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Metro area shoppers turned out before dawn the day after Thanksgiving to take advantage of Black Friday deals. The day generally marks the start of the holiday shopping season and is when many local and national retailers offer their deepest discounts of the year in the form of doorbuster sales.
In Aurora, Denver resident Glenda Smith turned up early at Toys R Us. Smith, who runs a home daycare, said she plans to spend $3,000 on gifts this year, about the same as last year. She hopes to get about half of her shopping done today. Like most others, she went out early for the bargains.
"If it's not on sale, I probably won't buy it," Smith said.
She left Toys R Us about an hour later with a cart full of toys.
Dawn Burns, 21, and her boyfriend, Nick Streter, 27, also turned up at Toys R Us this morning. The couple headed out before dawn and hope to do all of their Christmas shopping today.
"This is our first Black Friday out so we're experiencing all of the craziness," Burns said. "But it hasn't been too bad so far." They said TVs and game systems, including the new Xbox Kinect, were the hot items this year. While major chains like Wal-Mart are on the agenda, Streter said he wants to stop by smaller retailers as well.
"I want to check out some of the local retailers like in Estes Park and stuff like that because they've got cool little knick-knacks," Streter said.
At Wal-Mart, many shoppers left with just one item in their carts: a 42-inch Emerson 1080p LCD TV priced at $398. The retailer's $198 eMachines laptop doorbuster special sold out within 30 minutes.
Over at the Best Buy in Aurora, Rudy Senduk and about 10 of his buddies showed up at 7 on Thanksgiving morning - 22 hours before the electronics store opened its doors for the annual Black Friday sale.
They did the same thing last year, and ended up spending nearly $10,000.
Since they were first in line, Senduk's group had their choice of specials. Their top buys this year? A Sony Vaio laptop package valued at $700 but priced at $500. They also planned on buying LCD TVs, video games, CDs and a home theater surround sound system.
"Its for four or five families," Senduk said.
Like others, they lugged tents, folding chairs and blankets to the store. They've hit Black Friday sales for the past six years, but not everyone comes out early just for the deals.
"I love camping out here," said Brian Siregar, 16, before getting some good-natured ribbing from his friends.
In addition to dealing with freezing temperatures, Black Friday campers are often pestered by passersby.
"We get harassed out here," said Clinton Parapat, 15. "Earlier some dude was like, 'What are they doing, passing out government cheese or something?'"
About 900 shoppers formed a snaking line around the Best Buy at Mississippi Avenue and I-225 before today's 5 a.m. opening, up from about 750 last year, said store manager Al Dickinson.
"This year the holiday probably got compressed a little bit because of the economy so everyone's waiting till the last minute to get the best deal they can," Dickinson said.
Inside the store, shoppers swarmed to the computers and laptops section. Ross Bjerke, browsing the quieter DVD area, said he planned to shop at six or seven stores today. Best Buy was his second stop of the day after hitting Target at 4 a.m.
"I'll probably spend about $800" on gifts, said Bjerke, 42.
The Aurora resident bought a Dyson vacuum cleaner and a few movies at Target.
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A coalition of environmental groups is calling on President Obama to stop Congress from protesting a requirement that U.S. airlines trade carbon emissions on flights to and from European countries.
Congress is considering legislation to block the European emissions trading requirement from being applied to U.S. airlines.
But a group of 11 environmental groups said Friday that Obama should prevent that from happening.
"On behalf of our millions of members and supporters, we strongly urge you to reject the airline industry's pressure to file an Article 84 action in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) challenging the European Union's Aviation Directive, which holds airlines accountable for carbon pollution from flights landing at or taking off from European airports," the groups wrote in a letter to Obama.
"Filing a formal proceeding to block the directive would be highly
inconsistent with your Administration's efforts to reduce carbon
pollution from other sources, and would undermine your administration's
stated goal of achieving an agreed framework in ICAO to limit global
warming pollution from international aviation," they continued.
The legislation in question, S. 1956, calls on the ICAO to undo the EU's emission trading system and create a plan to reduce pollution from airplanes of its own. The ICAO was set up by a treaty in 1947 to regulate international aviation activity.
The bill was approved by the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee this week. A companion measure has already been passed by the full House.
Under the emissions trading system the environmental groups were defending, airlines from any country are required to trade credits for pollution emitted by flights to European destinations. The requirement took effect on Jan. 1, despite the protests from both Congress and the U.S. airline industry.
Airlines say they will now have to
begin making payments to countries within the European Union for
over-emissions on international flights in April 2013.
The European emissions requirements are similar to cap-and-trade proposals environmentalists once tried to push in the United States that would call for airlines to reduce their emissions from 2006 levels by 3 percent by 2013 and 5 percent by 2020.
U.S. airlines have said the requirement is not fair to non-European airlines because it counts the entire length of the flight, not just the time an airplane spends over European countries.
The coalition of environmental groups argued Friday, however, that the opposition was "a transparent effort to allow airlines to evade responsibility for their carbon pollution in perpetuity.
"Calls for such a proceeding must be viewed for what they truly are: not an effort to improve ICAO's odds of achieving a global solution, but rather a means of reducing the likelihood that ICAO takes meaningful action on carbon pollution from international aviation – while simultaneously obviating the world's only program that is now actually doing so," the groups wrote to Obama.
"Rather than initiating an Article 84 proceeding that would undercut ICAO's prospects for making progress, your administration should lead the effort in ICAO to craft a meaningful global approach on aviation carbon pollution, working together with airlines and civil society," the environmental groups said.
The letter calling for Obama to step into the fight was signed by the presidents of
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In the past few years, Vietnam's wood and furniture industry has experienced a very positive development. Exports have grown significantly and Vietnam now finds itself as the second largest exporter of wooden goods in Southeast Asia.
Vietnam's wood and furniture industry has grown tremendously the past few years. In merely 4 years, the industry's total export volume rose by 300% from USD 460.2 million in 2002 to USD 1932.8 million in 2006. This makes Vietnam the second largest exporter of wooden goods in Southeast Asia. Furthermore, the wood processing industry has become an important industry in Vietnam, as it is today the fifth largest source of export earnings in Vietnam. In the US market, furniture has in 2007 overtaken footwear to become the second largest export item after apparels.
With Vietnam's macro-economical stability, low labour costs, quality craftsmanship, highly adaptable work force, and its WTO membership, the country has become a very attractive sourcing destination, and indeed an excellent production centre for furniture.
Products and production facilities
The furniture industry in Vietnam is to a large degree dominated by the production of outdoor furniture. However, the demand for indoor furniture is quickly growing and production in this category has grown to satisfy the demand.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has in 2007 registered 1500 medium-sized and big companies within the wood processing industry, 30% of these are state owned or Joint Stock companies, 60% are private owned while the remaining 10% are foreign owned companies and joint venture companies. An important notion to keep in mind, however, is that across Vietnam there are hundreds of thousand small woodworking manufactures that are not registered.
Production concentration is seen in Quy Nhon and in Binh Duong Province near Ho Chi Minh City. Only 150 companies are based in the Northern Vietnam.
Among the Danish companies operating in the wood processing industry in Vietnam are ScanCom and TROPIC DANE.
Exports growing rapidly
Vietnam has in the recent years experienced a strong development in the industry and significant growth in the export turnover. The chart below illustrates the development in the country's export volume.
