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Like leather whips? Get turned on by writhing hips? Like a show that has all that and a bag of chips?
Do you like hardcore but think the average show is a bore? Well, cry no more and get ready to explore.
Does sexuality bother you? If so, you won't know what to do when the Genitorturers come through.
You will likely see a dildo. Just thought you should know. It's quite the show to bestow.
Take a loved one. Convince them to have some fun. Once you see it, it cannot be undone.
I first got shocked at 18, before I was really in the music scene, and it was one of the top shows I seen.
As a young'un, it blew my mind, going far past a little bump and grind. Cum on stage if so inclined.
There was blood, piercings and hooks, the type of stuff that's not in college books; plus, good looks.
It's enticing, like a kid offered candy, but it will leave you feeling randy. Know their modus operandi?
Gen's not just another pretty face. She can put you in your place. She's not scared of death's embrace.
She's smart; she studied pathology. She knows of necrology. She's skilled in stage urology.
She married Evil D of Morbid Angel. You know those two can raise hell. On stage, they excel.
They record in claustrophobic situations, capturing spacial relations for true sounding communications.
They had two drummers on stage. Both pound out with rage - pent up frustration, like trapped in cage.
Of course, there's sparks, a shower of real electric arcs, from a grinder girl who hardly remarks.
She doesn't talk much, as she's on stilts and such. Will she give a beating or a horn with gentle touch?
Pick someone from the crowd. Get up there, get naked, and make mom proud. Don't scream too loud.
Hope you're not afraid of her urination, a lil' golden shower hydration. Say you want scrotal inflation?
There's no telling what you'll see. Watch out for that a stream of pee. Hook skin and hang from a tree.
She has an electrical tape x on her boob. Nah, you don't need lube. Don't be a sheltered little rube.
Penetrate what cavity? At 20 Years of Depravity, they played their first album in its entirety.
The show is a bit like Mardi Gras. On stage is Jerry Outlaw, who's as intimidating as a buzz saw.
Sean Colpoys and Howard Davis are hard like a clavus and their music is as contagious as favus.
It's been 20 years, but they're still making people face their fears while earning a whole lot of cheers.
Listen to a familiar song while staring at a humungous dong that's squirting white; it's thick and long.
Get into the music and mosh, or cover yourself in acorn squash and slip around until you slosh.
Whatever you're into, whatever fetishes accrue, this is a show that you'll want to come to.
There's no need for a translator. Catch them at a festival, club, or ampitheatre. You can thank me later.
For more on Genitorturers, visit www.genitorturers.com. The author of more than 100 books, Marisa Williams earned her Master's in Writing from the Johns Hopkins University. For more by Marisa, visit www.lulu.com/spotlight/thorisaz and www.examiner.com/tourism-in-detroit/marisa-williams.


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76ers waive F Jarvis Varnado.
Jarvis Varnado (Achilles) will not play against the Celtics on Monday.
Jarvis Varnado (Achilles) did not practice on Friday.
Jarvis Varnado did not finish practice on Thursday due to right Achilles soreness.
Jarvis Varnado (heel) played 16 minutes against the Celtics on Monday with four points, one board, one assist and two blocks.
Jarvis Varnado will not play at Charlotte on Saturday due to a sore right heel.
Jarvis Varnado blocked six shots vs. the Pistons on Saturday with nine points, three boards and one assist in 21 minutes.
Jarvis Varnado came off the bench for seven points, three rebounds and four blocks in 16 minutes on Wednesday.
The 76ers have signed Jarvis Varnado for the rest of the 2013-14 season.
Jarvis Varnado played 15 minutes in the Sixers' loss on Sunday, finishing with two points, three rebounds and three blocks.
76ers sign PF Jarvis Varnado.
Bulls sign PF Jarvis Varnado.
The Bulls plan to sign Jarvis Varnado to a 10-day contract, according to Yahoo! Sports.
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An article on CNBC.com got me scratching my head and inspired me to write a quick piece about the best way to spend your summer if you are a high school student looking to augment your extracurricular resume for college applications.
One would think by reading the CNBC article that camp is where it's at for students to make the most of their summer breaks from school. I submit that nothing could be further from the truth; however, camp is not nearly as bad as doing nothing over the summer.
While that article is a very good public relations piece for the camp industry posing as a feature story, the truth is that students can find diverse ways in which to pursue their interests and/or passions over the summer without having to get their parents pay $700 a week for camp. Starting one's own business, website, or fundraising endeavor, earning an unpaid or even paid internship or job at the local hospital, doctor's office, advertising agency, or television station, or taking a formal class at a community college are all cheaper and in most cases better ways of pursuing one's potential interests over the summer. Why better? Well, how do I put this? If you have to pay for something that you could get for free (or far cheaper), what does that say about you? It certainly says something about your character, specifically your logic, earnestness, drive, aggressiveness, and overall quality if you need to engage in a pay for play relationship with no barriers to entry other than the size of your (or your parents') checkbook compared to a relationship in which you may be the one being paid or in which no money is transferring hands. Apply this principle to other realms of human existence and you begin to clearly see what I mean. Yet, somehow, the CNBC article fails to mention all of that.
There is no question that some specialty camps that provide students experiences and/or challenges unlike any students could receive elsewhere have a modicum of value. But, by and large, this represents a very small minority of camp experiences.
As a final note for now: remember that all college advice is not created equal. Ask as many people as you can ask about your planned summer activities before committing to them. That way you can ensure - if you want to - that you will be happy over the summer and that your undertakings will help, not hurt, your chances of college admission.


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2006-07: Competed in the National Championships 06' as a member of the 4x100m relay team, and won the C-USA title in 2007...Placed top-ten in the 100m dash at the Wake Forest Invitational with a season best of 10.68...Placed seventh in the 200m dash (22.04) at Western Carolina...Came in fourth for the 100m dash (10.74) at Western Carolina.
High School: Statesville Record and Landmark County Runner of the Year as a senior...All State, All Region, All Conference, and All County two years in a row...MVP of the conference, and region...Played varsity basketball and varsity football...Won All County in basketball and football and All Region in football...Honored with Best Receiver Award...Team Captain of the Track, Basketball, and Football teams.
Personal: Majoring in business management with a minor in hospitality management...Son of James and Patricia Rucker.


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That's understandable. For even though some consumers have become quite frugal, those who still use their credit cards may be piling it on. According to CreditKarma.com's November U.S. Consumer Credit Score Climate Report, among those who have credit cards, the average balance increased 4% from October and has risen 14% since June.
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Friday, January 18, 2013
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- ~Amanda~ said...
Love that devotional!! My husband and I spent last year reading Jesus Calling and decided to do it again. There is just SOOO much you can take from it. She also has one for preschoolers!
- January 18, 2013 at 7:28 PM
- Amy said...
That was so precious, Sadler in the sink!! I can so relate....except I woke in the middle of the night to find my 2year old daughter's leg dangling from the top of fridge!! She was my busy child. Always on the go. Would wake in the middle of the night and venture into the unknown. (Examples include the fridge incident, finding her washing "dishes" in the bathroom sink, while standing on her stool, and stomping in the puddles in her footie jammies @5am.) And if she did stay asleep...she was a sleep walker or would have night terrors and scream while sound asleep. FUN!
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Ranger Roleplay: The Ranger Cooking Hour WRITERSJournal Entry: Sat Apr 20, 2013, 7:45 PM
Chapter twenty five is up!
Chapter 25 : and the winner is...Chapter 25
"and the winner is..."
The whistle was blown and the match started. The Risembool Rangers and the Mini skirt army grabbed their balls and started throwing it at each other. Ed had dodged perfectly "hey" he said "this isn't bad at all". Tamaki was having a good time too "Haruhi will be pleased when he finds out that we won because of me" He exclaimed while he grabbed another ball.
Dark dodged most of the time "Is that all yoou got?" he said with a tease tone and he got hit. "Aw man!" he said and stood outside next to Fai who was hit a few minutes after the game was started
"do you think will win?" Dark asked "well" Fai answered "I think we can". Dark looked at the rest of the players playing the game.
Zero played well too. He was fast and really good at dodging and catching the balls. Ed was good too and because of his height, most of the balls missed him. Tamaki played like a pro and spirit played well..just for Maka's sake.
The mini skirt army fought with all their might bu
And with that, we bring this roleplay to an end. Thanks to everyone who participated!
