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has anyone checked the IP's?
do you ever feel guilty for posting on a forum with so much bloodshed, it's like posting in sparta
begalman80 was better than the best. you will never live up to him
Yeah Elijah, you will never be as good as beagleman80. Rest in peace, you dear prince.
Your an absolutely wonderful man, any girl that is yours is lucky and I know that from personal experience. ~KMT

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Keystone XL Pipeline
Published: Friday, July 12, 2013 at 8:50 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, July 12, 2013 at 8:50 a.m.
More and more environmentalists are supporting the Keystone XL pipeline. The recent derailment of a crude-by-rail shipment further emphasizes the need to build the pipeline asap. Over 16 million barrels of Canadian crude were shipped by rail to the US in 2012, projected to rise to 73 million barrels in 2013, and 110 million in 2014. The number of gallons of oil spilled in transport by pipeline is less than half the rate of spillage by rail. The oil will be shipped; it should be done more safely by pipeline as much as possible. Of course, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway that services the Bakke oil field (on both sides of the US-Canadian border) will make tons more money if the Keystone pipeline is delayed or never built. BNSF shipped 1.3 million barrels of oil out of Bakken in 2008, 90 million barrels in 2012, and anticipates over 200 million barrels in 2013. And surprise, BNSF railway is owned by Warren Buffett's company. Coincidentally, Buffett is a strong Obama supporter. Sometimes payback is heaven, not hell.
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Avatar, movie, December 2009
Avatar, movie, December 2009
Dec 28 2009, 06:01 PM
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Warlord of the Wastes.
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From: Leichenstadt, State of Massacre, in the Warlord Empire
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The whole thing was CGI, she was just a voiceover.
Massacre, you make me look like a rational, moral, kind person.
Massacre - What you've just posted is sick and disturbing...
When Massacre is around, everything is violated... Whether it likes it or not.
Whenever I think of "human resources" Massacre immediately springs to mind.
Dec 28 2009, 06:04 PM
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doesn't play well with others...
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From: michigan...
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XBL Gamertag: your mother...
PSN Name: artistadam
Xfire Identity: i said your mother!!
...and it's a damn shame to waste that beauty on CGI and voiceovers...
This post has been edited by bOnEs: Dec 28 2009, 06:04 PM
Oh, good one. The "you're on the internet so you must have no life" insult isn't moronic or unoriginal at all. You must, without a doubt, be a very important member of society, not at all a waste of the already barely valuable gift of life.
As is the case for everyone who takes issue with people who make them sad on the internet, you are one of two kinds of people:
You are exactly what you claim I am, and that is a lonely, pathetic basement dweller. You life is spent eating eight pounds of junk food per day, masturbating to anything you find online that's even remotely feminine, and wishing you had good looks and social skills. You continue to live with your mother until she dies of a combination of lung cancer and liver failure brought on by the chain-smoking and heavy drinking she used to cope with what a failure you are. Your mother mercifully dead and free of the living embodiment of failure she regretfully thrust from her loins, the bills start to pile up and you, unemployed and unable to pay these bills (of course), lose the house and everything in it. Somehow even more of a failure than you already were, you wander from place to place eating out of dumpsters and sleeping in your own filth until you finally die of AIDS, which you contracted from a diseased whore you scrounged up enough money to pay for, so you could finally lose your virginity while at the same time pretending that your mother was back in your life.
You are the type who was an athlete in high school, who was genetically doomed to be an idiot but managed to finish school and even get a college scholarship because you were so good at a worthless children's game. You went off to college with a suitcase full of polo shirts and condoms, the polo shirts, because you're a douche, and the condoms to prevent you from impregnating the dim-witted young college girls whom you could never touch without the aid of Rohypnol, a drug you refer to as "roofies" because you can neither spell or pronounce Rohypnol. You scrape by with borderline D's for the next four years, and leave the campus to go out into the real world where your realize you're not intelligent or talented enough to do anything of value with your life. Misery and minimum wage ensues for thirty years, then you blow your brains out, and your corpse, alone and forgotten, is not discovered until the smell of rotting flesh seeps under your door and your bodily fluids finally soak through the floor of your studio apartment and into the room below you. Your body is cremated, the ashes scraped into a garbage bin because there was no one in your life who valued you enough to pay for a casket, funeral, or burial plot.
You're undoubtedly one of the two, otherwise you would have better things to do than complain about the theme of a forum that doesn't care about anything you have to say.
Dec 28 2009, 06:37 PM
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fuckable? lol... whatever... i don't think she even looks good... they should of never CGI'd up the original beauty of the actress playing that role... now, she is fuckable... not this blue mermaid...
Eh, alot of Zoe Whateverthefudga's characteristics are very evident in the character. Plus she has visible nips.
Jan 4 2010, 01:10 PM
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^ second that! i watch it in 3D
is it me or once she lost her virginity the boobs seems a bit saggy? at first they are firmed and round.
Jan 20 2010, 01:33 AM
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Oh boy! Oberto! Penis! Bundt cake! D-O's Can
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Seen it. Was awesome./
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SUNRISE, Fla. – If Hector Lombard is as good as advertised when he makes his UFC debut later this summer, don't be surprised if he immediately hops in line for a middleweight title shot.
UFC president Dana White said as much Friday following the post-fight news conference for UFC on FX 3, which took place at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla.