Although the value of the export volume has risen with more than 300 percent from 2002 to 2006, the quantity of the export only rose with 50 percent in the same period, thereby implying an increased demand for Vietnamese wooden goods on the international market and of their growing competitiveness.
Vietnam currently exports to more than 120 countries worldwide. The three largest markets are the US (USD 744 million in 2006), the EU (US 500 million) and Japan (USD 286 million). The remaining exports went to markets in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and others.
Vietnam's outdoor furniture are predominantly sold on the international markets, while the indoor goods are to a large degree sold on the domestic market. They are most often sold to hotels, offices and building projects were everything from wooden floors, window panels and kitchen cabinets are ordered.
Furthermore, Vietnam is slowly experiencing a larger upper and middle class Vietnamese, who with a growing economy, can afford to buy indoor wooden goods, such as wooden doors, floors, furniture and kitchen cabinets for their homes.
Shortage of raw materials
Around 70-80% of the raw material used in the woodworking and furniture industry are imported. Vietnam has scarce resources of forest areas with timber for manufacturing use. Illegal logging as well as land clearing for housing and agriculture has limited Vietnam's resources of natural wood and has led to strict government regulations on lumbering.
Today, Vietnam has a forest area of 16.24 million hectares, of which 9.04 million hectares can be used to plant trees for industrial use. Most of these hectare lands are not in use, as they are situated in areas not suitable for plantation.
In 2007, the government approved a new plan, the Vietnam Forestry Development Strategy 2006-2020, in which the need for importing raw materials will fall drastically. It is expected that the quantity of raw material lumbered a year will amount to 20-24 million m3. A very significant increase in comparison with today's yearly amount of raw material, 1.5 million m3.
The lumber from Vietnam today is of rather low quality which forces the manufactures to import their raw materials. Most of these are from the neighbouring countries Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesian, but also largely from the US, Southern America, New Zealand and other places.
The imported wood are oak, pine, eucalypts, and peach among others.
It is estimated that around 90 % of the imported wood to Vietnam are FSC-certified.
Challenges for the industry and Danish Companies
The basic challenge for the Vietnamese woodworking industry is to improve the product quality and hence the value added potential. Several issues are important to address if this challenge is to be overcome and foreign companies looking to invest in the industry should be aware of these and the business opportunities as well as challenges that they give rise to.
First of all, the issue of shortage of raw material as mentioned above. In the foreseeable future raw materials will have to be imported to Vietnam. A special challenge is the sourcing of accessories such as knobs, hinges, and slide bars. High quality items will often have to be imported although the ongoing developments within the metal industry in Vietnam might improve the supply for the furniture production in a few years.
Secondly, the machinery in use is very often not fully up to date. The worn machinery is often from China, Taiwan, Japan, Germany, Italy, and from the local market. Not all companies can afford advanced machineries and many of them are bought second hand.
Thirdly, Vietnam lacks design expertise. Most furniture is produced based on customer provided designs. However, illegal copying is still a common phenomenon in Vietnam and the issue of design protection has to be addressed by manufacturers looking to outsource production. There are laws against on copyright in Vietnam, but it is, however, difficult to prosecute the accused. Seeking design patent is possible, though the process is long and to date only a handful of companies in the industry have design patents.
Lastly, Vietnam has an abundant labour force. However, the number of skilled labour, incl. for management positions, are limited. Concerns regarding vocational training are being addressed and schools are built to educate more skilled workers for the industry. Many industries in Vietnam face this human resources issue and the woodworking industry is no exception.
Business Climate
With an existing global demand for lower cost furniture and other wood products, an abundant and inexpensive labour supply, a fairly good infrastructure in place in the areas with high concentration of furniture production, and easy access to global shipping and sourcing of materials and supplies, the prospects of the Vietnamese furniture industry look promising. It seems that the only aspects lacking in the industry are know-how and investment capital.
In this context, Danish companies could benefit from involving themselves in the upgrading of Vietnamese counterparts, either as suppliers of machineries, direct business partners or investors.
The latter options provide interesting opportunities for synergies, as Danish furniture companies generally possess skills within the areas of design, technical skills and quality control, while the Vietnamese counterparts can provide skilled, inexpensive labour eager to learn from foreign partners.


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Audrey Munson, America's biggest art star
She was the American Venus, Miss Manhattan. She was the inspiration to the tops artists, sculptors and architechs of her day, then went on to becoming one of the worlds first movie stars, and the first to do a tasteful nude scene--in 1915!!
As if that wasn't enough, she rubbed elbows with the elite, found herself at the center of a love & murder scandal, and lived to 104.
After her "discovery" on a street corner by a prominent photographer of her day, she went on to inspire sculptures that can be found literally all over New York City, from the Strauss Memorial at 106 street & West End Ave., to the Brooklyn Bridge, on the dimes & half dollars of her day, and on fountains and buildings all across the country.
Check out her biography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Munson, and this terrific little video about how she graces our fair city:
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Dean Ambrose steals police car
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A post on Twitter where Renee Young talks about her real life boyfriend Dean Ambrose being added to the main event of Payback.
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WWE reforming Shield
A post on Twitter where Lance Storm comes up with an idea on how the Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns) can be brought back together as a stable.
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Women in The Guardian
Maddie York, an editor at The Guardian, has penned an article for that paper's "Mind Your Language Blog" in which she objects to the use of woman as an adjective, as in woman doctor or woman writer. The subheading for the blog post—which York may not have written, as headlines are often not written by the reporter—reads:
'Woman' is not an acceptable adjective, any more than 'lady' once was. Let's eradicate this misuse and give language a nudge in the right direction.
But this general proscription is just wrong. There is nothing, and never has been anything, wrong with using woman as an adjective.Read the rest of the article...
Footnotes in the Digital Age
Last week Tim Parks posted in the New York Review of Books Blog on the need, or rather lack thereof, for formal reference citations in scholarly literature. Parks contends that with the advent of the internet and databases like Project Gutenberg, there is no longer a need for footnotes that give the source of information. Everything is simply a few key or mouse clicks away, and it's easier for all concerned just to Google something rather than follow a footnoted reference.
Parks couldn't be more wrong, and his argument betrays the biases in his work. His scholarly work is focused on contemporary literature and on translation. While it may, in many cases, be easier for him to Google something than look for a footnote, that is not necessarily the case in other fields.Read the rest of the article...
ASL Poetry
Gretchen McCulloch has a nice post on how to rhyme in sign language over at Slate's Lexicon Valley blog. Of particular note is this video:
More generally, this falls under the category of "how to translate poetry." Whether the target language is spoken or signed, the same basic issue arises: How do you translate verse while remaining true to the source?
The Problem of Defining Genocide
Stéphanie Giry has an article in the New York Review of Books, The Genocide That Wasn't, discussing the application of the term genocide to the case of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Giry outlines the problem that occurs when the generally accepted definition of a term clashes with the legal one and points out that genocide has become the ultimate crime in the eyes of the world public.
In this case, the Cambodian people, and most others around the world, consider what the Khmer Rouge did to the Cambodian people as genocide. But because the actions of the Khmer Rouge were not directed against an ethnic or national minority, the crime doesn't fit the legal definition of genocide. Instead, the Khmer Rouge leaders have been convicted of crimes against humanity, which is perceived as a lesser crime. (Even though the penalty is the same, life in prison.)