Leave a note in the comments section if you'd like to participate. Only the first 25 are guaranteed spots, but if you don't make it in time, I can put you on reserve in case someone drops out. I will note you when it's your turn to write a chapter, and you will have 24 hours to write it and post a link in the comments. WE WILL NOT BE STARTING UNTIL ALL 25 SLOTS ARE FILLED.
Full rules and regulations can be found here: the-da-ranger-group.deviantart…
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Chapter One: The Chaos Begins Tamaki hurried down the stairs with an overflowing cardboard box held between two excited hands. "Oooooh, they'll love this!" He sang to himself as he took the steps two at a time. "Master Tamaki, your guests are getting rather... antsy." One of Tamaki's maids caught him as he was about to jump over the last five steps. "And if you do that, the stairs will break." She turned away and continued up the stairs. Tamaki waited until she was out of sight before he jumped cleanly over the steps.
A sudden cracking made the King whirl around. The maple staircase that curved so delicately to the side had split precisely down the middle. Tamaki raised his eyebrows. Oopsie. He ran away with his burden before anyone could realize what he had done.
Tamaki turned the corner into one of the many parlor rooms scattered throughout his mans
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Chapter 3: Impeachment of the Prince"Well, this is just great…" Ed replied, still completely covered in the sparkles. "This show is going just peachy. We are all covered in Armstrong schtick, our oven is useless, and so is our flour. Why? Because we had to have some idiot take control of all this! Whose idea was it to put him in charge again!?"
Everyone looked at each other. Ed looked to Dark, who looked to Spirit, who looked to Fai, who looked to Zero, who looked to Tamaki, who looked back to Ed.
"I kind of saw this coming…" Zero replied. "Well, after this fiasco, it will be pretty difficult to continue the show, wouldn't it?"
Tamaki did a double take and turned to Zero as he mentioned the show possibly being pulled. "What are you talking about? We can still go on!" Tamaki exclaimed, running over to Zero and shaking him around as if he were a ragdoll.
"I'd love to see how we could." Spirit said, sighing softly. "And
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Chapter 4: A New Leader'Looks like Zero's the new leader.' the Colonel thought while she's in the audience watching from behind the door. She then leaves the room and walks down the hall. She wore a uniform similar to the uniform worn by the State Alchemists, except it's red like Ed's coat. But it also has a flamel symbol on the back of her jacket, just like on the back of Ed's coat, and she wore short-shorts and long high-heel boot that reach to her thighs. She can also be seen with her hair up or down depending on the look you think looks sexy for her.
"We're leaving General, we're heading to the meeting room." she said to the General of the Rangers.
"As you say Colonel." she replied.
"We'll take the elevator, would that be a problem?"
"Not in the slightest." she said.
"Nothing is going to get in my way, as the Colonel of the Risembool Rangers.......I swear it." she said to herself.
But then, the Kekkaishi himself was in a hurry.
'I made it.' he thought to himself before entering the room.
"Yoshimori Sumim
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Dissention in the RanksChapter 5: Dissention in the Ranks
Zero glared sullenly at the camera, trying hard as he could to ignore the fact that the others had just shoved a great big, pink, Kiss the Cook chefs hat on his head. The surrounding audience continued to giggle.
So, were baking a cake and you want me to be in charge? Simultaneously the girls nodded. Alright, fine.
Fai grinned. Go Zero! Taking charge!
But-! But-! Tamamki brought out his puppy face. Im the King of the Host Club! Unsurprisingly, they all ignored him.
So we need to bake this dumb cake-
Its not dumb! Spirit interrupted. Its for my darling Maka! Shes just the most adorable thing in the world! This cake has to be absolutely perfect! This way I can give it to her and shell have the best birthday ever! My Maka will-! He continued ranting.
Zero grit his teeth. We need to bake this INCREDIBL
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Chapter 6: Don't try this at homeChapter 6: Don't try this at home
And we rejoin our heroes; two of whom are fighting over a mixer, while it splatters goop all over the room, one of whom is being held by two very large security guards, and one other who is trying to resist the urge to lash out violently, one was searching for matches.
This show had to be more exciting than those boring shows like Emeril at least.
The security guard dropped Ed back on the ground and towered over the alchemist. "Now listen here little alchemist," the guard said as Ed got back to his feet. When Ed stood back up, the guard decided to use Ed's head as an armrest.
"Little... LITTLE! HOW DARE YOU CALL ME 'SO SHORT HE'S LIKE A SHRIMP', AND 'SO SMALL HE WOULDN'T GET CAUGHT IN THOSE FISHING NETS'!?"
With this slight statement of annoyance, Ed punched the guard sending him flying back while slightly seething.
"Now back to the cake!" Tamaki said running back in front of the camera while
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Chapter 7: What is Cooking?Chapter 7: What is Cooking?
"Ladies and the occasional guy watching this show, we now will be taking a short break from the actual "cooking" part and continue with our commercials. However, since I never planned things would get this... uh colorful and since this is a alive audience, we shall now interview the cast members until we can get this mess cleaned up." Tamaki stated trying his best to stay upbeat.
"I thought Zero was the leader," came a remark from a moody little alchemist who at the moment was shirtless and covered in foam.
"It's not like I care," came Zero's reply.
"Well I do! I don't think someone as incompetent as him," Ed furiously pointed towards Tamaki, "should be making the decisions around here."
"I'm sorry, but I don't think someone as short..." Tamaki began, but was cut off by Ed's rage.
"I'm not short! It's my short temper
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Ranger Roleplay: Chapter 8"And now, ladies and gentlemen, let's us resume the show!"
The lights shone on the set, finally cleaned of the clutter from earlier. It almost looked brand-new; which wouldn't have been a surprise to any, due to their location. All the equipment had been polished and shined to perfection again, but that was nothing compared to the boys.
"The hell did you put us in?" Ed muttered to Tamaki, tugging on his shirt.
Tamaki couldn't help but grin. "Only the finest in culinary fashion," he replied, striking a model's pose. The show's host had bathed and changed their outfits; they all wore the same lacey white shirts, black dress pants, and leather shoes.
"And let us not forget the handmade aprons!" Tamaki added, "made from the best in apron-tailoring!" He struck another fancy pose, stretching out his cream-colored apron with the words "Kiss The Prince" printed on it. Every guy in the studio g
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RCH Story Chapter 10. Flaming Doughnuts@KidnappedTamaki stood and brushed himself off.
"Hey...is everyone alright? " Everyone nodded Sea of doughnuts leering over them ominously.
"NOOO! THE CAKE IS UNDER THE SWEETS! HOW IS MY CUTE LITTLE MAKA GOING TO GET HER CAKE NOW?!?" Spirit started digging through the pile on his hands and knees. Soon joined by Tamaki . Edward, Dark and Zero had been completely covered in powder and melted chocolate, making them look like the worlds worst ghosts with brown splotches. Spirit screamed like a little girl as he found the bowl, it and its containments surprisingly intact. As he picked it up, the mountain of candy burst into flame. Tamaki and spirit reeled back and fai stood with a dumbstruck expression, holding a lighter.
"Hey guys I got the fire to work- Oh, your on fire, Whoops."
Within the time frame of an hour, they quickly disposed of the flameing mass of sugar. Many jokes made, and many Midgets angered. They Finally opened the stage curtains
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Chapter 11 - What Really HappenedWinry smirked evilly as she swung the feta bag menacingly in front of her. Her prisoner gulped.
"Mmm phnt oo mmeephng!"
"Sure you didn't. Not alone, anyway. What I'm here to find out, is why you would aid him in such a ridiculous scheme!"
Winry rolled her eyes. "Don't play dumb. All the cow in Amestris have stopped producing milk and it's obviously alchemy! And if you weren't involved, do you care to explain-" She pulled out a black feather "this?"
Dark's eyebrows furrowed and he began pulling on the licorice that bound his wrists. How the heck were they holding him?
"Hmm mpht oompheephng wiph phat phipskep!"
Somewhere, Edward sneezed. Winry looked utterly confused and un-gagged him.
"Never mind. I've ben framed and- What the hell's with this licorice?"
She held up her palm and put her other hand to her ear. Her eyes widened and she paled visibly. Moving quickly, she flipped out a pocketknife and cut the licorice then ran off.
Rubbing his wrists, Dark looked ar
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Chapter 12- The beginning of the *possible* end..."GYAAAAAH!!!! MUSTANG PUT ME DOWN PUT ME DOWN PUT! ME! DOOOOOOOOOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Edward screamed and kicked as the flame alchemist just casually ran through the chaos, out the door, to his military truck and threw Ed inside.