Lombard (31-2-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), the recently signed former Bellator middleweight champion, brings a 25-fight unbeaten streak to the UFC. And though his debut was supposed to come in August against Brian Stann, an injury to Stann and injury to Michael Bisping has Lombard rebooked to fight Tim Boetsch (15-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC) at UFC 149 next month.
An impressive showing by Lombard, a Judo Olympian from Cuba, could quickly move him into the top-contender spot for the UFC's 185-pound title, possibly to face the winner of champ Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen.
"We're definitely looking at Hector," White said. "Hector's had an incredible streak outside the UFC. We'll see how he does here in the UFC."
White had to point no further than Silva to illustrate precedent for a newly signed fighter getting a quick shot at the belt. Silva debuted at UFC Fight Night 5 in June 2006 and was fought and won the middleweight title that fall. He has never looked back.
"When you think about it, Anderson Silva came into the UFC, (and) nobody thought Anderson Silva was this fighting genius and could possibly be the greatest of all time," White said. "He fought Chris Leben his first fight. His second fight was for the title (against Rich Franklin). He looked so impressive, and if you're that much further above your entire weight class, you'll notice when (Lombard) goes in there and fights if he looks really great. Then yeah – he'll probably get the next title shot."
Silva defends his title at UFC 148 in a month against arch rival Sonnen. Lombard fights two weeks later in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, for his UFC debut – now with a possible shot at the Silva-Sonnen winner on the line.
For more on UFC 149, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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|Stakeholder meeting for septic system regulations planned
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The Northeast Colorado Health Department is hosting an on-site wastewater treatment system stakeholder meeting Monday, Sept. 30 from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at their Sterling office.
The meeting is open to the public and OWTS contractors, as well as anyone living with a septic system who has concerns about the new regulations. Lunch will be provided and reservations are requested.
According to Carmen Vandenbark, NCHD's environmental health administrator, this meeting will address the changes made this past May to the new OWTS (also known as septic systems) regulations from the state, the new requirements in the regulations and areas within the new regulations where the counties within NCHD's jurisdiction can choose to opt-in or out.
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This is a regional map in "satellite style" I created for the purpose to find my own mapping style with GIMP.
The WIP thread for the map (and its predecessors) is here.
Attached you not only find the map but also a fast sketch I did before for comparison. One important thing for me is having control over the mapping process, reduce the random elements as far as possible and get every thing in the place I want it to be. So if you compare the sketch and the finished map, this is achieved. The forests may be a bit larger because of the process for more realistic forest edges and I created an additional lake and river, but this is it.
This map doesn't belong to any campaign, I just made everything up during creation.
I want to thank everyone who helped me learning GIMP and creating the map:
- RobA for his famous regional map tutorial and his great mountain tutorial
- jezelf for this tutorial where I learned a lot about hightmaps
- Pasis tutorial, where learned about towns and cities
- Ascensions atlas style tutorial and especially Gidde's GIMP conversion of it.
- The people in this texture thread, where I got all the great textures from
- ravells for his forest boundaries
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|Pendleton, Ind.
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|Pendleton Heights
Quick Hits:
•Played in all 36 games in first season.
•Second on the team in three-point field goals.
•Tied Shelvin Mack (2008-09) for second place on Butler's list for most three-point field goals by a freshman (57).
•Chosen to the 2012-13 Atlantic 10 Conference All-Rookie Team.
•Named Atlantic 10 Conference Rookie of the Week four times this season, following his performances against Elon (Nov. 12), IUPUI and Northwestern (Dec. 10), Vanderbilt (Dec. 31) and La Salle and Temple (Jan. 28).
•Set a Butler mark for most points by a freshman in his first game with 18 points in his debut against Elon.
•Chosen as one of the "Freshmen to Watch" on the 2012-13 ESPN list of "Top 10 Three-Point Shooters."
•Led the state in scoring and free throw percentage as a senior.
•Two-time All-State performer.
•All-time leading scorer at Pendleton Heights High School.
Played in all 36 Butler games, including 13 as a starter...finished second on the team in three-point field goals...fifth on the squad in scoring...came off the bench with 18 points in his first collegiate regular season game against Elon...led the Bulldogs with 11 points in a reserve role at Xavier...had four points, four rebounds, and two assists in first collegiate start against Marquette at the Maui Invitational...shared the team scoring lead with 17 points and grabbed five rebounds in Butler's victory over #9 North Carolina in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational...had 12 points and three assists against Hanover...came off the bench and shared the team lead in scoring with 17 points against IUPUI...scored 11 points, pulled down five rebounds and one steal and recorded his first collegiate block at Northwestern...had eight points in Butler's victory over top-ranked Indiana...scored 13 points and added five rebounds in Butler's victory over Evansville...came off the bench with 12 points at Vanderbilt...had 10 points in a reserve role against Penn...scored a game-high 15 points to help lead the Bulldogs past New Orleans...had 11 points as a starter against Richmond...hit four three-point field goals and scored 14 points against #8 Gonzaga...scored 15 points and matched his career-high with three assists in a career-high 37 minutes at La Salle...came off the bench and hit five of six three-point field goals while scoring 17 points against Temple...grabbed a career-high seven rebounds at Saint Louis...hit two clutch free throws in the final minute and finished with 10 points at George Washington...scored 12 points against Charlotte...came off the bench with 11 points in 16 minutes against Duquesne...had nine points and five rebounds against Dayton in the A-10 Tournament.