Analogous cases where popular definitions of terms conflict with technical ones are common, but the moral stakes here make this case a special one.
A New Scrabble Champion
One may wonder at the detail and effort that fivethirtyeight.com put into this article on the national Scrabble championship, but really it's no more silly than the amount of analysis that goes into football (soccer or the other one), baseball, or hockey.
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Monday, July 16, 2012
B.J. Davis has been performing most of his life and seeks to use his talents to inspire and help others achieve their dreams.
Davis, a native of Georgia, said he was 5 when he first realized he loved performing. During a rendition of "How Much is That Doggie in the Window" at a family reunion, Davis said he realized he could mimic performers and singers.
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Head ninja is kage right? then if head ninja is a kage then that means Hiashi Hyuga is stronger then a kage? Simant (talk) 23:05, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
- Nope, from what I can gather, he's somewhere between Jonin and Kage. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 23:10, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
- Kumogakure#Shinobi. ~SnapperTo 03:28, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
- I'd say he holds a similar rank to Shikaku Nara as Jonin Commander Blade()edalb (talk) 22:32, June 1, 2010 (UTC)
In his depiction we should add that unlike other caracters in manga and anime Head ninja had drawn that crirular line above his beard, whats that line nema mandibular line...—This unsigned comment was made by 126.96.36.199 (talk • contribs) .


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Columbia County, Ga--A million dollars are at stake at Clarks Hill this week with the Wal-Mart FLW Outdoors fishing series. 157 pro anglers and as many co-anglers are trying their luck to land the big fish and the big paycheck.
Similar to the Bassmasters, the FLW series travels the United States. There will be a cut after Friday so only a handfull of guys will be left to fish on Saturday. Conditions are vastly different from the spring event and change day to day. Everyone on Clarks Hill has to make the adjustment.
"The wind played a big part today" said fisherman Kyle Maybrey "It eliminated some of the places I wanted to fish. A little bit of luck may have kicked in but I did catch a big fish off of that place that I caught that one today, in practice. Yesterday I went and hit it and I caught about a six pound catfish."
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On Saturday, Feb. 9, Jeffery Meyers, Director of Orchestras at the School of Music, will travel to Eastern Mississippi to lead the Meridian Symphony Orchestra in a performance titled "Life and Love."
Held at the Mississippi State University Riley Center, the performance will present works by Dvorák, Bruch and Tchaikovsky, beginning at 7 p.m.,
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1867: U.S. Congress enacted charter to establish Howard University.
1919: The Associated Negro Press, the first National News Services for African Americans was established.
1955: 15-Year-old teenager Claudette Colvin was arrested for refusing to move out of her seat for a white woman on a public bus in Montgomery (this was 9 months before Rosa Parks made history)
1967: The Supremes recorded 'Reflections' and 'The Happening'
1969: The #1 R&B song was 'Everyday People' by Sly & the Family Stone.
1990: Nelson Mandela was elected deputy president of the African National Congress.
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Archdiocese of Washington (Hyattsville, MD)
Job Duties:
The Coordinator assists the Director for Catechesis in the mission of the Office for Catechesis to teach the faith in light of the New Evangelization. Specifically, the Coordinator is responsible for promoting, and coordinating the implementation of the adult catechetical formation programs Living Catholic and Faith Foundations (in English and Spanish) to all parishes in both the online and in-parish formats, through constant communication, including parish visits, with those in leadership positions at the parish level.
Additionally, the Coordinator is responsible for support of Spanish-language catechetical programs. This includes, but is not limited to, assisting Spanish-speaking parish catechetical leaders with the RCIA process and compliance and implementation of the policies for parish catechesis.
The Coordinator oversees catechist formation and certification in collaboration with the Events office by offering adequate training opportunities for parish catechists to grow in their faith and more confidently implement the archdiocesan curriculum.
Other areas of responsibility include: oversight of the annual Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion and the bi-annual Archdiocesan Catechetical Day.
Job Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree required; preferably in Religious Education (or related), or marketing. At least two (2) years of experience in parish catechesis or evangelization. Additionally, the candidate must possess strong marketing skills and experience. Candidate must be knowledgeable of and committed to the teachings of the Catholic Church, as well as evidence a spirit of discipleship for the New Evangelization.
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May 6, 2016
The House Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a measure calling for airline pilots to be armed in the cockpit.
Despite white house opposition, the legislation was approved with a vote of 310-113. Passage in the Senate is less certain.
As part of the anti-terror bill, some 70,000 airline pilots would be allowed to bear arms after undergoing extensive training.
The issue of armed pilots came about as a direct result of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Early Lit Bits: Make a Story Box
Here is a fun way to use up items that would otherwise end up in the recycling bin and help your child learn to read at the same time.
- One empty aluminum foil, cling wrap, or waxed paper box with the tube inside
- Colorful contact paper
- Markers
- Tape
- One roll of shelf lining paper (without adhesive)
To Make:
Remove the sharp tear strip from the box
Cover the box with colorful contact paper
Write the text and draw pictures of a familiar story on the shelf liner paper
Tape the end of the shelf liner story to the tube and roll the story around the tube
Place the tube inside the box and label the outside of the box with the name of the story
To Use:
As you read the story, pull the shelf liner story from the box. After reading the story, roll it up and store it inside the box.
from Making Toys for Preschool Children by Linda Miller and Mary Jo Gibbs: Gryphon House, 2002
This article originally appeared in our Early Lit Bits eNewsletter. Read the most recent issue online or sign up to receive this monthly update highlighting early literacy tips and resources for parents and caregivers.
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Cramping while pregnancy
I recently had a miscarriage in October of 2007 at 6 weeks. I went in for an ultrasound and discovered that there was no heartbeat. I had a schedule d&c because nature did not take its course. I found out on 12/26 that I am expecting again, but have had quite a bit of cramping with no signs of blood. Has anyone experienced this before? I had blood tests done last wed and fri and will get the results on Monday.
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Many women get concerned by cramping that they experience in early pregnancy. Some might worry that this is a sign that their pregnancy is not viable and that a miscarriage is on its way. Fortunately, more times than not, that isn't the case. Cramping in early pregnancy is not only common but very normal. Some women might feel cramping as soon as seven days after they ovulate. If they are in fact pregnant, then this cramping is called implantation cramping and is the cramping that occurs when the egg attaches itself, or implants, to the uterus. It is not cramping that all women feel, and can be easily unnoticed. Some women start cramping shortly after they get a positive pregnancy test as their uterus starts preparing to carry a baby for nine months. The uterus is a big organ and as it grows in early pregnancy cramping is expected. If the cramping is constant or too intense for you to handle however it may not be "normal" and you should call your doctor if you feel you need to for reassurance. Another type of cramping you might feel in early pregnancy is called round ligament pain. This is cramping that occurs as the muscles under your uterus expand and grow in order to support the weight of your uterus and baby as it grows. This is probably the most complained about cramping in early pregnancy, and one most pregnant women will experience. Cramping in early pregnancy is usually nothing for a woman to get worried about. Actually you can be comforted by knowing that if minor cramping does occur, then your body is probably preparing as it should to sustain the pregnancy. Cramping can also continue into the second and third trimester as the uterus continues to grow and as the body prepares for labor. But if you ever feel that the cramping is not normal, be sure to call your doctor for advice.posted 10/06/2008 by a BabyCenter Member
i am 6 almost 7 weeks along and i am having the same problems. its waking me up at night.posted 09/17/2008 by a BabyCenter Member
I'm 16 weeks and i cramp alot. i've always cramped with my other pregnancies and my doc always tells me "the baby is growing, stretching"posted 06/07/2013 by denkk
I am now 5 weeks, and I have been cramping off and on through out the day. But its comforting to know that a little cramping is normal.posted 05/29/2013 by Casey0117
I am 4 weeks pregnant, ansd i have been cramping for 3 days now, i am scared, I also noticed a clear discharge last night, please help:(posted 05/19/2013 by jellytoti
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Crash.Net MotoGP News
Crutchlow irked by vibration woe
20 October 2012
An exasperated Cal Crutchlow was left scratching his head after a mystery vibration issue resurfaced at Sepang, stifling his qualifying pace.