"Shut up, shorty." Roy snapped at Ed, pulling the car out of the driveway and begining to leave.
"The least you could do is put some clothes on..." Edward muttered.
In the meantime, Spirit was still shoving pictures of Maka in Winry's face, and, for some reason, COMMODORE MAES HUGHES DECIDED TO POP IN!!
"HELLO!!!! Hey, Winry, did Roy pass through here?" Winry, seeming to make a fast recovery, sat up for about three seconds to sanswer.
"Yup...." Then the blue-eyed blonde passed out again.
"Okay. See, he was out drinking, and..." Maes looked down, only to see an unconsious Winry.
"Oh, I see, you're busy. Alright then."
Tamaki piped up.
"Well hello there, my good sir, may i interest you in-"
"I'm straight. And married" Tamaki fro
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Chapter 13 of the Rangers Cook Off"Now ladies, and it look like six gentlemen in the audience it's time to vote for your favorite daughter, just pick on from keypad next to your seats to-" Ed says before a pushy spirit takes the mike away.
"MY LITTLE MAKA-WAKA NEEDS YOU TO VOTE FOR HER" say Spirit. "Dad I've told you not to do this" Maka says as she gets out of the stage chair pull a mirror out of her pocket, fogs it up and writes "42-42-564" and proceeds to talk in to it like a telephone.
"Lord Death it's me Maka could you send someone to pick me up...Yeah he's done it again...I don't know how I think he's insane...No this time there is no pie...I understand apple is the best, can you help me or not...Okay I'll be waiting outside." She puts the mirror back in her pocket and leaves the studio.
"So is that all it takes to leave this place, Does anyone have a mirror." Zero asks and is then readily ignored
"Since one of the daughters has dropped out the battle is now between Little Elicia from Amestris, or Haruhi from wel
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Ranger Roleplay Part 14 - And Fight They ShallFai kept the letter to himself, politely plucking it out of Zero's hands, allowing Edward and Tamaki to read from behind him.
"W-what...?" Tamaki was nearly in tears again. "Surely there is a safer way to entertain our audience..."
Edward could not hide his excitment. "Finally! A part of this show that I can get behind!"
Dark has given up his search for the phantom and rested his arm on the shrimp's head, though said shorty was steaming from the indignity. The theif was pleased by this news too. He called back to Spirit, who was using a cell phone to plead with his daughter.
"Hey Spirit, you wanna come see this?"
"Maka, I'm sorry~! I know you don't like competitions, but Daddy just wanted to show how special his little girl was!"
"I mean, you're a death scythe, right? So you might be into this..."
"No, no, you don't have an ugly side, Maka! Oh me...I would never! I wasn't THAT aggressive about..."
"But you ARE the best, Maka!!!"
"OK...your loss." He turns his head to someo
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Zero and Edward were getting ready for the first round, the fans stared to scream insanely and wild.
Zero: I didn't want to do this anyway.
he looked at Ed shinning his auto mail arm, he looked at Zero, Ed saw Zero's nerves and shaking, Fai was about to say to begin the round then "BOOM" the Fans started to run in fear and left Zero, Edward and Fai speechless.
Fai: hehe well that's odd, who put a bomb in this building?
Zero: dam, if i know better it could be a more series thing or something, Ed, what are you thinking?
Edward: hmm i'm not sure, i'll have a quick look.
Ed ran to bomb and saw nothing, except a little pink lipstick at the end of the bomb ed was shocked it could be a fan.
Edward: hey Zero, Fai, I saw a lipstick at the end of this bomb, we should ask Tamaki.
They all agree and went to find Tamaki, Dark and Greece with Tamaki saw Zero, Edward and Fai running towards them.
Tamaki: so who won the First round?
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The Cooking Hour Chapter 16: Arguing and HuntingThe Cooking Hour Chapter 15: Arguing and Hunting
"Where do we start?" Fai looked around, unconcerned, at the circle of destruction that surrounded the explosion.
Zero was moodily examining the lipstick and grouchily commented, "Maybe we should start in the rafters, where that weird guy came from."
Dark glanced up from where he sat, staring at the empty seats. "I think we should find all those girls first. Make sure they're all okay. They seem like a high-strung bunch."
"Yes!" Tamaki, who had been dreamily babbling about some Host Club theme that this disastrous night was inspiring him to do, shot up like a bullet and practically flew towards the Phantom Thief. "We must find the girls and reassure them that everything is alright!"
"Who cares about a couple of silly girls?" Ed interrupted Tamaki's excited chatter. "We need to find the person who planted the bomb. If that twis
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"Shall we see who we have here?" Dark asked, grabbing the cloaked figure's shoulder and spinning it around to face him. With the other hand, he flicked off the hood.
A tall person with long, wavy blonde hair and blue eyes pouted at the group surrounding him."That's no way to treat a guest, you know." He said, pushing aside Zero's gun with a delicate finger. Dark took a step back, leaning into Fai's ear. "Is that a guy or a girl?" He asked the puzzled mage, who shrugged.
Tamaki, however, was much more certain. Seeing the long hair and pink shirt, he launched into a long-winded apology to the "pretty lady" Dark had knocked off the rafters. "He pretends to be such a lady's man, but in all honesty-"
"Shut up." The blonde said boredly. "Eh?" Tamaki froze for a second before continuing. " - he's a real jerk. And so to make up for it, I can only offer this rose." Tamaki bowed gracefully a rose held delicately between his fingers.
The alien glared at the rose. Whipping out
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The Cooking Hour: Chapter 18 - Now what?!The Cooking Hour: Chapter 18 – "Now what?!"
The announcer quickly spoke into the MIC just in front of his face. "On the last episode of the Cooking hour we have this burnt cake that has now just been placed in the trash and now the whole crew is getting the girls back to restart such a lovely cake. OH also forgot this mysterious figure is still lurking around, what is going on with this dark figure's plan??"
The group of smoked covered boys returned to the kitchen set in hopes that the girls had returned. Tamaki had sent Edward to go find them. Or in this case just yell for them.
As hands dusted each other's clothing to get the remnants of the smoke out of their clothing, Fai noticed that there was a bin of flour that was sporadically spilled over the floor.
"Oh no, this just won't do! Someone is playing a prank on us! Who did this!!?" Tamaki shook his head just as he seen Edward walking in with the girls.
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Missing midgets and calamitous cooking
The group froze as they heard a scream echo across the stage.
'What was-?'
'Who was that?'
They looked around trying to figure out who screamed. 'I think it was the alchemist.' Zero said 'unless, of course, he's too small for us all to see him.' They all paused.
'Yep definitely ed, he would have exploded by now.' Fai chuckled
'I guess we need to go find him,' dark said 'we'll have to delay our attempts at cooking.'
'What!?' Tamaki and Spirit cried.
'What about my maka's cake!'
'We can't stop making the cake! This is a cooking show!!' Tamaki cried
'Then get someone else to do it.' Dark sighed
Tamaki seemed to calm down and turned to face Haruhi 'right! Haruhi, make cake!' Haruhi blinked, still wiping the batter of her face, before sighing. 'Sorry sempai, but this show is dangerous. I'm leaving. You coming Winry?' Winry paused before nodding 'you better find ed' she grumbled 'if he's lost my wrench I'm going to mur
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Chp.20-Dolls, Magic rope, and angry midgets oh my!~In the Kitchen/Studio~
Tamaki pinched his nose as crimson blood dripped out, the culprit (banana peel) laying across the floor.
"Apparently banana's can do more damage than expected." Zero smirked, for once enjoying this forced event.
"SHUT UP!" Tamaki yelled, a piece of cotton now stuffed up his nostril. " We must finish this cake!" He stood up triumphantly forgetting about his "injury".
"YES! Maka must have her cake!!" Spirit said, rubbing a doll that looked like the pig-tailed scythe wielder across his face and mumbling her name.
"W... Where did you get that?" Fai asked in horrified curiosity.
"ISN'T IT ADORABLE???? It looks just like my Maka!!" Spirit announced still rubbing the doll across his face. Tamaki reached out and grabbed the doll, launching it out into space. "MAKAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!" Spirit screamed tears smearing across his face. Zero stood arms crossed, again wondering just how he was mashed in with this weirdo fest. Spirit sank to the floor in a heap of tears.