High School: Four-year varsity starter at Pendleton Heights High School…two-time team Most Valuable Player…three-time All-Conference and All-County Performer…two-time All-State…Madison County Player of the Year…2012 Indiana All-Star…team captain as a senior…led the state of Indiana in scoring and free throw shooting in 2011-12…fourth in the state in total points as a junior…averaged 29.5 points in final prep season and shot 92.1% from the free throw line…set school records for single game and career scoring…averaged 23.5 points as a junior and 17.0 points as a sophomore…posted a high-game of 45 points against Alexandria as a senior…scored 41 points against Fort Wayne Northrop as a junior…had a high-game of 10 rebounds against both Anderson and Alexandria as a senior…recorded nine assists against Alexandria as a senior…helped Pendleton Heights to a 23-3 record (7-0 conference mark) in 2011-12…led high school team to a 20-6 mark in 2010-11…played on teams that won two conference championships, three county titles and two sectional crowns…earned four varsity letters in basketball…honor student and YMAD (You Make A Difference) Award winner…High School Coach: Brian Hahn.


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I tried to post this Friday, but unfortunately our sites were down...
Today I had the pleasure of getting out of the office with Canadian Gardening magazine editor Erin McLaughlin and heading to St. Catharines for an event put on by Stokes Best and President's Choice (parents of my zucchini plant). The event was held at Stokes` Trial Farm where they scrupulously test all the different varieties that you may–or may not–see in stores in the next couple of years. Our important task was to provide our feedback on some of the vegetables they were testing for market under the Gigantico brand. We mostly ate tomatoes, but we also got to try some peppers, zucchini and cucumbers.
Now I'm a very picky tomato eater. The mushy, mealy tomatoes you often find in grocery stores and in restaurants are often left at the side of my plate. That's why I love this time of year! Everything is crisp and sweet and most importantly, fresh and not trucked from hundreds of miles away. I'm excited for my own tomatoes, but I might be eating them in November again at the rate they're going.
What I found funny was that some of the tomatoes I absolutely loved got a lower rating from the other garden writers and the ones I wasn't as excited about ranked as favourites for them. For example, Stokes has a new tomato called `Tumbler` that was bred for hanging baskets. The little tomatoes were crisp and sweet and one of my faves for sure. Some of the feedback was that it was a good tomato for a hanging basket. I guess that means if it was on the vine, it wouldn't measure up. Yet I thought it was one of the most delicious! Some of my other favourites included the `Pepolino` and `Golden Honeybunch.`
The one tomato that seemed to get a unanimous thumbs up was the `Red Candy` grape tomato. It was sweet, firm, juicy and perfect for my picky tomato tastebuds.
Besides the amazing produce, what was also a treat was seeing how both flowers and fruits and vegetables are tested before being deemed suitable for our nearest nursery. The gardens were absolutely beautiful, even despite the excessive rains we've had this summer. I was happy that Stokes got a nice day so they could showcase their gorgeous and tasty gardens.


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Absolutely. Fantastic job all round. I really like the new forum, and I am starting to see some of the new power it has being waved around. I am very interested to see what comes next.
With all the bug reporting and error corrections and such that are being reported - I just wanted to be sure you know how much i appreciate the effort you're going through. I mentioned somewhere else that I've done my share of site conversions so I understand what you're going through (I once had to tear apart a database manually to convert from one platform to another and still keep the userbase and posts from the previous incarnation, that's how bad it got).
Anyhow, I just wanted to be sure to get in a good solid Thank You!
And some of the features i like from the upgrade:
the right hand column on the forum front page - showing a condensed version of the latest posts, AND the optional shrink/expand button for it, very nice.
The new attachment manager, once I got used to it, it's also very nice.
The title prefixes from the Map Requests forum, I see that being very useful for the future
I'm sure there are other things i like that are new, but those are what come to mind at this particular moment.
Great job!
My finished maps
"...sometimes the most efficient way to make something look drawn by hand is to simply draw it by hand..."
Absolutely. Fantastic job all round. I really like the new forum, and I am starting to see some of the new power it has being waved around. I am very interested to see what comes next.
Thank you guys sooo much for the encouragement. I really do love this website, even though I don't spend much time mapping anymore, I intend to continue to keep this website lively and up to date and THE place to go for fantasy cartography information. This forum upgrade marks the beginning of a transition for the site to something a little bigger, and I'm glad you all get to be a part of it with me. It means a lot to me that i continue to receive so much help, encouragement, and even donations from members and community leaders. This site is truly for you all.
All Hail FlappyMap! Long Live MapFeed!
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Country singer Carrie Underwood has been forced to apologize to her neighbors after setting off a fire alarm while cooking.
The "Before He Cheats" hitmaker caused chaos in her kitchen as she attempted to make a meal for her sports star husband Mike Fisher on Saturday.
The singer took to Twitter to apologize to her neighbors for the noisy disturbance, writing, "I set off the fire alarm in my apartment trying to make dinner… Oops! Sorry neighbors."
Underwood revealed last year that she was working on improving her cooking skills, saying, "I mean I try… I want to be that mom some day. 'My mom makes the best fill-in-the-blank.' I would love to be that, so I am working on it."
I set off the fire alarm in my apartment tonight trying to make dinner. Oops! Sorry neighbors… #TopChef #KitchenNightmares
— Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) October 19, 2013


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Chattanooga, TN (Sports Network) - John Brown scored a game-high 25 points to
lead the High Point Panthers, as they edged the Austin Peay Governors, 76-74,
in the consolation game of the Dr. Pepper Classic at McKenzie Arena.
