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My smile was once so easy,
a thing of joy and pride,
but over these years of darkness,
the ease has slowly died.
I find it's no longer truth,
but simply a lying mask.
It hides away the misery,
the hauntings of my past.
I refuse to look at pictures.
I see what others ignore.
The uneasiness of my smile.
How it has turned into a chore.
Will I ever truly smile,
with joy, pride, and truth,
or will I never know a smile?
Will it die with the rest of my youth?
Please, i wish to laugh,
to smile without a care,
but I'm not good enough for this,
and I guess that is fair.
My smile by lostmyslefWatch
©2013-2016 lostmyslef
Just a quick poem for today. Thanks to jellybeansEVERYWHERE for showing me a website which gave me the idea for this.
I know that feeling all too well, you have a very special gift.
Very talented writing
how inspiring
nice poem...
Truth for many people. And when the smile is genuine it seems to get ripped away so fast.
WOW!!! This is so beautiful poem!!
Awesome job.
I love it! i can feel it through my soul! xD good luck on your life and your works
I told you about the website to ho!!! What was the prompt?
ummm, I think it was something like, something good that has gone bad
Great poem! I can definitely relate.
such a beautiful poem and very moving at that thank you for sharing this with us here on deviant art

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Flat Plate Antenna, Ground Equipment, Direct Broadcast Satellite
This flat plate antenna was designed for use in Japanese residences for television reception from satellites. During the 1980s, the use of satellites (known as "direct broadcast satellites") to provide television signals to homes, apartments, and businesses became widespread in a number of countries. A critical part of connecting satellite technology to consumer interest in television was to create reception antennas that were relatively small and could be placed on building exteriors easily.
This antenna was a design developed by COMSAT laboratories specifically for the Japanese consumer. The square design and size (somewhat smaller than the circular antennas typical in the United States) reflected the tastes of that country's planners and consumers.
COMSAT Laboratories donated this artifact to the Museum in 1999.
Gift of COMSAT Laboratories
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- Manufacturer
- COMSAT Laboratories
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Communications Devices
- Materials
- Plastic
- Steel
- Paint
- Adhesive
- Stainless Steel
- Aluminum
- Ink
- Antenna: Molded polymer, copper.
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 33.3 x 10.8 x 33.3cm (13 1/8 x 4 1/4 x 13 1/8 in.)
- Other (Antenna w/o Mounting Bracket): 2in. (5.1cm)


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You know all the jokes about people having bumper crops of summer squash?
Squash shows up in people's cars or in public spaces because there is so much that the gardener can't even give it away. Well, that's never really been a problem for me.
I have a little bit of that problem this year, and I give credit to the variety and the fact that it was plated later than usual. Others, however, have not been so blessed.
Master Gardener
classes forming
Interested in becoming a Shelby County Master Gardener? Classes will start in early October and will be held in the evenings at the Shelby County Cooperative Extension office. An informational session that details the cost, class schedule, class and service requirements and more will be held on Monday, Sept. 15 at 6 p.m. at the Extension office, 1117 Frankfort Road. To register for the Master Gardener class information session, call 633-4593.
Just a little more than a week after announcing his plan to run for governor of Kentucky, Commissioner of Agriculture James Comer started his campaign trail in Shelby County.
Monday morning, a small crowd of about 30 Shelby County citizens gathered outside of W.J. Andriots Paint, Flooring and Blinds on Main Street in Shelbyville to hear the Republican candidate speak about his vision for Kentucky's future.
After the big rain we had I hit the weeds – most of which involved wrangling ever-expanding globs of crabgrass.
Yes, this is the time when crabgrass rears its ugly head and begins to creep through our fescue lawns, sneak into our cultivated beds and, when we're not looking, reseeds itself to ensure the continuation of the species. Okay, maybe a little melodramatic but my hands still hurt from all that pulling!
There is a serious buzz around the new business of friends and neighbors Dr. George Raque and Steve Smith.
Over the past five years the two have been working together to build one very sweet business. Raque and Smith are the co-owners of Bee Boys Honey, a quickly growing Shelbyville business.
Never heard of them? That's about to change.
"We just started going after it," Smith said, explaining that they just began selling their honey commercially over the past year.
The Shelby County 4-H livestock judging team took first place in the High Senior Team overall honors for the second year in a row at the state 4-H Livestock Judging competition.
One day missed in the vegetable garden can mean a big harvest, literally. All of a sudden, or so it seems, your zucchini is the size of a torpedo and beans are bulging beneath the pod.
Some vegetables need attention daily; others can be picked every couple of days. Summer squash and zucchini definitely need to be checked each day because their growth rate is rather fast.
Shelby County Cattlemen's Association president Irvin Kupper (second left) presents John McKinney, Tyler Goodlett and Matthew Young with $2,500 scholarships at the Cattlemen's annual picnic in July.
Kentucky Small Ruminant Profit School
offered for first time
The Small Ruminant Profit School (SRPS) is now taking registrations. SRPS is an educational program of four classes over six month for sheep and goat producers that covers topics ranging from breeds, types of operations, facilities/equipment, health management, parasite management, foot care, marketing, genetics & selection, and much more.
Benefits of SRPS:
Why is it that the perfect time to dig and divide your iris bed is in July at the height of the season's heat?
For bearded iris it's because they go through a dormant period in the summer. This hardy perennial is a beautiful spring bloomer that is virtually immune to diseases. But to ensure health and vigor you should divide your bearded iris every three to five years. If they receive adequate sunlight (at least 6 hours a day) but do not bloom well then it is definitely time to divide.
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The Sentinel-News is your source for local news, sports, events and information in Shelby County and Shelbyville, KY, and the surrounding area.


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Next Level Handwash Carwash spruces up metal chariots with five different levels of washing that remove dirt and oil by hand and shine car coats so that their hides resemble that of a seal catching waves atop a newly waxed surfboard. During services, patrons relax inside one of two lounges, staring up at plasma TV screens instead of down at their watches. Car-wash customers can also request mobile service, which dispatches Next Level car cleaners to home driveways so washes can be witnessed through the venetian blinds in your living room. Next Level also offers paintless dent-removal services and auto detailing, in addition to pickup and drop-off services.


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IRS Releases Draft of Form 8960 Net Investment Income Tax, the 3.8% Medicare Tax for 2013Posted on August 13 2013 by admin
On August 7, 2013 the IRS released the first draft of the Form 8960 Net Investment Income Tax. Form 8960 will report the new 3.8% Medicare tax on net investment income and will be filed with the 2013 Form 1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return and 2013 Form 1041 U.S. Income Tax Return for Estates and Trusts.
Beginning this year, individuals, estates and trusts whose modified AGI (adjusted gross income) exceed the threshold amount will be subject to the new 3.8% Net Investment Income Tax (NIIT). The threshold amounts are:
Married Filing Joint – $250,000
Married Filing Separate – $125,000
Single/Head of Household – $200,000
Estates/Trusts – $11,650
Net investment income for purposes of the NIIT calculation includes dividends, interest, rent, royalties, commercial annuities, net capital gains on assets that produce net investment income and passive trade or business income as well as income from financial instrument trading. Net investment income is the income after deductions for expenses that are "properly allocable" to the income.
Investment income does not include wages, active business income, pension/IRA distributions, or tax-exempt income. See Henry & Horne blog "Big Changes Coming Under PPACA in 2013 – Part 2 Individuals" for additional information on the calculation.
The IRS is accepting comments on Form 8960 until September 27th. The instructions for Form 8960 will be released later this year.