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Ranger Roleplay- Chapter 21: Zero Versus the World Chapter 21: Zero Versus the World
The resident mysterious figure smirked, watching the pandemonium going on. Going unnoticed, and eyed the only 'smart' one of the group. Yes, that would be the next target. Then, sweep away the rest of them while they panicked. The figure began to laugh maniacally, only to gag only seconds until the laugh.
"....Ick. Hairball. Shouldn't do that again..."
Then the figure fled, before one of the dimwits could actually find him.
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Zero was done. Absolutely finished with Tamaki's insistent whining, and don't even get him started on Spirit. Death Scythe or not, if that stupid man ever said one more thing about his 'precious daughter Maka' the vampire was going to take off his head with the rustiest chainsaw he could find. He had heard s
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Chapter 22 A Failed Rescue~Back in the kitchen~
"How are we supposed to make a cake for my precious Maka using candy bars?!" Spirit wailed while hugging yet another Maka doll to his chest.
"It's like using chocolate chips, you just need to make them smaller and mix them in the batter, I'm sure it'll be delicious." Fai said smiling happily as he started to pick up some of the Milky Way Dark up off of the floor.
"Yes, and we will make sure that nothing else happens!" Tamaki exclaimed proudly as he snapped his fingers and large security guards with walkie-talkies positioned themselves at every exit and around the stage.
"Now why didn't you think of that before?" Fai asked curiously as he set all the candy bars he found still wrapped on the counter.
"You know, I'm not really sure." Tamaki said looking slightly puzzled as he placed his thumb and index finger on his chin as if he were deep in thought.
~A creepy surveillance room~
"Well this will complicate things a bit, but I can still handle all of the
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Ranger 'Cooking Hour' Capter 23~Who's your daddy?CHAPTER 23: WHO'S YOUR DADDY?
It was dark and pleasantly quiet. A single light flickered in the middle of the room revealing Dark sitting on the chair at the table. "where am I? " he questioned finding himself in darkness seeing nothing but the little peas of table where the light was shining on. Suddenly eight more lights appeared revealing the other nine people sitting at the table all quietly drinking tea. Dark freaked out when he realized that the people sitting there were the ones that were last trapped in that cursed room with him.
wait what were Tamaki and Fai doing here? Were they captured as well? and why are they all so calm? "okay what's going on here?" Dark shutted standing up from his chair leaning over the table. Tamaki looked up raising his head "ow im sorry! do you want some tea as well?" he asked smiling politely. The rest of the people sitting there now turned to him as if they were expecting an answer. "No I don't drink tea with man!" Dark refused completely freak
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Chapter 24- everyone ready for dodge ball?Chapter 24- everyone ready for dodge ball?
"You're kidding me." Edward finally managed to say, staring at this strange man. Not only had he claimed to be the 'father of his voice' or whatever, but he was planning to save everyone with some kind of candy?
Spirit, however, cheered. "Hurry! I have go help make my darling Maka's cake, I'm sure we'll have a bonding conversation and my darling little girl will-"
Zero glowered at the cheerful man and groaned. "Do what you want, but get us out of here, I can't take this for much longer."
The man smiled, walking over to Dark and unwrapping the candy. He held it out, and Dark smirked up at the man that the girl in the red cloak was so excited to see. "What, is that an ancient relic that grants the user some secret power?"
Vic smiled back, winking. "No, actually, it's an amazing new discovery which is only effective if you eat it."
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Chapter 25 : and the winner is...Chapter 25
"and the winner is..."
The whistle was blown and the match started. The Risembool Rangers and the Mini skirt army grabbed their balls and started throwing it at each other. Ed had dodged perfectly "hey" he said "this isn't bad at all". Tamaki was having a good time too "Haruhi will be pleased when he finds out that we won because of me" He exclaimed while he grabbed another ball.
Dark dodged most of the time "Is that all yoou got?" he said with a tease tone and he got hit. "Aw man!" he said and stood outside next to Fai who was hit a few minutes after the game was started
"do you think will win?" Dark asked "well" Fai answered "I think we can". Dark looked at the rest of the players playing the game.
Zero played well too. He was fast and really good at dodging and catching the balls. Ed was good too and because of his height, most of the balls missed him. Tamaki played like a pro and spirit played well..just for Maka's sake.
The mini skirt army fought with all their might bu
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If you still need someone, I wouldn't mind doing another one. (Again ^^)
Well, I have an idea of where to take the next chapter so I'll... I'll do it. X'D
So there is no set plot? I just take it wherever I think it looks like it'll go? -rubs hands together-
You might want to look through the other chapters, so you can get a basic idea about what's happening.
Yeah, I have. They just haven't revealed who the hooded figure is yet, and I might not be able to have picked up hints because I haven't seen a certain show.
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Wow! This is a cool idea. Never seen this done before in any of the groups I help out or is apart of.
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Oh no ^^' Can you find another writer? My computer crashed and i'm writing this from my ipod. I'm terribly sorry, forgive me ^^'
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God damn, you don't have to be mean about it. It's not my fault my brother had to install a virus. Thanks. I'd appreciate if you'd mind your own business from now on. I didn't do anything.
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When the spouse is gone, I turn into a lazy POS. TV, bad food, etc.
She travels for work probably 2-3 days a month on average, so its my binge time.
fap nonstop
I don't think I'm alone when I say I'd like to see more and more planets fall under the ruthless domination of our solar system.
Work, golf, veg out on crappy food/Mt Dew.
Back in Hogh School used to have parties. Or have the gf over back then and make sexy time
Zing Zang in the AM. Jameson and cigars by night.
Try to get caught up on "Dexter." And watch Netflix movies and get drunk.
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What do/did you do when your parents/guardian/spouse are gone?
Do you sit around the tv all day? Break a rule that they have?
How did you know that's what I call her??
"I'm the one who knocks."
I was a perfect child
Our lives are pretty straightforward. Nothing much changes when he's gone, and he rarely travels without me. When I'm gone, though...I come back to a clean house. He gets bored and cleans it from top to bottom. Those days may be over now, though...next time I leave for a few days, he'll probably starve. He'll just play Clash of Clans 24/7...no food, no sleep... ;)
I like living alone life. I CAN DO ALL OF THIS STUFF WHENEVER I WANT!
Even the Fap part...
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I used to go get some barbecue to go and a BIG cup of Mt Dew. Veg out and watch sports or sci fi.
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Anything I want. Just try to keep the house clean. Pretty much the same as when the parents went on vacation when I was a kid.
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Sony Ericsson's Java Platform Strategy
By Darryl Mocek on Jun 10, 2005
Here is a great article about how Sony Ericsson is embracing the J2ME platform for exactly what it was designed for, to remove the differences in the underlying device and OS. In it, Sony Ericsson states "The Java™ technology enabled handset and mobile games market is booming.", "there will be a total of about 2 billion mobile phone users in the world within the next year or so, of which, according to Ovum, there are today 450 million Java-enabled handsets globally), representing potentially the biggest platform for electronic games in the world". Sony Ericsson has released a couple of papers, including one to port BREW applications to J2ME. Also, there's a list of the Sony Ericsson devices and the Java technologies available on them at the bottom of the article.
If you're writing applications for mobile devices, check out J2ME.
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This book is an experimental document which explores the non traditional relationships between humankind and the coast. It uses colour photography in an unromantic formal way. Much of the material was gathered in West Wales.
Nick Hedges has been a documentary photographer for nearly 50 years. He has worked in the field of social affairs with a number of voluntary organisations. His work is in the collections of the National Media Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and is archived at the Central Library, Birmingham.
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seeing how Published June 23, 2013
the man with the mirrors Published March 25, 2013
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Make as many "swag" jokes as you'd like, but DIddy's Last Train to Paris is still one of the most underrated albums of its year. Yes, it has yet to move even 300,000 copies as of earlier this month, and its count of singles and videos is rapidly approaching the double digits, but we'd still watch pretty much anything with 'Looking for Love" over it. A video that's film-noir enough to match J.Lack and Polow da Don's oppressive production? Even better. Watch it below:
Noir elements abound, obviously: sirens, skyline shots, smoke, approximately no lighting and about six femme fatales, at least one of whom is the subject of the lyrics. Dirty Money's Kalenna and Dawn have about as much of a role in the video as they do in the song–which is to say, almost none. Kat Graham also makes an appearance about halfway through that, shall we say, Diddy was probably very pleased with.