Brown added six rebounds and was named to the All-Tournament team for the
Panthers (5-7). Allan Chaney added 10 points and Dejuan McGaughy dished out
six assists.
Anthony Campbell led the Governors (4-10) with 23 points, while Will Triggs
scored 14 points, Chris Horton finished with 13 points and Travis Betran
chipped in 10 points.
Neither team shot over 39.0 percent in the first half. High Point was the
better of the two squads, hitting 38.2 percent of their its goal attempts,
as the Panthers took a 39-34 lead into intermission. Austin Peay managed to
make just 34.5 percent of its shots from the field in the half.
After halftime, both teams picked up their game, with the Panthers connecting
on 48 percent from the field and the Governors hitting on 48.5 percent. The
Panthers did have a 12-6 advantage at the free-throw line in the second half.
Trailing by two with 6:23 to play, the Panthers went on a 7-0 run to pull
ahead for good, and they held on for the victory.
High Point converted 11 Austin Peay turnovers into 14 points. The Governors
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Largemouth bass most active in early morning
Published: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 2:10 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 2:10 p.m.
Captain Nick Bozeman reports that the Ocklawaha River has been the home of many recent largemouth bass catches.
Bozeman (www.slickcharters.net) added his biggest successes have come in the early morning, but said there also have been more than a few late-afternoon catches. He recommends using wild shiners, either free-lined or under a float, as the best options for reeling in a largemouth bass.
FLYING HIGH: Meanwhile, the Nature Coast has a large group of options for sight and fly fishermen.
Captain Kyle Messier writes that on a recent trip, he and a customer from Massachusetts whose goal was to catch as many different varieties of fish as he could in the span of two days, went on a fly fishing charter.
With clear water and perfect weather conditions, the customer wound up bringing in more than a dozen different species, including redfish, speckled trout, Spanish mackerel, grouper, bluefish, pompano, sheepshead and snapper.
Messier (www.floridafishingadventures.com) said the state's unusually warm winter has made hauls usually associated with the spring and fall a near-regular occurrence in recent months in the Crystal River and Homosassa areas.
LOOK FOR SNOOK: The recreational fishing season for snook opened on Feb. 1 and will run through May 31 in the state's Atlantic coastal and inland waters, including Lake Okeechobee and the Kissimmee River.
In the Atlantic, anglers may keep one snook each day between 28 and 32 inches that are caught in the allowable harvest areas, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Fishermen targeting snook must have a snook permit, as well as a saltwater license (unless exempt from carrying one). Using snatch hooks and spears is prohibited.
The harvest of snook remains closed in the state's Gulf of Mexico waters, including the Everglades National Park and Monroe County, until Aug. 31. The gulf closure has been in effect since Dec. 15, 2010 and was done to allow the area to repopulate after prolonged cold weather negatively impacted the snook population.
Gulf grouper recreational season closed on Feb. 1 and won't open again until March 31. This includes these type of grouper: black, red, yellowfin, scamp, yellowmouth, rock hind and red hind.
Gag grouper have a separate season, but it also is closed now.
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A colorectal resection is a surgery to remove a section of the large intestine, also called the colon. It is done to remove injured or diseased parts of the colon.
This surgery is performed to treat a variety of conditions, including the following:
For colon cancer, the goal is to remove all of the cancer. If you have a precancerous condition, then you may have prevented the development of cancer. If you had surgery due to other conditions, a successful operation will alleviate or improve your symptoms.
Problems from the procedure are rare, but all procedures have some risk. Your doctor will review potential problems, like:
Some factors that may increase the risk of complications include:
Your doctor will likely do a physical exam and recommend blood tests.
Imaging tests take pictures of internal body structures. Imaging tests include:
Talk to your doctor about your medications. You may be asked to stop taking some medications up to one week before the procedure, like:
Your doctor may recommend preparation several days in advance of your procedure. This may include:
General anesthesia will be used. You will be asleep.
The operation may be done either using a
or using standard open techniques. This description focuses on a standard open approach.
The doctor will make a cut in the skin over the area of intestine that needs to be removed. The cuts will pass through skin and muscle to reach the inside of the abdomen. The intestine will be clamped on either side of the piece that is to be removed. The intestine next to each clamp will be cut. The diseased portion of intestine will then be removed. The two loose ends of intestine will be sewn together. Some soft tubes may be left in the abdomen to drain any accumulating fluids.
If the procedure was done as an emergency, or if the doctor decides that the intestines need time to rest and heal, you may require a colostomy or ileostomy. In this procedure, an artificial opening will be created in your abdomen, called a stoma. One or both ends of the intestine will be attached to the stoma. This allows feces to exit your intestine through the stoma. It collects in a pouch called an ostomy bag. A colostomy may be left in place while your intestine heals.
When your intestine has healed properly, you will undergo another operation. The ends of the intestine will be rejoined. If the majority of your large intestine has been removed, you may require a permanent colostomy.
The muscles and skin of the abdomen will be closed. Stitches or staples may be used. A sterile dressing will be applied.
The removed tissue will be sent to a lab to be examined. You will be moved to a recovery room. There, you will be monitored for any negative reactions to the surgery or anesthesia.
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- Location
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- About Me
- I play Computergames since the early C64-Days.
- Interests
- Things I like
- Old School Party-based CRPGs, Beer and Wine, Fantasy-Books and sad/angry Music.