Crutchlow will start from the second row of the grid in fifth place in the Malaysian Grand Prix after his sizzling run of four consecutive front row starts came to an end.
The British rider made it clear he was unhappy with the performance of his Tech 3 Yamaha after a vibration problem that struck in the previous round at Motegi returned.
And Crutchlow feels he faces an uphill battle in Sunday's race unless his team can resolve the issue overnight.
"After qualifying on the front row at the last four races I should be pretty disappointed with fifth position and I am," said the 26-year-old, whose best lap in 2m 201.178s left him 0.8s adrift of Factory Yamaha pole man Jorge Lorenzo.
"To be honest I am not happy with the performance of the bike and I had the same issue that struck in qualifying last weekend in Japan.
"I had a big vibration and all the changes we made to improve the situation didn't work.
"It felt like I had zero grip and we can see the problems on the data but we still haven't been able to identify what is causing the vibration," added Crutchlow, who is sandwiched between Casey Stoner and Ben Spies on the second row.
"We have a lot of work to do tonight and I will be sitting down with my crew and analysing a lot of data to come up with a plan for the race."
Crutchlow missed out on a potential podium finish at Motegi after his machine ran out of fuel on the final lap as he battled for third.
He lost ground to Alvaro Bautista and Valentino Rossi in his bid to wrap up fifth position in the championship standings and is desperate to reduce the deficit this weekend.
"If the situation remains the same for the race it will be really difficult and demanding," he said.
"As always I will try my best and the main goal will be to claw back some of the points I lost to Alvaro and Valentino with the bad luck in Japan."


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Hasbro Won't Stop Trying to Make Stupid Movies Out of Board Games and Action Figures
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- October 4, 2012
You see what happens when you buy a bunch of tickets to a movie called Transformers? Ever since Hasbro made a gabillion dollars by licensing one of their toy properties for a big screen adaptation, they've been trying their damnedest to get every dumb hunk of plastic you played with...
Movie News After Dark: Eddie and Oscar, A Patton Oswalt Parade and Community Remixed
- By Neil Miller
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- September 6, 2011
What is Movie News After Dark? It's a nightly movie news column that refuses to wear a fat suit. Unless it's Halloween, because then it will be dressing up as Patton Oswalt. Because no one else is doing it, even though they should be. For those who have not heard...
'Monopoly' Will Be Like Alice in Capitalism-Land
- By Scott Beggs
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- November 12, 2009
I admit that I, too, scoffed at the idea of a Monopoly movie. I still do. It's not just the cold I've been trying to beat for a few days....
Monopoly Movie to Explore Real World Plastic Housing Crisis
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- March 4, 2009
Ridley Scott and executive producer Brian Goldner promise a realistic, contemporary adaptation of the iconic board game. ...
Indiana Jones Monopoly!
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- May 22, 2008
So there have been quite a few awesome versions of Monopoly over the years but for Indiana Jones fans, this is (for the lack of a better comparison) your Holy Grail edition....
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- February 21, 2008
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An armed society IS a polite society.
I like, I love it, i want some more of it.
I'm not one for attracting attention to my vehicle, but I do appreciate an awesome idea.
I would pay money for on of those….
As much as I'd like to get one, I cannot and for what I think is a very good reason :
Years ago I had a local P D officer attached the B&E squad hereabouts tell me to Never, Ever put any gun-type stuff on your vehicle.
Those that 'want your stuff' see it/them, figure that you got what they want, and follow you home, to pillage [it] at their convienience.
The result is that, then you do not 'have your stuff ' anymore and all you're left with is the knowledge that your sticker still 'looks cool' on your bumper.
Keep 'that thing' offin' your house as well……….
brilliant! gotta get one!
@6 – Although I believe a cop told you that, I'm not sure I believe the cop. I've seen too many debunked Snopes rumors about "bad guys following you home from gas stations" to think this is a common occurrence.
Doesn't hurt to be prudent, and I suppose it depends on the neighborhoods you frequent. Where I'm at, though, I suspect thieves would be more likely to take it as a warning than an invitation.
After all, what if they were mistaken about you not being at home when they broke in. High risk, low payoff.
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I'm at the DLD conference in Munich. Haven't live-blogged in ages. But the European Commission vice-president Viviane Reding is speaking and I disagreed with her rather a lot in Public Parts, arguing that her four pillars for internet governance — privacy by default, demanding European standards for storage of data, the right to be forgotten, and transparency — bring unintended consequences.
Reding says that in "Europe, we have too many rules, too many conflicting rules." So she wants to take over the rules for all Europe. Look at SOPA, too: There is a competition among governments to regulate the internet, to consolidate power.
"Persosnal data is the currency of today's digital market. And like any currency, it needs stability and trust," Reding says. Yes, but is government — which can most abuse our data — its best protector?
"Can we be sure that the rules we make today will fit tomorrow?" she asks. She says one cannot build rules that are too rigid; they need to be "futureproof." But then, they also become very broad and that, too, has consequences.
She argues that following 27 separate sets of regulations costs 2.3 billion euros a year. Again, she justifies taking over local authority. But that is the EU.
She also calls for a smoother exchange of data among police authorities in the EU members to fight terrorism. Well, that sounds like the greatest threat to privacy I can imagine: all governments pooling what they know about you.
Reding says companies will be required to appoint data protection (privacy) officers. Thus the regulatory-industrial complex of the new privacy industry grows.
She says data-protection authorities need to be "independent" of politics. Does that mean they are above government by the people and representation?
Now to her "right to be forgotten." It is a right, she says, to "withdraw permission" for data held by companies. I fear the implications for free speech. And on a practical level, how can one as a principle to tell people to no longer know what they know?
She says it is not an absolute right. "There are no absolute rights," she says. She says it's not a right to erase history or impact media. So this shows the problem with this notion, when one starts making exceptions for a principles.
Now she speaks about the debate about the freedom of the internet. She says the freedom of information and expression is a basic right and "this is directly linked to the freedom of internet, which has thus to be preserved. But those are not the only freedoms…. Sometimes one must balance freedom." She claims the right of the creator (read: copyright) is "equally important." Really? Higher than speech? But she says that Europe will never pass blocking legislation (read: SOPA).
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Cleaner Generation on Horizon
Co-ops emerge as leaders in addressing climate change and energy with innovative technology
By Megan McKoy
Electric co-ops are working on new clean energy sources and several technologies for carbon capture and storage (CCS) both here in Illinois and across the country. Co-ops have also been innovative leaders in renewable energy projects and energy efficiency technology and education.