Melinda Nelson, CPA
There is nothing more complex than the world of taxes. We know this and yet we chose careers where we face these issues everyday. We get questions day in and day out about new tax laws, forms and news items and how they affect everyday people and businesses. Well, here at Henry & Horne we have set out to do what we do best; help everyday people understand what is going on in the world of state, local, federal, estate and international taxation. We will provide these weekly posts and we encourage you to give us feedback on those posts as well as letting us know what else you would like to know more about. Welcome to "Tax Insights." We hope you find this blog informative and worthy of your time.
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As Cold as Ice by JCCJ756Watch
Made in UF 5.04
Love the blue and stars in this!!!
Wonderfully dark!!!
absolutely lovely, John... the palette is simple yet elegant and I love the starry starry sky... wonderful texturing and even the frame is cool...
I like the blue flowers! So fun and pretty John!
Awesome John!!!! I love the color.
wonderful colors
Sweet flower design and wonderful colors. Beautiful and just superb.
oh gosh I love these flowers lovin the stars too
Beautiful piece John!
Such an electric sequence of blues!
I love that shade of blue. I also like how you made that one particular petal longer than the others.
Great job!
Great job!
Très joli, j'adore le bleu!!
Beautiful piece, John!
You're as cold as ice...willing to sacrifice our love...........................good title


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Burned: Usagi wings by Lezzy-catWatch
©2008-2016 Lezzy-cat
As always, picture doesn't do it justice. Especially since it hasn't completely dried from the stain I put on it last night... ^^* Better picture coming in a few days, providing I remember. XD
Oh, wow, this is gorgeous!
this is so gorgeous i love this great work!
How much would you charge for one of these?
The burns all vary based on what's being burned, the size, finish, etc. I have pricing up in the journal part of my DA.
Well I was wondering if you might sell a piece like this (though I don't know how big it is really) for around $15 or so?
This one was probably about 8"x6" if not a little bigger, and I believe I charged $20 + shipping for it. For $15, I can do one smaller (I think the smallest I have is around 6"x4"), but it wouldn't have anywhere near the detail.
Well I would love to purchase one of these in a few months or so. For the 8"x6" $20 + shipping doesn't sound bad at all
That looks so pretty *-*
That looks amazing! Very cool.
It looks pretty nice. Actually, depending on the photographer in question, lighting, the camera and the lens, it can very well do the object you are photographing justice... However, when you use a point-and-shoot your mileage will vary. In this case, the person was a bit too close to the object. As a result it ended up being slightly blurry with the fabric underneath (a pair of pants??) being in better focus.
Aside from that, I really like what you've done You're pretty talented
Aside from that, I really like what you've done You're pretty talented
Hah, yeah I have a crummy little $100 digital camera that I got like 6 years ago XD I don't use it for taking good photos
tis true the camera can't quite capture what the eye can...very nice I wish I could burn wood but I don't got the stuff for it-_-
I know how cameras work so it must be beautiful. She looks amazing!


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I'm worried that my breastmilk is giving my 4 day old newborn diarrhea. I would really like to continue to BF as it is best for us both but if it is causing her diarrhea and consequently her diaper rash, then I don't see it happening. She latches well and feeds every 2-3 hours. She seems full and usuallly falls asleep at the breast.
My milk came in on day 3, the day after we left the hospital. Since then, her stools are watery and yellow ( slightly seedy). She poops after every feeding. I changer her immediately after she poops but she still has a diaper rash that won't seem to go away.
My other babies were formula fed so I have never dealt with this before.
The diarrhea scares me because of the chance of dehydration and the diaper rash makes me feel bad. I know it's painful for her. I'm just feeling like a failure right now and sent DH to get a can of formula to see if she still has these issues on that.
I have given her a bottle of the ready-feed the hospital sent home with us and she didn't have a poopy diaper afterwards and slept for 5 hours straight after finishing pretty much the full 2 ounces!
I'm wondering if she is getting full enough on the BM. DH also bought an electric pump earlier today. I have yet to open it because I feel like my breastmilk might be causing her discomfort.
I need advice and help.


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Government Support for Religious Schools
The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment states that Congress cannot "establish" a religion. For the first century and a half of the United States' existence, Congress did very little that could be considered "establishing" religion; the issue simply did not come up much. By the end of the 1930s, however, the U.S. Supreme Court had determined that the Fourteenth Amendment made the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution applicable to state and local governments as well as the federal government. The issue of "establishing" religion was raised more frequently with regard to the actions of state and local governments. How would the New Deal Court deal with this issue? In 1947 the Court began to provide an answer to that question.
The case, Everson v. Board of Education (see p. 44), involved a New Jersey law that stated that parents who sent their children to public or Catholic school could receive a reimbursement from the state for any money spent on bus fare. While many of the Catholic schools had scholarships to help poor children attend, some parents lived far from the nearest Catholic school and could not afford to pay the bus fare. The state reasoned that every child that attended Catholic school was one less child the state had to pay to educate, and it would be less expensive for the state to pay the bus fare than to build the dozens of new public schools that would be needed if those children could not attend Catholic school. Some New Jersey taxpayers objected that this practice, at


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Wasserburg Leuchtet
Wasserburg am Inn has a show of lights every year in the late summer. The historic city center of the medieval town is the perfect scenery for great lighting effects.
Waterbyrd Filmz
Waterbyrd Filmz is a video and film production company in Melbourne, Australia
Corporate recruiting website promoting apprenticeship and training opportunities for a German retail company.
Weatherly Area School District
One of the first Plone 4 sites launched in the United States, Weatherly aimed to implement a highly-customizable robust system on a small budget. They selected Plone and, after a nationwide search, contracted with FosterMilo Web Architects. The site is a basic Plone 4 install with customized design elements and a thoughtful information architecture based on the most common concerns and questions asked by parents throughout the district.
Web Access for Civil Society Initiatives
Sandia National Laboratories, the University of New Mexico, and the Cooperative Monitoring Center at Amman, Jordan joined forces to provide a collaborative workspace for NGOs from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. A dual-language Arabic-English website was developed to provide links to data sources, present partner information, and share information generated by affiliate organizations.
Web Intelligence Research Group
Web Intelligence Research Group - University of Chile
Webbased Portfolio of languages (epos)
The aim of epos (elektronisches Portfolio der Sprachen) is to promote the plurilinguisme in a multicultural environement. epos is a platform which enables institutions and individual lerners to build here or his language portfolio. It offers authentic assessment tools and it helps students in sharing their work with teachers and/or peers.
WebGIS della sentieristica della Provincia della Spezia
Geographic information system of the Province of La Spezia for the management of the path network
The WebLion project gives colleges and units at Penn State a customized Plone CMS to help faculty and staff create and maintain content on Web sites.
Cultural site focusing on literature of oral tradition in the southern border of Europe.
WebNet Internet Forms Server
A service that enables forms to be managed over the internet to enable data to be stored and retrieved using SQL.
Website Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience
The "National Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience" (NNCN) is a funding initiative of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) that fosters the research discipline of Computational Neuroscience. We made it with the newest Plone 4.2 and diazo.
Website for a private TV station in Carinthia in Austria
The private TV station KULT1 wanted to put its videos online. A must was that the whole content is maintainable by the customer. Converting the videos in web-ready formats must be done by the CMS and multiple video upload in parallel must be possible.
