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Many of the changes and new rules associated with health insurance as part of the Affordable Care Act will take effect over the next two years. One of those new rules prohibits most health insurance providers from making premium pricing decisions based on gender.
However, those rules do not apply to companies that provide long-term care insurance.
So it should not come as a huge surprise that the nation's largest provider of long-term care insurance, Genworth Financial, announced it will soon change rate plans to account for the fact that women are more likely to need long-term care. Single women seeking such insurance on their own will likely see anywhere from a 20 percent to 40 percent increase in annual long-term care insurance premiums.
However, the change will only affect new policyholders, and current members should not be affected. Observers note that other long-term care insurance providers will likely follow suit. Married women who apply with a spouse for long-term care insurance will not pay the higher premium. One provider I spoke with said that couples who apply are considered under a "unisex" rate.
The policy change was made, says the company, because more than two-thirds of all claims on the insurance are made by women. To stabilize prices, the company claims premium rates needed to better reflect the risk and ultimate need for long-term care.
The increased claims by women are likely a product of the fact that they generally live longer and provide care to their own spouses. Men are less likely to make claims on the insurance because their health declines sooner and their spouses often provide care. Elderly women, however, often come to need support after their spouses have passed, and they do not have the luxury of receiving free care from a relative.
Long-term care insurance remains a critical tool for all families planning for the future. It makes it more likely that one will be able to "age in place," receiving care at home without needing to move to an assisted-living facility or nursing home.
Colorado and Montana are the only states that prohibit gender-based pricing for long-term care insurance. The time is now for single women to explore buying long-term care insurance before the rates rise. For those who don't buy long-term care insurance, family members or Medicaid would be the default plan.
With budgets at the state and federal level stretched to the bone, the state of long-term care costs is, and will continue to be, a major economic and social challenge.
Bonnie Kraham is an attorney practicing elder law estate planning with Ettinger Law Firm, 75 Crystal Run Road, Town of Wallkill. She can be reached at 692-8700, ext. 119, or at firstname.lastname@example.com. This column is intended to provide general information, not legal advice.
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Feb. 7-10 • At Red & Charline McCombs Field • Austin, Texas | SCHEDULE
Game 1: Thursday, Feb. 7 • 7 p.m. | No. 7/9 Texas vs. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
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Game 2: Friday, Feb. 8 • 3 p.m. | Memphis vs. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi | LIVE STATS
Game 3: Saturday, Feb. 9 • 10 a.m. | North Texas vs. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi | LIVE STATS
Game 4: Saturday, Feb. 9 • 4 p.m./6:30 p.m. | TBA
Game 5: Sunday, Feb. 10 • 9 a.m./12 p.m. | TBA
The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi softball team will open its 2013 campaign in Austin, Texas against No. 7/9 Texas on Thursday, Feb. 7. The Islanders will then compete in the Texas Classic Friday, Feb. 8 through Sunday, Feb. 10 at Red & Charline McCombs Field. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi will take on Memphis and North Texas and will have a chance to take on Texas again either on Saturday or Sunday.
The Islanders finished with an overall 18-23 record last season and tallied an 11-9 record in Southland Conference play. This season, the team is leaning on trust and sacrifice to help them get back to the conference championships. The Islanders will depend on a young squad with just one senior on the team and 15 on the roster. However, the Islanders return four of their top six hitters, including 11 letterwinners and three starters.
Last season, the Islanders faced both Texas and North Texas. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi fell short in its upset bid against then No. 13-ranked Texas on Feb. 15 in Austin. The Islanders dropped a close 6-5 loss. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi picked up their first victory of the season last year against North Texas, 7-5, in the Hilton Houston Plaza Classic.
The Islanders will open the 2013 season against No. 7/9 Texas. It marks the second consecutive year the Islanders have opened the season against a ranked opponent. Last season, the Islanders opened the season against No. 20-ranked Houston. The only other time the Islanders opened the season against a ranked opponent was in 2010 when they faced then-No. 10 Stanford. The Islanders will face the Longhorns for the 20th meeting in school history. Texas holds the 18-1 advantage.
•Texas A&M - Corpus Christi lost seven seniors including three of the Islanders' top pitchers and outfielder Hannah Schwarz who led the NCAA in sacrifice hits per game in Division I last season.
•The Islanders are young with just one senior and 15 on the roster. The squad returns three starters and 11 letterwinners from a team that finished with an 18-23 overall record (11-9 SLC) a year ago.
• The Islanders advanced to the Southland Conference Tournament for the fourth year and finished fourth.
• The 2013 team will welcome four newcomers: Freshman Ashley Elicerio (P/UT), freshman Dani Tefft (OF), Natalie Zarzabal (OF) and sophomore transfer from McLennan CC, Michelle Sorenson (C/UT).
•The Islanders return four of their top six hitters. Leading the way is Laura Phillips and Mickayla Cochran. Phillips led the team last season with a .339 batting average while Cochran was second on the team with a .293 batting average. Hayley Galloway was third on the team with a .276 batting average and Meagan McKinney rounds out the top six with a .255 batting average.
•McKinney is the Islanders only senior. She started in all 37 games she played in last season. She finished third on the team with 26 hits and second with 12 runs. She was also 4-for-5 in stolen bases and led the team with 274 put outs, which was good for sixth place in the conference. She earned the Islanders Gold's Gym Award in strength and conditioning last season.
•Head Coach Stephanie Hughes is in her second year with the Islanders. She became the Islanders fifth head coach in program history when she was hired on August 19, 2011. Hughes was named the 2013 SLC Preseason All-Conference Coach of the Year by College Sports Madness. Assistant Coach Briana Bishop and pitching Coach Sarah Pauly also enter their second year with the Islanders.
Texas: The No. 7/9 ranked Texas Longhorns finished with a 47-14 record last season and tied for third in the Big 12 with a 16-8 record. The Longhorns advanced to the NCAA Super Regional and finished ranked No. 9/12. Texas returns 10 letterwinners, including seven positional starters and three pitchers. The squad welcomes six newcomers. Torie Schmidt returns as the Longhorns top hitter with a .358 batting average. Returning in the circle is Gabby Smith who led the team last season with a 2.15 ERA in 26 innings. Blaire Luna also returns to the circle. She led the team in innings pitched with 188 and recorded a 2.31 ERA.
Memphis: Memphis enters Friday's contest with five of their starters from last season, including two pitchers. Altogether the Tigers return 12 letterwinners and welcome seven newcomers. Last season, Memphis finished with a 20-37 record and tallied an 8-16 record in Conference USA. Senior Morgan Mosby led the Tigers last season with a .335 batting average while Junior Ellen Roberts powered the Tigers in the circle with a 3.06 ERA in 199.1 innings pitched.
North Texas: The Islanders and Mean Green will meet on Saturday. Last season, North Texas tallied a 28-26-1 record and finished in fourth place in the Sun Belt with a 13-10 record. The Mean Green returns 11 letterwinners, including three starters and all four of their pitchers. North Texas welcomes eight newcomers to its roster. Brooke Foster leads the Mean Green at the plate. Last season, she recorded a .319 batting average while leading the team with 60 hits. Ashley Kirk returns to the circle for the Mean Green. She led the team last season with a 2.39 ERA in 155 innings pitched. The Islanders earned a 7-5 victory over the Mean Green last season after Jamise Jackson ripped her first grand slam of her career to push the Islanders ahead.