And appearing more than all three women combined is Usher, already a welcome presence because he's really singing on the track (previous singles were starting to stretch it) and always a welcome visual presence. Maybe the video will convince at least a couple of people to check out the full Last Train to Paris album? It's really good. We promise.


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Resonance Impact Investment authorised by FSA18-02-2013
Resonance Impact Investment Limited (RIIL) was authorised by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on 15th February 2013.
RIIL is a subsidiary of Resonance Limited, a leading social finance intermediary with over 10 years track record. The authorisation allows Resonance, through RIIL, to undertake a range of regulated financial activities including
- full arrangement and negotiation of deals for social enterprises, including capital placements
- establishment, operation and fund management of social impact investment funds
RIIL will shortly become fund manager of the Real Lettings Property Fund, which Resonance has developed with London homelessness charity Broadway in order to provide much needed "move-on" accommodation for London's homeless into the private rented sector.
RIIL's authorisation will enhance and accelerate Resonance's ability to both create new impact investment funds and attract further investors to its existing funds.
Resonance will continue to provide investment readiness advice to social enterprises through Resonance Limited.
Commenting on the news, Managing Director of Resonance, Daniel Brewer, said
"This is an important step forward for Resonance in its overall mission to bring capital to transformational social enterprises. It is also a strong endorsement of the professional team we have built to provide these regulated services. Through Resonance Impact Investment we will be able to provide a wider range of capital raising support to social enterprises, and have greater flexibility in the development and management of new impact investment funds to channel capital to social enterprise."


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Ginza Huasheng Hotel
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- Lowest Price: $102
Opened in 2006, the Ginza Huasheng Hotel is located at the City Center of Emeishan, Sichuan Province. It is adjacent to the Big Buddha Temple and only 10 minutes drive from the famous Emeishan Scenic Area. This hotel is 5km away from the Railway Station.
The Ginza Huasheng Hotel offers a total of 150 guest rooms, including deluxe single room and deluxe standard room, etc. All rooms are provided with IDD/DDD phone and free broadband internet access and so on. As for dining service, there is a Chinese restaurant in the hotel. Other facilities in the hotel include business center, meeting room, parking lot, beauty room, fitness center, swimming pool and chess and card room, etc. Apart from these, the Ginza Huasheng Hotel also provides foreign currency exchange service and ticket booking and so on.
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Nov 20, 2011
GOLDEN, Colo. – The eighth-ranked Colorado School of Mines women's soccer team laid it all on the line taking the two-time defending National Champion, #1 ranked Grand Valley State to a penalty kick shootout on Sunday afternoon at the CSM Soccer Stadium.
Mines looked dangerous early testing GVSU goalkeeper Chelsea Parise. Dani Hering chipped a shot from 20 yards out in the 10th minute that Parise just tipped over the cross bar.
Anna Evans missed just high of the goal in the 31st minute from 15 yards out while Erin Onat shot from 30 yards out caught Parise off line and she tipped her shot over in the 40th minute.
CSM tallied six shots in the first half while the Lakers recorded none after finishing with 20 shots in their win over Northern Kentucky on Friday.
GVSU recorded its first shot of the match in the 58th minute as Ashley Botts got behind the CSM defense one-on-one with Penny Rogers. Botts tried to go far post but missed wide left as Rogers came off her line. Kayla Addison put the Lakers first shot in the target in the 61st minute.
Evans beat the GVSU defense again this time in the 80th minute dribbling into the box on the right side and hitting a shot far post that went just wide.
Neither team saw much action in the first overtime period but both teams had some chances in the second overtime period. Addison hit the post from close in the in the 102nd minute for Grand Valley State and then missed high in the 103rd minute as she tried to chip Rogers coming out to make the stop.
Hering hit a long range shot from outside the box just high in the 104th minute and Onat the same in the 106th minute but neither team found the game-winner as it went to penalty kicks.
Mines went first in the shootout and Megan Woodworth hit the post. Addison was up first for GVSU, Rogers guessed right and Addison's shot hit off the post bouncing off Rogers and into the goal.
Kelsey Neal converted to make it 1-1. Kayla Kimble put her shot in the upper right hand corner giving the Lakers a 2-1 lead. Again Mines was denied as Evans' shot hit the cross bar.
Charlie Socia converted to make it 3-1 in favor of the Lakers and Bree Archuleta converted making it 3-2. Erin Mruz took the final shot for Grand Valley State and finished giving the Lakers the 4-2 win in the shootout.
The game goes down as a tie for Mines as the squad earns the shutout. It marks the first time Grand Valley State has been shutout in two years. The Lakers were shutout on this very day two years ago against Northern Kentucky in 2009.
The 8th-ranked Orediggers finish the season 17-2-4 overall shutting out their last four opponents, advancing to the Elite Eight and claiming the Central Region Championship for the second time in the last three seasons while winning the team's first ever RMAC Tournament title.


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"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions."
— Albert Einstein
Area high school artists are demonstrating their creativity and artistic prowess at an annual show just for them at Center for the Arts Evergreen.
This is the 12th year for the show, which highlights talented teens from Platte Canyon, Conifer, Evergreen and Clear Creek high schools. Nearly 70 pieces of art will be displayed through Feb. 25.
The ninth annual egg-decorating contest sponsored by the Evergreen Downtown Business Association is filled with opportunities for amateur and professional artists. Newly named the Art of the Egg, the contest features displays of creative works at Evergreen National Bank and local art galleries from the end of March through April.
You can hear John Denver singing "Rocky Mountain High" at the Trading Post at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre.
The late musician is featured prominently in a Colorado Music Hall of Fame exhibit, which includes a video of his performances at Red Rocks in the 1970s. In a room dedicated to Denver, visitors can gaze at a guitar he once played and see stage outfits he wore and handwritten lyrics he composed.
While excited about the recent purchase of the Bergen Park Church building as the new home of the Center for the Arts Evergreen, Steve Sumner, CEA executive director, is now facing the challenge of acquiring funds to renovate it.
"We badly need help," Sumner says. "The building needs to be totally gutted and rebuilt."
Last month the CAE capital campaign committee purchased the property for $500,000. To complete the renovation, another $600,000 is required, according to estimates.
Sometimes it seems the yule season is all about ugly holiday sweaters and who makes the best eggnog. "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever," presented by StageDoor Theatre's Junior Company, offers a message of acceptance, forgiveness and recapturing the true meaning of Christmas, even if it's delivered by the most unlikely messengers — ones who probably where ugly holiday sweaters themselves.
The historic Bergen Park Church building will be the new home of the Center for the Arts Evergreen — after an extended search, the arts group's capital campaign committee purchased the property on Friday for $500,000.
"We're very excited about this space," said Steve Sumner, CAE's executive director.
The new location has four times the space of the Miller House, where CAE has been operating for the past 10 years, Sumner said. And its location is ideal, he added.
A premiere exhibit at the Center for the Arts Evergreen showcases the creative talents of four area high school teachers.
Steve Sumner, CAE director, is excited about this first-time opportunity to display the exemplary work of teachers who find time to be artists in addition to their responsibilities as art instructors.
"They're really worthy," he said.
Four arts organizations in Evergreen have received grants from Colorado Creates, a program of Colorado Creative Industries.
The Evergreen Players are planning to use their $6,500 grant for an educational project called E.P. Studio One, said John Davis, a board member of the organization.
"It's theater arts: acting, improv, set design," Davis said of the initiative. "We've been working on this for a long time."
You couldn't open a newspaper or Web browser this summer without hearing about the new novel "Go Set a Watchman." This book was the second published novel of Harper Lee, the famous author of the beloved classic "To Kill a Mockingbird." Although the new book's release caused a resurgence in interest in the reclusive author, interest in Lee's first book never waned, and "To Kill a Mockingbird" is one of the best-selling novels of all time.
Come on, babe. Why don't we paint the town? And all that jazz. That's just what the Evergreen Chorale will be doing when its long-anticipated production of the musical "Chicago" opens Friday.
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Researchers to Study the Parent-Child Interaction During Treadmill Stepping with Toddlers with Down syndrome
Scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee received a one-year, $50,000 grant from the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) to study interaction between parent and child during developmental stimulation of children with global developmental delays, specifically Down syndrome.
The primary investigator is Victoria Moerchen, Ph.D., P.T., assistant professor of kinesiology at UWM. Co-primary investigators are UWM's Rachel Schiffman, Ph.D., R.N., Associate Dean for Research and professor of nursing; and Paula Rhyner, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research in the College of Health Sciences, and professor of communication sciences and disorders.
