy. We believe that the solution to Chinese problems of speculative high capital inflows, falling exports and high inflation best lie in a "soft landing" of the economy rather than a steep fall.
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The government's economic policies led to a cooling down of GDP growth for the fourth straight quarter, which recorded a growth rate of 10.1% Y/Y in second quarter. This represented a 0.5% sequential decline. The Consumer Price Index rose 7.1% in June, down from 7.7% in May. This slower growth led to the biggest drop in the yuan in seven weeks; expectations grew that the government will slow the currency appreciation to protect exporters. Despite the slowdown, the economy's growth is in line with the government's primary target, which is to prevent an overheating of the economy.
China has witnessed increased investment in infrastructure ahead of the Olympics, which will boost the productivity of its economy. Additionally increased tourist inflow will lead to higher consumption and demand for goods and services. However, after the Olympics ends, the biggest challenge for the government will be to ensure a soft landing of economic activity and not a sharp drop. The biggest challenge for the Chinese government will be to balance its tightening monetary policy and investment in the Olympics, so that the slowdown from monetary policies and post Olympics syndrome don't lead to a sharp downfall.
World class infrastructure to boost growth
In preparation for the Olympics, China has invested nearly $40 billion in infrastructure from 2002 to 2006. This will help it to maintain its productivity in terms of better connectivity and transport after the Olympics. High investment and consumption will boost aggregate demand. We note that the Chinese economy, despite its size, has been growing strongly before Olympics effect, and so the percentage increase in economic activity as a result of the Olympics Games should be relatively small as compared to the aggregate increase.
Sporting facilities and the "White Elephant" effect
Beijing has been forced to reduce other infrastructure projects in order to concentrate on the construction of sports venues. Athens and other host city Olympic stadiums have gone mostly useless after their Olympic games... This has been termed by economists as the "White Elephant Effect." Beijing plans to convert these venues to serve residents as sports and entertainment facilities. As per the Director of the National Economic Research Institute at the China Reform Foundation, Beijing's investment to build sports venues and other infrastructure accounted for a mere 3% of the country's total investment in fixed assets.
Tourism to further put upward pressure on yuan
Beijing expects to receive about 400,000-450,000 overseas tourists during the Olympics, and analysts believe this could bring in $400 million in revenues. A lot of tourists from within China are also expected to arrive, which will also boost consumption. We believe that the tourist influx will put some upward pressure on the yuan apart from spiraling inflation.
Hotels to cash in the Olympics boom
The number of hotels in Beijing has also jumped in recent years since the country reduced hotel ownership restrictions to expand capacity. Starting in 2006, wholly-foreign-owned hotels were permitted to be established. These moves cleared the way for an extensive expansion of foreign-owned hotels and other tourism facilities. The average cost of a hotel room in Beijing was $127 a night in 2007, while the city's occupancy rate was 70.8%.
However, as per recent reports from the Beijing Tourism Bureau, hotels are facing tough competition due to oversupply that was built just ahead of Olympics. With some exceptions in top end hotels, the industry is also reporting below expected occupancy rates.
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The Beijing Tourism Authority predicts the city will be flooded by 3.5 million visitors, both domestic and international, during the games. Hotels and houses for rent are going quickly, and insiders say that rental rates during the Olympics will be 10 times the usual amount. Conscious of the investment opportunity, Beijing residents have been grabbing up as much real estate as possible to prepare.
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Chicken Milano Recipe
- 1cupmilk
- 1egg
- 3/4cupbreadcrumbs
- 1/4cupparmesan cheese
- 1teaspoonoregano
- 1teaspoonbasil
- 1teaspoonblack pepper
- 4boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 5white mushrooms, sliced
- 1/2green pepper, sliced in rings
- 1/2white onion, sliced and in rings
- 2cupsmarinara sauce(I use recipe 95168)
- 1cup shreddedmozzarella cheese
- 2tablespoonsolive oil
- Pound chicken breasts flat.
- Whisk milk and egg together in large bowl.
- Mix crumbs, parmisan and spices together on a plate.
- Heat olive oil in large frying pan.
- Dip chicken in milk mixture, then coat with bread mixture.
- Fry chicken pieces until toasty golden coloured.
- Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.
- Spread a cup of sauce on baking sheet.
- Spread mushrooms, peppers and onions on sauce.
- Place chicken pieces on top and cover with more sauce.
- Bake at 350 F for 20 minutes.
- Remove from oven and cover chicken pieces with mozzarella.
- Return to oven for 10 minutes to melt the cheese.