Websphere Consulting
Up until now, anyone looking for information useful for his WebSphere project had to spend hours in searching for software functionality, case studies, and experienced service partners on loads of different websites. The new internet portal www.websphere-consulting.com, which went online on April 20th, pools all this information and provides a complete and comprehensive overview on all aspects of the WebSphere product portfolio. Furthermore, it offers detailed personal profiles of a number of portal professionals at WP-Experts and selected cooperation partners. Facts and features of successfully implemented projects round up the current list of contents. The inclusion of a common platform for bringing together providers and customers of WebSphere services, including advanced functionality like project proposals and community features, is already planned. More detailed information in this new platform for the WebSphere Community may be found on our website.
Wecena is a social enterprise which serves the need for IT skills in French and European nonprofits by promoting corporate philanthropy and "pro bono" work in the field of French IT firms. Wecena provides both free IT consulting services for nonprofit projects and access to the skills of IT volunteers employed (and donated) by French IT firms. Wecena serves customers such as the French chapter of the Free Software Foundation.
Week van de Vooruitgang
The 'Week van de Vooruitgang' is a dutch version of the European Mobility Week. It promotes the use of public transportation, concious use of cars, cycling and walking. The campagne is organised by Milieudefensie, the dutch Friends of the Earth.
weigelworld.org is a website of the Max-Planck-Institute for Developmental Biology.
Since 1989, Stichting Wintersporten organizes the Alternative Winter Sports Elfstedentocht in Weissensee, a magnificent 12 kilometer long lake in Austria. The start and finish are at the foot of the ski slopes. The competition on the 200 kilometer event is now extended with tours, a Quick Tour and a number of other tours and competitions. Weissensee.nl is the place to be for information about the event, the scores, weather forecast, video and more. The Weissensee KNSB organizes the annual Open Dutch Championship. The event is always held in the last weeks of January or early February. About 6500 Dutch meet annually at the Weissensee for a skate event that lasts two weeks.
Wellesley Hills Group
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Port San Luis – Problem Situation with Fish Cleaning Station
By Emily Miggins
Recently, Pacific Wildlife Care and its volunteers have led the creation of a growing coalition of concerned residents and organizations including: Morro Coast Audubon Society, Santa Lucia Chapter of the Sierra Club, SLO Coastkeeper, and Willow Tree Wildlife who are urging The Port San Luis Harbor Commissioners to "clean up their act" so to speak and protect our incredible Central Coast ocean environment.
Factual bullet points about the situation the coalition is trying to address with PSL:
- One would not think that our coastal fish-cleaning stations would be a threat to wildlife, but that is exactly what's happening at the facility on the Harford Pier in Avila Beach, and other locations on the central coast. Our beloved brown pelican is in danger, and juvenile pelicans are especially vulnerable. These birds are no longer fed by their parents and are expected to switch to "plunge-diving" for food, this takes time and patience.
- Instead, some pelicans learn to linger around fish-cleaning stations looking for, easy to find, scraps of food left by fishermen. In the process these birds get covered with fish oil that coats their feathers and compromises their ability to insulate themselves from the cold ocean water. The bird's core body temperature lowers, they avoid the water, and they begin shivering. This deadly cycle continues as they stop feeding naturally and seek handouts from humans to survive.
- A deadly handout that pelicans find at poorly designed fish-cleaning stations is fish carcasses and other large fish parts tossed to them, or thrown into the ocean water. The hungry pelicans try to eat these, but can't.
- Their throats and pouches aren't built that way. Pelican pouches are designed to scoop up slippery sardines and anchovies that slide down their throats. But, foot-long rockfish spines, and other large fish parts, are razor sharp which can puncture pelican's internal organs or get caught in their pouches.
So, what can we do to prevent the needles suffering and death of these incredible birds?
- First, our central coast fish-cleaning stations, which are outdated and wildlife unfriendly, must be modified.
- Second, we must do a better job of public outreach at our coastal marinas and piers regarding proper handling of fish waste. Third, we must let our local authorities know that we want changes made to protect our wildlife.
- It would seem that both our local and state authorities would want to promote sound fish waste management to protect our coastal environment – let them know that they should!
There are two positive actions that you the listener can do right now at this moment to help our Pelicans in Peril:
- Please contact the Port San Luis Harbor Commission and let them know that you care. Now is the time to be heard! Port San Luis Harbor Commission 3950 Avila Beach Drive P.O. Box 249 Avila Beach, CA 93424 (805) 595-5400 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Make a donation to Pacific Wildlife Care at http://www.pacificwildlifecare.org to help support our important work to medically attend to these types debilitating, life threatening wildlife threats. We cannot do this without your financial support.
Be on the Lookout for Infected Band-tailed Pigeons
By Marcelle Bakula
Reprinted from the Cambrian
I am a volunteer at Pacific Wildlife Care along with many other Cambria residents. PWC is SLO County's only licensed wildlife rehabilitation organization. There are two important things I wanted our community to be aware of at this time.
First, there is an ongoing problem throughout California with band-tailed pigeons that have grown sick or are dying of Trichomoniasis (also known as Trichomonas) — a protozoan that causes lesions to form in the throat and nasal passages and is contagious to other birds.
In the first week of February, we received seven band-tailed pigeons at the Rehab Center, and I recently received a call from a Cambria resident about a "sick-looking" band-tailed pigeon at her house, so our Cambria band-tailed pigeon flock is likely infected.
To help prevent the spread of this contagion to other birds, it is important to remove your bird feeders, water dishes and bird baths if you see any band-tailed pigeons visiting them. After handling your feeders, you should also wash your hands. If you can, allow everything to dry out for a week or more; that will halt the parasite cycle.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Wildlife Investigations Lab is asking residents to be on the lookout for band-tailed pigeons and to report any sick or dead pigeons. This information helps CDFW determine how many pigeons die during these mortality events and, consequently, how these events may impact the overall population. Mortality can be reported online or by phone at (916) 358-2790.
Second, spring seems to have sprung early, and rehab centers are reporting early wildlife babies (mammals mainly, but baby birds will soon arrive!)
This is a good time to remember the following springtime advice to protect our local wildlife:
Check bushes and trees for nests before trimming and cutting (you may need to hold off trimming for a month or two).
Here's what to do if you find a baby bird on the ground: If it's without feathers, it will need to be kept warm and brought to the Rehab Center as soon as possible to be checked out before returning it to the nest; if it is feathered (a fledgling learning to fly, in later spring) keep children and pets away for the few days it's learning to fly, as its parents are still feeding and teaching it. If you suspect a cat or dog interaction, bring it into the center to receive antibiotics.
If you see a fawn (baby deer) lying quietly, keep children and pets away until its mother returns from her food foraging.
Do not set traps for "nuisance" animals (skunks, racoons, opossums) as you may be causing babies to become orphans! Call our Humane Exclusion Team for help at 805-543-WILD (9453).
Well-meaning individuals are tempted to raise wild animals. It is illegal to do so. Wild babies have specialized dietary needs and can become ill or die from improper diet. Licensed rehabilitators have the training and skills to care for these animals properly so they can be returned to their natural habitat.
Golden Eagle Ready for Release
Morro Bay, CA, February 9, 2014. Pacific Wildlife Care (PWC) plans to release a Golden Eagle on Wednesday or Thursday that was rescued in between Atascadero and Templeton in mid-September. The bird was rescued by a member of the public after being found unable to fly, likely after being hit by a car. The eagle was delivered to the Pacific Wildlife Care Rehabilitation Center in Morro Bay for examination by PWC's fulltime wildlife veterinarian, Dr. Shannon Riggs. The eagle was found to have a fracture of the ulna, one of the large bones of the wing, but was in otherwise fairly good condition.