Capturing carbon from coal and natural gas fired generating plants is possible, but it will take time and large investments to make the goal achievable. That's why co-op leaders and members are asking for climate change legislation that is fair, affordable and achievable.
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), a non-profit, utility-sponsored consortium whose members include electric co-ops, offers a seven-part strategy that, if implemented, will allow the electric utility industry to eventually decrease carbon dioxide emissions while continuing to meet demand for affordable, reliable electricity. The strategy recommends investing in renewable energy, improving the operating efficiency of coal-fired power plants, developing the technology for large scale CCS, boosting energy efficiency, expanding nuclear power capacity, adding distributed generation resources, and putting plug-in hybrid electric vehicles on the road.
Capturing Carbon
Researchers are testing CCS to remove carbon dioxide gas released during power generation, compress it into a liquid, and then pump it deep underground into spent oil and natural gas wells, saline reservoirs, or inaccessible coal seams for permanent storage.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative, a Bismarck, N.D.-based generation and transmission co-op (G&T) supplying wholesale power to 125 distribution co-ops in nine states, is conducting a carbon capture demonstration project on a portion of its Antelope Valley Station power plant near Beulah, N.D. The move marks the first attempt by a U.S. utility to retrofit a coal-fired power plant with CCS technology.
Also, a subsidiary of the North Dakota G&T operates the only commercial-scale coal gasification plant in the United States, where more than 16 million tons of carbon dioxide from the production of synfuels have been safely captured, piped to an oil field in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, and injected to enhance oil recovery.
"We believe we can protect the climate and maintain a strong economy," remarks Basin Electric Power Cooperative CEO & General Manager Ron Harper. "But it requires a balanced approach in which consumers continue to conserve, the industry continues to invest in and apply new technologies, and the government supports more rapid advancements while avoiding crippling and economically devastating timelines."
In Illinois, Decatur based Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Energy, is also conducting a CCS project. And the FutureGen project near Mattoon, Ill., is back on track to develop a commercial scale, fully integrated carbon capture and sequestration project.
Cleaning Coal
Electric co-ops are improving traditional power generation in other ways. Through Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC), coal gets converted into a clean-burning gas, stripped of other elements. During the IGCC process, both heat from the gasification procedure and hot exhaust from the gas-fired turbine produce steam that is used to generate additional power. Because of these efficiencies, IGCC plants emit about 20 percent less carbon dioxide than traditional coal-fired power plants when producing the same amount of electricity.
One of the nation's first IGCC demonstration facilities, the 292-MW Wabash River Coal Gasification Repowering Project in West Terre Haute, Ind., is partially owned and managed by Wabash Valley Power Association, the wholesale power supplier for 28 electric cooperatives in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan,
Missouri and Ohio.
Rick Coons, Wabash Valley Power Association CEO and President, says, "IGCC technology makes great sense as we plan for a cleaner energy future. We have the flexibility to use coal or petroleum byproducts as our fuel source, and the resulting syngas is far cleaner than traditional fossil fuels."
Renewable Energy
When it comes to generating renewable electricity, electric cooperatives lead the industry. Co-ops receive 11 percent of their power supply from renewables compared to 9 percent for electric utilities as a whole.
Hydropower generates 87.4 percent of renewable co-op energy while wind provides a healthy 10.8 percent. Other resources produce about 2
Biomass power plants use a wide range of biological materials to create electricity. Oglethorpe Power Corporation, a G&T based in Georgia, and East Kentucky Power Cooperative, a G&T in the Bluegrass State, are experimenting with harnessing the power-production potential of trees, pecan hulls, peanut shells, residue from sawmills, and switchgrass.
Jo-Carroll Energy, Elizabeth, Ill., is also working on an 80 MW biomass plant. "The biomass plant will be an important part of our energy supply portfolio," says Jo-Carroll Energy President and CEO Michael Hastings. "We hope that it will serve as a base for relatively stable energy prices for the next 20 years."
According to U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 11 percent of all renewable energy last year came from biomass. Within 22 years that figure will grow to 32 percent, second only to hydropower.
Wind energy production is also a growing resource and Illinois co-ops have also been very progressive in this area. Illinois Rural Electric Cooperative, Winchester, Ill., was the first co-op in the nation to own a utility grade wind turbine. Rural Electric Convenience Cooperative, Auburn, Ill., soon followed with a similar sized wind turbine from a different manufacturer. And Adams Electric Cooperative, Camp Point, Ill., has a similar wind turbine under construction.
Energy Efficiency
According to the Arlington, Va.-based National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, 92 percent of co-ops sponsor energy efficiency programs. Electric co-ops in Illinois have a long history of providing energy audits, energy efficiency education and promotion of energy efficient technology. Just one example is the GeoAlliance grant program. Illinois electric cooperatives and the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation have provided $1 million in grants to schools, churches and community facilities for geothermal heat pump installations helping to reduce heating and cooling costs as much as 70 percent.
Many electric co-ops employ some type of load management program that helps reduce peak demand for energy during the hottest part of the summer. In many cases, consumers volunteer to have special "load control" equipment attached to electric water heaters, air conditioners, and other appliances, allowing the co-op to switch them off during demand peaks. Controlling peak demand will be a major component of next generation smart grid, and many of the Illinois electric co-ops have begun preparing by installing a smart metering systems called automated metering infrastructure (AMI).
How You Can Help
Co-ops are asking lawmakers to provide funding necessary to speed development of these technologies and you can help. Through the Our Energy, Our Future™ grassroots campaign at www.ourenergy.coop, you can ask Congress to work with co-ops to bring about an affordable energy future.


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I Did Not Cry
I did not cry the
first time I learned about the Holocaust. I did not cry, and that is why
the legacy of the Holocaust must be passed on. The brutal murders of
millions of innocents, worked to exhaustion, starved to emaciation,
hollowed to godlessness, numbered, gassed, beaten, burned, bloodied,
bruised: these agonies drew from me no tears. And so was I like the
witnesses to the Holocaust, the bystanders immediately after the war, and
the silent observers of today's injustices. These individuals shared a
pitiless indifference for suffering, a preference for easy silence over
morally demanding protest. Holocaust survivor Robert O. Fisch mourned
that, "I cried out against the brutality, but no one listened" (Fisch 12).
Therein lies the reason that genocide can take place, even among the
world's most civilized peoples in the world's most advanced societies: no
one listened to sufferers during the Holocaust, and now, sixty years
later, no one listens still. The human capacity for cruelty rivals only
that for apathy.
In the early 1930's, lack of resistance from the German people allowed Adolph Hitler to implement laws legalizing injustice and suppression. The 1933 Law for the Protection of the German People restricted freedom of speech, press, and demonstration, setting the stage for further revocation of rights; citizens of Germany, however, gained employment and income for the first time since World War I, and thus did not speak out against the loss of freedoms (Ayer 5). This failure to protest their own loss of liberty foreshadowed a similar acceptance of loss of liberty for Jews and other non-Aryans. Indeed, only two months later, the Law for Preventing Overcrowding in German Schools denied non-Aryans admittance to schools; in 1935, the Nuremberg Laws denied Jews citizenship (Boyer 862). Because the German people still did not speak out, Hitler proceeded to prepare the nation for his "Final Solution" of total extermination.