The interdisciplinary project will use a parent-delivered treadmill intervention as the context within which to examine the contribution of the parent-child interaction to both the motor and communicative responsiveness of toddlers with Down syndrome. To test the hypothesis that the parent-child interaction can be the foundation for addressing the child's development in more than one domain simultaneously, this study will examine methods for characterizing the dyadic interaction and the motor and communicative responses of the child during a novel face-to face motor activity. The long term goal of this research is to develop a model of early intervention that optimizes the parent-child interaction as the primary mechanism for stimulating development of child with global developmental delays.
This is one of 19 pilot projects being funded in 2012 through CTSI. The goal is to create synergy through collaboration, and studies are specifically designed to lead to major future research support. The projects explore findings that have the potential to be translated into clinical practice and community health, and are led by investigators at the CTSI's eight partnering institutions: the Medical College of Wisconsin, Marquette University, Milwaukee School of Engineering, UW-Milwaukee, Froedtert Hospital, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, the VA Medical Center, and the BloodCenter of Wisconsin.
CTSI is part of a national consortium of top medical research institutions. Working together, the CTSI institutions are committed to improve human health by streamlining science, transforming training environments and improving the conduct, quality and dissemination of clinical and translational research. The CTSI program is led by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health.
Support for the Pilot Award Program comes from the National Institutes of Health and the John and Jeanne Byrnes CTSI Award, and the Medical College of Wisconsin's Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin program, and its Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center.
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Beware the Parabolic Curve in Biotech
Dave Skarica
Biotech stocks outperformed the market during the 2008 financial crisis. In late 2011, something changed: Loose money piled in.
Money printing: It can stabilize things for a bit.
There seems to be two camps regarding bubbles and market dislocations. Some think that bubbles are a symptom of capitalism and greed run amok. And, sure, any good bubble needs some greed and stupidity. However, if anything, the main culprit in our recent bubbles has been loose monetary policy.
The policy makers at the Fed seem to be scared out of their wits about the potential for another Great Depression, so they keep flooding the system with liquidity every time there is a hint of a downturn in the economy or a slight threat of deflation. But when you use loose monetary policy or money printing as tools, there are unintended consequences. In the late '90s, it was a massive bubble in technology and especially Internet stocks. In the mid 2000s it was a real estate bubble -- not only in the United States, but in Western Europe and in many other places in the Western world (Spain and England come to mind). In the first part of the reflation from 2008 to 2011, many commodities experienced mini bubbles.
Over the last few years the money printed seems to have flown back into the technology sector. It is also no coincidence that since the Fed upped the ante by printing nearly $85 billion a month since November 2012, many of technology sub-sectors have seen the rate of their gains increase tremendously.
Many now have the dreaded parabolic, or hockey-stick, chart -- the type of chart whose line runs straight up, with the trend line putting in a near 90-degree angle.
These type of charts are totally unsustainable and usually end in horrific crashes. One of the first parabolic charts was the
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(INDEXDJX:.DJI) of the late '20s, which ended in the 1929 to 1932 meltdown.
Gold went parabolic in the late seventies and fell nearly 70% from its 1980 high to 1982 low. When the
(INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) went parabolic in the late nineties, it fell nearly 80% from its 2000 top to 2002 low.
The current parabolic sector is biotech.
After crashing along with the rest of tech in 2000, biotech stocks began a very mild bull market ride from about 2003 to 2011. They even outperformed the market during the 2008 financial crisis. However something changed in late 2011 as loose money was looking for new sectors to go into it. It found biotech.
Since hitting a low of $83 in mid 2011, the
iShares Biotech ETF
(NASDAQ:IBB) has nearly tripled in a little over two years to $264 per share.
Below is a chart of the IBB, which now has reached the classic parabolic blow-off. Now no one knows when this madness will end; the IBB could go to 280, 300 before topping. However, it is now so parabolic and so straight up that it is probably in the final stages of its bull market.
And here is the bad news: Usually with bubbles of this nature, it's not just a 20% correction and back to new highs. As stated earlier, these bubbles are usually followed by vicious multiyear bear markets that take the sector down 60-70%, or even 80% or more.
The roller coaster is a lot bumpier and scarier on the way down than on the way up.
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College Hockey:PP Strikes Early As Cornell Holds Off Maine
ESTERO, Fla. — Ninth-ranked Cornell converted on each of its first three power plays and held No. 15 Maine just 1-for-10 to take a 4-3 victory Wednesday afternoon, good for third place in the Florida College Classic at Germain Arena.
Maine opened quickly, taking an early 6-0 lead in shots on goal during the first period. But after going 1-for-11 on the power play in Tuesday's loss to No. 5 Boston College, the Big Red (8-3-2) struck on its first opportunity with just over eight minutes to play in the first.
After Black Bear Derek Damon hit the Cornell post on a shorthanded breakaway, Cornell's Shane Hynes shot from the left circle and was denied by Maine goalie Jimmy Howard, who sprawled out to his right. Daniel Pegoraro tried to poke in the rebound, but was turned away by a defender in the crease. The rebound came to Pegoraro again, and he popped it over the defender for his first power-play goal of the season. Freshman Sasha Pokulok extended his assists streak to four games on the play as well.
Cornell added to its lead at the 17:15 mark when junior Cam Abbott redirected a Pokulok rocket from the left point. Freshman Raymond Sawada was also credited with an assist.
Maine answered just 28 seconds later, however, when freshman Keenan Hopson broke away down the right side. Big Red senior Jeremy Downs skated in to break up the play, but senior Mathew Deschamps gathered the puck and put it over the left should of Cornell goalie David McKee to pull the score within one at 2-1.
McKee finished with 23 saves, and Howard had 16.
The Black Bears evened things up with under seven seconds remaining before the intermission. Off the faceoff in the Cornell end, sophomore Mike Hamilton skated onto the puck and shot it from the right circle, and junior Jon Jankus slammed it home to tie the game at 2-2. Deschamps also assisted for his second point of the game.
Maine was whistled for a penalty less than a minute into the second period. Just 43 seconds later, senior Charlie Cook unleashed a slapshot from the blue line that hit a player in the slot. Freshman Topher Scott corralled it and passed to junior Matt Moulson just inside the right circle, and Moulson turned it around for his sixth power-play goal of the season, giving the Big Red a 3-2 lead.
Cornell was not finished on the power play, though. At the 4:57 mark, Scott started the play from the right wing, passing to Moulson at the right point. Moulson passed to Cook, who slapped it in for the eventual game winner from above the left circle.
The Black Bears countered with a power-play goal of their own at 6:01. Skating with a two-man advantage, Michel Leveille, assisted by Hopson, converted for Maine to cut the lead to 4-3, but would get no closer.
The Cornell penalty kill took over in the third, holding Maine scoreless on four opportunities in the period.
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One of my inspirations for this collection was witchcraft and enchantment. I think that's exactly what comes through in this wild A-line skirt: you can feel the sense of wonder, and beguilement, and the tug of that other world! The two tones together in this split skirt, especially with the black against nude, gives just a bit of that sense that the rational world is coming apart at its seams. It's a peek into the something we don't understand. That's just why lingerie is so powerful, and why I drew on that vocabulary – because it's powerful, it's mysterious, but in such a fun, frothy way. It's an irresistible flourish. When the bride is moving, the skirt is billowing, roiling, drifting, and conjuring up all kinds of associations. The distressed tulle bounces and folds and sweeps. It's almost like something you might see just before falling asleep, into a very beautiful dream – a dream that carries you away before you can make sense of it.
With the bodice, I've chosen to create a study in restraint. From the back, when you're not looking full-on at the full frothiness of the skirt, this is almost a simple, classic gown. The bodice is one piece, with a defined waist that's a seductive counterpoint to the softness of the skirt. It shows off our bride in such a bare, beguiling manner. It's racy, but simple: effortlessly sensual. The boning of the corset is exposed: again, simple, refined. But far from innocent. This is the confident sorceress, the siren, who seems to have some element of her own private fairy world still attached to her, as she moves through our world. Beauty will always be mysterious, and that's why its call is so irresistible.
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Maybe you got a reverse mortgage a while back and are still struggling with mounds of debt. If you've exhausted all your options for getting things under control, you may be contemplating a bankruptcy. Here's what you need to know about how a bankruptcy filing affects a reverse loan.