Pitching coach and seven-year NPF veteran Sarah Pauly has a young group of pitchers this season after losing standout pitchers Greta Cecchetti, Jordan Trujillo and Vianca Pesina. Cecchetti was second in the Southland Conference last season with a 0.58 ERA and second in strikeouts with 82. Junior Constance Brandenburg will lead the pitchers in the circle this season with the most experience. She recorded a 3.28 ERA last season in 10.2 innings. She tallied a 0-1 record while striking out six batters in 10.2 innings. Sophomore Bethany Slick appeared in one game last season and recorded one strikeout in 2.1 innings. The Islanders will rely heavily on right-handed pitcher Ashley Elicerio. The freshman and utility player played four years for Hendrickson High School under head coach Doug Harrigan.
The 2013 team will welcome four newcomers, freshman Ashley Elicerio (P/UT), freshman Dani Tefft (OF), freshman Natalie Zarzabal (Of) and sophomore transfer from McLennan CC, Michelle Sorenson (C/UT).
Elicerio is a 5-7 pitcher and utility player. She played four years at Hendrickson High School and was tabbed Utility Player of the Year three consecutive years. She led the Hawks to a 17-9 record during her senior season after advancing the team to the regional quarterfinals.
Zarzabal, a right-handed outfielder, played at Steele High School in Cibolo, Texas. During her sophomore year she recorded a .409 batting average and followed it with a .365 batting average during her junior year.
Tefft was a four-year starter at Kempner High School in Sugar Land, Texas. The left-hander led the team with a .434 batting average while helping her team win the 2011 Bi-District Championship and the 2011 District 23-5A Championship.
Sorenson recorded a .358 batting average while appearing in 43 of 51 games during the 2010-11 season at McLennan CC. She helped her team win the Region V championship and earned second team all-conference honors.
The Islanders were selected to finish fourth in the 2013 Southland Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll in a vote by both the conference's head coaches and sports information directors. Sophomore Mickayla Cochran (OF) was tabbed All-Southland Preseason Second Team. The Islanders were also tabbed fourth in the Preseason Sports Information Director's poll.
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi will play host to 21 games at Chapman Field this season. The Islanders will play a total of 50 regular-season games and will play a three-game series format in the Southland Conference. The Islanders will once again have a competitive non-conference schedule. After the Texas Classic, the team will travel to Waco, Texas to compete in the Miken Classic, hosted by Baylor University. The Islanders will then open their home schedule with Kansas before hosting the Best Western Marina Grand Islanders Classic. Kansas, Auburn, New Mexico and Southern University are all on tap to compete. The Islanders will also compete in the CentralLink Classic in San Marcos, Texas, against the likes of North Texas, Purdue and former SLC Champion Texas State.
Following the Texas Classic, the Islanders will travel to Waco, Texas, to compete in the three-day Miken Classic on Feb. 15-17, hosted by Baylor University.

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"I think he respected me for putting myself in a loony bin. He was the only guy who came to visit me...Nobody else came...nobody. Not even my so-called friends in LA...but David came."NME, 1977
"Bowie was kooky. That's the kind of person I tend to hang around with. I learned a lot from Bowie, about hard work and applied strategy."The Guardian, 1996
"I was not executive material like him. I couldn't do the things he seemed to do so well and so easily. Yet I knew I had something he didn't have and could never have."Mojo, 1996
"Iggy's amazing. He really has nothing to do with rock and roll, he's in it by accident. He's just the best… "David Bowie, NME, March 1976
"He'll never make it to the recording studios in time. He'll fall asleep or get machine-gunned down in a garage. Iggy's doomed."David Bowie, Sunday Times Magazine, July 1975
"They just don't appreciate Iggy…He's Lenny fucking Bruce and James Dean. When that ad lib flow starts, there's nobody like him. It's verbal jazz, man!"David Bowie, Rolling Stone, February 1976
"Terence [Stamp] is going to be Iggy's father [in the Diamond Dogs movie]. Isn't that lovely? I can't wait to direct it. I think, you see, that the most talented actors around are all in rock and roll. Iggy never should have been a rock & roll singer, he's an actor."David Bowie, Rolling Stone, February 1976
"I think Iggy stands a very good chance of becoming one of the important young actors in America. I really do. I've seen it. I've put him in front of a camera on several occasions; I've got him falling around doing pretend scenes from method films, and he's absolutely sensational. And nobody will pick him up. They're scared stiff of somebody they consider an amateur. They don't see what he's got. They don't understand that he's not bizarre and outrageous, they can't see that he is, in fact, the essence of the entire mid-American youth syndrome. He is very much the all-American boy. Of course he needs experience. He needs to do a lot more public entertaining. But it's all a part of this thing about watching the crack-up of artists, which I think is a fundamental of rock & roll. Watching artists showing themselves up; watching artists crack open a bit and seeing what they're really like inside. That's why rock & roll is so important. Not seeing superheroes. Watching the process of a person learning how to come to terms with what he really is. Suddenly seeing an artist recognize his own failings. The emphasis is not on watching somebody who's invulnerable and godlike. That's not the thing. People go to concerts to gain information, and the information they go to get is that of seeing an artist reconcile himself with his own failings, gradually, over a period of years."David Bowie, Circus Magazine, April 1976
"I think that's why Iggy is gonna be so enormous. He's not hard and knowledgeable and all knowing and cynical; all of that has gotten so boring. Every artist always knows the answers of the world; it's so tiring. It's nice to see someone for a change who hasn't a clue. But has insights."…That's the charming thing about him, that you can really see the bruises on him. Everybody likes to see someone bruised. No one likes to see a star smile. No one likes to see a happy star. And they're not likely to, either, 'cause there ain't many of 'em."David Bowie, Circus Magazine, April 1976
"...other bands cover Presley or the Velvet Underground; I cover Iggy Pop. I think he's getting better and better as a songwriter, substantially as a lyricist. There's a fabulous maturity around what he's doing. He's my favorite contemporary songwriter."David Bowie, Music & Sound Output, June 1987


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Sen. Manchin Wants 'Transitional Year' for Health Law
Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) on Sunday said 2014 should be a "transitional year" for the Affordable Care Act, allowing consumers and insurers time to work out kinks in the system without any penalties.
Monday night is the deadline to sign up for insurance that can take effect on Jan. 1. The final deadline for 2014 enrollment is March 31. So far, the program has been plagued by technical issues and a continuing political debate on the merits of the law.
"I'm not worried about the glitches, computer glitches," Mr. Manchin said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union." "We'll fix that sooner or later. I'm worried about having a product that the market will buy. And we're not letting people shop."
Mr. Manchin broke with Democrats last month when he joined Sen. Mark Kirk (R., Ill.) to propose a one-year delay in the health care law's individual mandate. Current law says most Americans must carry health insurance or pay a penalty in 2014 of $95 or 1% of taxable income, whichever is greater.
"This whole 2014 will be a transitional year to find out where our glitches are and our little nuances that we have to work for and find out if the market can produce the products that we need to keep this healthy," Mr. Manchin said.
The penalty is still set to take effect, though the law allows exemptions and the Obama administration recently said consumers with canceled health plans can avoid paying it.
The White House also has asked insurers to take a flexible approach to some deadlines. Insurers on Wednesday agreed to take one of the steps sought by the administration, saying that new enrollees can pay their first-month premium as late as Jan. 10 and still get coverage retroactive to Jan. 1.