As Nazi violations of Jewish rights grew less peaceable and more violent, German citizens continued to do nothing; instead, they stood idly by as their fellow man was murdered. November 9, 1938, marked Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass on which Nazi violence reached a heretofore unknown peak. One Nazi official recounted a woman whose husband was shipped to a concentration camp that night: "[She shouted,] 'Come back…For G-D's sake, come back and get your coat.' Then she whirled around at the circle of silent faces staring from the sidewalks and windows, neighbors she had known all her life, and she screamed, 'Why are you people doing this to us?' " (Ayer 30). The woman's condemnation of her silent neighbors, rather than of her physical aggressors, reveals that acceptance and indifference wound even more deeply than corporeal blows. Her anguished words reveal the guilt of the silent.
Local communities' failure to help the Jewish people paralleled the identical failure of other nations to extend aid; inaction had spread even across the globe. Asked in 1938 if United States immigration laws should be expanded to encompass "a larger number of Jewish exiles from Germany," 75% of the American population said no (Boyer 863). One year later, June 1939, nearly 940 Jews fleeing Nazi persecution on the St. Louis were denied entrance to Havana, Cuba. The ship's captain requested permission to land in Florida instead, but the United States government refused, and passengers were shipped back to die in Nazi concentration camps (Voyage of the St. Louis). At the same time, 66% of Americans expressed opposition to the Wagner-Rogers Bill, which planned to admit 20,000 Jewish children into America; the Bill did not even reach the Senate (Boyer 863). Global indifference to the plights of the persecuted had effectively allowed genocide to take place during World War II, condoning the Holocaust through the refusal to actively condemn it.
Genocide, hatred, and brutality still exist in the world today, but more troublingly, apathy still exists and thrives in today's world. After seeing photographs of the Holocaust's carnage, "piles of naked, lifeless bodies, human skeletons in furnaces, living skeletons who would die the next day…pieces of tattooed skin for lampshades," (Ayer 180), accepting neighbors and silent witnesses still watch injustice with closed lips and calm arms. Today, government officials draw a distinction between feeling concerned and acting on that concern. However, apathy and inaction are inextricable from one another: where there is true concern, there is action; where there is inaction, there is no true concern. In Sudan, for example, government soldiers in the western region of Darfur have displaced 1.5 million people and murdered over 300,000 to date (Sudan: Darfur). The United States took a position of so-called sympathy with the victims, but refused to use the term "genocide" to describe the situation until mid-2004 (Sudan: Darfur). This reluctance stemmed from the United States' legal obligation to fight genocide in a situation recognized as such; the United States had refused to assign the circumstances their proper name to avoid combating Sudanese injustice. Apathy, resistance to act against wrong, thus surfaced in today's world as it did during the Holocaust, in the detached observations of murder that effectively endorsed it.
We must teach the Holocaust to generations to come, that apathy may be recognized as a menace, as the tool through which men shrug at cruelty, nod at torture, and smile at murder. Students today who have already learned this lesson are obligated to teach others, for prejudice and discrimination can be eradicated throughout the world only after they have been eradicated from every student's own community. Students must thus teach their peers the dangers of apathy by writing editorials to school or community newspapers, speaking to fellow students in and out of school, and setting an example of acceptance and active support. Using as examples the Holocaust, genocide in Sudan and other nations, and intolerance within their own schools, students can illustrate the menace of indifference, enlightening others on the necessity of care and action against wrongs. Students can mold individuals unwilling to accept injustice, individuals who will fight cruelty and will not allow the apathy that created one Holocaust to create another.
Now, I learn of the Holocaust with emotion, knowing that my ability to feel and desire to act distinguish me from those who perpetrate the evils of genocide. Now, I feel rivulets on my cheeks and taste salt on my lips, my face dampened by waters like the Dead Sea on which the bodies of the dead can float, weightless, as their souls never could on Earth. Now, I understand what weighed so heavily on the hearts of those innocents. I know of the apathy of their fellow human beings, and I know what could have been done, what I can do, to eradicate the indifference that allowed the Holocaust to take place.
Now, I cry.
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Patricia Krentcil, 44, walks out of Essex County Superior Court after court appearance on charges of child endangerment Wednesday in Newark, N.J. Krentcil is accused of taking her 5-year-old child into a tanning booth. Krentcil tells the Associated Press her daughter got her sunburn from being outside on a recent warm day.
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A New Jersey mother accused of causing skin burns to her young daughter by taking her into a tanning booth pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a child endangerment charge, and the tanning salon's owner appeared to corroborate her story.
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text: Information taken from Rocklin Police Department log. Station 4080 Rocklin Road in Rocklin. DEC. 12 Just after 1 a.m., a Pinnacles Drive resident was arrested after a heated argument spurred police response. According to the police report, 23-year-old Brittany Claire Fraser was arrested for battery, disorderly conduct involving alcohol and resisting or obstructing an officer. Fraser allegedly injured a 28-year-old man during the incident. That injury was reported as minor. Allegedly Fraser was standing in the street yelling, "He's trying to kill me" when the responding officer arrived. DEC. 11 Just before 1 p.m., a Rocklin officer found a vacant pick-up truck running in a field near Calverhall Way and Monument Springs Drive. According to the police report, after the officer investigated the vehicle, the teenage driver identified himself and said the truck was stuck in the mud. That's when the officer reminded the driver he was on private property with a no trespassing sign posted. The driver, Daniel Allen Tatenko, was then cited for trespassing. The owners reportedly have a strict policy on file with the police department. The officer took pictures of the alleged incident. DEC. 11 Just before 8:30 p.m., a Rocklin officer stopped a pedestrian that was nearly hit by a car while allegedly j-walking. According to the police report, the officer identified the pedestrian as 19-year-old Andrew Rashad Ezzet. The officer reportedly observed signs that Ezzet was under the influence. Ezzet allegedly produced a pill bottle with pain killers and a bag of cocaine from his pocket. Ezzet was placed under arrest for drug possession and being in possession of a controlled substance without a prescription. DEC. 11 Just after 9 p.m., a party-goer at AMF Rocklin Lanes on Sierra Meadows Drive became the victim of an alleged theft. According to the police report, the 26-year-old female told police unknown suspect(s) took her iPhone 4 from the bowling alley when it fell out of her pocket. The theft is valued at $600.


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- "Balloon Boy flying saucer" to go on display at Aurora business Thursday
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- "Balloon boy" dad now selling backscratchers on TV
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- Greene: Try to steer clear of the hot air
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- "Balloon Boy" parents get their balloon back
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- Balloon boy's parents to pay $36,000
FORT COLLINS — The family at the center of the balloon-boy hoax has moved out of the house where the fateful trip began, leaving Colorado for Florida.
Richard and Mayumi Heene and their three boys have moved to Bradenton, Fla., where Richard Heene will continue working in construction, state court officials said.
On Oct. 15, the couple reported that their 6-year-old son had floated away in a homemade, UFO-shaped helium balloon, touching off a scramble of dozens of emergency responders and two Colorado National Guard helicopters.
The boy wasn't on the balloon and was later found at his home in Fort Collins, about 60 miles north of Denver. Authorities accused the Heenes of staging a hoax to get publicity for reality TV shows they were trying to pitch.