- Favorite RPGs
- Fate - Gates of Dawn; Realms of Arkania Series, Neverwinter Nights Series; Baldur's Gate Series; Planescape Torment; Dungeon Master; Drakensang: The River of Time; Temple of Elemental Evil; Vampire - Bloodlines; Legend of Faerghail.
- Favorite MMOs
- World of Warcraft Classic
- Favorite Non-RPGs
- Privateer; Counter Strike; Defender of the Crown (C 64); Master of Magic; Master of Orion II, Dungeon Keeper; Half-Life; Starcraft; Dark Legions; Wing Commander I - III; Duke Nuke'em 3D
- Favorite movies
- The Crow; Blade Runner; The Life of Brian; Monty Phyton and the holy Grail; Watchmen.
- Favorite music
- Haggard, Blind Guardian, Blackmore's Night, Die apokalyptischen Reiter, Subway to Sally, Dreams of Sanity, Nevermore, Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
- Favorite books
- Der Scharlatan (Ulrich Kiesow); The neverending Story (Michael Ende); Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien); The Cloakmaster Cycle (Spelljammer); Conan the Barbarian (Robert E. Howard); Stormbringer.
- The Germans are a cruel race. Their operas last for six hours and they have no word for "fluffy".
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- The Germans are a cruel race. Their operas last for six hours and they have no word for "fluffy".


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Democrats and the president have shown they care nothing about the reason for the shutdown fight and everything about causing the maximum amount of pain for Americans during the fight to ensure success.
When the open-air national park sites were closed, and then so much time and money was spent to ensure they remained closed to the public � e.g. barricades, then zip-tied barricades, then metal strip- tied barricades, forcing commercial vendors and inns to close, refusing access to scenic overlooks (both on and off government property), shutting down public lands to cross-country bike races, etc. � they showed their only intent was to cause enough pain that Americans would rise up against the conservative barbarians who had (supposedly) maliciously caused this.
Hand overplayed.
Now Americans are finally seeing the left for what it is � nothing but power mongers who are angry because the piece of legislation they forced through in a gerrymandered bill, with a lame-duck single-party vote, is being shown for the bumbling mistake it really is.
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Baby jogger city elite and mini doubleBy corinne.devidas on 2/12/2011 6:15:32 AM
I've had this pram for two years and it has been fantastic! I particularly love the big canopy and the ease to fold. I have done a lot of km's and it has lasted well - still looks brand new. I've also just upgraded (expanded) to the city mini double now that number 2 child has arrived - for a double it's still very light and so far I have fitted through every door way. My (...) Read more
baby jogger city miniBy becj2 on 1/12/2011 4:12:29 PM
I have had 5 prams before i purchased the city mini. wish that i had bought it at the start. love how light and compact it is. My son looks so comfy in it and has no trouble falling asleep while we are out shopping.. I Iove the large canopy it provides so much protection from the sun and not to mention when you get caught in the rain it keeps bubs nice and dry. Would be lo (...) Read more
baby jogger city eliteBy fluff1 on 1/12/2011 11:57:27 AM
I'm an active person and went looking for a pram that suited my needs- something that was comfortable for my baby, suitable for walking and could "4 wheel drive". I have horses and needed a pram that could cover boggy sand, rough ground and smooth footpaths. My BJCE does this easily and has great suspension and pneumatic (no punctures) tyres to give my baby a smooth ride. (...) Read more
Baby Jogger City SelectBy Sarah on 29/11/2011 1:44:54 PM
We did a lot of research before buying this pram and it seemed to be the most versatile on the market for transporting baby and toddler together. So far it has lived up to our expectations. It has so many options, like bassinet and toddler seat, or capsule and toddler seat and we love that you can have any of the seats in any position, facing either way. It is also very st (...) Read more
Baby Jogger City Mini & Glider BoardBy plbartlett on 29/11/2011 1:19:26 AM
I bought this pram when my youngest was 17months old and my eldest 3 1/2 yrs old. I love how light weight the City Mini is, great for your back getting it in and out of the car. It is also so compact when folded, lots more room in my car boot than with my old pram. It is really easy to push and manouvre. I don't mind that it didn't come with other accessories, I didn't nee (...) Read more
Baby Jogger City SelectBy Eboni on 28/11/2011 5:33:11 PM
This is by far the best purchase we made for bubs. And with a second coming up it's so. Easy only having to buy an extra seat and not a whole new pram. Love it! I get soo many comments and enquiries on it while I'm out.
Baby Jogger City SelectBy Kathryn on 28/11/2011 1:27:36 PM
I currently have 2 children (aged 2 and 1) and have been using the city select for around 12 months now. We upgraded from our city elite as I had trouble with the toddler seat stability (previous Maclaren owner too). This pram is a dream to fold, is light enough for me to move around at the shops with one hand and comfortably takes the 2 kids with lots of different configu (...) Read more
Baby Jogger City Mini doubleBy SarahKimbo on 28/11/2011 1:11:29 PM
Hi there mums and dads. I have the BJ City Mini Double. The first thing that caught my eye with this pram was the great hood coverage. It fits through standard doorways, is easy to manoeuvre and my twins only complain when they are hungry! LOL! I have the rain cover for it too, which is easy to attach. My four year old loves the glider( which is also quick to attach) to st (...) Read more
Baby jogger city eliteBy Natalie on 28/11/2011 12:18:23 PM
Love this pram! My partner and I fight over who will push it. Great quality components and love how easy it is to fold up. Our only issue is that we now have to upgrade to a city select as bubs number 2 is on the way. Have looked at all the other brands but we can't go past the components that make the baby jogger prams so great so it will be a worthwhile investment
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Reinventing My Wheel.
by Christina Michael
How has it become so demanding, so challenging to find a paying job? There is the infamous 6-year cavernous gap in my resume. Yes, all who review my resume say: "This one stopped working to have kids and now expects to have us hire her and give total flexibility." Strike One. Resume to the shredder.