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OnStyle Notebook: Baja East, Ostwald Helgason and Prabal Gurung
True confession: I got grumpy upon being told to show up on time for Baja East's presentation at the Standard Hotel on Saturday afternoon. The whole point of less-formal presentations is that people can stop by when it's convenient. But I got the point when designers Scott Studenberg and John Targon stepped in front of the assemblage with their models and started narrating their own collection.
We could have been in a 19th century couture atelier, except that the designers offered up such descriptive gems as "just chillin' in your leather and leopard moto pants" and "we left the raw edges to keep it a bit f- up."
This New-York-meets-LA surfer luxe collection is deliberately unisex, from the djelba-like tunics to wrap skirts and 300-ply cashmere sweaters that could double as blankets. To prove it, they made their models trade clothes — with the guys donning the gals clothes and vice versa. It's all made in the USA and the prices are designer luxe — a chunky oversized cashmere sweater is $2,400.
These two designers were salesmen for Celine and Lanvin in their previous jobs, giving them special insight on what actually sells (as opposed to what looks amazing on glossy pages.)
Ostwald Helgason. Say it five times so you will remember it.
This promising duo out of London held their first show at New York Fashion Week after several seasons of less formal presentations (where we could show up when we chose). It's nice to see this progression because, dang, they're good. Consider the fold at the shoulder of their dolman-sleeve jackets: they left it a just-a-peep open, revealing a slice oft blouse at the apex of the shoulder, turning a nicely tailored look into something special. And the humorously dark apple-and-worm motif on some easy tops was just fun. Susanne Ostwald and Ingvar Helgason claimed backstage that they always start designing from a "dark place" but the looks made me smile. Watch them take off.
I'm calling this Prabal Gurung's "and this and this and this" collection. Gurung is a young darling of the New York fashion world who is tripping up on his own promise by piling so many ideas into a single garment that one's mind boggles. Satin draped around wool tailored jackets is the sort of gutsy move that designers should be attempting at this price point — but only if they can pull it off with balance, which this collection did not. His knitwear is pretty fabulous this season — loose and drapey and cozy in muted grays, rusts, oranges and blues. Pick the simplest pieces, where great fabrics and well-cut lines speak for themselves.


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Sick Grandmother,
February 23, 2012
My grandmother is sick right now. She is in the nursing home and has been for over three years, she still has her mind but has to use a cather which causes alot of infections. Right now she has a pretty bad upper respiratory infection (sounds like bronchitis or walking pnemonia). She is so weak and bare eating, coughing constantly. She is starting to sound defeated. She is like my mother and really the only family I have left. I know that she will eventually go to be my angel to watch over me but the thought of it is still very hard for me. Please pray that the lords will be done. I don't want to see her suffer either.


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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Multiple people sent to the hospital Thursday morning after an ammonia leak have all been treated and released. It happened at FPL Food on New Savannah Road.
Fire trucks, a hazmat team and police cars filled the entrance for hours.
"We responded there along with the fire department. We arrived on scene and were instructed that we had a potential of seven to eight patients," said Matt Paynter, director of operations for Gold Cross EMS.
In total, nine patients were transported -- one to Georgia Regents Medical Center and eight to University Hospital -- but on the way there, the ambulances noticed a problem.
"The first time we realized it was [when] one of the patients started complaining of some symptoms and that kinda triggered us off that maybe they hadn't been properly decontaminated," Paynter said.
When they arrived at University Hospital, the hospital set up its own decontamination area outside the ER. They decontaminated three patients before they went inside, but Gold Cross EMS says the patients never should have made it that far because it puts their workers at risk.
"In our ambulances, there are very tight quarters," Paynter said. "Ventilation's kind of limited in the back of an ambulance, so it appears that they were exposed to the chemicals that the patients were as well. We did have one crew have some symptoms and they got medical treatment."
The question being asked is when they got to the doors of the ambulances had the patients been properly decontaminated?
"Using the language of properly decontaminated is not a realistic word when we are saying that we will decontaminate you to the best that we can," said Fire Chief Chris James.
Chief James says a "gross decontamination" process did take place at FPL Food.
"Meaning that we took off their outer clothing, their outer uniform, we took that stuff off of them," James said. "That stuff has been bagged up and then from there they were transported."
He added that they did notify hospitals ahead of time about the possibility of contamination. Luckily, no one was seriously injured in this leak.
Gold Cross EMS did decontaminate all of its workers and all four ambulances, taking those ambulances out of service for around an hour.
James says he will look into it, but from everything he knows, their protocol was followed Thursday morning. They did the gross decontamination and sent them on, but Gold Cross says that wasn't enough because their workers were exposed.
Chief James says none of his crews who treated the same patients have shown any symptoms.


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In the weeks before my business partner Karen Hayes and I opened Parnassus Books in Nashville, I would bring my 16-yearold dog Rose to the store. I folded her up inside her soft bed and then stretched her out in the warm sun that fell through the front window. She would sleep while I painted a cabinet or shelved books. Rose, who had once been a Chihuahua/Terrier mix, was now nothing but a limp little sock puppet of a dog, and I carried her with me everywhere. I wanted her to be a store dog. If I was going to have a bookstore, it seemed only right that Rose should have a job. I thought that she could stay in her bed by the cash register and people could pet her, but it didn't work out that way. Having lived a long and happy life, Rose died two weeks after we opened.
The truth of the matter is that Rose, no matter how much I loved her, was not store-dog material. For one thing, she hated children, and while she almost never actually bit them, she could bark and lunge and snap without provocation. At times she could be so ferocious that children felt bitten without the actual bite. The only reason I even thought she might be able to be a store dog late in life was that she could no longer walk, and her sight and hearing were negligible. She just liked the petting, and the size of the hand running over her small flank didn't matter anymore.
Karen thought the bookstore should have a piano, and so she got a piano. I thought the bookstore should have a dog, but now I didn't have a dog, and I was too sad to go out and get another one.
So we hired a part-time dog, a sleek, short-haired Miniature Dachshund named Lexington who came in with our events manager, Niki Castle, once or twice a week. Lexington was from New York City, where she and Niki had lived before moving south. As a city dog, she was not afraid of crowds. She was used to strangers making over her. She was used to children getting in her face. Frankly, she liked children getting in her face. Her M.O. was to race around the store 10 times, greet everyone and then skid back into the office, where Niki would scoop her up and drop her into a sling she wore across her chest. There, in her pouch, Lexington napped. Twenty minutes later, she'd take off running again. It was the cycle of her day.
No one could complain about the job Lexington was doing. Children marched back to the office and demanded to see the Dachshund, and off she would go to the picture-book section. She did not gnaw on the spines of the books on lower shelves. She did not lose her temper, never once, when a small hand tried to keep her from her appointed nap by holding onto her tail. She was in every way top flight. But that didn't mean I didn't want my own store dog.
"We have a store," my husband would say when he called about various shelter or foster-care dogs we had seen on the Internet. "Do you think he would be a good store dog?"
But if you don't have a store, how can you know? How can you know if your dog can be trusted not to dart through the continually opening doors, or if he'll jump up and grab a fluttering scarf, or have accidents in hidden corners, or bite a child—even one child, one child who may have been asking for it in every possible way. How do you know that dog when you see him?
It turns out my husband knew. The Friday afternoon we walked into the Nashville Humane Association and my husband saw Sparky, he knew. He leaned over and lifted him out of his pen. "This one," he said, without looking at a single other dog.
After 16 wonderful years with Rose, it's hard for me not to panic when I see a tiny child toddling towards my dog, fingers outstretched. But regardless of size, Sparky gives every customer a fullbody wag, then drops to the ground to show his spotted tummy. Most children then drop to the ground as well and together they roll around.
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Sterling silver, also called fine silver, is a beautifully lustrous cool-toned precious metal favored in fine jewelry among other products. The most reflective of all metals (excluding mercury), sterling silver looks stunning by itself and brings out the best hues in an array of colorful gemstones.
Sterling silver can be polished to a higher sheen than platinum. In fact, Ag, the chemical symbol for silver, comes from a word that means "white and shining." The surface of silver can boast that shiny, polished appearance, or can be brushed, satin, matte, sandblasted, antiqued or oxidized (chemically blackened).
In order to be called sterling silver, a metal must be made up of a minimum of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% alloy (meaning other metals), including but not limited to copper and nickel. The alloy is added to pure silver to make the metal more durable, tougher and harder. Sterling silver is designated a fineness of "925." Pieces with sterling silver may be marked "sterling."
Finishes on Sterling Silver
Finishing, or plating, is a common treatment with sterling silver. Popular types of plating are rhodium plating, gold plating and anti-tarnish plating. Plating is used to extend the life and sheen of the jewelry. After sizing or buffing a piece of jewelry with a machine, it must be re-plated to restore the finish.
Caring for Sterling Silver
Sterling silver becomes tarnished as the result of a natural chemical process that occurs when sterling silver is exposed to chemicals in the air, rubber, wool and latex. Humidity also plays a role in accelerating tarnishing. It's easy to keep your sterling silver sparkling, though, by taking a few steps to prevent tarnish and other wear and tear.
With its uniquely mystical appearance, quartz was the "rock crystal" used in ancient times to make crystal balls. It was believed to attract energy and is still considered to be spiritual today. The gemstone was once believed to be a compact form of ice. In fact, the Greeks originally named quartz "krystallos," meaning ice, but this terminology soon applied to any type of crystal.
Often identified by its six-sided prism shape, quartz is the most common mineral on Earth, found in nearly every environment throughout the globe. With a ranking of 7.0 on the Mohs Scale, it is a component of almost every rock type and occurs in virtually every color imaginable. Quartz has a great amount varieties that are well-known by other names, including amethyst, citrine, ametrine, rock crystal, agate, druzy, chalcedony, tigers eye and many more. There are also several varieties that hold the name "quartz," including rose quartz, smokey quartz and rutilated quartz.
The pale pink color of quartz is known as rose quartz, the traditional gift for couples celebrating their 2nd anniversary. It is a delicate powder pink color that ranges from transparent to translucent. Transparent rose quartz is quite rare and is usually so pale that it does not show much color, except in large sizes. The translucent quality of rose quartz is much more common and is used for jewelry and carvings.
Rose quartz is probably one of the most prized stones for its mystical properties. Known as the "Heart Stone," it is believed to have incredible powers to balance emotions and open the heart. Folklore says rose quartz can comfort brokenhearted people, bringing healing and clarity to the heart and allowing the wearer to learn to trust again. The stone is also said to foster happiness and the joy of life by bringing about contentment in love and filling one with optimism, tenderness and gentleness.
In addition to helping with romantic love, rose quartz is believed to enhance all other forms of love as well, including self-love, platonic and maternal. Its loving, nurturing energy is said to take away fears, resentment and anger and replace them with feelings of higher self-esteem and confidence. This soothing stone is also thought to balance emotions and heal emotional wounds. It is said to be especially powerful in times of stress or loss, bringing peace and calm to the wearer.
Ranging in color from nearly black to smoky brown, smoky quartz is transparent and owes its warm earthen hue to exposure to natural radioactivity. Care must be taken since its rich color will fade in the sun. Spelled either "smoky" or "smokey," this variety of quartz is often incorrectly called "smoky topaz."
Smoky quartz is believed to help dissolve negative energy, release stress and relieve depression. It is said to be a mild sedative with a relaxing effect that calms, soothes and restores balance and harmony. Folklore says the gem can embrace dark areas with light and love and therefore clear and cleanse the body both physically and emotionally. Smoky quartz is thought to be a warm, friendly and down-to-earth gem.
Rutilated quartz is a type of transparent rock crystal that contains long, fine needles of rutile crystals (titanium dioxide). These highly valued inclusions form a landscape of shining gold needles in an array of patterns that is breathtakingly beautiful. These golden inclusions are also known as Venus hair, Cupid's darts and fleches d'amour ("arrows of love"). There is a less well-known variety called tourmalinated quartz that, instead of golden rutile, forms black or dark green tourmaline crystals.
Although rutilated quartz is usually cut as a cabochon, it can be a difficult stone to attain a smooth surface without pits. This is because rutile ranks a 6.0 on the Mohs Scale, while quartz ranks 7.0. The difference in hardness between the two materials, and because of the way rutile forms inside, causes problems when cutting. Each final cut piece is unique, with no two being exactly alike. Modern folklore says rutilated quartz brings forth each person's strengths, originality and ability to relate to others.
Earring Back Types
Butterfly Back: A double looped piece resembling a butterfly that fits over a post. Variations on this design are called push back clasps. The basic post and butterfly back are usually used for stud earrings and lighter weight drop earrings.
Hinged Snap Backs: This clasp features a hinged post that snaps into a groove on the back of the earring. It is commonly found on hoops. Sometimes the hinged post is curved to provide more room to fit around the ear, sometimes called a saddleback.
Hook Backs: This earring backing is simply a long, bent post that fits through the piercing. Hooks have several variations, most notably the shepherd's hook and the French hook. While thin wire hooks reduce the weight of long earrings, making them more comfortable, they aren't as secure as other clasp styles.
Lever Back: A hinged lever snaps shut against the curved post to form a closed loop around the ear lobe. This clasp is very secure and good for large or medium sized styles that drop just below the ear.
Omega: Also called French clips, this clasp has a straight post and a looped lever. The hinged lever closes around the post and is held against the ear with pressure. The omega clasp is the most secure clasp, especially for the larger, heavier earrings.
Screw back: This backing is a slight variation of the standard post and butterfly nut back. Instead of pushing on the back, the nut twists onto the threaded post. A screw back post design is often preferred for expensive diamond stud earrings that require increased security.


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Michelle Obama's Oscar Turn Sparks Debate
On a night of stars, Michelle Obama managed to stand out.
The First Lady put in a cameo appearance at the 2013 Academy Awards last night to help announce "Argo" as the winner of the best picture winner Oscar.
The First Lady appeared live from the Diplomatic Room of the White House and set Twitter aflutter. She wore a silver Naeem Khan dress with silver bugle beads in an Art Decoesque design, set off with silver lace chandelier earrings. She said via video that all of the nominees showed that "we can overcome any obstacle."
So how did the White House and the Oscars manage to pull off one of the biggest Hollywood surprise endings since "The Sixth Sense"? According to a pool report, Kristina Schake, Communications Director to the First Lady, issued this statement: "The Academy Awards approached the First Lady about being a part of the ceremony. As a movie lover, she was honored to present the award and celebrate the artists who inspire us all – especially our young people – with their passion, skill and imagination."
The First Lady's appearance polarized some viewers.
Richard Brody wrote on the New Yorker's website "though I'm a great admirer of the First Lady, I found Michelle Obama's appearance to open the Best Picture envelope, accompanied by the gold-braided honor guard behind her, wildly inappropriate in its affirmation of the hard power behind the soft power—the connection of real politics to the representational politics of the movies, of the peculiar and long-standing symbiosis of Washington and Hollywood—all the more so when the matter of access to inside-government information is a key issue with the making of "Zero Dark Thirty."
Conservative columnist Jennifer Rubin wrote on the Washington Post's website: "It is not enough that President Obama pops up at every sporting event in the nation. Now the first lady feels entitled, with military personnel as props, to intrude on other forms of entertaining (this time for the benefit of the Hollywood glitterati who so lavishly paid for her husband's election). "
Actress Kerry Washington, a supporter of President Obama, had a message posted on her Twitter account indicating that the First Lady's Oscar presence had only added to the charm of the evening: "Amazing #Oscars nite! presented w/ @iamjamiefoxx 2 wins for #DjangoUnchained &nominated in category @FLOTUS presented! + @ScandalABC promo!"
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A reward or tribute given to a male after he has had sex with a woman.
In the Schrute family, we have a tradition, where when the male has sex with another woman, he is rewarded with a bag of wild oats left on his door step by his parents. You can use these oats to make oatmeal, bread, whatever you want. I don't care - they're your oats.
I just earned my oats today!
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Over Achieving Teenagers, implies to anyone who is working too much, is stressed, and just tries too hard. Often people who gets grades such as C's and B's but still consider they failed and did not do enough.
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от failingBminus 26 октомври 2006
Abbreviation for Over Active Taint Syndrome, excesive sweating inbetween your balls and asshole.
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For the past couple of months, we noticed an extra charge on our Comcast bill.
After many phone calls and conflicting information with every call, we finally figured this one out: Remember the free digital adapters that everybody had to have a while back, when we transitioned to digital?
Well, they are not free anymore.
The Comcast customer service representative let us know that a letter has been sent out in December, and on the bottom of the fifth page of that letter, it states that they will start to charge for the free digital adapters.
The charge is $1.99 per each box per month.
Each Comcast customer has at least two of them.
So, Comcast, here's the deal: Free is free. There is no changing your mind, no letters, no second thoughts. It's free.
It's not a matter of $1.99 per box per month (plus tax). It's a matter of principle.
This adds to a long line of Comcast bliss, and I will be sure to take my business someplace else.
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The A's will be carrying three catchers in the first round of the American League Division Series.
That one of them is Stephen Vogt is not a surprise at this point, Vogt having more than proved himself since ... well, since almost being out of baseball earlier this year.
"It's very exciting and pretty crazy," Vogt said. "It's 100 percent surreal, coming from where I was six months ago, even four months ago."
He was in spring training with Tampa Bay, but the Rays didn't have a spot for someone who was 0-for-25 as a rookie in 2012. The A's picked him up for a few bucks at a point in April where the Rays seemed destined to cut him loose.
The A's didn't need a catcher in the big leagues at the time, not with John Jaso and Derek Norris doing the work at in Oakland and Luke Montz, who would eventually make his way to Oakland, starting the season catching at Triple-A Sacramento. Still, Vogt didn't cost much, and the A's are all about acquiring talent whenever they can.
To say that it turned out to be fortuitous is to understate things dramatically. Vogt came up for a brief spell in June, long enough to collect his first big league hit, then went back to the minors for almost four weeks before coming up for good.
Jaso was hurt. Shortly thereafter, so was Norris. For one 24-hour period, Vogt was just about the only healthy catcher in the organization because not only Jaso and Norris were hurt, but Montz was on the minor league disabled list at the same time. That's why the A's traded for last year's catcher, Kurt Suzuki.
But Suzuki wouldn't play nearly as much as Vogt. No one would. Vogt is a left-handed hitter, and with Jaso out for over two months, Vogt was the only lefty hitting catcher the A's had. And the A's platoon was built around having a left-handed hitting catcher to call on against right-handed starting pitching.
Then Vogt, a career .299 minor league hitters with a little power — 44 homers in six years — learned the A's pitchers, started hitting a bit and played the role as if it was made for him. Now there's a chance that he will start all four games of the ALDS because the Tigers will start four right-handed pitchers.
Vogt finished up the season hitting .252 with four homers and 16 RBIs. Those aren't going to get him on an All-Star team, but he was a tough out and the pitchers liked the way he called a game.
``It didn't take long for him to catch on,'' starting pitcher Jarrod Parker said. ``He picked everything up real quick.''
For now, possibly no one in the playoffs has gone from outhouse to penthouse quite like Vogt.
``Physically, I'm prepared,'' he said. ``Mentally I'm prepared. I've never done anything like this in my life. But all we've got to do is go and win some baseball games.''
And that's something Vogt has proven adept at. The A's have won 27 of the 40 games he's started, and that .675 winning percentage secures his spot in the starting lineup.
While Tuesday was given over to coaches throwing batting practice to hitters, the A's want to keep their pitchers sharp. So Game 4 starter Dan Straily, among others, will get on the mound and throw.
``It's been a week since I pitched and it's going to be another week before I pitch again,'' Straily said. ``so this will be good.''


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AUGUSTA -- Thousands of golf patrons will navigate traffic cones, quick-changing lights, and message board warnings on the way to the Masters.
"You're talking about an international well-known event, and you're trying to get people in and out of here," said Richmond County Traffic Engineer Steve Cassell. "You only got so many routes you can take."
But where that can appear chaotic, there's much more control.
Meet the traffic engineers behind the curtain. Seven engineers have 12 cameras watching the most-traveled areas of Augusta this week. Those engineers decide where they want to see less congestion: Washington Road or Riverwatch Parkway.
"It's a balancing act when you're not controlling traffic as much as you're managing it and getting them to a spot," said Cassell.
Berckman's Road can be a challenge as well. The traffic patterns are less predictable during the practice rounds -- when patrons arrive at different times.
"You got different people coming each day and you're seeing issues that weren't there yesterday and they appear today," adds Cassell. "So we're trying to adjust some things on the fly."
That's done by watching the busy intersections and adjusting those lights and message boards if needed. Engineers test traffic patterns by driving routes themselves. They also use helicopters as a backup to check on patterns.
"You want to spread them out the best you can, but of course their GPS is telling them go one direction, we're telling them to go the other direction."
Traffic engineers plan to add more cameras next year and increase internet speeds. Eventually, Richmond County wants to make the cameras available online to anyone.


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Q: How do I incorporate owls into my decor outside of holidays like Christmas and Halloween?
A: Owls have become the inspiration for many home accents and furniture pieces over the past couple of years. The fluffy little creatures, once reserved for Halloween, have transcended the seasons and invaded homes across the country.
"The trend is birds in general, but owls are definitely the favourite," says Clay Hitchcock, store manager for the Skyview Urban Barn in Edmonton. "It's hit a furor where everyone wants everything owl."
Hitchcock says owls can be found on almost anything. At Urban Barn, they sell plush couch cushions embroidered with owls as well as stools and ceramic lamps created in their image.
Hitchcock believes owls have become incredibly popular for many reasons. From barn owls in the summer to snowy owls in the winter, they're a regular sight for many Canadians. In addition, their symbolism - standing for wisdom, strength and endurance - makes them attractive.
With the rise of nature-inspired decorating, where many natural and reclaimed materials are being brought into the home, it only makes sense that we open our doors to wildlife as well.