Golden eagles are the largest predatory birds in North America. They stand approximately three feet tall and have a wingspan of six to eight feet. Golden eagles feed primarily on medium-sized mammals, including rabbits, hares, and squirrels, but have been known to take prey items as large as coyotes and young goats and sheep. They also feed on carrion, such as road kill, which can lead to injury from cars, and is likely what happened to this eagle. Golden eagles are quite common in areas with open grassland and little tree cover. They also prefer hilly regions where thermals rising off of hills allow them to soar effortlessly. In other areas of the state, golden eagles are frequently injured by wind turbines which are placed in the same windy areas that are favored by these birds.
After several days of stabilization, including pain management, antibiotic administration, and hydration therapy, surgery was performed to repair the fracture. Pins were placed to stabilize the fracture and give it the best opportunity to heal, allow the wing to function normally, and the eagle to be released back into the wild. The eagle took a few days to get used to his surroundings at the PWC rehabilitation facility, but began to eat on his own soon after surgery. As healing progressed, his medications were decreased and eventually discontinued. The pins that had been placed surgically were removed in stages to gradually allow the bone to take on more of the forces applied by the wing's movement. He was moved to a small outdoor enclosure to allow him to begin to exercise his wing on his own.
By November, the injured wing seemed to have healed well. The joints of the wing had normal movement and the bird was strong and active. It was time to test the bird's flight ability, the last step in determining if he would be released. Pacific Wildlife Care does not have a raptor flight cage of sufficient length to flight condition such a large bird. The Ojai Raptor Center, which has a 230' flight cage, was contacted and they were generous enough to allow the use of their large flight for this bird. He was transferred to the Ojai Raptor Center facility in mid-December, where he was able to exercise and regain the strength lost following his injury and time in rehabilitation, strength needed to be able to soar and hunt normally in the wild.
After nearly two months, the Ojai Raptor Center determined that the bird is flying very well and ready for release. Within the next week, the bird will be transported from Ojai back to Morro Bay, where he will be given a final examination before his release in Atascadero shortly thereafter.
Pacific Wildlife Care receives no regular government funding. It is a 501(c) 3 organization with the tax ID number of 77-0196350. Tax-deductible donations, and volunteers would be very welcome, at pacificwildlifecare.org
Skin Grafts and Creancing Allow Great Horned Owl to be Released
Morro Bay, CA, September 1, 2014—Pacific Wildlife Care will be releasing this evening a Great Horned Owl found over a year ago in Arroyo Grande entangled in a barbed wire fence. The bird's rescuer was able to cut the small section of fence around which the bird's right wing was wrapped and bring the bird to the clinic. Known as 13-757, the bird sustained a significant injury to the wing web, while struggling to free himself. During this fight to escape, the owl's wing web skin had become tightly wound around the barb, tearing the skin. This is a fairly common injury for birds of prey, especially great horned owls, presumably because they don't see the wire or the barbs. When this occurs, the struggle cuts off the blood supply to the wing, and in most such cases, the bird does not survive.
Medications were added to Owl 13-757's food, and daily dressings were applied to the open wound created by his struggle with the fence. Two weeks later, Dr. Shannon Riggs, the fulltime wildlife veterinarian for Pacific Wildlife Care, performed an artificial tissue graft. When this first product failed, another type of artificial tissue was attempted, and this did stimulate the growth of new blood vessels and healing. Scar tissue would have interfered with the full extension of his wings, prohibiting release to the wild. Luckily, the wound healed without scar tissue.
However, this was just the beginning of this owl's journey toward release. There was still a significant degree of muscle and other soft tissue trauma that wasn't readily apparent. There was also feather damage, both from the original entanglement in the barbed wire and from confinement in a small space during the healing process. The owl was able to fly short distances, but only with a great deal of effort and not with the silent, gliding flight that a great horned owl needs to be able to hunt prey in the dark.
Upgrades were made to our raptor holding aviaries to prevent further feather damage. Volunteers worked weekly to take the bird out for exercise on a "creance" line. This is a lightweight line attached to a leather strap around the bird's leg, allowing him to exercise by flying longer distances than were possible in our small flight cages. The owl showed small improvement each time. It took months of patience and persistence, but his beautiful bird is finally able to return to his wild life.
Getting the lead out of our Golden Purifiers
by Claudia Duckworth, Pacific Wildlife Care rehabilitator
They are probably not most peoples' choice for a favorite bird. As a wildlife rehabilitator, I have been hissed and growled at, thrown up on, (a reaction to the stress of being handled), bitten and clawed by these animals, but like many of my fellow rehabbers, I have developed a fondness and admiration for these large, intelligent, curious and dignified birds.
I'm referring to Turkey Vultures.
The word vulture likely comes from the Latin vellere, which means to pluck or tear. Its scientific name, Cathartes aura, is far more pleasant. It means either "golden purifier" or "purifying breeze."*
Turkey Vultures are brought to the Pacific Wildlife Care Center for a variety of reasons, but by far the most common reason is lead poisoning. Like their larger relative, the California Condor, these carrion-eating birds are poisoned from eating dead animals that have been shot with lead bullets. Once the lead enters the bird's gut, it is broken down by acid strong enough to kill the most noxious bacteria and break down bones and fur. As the lead enters the bird's bloodstream, it damages every organ in the body. In addition to anemia, joint and muscle pain, weakness and severe cramping, the digestive tract shuts down. There is often leg paralysis, depression and impaired brain function. Lead poisoning is a medical emergency because time is a factor in the reversibility of the damage. High levels of lead can result in blindness and death for the bird.
Lead Toxicity: Diagnosis and Treatment
Due to the numbers of lead-poisoned vultures and other birds Pacific Wildlife Care receives, including Golden Eagles and Red-tailed Hawks, we purchased a lead-testing machine. We are able to determine immediately if an animal has been poisoned and begin treatment. We also take radiographs to ascertain if there is lead still in the digestive system which will continue to poison the bird. Efforts are made to get the bird to pass the lead and if that is unsuccessful, it is sometimes necessary to remove the lead by using endoscopy. This means inserting a tube into the bird to retrieve the lead particles.
The treatment for lead poisoning, called chelation, is long, difficult and painful. It requires frequent handling and multiple injections daily. In the best cases, the lead levels come down and the bird recovers. Sadly, many times we are unsuccessful and the bird dies or is humanely euthanized.
I do remember one bird, a juvenile that came to us unable to fly. Unlike the adults, juvenile turkey vultures have fuzzy black heads and soft blue-brown eyes. He was lead-poisoned but we caught it in time and were able to treat him and return him to his large, extended family, properly called a venue in vulture speak.
Too often, lead poisonings do not turn out well and we don't know how many birds and mammals die that never make it to Pacific Wildlife Care. It has been determined that a single #4 lead pellet will kill a large bird over a period of two to four weeks if not removed.
Good news on the lead front
In October, 2013, California became the first state to ban lead ammunition for hunting. The ban goes into full effect in July, 2019. There have been other partial lead bans in the past, most notably in 1991 for hunting waterfowl, but this is a complete ban. Californians should feel proud of this achievement and we are hopeful that it will make a difference.
"As I watch a kettle of Turkey Vultures effortlessly rising on thermals against a clear blue sky, rocking and swaying without a wasted wing movement, the pleasure of their company is often accompanied by a silent wish for them to be careful out there." -Claudia Duckworth
Lead-poisoned Turkey Vultures recovering at the Pacific Wildlife Care Rehabilitation Center.