Richard Heene pleaded guilty to a felony count of attempting to influence a public servant, and he served a 30-day jail term. Mayumi Heene pleaded guilty to filing a false report and served a 20-day jail term.
Jon Sarche, a spokesman for the State Court Administrator's Office, said the Heenes' probation has been transferred to Florida.
Terms of their probation include not selling their story or profiting from the saga until December 2013. They also must make regular monthly payments toward $36,000 in restitution ordered by the court.
The Heenes also were fined $8,000 by the Federal Aviation Administration for launching an aircraft that wandered into the path of planes at Denver International Airport, briefly forcing the closure of a runway.
The Larimer County Sheriff's Office and other agencies had sought $48,000 for responding to the incident.
The family left Colorado on Monday and arrived in Florida on Thursday, Sarche said.
Television footage of the house they had lived in showed the family left behind belongings, including plates, tools, chairs and appliances.


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Homosexuality, The Enemy Within
We've all been there before. You come home late from a catered event where maybe you had a glass too many of the table wine and you find yourself flipping through the cable channels for something, anything to distract you from the growing ache in your temple. Maybe you land on a tennis match, or a Brazilian soccer game and you start to think, "Well, that is one chunk of man. I wonder how he showers off all that sweat?" Or maybe it's the Vietnamese guy at your local coffee shop who bats his tender eyelashes at you while you quiver all over from the caffeine of your Iced Venti Frappuccino and before you know it, you're dreaming of a vacation on some hot Equatorial beach, speedos eveywhere… Or you're sitting in the steam room of your local gym and Mr Hairy Muscles to your left lets his towel slip and you gasp for air, wishing you had some thing, any thing, to grab hold of as you fall into an uncontrollable rush of flesh-toned images which have nothing whatsoever to do with the Bible or the Jeb Bush's candidacy in the 2012 election.
Well, stop right there, America!!! Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin!!! Did that shock you back to reality?
Homosexuality, that enemy of American values, is lurking within you right now. Here's a terrifying fact: Anyone can fall prey to homosexuality at any time, even our most prestigious political and religious leaders. Just look at our prisons or Governor Andre Bauer! There are labor crews out there pushing you to this very precipice. It's the secret plan of every homosexual in America, from your married Connecticut Lesbian and your shirtless Manhattan cat owner, to your androgynous streetcorner twink and your power bottom internet man-skank. Don't doubt it for a second! They want you, whether it's up close in their filthy bathroom stalls or shopping at their antique shops. They want you in their lives, copulating, corrupting and charging outrageously-priced vintage lamps on your credit cards. They see your fascinating and victorious heterosexuality and want to throw the skunky seeds of dissatisfaction all over your bare Christian chests. They live in a vicious world of fast tongues and moisturizers and can't stand to witness the happiness of our suburban cul de sacs, the nonstop pleasures of parenting, our well-adjusted high school athletes, our mothers beaming with pride, our fathers hard at work, our idyllic political leaders, our fabulous fountain of morality! Yes, yes and yes! We shall overcome!
My friends say that I'm a little too lathered up about this subject. It's true! I am worried and upset! There is just too much homosexuality out there today. You can't turn on the tv or walk down the street in your community without chancing upon some impure man or girl, raping you with their eyes. We Christians really aren't making much headway against flamboyant gay marriage in our states, no matter how much more money we donate. The homosexuals will probably invade our military with Candidate Obama's consent in the next few years. Can you imagine, our virile, handsome army soldiers, exhausted from a long day of GI Joe-style adventures, being threatened in their very own barracks by their tumescent bunkmates in the dead of night? Or trapped in the morning showers with a man pack of urgent physical needs, no women in sight and no one to stop them while the bugler calls in vain to formation? "Sorry General, the soldiers wanted to have a little soapy intimacy before fighting this war for you!" And after those horrible offenses to the senses: special gay freedoms and health care benefits, tax deductions, protections for gay speech (who can understand their high-pitched chatter anyway?), international marriage migration laws, adoption, university scholarships, the illegalization of faith-based thought, etc., etc.
As moral families and good citizens, I don't know what our future will be in the face of these very homosexual victories. Maybe it's just time we admit publicly that we're going to lose. Most statisticians have calculated that in a generation's time gay marriage will be common all over the world because our youths are too lazy to care. If we accept the gathering storm (and I do love you NOM people, but why should I write checks to cover the office expenses and catered events of a lost cause, Maggie?), maybe we can prepare for it. I don't mean with little umbrellas like DOMA. I mean by picking up and moving out of the path of this rainbow hurricane. The Pilgrims did it in Massachusetts and the Mormons in Utah. Maybe we can peel off some section of this country and leave the rest for the liberals and gays, make one place our refuge of sanity and smiles? Shouldn't we start buying land and building the walls of our compound today? We can call it "Heterosexual's Gate" or "The State of Stephenson" (just kidding, I'm much to humble to take the credit for this wondrous idea).
Before I go to bed, let me kneel down and make this confession– I'm absolutely terrified of the day when this ever-growing trend of buggery shows up at my door in the shape of my friendly refrigerator repairman or a broadshouldered and insistent pastor from Argentina. I'm scared for my extraordinary manhood in the face of these lascivious and big-lipped libertines. We heterosexuals are the Grade-A meat at the gay barbeque and I, for one, do not need an engraved invitation.
(This article was originally published in 2009, before Senator Scott Brown\'s election and the defeat of Gay "Marriage" in New York, New Jersey, Maine and elsewhere!)
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
After spending nearly 18 years in the 1950s, Ron and Judi Dunwoody have earned the right to be nostalgic.
NostalgiaVille USA's owners have operated the roadside memorabilia store in Kingdom City since January 1996, helping people across the nation and even the world get back in touch with an era of poodle skirts, soda jerks and jukeboxes belting rock 'n' roll.
But after all that time, the Dunwoodys have decided it is time to close up shop and focus on their increasingly popular — and easier to manage — online store.
"We're at retirement age," Ron Dunwoody said. "The business has been very good to us and we've been well-received in the community. The economy has been a struggle with anyone to deal with items that are not required, but as much as the store has gone down, the web has taken off."
Dunwoody said the store will continue to sell off its in-store inventory at 20 percent off until they close by Christmas. From then on, the business will only exist on the web at nostalgicstuffusa.com.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – A 10-year-old boy was listed in critical condition after being shot on the Southeast Side overnight.
UPDATE: Columbus police say Ivion'tae Stevens was shot by his brother, who found the gun in an alley behind their Studer Avenue home.
Police say patrol officers responded to 953 Studer Avenue shortly after 1:00 a.m. on the report of a shooting but no other details about the shooting were available early Monday morning.
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Nine is the magic number for the amazingly small, but functional mini cabin proposed by Michael Janzen. Just long enough to sleep in and tall enough to stand in, the cabin is placed on a lightweight wheeled frame making it easily transportable. Meeting modern standards for living, on the interior one can find all the things they need to get through the day—a tiny kitchen, shower, toilet, a place to sleep and even a porch. The Nine Tiny Feet Cabin [2] does it all in a singular sustainable design, while simultaneously forgoing the need for any main grid hook ups. The only trick? Tucking everything away when you don't need it, and easily accessing it when you do.