"When it comes to the animals you want to bring inside, birds kind of come to mind first. Owls are the favourite because you can keep them year round."
Many owl decor pieces come stylized with sleeker lines, making them an easy fit for both traditional and modern decors. If you're looking for owls that will work come summer or winter, Hitchcock suggests choosing pieces in muted colours like greys, beiges or whites. Not only do they fit with every style ranging from country cottage to contemporary glamour, but they can also be moulded to the season when combined with Christmas or Halloween decorations, for example.
Although these feathered friends may look incredibly cute, Hitchcock suggests keeping them to a minimum.
"If you start walking into your room and you think you're in an owl emporium, it might be time to step back and take a few pieces out," he laughs. "If you have owl cushions and an owl statue, maybe an owl lamp is too much. I think owls are always great as the one thing in the room, not to have it everywhere but to have one or two accents in a room."
Owls aren't for everyone, Hitchcock says, but if they do start to grow on you, it's not too late to give them a try. "Owls are going to be here for a long time."


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verb (rigs, rigging, rigged)[with object]
1Make (a sailing ship or boat) ready for sailing by providing it with sails and rigging: the catamaran will be rigged as a ketch [as adjective, in combination]: (-rigged) a gaff-rigged cutter
More example sentences
- The trainee programme offers those aged 16 to 25 the opportunity to sail to France on a traditionally rigged sailing ship.
- This view gives a good impression of the huge amount of rope needed to rig a sailing ship.
- Harrison Spencer, of Gunard, Isle of Wight, has been made an MBE for his services to yacht rigging and sailing at Cowes.
1.1Assemble and adjust (the equipment of a sailboat, aircraft, etc.) to make it ready for operation: most sails are kept ready rigged
More example sentences
- When more medical supplies arrived, LAC Williams and I unloaded the aircraft, re - rigged it for the return journey and carried litter patients to the aircraft.
- They started rigging up the aircraft after unloading it from a trailer but the pilot was interrupted twice.
- The flight controls had been carefully rigged to fractions of a degree while the wing slats were removed and then refitted to ensure a perfectly smooth fit.
1.2Set up (equipment or a device or structure), typically hastily or in makeshift fashion: he had rigged up a sort of tent the crew began to rig the camera equipment on a platform
More example sentences
- Nasa had provided forceps and astronauts had rigged up a makeshift hacksaw for Robinson to use if the gap-fillers proved difficult to remove.
- Part of the pub has been sealed off to the form the 'house' and cameras have been rigged up, allowing fellow drinkers to monitor the progress of the contestants.
- The poverty-stricken young Joe rigged up a make-do punchbag in his rickety garden shed.
set up, erect, assemble, build;
throw together, cobble together, put together, whip up, improvise, contrive
1.3Provide (someone) with clothes of a particular style or type: a cavalry regiment rigged out in green and gold
More example sentences
- Hosannas to Ridley Scott, who made a star out of Sigourney Weaver by rigging her in a tight jumpsuit and launching her into space.
- Do the seven-day trip rigged out in ponchos and fleece chaps just like local cowboys.
- The man, upon seeing a knight rigged out in full armor sticking a lance in his face, fears for his life.
1The particular way in which a sailboat's masts, sails, and rigging are arranged: the yacht will emerge from the yard with her original rig
More example sentences
- She has 27 sails in a frigate rig on three masts and a bowsprit, with a total surface area of 2,683 square metres.
- For these sailors, catboats offer one of the simplest of all sailing rigs to manage.
- The rig is a simple deck-stepped mast-head sloop with single upper shrouds and spreaders, double lower shrouds and split backstay.
1.1The sail, mast, and boom of a sailboard.
Example sentences
- Windsurfing International was an American company which had a patent for the rig used on a windsurfer.
- Rent a rig at Windsurfing Hatteras, which also offers kiteboarding lessons.
- Mowday, who runs a factory in central Taiwan producing parts for windsurfing rigs and snowboard bindings, became one of the first to pioneer sailing in Penghu when he began windsurfing there six or seven years ago.
2An apparatus, device, or piece of equipment designed for a particular purpose: a lighting rig
More example sentences
- However, the American-style performance will surely work well under the slick lighting and sound rigs of a purpose-built theatre and the high element of audience participation should jolly everyone along.
- The theatre's lighting rig and other equipment are included in the sale.
- CMS, based at the Chamber of Commerce headquarters in Little Germany, provided the ATA Carnet documents for the lighting rigs, sound systems, stage sets and costumes.
apparatus, appliance, machine, device, instrument, contraption, system;
tackle, gear, kit, outfit
2.1An oil rig or drilling rig.
Example sentences
- Oil prices shot up nearly US $1.50 a barrel yesterday as oil and natural gas producers evacuated rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Traders were hoping that Wednesday's US petroleum inventories report would suggest how badly the young Atlantic hurricane season had hurt production at offshore rigs.
- When he went there, Chesebrough noticed that roughnecks who worked the rigs were maddened by a gelatinous black gunk that clogged up their drills.
2.2(In CB and shortwave radio) a transmitter and receiver.
Example sentences
- Many of us in younger years rebuilt surplus Motorola rigs for ham radio, and knew we could always get replacement parts, no matter how old, from Motorola.
- While the others selected their weapons, Williams opened a toolbox full of encrypted Motorola multi-bandwidth radios, with throat-mike rigs.
- Typically, a rig consists of a wireless radio transmitter used by the coach, and a wireless transceiver used by the speaker.
2.3A particular type of construction for fishing tackle that bears the bait and hook.
Example sentences
- Tackle, rigs, hook sizes are the same for both species of Smoothound.
- Add a 2oz weight and switch to a one hook rig with the bait clip positioned normally just above the lead.
- Even with very careful baiting, using the very best baits and most effective rigs, these fish are a real devil to catch.
2.4A set of amplifiers and speakers used by a live band or a DJ in a club.
Example sentences
- A unit like the MQ will separate your system from the typical home studio rig.
- Whether in a guitar amp or a mic preamp, a high-gain circuit is the perfect rig for noise tests.
- At the end of the night, I check my tapes and unplug the rig.
3A person's costume, outfit, or style of dress: the rig of the Army Air Corps
More example sentences
- After the briefing, the pilots suit up in their combat survival vests and helmets, a rig carefully prepared and inspected by the life-support crew.
- Westminster was also testing the Navy's new Improved Action Working Dress, a rig which is for use on board while on duty.
- One of my escorts relieved me of my revolver and thrust it into the belt of his field rig, then the soldiers urged me with their rifles towards the door.
4chiefly North American & Australian/New Zealand A tractor-trailer.
Example sentences
- On one side of the road was a face of granite, on the other was a 1,000-foot cliff, and a fully-loaded tractor-trailer rig was steaming up toward them in the oncoming lane.
- A larger, newer tractor-trailer rig will run close to half a million dollars.
- We passed by a tractor trailer rig that had been blown over in the wind.
4.1Another type of vehicle, such as a horse-drawn carriage.
Example sentences
- Since then that humble, hardy workhorse has gone on to evolve into everything from plush passenger vehicles to muscular military rigs like the Hum Vee.
- He's on a silver mountain bike, one of those cheap, full-suspension rigs you see in department stores.
- This truck is the smaller of the team's rigs - the one that it uses for most of its travel outside of Spain, save for the Tour de France, where it also uses its bigger Spain-based truck.
(in) full rig
- informal (Wearing) fancy or ceremonial clothes.Example sentences
- Trevor ap Patnarthur observed by email that 'most Brits who went to downtown schools will be aware that a Surd is in fact a Sikh who wears the full rig.'
- 'When I saw the Mexican army up on the hill there and there I was in my full rig - with my flintlock rifle - it got kind of spooky,' he added.
Late 15th century (in nautical use): perhaps of Scandinavian origin: compare with Norwegian rigga 'bind or wrap up'. The noun dates from the early 19th century.
Words that rhyme with rigbig, brig, dig, fig, gig, grig, jig, lig, pig, prig, snig, sprig, swig, tig, trig, twig, Whig, wig
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verb (rigs, rigging, rigged)[with object]
1Manage or conduct (something) fraudulently so as to produce a result or situation that is advantageous to a particular person: the results of the elections had been rigged [as noun, in combination]: (-rigging) charges of vote-rigging
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- Once you have the positional advantage you have rigged the race so you can't lose.
- Yet prosecutors accuse the jailed tycoon of rigging an auction to gain control of Apatit a decade ago and then failing to pay the bid of US $283 million.
- America has a long history of vote tampering and rigged elections in many local jurisdictions.
manipulate, engineer, distort, misrepresent, pervert, tamper with, doctor;
falsify, fake, trump up
informal fix, fiddle with
1.1Cause an artificial rise or fall in prices in (a market, especially the stock market) with a view to personal profit: he accused games manufacturers of rigging the market
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- King refers to his associate John Crudele's writing on the subject of how the stock market was to be rigged.
- This paper shows how Pentagon and other U.S. government contractors are rigging stock markets world wide through massive, coordinated, selective investments.
- U.S. stock markets are also capable of being systematically rigged, and for the same reason - a handful of players can dominate if they coordinate their actions.
A trick or way of swindling someone.
Late 18th century (in the noun sense): of unknown origin; the verb is related to the noun.
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"Hey, Bobby" spoken word lyrics
Since I've been performing this piece so much recently, and since it will be on the Makeshift Patriot EP, I figured it might be something people would be interested in reading. I don't have spell check on the computer I am on right now, so I will probably have to make changes. Here it is:
"Hey, Bobby...the Masters are back
and up to no good just like the old days.
they played dead when you stood over their grave
they played dead when you stood over their grave"
By the time the flags rotted off of their antennaes,
they were questioning who the real threat is.
Big Brotherly love is the 21rst Century's plague.
no matter how bloody the glove, question evidence displayed.
never forget what two plus two equals.
don't let them upgrade your math no matter what they have as proof of evil.
remember when they went after the jewish people?
you don't recognize that same black mask as see through?
attack of the eagles. if they don't fall dead
before they reach me, I'll be damned if I don't shoot one in its bald head.
Fuck what we're force fed. All I ever wanted
was a warm bed and a house that wasn't haunted.
I'd rather die for a cause than to die just because
we exhaust natural resources forced into wars,
restoring wasteful ways, keeping other countries poor.
"Monkey see, Monkey do" I wonder what those fucking monkeys saw.
Keep rethinking the still-frames in your mind,
and guarentee they will change with time.
Your outline is pixelated with poor resultion while
dowtime is simply wasted. You were born execution style.
Head first in a trial. I'll second the motion
til the jury's bored to death and puts your neck in a notion.
The situation's volatile. A naked problem child
is trying to find the right clown costume to make his father smile
so he bombs while he tries to tell jokes.
This ain't a false alarm, can't you smell the smoke?
You're in the line of fire where they buy and sell votes.
Our sense of liberty doesn't ring true, stupid, that's why the bell broke.
Trench coat mafiosos propel rocks
at recruitment officers and rebel against cops
til they hurdle infinite circles in small cell blocks.
Turtle upon turtle til they're all shell shocked.
This so-called president got elected in a court room.
With the war efforts of pops he inherited a fortune.
We "talk, talk, talk..." so the veterans of war assume
the revolution stopped. This ain't a protest tune.
This ain't a "Love it or leave it," it's a "Change it or lose it."
I'll never sing the anthem of a nation who never faces the music,
chasing the ever-elusive caveman
in space ships that makes trips to the futures that are namebrand.
You can't roam a lost land as the last existing dinosaur.
There's no escaping ass kickings in these times of war,
replacing apples with hospitals...where doctors are hostile,
Killing two pterodactyls with one fossil.
I got you. If they don't fall dead
before they reach us, I'll be damned if I don't shoot one in its bald head.
Fuck what we're force fed...all I ever wanted
was a warm bed and a house that wasn't haunted.
"Hey, Bobby...the Masters are back,
now it's our turn to stand over their grave.
I'm a do it right this time. I'm a follow through. I'm a wait.
I'm a wait. I'm a wait until their skin decays."
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Real dope lyrics! I hope more rappers/mc's talk about politics and social life instead of thug life.
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In the 2 art gallery/coffee shops here, where I live, the walls are cluttered with HORRIBLE (not to mention over priced) art meant to evoke feelings of patriotism in the middle aged targeted patrons. I'm only twenty years old and my stomach turns when I think about how f'd up this country's politics are. It boggles my mind to think that people who have been exposed to all of this 30 years longer than I've been alive can be so ignorant not only about their patriotism, but their art too. Sage, thank you for expressing yourself the way you do. It is nice to have someone to relate to.
Tue Oct 08, 2002 4:23 am
Joined: 08 Oct 2002
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and maxamillion, is "thuglife" really annoying you THAT much? please. Who's talking about it and how does it affect you. it's not.
Tue Oct 08, 2002 5:46 am
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Posts: 5766
Location: Queens, NYC
I thought that was real dope.
Tue Oct 08, 2002 6:38 am
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Posts: 19374
Location: Tighten Your Bible Belt
Can't wait to hear this.
Tue Oct 08, 2002 7:06 am
Jesus Frank
Joined: 12 Jul 2002
Posts: 2319
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Me neither.
Tue Oct 08, 2002 7:13 am
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Posts: 87
Location: brooklyn, ny
sage, very dope. you manage to take very general issues or ideas that are on peoples mind, and add your own touch to make it tasteful... i.e. makeshift patriot.
others, its okay to talk about thug life, just do it in a dope way. its not what you do its how you do. i understand wanting to hear more socially relevent topics, but hey, i'll take good music how it comes.
Tue Oct 08, 2002 9:04 am
Joined: 30 Jun 2002
Posts: 2764
Location: Chicopee & Springfield, MA
who's Bobby? anyone specific? Bobby Kennedy?
great lyrics though
Tue Oct 08, 2002 10:31 am
p00ny tang
Joined: 30 Jun 2002
Posts: 6413
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Bobby Barker!
Bush Sr. should've been neutered..
if you do shoot a bald eagle, save it..
i've always wondered if it tastes batter than condor.. :)
Tue Oct 08, 2002 10:45 am
Solomon Klepto
Joined: 09 Jul 2002
Posts: 195
Location: Melburn australia
Far out Sage....
Mega inspirin Mate... Very Sad aswell... The truth Saddens Me people...
Sol Klep..
Tue Oct 08, 2002 11:40 am
Joined: 09 Jul 2002
Posts: 782
Location: Iowa
This ain't a "Love it or leave it," it's a "Change it or lose it."
I'll never sing the anthem of a nation who never faces the music,
chasing the ever-elusive caveman
in space ships that makes trips to the futures that are namebrand.
You can't roam a lost land as the last existing dinosaur.
There's no escaping ass kickings in these times of war,
replacing apples with hospitals...where doctors are hostile,
Killing two pterodactyls with one fossil
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This is my favorite part. Fantastic stuff.
Tue Oct 08, 2002 11:53 am
gerhupsom vanbone
Joined: 03 Jul 2002
Posts: 2697
Thats dope.
Im afraid im gonna get shot though.
Tue Oct 08, 2002 1:39 pm
Joined: 30 Jun 2002
Posts: 437
vinyl heads appreciate
that is crazy
i can imagine how good it is live
crescent hit it on the head
that personal touch is what makes it golden
beware of king midus syndrome
Tue Oct 08, 2002 1:59 pm
YEAh YOU..
Joined: 25 Sep 2002
Posts: 10
and he strikes again
Tue Oct 08, 2002 3:39 pm
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One of the most-talked about and hilarious highlights of the past two year's Carols in the California concerts have been "The Twelve Days of Christmas," done in the "San Jose Way" by Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale.
Chorale Director Elena Sharkova explained before the 2010 concert, "You can sing "Twelve Days of Christmas" in all kinds of different ways but the words are always the same. So, since I'm not so familiar with traditions around here, so I decided, well, why don't we just change the words?"
Scores of ideas for the Silicon Valley lyrics were distilled to 12 lines, nearly all of which were updated for 2011. "Five iPhone Apps" and "four Sharks jerseys" became "five Apple stores" and "four Android tablets."
We'll have to see what changes the reprise at this Saturday's concert brings. The program also includes selections from Benjamin Britten's "Ceremony of Carols" and Conrad Susa's "Carols & Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest."
Tickets to the 7 p.m. concert at the California Theatre in downtown San Jose are $25 to $35, plus fees. Go to www.symphonysiliconvalley.org for details.
NUTTY PHOTOS WANTED: Ballet San Jose is looking for a few good family photos inspired by "The Nutcracker." You can even dress up the family dog as the Rat King. Post them to Ballet San Jose's Facebook page or email them to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Ballet San Jose is giving away tickets to their favorites through the run of the show, which opens Saturday and dances off the Center for the Performing Arts state Dec. 23.
Winners will be announced every Thursday at noon, starting this week. Other prizes include signed casting sheets and an item from the show's holiday boutique.
ARIA READY FOR ITALIAN OPERA?: The Italian American Heritage Foundation is inviting opera lovers to "Home for the Holidays," its 25th annual World of Italian Opera show on Friday. The event at the foundation's San Jose headquarters at 425 North Fourth St. features live renditions of arias from Italian operas and the Naples region, plus some seasonal favorites.
You've gotta love that the Italian-American buffet dinner -- including chicken cacciatore, vegetable lasagna and broccoli parmesan -- is being prepared by "Honorary Italian Chef" John "Gian" Nguyen of Golden Harvest Catering.
Tickets range from $20 to $36. Call 408-293-7122 for reservations.
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It is really hard for me to visualize objects against a black background. Is there anyway to make it look like paper? Black on white, like the print preview window?
Drawing with what looks like an orderly version of the night sky in background is too disconcerting.
Also, against the purist cad folk I want to see the borders of my paper.
There are just too many things that ignore the intuitive MAC interface. It's like they've turned my Mac into a window machine.
Can the printing of a large drawing be tiled so I can tape several printed pages to make a large one?
Thank you,
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Election officials say registration procedure fine
Legislation proposed to require photo ID before voting
February 20, 2013
PARKERSBURG — State lawmakers are considering proposals to require voters to produce photo identification to cast a ballot....
voting corruption thus will remain alive and well in West Virginia just as Sixx and Tennant want it to be
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"north26103" got any proof of that?
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For a state supposed to be republican why are so many of our politicians democrap!? WV IS CORRUPT. FROM THE TOP DOWN!!!
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And yes I have proof!
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The corruption and sickness that pervades the Republican / Tea Baggers continues. They attempt to severely restrict voters who may vote as the "working class". We do not have a voter fraud problem in WV. We have a REPUBLICAN / TEA BAGGER problem in WV. For 50+ years I have voted in this state and have never had to wait for any substantial amount of time to vote. The only election fraud cases that I can recall, were committed by the election officials or the candidates themselves....
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That's what I thought!
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Economic study approved
Published: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 8:40 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 8:40 p.m.
With no questions or debate Wednesday, the Senate Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs advanced a resolution that could possibly lead to unique cooperative endeavor agreements to help pay for public infrastructure needs.
Senate Resolution 91 by Sen. Troy Brown, D-Napoleonville, requests that the state study different methods for private businesses and local governments to team up.
As envisioned, such arrangements would be overseen by Louisiana Economic Development.
Brown said companies that already have tax liabilities connected to public services, like schools and roads, would be a natural fit.
"I want to look at infrastructure in a more general way," Brown told the committee.
The bill now heads to the full Senate for further debate.
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ALAMEDA -- General manager Reggie McKenzie and coach Dennis Allen are intent upon taking an extensive look at every player on the 53-man roster, especially those who haven't played much this season.
That process is well under way now that the Raiders are out of playoff contention. Just don't expect to see players such as quarterback Terrelle Pryor, offensive lineman Tony Bergstrom and defensive end Jack Crawford from the outset Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs.
"I don't see any real major changeups as far as the starting lineup's concerned, but we do want to see some of these guys get in some game action," Allen said. "How much that is, I don't know exactly right now. A lot of that, the game will dictate what that is."
McKenzie said he particularly wants to see what Pryor can do in a regular-season game.
"That's the only way I can evaluate him is to play him," McKenzie said Nov. 30. "Now, when he plays, how much he plays, that will be up to the coaching staff but, yes. ... This is a good time to try to figure out what works best for him."
The Raiders selected Pryor in the third round of the NFL supplemental draft in 2011. He has played one snap in 29 regular-season games in his NFL career.
Allen said a package of plays designed for Pryor to run was installed a few weeks ago. "The biggest thing is to start getting him into the game a little bit and let him see a little game action," Allen said of Pryor. "I'm not ready to say that he'd be a starter."
Pryor said he didn't receive many reps during practice this week. Just the same, he is anticipating playing.
"I know I'll be a tiny bit nervous," Pryor said. "I haven't played in awhile. Just pray through it and go out and do what I do. Progressions, no turnovers, have fun and smile. That's it, at the end of the day. And Monday, learn, whether I did good or bad."
Myers quickly asserted himself as the heir apparent to Boss. Playing time for Ausberry and Gordon has dwindled as the season has progressed.
They played one snap each in Oakland's most-recent game.
"We've had a chance to look at these guys a little bit," Allen said. "We kind of know what we've got in these guys. They're still in the lineup, and they'll still be used pretty much the same way we've used them."
That means a steady diet of special-teams play and very little playing time on offense.
Seymour has missed the past five games with an injury he suffered Nov. 4 against the Buccaneers.
Strong safety Tyvon Branch (ankle, neck) returned to practice, and he is in the same boat as Seymour for Sunday. Allen said both will be evaluated before the game and a decision on their availability made at that time.
Seven of the Raiders' eight 2012 home games have made local television, with just the Dec. 2 Cleveland Browns game blacked out locally.
Also, running back Darren McFadden, fullback Marcel Reece, Myers and linebacker Miles Burris will sign autographs in exchange for a new, unwrapped toy valued at $20 or more at The Raider Image at Southland Mall in Hayward on Monday, from 6-8 p.m.