Photos by Jeanette Stone.
Baby Season: Birds of Prey
By Pamela Hartmann
Photos by Jeanette Stone and Jeri Roberts
Raising a baby raptor is tricky. No human can do the job that avian parents do. For this reason, it's almost always preferable to re-nest a baby bird that has fallen from the nest, and for it to grow up with its own kind in the wild, than for humans to attempt to raise it.
However, placing a baby bird of prey (such as a hawk or owl) back in the nest carries with it its own challenges, as Bob Peak will tell you. Re-nester extraordinaire at Pacific Wildlife Care, Peak is kept busy from mid-April through the end of June reuniting birds with their families—or occasionally with other families.
Having the right equipment is necessary to the task. Peak takes with him goggles, gloves, maybe boots, ladder, ropes, crate, nesting materials, and CD player or iPhone with a speaker—this to use after returning the baby to the nest or branch, when he retreats some distance and plays distress calls. "The parents are quick to respond," Peak says, "often within a minute."
And having the know-how is essential. One key to re-nesting, he says, is an ability to identify the species. Some birds can be placed with others of their species from a different nest, but this doesn't work with Red-tailed Hawks, for example. Knowing the species also tells the rescuer what sort of nest the bird is from, and although the original nest or cavity is usually best, there could be reasons (predators, for example, or a tree too high for a person to climb) to create another, false, nest and place it nearby.
Another key to re-nesting is determining the bird's stage of development. A nestling has an egg-tooth beak and a thin coat of down feathers. Older nestlings have down and their first flight feathers. Branchers are old enough to leave the nest and begin hopping around on tree branches. Fledglings are beginning to fly but are still dependent on their parents.
Sometimes a property owner will call PWC, worried about a baby bird on the ground whose "first flight was a failure," explains Jeanette Stone, Center Operations Director at PWC. But if the parent is alive, there's no problem; the parent will return. The humans just need to keep watch with binoculars, from a distance, and keep dogs and cats away.
Home Rehabilitation
If the baby is truly an orphan, or if re-nesting is not an option because of an unsafe environment, predators, siblicide, or such, it may be necessary for the bird to be raised by one of several home rehabilitators in SLO County.
However, Jeri Roberts will tell you that there's a good reason it's illegal to raise a raptor—or any wild animal—without a permit from the state. Home re-habbing requires a great deal of knowledge and a huge commitment.
Growing up, Roberts "never even had a parakeet," she says—let alone a wild bird of prey. But one day about ten years ago, she saw a young woman from Pacific Wildlife Care in an Earth Day booth at Mission Plaza. On the woman's well-gloved arm was a Great Horned Owl named "Hoot"—one of the few raptors that the state has designated as an educational animal. Wham. Roberts was enchanted.
Back in those days, before Pacific Wildlife Care had its Morro Bay Rehabilitation Center and wildlife veterinarian, PWC consisted of a group of individual but associated home rehabilitators, and Roberts wanted to become one. She got in touch with the group and told them that she had acreage and a chicken coop up in Prefumo Canyon ("as wild a setting as possible") and would like to learn how to handle, raise, and rehabilitate raptors such as owls and hawks. She received mentoring from home rehabbers. She went to conferences. She visited raptor centers—even one in Alaska—to find out how they did things. Then she got to work.
Today, Roberts is a Senior Rehabilitator at PWC, through which she does educational outreach, teaches the baby bird class, gets educational birds ready to meet the public, raises baby raptors, and does creancing, the glove training that provides injured adult raptors with the exercise necessary to prepare them to return to the wild—the final step in their rehabilitation.
If her "first love is education," as she puts it, "trying to raise these raptors" is her "second passion." As one of several home rehabbers in SLO County, Roberts now has three flight facilities on her property, making it one of the de facto satellites of Pacific Wildlife Care's Morro Bay Center, the central receiving point where orphaned raptors are first brought for intake—a physical exam, weighing, and banding. Although injured adult birds often remain at the Center for recovery, injured or orphaned babies are always raised by home rehabbers to minimize human contact and avoid imprinting—bonding and recognition of others of the bird's own kind. It is crucial, of course, that animals returning to the wild not lose their fear of humans, because doing so would make life in the wild even more dangerous. And it's already "really tough out there"; the mortality rate in the first year of life in the wild is 50%—and that's when the birds are raised in ideal conditions, by their own parents.
At the PWC Center, with its virtual army of supervisors and volunteers caring for many animals—mammalian, avian, and sometimes reptilian—it would be more difficult to retain the control necessary to avoid imprinting than it is for one human raising a group of nestlings. Hence the small constellation of home rehabbers.
Begin with the Space
To raise a bird of prey, you start with the right setting. Jeri Roberts' largest flight facility is a cage 30 feet long. Another is 20 feet long, 10 feet high, and L-shaped, with a gentle curve at the angle—a space where young or adult raptors can exercise and practice making turns. But the babies are placed in mews—small raised cages set into the side of the larger facility. In these cages, the babies are safe, and Roberts can see them through peep holes above a sort of doggie door, without being seen by them. This door is a flap that allows her to reach in and feed them with a tool that looks like long tweezers or tongs. For those times when she can't avoid being seen by baby Great Horned owls, which imprint more easily than other raptors, she wears an owl mask, because once the babies' eyes are open, imprinting begins.
Within the facility, the mews must be furnished to resemble a natural nest. In the wild, young nestlings (with only a thin coat of down) are kept warm by the mother. So in each small cage, the home rehabber needs to supply heating pads (to provide warmth but not too much) and feather dusters—to simulate Mom.
Birds of a Feather: Identifying with One's Species
You've provided the space and furnished the mews. Now you have to consider the babies' need for contact with others of their own species. It's beneficial, for example, for baby Red-tailed Hawks to look out into the larger cage and watch an adult hawk flying, hunting, and preening—something to aspire to, so to speak. At times in the past, Roberts would borrow Hoot as a role model for baby Great Horned Owls. But if she doesn't happen to have an adult in the outer cage, she puts a mirror in the small cage, so "the babies can see what they are."
Roberts always hopes to have more than one baby at a time—two to four together in each mew. If she has only one orphan from a nest, she can mix babies from different nests—and even of different ages—though of course they must be of the same species. This often involves negotiating with other home rehabbers, to trade species.
Mixing babies from different ages or nests turns out to be easier with some species than others. Great Horned Owls are easy to mix, as are kestrels. Once, Roberts put a downy baby kestrel with another kestrel that was a little older. Although a baby herself, the older one started feeding the younger. However, Barn Owls are harder to mix in a way that ensures that "nobody gets hurt." The protocol requires putting up a screen for several days so they can hear but not see one another. Although "you don't want to make generalizations," Roberts says, since "they have distinct personalities," adult male Barn Owls are usually more docile than females. In the wild, the female adult is very aggressive and protects the nest viciously. Babies can be vicious, too. The adult male drops off food at a nest in the wild and immediately leaves because "the babies would attack him."
In the midst of a busy baby season, it might be necessary to have nests of different species together in the mews, sharing the same flight cage when they're old enough. This works surprisingly well as long as they don't see one another—and if the young of one nest are diurnal and the other nocturnal.
However, teaching young birds their own "language" is another matter. Jeri Roberts sometimes plays recordings of calls for the babies (although never distress calls) so they can hear what adults of their species sound like. The problem with this? Humans can't yet discern the meaning of most calls, or as Roberts puts it, "I don't know that language." For this reason, borrowing Hoot, the Great Horned Owl, was a good idea because he was "a very vocal owl."