The 24″ by 54″ interior is enough to pack in all the things a home needs; the mini kitchen is complete with a mini cooler, sink and stove; a drain sits at the floor and shower to help keep space to keep clean; and a small vented sawdust toilet is tucked under the seat. However, the interior needs to be water-tight for the shower to work.
The entire cabin is powered by a 12-volt solar electric system [4] with solar panels on the side and batteries tucked below. Two hinged panels of plywood bridges are located in the middle of the cabin to provide sleeping quarters.
Rainwater [5] is collected in a small tank located on the tongue of the cabin and a grey water reclamation soil-box is postioned at the side making the cabin truly self-sustaining. The space avoids a boxy feel with the bay windows that are also able to help reduce wind resistance when under tow. While it may be just a bit too heavy to pull with a bike, the cabin is a true portable living [6] arrangement that sufficiently answers the question of how to live frugally.
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First of all let me apologize to her for spilling the beans on who won Survivor last season……I guess I blurted out the winner and she hadn't seen it yet………I think it was her…..maybe not….
With a little flick of the paint brush……….WaLA! I love it! It makes so much difference don't you think? So if you're one of those purist who can't seem to bring yourself to paint over that precious wood……..get over yourself and get a paint brush.
She can plan a mean baby shower……every detail is met. It's simply amazing. I'm sure the mom to be felt very special. Heck I feel special just looking at the photos.
The great thing about Lindsey, is she tells you step by step how she did it, where she bought what and how much. My kind of gal. Seriously, we should never keep those secrets.This is something I always forget and it's SO easy! Decorative paper around your water bottles. Would you look at that cake! I am not sure if she made it, but I bet she did. (showoff)
Below is the table setting. See that cute little flower deelio in the center………we'll talk about those in a minute.No table would be complete without a center piece. Could you just die? That alone is enough.
OK………those deelio's are what she calls Posy Pins. She sells them. She even had a special set made just for The Nester. I'm so jealous. The Nester gets everything……she gets all the attention. Nester Nester Nester………… You know I love ya Nester.
Below is what her show looked like when she had a sale from her home. She makes the cutest stuff.
And like a nice crafter, she shows us tutorials every now and again. I just love how all the circles look.
I can't stand it! These kitchen towels are KA-YUUT.
She has a friend who has the most amazing kitchen who also writes on her blog. She did this amazing wall art below. Not only is this very cool looking in a Pottery Barn and Ballard Designs way……….I also love the message.More sewing…..not sure if she did these or if they were just part of her home show……but I liked the photo, so I used it.Just to prove she's Super Mom she makes capes for children. I'm thinking that perhaps she'd make a line of capes in the TCB name………for all my super crafter moms………..take that Nester. More party ideas………Beautiful. If you like what you see, please leave me a little comment, then head over and leave Lindsey a nice little comment.


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Looking for Group: NE Connecticut
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Hoi, chummers.
There's three of us here, looking to find a group that meets regularly, or even semi-regularly. Two are pretty green, one (myself) is an old hand with prior editions, and reasonably competent with the current edition.
We'd prefer a group that was not more than 40 or 50 miles away from the very northeastern-most tip of Connecticut - so, NE CT, NW RI, and south-central MA.
We'd also prefer a group that gets together on the weekends.
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My name is Jasika.
Most of the visitors to this site are here because they have seen my work in film and TV, but before I was ever recognizable for being an actor, I had a website, this website, to accompany me on my journey; a website dedicated to sharing my original artwork with anyone who was interested in seeing it. This site has had many incarnations, designed and maintained over the past 10 years by a continuous cycle of friends, students, professionals, and now, myself.
This website has promoted me through terrible Off-Off-Off Broadway productions as well as a couple of good ones. At one time it gave me a platform to sell homemade second-rate prints of my artwork when I needed to make money, prints that have since morphed themselves onto polished eco-conscious handbags made in a factory for mass consumption. It has followed me from New York City to Canada to Los Angeles. It has seen me fail a lot and succeed enough. But most importantly it has housed all the dreams I have ever had in the spirit of the drawings I have made, the plays I have performed, the stories I have told, the art that I have created.
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im 34 n my hubby is 35, wev been trying to have a baby for the past 8yrs.no luck.been on clomid resultd in ectopic also had IVF still nothing. what can i do as my 1 felopian tub e is blocked.
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Since you still have one fallopian tube that is unblocked, you still have a chance of success at IVF .I would attempt IVF again.posted 10/22/2012 by din654
Depending on which side is blocked, try to lay down or tilt on toward the side that's not blocked. I was in the same boat as you and it took me almost three years on and off clomid before I got preggo. I didn't have a blocked tube but I was always trying to track which side was ovulating to maximize my chances of getting preggo. Finally paid off a week before my IVF consultation. So you can try that too.posted 10/21/2012 by Nomadic Kitty
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Performing Live at the Library! Barbara Bates Smith Presents: Ivy Rowe
Actress Barbara Bates Smith, noted for her Off-Broadway debut with "Ivy Rowe," adapted from Lee Smith's novel Fair and Tender Ladies, now celebrates her 25th year of touring with a performance at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 12th at Richland Library Main. Musical accompaniment is by Jeff Sebens.
"I used to be a scandal; now I'm an institution!" This quote from the novel, says Barbara, aptly describes her more than 700 times of portraying this feisty mountain woman's "livin' on love," even as she takes a stand against the coal company's bulldozer.
Author Lee Smith has said, "Barbara IS Ivy Rowe! I am her most avid fan!" Of its Off-Broadway debut, The Village Voice said "A lifetime's worth of sass, whoop, hurt, and reflection;" Variety: "Both funny and heartbreaking."
Don't miss this captivating performance!
A Southeastern Theatre Best Actress award winner, Barbara has recently played leading roles in regional productions of "Wit," "Hamlet," "Doubt" and "August: Osage County."


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Blue Jays lose to Greenville
Sunday, November 3, 2013
GREENVILLE, Ill. — The Westminster Blue Jays scored first, but Greenville College rallied for 28 unanswered points in a 28-7 win Saturday.
The Blue Jays' lone scored came in the first quarter when Austin Kempker (Blair Oaks High School) hauled in a 24-yard touchdown pass.
Kempker ended the game with three catches for 76 yards. Mike Washington (Jefferson City High School) had a game-high eight catches for 101 yards for the Blue Jays.
Westminster's Bret Robertson (California High School) led all players with 12 tackles, as he had 10 solos and two assists. He had 11⁄2 tackles for loss and also had a fumble recovery.
C.J. Vaughan (Jefferson City High School) chipped in with two solo tackles and one assist for the Blue Jays.
Greenville is now 9-0 overall and 8-0 in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference, while Westminster falls to 2-7 overall and 2-6 in league play.
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How long did it take to get your period back after stopping birth control??
Hi everyone! Well I am now on CD 68 and still no signs of af! This is soo frustrating! Before birth control my periods were pretty regular, so i didn't think it would take long for me to get back on track. I have just a few pregnancy syptoms like sleepiness, occasional headaches, mood swings and increase in cm. Im not sure if these symptoms are from coming off Nuvaring or if im pregnant! I took a hpt on 2/9 which was negative, but im,not sure if its likely i ovulated late. I started charting cervical position and cm and THINK i could have ovulated around the last few days of january. I am really confused and hope that anyone can share any experiences on this. I appreciate if anyone can help me out, thank you!
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