Using reverse mortgages
Reverse mortgages allow people aged 62 and up to convert some home equity into cash. The money can be taken as a lump sum, through installments, or as a line of credit. Reverse loans are designed to help senior citizens supplement their income, but some borrowers may still find themselves accumulating even more debt above and beyond reverse loans.
What about foreclosure?
Filing for bankruptcy doesn't automatically mean that you'll lose your house through foreclosure if you have a reverse mortgage. But the property is an asset, and might be liquidated in a Chapter 7 filing to help pay off debt. According to David M. Siegel, an Illinois bankruptcy attorney, "A trustee in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case can liquidate real estate secured by a reverse mortgage if there is available equity above and beyond what a debtor can protect as exempt."
Repaying a reverse loan
Generally, a Chapter 13 bankruptcy filing involves setting up some type of repayment plan for debt. Reverse mortgage debt may be structured so that interest and monthly payments are more affordable. Under the United States Bankruptcy Code repayment plans can last up to five years, so if reverse mortgage debt is involved it would have to be paid off in that time. Obviously, it can get quite complicated trying to work out a repayment plan for a senior who is on a fixed income. Consult with a qualified bankruptcy attorney who can guide you through the process.


text: Well, one big domino has fallen for the New York Giants this offseason. According to ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter, the club has agreed to a contract extension with LT Will Beatty for five years, $38.75 million. Beatty was considered the top priority for a new deal, and the Giants get it done with several days to spare before the franchise tag deadline (and the start of free agency on March 12). So who's next?


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In the annals of love, triangles have ever played a raucous part. Being crazy about the you who belongs to someone else unleashes havoc. So does betraying a settled love for an enticing other you may not really love as well. Lisa Appignanesi explores.
When Trojan Paris beds and steals away Helen, Queen of Sparta and wife to Menelaus, he begets the destruction of Troy and brings mass carnage to the Greeks. Lost in lust for her lover, Aegisthus, Clytemnestra murders her returning husband, Agamemnon, and is in turn murdered by her vengeful children.
We modern mortals are a little more restrained in our vengeance, if not in our passions, than the ever-straying gods and heroes of antiquity—though the recent images of a bowed and shamed Dominique Strauss Kahn in handcuffs did make me wonder . . . The human (and financial) costs of infidelity, it is clear, continue to be high and often rumble through the generations. Nonetheless, like the ancients, we carry on loving in triangles. Some say—though statistics in this area are even less exact than in others—that between 40% to 80% percent of settled couples engage in infidelities.
Intriguingly, an equivalent 80% of us disapprove of infidelity. So why, despite our best moral aspirations, do we breach our bonds?
All the Abrahamic religions are noisy in their prohibition of adultery. Number seven of the Ten Commandments forbids it. The New Testament, ever alert to the importance of policing thoughts, takes the prohibition even further: ' . . .whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart,' Matthew tells us. The slippage between thought and act finds a tantalising echo in French courts today where online 'virtual' betrayals are increasingly cited as grounds for very real divorce.
One might disingenuously ask why so common a human act as adultery is conceived as so fundamentally transgressive. The answer is simple enough. If marriage constitutes our primary social and legal bond creating that unit, the home, through which society regenerates itself, then a breach of that bond is a 'criminal' act which challenges both social order and social cohesion. Adultery, after all, doesn't just mean sex for adults, as the worldly quip would have it. It takes its meaning from 'adulterate', to pollute or contaminate by mixing the wrong combination of things together. In adultery, we not only break the rules of what may be combined, but simultaneously attack those rules' very existence, revealing them to be arbitrary rather than absolute.
Passion has ever had something disruptive, revolutionary, one might even say criminal about it. It's an unruly emotion, allergic to society and settled norms. We accept it on the whole when it tears the young away from their families, at least for a while. But when it threatens an established union, sanction is far harder to give.
This continues to be the case even in our permissive times. Despite early promiscuity, despite the prevalence of prior relationships before the moment of commitment, despite serial unions, no-fault divorce and remarriage, we continue to believe or wish to believe in sexual exclusivity and punish infidelity and adultery. A conviction born out of inner choice and idealisation rather than strict convention, arguably calls for greater blame—as well as guilt and self-and-other flagellation—when a partner strays. The noisy tabloid exposures, the rush to injunction by those minor gods, our celebrities, seems to prove the case. The paradox is that we want to believe in fidelity, want to blame when it lapses, yet also want to stray . . .
The question needs to be asked: why are we so prostrated by a partner's betrayal, when we know the act is so common?
Betrayal calls upon our deepest feelings. It involves deceit, cheating, perfidy, violation of faith and confidence. It may be one of our ordinary vices, but it contains an irreducible experience: desertion. Betrayal brings into play a fundamental childhood anxiety: the fear of abandonment.
Thorny contradictions rumble through our ideals of coupledom. Our marriages and cohabitations are based on a romantic notion of passionate merger forever, an intimacy in which our inner lives are shared. Betrayal brings with it the spectre of the dissolution not only of the couple but of the betrayed partner's very being. Losing the other becomes losing oneself. It is as if we were all babes at breast and had grown no thicker skin or survival skills since.
Simultaneously we live under a cultural order that tells us we're entitled to develop our own individuality and can continue to fulfil our unmet needs, those lacks left over from early childhood, for the entirety of our lives. What more common way of developing our individuality than falling in love or in lust? Would it not be self-betrayal to renounce the passion that promises transformation in the name of a deadening or warring coupledom? In this thicket of inconsistencies, the perils of adultery loom, all the while giving off a sulphurous glow.
While people suffer and harm for their adulteries, they also continue to commit them and adulterate their marriages. We might want to consider whether it's because we grow up in triangles, that we go on to recreate them, sometimes over and over again. Our earliest blissful love, our oneness with mother, first site of our romantic possessiveness, was, after all, shared. Daddy or siblings hovered in the wings. Third parties, real or imagined, continue to shadow our coupledom in a variety of ways. Old lovers or partners linger in the anterooms of our minds. Women or men spied on streets or on Internet sites intrude into our minds. One might even say that the couple only exists as a resistance to the intrusion of the third party.
So we carry on defending against infidelity and succumbing to it. No one ever said love was easy. Luckily for many of us the first intrusion into our coupledom is marked by the arrival of that most welcome of third parties, his majesty, the child.
Lisa Appignanesi is the author of All About Love, published by Virago.


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Too Much Opera, too Little Prince
By Jordan Winer
Copyright 2008 Jordan Winer
BERKELEY -- "It's opera?! I hate Opera! No fair! I'm NOT going!"
"But it's 'The Little Prince,' you liked that book."
"I don't care, remember 'The Magic Flute'!"
Seven-year-olds are quite good at reasoning, as my son Dashiell was proving. His mother once took him to a "family" performance of "The Magic Flute" at the San Francisco Opera and we never stopped hearing about how painful and terrible it was. Even Faye, my older daughter, was turned off by "The Magic Flute," but she, unlike Dash, was willing to give "The Little Prince" a try. Rachel Portman, the Academy Award winning composer ("Emma," "The Cider House Rules") created this after the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry novel in an effort to "write an opera that you could take a child to see and enjoy." With me and mine, in tow for the May 9 performance at Zellerbach Hall, she only partially succeeded.
"The Little Prince," directed by Francesca Zambello (originally for Houston Grand Opera) has plenty of beauty in it for sure. Eugene Brancoveanu's authoritative yet supple baritione works wonders of counterpoint alongside 12-year-old Tyler Polen's angelic voice in the title role. Sets and costumes by the late Maria Bjornson add amazing whimsy to the show, especially four talking Baobab trees who bounce out in upright tubes with metal ribbing, the human heads poking out halfway up the trunks. The overall look of the production, co-presented here by the SF Opera and Cal Performances, is in fact gorgeous, not over the top Big Opera style, but just right. The lights, especially a long sequence of the two main characters watching a sunset, are amazing.
The problem is one of subtlety and scale. What works about the book is its crudeness and simplicity. The Little Prince and all the characters are drawn so simply, so childlike, that the power of the story creeps up slowly and bowls you over. Opera is bad at creeping up slowly. Even this one, which has some hummable tunes and no armies of marching people with spears, because it is Opera is by its very nature emotional. The Little Prince is very French in its subtlety. Opera is Italian in its explicit emotionality and this is a bad mix for this story.
The work itself seems to sense this, and as if afraid we are not getting the message, it repeats it ("Nothing Important Can be Seen With The Eyes") about ten times in the last ten minutes.