The Challenges of Diet
Another reason baby raptors are tricky to raise is their diet. Jeri Roberts was once permitted to keep as an educational animal a Barn Owl that had been confiscated from a person with good intentions but a lack of knowledge. This person had taken in the owl as a baby and knew owls to be carnivores but—out of ignorance—fed the bird hamburger meat. When this diet resulted in multiple bone fractures, the owl was taken to a veterinarian, who diagnosed him with metabolic bone disease and notified the Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The problem is that raptors must eat whole animals—not just the flesh. Without consuming the bones, too, these birds of prey aren't able to build their own strong bones. So although Jeri Roberts herself is a vegetarian, she keeps "a freezer full of dead mice" bought at great expense from a company that provides them for this purpose—part of the reason that raising these birds requires a big commitment.
The Time of the Empty Nest
After weeks of being hand fed, the baby birds arrive at the branching age, and Roberts opens the door between the large flight facility and the small cage within it. In the large cage, she has carefully placed branches and boards with roosting areas for the young birds to use as they begin explore the world outside the mew and to fly. Their small nests are still there, but raptors rarely return to the nest.
"When they start branching," she says, "they're self-feeding, and now we're in business." At this point, they learn to fly by practicing, but she has to teach them another skill essential for survival in the wild: hunting live prey. She does this by putting live mice in a long trough inside the flight facility.
In time, the birds are ready for a "soft release" in which they are freed to the wild but are still able to return to a feeding platform outside the cage to supplement their prey from hunting. As their hunting skills improve, the intervals between which they return to the platform become longer and longer.
In the hierarchy of ways to deal with baby birds of prey, re-nesting is always the most desirable. Failing that, surrogacy is the next option (to be covered in the June issue of SLO Coast Journal). The raising of baby raptors by home rehabilitators—no matter how knowledgeable, caring, and attentive—is the option of last resort, with good reason: it's very, very hard.
|For more information on Pacific Wildlife Care, to volunteer, or to make a donation, go to the website: http://www.pacificwildlifecare.org If you find an injured wild animal, call the PWC Hotline (805-543-9453).
A Beginning
Story and photo by Claudia Duckworth
I'd like to introduce you to PWCs first education corvid, "Corax." He belongs to the family that includes crows, jays, Magpies and nutcrackers. Corax is a raven and his designation in the ornithological world is Corvus Corax or Common Raven. Corax came to the PWC Center in the Spring of 2012 as a nestling whose nest and nest mates had been destroyed. He was injured, but, as always, we hoped he could eventually be returned to the wild.
Despite our efforts, Corax could not fly adequately to survive in the wild and the decision was made to include him in our education program. Corvids are notoriously difficult to train because, despite being among the smartest of animals, they are extremely wary of new things and change.
PWC is fortunate to have a young wildlife trainer, Karen Johnston, on staff who was experienced with education animals and was willing to work with me and Corax. Neither of us realized the time and energy it would take to earn this bird's trust. Karen was faced with training a wild raven and a novice handler. We built a large aviary since Corax can fly in a limited way and developed a plan. Plan A quickly changed to Plan B, to C, and so on.
Karen was experienced with raptors and many other species but had not worked much with corvids. Everything frightened this bird: a new glove, a different bowl, a moved perch, including having him on the glove, walking around, an essential event for an education bird. Everything caused visible stress. At times, we were discouraged thinking we would have to give up and find a new home for a bird that we had come to know and care for.
At about the year mark, with time running out as Karen prepared to start nursing school, we had a breakthrough! Thanks to her skill and determination, it appeared Corax had achieved what David Jackson of "Zoo To You," has described to us as "learning to learn." Now, it was Karen and I who were wary. We'd been on a roller coaster ride of two steps forward followed by ten steps back. Was it real? I can only say that, so far, it is!
This journey will continue and we will have to ask our audiences to understand and help as Corax progresses. Karen has agreed to continue to work us into her busy schedule. For me, it has been a most happy adventure of getting to know two engaging fellow beings: one small, black and feathered and the other tall, slender and wise beyond her years.


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The core question of Part Nine is raised in Chapter 21 by Rafael Lecuona by the title of his contribution. He argues that indeed the time for a serious consideration of a North American common market has come. Following a brief summary of the experiences of the European Common Market and some integration attempts in Latin America, the author analyzes the interdependence of the three North American economies. He concludes that negotiations should be initiated for the establishment of a North American common market.
In Chapter 20, M. Reza Vaghefi provides an economic analysis of the relations between North American countries, particularly the United States and Canada. Citing specific examples of successful economic agreements, such as the Automobile Agreement between the United States and Canada, he argues that the economic benefits accrued to participants in each example can be broadened to gradually include every industry and all North American countries.


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Does MTV's 16 and Pregnant Keep Girls From Getting Pregnant?
Or does it just exploit the teen moms on the show?
Jenelle, the young subject of the latest episode of the MTV reality show 16 and Pregnant, which aired on Feb. 16, is a spectacularly surly new mother. Before she gives birth to son Jace, Jenelle says in her thick North Carolinian accent that she imagines motherhood will be like "dressin' up a doll every day." But when the baby comes, it's not like her fantasy at all. Jenelle's "alcoholic," ex-model boyfriend refuses to visit and calls her a "piece of crap" repeatedly, and her mother is constantly haranguing her for going out clubbing and leaving the baby at home. Toward the end of the hourlong episode, Jenelle openly regrets having a baby while still in high school. She says to a friend, "Imagine bein' in prison. That's what [motherhood is] like, bein' in prison."
If Jenelle sounds like a cautionary tale, it's because 16 and Pregnant explicitly intends to portray her as one. The extremely popular show, now in its second season, and its spin-off, Teen Mom, are designed to deter adolescents from becoming mothers—a relevant issue as teen-pregnancy rates are up for the first time in more than a decade. The shows, which follow adolescent mothers as they struggle to raise their children, are produced in partnership with the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. The organization distributes free copies of the first season of the show along with discussion guides to put the drama in context.
16 and Pregnant executive producer Morgan J. Freeman calls the show a powerful public service, and it is undeniably dramatic and intense: The girls rage at their mothers and their hapless boyfriends whine on the sidelines as they struggle to raise their infants. The show also has an impressive reach: Jenelle's upsetting episode was more popular than the Winter Olympics among women under 34. But its strength as a public service is more questionable. Can a television show really convince teens that they should wait to become mothers? And even if it can, is it worth the cost of offering up a handful of young women as public examples during perhaps the most vulnerable period of their lives?
There is actually data to support the notion that a dramatic, narrative show like 16 and Pregnant could make adolescent girls more likely to use contraception. A recent study from Ohio State University showed that college-age women who watched an episode of The O.C. depicting a pregnancy scare were more likely to try to use birth control than women who watched a show in a news format about the hardships of teen motherhood. "[I]f you vicariously experience a bad result happening to you by watching a narrative program, that may change behavior in a way that is difficult to achieve through a direct message," wrote co-author Emily Moyer-Gusé. This principle has been proven and tested in many countries that use soap operas to spread public-service messages. A 2007 study showed that in rural India, women who watched soap operas with empowering story lines were more likely to say that wife-beating was unacceptable and were more likely to send their female children to school.
