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An awesome concept and a completely new, original style. Great job on your first dbh submission, +1
I have a friend that make her work with this tecnic..and indeed its an awesome work.. congratz…voted !!!
This is so unique and colorful, I hope it becomes a shirt.
wow, the texture that process made is fantastic. i used to have a friend who made stuff like that. +1
Wow, that must have taken you a long time. Would look good on white.
or black. those colors would pop fantastically on black.
great first submission, and love the colors + the placement is great +1 :)
I think it looks great on yellow. "Popping" is overrated imo, haha. Nice work.
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wow, asewom bright T. brilliant colours!
Great idea and realisation !
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ADB Announces "Lighting for All" Platform
29 October 2010: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) have announced a "Lighting for All" platform to help provide clean and affordable electricity to 50 million people who currently rely on expensive and highly polluting fuels for their lighting needs.
The "Lighting for All" platform, which is a part of the ADB-supported "Energy for All Partnership," was announced on the sidelines of the Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference (DIREC). The platform will encourage the replication and expansion of proven business models that supply low-cost solar products to consumers living "off grid" and relying on kerosene and other flame-based lighting sources. "Lighting for All" will begin its programme in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, and Lao PDR before scaling up elsewhere in the region. [ADB Press Release]

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Three 18-year-olds were arrested Tuesday in connection with separate break-ins at Nagel's Meat Processing, a butcher shop and retail store southwest of Homer, according to a news release from the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Joe Nagel, owner of Nagel's, said alcohol, hot dogs, and a small amount of cash were stolen over the course of three burglaries. The sheriff's office reported a safe was also stolen.
"Maybe they were having a party," Nagel said.
The latest break-in happened on July 6. Someone broke in on July 2 and in late June, Nagel said. Each time, the burglars smashed his front door. Nagel spent about $3,000 after each replacing the front door and cleaning. A new alarm system cost him another couple of thousands of dollars.
He said in the company's 15 years near Homer, they have never had a problem with thefts.
After what was described as a lengthy investigation, the sheriff's office recovered a safe stolen from the store and identified three teenagers, the release stated. The three were interviewed and arrested for breaking and entering.
The three 18-year-olds are from Tekonsha, Burlington and Union City, according to the release.
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>Justin Timberlake
'N Sync's Justin Timberlake has no illusions about his TV movie debut in Model Behavior, airing March 12 on ABC. "It wasn't Shakespeare," concedes Timberlake, who plays a teen supermodel. "I'm not worried about what the critics say about my acting, because it's something I like to do for fun."
Model's Toronto shoot wasn't all fun for the Mickey Mouse Club alum, who nervously weathered his first-ever kissing scene, with Maggie Lawson (who plays two lookalike teens). "Luckily we nailed it right away," he says, "so I didn't have to keep doing it." As for any real-life lip-locking, Timberlake, 19, dismisses tabloid reports linking him with Britney Spears. "At first it was a bit weird to see your face there every week, dating some new girl," he says. "But now it's just funny."
After a summer tour promoting 'N Sync's next album, No Strings Attached (due out March 21), he will return to acting, this time with his singing brethren in a still unscripted film. "We don't want it to be 'N Sync World, like the Spice Girls," he says. "We don't want to play ourselves. That's just cheesy."
Even if his acting career takes off, don't look for Timberlake to get out of Sync. "Music is where my heart is, and with 'N Sync," he says. "I'll always come back to that."
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"Microsoft has paid nearly 1 billion euros, or $1.43 billion, in fines
since the commission's initial ruling and could face up to 1.6 billion
euros more, which began accumulating in December 2005 after Microsoft
failed to provide the protocols. Ms. Kroes said she would decide
before the end of the year whether Microsoft must pay the additional
I can't help but wonder about the timing for Microsoft's conceding. My
explanation is the upcoming decision in the USA case. There are
several states which are not satisfied with the ending of the parole,
which would happen this November. If Microsoft were seen in contempt
against Europe, the US AGs could have a big motivation to rein in by
extending the parole period. Now that an agreement has been reached on
the right (and they are right indeed!) side of the pond, there is less
justification for the parole extension.
A most interesting response to watch now is the reaction of the Bush
regulators, who claimed the European sanctions were out of order.
Microsoft fully agrees with the sanctions, so they deem them to be
ps: notice that Neely and Blamer had a private tete-a-tete in a nice
restaurant in Amsterdam. I bet he was a very polite gentleman and
didn't toss a single chair.
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Even if You Could, Would You? Bugaboo Introduces the $1,775 'My First Car' StrollerMeredith Carroll
When the First Lady of Royal Parenting (Gwyneth Paltrow) gifts a $979 to the Queen Mom (Beyonce), then you know a $1,775 stroller is probably excessive.
Dubbed "My First Car," the priciest Bugaboo stroller ever just hit the market with a blindingly sparkly blingy price tag of $1,775, according to the New York Daily News.
Even if you could (afford it), would you (buy it)?
The new stroller, which was designed by mens' clothing and fragrance designer Viktor & Rolf, is meant to be "daddy-friendly" because it's "sleek, chic" and gray with "sports-car style fabric and a hand-stitched handlebar."
"There's a design and a brand positioning that can appeal to men," Vital Ledru, account manager in France for Bugaboo told AFP Relaxnews. "It's all about suspensions, tire-types, braking systems — stuff dads can relate to."
And you thought the $1,500 Bugaboo Donkey-stroller was posh. Ha.
"My First Car" is available now to members of Gilt Baby & Kids, and will be on sale to the masses in early September. Those among the masses who can afford it, that is.
As for what parents of babies who ride around in "My First Car" will do when those babies are out of the stroller and ready for their "second" and "real" car? Surely the suits at Mercedes, BMW and Lexus are waiting with bated breath to help them figure it out.
If you could afford it, would you buy it?
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The Ufandi system was a planetary system. This system was located near Federation space. In 2370, Ufandi III was the site of a rendezvous between the Duras sisters and a Corvallen for the purpose of a business transaction over magnesite. (TNG: "Firstborn")


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Farmers Insurance has once again release its safest places to live report. Once again, Corvallis is listed as the safest small city in America:
Corvallis is the safest small city in the nation, according to a report released Monday by Farmers Insurance.
The company looked into crime statistics; the risk of various natural disasters; the threat of a terrorist attack; the quality of the local air as well as several other measures.
Farmers spokesman, Jerry Davis, says after 9/11 the industry wanted to reward cities for preparing themselves and this annual ranking has proved successful.
We love Corvallis and we think you will too. The winter break is a great time to visit us here on the OSU campus. You can set up a personalized visit by visiting our personalized visit page. If you are interested in checking out Corvallis while you're in town for a tour, be sure to let us know. If you are extra nice, we'll even give up the top local spots to grab a bite!


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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently issued a wave of Notices of Inspection (NOI) to selected employers requiring the employers to provide I-9 forms, payroll information, and business information for inspection. Employers should treat these NOIs seriously. In almost all cases, these NOIs were issued based on tips or leads; they were not issued randomly. Employers can face significant civil monetary penalties for Form I-9 compliance failures, and egregious situations can lead to criminal prosecution.
Recommended action items upon receipt of an ICE NOI:
- Devote the resources needed to gather the requested information.
- Make a quick assessment of your company's exposure to potential sanctions for deficiencies in your Form I-9 paperwork, both for paperwork errors and for any missing I-9 forms.
- Depending upon your company's unique circumstances, assess the desirability of taking limited remedial action to correct Form I-9 deficiencies before providing the requested material to ICE.
- Prior to taking any remedial action, you should consult with knowledgeable counsel about the implications, parameters, and proper procedures for effecting I-9 corrections at this stage.
- Consider whether it is necessary to request an extension of time in which to respond to the ICE NOI. By law, employers have three days in which to provide the required material; however, in some instances ICE may be amenable to a reasonable extension of time.
- Treat the NOI as the initiation of an adversarial process, which it is, but make every effort to maintain a professional and cooperative relationship with ICE.
Sanctions for Form I-9 paperwork violations can range from $110 to $1,100 per individual form, regardless of whether the individual is a lawful worker. Additional potential civil and criminal exposure could result from knowingly employing unlawful workers and from knowingly aiding and abetting, harboring, or transporting unlawful workers. Individual culpability might be ascribed to the company as a whole. Publicly traded companies face additional exposure under Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank rules, in addition to potential shareholder suits if immigration compliance violations result in a loss of stock value.
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That article is terrible. Must have been written by a woman...
That article is terrible. Must have been written by a woman...
[QUOTE=cori93437;1221461]That woman to which you refer is actually quite famous.
It's the actress Raquel Welch in her really well known role in the movie One Million Years BC. Not exactly a great film, but the photo you see has become pretty iconic.
I'm going to assume that is why it was chosen, as it reflects "paleo" humans.[/QUOTE]
This photo being the last poster Andy Dufresne had hanging in his cell in the movie The Shawshank Redemption.
[quote]Question. Does anyone actually have a recipe for banana porridge? Inquiring minds want to know.[/quote]
Zoop 1 very ripe banana (and a few berries if desired) with about a cup of egg whites (or a couple of whole eggs), cinnamon and sea salt in a Magic Bullet. Microwave for 2 minutes in a deep bowl. Mix with a fork. If consistency is not to your liking give it another minute to cook. You can get a souffle/mug cake in the end as all solids.
Heh--I actually wrote a little artical about my (positive) experience with paleo and I used that same image of Raquel, just to be silly. Kinda makes me cringe seeing the same image used to bash people like me.
[QUOTE=Finnegans Wake;1221374]LOL!
All right, ladies, that's enough with the chit-chat. It makes us men-folk nervous when you start to resemble someone thinking independently. Leave the fancy larnin' to us, and that includes the satire. We men-folk don't care for sassin', back-talk, or clever business.[/QUOTE]
Thank you sir! I almost had a thought until I read this, I'm so glad you came along and saved me from fancy larnin' clever business. I'll just take my sporty, healthy, attractive self back into the kitchen now;)
That's why we womens have smaller feets you know... so my husband tells me.
So we can stand closer to the sink and stove for the cooking and the cleanin. ;)
[QUOTE=cori93437;1221511]That's why we womens have smaller feets you know... so my husband tells me.
So we can stand closer to the sink and stove for the cooking and the cleanin. ;)[/QUOTE]
Yes, sweetheart. That's called "Natural Selection." I'd try to explain how it works, but it requires rational thought, of which your adorable little lady brain is incapable.
As a Northerner, I think they can take their polka dots and shove them...
[QUOTE=YogaBare;1221471]That article is terrible. Must have been written by a woman...[/QUOTE]
That explains the lack of science... It's so hard to do science with a teensy lady-brain!
I think she puts the diet down because she is afraid of it. If she actually tested it to see if there was anything to it she might end up putting some meat on her bony frame and no longer fit into a zero. If that happened then might run her out of the city.
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I bought the new FiiO X3 to listen to operas in flac format. However, I encounter now a major and repeating problem. If I transfer an opera from my computer, the X3 does not play the right order of the files. Although on the computer screen, the files in the X3 are shown in the right order ( for example, track number sequence from three discs: 1.01. 1.02. 1.03. 1.04 and so on until 3.12.), the X3 shows them on its screen - and plays them ! - completely out of order. In the example as 1.01. 1.02. but then followed by 1.07 (!) 1.08 etc until 1.12. and then only 1.03 1.04. etc. This is repeated further on in the sequence: ... 2.08. 2.09. 2.17. (!) 2.18. 2.10. etc.
It is obvious, that this makes the X3, gapless playing or not, absolutely unusable for me.
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Maria Belon: The Impossible's Real-Life Survivor
A Tsunami Tore Her Family Apart. Miraculously They Escaped with Their Lives-and Discovered the Power of Love
Moments later the Belon-Alvarez family was swept apart by the torrential force of the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004. The family was cast into a lethal current swirling with fallen trees, debris and bodies. When the churn spit her out, Belon was badly injured. "My family was all gone," she recalls. "It was, 'Oh my goodness, I'm alive but I am alone.' The most horrible thing I could ever think of was being alive without them." But as she clung to a palm tree, she spotted her oldest son floating nearby. "When I saw Lucas, I thought, 'Okay, I have an incredible reason to be alive,'" says Belon, who says she gained strength from the souls of all those who had been plunged into the surf with her. "We were in the water struggling, and Lucas was screaming, 'We're going to die!' I could feel something incredible, and I said, 'We need to be courageous, we need to take care of each other, but we will not die.' Lucas was 10 years old, but he was very brave."
Her journey-now depicted in The Impossible, a film that's garnering awards buzz, including a Golden Globe nomination for star Naomi Watts-is a tale of survival against all odds. The tsunami took 230,000 lives in 14 countries, but somehow spared Belon's entire family, who found each other at a hospital after days of frantic searching. Still, Belon insists nothing special spared her life. "There is no difference between me-a Spanish woman named Maria who is alive-and thousands of moms who are under the sea. I do not deserve to be alive, but life is not fair. I feel pain and compassion for so many others who didn't come back up or lost the ones they love."
And even in the darkest moments, Belon experienced moments of light. "Lucas and I were hugging in this tree, mostly in silence, but from time to time, he would say, 'I'm happy, Mommy, that you are with me,' and I said, 'I'm happy I'm with you, Lucas.' It was one of the most beautiful moments in my life," she says. She also honors the local Thai population, who suffered enormous tragedy but helped her and many others. Belon is particularly thankful to a villager who kept her conscious during the ride to a hospital after she and Lucas were rescued by locals. "The man kept slapping me every time I started to die, saying, 'Look at your son!' He knew I was letting myself go."
Belon spent four months in a Singapore hospital, where she battled infections and underwent 16 surgeries. Emotional healing took longer. The family slept with the lights on for six months; her youngest, Simon, had nightmares about monsters missing eyes. "When my husband found Simon, he [was near] two corpses-one without an eye," says Belon. To help her son, she used a "magic" toy frog to "eat" his nightmares. "Every morning we drew his nightmares and put them in the frog's mouth. And every day I would [secretly] tear off a tiny bit of the paper." Gradually the bad dreams were made to disappear. "Some drawings were in there for a long time."
It took a year for the family to return to the sea. But now they gather at a beach every Dec. 26. "It is our family's birthday-our Thanksgiving," says Belon, who lives in Madrid with Alvarez and Simon, now 13 (Lucas, 18, is studying medicine in London, and Tomas, 17, is in high school in Wales). "No matter where we all are, this is a commitment we have forever. We need to be close to the souls [of the dead]."
The water holds no terror for Belon now. Wherever she goes, she says she takes all those affected by the tsunami's power with her. Running a finger near a scar on her arm, she says, "My scars will be with me forever. My whole story is on my body. And it is wonderful because it means I am alive."
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Duh means "No shit sherlock" and/or "Thank you captain obvious"
Him: I'm 18
Me: DUH!
Me: DUH!
ayon kay Matt ika-17 ng Hunyo, 2004
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Can you define these popular missing words?
means "Of course you idiot"
"Did you know he was gay?"
ayon kay Alison ika-08 ng Pebrero, 2005
A word people use when the obvious is stated.
"Dude, what is this 'sex'? Is it the act of shooting liquid into one another?"
"*facefaults* DUH!"
"*facefaults* DUH!"
ayon kay dj gs68 ika-23 ng Oktubre, 2003
replacement for the sarcastic retort, " No Kidding! "
" Hey, the Sun is bright "
" Duh! "
" Duh! "
ayon kay MzQ ika-21 ng Hulyo, 2003
Obvious, totally obvious.
1 + 1 = 3 , duh.
ayon kay Fill Plates ika-05 ng Disyembre, 2002
Originally an insult. It is the sound that a mentally handicapped person makes. In the beginning, the word was complete with a hand gesture of smacking your wrist across your chest. Means "obviously".
"This party is lame!" "No duh!"
ayon kay CurlyNina ika-22 ng Oktubre, 2004
Sound used to imitate a mentally retarded person as an answer to an obvious remark or question. The person using "duh" is thereby sarcastically indicating that he/she is not retarded and the forgoing remark or question is obvious to him/her.
Him: Hey, to insert a column you have to press the column insert menu!
Me: Duh! No kidding!
Me: Duh! No kidding!
ayon kay martaze ika-31 ng Hulyo, 2008


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Jakob the Liar
- Directed by Peter Kassovitz
===Story=== Roberto Benigni's ''Life Is Beautiful'' aside, milking the Holocaust for laughs is a dangerous game. Even the blackest, most therapeutic humor turns queasy in the shadow of such monstrous evil; it's like dancing on a mass grave. So ''Jakob the Liar'''s got a hard road to hoe--its eponymous schlemiel plays out his semi-farcical adventures in the mean streets of the Warsaw Ghetto circa 1944. The skies are always leaden over Jakob's hometown, reflecting the comic climate that pervades this mostly unfortunate adaptation of Jurek Becker's autobiographical book (first filmed in 1975). Jakob Heym (Robin Williams in overbearingly earnest mode) gets tangled in a string of self-perpetuating lies about a hidden radio, supposedly broadcasting news that the victorious Red Army is nearing. His desperate attempts to convince a clutch of insistently idiosyncratic friends (clichés to a man: Liev Schreiber, Bob Balaban, Michael Jeter, Alan Arkin) and obligatory Nazi bad guys that the radio doesn't exist are complicated by the fact that he's stashed a fugitive kid (a dead ringer--sorry!--for Anne Frank) in his attic--and by abundant evidence that lies are the best medicine for the ghetto's skyrocketing suicide rate. Copious unfunny misunderstandings and pratfalls eventuate in this Holocaust rendition of ''Fiddler on the Roof'' (you expect Williams to break into song: "If I were a ''funny'' man...."). Ultimately, ''Jakob the Liar'' loses its way for good in some very ugly violence and a rather nasty final twist: the film's ending might just be rubbing our noses in another feel-good lie. ''--Kathleen Murphy'' ===DVD Features=== *Color *Closed-captioned *Widescreen *Dolby
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What can I do if I am being harrassed by the a certain police officer?
02/05/2007 - Category:Criminal - Harassment - State: UT #425
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I have a question regarding my rights of harassment by the Police and the Department of Child Services I need to know if the Police, not just any Police but a friend a my family, can come by my house anytime they want to and harass me about an incident that happened a year ago. The incident involved the same Police Officer. He came into my house with no search warrant and found some drugs and paraphernalia and no one was taken to jail. Now I have gotten on my feet and moved they have started coming over when they want to. I have complied with them every time but I want to know if I have to keep putting up with this. The first visit they called DCFS and I went and took a drug test and passed it. Now they are asking me what I plan on doing with my daughter if they were to come arrest me on things they have heard (hearsay) and by the incident from one year ago. They did not press no charges on me or take me to jail last year. Now they are trying to use that against me. Can I get some advise on how to handle this and what I should do to get them to stop harassing me?
If you are harassed or abused by an officer, it is possible to file a complaint with the City Police Department or the Mayor's office. This allows you to tell someone your story, possibly make the abusive officer answer some questions from the city, and make a record of the complaint. In your own home, if the police ask permission to come in, you may refuse. You should step outside and talk with them. If the weather is too inclement for that, or if they don't like this approach, consider offering to go to the police station. You don't have to let them in without a warrant. If you are asked, "What do you have to hide?" turn it around and ask "What kind of question is that?" If they are not asking to come in, but breaking down your door, give way and let them in. Don't fight them or make any insults or threats, but remember all that is said and done, make notes, and get a lawyer.
Under ordinary circumstances, the police can search only if they have your consent or a warrant issued by a judge for the search of your home. If the police claim to have a search warrant, ask them to show it to you and check that it is valid; to be valid, it must specify the date and location of the search. The police may only search for any articles listed in the warrant, but they can seize any other item if it is in plain view and if they have probable cause to believe that it is, or contains, a weapon or evidence of a crime. If an officer tries to search any further, or forces him/herself into your home against your will, make it clear that you do not agree to the search, but don't physically resist. You should tell your lawyer immediately about it, because evidence obtained by an illegal search generally can't be used against you in court. You might also consider contacting the branch of the American Civil Liberties Union at: http://www.acluutah.org/index.html
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Colombia/FARC peace talks delayed until Monday on "technical details"
Peace talks between Colombia's government and FARC rebels scheduled to start in Cuba this week will be delayed until Monday so negotiators can work on "technical" details, both sides said on Tuesday.
The discussions, which had been set to begin on Thursday, are the latest attempt to resolve a five-decade war that has left thousands dead and millions more displaced since the founding of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC.
Negotiations promise to be complicated, with items on the agenda that will almost certainly cause roadblocks and heated discussion. The five-point agenda kicks off with an analysis of rural development.
Delegates of the national government and the FARC agreed to continue technical meetings to finalize details of mechanisms for citizen participation, said a statement sent by President Juan Manuel Santos office on Tuesday.
On Monday the 19th in Havana, Cuba, the negotiators will start discussion on the agreed agenda.
The statement did not elaborate on what it meant by citizen participation, but civil groups have called for the inclusion of other parties in addition to the two warring sides and mediators.
Past negotiations have been bogged down by the involvement of a range of actors pushing different agendas and played out before the world's media in a tent in Colombia's jungles.
While talks this time will be secret and the FARC comes to the table weakened, the rebels are by no means a spent force.
A decade of blows against the drug-funded group has battered it to the point that President Santos believes it will seriously seek to end the fighting. Its ranks have been cut in half and several of its toughest and most dedicated leaders have been killed or captured.
But in an effort to demonstrate that it is still relevant, the group has stepped up attacks on economic and military targets this year. Santos, who was traveling to Portugal, said that the success of the talks depended on the FARC.


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Timmy Jernigan Wants to Play for Detroit
One of this year?s best pass-rushing prospects, Timmy Jernigan of Florida State said he wouldn?t mind if the Detroit Lions use their 10th overall pick on him.?The Lions have drafted defensive linemen in the first round three of the last four years.
?I would love it,? Florida State defensive tackle Timmy Jernigan said Saturday at the NFL combine. ?That?d be an honor to be able to play with (Ndamukong Suh), learn from him, definitely could model my game after him. And (Nick) Fairley as well. Fairley?s a beast, too.
Jernigan is rated as the draft?s best defensive tackle prospect and No. 6 player overall by ESPN?s Scouts Inc. He had 63 tackles and 4.5 sacks as a junior last year, and helped Florida State win the national championship while playing defensive line.
Lions general manager Martin Mayhew said earlier this week he doesn?t consider finding a pass rusher a major need. But considering his affinity for defensive lineman, he said taking a lineman at 10 is a possibility.
?As you guys know we like to keep our options open,? Mayhew said. ?We?re going to look for good players. The most important thing we need from a talent standpoint is guys that can play football. It doesn?t matter what position that they play, the way I look at it.?
If Jernigan ended up in Detroit, he?d join forces with Suh, one of the two tackles along with Darnell Dockett.
?Those two guys, I just like the way they play, the nastiness that they play with,? Jernigan said. ?I actually met (Suh four years ago) at the Army game and I could tell this guy was for real. He was real quiet, he kind of stayed to himself a little bit. I could tell that this dude was a beast on the field. I?ve met Dockett a few times. He?s a Florida State guy, but I just love the way they play the game for the most part.?
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CM Punk & AJ Attend Cubs Game Together (Photo), New Cena Racing App
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Sunday, April 26, 2015 How to make god laugh
Make a plan.
With that in mind...
The shop will close its doors for one year starting in January of 2016 so that Beth and I can travel in Southeast Asia. I am threatening to write two books during that year, one about the past in music and one of violin 'recipes' including some varnish techniques and this reverse carving protocol on which I have come to depend. The studio will reopen in a new location in 2017 and will concentrate solely on making new instruments.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 Choosing violin strings
Due to a recent facebook thread I felt this link might be useful for those who have questions about choosing violin strings.
Monday, March 19, 2012 Homemade tools
A lot of the tools that I use are built here in the shop to meet some specific need. This is one of the more amusing ones. It actually works, although it could benefit from a more powerful laser so I wouldn't have to use it in nearly total darkness.
Any guesses?
Monday, March 19, 2012 New Tag style
The silver tags that accompany each instrument continue to evolve. Here is the latest one.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Changes
After being prodded and cajoled for a number of years, I've given in. From this week on I will be working on cellos as well as violins and violas. It seems like a small thing but everything is different with cellos and there's a whole bunch of new tools I will get to play with. It's a little like learning to drive again; excitement mixed with a little terror.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 Home from the Dance
Portland was a wonderful weekend. Tons of people playing tons of tunes, a visit to David Kerr's violin shop in the rain (wonderful people there) and an over-the-top dinner on Saturday night/Sunday morning at the Gilt Club that changed my understanding of cuisine.
Ela (a Strad model) found a new home in Berkeley in the same house that Rosalie (a D'Egville model) lives in.
Friday, October 7, 2011 Stickers
This is the new sticker. Tom designed it based on the original logo. The same image will be on t-shirts, too.


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You have received notice of your hearing date from the SSA. You are going through all the paperwork when you come across a piece of correspondence indicating that a vocational expert (VE) witness will be present at your hearing. 'What is a vocational expert witness?,' you may wonder. In case you have never heard of the VE, you have come to the right place. Below find everything you need to know about the vocational expert witness.
What is a vocational expert?
In September 1962, the vocational expert program was established. Since then, vocational experts have testified in approximately 25,000 disability cases at the appellate level. In a disability hearing, the expertise of a vocational expert is customarily used and is the result of an Administrative Law Judge's request. In fact, vocational experts (VEs) appear more in disability hearings than medical experts (MEs). Vocational experts are professionals with vocational expertise who evaluate residual functional capacity ratings to ascertain if there are jobs in the national economy that a disability applicant can do. In essence, vocational experts testify about work abilities. A vocational expert is not an agent of the Social Security Administration. As an independent party, vocational experts are to remain completely objective and impartial in expressing their opinions.
What is the role of the vocational expert?
Incorporating their knowledge and experience, vocational experts are able to provide an overview of the types of work a claimant has performed over time. In most cases, vocational experts review fifteen years of an individual's work history.
Why is a vocational expert needed to testify?
Most often, the Administrative Law Judge solicits the testimony of a vocational expert because he/she has questions that need to be answered and feels that the claimant's testimony alone will not be sufficient to provide the answers needed. Having a vocational expert testify should not be inferred as being good or bad. Again, a vocational expert's presence and testimony often indicates the personal preference of the ALJ. While some judges rarely request the appearance of a vocational expert, some do regardless of how clear-cut and simple a case may be.
How is 'work' defined? Are there different levels of 'work'?
Yes, the types of work are broken down into four categories. They are as follows:
Heavy work – having the ability to lift or carry one hundred pounds occasionally and fifty pounds frequently, and to stand and walk six to eight hours per day.
Medium work – having the ability to lift or carry fifty pounds occasionally and twenty-five pounds frequently, and to stand or walk six to eight hours per day.
Light work – having the ability to lift or carry twenty pounds occasionally and ten pounds frequently and to stand or walk six to eight hours per day; or,
Sedentary work – having the ability to lift no more than ten pounds at a time and occasionally lift or carry small articles. Sedentary work usually refers to work that is done while sitting. The claimant must also have the ability to sit up to two hours out of an eight-hour day to be able to perform sedentary work.
In considering the above descriptions, it is important for the disability applicant to understand the meanings and usage of the words 'occasionally' and 'frequently.' Occasionally is the ability to lift or carry less than one-third of the time in an eight-hour period. Frequently is an individual's ability to perform at the same level at least one-third of the time in an eight-hour day.
What types of training and qualifications are required of a Vocational Expert?
Different from medical experts, which are an additional source of experts available to aid Administrative Law Judges in rendering decisions, the training and qualifications of a vocational expert are varied. While some vocational experts may have a background in psychology, others may have experience in vocational education, counseling or rehabilitation.
Is the disability claimant privileged to communications between the Administrative Law Judge and Vocational Expert?
Yes, claimants and their attorney are both able and should receive a copy of any written correspondence between the vocational expert and the Administrative Law Judge assigned to the applicant's case.
Are vocational experts subject to cross-examination?
Any witness who is called by an opposing side and presents testimony is subject to cross-examination. This process affords the disability attorney to ask new questions or to seek clarification on answers already interjected. Vocational experts are no exception to the cross-examination rule. Since a vocational expert has proffered an opinion as to an applicant's job capabilities, he/she is subject to cross-examination.
Is there any way to know whether a Vocational Expert will be present at my hearing?
A couple of weeks prior to a hearing, your attorney and/or representative should receive a witness notice. The witness notice will list all individuals the Administrative Law Judge has requested testify in your matter. If your attorney has not received a witness list, your attorney should call the ALJ's office and ask about experts. A word of caution, claimants should never personally contact any expert witness.
When do vocational experts normally testify during the hearing?
The vocational expert can obtain information primarily in three different ways. First, information is gathered when reviewing the claimant's file prior to hearing. Second, the vocational expert obtains additional information through the oral testimony of the claimant as well as other individuals who testify during the proceedings. The third avenue and probably one of the most important means in which a vocational expert accumulates information is through observing the disability applicant during the hearing. Observation may yield clues regarding appearance, responsiveness, general intelligence, communication skills, and other claimant characteristics. It is during this time that vocational experts will note any physical capacities, such as the use of limbs or prostheses, or physical endurance. As a result, the vocational expert is usually the last to testify.
Jonathan Ginsberg
Jonathan Ginsberg represents Social Security disability claimants in Georgia. In practice for over 29 years, Jonathan publishes a widely known disability blog, a podcast and several disability web sites. In 2004, Jonathan published a "how to" book about Social Security disability called the Disability Answer Guide. Jonathan lives with his wife and 2 children in Atlanta.
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Before A Single Question Has Been Asked, JCN Renders Its Verdict
The first day of Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing is now complete. The day was dedicated to opening statements from all sides and no questions were asked ... but that doesn't matter to the Judicial Confirmation Network, which declares that "the verdict on [her nomination] is 'no'" without even bothering to wait to hear her answers:
We have seen enough to conclude that nothing that Judge Sotomayor or her liberal backers say in her hearings this week can alter the significant record before us, and accordingly, we are today asking Senators to vote "no" on her nomination. Far more relevant than whatever she says this week, as a result of White House coaching, is what she has said and done in the past. In short, past performance is indicative of future results. Her record of decisions and statements is a far better predictor of what she would do in the future as a Supreme Court Justice than any self-serving testimony she may offer this week ... Senators will begin to focus on the details of her record in the next few weeks. We do not want them to mistakenly conclude that what she says during this week's Judiciary Committee hearings can outweigh what she has done and said over the past 30 years. The verdict on Sonia Sotomayor should be "no."
The JCN actually released this statement before Sotomayor had even delivered her opening statement. It's quite a contrast to what they were saying back around the time of John Roberts' confirmation hearing, when they were attacking "extremist liberals" for "politicizing" the hearings and demanding "fair and respectful hearings":
"This selection also underscores the President's commitment to making sure the Supreme Court is fully staffed to do the nation's judicial business as soon as possible. This will be a real test for extreme liberal partisans: will they put down their ideological attack weapons and allow the confirmation process to move forward smoothly and swiftly, both for Judge Roberts and for the second nominee the President will soon name? In the spirit of serving our country's best interests, as Chief Justice Rehnquist did selflessly for 33 years, they certainly should. This would be the best way to pay homage to the late Chief, who as a public servant kept the Court open and showed up for work even in blizzards that shut down much of Washington D.C., and who worked hard even when he was in physical pain. The Senate should likewise work hard to do its job of completing fair and respectful hearings on the President's nominees as quickly and efficiently as possible."
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Selected Shorts: Compulsions
Guest host John Lithgow introduces two stories about compulsion.
W.W. Jacobs "The Monkey's Paw" has been keeping readers up at night since it was first published in 1902. The tale of a sinister relic brought from the mysterious East to a cozy suburban bungalow may have some period touches, but is every bit as gripping as it was for its original audience. Host John Lithgow is also the reader, and says he remembers his father reading him the story when he was nine years old, "my first introduction to the exquisite pleasure of being absolutely terrified!"
William Wymark Jacobs was a prolific short fiction writer whose collections of stories reflect his childhood on the River Thames. They include Many Cargoes, The Skipper's Wooing, and Sea Urchins, but it's is this one Dickensian tale that has secured him a place in literary history.
The monkey's paw was a malevolent, enchanted object, but sometimes words alone can cast a spell. Our next story is Isabel Allende's lyrical "Two Words." In it, a resourceful young woman born into a family too poor to name their children reinvents herself as a broker of words. As her fame spreads, she attracts the attention of a guerilla leader who wants to reinvent himself.
This idea of storytelling as a way to make your way in the world is key for Allende, SHORTS literary commentator Hannah Tinti notes. It was the subject of her first novel, Eva Luna, published in 1987. And her next book, The Stories of Eva Luna, models itself on the classic Scheherazade legend. It features Eva Luna telling a group of tales to her lover in bed. "Two Words" is the first of those stories. It's read by the author and actor Lisa Fugard, daughter of playwright Athol.
"The Monkey's Paw," by W.W. Jacobs, performed by John Lithgow
"Two Words," by Isabel Allende, performed by Lisa Fugard
The SELECTED SHORTS theme is David Peterson's "That's the Deal," performed by the Deardorf/Peterson Group.
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Ugh! It quickly creeps along the dungeon floor. This plant is normally found on dungeon level 45, and moves extremely erratically, and quickly, but is larger deeper in the dungeon, and does not deign to chase intruders . A kill of this creature is worth 450.00 points for a 1st level character. It is challenging at its native depth. It is cold blooded. It is not detected by telepathy. It breeds explosively. It resists blindness. It cannot be stunned, frightened, confused, charmed, slept or cut. It is ever vigilant for intruders, which it may notice from 40 feet. It usually appears in groups. It can touch to disenchant with damage 1d4, and touch to disenchant with damage 1d4. (UnAngband 0.6.2)
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CLAYSBURG - While Southern Fulton senior Macey Hollenshead has proven herself as a second-team all-state point guard, Bellwood-Antis coach Jim Swaney would choose no one over his own floor general, Ana Hollen.
Hollen led all scorers with 17 points and surpassed the 1,000-point mark for her career as Bellwood pulled away in the second half to defeat Southern Fulton, 54-37, and capture the Inter-County Conference championship at Claysburg-Kimmel High School.
"I've been telling everyone for a couple days that if you're a fan of basketball with lead guards, it's a nice game to come to," Swaney said. "Macey Hollenshead is a very good player and a very nice kid that plays hard all the time. Ana Hollen, I wouldn't trade her for anyone. I'm biased, but I think she's the best."
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Bellwood-Antis' Ana Hollen, who scored her 1,000th career point Saturday, puts up a jumper.
With Bellwood leading 39-36 near the end of the third quarter, Hollen drove to the basket and made a layup to move past 1,000 points.
Hollen added an assist on the next play when Karson Swogger made a layup of her own to increase the Bellwood lead to seven points after three quarters.
"I wanted to win first and foremost," Hollen said. "But 1,000 [points] is icing on the cake. My teammates and family have been really supportive."
Karson Swogger added 14 points for Bellwood, and Anna Lynn chipped in eight.
"Everyone for Bellwood is a legitimate threat," Southern Fulton coach Terry Bard said. "I thought last year they were really good and this year they're even better. They're a really good team, well-coached, and they were the better team tonight."
The first half featured seven ties and six lead changes, as Bellwood took a 29-27 lead into halftime when Swogger hit a short jump shot created by a tremendous ball fake.
The second half was a different story, as Bellwood never surrendered its halftime lead.
The Lady Blue Devils held the ICC-South champion Lady Indians to just 10 points in the half, including just a single free throw in the fourth quarter.
Hollenshead led Southern with 15 points, but was held to just three in the second half with Bailey Swogger tracking her for most of the game.
"People say we're an offensive team," Swaney said. "I think we can score, but we earn our money on the defensive end. We dig in and play. Bailey Swogger did a great job on Hollenshead in the second half containing her."
The Lady Blue Devils will start the District 6 Class AA playoffs on Tuesday against Mount Union.
"I hope we get a lot of momentum [from tonight's win]," Swaney said. "We're a relatively young team, but we hope for a lot. We're a little disappointed being the fifth seed [in the District 6 playoffs]. I think we're a little better than that and we're going to make an effort to prove that."
SOUTHERN FULTON (37): Hollenshead 7 1-2 15, Mellott 0 1-2 1, Roman 3 4-6 10, Spade 0 0-0 0, Merchant 0 0-0 0, Smartt 0 0-0 0, Mottern 5 0-0 11. Totals - 15 6-10 37.
BELLWOOD-ANTIS (54): K. Swogger 5 1-2 14, B. Swogger 2 0-0 4, Hollen 7 2-4 17, Leamer 2 1-2 6, Damiano 1 0-0 2, Lynn 3 2-2 8, Carles 0 1-2 1. Totals - 21 7-12 54.
Southern Fulton15 12 9 1 - 37
Bellwood-Antis18 11 14 11 - 54
3-point goals: Southern Fulton 5 (K. Swogger 3, Hollen, Leamer); Bellwood-Antis 1 (Mottern).
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Predictable Returns and Asset Allocation: Should a Skeptical Investor Time the Market?
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Are excess returns predictable and if so, what does this mean for investors? Previous literature has tended toward two polar viewpoints: that predictability is useful only if the statistical evidence for it is incontrovertible, or that predictability should affect portfolio choice, even if the evidence is weak according to conventional measures. This paper models an intermediate view: that both data and theory are useful for decision-making. We investigate optimal portfolio choice for an investor who is skeptical about the amount of predictability in the data. Skepticism is modeled as an informative prior over the improvement in the Sharpe ratio generated by using the predictor variable. We find that the evidence is sufficient to convince even an investor with a highly skeptical prior to vary his portfolio on the basis of the dividend-price ratio and the yield spread. The resulting weights are less volatile, and, as we show, deliver superior out-of-sample performance compared with weights implied by diffuse priors, dogmatic priors, and ordinary least squares regression.
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THEY WILL play one more game, and then they will hit the road. One week later, they will return. At that point, perhaps we should have a better sense of what all of this means. For now, the important thing is that the Phillies are playing good baseball, clean baseball, the kind of baseball that prompted this city to fall back in love with the sport.
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Asiadog is a small restaurant on Kenmare Street in downtown New York that specializes in hot dogs with Asian cuisine toppings, like kimchi and Japanese curry. Started by Melanie Campbell and Steve Porto, it's gone from a pop-up to a food stand to a brick and mortar location. But that transition wasn't always easy. Campbell talks about the development of their still new business and how they made it through their first real year.
We were very fortunate because we didn't really have a set goal of starting our own business in the beginning. We started Asia Dog as a weekly pop-up at a bar. Because we were consistent—we showed up every week, people knew where to find us—we had this root of a following.
My partner Steve and I met at Diesel, so we were both in the fashion industry. At the time we started Asiadog I was running my own showroom, repping small and independent kids fashion lines and he was freelancing doing visual merchandising and helping open a Vietnamese restaurant.
We started in the end of July in 2008 and then stopped when it got colder. That winter we applied to the Brooklyn Flea, which has become this incubator of new food businesses and entrepreneurs. We got in the next summer. So we were working on Asiadog every weekend, plus working our day jobs during the week. After that crazy summer of working every day, we decided to quit our jobs and focus on Asiadog.
We realized that as lucrative as it was on the weekends, it was only two days out of the week and we were trying to support both of us, so we needed a home. We were at a crossroads where we could have either opened a food truck or a retail location. We didn't really have an interest in a food truck. We realized we had a story to tell and we really wanted to create our own environment.
We were looking for spots for a really long time. In New York you can be in midtown, where there are a billion people, but that's not our vibe. We wanted to be downtown.
We didn't have any income coming in at that time. The markets had ended and we had to make sure that we had enough money to pay the bills. We were very fortunate because the markets afforded us a test run of our products and allowed us to earn a little starting capital to get us through the winter. That was when we were aggressively looking for space. It took us five months to find the space that we wanted. We thought that we would open by the summertime, in 30 or 60 days, but of course with the nature of New York and with all these old buildings, it took six months to get permits. We didn't get work permits until November. Luckily we had written in provisions into our lease that we wouldn't start paying rent until we could start work on the space.
From April to November we had a whole other season of markets, and at that point we had all these people calling us for catering and other events. In New York, every weekend in the summer there's another street fair or festival or one-off event that we were being invited to. As the season died, we got work permits and we spent the whole winter in zero degree weather building out the store.
Most people find investors and secure enough capital to start their business, because for a food business you need a lot of capital—like for at least six months of rent. We didn't have that, we didn't want that. We just went for it. We wanted to retain 100% ownership for ourselves.
Steve and I have worked in restaurants, but we've never managed a restaurant before. I do most of the front of the house and he does all the kitchen management. Both of us don't have a lot of experience in those fields, so when we opened in April of 2011, it was crazy. We definitely tried talking to as many friends in the business that we knew for advice, but it was 24 hours a day: securing vendors, prepping, managing the flow of service, figuring out how you want the front of house and the back of house to run, hiring… I remember falling asleep writing emails on my couch. When we opened the store, we there 24/7 for probably the first six months. Many of our friends told us that it takes about a year to really get to know your kitchen and really get into a groove, and we thought that was crazy since we're a 300-foot quick service restaurant. We thought it would take us three months before it would be able to run on its own, but it wasn't until after a year, almost to the day, that we felt that that the store was on a schedule and that everything could run on its own.
We chose a location that does not have any foot traffic. There were no businesses on either side of us, or on the block, really. We wanted to be the first ones in there and start this trend, and we were a little bit correct. Places like Grub Street and the Wall Street Journal will go to community board meetings to see who is applying for liquor licenses to see what new stores are coming. They saw we were opening there and all of a sudden there were two articles about Kenmare Street being the new restaurant row. It was exactly what we wanted, but it didn't happen until a couple months ago. We have been the sole business on our block for two years.
At the markets, our stands always have lines. It's amazing. But after a year, our store did not. Our store was losing money for the first year and a half, but because we were doing so many mobile locations, it was like our prep home. It became an afterthought to us. We were in the red, we had to evaluate the whole business. Our physical location was sucking us dry. The first year was so hard. We put everything into this tiny store. We had such a successful year, but we had no money because of the store. We realized we really needed to focus on the store.
So we just did the basic stuff, like putting a chalkboard sign outside. We didn't even have regular signage for the first few months. But it all works in bringing in the random people. It took us a year to realize that we should do delivery, so now we do it and our businesses has doubled. It wasn't until this past November that we realized that since we have so many regulars who come in three times a week, maybe they don't always want hot dogs. So we extended our menu to include salads and sandwiches and healthier options and more sides, so that business has doubled. We're up 200% from even last year.
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PORTLAND, Ore. - In Mike Thaler's theology, the Bible stories are as wacky as they are wise and the word of God is packed with puns.
With 130 children's books and sales of 6 million to his credit, Thaler has turned his hand to Scripture and turned the Bible upside down. Out fall the same old stories, retold with humor, replete with whimsical and intricate drawings by Dennis Adler that delight children and crack up the adults who are reading to them.
In the Heaven and Mirth series' first book, "Adam and the Apple Turnover," God creates heaven and Earth and commands all living creatures to multiply, "except for the amoebas, they divided."
Eve experiments with forbidden fruit and a box of Snake and Bake. Cain and Abel, in a story titled "Sibling Quibbling," labor over competing 4-H projects at the county fair. Lot survives the destruction of Sodom and then embarks on a new business venture - a camel-lot.
In "Moses: Take Two Tablets and Call Me in the Morning," the Israelites have manna every which way: "They had boiled manna, baked manna, barbecued manna. They had manna teriyaki, manna fricassee, souffle of manna. They had manna tacos, manna pizza and manna-cotti. They even tried MANNA-HELPER, but after a while they began to complain."
Not to worry. God sends them quail for a change of pace. The Israelites got quail. Bible story readers get Thaler.
"It's the greatest story never read," Thaler is fond of saying of the Bible.
"God brought me this far in my life to write these books," he said in an interview. "I want people to go back to the Bible, to see the richness in it and the wisdom about God, about us and about our relationships."
At the end of each story, after Goldie, "the miner prophet," unearths a nugget of wisdom, Thaler refers readers to the "real story," citing its chapter and verse in the Good Book, what Thaler, in his third year as a practicing Christian, clearly sees as the Better Book.
"When I became a Christian, my secular friends in New York said, 'You'll lose your muse.' The truth is, I've got the greatest muse there is, the great Creator."
Thaler didn't set out to retell Bible stories. But one night, after watching a well-meaning grandfather struggle to read Bible stories to his squirming grandchildren (the stories were boring and the kids were bored), Thaler excused himself into his bedroom and wrote "Noah's Rainbow: The Zoo's Cruise." That was the start. To date he's "written" 300 stories. "I don't really write them," he said. "God gives them to me as presents." Many of them come to him in the middle of the night.
On Wednesdays at noon, always in the same booth at Jake's Famous Crawfish, Thaler lunches with his illustrator, Adler, and Clyde Van Cleve, the graphic designer who oversees production of each book. All three are a little surprised, in this technological age of e-mail and fax machines - when collaborators don't need to live near each other - that they do.
Over weekly lunches, Thaler, a former cartoonist, looks over Adler's preliminary sketches and sometimes offers suggestions. Adler, who's been a Christian all his life, offers his perspective on Thaler's stories. Van Cleve mediates between the two of them and the publisher, Chariot Victor, in Colorado Springs, Colo.
All three agree that theirs is a good working relationship. Thaler knows that a picture, especially one of Adler's watercolor, pen and ink drawings bursting with comic characters and visual puns, will keep readers coming back to the books. Adler, who grew up on these Bible stories, marvels at how Thaler is able to put a new twist on old tales without tarnishing tried-and-true messages. Van Cleve is pleased that the books don't "dumb down" stories or art, instead respecting both young and adult readers.
To date, Chariot Victor has published three books in the Heaven and Mirth series, including the first featuring New Testament stories: "The Prodigal Son: O Brother!" Plans call for three more this year and six in 2001. Thaler says he hopes the series will culminate in a larger collection, the Heaven and Mirth Bible.
Thaler has read the stories in churches and bookstores from Oregon to the former Soviet Union and Saudi Arabia. "I'll go anywhere to read these stories," he said. "It's sad to see what people have done to God." Too many people see God narrowly, "as if they're looking through a keyhole when they could open the door and walk into his presence."
Thaler admits that his comic approach to the Bible may offend some readers, but he believes there's been enough attention to the stern and serious side of the Bible and it's time to illuminate the lighter side. And he believes he can do that without making the angels weep.
"I want to excite kids about the Bible the same way 'Sesame Street' excites kids about the alphabet and counting - through imagination," he said. "The Bible is the most exciting, valuable book I know - as is its author. This is my way of introducing children to the excitement - these books prove that God created laughter!"
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