The Little Prince begins when an aviator crashes in the desert and happens upon a tiny little prince, whom he discovers has come here from his similarly tiny planet on a quest to, among other things, acquire a drawing of a sheep. The Little Prince in his quest discovers the real value of the love he bears toward his planet's solitary rose, the pilot discovers through the prince the unimportance of fixing his plane. The book is a cornerstone of Childhood. Like "The Catcher in the Rye" for the six to 10 set, it deals with what really matters in life and how to tell the real stuff from the distractions. Also like Catcher, it is an indictment of not just Adults, but how "Adulthood" seems to wreck so much that is pure and good about childhood, namely, the power of imagination and faith.
Part of how the opera fails is making the pilot such a big visible presence. In the book, we never see this adult but only hear his voice telling us about the remembered meeting. Wonderful plays and musicals can be made from texts, but the ones that succeed (Mary Zimmerman's "Metamorphoses" for example) deal very loosely with the inspiring text, using it to express a new truth, not merely interpreting it.
Though filled with moments of real pleasure -- such as the meeting with the Fox and hearing her expound on the issue of "Taming" people -- "The Little Prince" remains too aloof from its audience. The children in the audience were attentive, yes, but as for gasps and laughs and even tears, I don't think there were many, at least from my seats between my two kids. Did they complain and kvetch -- was it Magic Flute II? No, but they had nothing really to say about the show afterward.
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5. Cadillac CTS-V WagonCost to own: $64,515
Cost to rent: $350/day
Suggested Activity: Family road trip
National Lampoon's Vacation has pretty much defined the family road trip: Wife and complaining kids cram into a station wagon as the man drives mile after endless mile, hoping for a Ferrari-driving blonde to break up the monotony. Fortunately, station wagons have come a long way since the '80s, and one of the best on the market is Cadillac's CTS-V. Packed with art and science, this Cadillac wagon can carry a family of four, plus their luggage, in comfort and style across the country.
The CTS-V wagon is a proper performance car -- the driving experience is so satisfying that guys won't mind spending some extra time behind the wheel, though the supercharged V8 will surely make those miles go by in a hurry. Even sportscar-driving supermodels can't keep up, and that may very well save both a family vacation and a marriage.


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Ducati World Superbike Superpole from Germany
Superbike fans are by now used to the exciting spectacle of the Superpole and today's session at the German Nürburgring did not disappoint. After a close battle, the Althea Racing team and riders Carlos Checa and Davide Giugliano qualified sixth and ninth for tomorrow's twelfth round of the Superbike World Championship.
Team Althea Racing's riders were on track this morning for second qualifying. In similarly sunny conditions to yesterday both Carlos and Davide were able to improve slightly on yesterday's already extremely fast times.
While the current champion shaved a further tenth of his time towards mid-session, Davide managed to lap four tenths quicker with respect to his best tim set yesterday. Considering that the times of all of the top riders dropped in the final stages this morning, the Althea flagbearers closed the session in fourth (Carlos – 1m55.2) and sixth (Davide – 1m55.3) position once the results of the two qualifying sessions were combined. Both therefore qualified without difficulty for this afternoon's Superpole.
Superpole 1: in the first Superpole phase both riders were out on track on race tyres. The session was briefly interrupted when a crash for Salom left the track covered in gravel. Once it was cleaned up riders returned to the track and Carlos recorded a fast lap of 1m54.8 that put him in sixth place. Davide's best lap, 1m55.5 recorded in the final seconds assured him of twelfth place and safe passage to phase two.
Superpole 2: this time Carlos improved by half a second on his time set in phase one, recording a 1m54.3 in the opening stages, enough to assure him of fourth position at the session's end. The 1m54.5 recorded by Davide was not enough for a top eight position and unfortunately there was no time to make a second exit and improve further. The Italian rider therefore closed in final ninth position.
Superpole 3: in this final phase, and with a qualifying tyre still available, Carlos made two fast laps, the first of which proved to be his best (1m54.3). This time signifies that he will line up on the second row of tomorrow's race grid, in sixth position.
Carlos Checa: "Although we were not able to match the pace of the leading riders in the Superpole, I think that we will have the chance to be with them in the race. We've seen that the rear tyre performance drops after some laps and so we'll need to try and manage that situation. We expect hot races and I think riders will start to suffer with the tyres after about the tenth lap. Overall we have been working well in the sessions and have recorded some good times both in practice and qualifying and I think we have a good race package – the target tomorrow will be to stay in the front group."
Davide Giugliano: "After our performance in the earlier sessions I thought we could do a bit better in the Superpole. The interruption in phase one didn't help and after that, though I was doing my best, I wasn't able to make the most of the qualifier or make the fast lap that we needed. So we will start from the third row from where I hope to be able to make a strong start and stay with the leading group. The good work we've done so far this weekend gives me confidence for the races."
Genesio Bevilacqua, General Manager of Althea Racing: "It was quite a good Superpole although we expected a little more, especially for Carlos because we were confident that we could do a little better with respect to last year's times. I don't want to keep coming back to the same topic but we are not as competitive as we were last year; the four cylinders have progressed and that's that. This is perhaps the track where the gap was going to be least felt – however the gap remains and we have not closed it as much as we had hoped to. As far as Davide is concerned, unfortunately it was a difficult session because the interruption of the Superpole meant that we had already wasted one tyre at the start and this had an effect. In any case, he has shown that he is fast, with a solid race pace and so despite starting from the third row I believe that he can ride a strong race, with the leaders."
TIMES (Superpole): 1. Biaggi (Aprilia) 1'53.8; 2. Sykes (Kawasaki) 1'53.9; 3. Melandri (BMW) 1'53.9; 4. Laverty (Aprilia) 1'54.1; 5. Rea (Honda) 1'54.3; 6. Checa (Ducati) 1'54.3; 7. Camier (Suzuki) 1'55.1; 8. Baz (Kawasaki) 1'55.7; 9. Giugliano (Ducati) 1'54.5; 10. Davies (Aprilia) 1'54.8
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The 16th edition of Story Week kicked off yesterday and extends to Friday, March 23. Sponsored by the Fiction Writing Department at Columbia College Chicago, the literary dose of March madness features National Book Award Winner Bonnie Jo Campbell, legendary filmmaker and novelist John Sayles, Guggenheim winner Dagoberto Gilb and a dozen other prominent authors, editors, and critics. Most events from Monday-Thursday are slated at 11am, 1pm, 2:30pm, 6pm, peaking with the Literary Rock & Roll event at the Metro on Thursday night.
In this electoral season, the loose theme of the events and panels is "Surviving the American Dream." Department Chair and Story Week founder Randy Albers writes in his intro to Story Week, "As we are immersed in the rhetoric of an election year, it seems especially appropriate to ask questions about what the American Dream entails for our nation today."
Contradictory to the state of things, all events at Story Week are FREE and open to the public. In the spirit of disclosure and egrigious self-promotion, I'm a featured reader at the Adjunct Faculty Reading at 11am at the 1104 S. Wabash building, 8th floor.


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Each issue highlights MARBL's renowned holdings in modern literature, African American history and culture, Georgia and Southern history, and Emory University archival materials. For a free subscription, email Christeene Fraser: email@example.com.


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|16th May 2012, 11:43 PM
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Hawken is looking trully amazing and it is going to be a big year for mech based games, specially with Mechwarrior releasing a game that somewhat looks like a RTS game and then the big one being Mechwarrior Online. Not to mention the already deemed success of Armoured Core V...Hawken is definately the one I'm keeping my eyes on however it has the looks and makings to be an insanely fun game.
Feel free to add me on steam, while not a full member does not mean I'm not up for playing a few games with or against you guys.
Steam - ColdCamV
|17th May 2012, 11:44 AM
|#26 (permalink)
I looked at Armoured Core V, seems like you were always sliding around and didn't seem right. Even saw a vid of a mech with tank tracks and it was slide-strafing (while the tracks were still facing forwards) like WTF?
Why make a mech game if you make everything move like a scifi shooter like tribes or something. Isn't the whole point of driving massive mechs that they handle in interesting ways?
Looking forward to Hawken though.
|8th June 2012, 10:26 AM
|#28 (permalink)
It appears that beta sign-ups are now open.
If anyone is going to sign up, would you kindly use this link - Hawken - War Is A Machine! - 3 signups using that and I get to reserve my pilot name. I will gladly return the favour since I plan on registering mutiple emails to stand a better chance of getting into the beta
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