But at what price does 16 and Pregnant get this message across? As an adult viewer, I cringed while watching Jenelle's painful relationship unravel. Because she is a minor, I worried about the repercussions she would face for putting her life out there and wondered whether she could really understand the consequences. The cruel comments on MTV's Web site—"You suck as a person and are a horrible mom"—are only a small part of what Jenelle and the other subjects of the show must face. Appearing on reality TV makes your entire life public fodder on a scale much bigger than just a Facebook page, as this blog post about Jenelle's alleged marijuana use makes clear.
While MTV aims to send a good message with earnest shows about teen motherhood, the message gets muddled when it is in the context of the network's other reality programming. Commercials for the current season of 16's sister show, Teen Mom, ran around the same time as the reality juggernaut Jersey Shore, which depicted consequence-free carousing. Why, a teenager may wonder, is Jenelle's beach-bunny act so terrible when it looks like Snooki has so much fun behaving in a similar manner?


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Buddy Landel in Japan
A post on Twitter where JBL shows us an old school photo of himself, the late Buddy Landel and Booker T when they were all on tour together in Japan. The hair cuts alone are worth checking out.
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Actually yesterday was her birthday but I forgot to post it. The original Mother Firefly turns 71!RZ, Karen and Rainn Wilson at the 1000 Corpses premiere.
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No stranger to controversy, animation overlord Seth MacFarlane has been targeted by the Parents Television Council for explicit comments referring to oral sex and ejaculation during a recent episode of FOX's American Dad.
In their latest press release, the PTC urges its members to file formal complaints with the Federal Communications Commission. The group notes that American Dad airs at 9:30 pm in the Eastern and Pacific time zones and 8:30 Central/Mountain, still a prime viewing time for millions of children.
To get its supporters sufficiently foaming at the mouth, the PTC helpfully provides graphic descriptions of the graphic references for those who don't watch the show. According to the press release, the episode included a reference to a vehicle that runs on carbon, oxygen, and potassium, dubbed the "Hummie C.O.K. Guzzler." One character says "…wouldn't it run cleaner if they added another carbon molecule before the potassium? Then it would guzzle C.O.C.K." The episode also included a depiction of ejaculation, with a character noting that he "splooged on the wall."
"This past summer the United States Supreme Court unanimously upheld the congressionally mandated authority of the Federal Communications Commission to enforce the broadcast decency law, which prohibits the airing of indecent material on the publicly-owned airwaves during times when children are likely to be in the audience. We believe this broadcast has broken the law, and we are calling on the FCC to hold Fox and its affiliates accountable," said PTC president Tim Winter.
"This kind of content is nothing new from Fox or Seth MacFarlane. In the past, 'American Dad' and MacFarlane's other programs have included scenes mocking people with Down syndrome, implying father-daughter incest, a man masturbating a horse, a baby eating horse sperm, and a character eating vomit and excrement out of a baby's diaper," added Winter in one of the most disgusting sentences ever.
Pointing out that the material in question was broadcast on the same day that MacFarlane was named host of next year's Academy Award ceremony, Winter questioned the selection in comparison to Hollywood legends such as Bob Hope and Johnny Carson. Believing that a cartoon is inherently more alluring to a child, he also disagreed with the show's TV-14 rating.
While I uphold the right to free speech and believe that parents should be monitoring their children—shouldn't kids be in bed by 9:30 on a Sunday night?—I do agree that MacFarlane's shows generally rely on gross-out and shock humor these days. Family Guy has been on a downhill slide since its return from oblivion, but I finally stopped watching immediately following the scene mentioned by Mr. Winter, wherein Brian the anthropomorphic dog consumed the fecal content of Stewie's diaper and proceeded to vomit profusely. I also have a problem with Family Guy reruns airing during the dinner hour in syndication. I'm no prude, but this is a show that is clearly inappropriate for children and should be confined to primetime.
Do you agree with the PTC or are they off-base?
I had never watched these shows before. Thank you, PTC (any relation to PTA??). If it weren't for you I'd have never seen them. They're great. I'm going to MAKE my kids watch. Not enough clever programming on TV. Keep up the questionable "work".
If you don't like what's on a television show, don't watch it. Very simple, easily accomplished, and involves only you. Mostly one finds that people who want to establish "moral standards" for everyone - theirs, of course - really want to control others. This is why the alliance between certain politicians and the religious right is disturbing.


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Group A
0DW Raist EVO
KVMista EVO
group B
Nate Dogg EVO
KV Huz
group C
K9 Gusbert
KV Karkus EVO
Clintydude PI
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Kv Saaaaaa ev
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Thanks bro.
Once I get my deck done, I'm ready. I've told Sven about it so he's cool.
Sven, as far as i am concerned i would like to have more matches... anyway... if they really want to play we need to have another match, either we have 2 or 4 matches, 3 is not an option
Kv saa is missing...
For the sake of the game I will allow 2 other matches to be played
gusbert vs JP
nate dogg vsK9Warr evokid (although he wasn't in the group phase... anyway all of the original setting has been turned upside down)
so the "quarter finals" are:
jericho - sven
braker - raist
JP - gusbert
nate dogg - warr evokid
good luck to everybody and let's hope at least this matches are played. (no big timezone diference, except for JP and gusbert, hope you do your best to meet)
Yeeeeeeeeeeeees............this is nice...so we still play 17 stars then 15 stars then 15 stars again?
I guess so, less than 15 would be too low I think
Thank you! I'm already having a headache getting 17 stars and lower.
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After riding folders for a few years I think I can finally say I've concluded that larger than 20" wheels are basically pointless.
Many are familiar with Tony Hadland's table of the advantages/disadvantages of small wheels:
However, almost all the "disadvantages" are either extremely myopic or are grasping at straws:
1. "wheel has less inertia" - there is no possible way this could be interpreted as a disadvantage. If it were a disadvantage then one could simply add lead weights, which would just be stupid.
2. "bumpier ride unless wider tires" - good quality wider tires are better (faster and more comfortable). The only problem that can be attributed to wider tires is that they are heavier, but that doesn't apply if you switch to a smaller wheel because it's canceled by the shorter circumference.
3. "reduced efficiency of rim brakes" - this isn't a disadvantage because you can switch to hub brakes, which would be regarded as superior except that pointlessly large wheels reduce their efficiency
4. "higher bearing friction" - has anyone here ever notice a significant difference by upgrading to lighter bearing grease?
5. "special tire construction needed" - you need good tires on large wheels too.
The only valid complaints are that the cables are longer, things wear a little faster, and they have more rolling resistance on soft ground. The first two are minor complaints compared to the long list of advantages and bicycles are never very good on soft ground anyway (even big wheeled ones), which is why they weren't invented/popularized until after the construction of modern roads.
I'm inclined to agree with Xootr that there are really only two cases in which small wheels aren't the superior choice:
-Downhill mountain bike racing. Let's be clear. If you want to go near-vertically down the side of a mountain, you don't want to do that on a bike with 406mm rims. You want to be able to roll over huge boulders and clear giant felled trees. This isn't the bike for that job.
-USCF road racing. The Swift (nor any 406mm-wheeled bike) doesn't meet the precise technical standards of the Luddites in charge of most bicycle racing standards.


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A merger announced Monday would pair the nation's number two and three video rental chains.
A Dothan-based Movie Gallery says it has an agreement to purchase Hollywood Entertainment for $850 million and assumption of $350 million in debt.
Movie Gallery will buy all of Hollywood's outstanding shares for $13.25 each, a premium of 1.5 percent over Friday's closing stock price. The deal is seen closing in the second quarter.