Why did I want to start working again? Simple: money. We had not put enough into the kids' 529 college accounts (if it's going to be as much as the experts say to send a kid to college in the year 2018, maybe we can start a trend of home-schooling at the university level), had not saved the recommended six months of salary in case of emergency, and had not taken many vacations other than visiting relatives (always good to see family, but not exactly Fantasy Island with room service, mini-bar, and in-room movies). To be honest, we needed a second income to pay taxes and health insurance (like Michael Moore shows us in "Sicko," we should all move to France considering the health care costs in the U.S. and the excellent cuisine and fashion, too boot). O.K. I get it. I might need to find a job. Game On.
My first attempt to on-ramp was me thinking that I could become a real estate mogul, sell a few "phat" houses in Marin County (maybe Sean Penn, Andre Agassi, or another famous local needs a new real estate broker), and easily add a cushion to our bank account. Being a licensed lawyer, I could jump straight to the California Real Estate Broker's Exam. I just needed to study, pass the test, and sign up a few clients. Easy as pie (or so I thought). I paid for my pretty workbooks and on-line study guides, and I studied for the test. I swore I would never take another exam after the bar exam, but here I was, 14 years later, cramming for weeks at the local library.
Calculator in hand (right, I had to calculate "capitalization rates" – huh?), pencils sharpened, exhausted and sick with nerves, I appeared at the broker's exam (oh did I need a spa retreat or at least self-prepared cucumber slices applied to my eyes while the kids watched another TiVoed show). I had been studying after my kids went to bed from 9:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. for about six weeks. Boy, did I have a newfound appreciation for my dad, who had helped pay for college, and newfound respect for those who put themselves through school while working and supporting their families (they are the amazing rock stars of our world). Anyhow, at the test, I found myself surrounded by lots of other lawyers and very hard working real estate agents trying to get their broker's license. Everyone looked eager, really well-prepared, and had lots of industry experience. My heart pounded. My feet were sweating in my Ugg Boots. I had heart burn from the pot of coffee I had just inhaled. I was convinced I was in big trouble. Calgon, take me away. After taking the day-long exam, I left thinking I had gotten my first F. Strike Two. I was ready to go back to the drawing board to reinvent myself again.
What a great piece! Your feelings are probably echoed by many of us. I have been off the road for 4 years and will be for a few more and don't look forward to the awkward time of finding a job again. I felt some comfort reading about your anxiety and unease , as I feel those same things when I think about having to reinvent myself and reenter the away-from-home-workforce. I've changed, my industry (media/newspapers) has drastically changed, it will not be easy.
Bravo, I can't wait to hear the end of your tale.
Such a funny, well-written piece! I, too, felt I was reading my own biography! I gotcha beat--I'm off ramp for 14 years! I have found a great way to work a bit, court-mandated arbitration. It's not quite enough work, but it's a great way to make extra money. All you gals should look into it! For other part-time work, I have been applying to various HR/paralegal positions. The problem is, the part-time positions just won't pay anything in the range I need. I totally understand why it has taken us so long to find something! I do believe it exists, though!
Thanks for your great insight and thoughts!
I'm looking forward to reading your next post. I hope the interview went well.
I love hearing this, because I see the wave of the future - the tide will change with women like you - supporting other women who lead a started, then paused, then restarted professional path. All it takes is for a few to break through, and reach out and down to pull the others up...
I concur with hksaeed. I too am a licensed attorney in 3 states seeking to find what I want to do when I grow up. Please finish your story.
I felt like I just read my biography (being a lic. lawyer, 5 yrs at home, now headed back to work PT or flex)--I am DYING to find out the end of your story......please finish! (p.s., so can you sum up and shed advise for all those "law school grads-don't want to be a lawyer-need to work-but can only do it PT" types out there!)
Hilarious and sadly true!! Why is it not ok to EVER leave the workforce? I'm off-ramped right now and ecstatic personally but scared to death professionally. We're all rooting for you.
Finally! Someone who can understand to challenges of returning to work, on a schedule that fits you, your child and your husband's 14-hour-a day job!! AMEN. For some crazy reason I decided to go back to school and finish my degree when my son was almost 2. I finally reached that proud moment when I got to walk across the stage of Auburn University, as I waved proudly to my family while my son (now 3) was giving me the "thumbs up." I couldn't help but think the world was my oyster. Now, almost five months later and a move to Florida I can't even get anyone to respond to my e-mails or faxes. I should be a policy that if a company receives a resume for a posted job they should respond within 24 hours to those applicants, at the very least with a receipt of the documents. I'm frustrated, in a new town and my son is staying home with me until I find a job. Which makes it so much easier to take phone calls from expectant employers. Especially when he's screaming for a pop tart in the background. Congratulations to you and it gives me hope that there may be light at the end of the tunnel.


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Head coach Jim Walden witnessed his team pull off one of the biggest upsets in school history on what started out to be a rainy afternoon. It was Iowa State's first victory against the Sooners since the 1961 team recorded a 21-15 triumph on the same field. ISU narrowly missed an upset in 1989, losing 43-40 despite rolling up 609 yards of total offense - the most ever allowed by a Sooner defense.
ISU trailed 14-0 after the first quarter, but tied the game on touchdowns by Chris Pedersen and Blaise Bryant. Pederson ran 11 yards with 14:21 left in the second quarter. Bryant caught a 40-yard pass in the end zone and later was forced to leave the game with bruised ribs.
Oklahoma owned a comfortable 31-20 lead following the third quarter, but ISU dominated the final period of play. Sherman Williams' seven-yard run with 11:47 to play closed the gap to 31-26. The Cyclone defense kept OU off the scoreboard on two consecutive drives, and pressured placekicker R.D. Lasher into missing a 23-yard field goal with 2:50 left to play.
Pederson's scrambling ability proved to be the deciding factor. The junior from Ankeny carried the ball eight times in the winning drive and gained 57 of the 70 yards. He scored the winning touchdown on a one-yard dive with 35 seconds left to play.
Pederson threw for 102 yards, but more importantly, rushed for a career-high 148 more with two touchdowns. It was the most productive rushing output by an ISU quarterback in school history. It marked the second-consecutive record-setting performance by an ISU quarterback against Oklahoma. Former QB Bret Oberg threw for a then-school record 411 yards in 1989. Pederson, like Oberg, was named the Big Eight Conference's Offensive Player-of-the-Week.


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Pulp Up the VolumeWe've got Finca El Puente's coffee on our tables for at least the third time in the past month, if you count Pro Dev, but lest you think we're treading known ground, let me assure you that this week's tasting of their later-harvest lot and their pulp natural is the one that has me the most excited of all!
Notes on the CoffeesThe flavors of the pulp natural coffee will undoubtedly register more interest than the washed will, so let's begin there. Over the past ten years, we have tasted scores of pulp natural coffees hailing from every country in Latin America and we have asked almost every farmer and producer group we work with to experiment with this style of processing. Most of the time, these coffees turned out fine but not nearly as good as washed coffees from the same producer and, on a couple of occasions, the pulp natural lots went awry and tasted like rotten fruit and phenol defect.
Despite those failures, we keep trying because we know that post-harvest processing is not a binary of washed and sundried natural styles (or a ternary that includes pulp naturals). In fact, within the category of washed coffees alone there exists enormous diversity in technique, from the calibration of de-pulping machines to the fermentation and washing vessels, and these differences lead to varying percentages of mucilage left on washed parchment when it dries. To put it another way, in terms of fruit-on-parchment, some of the coffee we buy from El Salvador is probably as close (in fruit-on-seed terms) to today's waterless pulp natural from Finca El Puente as it is to our washed coffees from Ethiopia. That spectrum offers a lot of flavor possibilities and also, I can't resist mentioning, a lot of opportunity for water conservation.
Let's get back to today's table, though. Finca El Puente's pulp natural is awesome. AWESOME. This is the most balanced pulp natural coffee I have ever tasted: intensely fruity but still bright and juicy and without a hint of earth. We can attribute these great flavors to Finca El Puente's control of the process and their cold-but-dry wet mill, but still, we were surprised by how much we liked this and our wheels are already turning about how to incorporate some of these characteristics into the washed coffee. As with all experiments, we started with a small quantity (six bags in this particular lot), but based on this coffee's flavors, I'm sure we'll increase that volume in years to come, not to mention using what we learn about their process to inform other growers undertaking similar trials.
The washed lot gets short shrift in today's notes, but it bears mentioning that it's very good and we're quite pleased both with it and with our decision to split the total amount of washed coffee we bought in two and ship the first half when it was ready as opposed to waiting for a full container. We were able to sell Finca El Puente's coffee earlier than in past years and use the early-harvest coffees while they were at their peak, as opposed to letting it age in Honduras and then blending it with fresher lots from later in the harvest, thereby dulling the flavors of the second lot. This is the kind of decision-making that goes on to make coffee taste better that most people don't realize, which is totally understandable given that the point is for our customers to notice coffee improving and not to teach them about shipping schedules. This is the kind of execution we're capable of now that we never would have dreamed about a few years ago and having jumped through these hurdles, I can't help but sigh (inaudibly, I hope), when I overhear people here in Durham say that our coffee was better back in the day when we were a smaller company. Not so! Coffees like this week's result directly from our experience, relationships and scale.


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- 5 tablespoons milk
- 2½ tablespoons cocoa
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 box confectioner's sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Combine brownie ingredients except Hershey bars until well mixed. Spread half of this batter into a 9-by-13-inch greased pan. Top with Hershey bars. Spoon the remaining batter on top of the candy bars.
Bake 40 to 60 minutes.
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Size: The smallest North American toad is the oak toad (Bufo quercicus), which reaches a length of only 1.3 inches. Cane toads are the largest toads and grow up to nine inches in length. A massive cane toad caught in Australia has been described as the size of a small dog!
Diet: Like frogs, most toads eat insects and other arthropods. However, some species eat reptiles, small mammals, and even other amphibians.
Typical Lifespan: The common toad (Bufo bufo) lives up to 40 years, but most toad species live approximately five to ten years.
Habitat: Adults generally prefer moist, open habitats like grasslands and fields. The American toad is a common garden species that eats harmful insects and can be seen in backyards in the northeast.
Range: Many different species of toads live throughout the United States. Toads are also found on every other continent excluding Antarctica.
Life History and Reproduction: Each species of toad has a unique call—males use their call to attract females to mate with or to keep other males away from their territory. After toad eggs are fertilized, most hatch into tadpoles before becoming full grown adult toads. Tadpoles have tails for swimming instead of legs, and gills to breathe underwater. As time passes, the tail becomes smaller and smaller until it eventually disappears. At the same time, the tadpole grows legs and loses its gills. Once this metamorphosis stage is complete, the adult frog is ready to live a terrestrial lifestyle! Not all toads (or frogs) have a tadpole stage. However, all amphibians require an unpolluted source of water to reproduce.
Touching a toad will not give you warts! However, the bufotoxin found on their skin can cause irritation, so you should avoid touching toads.
Conservation Status: Over a half dozen toad species are Federally listed as Endangered. The biggest threats to toads are habitat degradation and invasive species.
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You are a lovely family!
And he is sooooo cute! (Looking at pictures I can only imagine what he looked like at age 20. Post THAT one!)
What a glorious story -- love blooms for you as a couple each Feb. 14; I think those flowers are perennials and so is the blooming of your love each Valentine's Day.
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That is an amazing story. Of course, it made me cry. I love hearing stories where relationships begin with admiration, develop into friendships, then move into love. And, "Yay, God, he's remained cancer free." Sounds like you were a big part of his healing process. Blessing to you and your family.
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That was beautiful. I'm glad he's healthy and that you continue to live happily ever after! :)
This made my day. It's always great to read inspiring stories about real love.
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MaryLea...what a beautiful tribute to your love and life together! Have a wonderful Valentine's Day with your family!
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text: Graphic hundred-year-old penguin sex manuscript uncovered Science 11 June 12 by Liat Clark penguinsNHM/R Kossow A 100-year-old paper graphically describing the bizarre sexual practices of Adélie penguins in Antarctica has been uncovered by the Natural History Museum.The paper, entitled The Sexual Habits Of The Adélie Penguins, was written by George Murray Levick, a Royal Navy medical officer who joined Captain Scott on his Terre Nova expedition in 1911. As part of the Northern Party, he spent an entire Antarctic summer studying the reproductive behaviour of the species at Cape Adare, though it turns out his final account was missing a few anomalies -- namely apparent incidents of necrophilia, rape and same sex relations.As a post-Edwardian gentleman, Levick was understandably taken aback by the "astonishingly depraved" acts he saw, and struggled to describe them. Nevertheless, as a keen zoologist he took to the task at hand and wrote in extraordinary detail of the "hooligan cocks... whose passions seemed to have passed beyond their control"."This is cutting edge stuff," Douglas Russell of the Natural History Museum's zoology department, who found the paper by chance while digging around in the museum's old files, told Wired.co.uk. "He witnesses things that profoundly shock him, to the point of being incapable of even writing them in English -- he was so worried about it he started to encode it in Greek."The behaviours themselves can all be explained away now. However, at the time, surrounded by tens of thousands of rampantly copulating birds -- "sometimes more than once a day", Levick notes with awe -- he depicted a city under attack by delinquents on the verge: "Many of the colonies... are plagued by little knots of 'hooligans' who hang about their outskirts, and should a chick go astray it stands a good chance of losing its life at their hands. It is interesting indeed to note that, when nature intends them to find employment, these birds, like men, degenerate in idleness."Levick paints these "hooligan cocks" as pretty desperate creatures: "Sometimes we saw these birds, after walking some distance, apparently in the vain search for hens, stand motionless and rigid upon the ground, then stiffening themselves, assume the attitude and go through the motions characteristic of the sexual act." Harmless, if a little embarrassing, but according to Russell, this is all perfectly normal. "Levick doesn't know what age they are. We now know the younger inexperienced males are likely to be on the outskirts of the colony."Necrophilia, as Levick perceived it, is a human term, and therefore hardly likely to explain penguin behaviour. However, the low temperatures in the Antarctic did preserve countless dead birds and, male or female, if their frozen corpses happened to be assuming the position, a passing Adélie penguin could not pass up the opportunity to mount it. You can understand Levick's suspicions."It is in no way analogous to necrophilia in the human context," says Russell. "It's not that the penguins are walking around going, 'ooh, she's dead''. They have no realisation that she's dead. What they're seeing is a penguin that's in the posture they interpret as to be ready and compliant for congress. Dickeman refers to it as Davian behaviour complex, which is part of a limerick. I will leave you to Google that."Levick went on to witness what he struggles to describe as a kind of gang rape, with one female paralysed by the cold water and dragging herself along on her belly, the "victim". She is spotted by one penguin and, "after a short inspection, he deliberately copulated with her, she being, of course, quite unable to resist him," before six more try their luck, with varying degrees of success: "He fell off at first, and then, desisting, stole two stones from neighbouring nests, dropped them one after the other in front of her, after which he mounted and performed the sexual act." This might all sound like the acts of some particularly desperate penguins, but only if you hold them to the same human degrees of accountability as Levick. Otherwise, it's simply a display of some sensible evolutionary practices. "Before egg-laying they are going to be at it all the time," Russell explains. "There's an element of sperm competition. They have, in a very very harsh environment, a very short period in which to breed and it is absolutely an evolutionary benefit to have sex as much as possible and get your genes passed on." Read page 2 12 Read on one page Latest on wired.co.uk