- Serve with pasta.
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Abu Dhabi's Image Nation: Most Popular Films
Abu Dhabi based production company Image Nation is in the spot light after its 'The Help' (co-produced) received much critical acclaim at the Oscars. Kipp takes a look at the other international films co-produced by this local production house.
February 28, 2012 4:06 by p.deleon
"…the real Oscar winner at the 84th Academy Awards was clear from the box office takings - Abu Dhabi." Erm. Abu Dhabi, the clear winner? Well, not really—nobody really mentioned until Abu Dhabi Media Company owned paper The National mentioned it. You know, even though we noted the Abu Dhabi connection when we watched 'The Help' we didn't quite connect the dots when watching the Oscars. Nonetheless, we have now and in this slide show we take a closer look at the more popular films produced by Image Nation.
The critics say: Though arguably guilty of glossing over its racial themes, The Help rises on the strength of its cast -- particularly Viola Davis, whose performance is powerful enough to carry the film on its own.
76% Rotten Tomatoes
The money: Worldwide Gross: $207,697,333 | Total Budget: $55,000,000
The plot: Doctors try to stop the outbreak of a lethal virus in this Steven Soderbergh film.
The critics say: Tense, tightly plotted, and bolstered by a stellar cast, Contagion is an exceptionally smart -- and scary -- disaster movie. 84% Rotten Tomatoes
The money: Opening Weekend: $22,403,596 Worldwide Gross: $135,458,097 | Total Budget: $95,000,000
Plot: A benevolent Asperger's sufferer, Rizwan Khan (Shah Rukh Khan), sets out on a journey across America on a mission to win back his one true love.
The critics say: Karan Johar's film is a message picture, and like many in that genre it runs overly long as it assiduously works to make its point. 80 % Rotten Tomatoes
The money: Opening Weekend: $1,944,027 Worldwide Gross: $42,574,399
The critics say: It struggles with the balance between fact-based biopic and taut political thriller, but Fair Game brims with righteous anger -- and benefits from superb performances by Naomi Watts and Sean Penn.
80% Rotten Tomatoes
The money: Opening Weekend: $651,082 Total Budget: $28,000,000
The plot: Skirts the social problem film by delving into the intimacies of the immigration experience
The critics say: A dramedy that's got a taste for the tragic as well as the poignantly comic, Amreeka adds a new sweetness to the hope and distress of the immigrant experience.
87% Rotten Tomatoes
The money: Opening Weekend: $58,823 Worldwide Gross: $1,819,903
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As I said a month ago:
Dovi will finish repeatedly in the top 6, and will get on the podium 3 times next year.
His style will have the demo going quick.
4th place!!
Hayden doesnt match the ducati. His style is not fluid. Another year 6th to 10th. 5 crashes.
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I was out riding last night and came across a man on the trail who had broken off his presta stem while pumping. I slowed to see if he needed help and he asked if I had a spare tube. I did. So while I dug the tube out of my bag, this guy gets out a $10 bill. He held it out, and said, "I hope you have change". I didn't. The guy continued with "I'm not paying $10 for a $6 tube!" So I stuffed the tube back in my bag and continued my ride.
What the heck is the matter with people? If the roles were reversed, I'd gladly pay extra, and would likely refuse change for the convenience of not having to walk home.


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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013
WAYNESBORO, Ga. (WRDW) -- Georgia lawmakers are trying to pass a bill that would prevent cities from requiring dog neutering.
It's a major issue in Waynesboro where local animal control officers are already having a hard time controlling the number of dogs in their kennels.
"There is another dog out there that's having litter after litter because she's just wild out there and there's no control," said Angel Rystrom, animal control officer for the City of Waynesboro.
She runs a local shelter in Waynesboro and houses close to 30 dogs that only share about a 30 by 30 foot space.
She fears the number of dogs she takes care of will go up if this bill passes.
"My population's gonna boom and I have a 10-kennel run, overfull all the time as it is, I would have nowhere to take care of these animals," Rystrom said.
Her kennel has been close to capacity and doesn't want things to get worse.
"I don't want a lot of stray puppies that I have to go and chase down because then they come here and I have to find them homes," Rystrom said.
But a Georgia bill in the works might make Rystrom's job even more difficult, and it would leave local governments like the City of Waynesboro powerless.
The bill would prevent local city governments from:
Some residents in Waynesboro, like Nell Mobley, want to make those decisions, though.
"I certainly believe in the rights of the people to make decisions about different things and animals are considered a part of the family," Mobley said.
Decisions that she feels should be made by pet owners, not the government.
But she says responsibility is what matters the most.
"If they want an animal, you need to take care of the animal, and you don't take care of an animal by letting it roam everywhere," Mobley said.
Something that would help Rystrom and her animal control officers have an easier job.
"If the people are responsible enough and they take care of their owners, then I won't have problem with all of the population increase," Mobley said.
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Expanding resources nationwide
During the past five years, Baird's Fixed Income teams have grown by a combined 58%. Our 148 institutional sales, trading and analytics professionals serve clients from 27 offices nationwide. Our Public Finance team includes 61 bankers and analysts in 15 offices across the United States.
While many competitors have reduced their commitment to fixed income markets - or abandoned the business entirely - Baird continues to make meaningful investments. That has enabled us to build a strong team of experienced professionals who serve clients coast to coast. Our professional staff has grown by nearly 60% over the past five years. As the industry continues to contract, we believe there is compelling value in Baird's commitment to local expertise, national reach and product innovation in fixed income - a commitment our clients can trust to be there, year after year.
Fixed Income Sales and Trading
During 2013, we continued to strengthen our overall Sales and Trading team with the addition of specialist traders and expanded research and analytics skills. Our capabilities were also significantly broadened with the creation of an institutional sales and trading team specializing in high-yield fixed income securities. The group deals in corporate debt securities across key industry sectors.
Our Sales and Trading team helped clients navigate challenging markets during the second half of the year, impacted by interest rate increases and ongoing concerns over the Federal Reserve's future bond purchases. For the year, our fixed income desks traded more than $255 billion in taxable and tax-exempt bonds.
Baird's ability to provide clients with broad and balanced distribution through a coordinated national network of offices provided the foundation for continued growth in municipal underwriting. We ranked among the top 5 municipal underwriters nationwide for issues of $100 million or less and for competitive issues of all sizes, based on par value, according to IPREO MuniAnalytics.
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Baird Public Finance continued to build its national footprint, opening its fourth office in Texas, adding bankers in Pennsylvania and Ohio, and expanding its capabilities in Charter School, Healthcare and Structured Finance transactions. Our ability to serve clients nationally while maintaining senior-level local involvement is winning major assignments in new markets.
During the past five years, Baird has managed municipal transactions in all 50 states, and we continued to win market share in 2013 despite market challenges. While the total par value of U.S. municipal issues decreased 15% industrywide in 2013 from the previous year, the total value of municipal issues book run by Baird declined only 4%, according to IPREO MuniAnalytics data. Baird extended its record as the No. 1 underwriter of municipal bonds nationwide, based on the number of issues.


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Pick your own cherries, blueberries, peaches, apples, and pumpkins ath Maple Lawn Farms! Family fun, school tours, and treats from the farm market make a great day trip from Baltimore, Bel Air, Jarretsville, York, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Shrewsbury, Stewartstown, Fawn Grove and Delta. We are located on the Mason-Dixon Line just minutes from Baltimore County and Harford County Maryland in York County Pennsylvania.
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How contaminated is the American meat supply with fecal matter?
Classifying the fecal form of omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans.
Last year, the University of Bristol celebrated their 100 year anniversary. Prestigious institution of higher learning. Produced nine Nobel laureates and the Bristol Stool Scale, a medical tool used to classify the fecal form. Seven different classifications.
Type 1: Looks like rabbit droppings. Separate hard lumps, like nuts, hard to pass.
Type 2: Looks like a, buncha grapes. Sausage-shaped, but lumpy.
Type 3: Looks like corn on the cob.
Type 4: Like a sausage or snake, smooth and soft.
Type 5: Looks like chicken nuggets. I don't think I'll be able to look at chicken nuggets quite the same way ever again.
Type 6: looks like porridge, and Type 7: Looks like gravy. You got to love them Brits.
The best #2 is a #4, a smooth and soft snake. Unfortunately, only a minority of adults enjoy normal bowel function, and only about half pass normal stools. Wow. And younger women, due to hormonal fluctuations throughout their cycle, are particularly disadvantaged. But this is for people eating a standard Western diet. Wouldn't it be neat if some reserachers compared bowel function measurements between individuals eating different diets? It would, and they did.
Bowel function was assessed: omnivores, versus vegetarians, versus vegans. Each subject was provided with a "stool collection kit," a stack-a-boxes each used to accommodate one stool only, reducing the risk of specimens becoming squashed. They weren't messing around.
So, meat-eaters versus plant-eaters, put to the test. First question: where did the meat-eaters fall. Does the average bowel movement of meateaters look like rabbit droppings, bunches of grapes, corn on the cob, a smooth and soft sausage, chicken nuggets, oatmeal, or gravy.
Meateaters, on average, poop out corn cob stools. What about vegetarians? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7? #4, right where we want to be. And finally, what about vegans, on average? Number 4 as well.
But, vegans actually ended up beating vegetarians, because none of the vegans had the hard rabbit-turd stools, whereas a few of the vegetarians, like a bunch of the meat-eaters, struggled to pass type 1's. And, the smoooooth vegan snakes were softer—exactly 18% softer. How could they tell? Using a stool penetrometer of course.
An editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal celebrated the finding this year, calling on doctors to tell all their patients to eat a plant-based diet, as vegetarian diets can only help push patients into the comfortable middle range of the much-beloved Bristol Stool Scale.
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Nice… by the way, I'm happy to have come across this site. I'm a primary care doctor in Wisconsin and likely will be recommending certain things to patients. Thanks a lot!
What?! No laminated Bristol Scale in your white coat pocket? :)
My 7 year old loves this video. He is asking all his friends where they are on the Bristol Stool Scale!
I look forward to your daily videos. Today's video has made me a real fan. Informative and funny! You are great.
You're so sweet to take the time to leave a note. Because even the scientific nutrition literature can be such dry technobabble, I'm always trying to find ways to insert some humor or something just so the material's not so dense. Sometimes I'm more successful than others, but I have been looking forward to posting the one this morning. Whole new meaning to the term "brain food"! :)
I love this one! Your delivery is pitched perfectly.
Thank you Karen, it wasn't easy to do it with a straight face!
Nasty to visualize but informative! Amazing website, you put alot of work in these videos
I think I'm glad looking at this Bristol Scale. My stools have changed a bit. And according to this scale, I'm a "Type 4". I don't eat meat. Maybe once in a while I have fish. I was still sometimes a Type 3, but the past month I've only been a 4. So I hope that doesn't mean anything bad. I don't feel blocked up, or blotted, So the thinner type 4 is where I'm at now. I've been a vegetarian for several years and am pre-menopausal.
I have created an iPhone application which brings the Bristol Stool Scale to your iPhone. It's easy to use, and easy to understand. Over time it creates a graph of your stool quality which you can share with your health professional. This could help in monitoring the effects of lifestyle or drug changes, medical treatments, etc, over time. The app also includes links to some online resources and a brief explanation of each type of stool.
If you'd like to know more have a look at the website here: http://www.bristol-stool-scale.com/
Do you use the iPhone as a stool penetrometor ???
dconlisk, I thought you were kidding.
I don't own an iPhone, but I'll be sure to get the word out.
Sausage stoolers unite!
Vegan Poop Power!!! Lol!!!
Great video.
Also be sure to check out my associated blog post Bowel Movements: The Scoop on Poop!
One more reason to celebrate the year of the snake!
my stool fits into type 4 fortunately but why is it little bit greenish sometimes?
I strive for the green stools, because that's how I know I've eaten enough greens. Embrace your green sausages!
too funny! :D
What a "crappy" video ! :-)
It's full of sh*t.
Apparently porridge is better coming in than going out! LOL :-)
Dr. G, thanks for teaching us about the Bristol scale. My life has been profoundly changed by this knowledge, not least because it helped me realize it isn't neurotic (after a lifetime of reading and hearing doctors opine that it is neurotic for patients to dwell or even spend any time on the topic) to regularly observe my doo and use it as a clue (one of many) to how I'm doing overall!
Might there be an analogous scale for the other end of the tract, namely, tongue coatings?
Not sure about tongue coating scales, but that would be interesting. I know acupuncturists and Chinese medicine evaluates the tongue.
What would it mean if a vegan like myself were to vacillate between numbers 1 and 5? I have wondered for a long time because I think of the animals in the wild who are herbivores. Don't they all have pellet stools for the most part?
I used to have the smooth sausage and occasionally #3 before switching to plant-based in 2012 and now it's like a cow patty that sticks when flushed and leaves more skid marks than race cars at the Indy 500. I find this really annoying when I'm sharing a bathroom with someone or at a friend's house, etc. I'm wondering it I'm getting too much fiber as I consistently come in around 100 or more grams a day based on about 3500 calories, which is because I'm very active and have an appetite to match. I tried drinking more water, but that just made it worse….I'd really like to get back to #4 but not sure what to "doo"?
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Labor's Cheap Thrill
It only took $35 million for unions to become the bad guys again.
Until John Sweeney took over the AFL-CIO last year, Republicans for years had barely mentioned the labor movement. They didn't have to. The rich got richer. The median wage fell. In the third quarter of 1996, after a brief reversal, it went back to falling again. No one has the nerve to ask for a raise. For years, labor, or what was left of it, did nothing at all. Then last winter the AFL-CIO voted to spend $35 million for "voter education." Not contributions to candidates: i.e., hard money. But just telling people about politicians' voting records: soft money. And suddenly denunciation of "labor bosses" is on every Republican lip.
Now, it's a pittance, right? $35 million? Business vastly outspends labor on political contributions--seven to one, according to the New York Times the other day. So why does the GOP worry? Why is $35 million, against business's hundreds of millions, such a crisis? Why is Republican control of Congress now at stake, with such a laughable amount? Because the GOP has big, big trouble if there's even a whisper that:
Your real wage has fallen.
Inequality is spreading like a plague.
Medicare and student loans are now "in play."
With only $35 million, hey, word could leak out. Maybe business can outspend labor by nine to one, or 90 to one, but it can never spend enough to cancel the message out.
But isn't it unfair for union members to have to pay for this, from "compulsory" dues, when many vote Republican? No, it is not unfair. First, members can opt out, or object. Typically, members every year get cards: "Remember, you can opt out of paying dues for extra political work." Conservatives have sued unions over this for years. Unions must have major audits, segregate money. There is notice, hearing, rebate procedure. (The kind of due process liberals dream of for the poor but never get.)
Compare this machinery with your rights as a company stockholder. Can you opt out of the company's soft-money political spending? No. Do you even know what they're doing? No. With millions of us in mutual funds, who has any idea what political messages we're paying for?
But back to unions. Do members in fact opt out, with all their legal rights to do so? No. The highest opt-out union right now is the Communications Workers of America, which until recently was an "open shop," meaning that many members never paid dues at all. Out of 600,000 CWA members, there are currently about 2,000 objectors. In other unions, the opt-out rate is much, much lower.
So if union members do vote Republican, why don't more of them opt out of soft-money spending on ads that, implicitly at least, criticize Republican candidates? Maybe members want to cast their own votes, but they still like to hear what their union says. Because of abortion or gun control or the Cold War, I may decide I want to vote for the GOP. But don't I want to hear my union's voice on issues where the union has some expertise? That's why labor is making fewer endorsements. Just provide the consumer advice. On wages, Social Security, Medicare. Let people make up their own minds.


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In his 1936 essay, The Artwork in the Age of Its Technical Reproducibility, Walter Benjamin uses the Blaue Blume—the romantic incarnation of unobtainable desire—to signify the artifice and perceived immediacy of film made possible through the concealment of the cinematic apparatus.
Yet Benjamin's evocation of the blue flower also signals a utopian moment in his text, for he leaves open the possibility of cinema redeeming itself as an agent of revolutionary change, even as he and his contemporaries were witnessing the exploitation of mass media and spectacle by both fascist regimes and capitalist economies.
Making use of this metaphor between utopia and catastrophe, this film series explores the 1930s cinematic imaginary, acknowledging the relevance of the past for today and exploring its potential resonance in our current social, economic, and political circumstances. By intermingling documentary, newsreel, advertising, animation, industrial, mainstream and experimental film productions, the series also hopes to convey the diversity of the cinematic experience in 1930s film halls.
The themes of the series have been chosen to complement those highlighted in the current gallery exhibition, Encounters with the 1930s, though the individual film programs have also been organized in dialogue or in dialectical tension with one another. Among the resulting linkages are the visual pleasure of mass ornament in classic Hollywood spectacles and in fascist mass pageantry; the spiritual transcendence of technology in the heroic phantasmagorias of American industrial propaganda and in the reactionary modernism of fascist propaganda; the politics of race and gender in British colonial documentary and in pre-Independence Indian cinema; and depictions of the Spanish Civil War and Spanish regional and national identities from within and outside of Spain, from the vantage points of the fellow traveller and of the fascist aggressor.
As it does so, the series examines the different approaches taken during this period of audiovisual history, a broad panorama that witnessed the beginning of the political project of documentary filmmaking, but also the linking of the avant-garde to mass culture, the presentation of film as a capitalist utopia and the birth of the film industry as part of the cult of entertainment.
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Research Fellow Art Carden on Stossel discusses the positive aspects of price gouging during natural disasters.
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I am so tired. Even though I don't regret working out yesterday, I definitely felt drained today.
But hey, I lost 2 pounds this week...which is freaking amazing.
I would love to continue to lose 2 pounds a week, but if I have to go this hard, for this long, I won't be able to keep it up. I really really really want to be under 140 by July 20, which is doable, but not. Oh well.
I slept pretty decent last night, which is great in itself. But it also means I opted for a couple extra minutes of sleep this morning. I didn't get to running until 9:15 am, which was already way to hot. Since I have been having issues with my 3 minute runs, I backed it down to do that C25K plan I have on my iPod. It's similar to the one on CoolRunning.com and similar sites, except it's all times and no distance. Which is good, because heck if I know how long 400 meters is. I just know the total of the routes I take. So since it was hot already, I was tired from working out yesterday, and I haven't been doing well on my runs, I did a 1:30 run, 1:30 walk, 3 minute run, 3 minute walk, repeated once more. Well, I didn't finish the second 3 minute run. Which was disappointing but not surprising. I have no idea what I am going to do next week, but I am tired of trying to do 3 minutes of running, 3 minutes of walking. But I am not giving up! Which is the important thing, right?
I then came home, cooled down for a few minutes (all while walking around the house), then did some Zumba. Did my hour of Zumba, then my butt workout, then some more yoga. Completion of exercise!
I have been wanting some mac and cheese for a while now. And though I try to stay away from pasta, I haven't had any since I was vegan (yes, vegan mac and cheese was good). So I picked some up at the store on Sunday, just the little single serving easy mac type of things. I had the Velvetta one last night and the triple cheese Kraft today. I really liked the velevetta one, and I might just have to get more of it. The kraft one was okay, but I couldn't find the nutritional value anywhere on it, which really hacks me off. I mean, water, bottled water has nutritional values, but this didn't? So weird! So I just hope that the one entered on here was correct.
So, concerning how tired I am, I am off to shower and then take a nap. I know I need and deserve one. I just wish I could reward myself with my weight loss with some donuts though. Oh well. Maybe some new music for the weekend, or something else from Amazon? Who knows.
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I know that when you get the easy mac in the 4 packs, the cardboard that holds them all together has the nutritional info. I've noticed the single servings don't, though, and that really bugged me too!
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It must have been a mac and cheese craving day...because I was wanting it all day as well!
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mmmm...Mac n Cheese. My mouth is watering just thinking about it!
Congrats on the 2 pounds! Amazing!
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Here in Germany, most homes have an advent wreath on their tables in December. On these wreaths are 4 candles to represent the 4 Sundays before Christmas. On the 4th Sunday before Christmas, the first candle gets lit. And each Sunday afterwards, another candle gets also lit. Therefore, on the last Sunday before Christmas, all 4 candles are burning. Normally the families sit with their children around the table and sing Christmas songs and enjoy the time together. It is also a time for meditating, a time for remembering, a time for praying and a time for peace.It is a wonderful tradition. One sees the advent wreaths not only in the homes, but in churches and often in other public buildings and offices. Decorate the wreath with ribbon, nuts, cinnamon sticks, dried apple and orange slices, pine cones and other natural items if you like. It looks more traditional when the look is kept natural.
For this project you will need:
- any size of straw wreath- four candles in your choice of color- florist wire- ribbon- natural decorations such as pine cones, orange slices, apple slices, cinnamon sticks, etc...
This wreath is made using the technique below. Once the greenery is on the wreath, take 4 thicker pieces of wire measuring about 6 inches and make one end hot on each piece. The hot end gets inserted into the bottom of a thick candle. Make 3 more pieces into this candle. The other ends get then stuck into the wreath. If it comes out through the back, bend the end so that it lies flat on the wreath. Otherwise it could scratch your table. Continue these steps also with the other candles. They will stand proper on the wreaths without the danger of falling over.
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Foto verslag van onze vakantie naar het Griekse eiland Kreta in het voorjaar van 2009
Foto report about our holliday to the Greek Island of Crete. Spring 2009
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By: Staff Report
Wear it!
The North American Safe Boating Campaign slogan is "Wear It!" Labor Day is often the final day boaters head out for one more outing on the water before the weather changes. The NASBC strongly recommends that all safety precautions be followed – including lifejackets be worn by everyone on board. Approximately 500 people in this country drown each year. The U.S. Coast Guard reports that 84 percent of those who drown as a result of boating accidents were not wearing lifejackets. For more information visit safeboatingcampaign.com or visit YouTube at http://youtu.be/tSoyoGzSgRc.