Hollywood Entertainment operates more than 2,000 Hollywood Video stores and more than 700 Game Crazy units. The combined company will have about 4,500 stores in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Rival Blockbuster had earlier offered $11.50 a share in cash as well as debt assumption.
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Fresh from Facebook this morning – Richard Faulds has announced a new gun sponsor – Caesar Guerini will now supply shotguns for Richard and his wife Tanya as they take on the Sporting and FITASC majors in the 2013 season.
Their post:
(Tanya and Richard Faulds) Are delighted to announce that with immediate effect, we have a fantastic NEW gun sponsor… CAESAR GUERINI…
We are very excited to be working with CAESAR GUERINI and very much looking forward to the year ahead, competing at all the major sporting and Fitasc shoots worldwide!!
No insight yet into the models that they'll be using – but we expect so see them featuring highly as Richard and Tanya compete this season.
The Guerini guns site is here for the UK – and here for the US
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Hönö Travel Guide: 19 reviews and 41 photos
Say Hönö to a Swede and images of a soft, round flatbread springs to mind but few people outside Göteborg have actually been there. I hope that by creating this page, I can show you why it is worthwile coming.
Hönö is an old fishing community (one in ten Swedish fishermen come from these islands) and one of the biggest islands in Gothenburg's northern archipelago. I guess the fact that the southern one is easier to reach by public transport is one reason for the relatively few visits but it is still no major undertaking to reach the north. Once you do, you are met by an island with the rocky cliffs you expect of this archipelago, but added to that is quite a green inland with some areas even full of deer and where five big farms once worked the land.
The island belongs to Öckerö municipality, Öckerö itself being the big island just to the north of Hönö, and with eight other islands in the family. Hönö has the largest population in the municipality (around 5000). Its name has nothing to do with hens but is thought to come from the old Norse word "hein" which means flat cliff.
- Pros:surrounded by the sea, close to Gothenburg
- Cons:windy
- In a nutshell:Cliffs, fish and seagulls
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Amazing images! Thanks for sharing!
Haha, so even more around göteborg to discover for me next year :-) I think, if I continue reading, I might never end up where I finally want to go :-) I love the little museum !
What a fascinating little place Charlotta! You do visit some interesting sites, great page, well done!!
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Humility Matters for Practicing the Spiritual Life by Mary Margaret Funk is the third volume of a trilogy (Thoughts Matter: The Practice of the Spiritual Life and Tools Matter for Practicing the Spiritual Life), and it nicely complements the other two. Together they comprise a wonderful compendium of spiritual practices for Christians. There are thought-provoking pieces on fasting, hospitality, reverencing things, patience as an antidote to anger, the sin of sadness, the beneficial sides of afflictions and more.
Humility was demonstrated again and again by Jesus, and it led to the Christian monastic emphasis on four renunciations: of our former way of life, of the thoughts and desires of our former way of life, of our self-made thoughts of God, and of our self-made thoughts of self. Funk discusses how the desert fathers and mothers of the third and fourth centuries trained their minds, then moves on to a very creative treatment of humility in the form of dialogues with two pioneers of humility: Teresa of Jesus (Avila), who shows us how to renounce our self-made thoughts of God through the practice of recollection, and Therese of Lisieux, who shows us how to renounce our self-made thoughts of self through the practice of the Little Way (Continuum, 2005; available from www.amazon.com).
Saint Ralph is the story of a 14-year-old boy (Adam Butcher) who is viewed in school as a weakling and loser. He keeps getting into trouble and as a disciplinary measure is assigned to join the cross-country team coached by Father Hibbert (Campbell Scott). Weighing heavily on Ralph is his mother's serious illness. When she lapses into a coma, the doctors tell him it will take a miracle to wake her up. In class Ralph learns that miracles can happen but you must nurture them with three things: faith, purity and prayer. These present quite a challenge to Ralph. But he discovers that he has a talent for running. He decides to run in the Boston Marathon. Told it would take a miracle for him to win this prestigious race, he connects the dots and decides that this is the way to effect his mother's cure. But to pull off this seemingly impossible feat, the loner has to enlist the help of a wider community of people.
This is a heartfelt story about a teenager who proves that ordinary individuals can do extraordinary things through strong intention, fiery determination and a little help from their friends. It probably will remind you of some of the challenges you faced in your early religious formation, especially your questions about faith, purity and prayer. It will help you get in touch with your attitudes toward modern-day miracles. Pay special attention to the songs that are used as an emotional undertow to Ralph's quest, especially Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, PG-13—some sexual content, partial nudity).
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Well, Battle of Taipale River and Raatteentie are pretty famous battles of Winter War (1939-1940), and battles of Petroskoi, Vyborg and Tali-Ihantala in Continuation War (1941-1944) would be nice to see in this mod. Also Finland fought against Germany in War of Lapland in 1944-1945, and most famous battle of that is Invasion of Tornio.
I hope I didn't suggest too much. =)
This mod is great! Would be great to see few Finland maps in it too, have you thought about that?
So your "game" uses half-life launcher? I'm not sure, but wouldn't it be quite illegal thing? I mean people can now download it from here, shouldn't you make it so it would be mod?
I know people could also download cs and hl from digitalzone.
Looking forward to play this, looks absolutely great!
Btw I can't get to your website, it says Error 404 - Not found.
Then why is it on mods section?
Same happened to me, when I try to play Half-life, it starts Fireguns and Counterstrike wont even work. Thanks a lot, pal.
I have tried this mod, and there is some things that I really didn't like. For exapmple, goa'uld infantry can kill huge group of enemies with few hits. They cause damage on too large area. Also ha'tak is pretty unfair and explosions too large. Why can't goa'ulds purchase tel'taks or tau'ri Bra'tak or tok'ra? And MG Jeep could be named "MAT" like it was on series. Staff tower should fire something else than machine gun. Also, I'd suggest making FRED and use it as Naquada collector instead of USA construction dozer. Also new voice actings would be nice, like when you select Jaffa or Serpent Guard, they would say "Jaffa kree!" or something like that.
Otherwise very nice mod. Keep up the good work. :)


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** Restaurant-level EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, represents net income before interest, taxes and depreciation and amortization plus the sum of certain non-operating expenses, including pre-opening costs, management fees and accounting expenses paid to a related party, secondary public offering costs, public offering transactions bonuses, non-cash impairment charges, and general and administrative expenses. For a reconciliation of restaurant-level EBITDA to the most directly comparable financial measure presented in accordance with GAAP and a discussion of why we consider it useful, see the financial information accompanying this release.Mark S. Mednansky, Chief Executive Officer of Del Frisco's Restaurant Group, Inc., said, "Quarterly results fell short of our expectations due to a combination of factors -- inefficiencies at four newly opened Grille restaurants, slightly later new restaurant openings within the quarter, lower operating leverage on the 17 th week than we had anticipated, and weather issues during our very profitable holiday season. Still, Del Frisco's Double Eagle delivered impressive, industry-leading sales and traffic gains, while at Sullivan's, trends improved sequentially as brand enhancements began to take hold. Looking ahead, we are very optimistic that our guests will be eager to dine out in 2014 and we will continue to focus on reducing new unit inefficiencies."
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Not sure if this has been posted yet, but WHAT. THE. FUCK. PEOPLE!
This blogger lost her 14 month old boy unexpectedly the other week. Someone trolling her blog reported her to CPS. Can't imagine how horrible this experience has been for her. I have a 14 month old as well and this just makes me want to vomit.
-- just realized the link to her blog looks super iffy, here is her fb page: