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Well folks, it's my first Six Degrees of the year and I've decided that my gift to myself will be writing about my favorite actor, Ryan Reynolds! Almost nothing else in the world gives me more pleasure than to sit and watch -or think about- all the films I've seen this year's Sexiest Man Alive in. You might think I'm exaggerating but I can assure you I am not. As far as RyRy goes, I've seen just about his entire filmography so thinking of actors he's worked with wasn't exactly a challenge. However, coming up with films senior citizen Burt Reynolds has been in wasn't nearly as fun so I tried to rip the band-aid off quickly. Really though, can you blame me? It's Burt Reynolds. Anyway, here you go…
Six Degrees: Reynolds to… Reynolds
Hello to my fellow annoymous nerds! Punny Girl here to bring you my first punderful post.
Relevant, helpful, and punny. Thank you, Washington State Department of Health for bringing us such an informative video.
Six Degrees: The Mel's
Greetings and Merry Christmas! I took a little hiatus for some holiday shopping and time off but I'm back with a brand new Six Degree post for ya. This week I'm pleased to be connecting hilarious actor/writer/director/producer Mel Brooks to the once great but now just loony Mel Gibson; a colliding of the Mel's if you will. I must confess I started off this assignment a little nervous. I'm well aware Mel Brooks is a Hollywood legend but after being asked to link him to another actor I drew a bit of a momentary blank. I don't actually own any of his films and the ones I could think of didn't help bring to mind any famous names that could be linked to anyone else. About ½ a PB&J sandwich later it hit me- Space Balls and Robin Hood: Men in Tights! It was so simple I feel like a complete idiot even admitting it. Once I got that out of the way, connections just started flowing. For starters you've got Patrick Stewart in Robin Hood: Men in Tights as the beloved King Arthur, who was also the bad guy in Conspiracy Theory with Mel Gibson. That wasn't going to make a very good blog so I scratched it and started over. I came up with several options but here's my favorite. Enjoy!
Giant Jesus
According to this CNN.com blog post, the tallest statue of Jesus in the world was erected in Świebodzin, Poland last weekend. Named Christ the King, Standing at 167 feet tall, it is 37 feet taller than the world-famous Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and is 34 feet taller than the previous record-holder, Cristo de la Condordia in Cochabamba, Bolivia, which stands at 133 feet tall.
This was the life's work of Father Zawadzki, a priest in Świebodzin.
Special thanks to Fist of Blog for making us aware of this story.
With the threat of terrorism, invasions by foreign nations, and the McRib Sandwich all occupying our collective psyches at present, it is the perfect moment…
…for zombies to attack!
For protection in even these uncertain times, there's ZombieWarning.com. Like the US Department of Homeland Security and it's Terrorist Threat Levels, the Zombie Warning System alerts the people of the world to the likelihood of a zombie attack.
There are four levels:
- Low – No attack is imminent. Remain calm.
- Medium – Moderate level of concern about an attack. Take precautions, but do not be alarmed.
- High – Zombie attack imminent. Barricade doors and windows, and prepare for attack.
- Attack! – Zombies attack in progress. Keep your weapons loaded.
With this system in place, you will never have to be concerned about whether or not zombies are attacking.
If you right now are questioning your preparedness for a zombie attack, you can rest easy knowing that the Zombie Kill Team – ZKT for short – will have your back if such an attack were to take place. The ZKT is made up of highly trained operatives whose sole purpose and directive is to kill zombies.
I hope you feel better knowing that if zombies attack, you will be informed well in advance – and you won't be alone.
Six Degrees: From Mr. Cellophane to Dr. Lecter
Another day, another challenge. If you were one of the 4 people who read the 1st Six Degree post, thank you! You may proceed to paragraph 2. If you have not yet had the privilege of reading Six Degrees: The Stewarts, allow me give you a quick rundown of how this baby works: Upon being jokingly dubbed the "human IMDB" by my dear friends, I have graciously accepted the challenge to connect 2 randomly selected actors in less than 6 degrees using only movies I have seen! Fortunately the 1st few challenges thrown at me have been a piece of cake. The tougher ones are going to be those actors whose work I've never actually had the pleasure of experiencing. Here we go…
This week I'm taking on connecting Adult Swim's Dr. Steve Brule himself, John C. Reilly, to Oscar winning cannibal, Sir Anthony Hopkins. I happen to love John C. Reilly for both his dramatic and comedic work so this one was extra fun for me. My 1st instinct was to look at Reilly's Mister Cellophane-singing role in Chicago with Renée Zellweger, who was in Cold Mountain with Nicole Kidman, who was in The Human Stain with Anthony Hopkins… but that was just too easy. Plus I didn't really want to talk about The Human Stain because, to be honest, I wasn't crazy about it and therefore don't remember a lot of it. Why did I even bring this up then? I just like any excuse to talk about how much I love the song Mister Cellophane from Chicago. If you don't know it, look it up! *Sigh*
Ok now that that's done let's get down to business. John C. Reilly has been in a few movies with bestie and fellow hilarious curly haired comedian, Will Ferrell, including one of my all time favorite quotable Ferrell comedies Step Brothers. It's one of those films that you kind of wished you hadn't spent $10.50 on the first time through but after revisiting it in the 2nd run theater or via Netflix you find yourself shouting things like "this is how we do it!" while body slamming your big sister. No? Just me? Alright so apparently my family is a little "unique" when it comes to inside jokes and movie quotes but Step Brothers gets us all laughing and that's saying a lot for a group of people with extremely differing tastes in film. I think my mom would prefer to do without the massive amounts of profanity but even she can't deny the hilariousness in the absurdity of the dialogue.
One movie of Ferrell's, and possibly his only decent family-friendly one, that my mom can enjoy without feeling guilty is Elf. As you may or may not have guessed I friggen love Elf! Being something of a Christmas nut, a Will Ferrell fan and a Zooey Deschanel fan it was a win win win for me. Even if you're not one for gooey PG films I feel like there's a joke in there for everyone. I actually applaud Zooey for pulling off such a cheesy commercial hit without leaving even the teensiest scratch on her Indie Queen reputation. It probably doesn't hurt that she sings fabulously in it and, not to mention, hardly looks like herself with that bleached blonde hair but I think it really worked for her because it was just a darn good holiday movie; pure and simple.
Speaking of Zooey Deschanel, probably the number 1 reason I love her is a little movie that could called (500) Days of Summer. Along with being my most recent must-have DVD purchase, it was nominated for over a dozen awards and received overwhelmingly positive reviews nearly everywhere I looked. Without giving away anything I think I can admit I wasn't super crazy about the ending even though, to be fair, they did try to prepare me for it. Honestly though, how could I not like anything with adorable-as-ever Joseph Gordon-Levitt in it? Time out! Before you even think about cracking a GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra joke in response to that just know that I have not seen it… nor will I ever. Also, I did see an interesting interview last year with the dimple-cheeked JGL in which he admitted he simply wanted to do something lighter after having just finished Stop-Loss and he felt like a kid playing with life size action figures from his childhood. Time In!
One of Joseph Gordon-Levitt's more obscure little-known pieces from his past is 2005's Havoc starring the lovely Anne Hathaway. Haven't seen it? That's ok, you don't need to. The idea of Anne Hathaway in a grittier non-princess role (this was pre-Rachel Getting Married) was enough to make me give it a shot despite Netflix's measly 2 star prediction for me. However in the end Netflix prevailed and I found myself taking a very long shower immediately after the credits rolled trying to wash off the stink of the acting/writing/directing I'd just seen. Virtually the only redeeming quality in this melodrama about a rich troubled white teen girl in a rich troubled white kid poser gang is Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Even as a somewhat bizarre secondary character I felt like he was the most believable. Anne had her moments but I think it's best for everyone if she sticks to roles that don't require using a "tough girl accent" (that's really the only way I can describe it because it wasn't an actual accent).
Just a few short years after Havoc Anne Hathaway found herself in a supporting role in one of this decade's most talked about films Brokeback Mountain. If I have to tell you what this movie is about and who's in it you should probably just stop reading right now and go look at any awards/nominees for films in 2006 because it's going to be on every list. Among the stellar Oscar-nominated performances by Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams was Jake Gyllenhaal's Best Supporting Actor nominated role as gay cowboy Jack. I was already a fan of looking at the dude and witnessed his acting chops in Donnie Darko but for some reason this film was the 1st to make every other non-Darko-cult fan sit up and take serious notice.
The same year Brokeback was released, Jake was in a lesser-known film called Proof with Gwyneth Paltrow. As far as brilliant but insane mathematician films go, this was no A Beautiful Mind but it was decent. I actually caught it one lazy afternoon on a local cable channel movie of the week type deal and the acting was enough to keep me interested the whole way through. Personally, I was more intrigued by the romantic relationship than the whole daddy-daughter "is she going crazy too?" thing but overall it wasn't a bad movie. I don't know if I would recommend it but I don't think I'd deter someone from seeing it if they'd made up their minds to give it a try. Besides (are you ready for it?) it brings me around to the last degree of separation! Can you guess who played the brilliant but mentally disturbed father of Gwyneth Paltrow in Proof? That's right… Anthony Hopkins!
To summarize:
John C. Reilly was in Step Brothers with Will Ferrell
Will Ferrell was in Elf with Zooey Deschanel
Zooey Deschanel was in (500) Days of Summer with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Joseph Gordon Levitt was in Havoc with Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway was in Brokeback Mountain with Jake Gyllenhaal
Jake Gyllenhaal was in Proof with Anthony Hopkins
There you have it. Reilly to Hopkins in an even six degrees! See you next time.
Humans Control Individual Neurons
According to this article from the UCLA Newsroom, people can actually control specific neurons with our thoughts alone. This is the first time anyone has been able to narrow down and scientifically study the phenomenon known as "focusing". It's the part of the brain that allows people to block out distraction, and now scientists at UCLA and Cal Tech are able to show the mechanism by which it occurs. By studying the response of test subjects to four images, they identified which neurons were responsible for those images. They then used those images, along with many others as "distractions", to cause the test subject to attempt to focus only on the test image. In 70% of cases, the same neuron fired for this image despite distractions.
This kind of thing fascinates me. It's amazing how little we actually know about the brain and how it works – and even more amazing that almost all of the important knowledge we have about the brain has been gathered since the start of the 20th century. It's a very good thing we have high-caliber scientists like these guys gathering more information about the brain and it's functions.
Alcohol and Caffeine – A Bad Mix?
According to this CNN.com article, my home state of Washington decided to put a ban on alcoholic energy drinks – beverages like Four Loko and other related libations will be made illegal in Washington state starting November 18. This is indicative of how the country will soon be going – the FDA will be investigating the use of alcohol and caffeine together, and whether it is harmful. At what point do we draw the line? If we ban the sale of these beverages, all it will do is increase the sale of the non-alcoholic energy drinks – all you have to do is mix it with vodka, and it's roughly the same thing you bought before.
The issue here isn't what beverages are or are not illegal – it's about education. If people know what chemicals will do to their bodies, they will be better informed about what to drink or not drink, and at the very least they will be less likely to make poor choices in the future. Typically when a company decides to write a letter to the government, I don't usually regard it with much consideration – but this letter from Phusion Projects, the makers of Four Loko, seems very well reasoned. Legislating against a specific product is, unless I am mistaken,
Also, enforcement is an issue. The incident that caused the Washington State Liquor Control Board (WSLCB) to act involved college students at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA who were under 21, and was reported on the CWU web site. How did they get the alcohol in the first place? That should be the first thing they should be focusing on.
I am not a doctor, so I can't comment about what the exact dangers could be about consuming alcohol and caffeine at once. What I do know is that malt liquor and hard liquor are legal, and energy drinks are legal – so simply banning a beverage that combines the two won't stop people from combining the two themselves. I'm not suggesting that such a law exist, or not – I'm just thinking that if there is an obvious loophole, then slapping a bandaid on the problem will not curb the behavior it is intended to stop.
What do you think? Let me know, comment below.
CERN Successfully Creates a Mini "Big Bang"
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Testing, operates a very large hadron collider on the border of France and Switzerland that has been running for the last few months, causing protons to collide so we can see what they're made of. In an effort to increase the scale of the testing, CERN has reconstituted their proton collisions to instead use lead ions – and in so doing, they have created a miniaturized version of the Big Bang event that created our universe, according
For a millionth of a second after the full-size Big Bang, all the matter in the universe existed as what is called "plasma", or disorganized matter. We were all just a bunch of subatomic particles that had no organization whatsoever. Physicists believe that this occurred because the single ball of matter that existed got so dense that the energy pent up inside burst forth in an explosion – and the hadron collider does exactly the same thing, only on an infinitesimally smaller scale.
Read more here: http://public.web.cern.ch/public/
Special thanks to The Daily Galaxy for their content.
Six Degrees: The Stewarts
Welcome to my first ever Six Degree post. Upon being jokingly dubbed the "human IMDB" by my dear friends, I have graciously accepted the challenge to connect 2 randomly selected actors in less than 6 degrees using only movies I have seen! Fortunately the 1st five challenges thrown at me have been a piece of cake. The tougher ones are going to be those actors whose work I've never actually had the pleasure of experiencing -thank you, adminymous, for the F. Murray Abraham. Now I have to go rent a movie and pray I recognize someone else in it! It may be a while before you folks get anything on Mister F-something-or-other.
This week I've had the not-so-daunting task of connecting bald sci-fi beauty Patrick Stewart to brooding vampire-loving teen queen Kristen Stewart. My 1st attempt had these guys linked in 3 movies but after 4 more attempts (coincidentally all starting with X-Men and ending with Adventureland) I decided to just pick the web that would be most fun. I care less about fewer degrees and more about discussing the love of my life: movies. So here we go…
As if he didn't already have enough of a nerd-following from his role on TV as Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Star Ship Enterprise, Patrick Stewart became even more famous with younger nerd audiences as the beloved wheelchair-bound Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films (2000's X-Men, 2003's X2 and 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand). Whether or not you thought they lived up to the comics, you've got to at least admit they were entertaining. I have a rather eclectic taste in movies but I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the majority of the films. The nostalgic sap in me was just pleased as pie to see several of her favorite cartoon characters from childhood coming to life, the nerd in me lapped up all the hundreds of millions of dollars spent on special effects, and the girly girl in me couldn't take her eyes off the array of hotties in tight leather suits. One such hottie was the jealous mutant boyfriend of Jean Grey, called Cyclops, played by James Marsden. I'll be honest, when I saw him in the 1st film I knew he had blue eyes and that I wanted to dip him in chocolate and eat him up but I couldn't quite put my finger on what else he'd been in. Turns out that before X-Men he'd really only had some bit parts on a few television series I'd seen over the years and a few movies I still have yet to recognize him in. I think his name finally stuck with me once I saw him in 2008's 27 Dresses opposite Katherine Heigl. Yes, boys, we're about to start talking about a cheesy predictable mainstream romantic comedy. I know you're just cringing but bear with me and power through it because I'm going to bring this around to Kristen Stewart without mentioning Twilight! Feel better now? Good.
So 27 Dresses might be everything I called it before, but it's my cheesy predictable mainstream romantic comedy! Yes, it comes in a pink DVD case and many people can't stand Katherine Heigl but the movie has everything you need for a perfect tear-jerking Friday night alone with your Chunky Monkey. A little bit of heart break, a little bit of romance, a lot bit of campy and 2 very attractive perfect opposites finally falling for each other. Being 5-times a bridesmaid but never a bride myself, I think the film just holds special meaning for me. I can't in my right mind recommend it to anyone searching for something profound or hilarious to the degree of The Hangover but I will admit its entertaining enough that the case is just as worn out and shabby looking as the copy of My Best Friend's Wedding sitting next to it on my shelf.
Now even if you don't like Katherine Heigl you've got to at least admit you laughed during Knocked Up. I honestly didn't want to see it given the premise but once I gave in and rented it one rainy Saturday night I was happy I did. I don't think I could ever stay mad at sweet little Seth Rogen even if I tried. He definitely made the movie for me. Ok, so I could have done without the pregnant love scene but the typical Judd Apatow film hilariousness is all there along with his usual cast of loveable comedians; three of which were in a non-Judd Apatow film together that brings me around to my last degree of separation (yay!).
Ready for this? Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader and Martin Starr were all in Adventureland with -you guessed it- Kristen Stewart. I'm sure you're familiar with the 1st two from their collective 10 years on SNL but Martin Starr is one of those guys whose face you immediately recognize (for its sort of sad rat-like nerdy quality) but still don't know his name. I know I saw this movie and that I liked it ok but I honestly don't think I can remember much of it. Like several mainstream movie-goers, I was slightly disappointed at how different the film was from what they were advertising in the previews. In fact my favorite local radio show, the Afternoon Buzz with Daria, Mitch and Ted, spent a great deal of time one afternoon just bitching about how awful and deceptive the advertising was. I suppose if you went to the theater hoping to have your mood lightened by witty banter between sarcastic carnies but instead ended up watching a somewhat depressing coming of age tale, you would be quite disappointed no matter how good it is. Whether or not you hate Kristen Stweart is irrelevant (believe me) because she's actually pretty decent in it. Would I recommend Adventureland? Yes… but only after warning you that it's not nearly as funny as they try to tell you it will be.
To recap:
Patrick Stewart was in X-Men with James Marsden
James Marsden was in 27 Dresses with Katherine Heigl
Katherine Heigl was in Knocked Up with Kristen Wiig / Bill Hader / Martin Starr
Kristen Wiig / Bill Hader / Martin Starr were all in Adventureland with Kristen Stewart
It's been fun, folks! Catch you next time🙂


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Chemical Safety Course
With a special focus on Green Chemistry, this course will help demystify making sound economic decisions for the environment and worker health and safety.
The toxicity of solvents in the workplace and the community is well-established (re: A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr). Nevertheless, their usage continues in a number of operations, including the manufacture of many of our products. They are also used in cleaning and degreasing, in commercial and residential applications, and in janitorial services affecting public buildings such as schools, hospitals and their occupants. Moreover, hazardous chemicals' storage and transportation have additional implications following the events of 9/11.
Developed in northern Europe, this course will not only help to explain the reasons for this toxicity, but offer practical solutions for these chemicals' replacement in light of the Precautionary Principle. Because the course describes a decision-making matrix that uses state-of-the-art databases, the same principles can be applied to other processes that could be environmentally-friendlier. Consequently, it offers excellent insight into the formation of a truly viable Environmental Management System (EMS), like ISO 14000 for competitive advantage and sustainable development.
In this interactive seminar, attendees will learn:
- How to use Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) more effectively
- How to identify and test potential replacements for chemical hazards
- How to measure costs of chemical usage more completely
- How to positively interact with other stakeholders, including company management
- How to establish a path towards continuous improvement in chemical management
- How to successfully monitor implementation of process conversions
- Chemical and process engineers
- EH& S staff
- QA/QC managers
- Plant managers
- Facility managers (including hospitals, schools and other public buildings)
- Accounting/purchasing officials
- Corporate staff
- Government/policy specialists
- NGOs and researchers in related fields, for example, pharmaceutical/biotech
The Search for Safer and Greener Chemical Solvents:
A Proposed Tool to Support Environmental Decision-Making
Erasmus University (Rotterdam, the Netherlands), 2001
Cost of CD included in seminar
- General Introduction
- The Evolution, Exposure Consequences and Regulation of Solvents
- Water: the Universal Solvent
- Organic and Chlorinated Solvents
- Environmental and Health Effects: Ozone Depletion, Global Warming and Acid Rain; Habitat Impacts; Carcinogenicity and other consequences
- Legislative Initiatives: The Montreal Protocol and the U.S. Clean Air Act
- The Search for Safer, Greener Chemical Cleaners
- Design for the Environment Techniques
- Non-Volatile Organic Compounds
- Alternative Methods
- Developing a Test Design
- Asking the Right Questions
- Working with the Right People
- Analytical Techniques
- The Stages of Any Scientific Experiment
- Enhancing the Search
- Non-aqueous (i.e., non-water) Based Alternatives
- The Method vs. The Chemical
- The Role of Chemical Suppliers and Vendors
- Re-design
- The Proposed Tool for Environmental Decision-Making
- Using Databases and Standards
- Some Examples of Results
- The Future and Related Public Policy-Making
- Class-Directed Discussion May Include: Surfactants and Endocrine Disruption; Hormesis, etc.
Contact the lab to find out more on this course

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Reed Tennyson
ASSOU Term 2014 2015
Major: Business Business Admin
Minor: Sustainability and Leadership
About Me:
Wrestler, I enjoy hunting and fishing. Very open and adventurous individual
Leadership Experience
- Wrestling team captain.
- 32 ft Commercial Fishing boat captain
- Business, Communications and Environmental Studies
Business, Communication, and Environmental Studies Senator. Constituents include any member of the ASSOU with a registered major, minor or graduate program within the programs of Business; Communication; or Environmental Studies; and any student studying under or affiliated with the Academic Division for Business, Communication, and the Environment. This Senator shall have bi-monthly meetings with the Division Director and regularly attend Director's Council meetings to encourage collaboration and sharing of information between
ASSOU and the respective academic programs.


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The musician who started it won't be there, but the show will go on for the Fourth Breast Cancer Benefit Reunion Concert & BBQ at Up a Creek Tavern.
Howland native Tommy McCoy, who created the event in memory of his wife, who died from breast cancer in 1997, has to have surgery this week and is unable to travel to Ohio from Florida, where he now lives. But others have stepped forward to make sure the fundraiser continues.
Louise Damstoft-Hathaway, who performs under the name Madam Weez and will serve as host for the concert, said, ''We were a little bit panic stricken (at first), but these guys from Howland are amazing. I thought it was all going to be thrown on me, but everyone came to my aid.''
Even before McCoy's health issues, organizers planned to return the benefit to a single day after adding a second concert at Packard Music Hall in 2011 in addition to the Up a Creek event. Damstoft-Hathaway said last year's two-day event brought in more money, but there also were more expenses. The net proceeds were higher, but not enough to justify the extra effort involved in expanding from the original concept.
This year's event also will have a new beneficiary, Humility of Mary Health Partner's St. Joseph Cancer Center in Warren. Damstoft-Hathaway said she took a tour of the cancer unit and was impressed with the work they do there.
Saturday's concert will feature many of the musicians who played the dances and clubs in the Mahoning Valley in the late '60s and early '70s will perform as well as bands that currently play in the Valley. While Tommy McCoy won't be there, his brothers Gary and Mark are returning from Atlanta, and Gary will reunite with his Holes in the Road bandmates Doug Thomas and Gary Sloas, who currently play in the Sonic Boomers.
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The tentative schedule is:
4 p.m.: Rick Hartley
4:30 p.m.: Madam Weez
5 p.m.: Damian Knapp
5:30 p.m.: Wankel
6 p.m.: The Bridge
6:30 p.m.: Shades of Gray
7 p.m.: Sideshow
7:30 p.m.: Dennis Drummond
8 p.m.: Roger Lewis Band
9 p.m.: Roger Hatfield's Voyage & Antoinette
10 p.m.: Holes in the Road & Sonic Boomers
11 p.m.: Full Moon All-Stars Jam
Admission is a $10 donation, which a pulled pork dinner prepared by Chef Anthony and T.J. Taylor.
The fundraiser also has become an unofficial part of Howland High School reunions for classes that graduated during that period.
''The people coming back love being able to see all the bands from that era,'' Damstoft-Hathaway said. ''People who don't make it one year, they come back the next year. It's snowballed into something bigger than me and Tommy.''
They hope to draw at least 500 people on Saturday and raise at least $5,000 for St. Joe's. Holes in the Road also will perform at Up a Creek, 4793 E. Market St., Howland, on Friday and will sell advance tickets and T-shirts for the cancer benefit at its gig.
The music is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. and end around midnight, although Damstoft-Hathaway said the start time could be moved up to accommodate all of the musicians interested in participating and she doesn't expect the music to stop when the clock strikes 12 either. She expects at least 50 musicians to perform over the course of the show.
''My goal is to get everyone up to perform at least one song,'' she said.


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As much as possible, we avoid touching the beliefs of different religions. This is to avoid hurting other people's feelings. But no matter how we try to avoid it, sometimes we need to discuss it for the sake of argument and clarifications.
Prayer is a powerful tool of communicating to God. We have already known this from the previous topics we have posted here. In case you did not catch them, we can click again the following links to know more about prayers and praying to God.
- And Whatsoever We Ask, We Receive of Him
- How to deal God's Silence?
- Importance of Prayers
- More on Prayers
- The God who Hears
From these topics we conclude that we, as Christians are commanded to pray unceasingly, with all our faith and with all our hearts. But noticed that praying is only due to God. There is no verse in the Bible that tells us we can pray to any dead person except God.
There are many verses in the Bible that pertains to praying not to anyone else but only to God alone. There is not a single verse that allows us to pray to anyone besides God. All prayers, praises and thanksgiving are due to God alone.
Luk 6:12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. This verse is showing us an example of praying to God. Jesus taught us to pray to the Father who is in heaven after this manner. Mat 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Mat 6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Jesus did not teach us to pray to the dead people but to the Father alone.
Apostle Paul prays to God alone also as was written in his second letter to the Corinthians. 2Co 13:7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates. Did Paul teach the Christians to pray to the dead?
Apostle Paul indeed prayed for other people. This act of prayer is called an intercession. Intercession is an act of praying in behalf of the other people. Rom 10:1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. And we noticed, that Paul emphasized again that prayers are due to God alone.
All the reasonings of other faiths are mere speculations and somehow misinterpretations of the Bible verses. We will try to look at some of the verses they try to use to justify their claims that praying to the dead people are allowed.
Praying to the Dead or Saints as they call it
It has been a practice of many so called Christians to pray to their departed or dead brothers and sisters. They call them saints. They ask for help for those dead people to mediate between them and to God. This practice is shared commonly by Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Christians and some Anglicans. Probably they comprise of approximately 75 percent of the Christians of the world.
The verse they use to justify their claim
Before we study the verse they use to justify their claim that it is okay to pray to the dead, we must first try to understand their claim that when a person dies he will either go to heaven, hell or purgatory. These beliefs are a very old belief by these so called Christians, handed down from generation to generation.
The claim that when a person dies will go directly to heaven, hell or purgatory do not conform to what the Bible says. The Bible says that when a person dies, he will sleep for a very long time until the appointed time of resurrection.
Let's try to look on Job's explanations about dead people:
Job 14:10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Job 14:11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
Job 14:12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
These are very clear verses that talk about dead people. Dead people don't rise up. They sleep in the graves until the heavens that we see will no longer be seen. They will not wake up until they are raised up from their sleep.
There are many connecting verses that supports this claim of the Bible. In Ecclesiastes 9: 5-6, 10, Solomon mentions that death will come to each of us, and while we live we must do everything in our power to do what is just in the eyes of God, because when we die, we no longer have memories about our lives here on earth, even love and hate are no more.
Ecc 9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Ecc 9:6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Ecc 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Job mentions that there is indeed an appointed time of waking up. There is an appointed time that the dead people will rise up and a change will come to them. Job 14:14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
Apostle Paul explains this in his letter to the Thessalonian. In his explanation, the resurrection occurs when Christ will return again on earth to raise first all who had died for Christ. This is the first resurrection mentioned in the Bible. It will happen on the next coming of Christ here on earth.
1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
1Th 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
The change that Job tells us is the same with the change of body explained by Paul to Corinthians. He explains that this physical body must be changed in order to be worthy of receiving the price of salvation, that is, entering the kingdom of God in heaven.
1Co 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1Co 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
1Co 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
1Co 15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
One of the verses they use to explain and justify their claim of praying to the dead or saints can be found in Revelation 5: 8 – And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
Here, they depict this verse that the saints in heaven are offering prayers to God under the form of golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. Thus, they conclude, that since the saints in heaven are offering their prayers to God, they (the saints) are aware of the prayers of the living ones. They are aware of the petitions and they believe that these saints in heaven are interceding in behalf of them.
Looking at the verse, there is no indication that the saints mentioned are the dead people who went to heaven after they died. It is much logical to explain that these prayers of the saints are the prayers of the saints still living on earth. Prayers of the saints (living) are described in such manner as incense does when it is offered in worship; in a manner of which the ascending of incense is a suitable emblem.
Psa 141:2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Notice again that prayers comes from those who are still living here on earth and not those who are already dead. It is not even mentioned that the saints they use to call in the verse is capable of knowing their prayers. This is a clear presumption and they are assuming that the saints are definitely aware of their prayers especially when they are directed to them. They really believe that these saints intercedes for the living.
Next time we pray, pray directly to God as Jesus taught us in the so called "The Lord's Prayer." Yes, we believe that intercessory prayers are powerful too, only if the intercessors are the living and not the dead ones.


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|Barry the Chopper
|Number 66
Barry the Butcher
|Wife (deceased)
|The Military (temporarily)
Roy Mustang (manga and 2009 anime)
Mercenary group (2003 anime)
|Human soul affixed to a suit of armor
|Serial killer
Lab 5 guardian
|Highly resistant armor
Skilled with blades
|Meat cleaver and carving knife
|Unique Trait
|Murder themed pick-up lines
|To chop up humans
|First Appearance
|Manga Chapter 11
Episode 8 (2003)
Episode 7 (2009)
|Voice Actor
|Jerry Jewell
|Kentaro Ito (2003)
Aya Ishizu (2003, female disguise)
Hideyuki Umezu (2009)
Barry the Chopper (also known as "Number 66"-バリー・ザ・チョッパー, Barī za Choppā) is one of the two armor guards ordered by the Homunculi to kill any intruders to the Fifth Central Alchemical Laboratory. A former serial killer, he became a human test subject in the military's alchemical experiments and, in lieu of execution, had his disembodied soul bound to a suit of armor, similarly to Alphonse Elric. As a result of the schism between the storylines of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga and the 2003 anime series, Barry the Chopper appears in both, but is a rather different character in each.
Manga and 2009 AnimeEdit
In the original story, Barry started out as a simple butcher living and working in Central City until he grew bored with merely cutting the flesh of pigs and cows and began to hunt humans to satisfy his demented desires. The citizens of Central lived in terror for several years as the now infamous "Barry the Chopper" went on a serial murdering spree that ultimately claimed the lives of twenty-three people, starting with his wife. Finally, the serial killer was caught and the legend of the fiend lived on long after Barry's well-publicized execution by hanging. However, the execution was merely a front, as Barry was never actually sent to the gallows. Like many other death row inmates in Central's prison, Barry was spared from death for an arguably much crueler fate; a human test subject for the Amestrian military's alchemical labs. While still alive, his soul was forcibly ripped out from his body and alchemically bound to a suit of armor. He is given the code name "Number 66" and paired with another soul bound armor, Number 48, and ordered to guard Central Alchemical Laboratory #5 and the horrible secrets therein.
Barry is first introduced into the manga's story in Chapter 11 when he and Number 48 are alerted to two intruders entering Lab 5. Eager to have some fun after such a long time without any victims, Barry heads outside to hunt Alphonse Elric while leaving "the little one" to his partner. Barry enthusiastically attacks but soon becomes frustrated when met with Al's expert resistance and unexpected speed. When Alphonse knocks Barry's helmet off to discover that the suit of armor he's been fighting is empty, Barry sees an opportunity to scare his new prey and reveals his gruesome back story. However, he is disappointed again when Alphonse reveals that he hails from a rural town in the east, far beyond the reach of Central City's news and urban legends, leaving him unaware of the infamous serial killer. However, Barry, still undeterred, reveals his unnatural body in hopes of terrifying his adversary, but, again, Al counters by revealing that he, too, is a soul affixed to a suit of armor and cannot be shocked by such things. Barry then mistakes Alphonse for yet another death row inmate mutilated by the government, but an offended Al reveals that it was his brother who bound his soul to save his life. The fact instantly amuses Barry as he sees an opening for a little ploy to toy with the boy's mind. He implants the notion that without a body as proof, there is no way to know for sure if the boy named Alphonse Elric ever existed, or if the one calling himself Al's "brother" merely fabricated a soul out of falsified memories to keep his "armor doll" loyal. Alphonse is significantly shaken by these conjectures and responds by asking what proof Number 66 has of his own existence. After swiftly murdering a soldier who had come to investigate the noise caused by the two grappling, Barry counters by saying that his love of killing is all the proof he needs in order to know he exists. Alphonse becomes distracted regarding the uncertainty of his being, allowing Barry to gain the upper hand until 2nd Lt. Maria Ross and Sgt. Denny Brosh arrive to act as backup for the young Elric boy, firing one round each into Barry's right hand and forcing him to drop his meat cleaver. Just as the soldiers have Barry cornered, Lab 5 begins to collapse - triggered to explode by Lust and Envy; Barry sees his opportunity for freedom and flees the scene as the building crumbles to rubble. Rather than returning to the Homunculi merely to be disposed of like Number 48, Barry disappears into the night to once again wreak havoc on the streets of Central City.He reappears in Chapter 30, lurking on the street in search of a new victim, and comes across Lt. Riza Hawkeye. Once again, Barry is disappointed to come across a potential victim who does not fear him, as Hawkeye unhesitatingly opens fire when he makes clear his intentions to murder her. He is further shocked to find that she does not react when he removes his helmet, firing again and explaining that she knows someone with the same condition. Barry, impressed with Riza's strength and bravery, becomes instantly smitten with her, but when he mentions Alphonse's name, it is the Lieutenant's turn to take interest. She detains him and summons Colonel Mustang, informing him that the man before them is an empty suit of armor like Alphonse and claims to be a criminal who was executed years ago. Together with Warrant Officer Vato Falman, they take Barry to a warehouse in the military district for clandestine interrogation. Falman takes charge of verifying Barry's identity, cross-checking his encyclopedic knowledge of the Chopper murder cases against 66's own memory. When Barry accurately describes all his crimes and even passes Falman's trick question, they've no choice but to believe he is the real deal. Mustang begins to interrogate him about his body and Barry counters with questions of his own, wondering why they don't already know about his body, or Laboratory 5 when they're part of the military that experimented on him. When Mustang responds in the negative, Barry reveals that he met Al in Lab 5 and agrees to tell them everything he knows about both the lab and the Philosopher's Stone if Roy promises only one thing: not to report him to the higher-ups or the Homunculi. He then informs Roy of Lust and Envy, Lab 5's destruction, the process used by military researchers to create imperfect Philosopher's Stones, the circumstances of his Soul Binding, and the fact that all the scientists who had worked in Lab 5 were killed - used as ingredients for the Stones themselves - a few days before the facility was destroyed, eradicating all possible evidence. After asking whether Barry had anything to do with the death of Maes Hughes, Roy assigns Falman to keep an eye on the ex-murderer and Hawkeye - whose orders Barry seems willing to follow - tells him not to chop anyone else up. For some time afterward, Barry holes up in a safe house set up by Falman, spending his days playing chess with the Warrant Officer.
About ten days later, after the well-publicized arrest of Maria Ross as a suspect in the murder of Brigadier General Hughes, Barry recognizes her face on the front page of the newspaper and asks that Falman allow him to communicate with Mustang. Barry pretends to be one of Roy's girlfriends until the Colonel can get to a non-secure outside line and Barry proposes that he can get Ross out of jail. As part of his plan to lure out the masterminds behind Hughes' death and Lab 5, Mustang orders Barry to raid the east end lockup and escape with Maria so that they can get her out of the country to safety before her execution. Barry, knowing the back streets of Central, suggests an escape route and rendezvous point, during which Mustang suggests that they should have Falman act as the hostage of a serial killer during the incident. Of course, Barry, not caring to explain the situation to his roommate, opts to knock Vato out with a blow to the head instead. That night, Barry bursts crazily through the front gate of the jail, drawing the attention of all the Military Police in the facility as he searches for Ross. Though they open fire and even manage to damage his helmet with a shotgun, his rampage proceeds onwards, still using non-lethal force on his assailants, per Mustang and Hawkeye's orders. As he wanders toward Ross' cell, Barry is hailed by another prisoner in the lockup - Ling Yao, who had been jailed as an illegal alien. Ling asks Barry to free him, a request that the ex-murderer has little interest in, but when Ling mentions that he is from Xing, Barry changes his tune, realizing that the eastern nation would be a fine place to hide Maria. He breaks open the door of Ling's cell and the two head off to meet Lt. Ross. When Barry finally breaks into Ross' cell, he is glad to see someone shocked by his presence, and states that he remembers her as well - every time he notices the bullet holes in his right hand. Ross regains her strength after Barry mentions the rumors that she had killed Maes Hughes. He believes her vehement protests, saying that she hasn't the eyes of a murderer, but shows her the newspaper headline announcing her conviction and informs her that, since the trial has already been skipped, her execution will be immediate. Barry gives her a choice - either stay where she is and allow herself to face a firing squad for a crime she didn't commit, or escape with him on the spot. She chooses the latter and the three depart the jail, hurrying through back streets toward the rendezvous point in the warehouse district where Mustang is waiting. Unfortunately, they are met along the way by Edward and Alphonse Elric, who demand to know how Maria Ross is involved with Hughes' death. As they lack time to have such a discussion, Barry holds the Elric brothers off and tells Ross to head to the warehouse district ahead of him. Before the altercation between Barry and the Elrics escalates, however, both parties are distracted by Mustang's column of flame issuing nearby. As Ed rushes toward the explosion, Barry and Ling seize their chance to escape and head back to the safe house before the Military Police find them.Back at the hideout, Barry ignores Falman's protests and speaks with Ling - who followed him back to the safe house and summoned his two retainers back to his side with smoke signals - about the binding of his soul to the armor. Ling tried to persuade Barry to give him the specifics, reminding the ex-murderer that he both helped him break Ross out of prison and sent his bodyguard Fu to escort her out of the country, to Xing. Barry reiterates that he knows very little about the actual process and suggests that Ling go and speak to Alphonse. However, shortly after Ling leaves, ordering Lan Fan to stay behind at the safe house, there arises another problem as the second part of Roy's plan goes into effect. Though he cannot feel anything in his armor body, Barry feels a chill in his soul. Recognizing Number 66 from the reports of Maria Ross' breakout, the Homunculi have sent out Barry the Chopper's human body - animated by the insertion of a lab animal's soul - to locate him, as the body is inexorably drawn to its own soul and vice-versa. Barry and Falman are attacked by the human puppet and, recognizing that this is part of Roy's mission, attempts to keep Vato from killing it. But as the battle continues and moves outside, Number 66 comes to the realization that the attacker is, in fact, his human body. Overcome with his old psychopathic habits, Barry becomes compelled to kill his doppelganger, arguing that very few people ever get the opportunity to chop themselves up and that his body, so long separated from its true soul, has already begun rotting. Lt. Havoc, who has arrived as backup, refuses to allow Barry his whim, as they still have their own agenda.
The body flees the scene with Barry giving chase, leading the search party of Roy Mustang, Jean Havoc, Alphonse Elric and Riza Hawkeye to National Central Laboratory #3. Observing that the body has entered the building, they deduce that Lab 3 is the enemy base while Mustang opts to pull out and regroup for another day. Undeterred, Barry rushes in recklessly after his body, refusing to listen to such an order. As Mustang uses Barry's rampage as an excuse to enter Lab 3 with his crew, Barry chases his body down to the very threshold of the Homunculi's lair. He has already begun inflicting damage on his decrepit human form when Lt. Hawkeye and Alphonse arrive.Soon afterward, however, the three are additionally joined by Lust, who realizes that Mustang used 66 as bait to lure her out and is infuriated at having fallen for it. When she asks Barry why he helped Mustang, 66 replies that he never liked being cooped up in Lab 5 and that the only way he knew he could be free was if his captors were all dead. The most important, however, was that he always wanted to get his cleavers into Lust herself. Enraged when she further ignores him to speak to Al and Riza, Barry charges with intent to kill, but is swiftly cut to ribbons by Lust's bladed fingers. However, the Blood Rune on the armor body remains intact, so - while unable to move or communicate - Barry remains alive throughout Lust's battle with Hawkeye, Alphonse, and Colonel Mustang. But as Barry begins to wonder how to get himself out of his current predicament, his dying human body crawls over to him, drawn instinctively to the blood rune. Barry protests, but the body picks up the scrap of metal and, with tears of joy streaming down its face, scratches out the cursed mark keeping his soul in the mortal world. Barry's body and soul both die instantly. Whether Barry's body died because of its injuries or because its soul had left the world is not known for sure, but the Elrics' later discussions regarding how the body and soul are tied together, even when separated, suggest that the latter is most likely. That fact is slightly ironic; had Barry succeeded in killing his body (his most eager desire) he would have succeeded in just wiping out his entire being in the process.
2003 AnimeEdit
In the first anime series, much like Envy and Solf J. Kimblee, Barry is noticeably much more demented and depraved; he isn't nearly as humorous or benign as in the manga and the second anime series. He began his murdering spree after killing his own wife (which is also stated in the manga), donning a female wig to slaughter even more women in his meat truck. He continued gaining notoriety in Central until he happened to kidnap the Elrics' childhood friend Winry Rockbell one fateful day while she happened to arrive in the city unannounced to pay the brothers a surprise visit. Edward Elric fervently attempted to track her down, realizing that she was now in the hands of a murderer thanks to the clues left behind at the scene. After assuming earlier that Barry was the one who had killed his young friend Nina Tucker, Ed is then captured by him and bound to a chair. Having heard of Ed's abilities, Barry disconnects his automail arm and begins a frightful explanation of how he gleefully loves to kill for little reason. Only after Ed is lucky enough to escape (still without an arm), his concentration is left split, traumatized over the situation as Barry ruthlessly continues hunting him down, gouging at him with his meat cleaver in a homicidal frenzy. Thanks to additional assistance from Alphonse Elric, who stopped a frightened Ed from accidentally killing him, Barry was finally arrested without managing to harm anyone else. The arrest is considered the Fullmetal Alchemist's first groundbreaking accomplishment and it gives Ed the fortitude to remain a State Alchemist on his quest for the Philosopher's Stone.
This isn't the end of Barry, however; just like the manga, he soon reappears at Laboratory 5 with his soul now affixed to a suit of armor, similar to Alphonse Elric's situation. While there, both armor-bound souls engage in battle with one another, during which Barry begins toying with Al's mind, implanting the notion that his entire personality and backstory could be a fabrication set up by his so-called 'loved ones'. Just as Al's concentration is nearly lost, Scar breaks into Lab 5 and transmutes Barry's arm clean off, thereby ending the battle. Barry, however, relies on one of Lab's 5 many hidden bombs and escapes into the night. He does return one final time, fully repaired, and begins to work with a mercenary group, slaughtering numerous Ishvalans under the guise of the State Military. There he runs into Alphonse and Scar again, with Scar transmuting his armor body clean in half, damaging his blood seal in the process. As Barry lays dying, he is inadvertently blown away by one of the mercenary's malfunctioning battle gear, killing him once and for all.
- In the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood series, the Japanese seiyuu of Barry's human body is Kenji Hamada, who also plays Vato Falman, while the dub has Vic Mignogna (Edward Elric) providing the body's voice.
- Surprisingly, both the original Japanese and the English dub use an entirely different voice actor for Barry's body, rather than his armor's voice. Both replacements also voice other important characters in the series.
- He seems to harbor a crush on Riza Hawkeye, indicated by the hearts around him and his willingness to follow her orders.
- He also seems to have a thing for Lust when he says that he wants " to stick his cleaver in her" but it could be a joke. Arakawa has stated that Barry's deceased wife looked almost identical to Lust, which could also be the reason. This fact is never stated in the actual story though.
- In the original manga, Barry appears to have a photographic memory, able to remember with exact detail every person he ever killed on what date and under what circumstances, as shown from Vato Falman quizzing him on his identity.
- Although Barry doesn't make another appearance after the death of Lust, his body and armor fragments do, in the events of Chapter 90.
- Each anime design of Barry is just slightly off from the original manga's design. In the manga, Barry's head is much more flat and narrow, especially in his eyes and crown, while in each anime they give him an arched forehead and slightly wider eyes that make him look a bit more benign. The 2003 anime also gave Barry an entire set of razor sharp teeth, while in the manga and 2009 anime, he barely has eight "teeth".
- Barry's carving knife remains intact after his initial battle with Al in the 2009 anime (where it is destroyed in both the manga and 2003 anime) and he also whips it out from time to time afterwards as well. In the battle against the Mannequin Army, after Barry has died, Darius finds and uses Barry's cleaver to protect himself from the Homunculi dolls.
- Barry's human body in the original manga, and the 2009 anime series, is vastly different from his 2003 anime counterpart. This is most likely due to the fact that Barry's body had not yet been formally introduced in the manga when his first 2003 anime episode aired, so they created an entirely unique design for him. Moreover, unlike the 2003 version, Barry doesn't dress up as a woman in the original story.
- Barry the Chopper might be a play on the famous serial killer Jack the Ripper. Additionally his story as a butcher turned to a mass murderer is similar of the story of the German butcher mass murderer Fritz Haarmann, know as the Vampire of Hanover, who claimed to mangle his victims into sausages.


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Lentils are symbolic of money. Their small, appearance resembles coins that swell when cooked so they are consumed with financial rewards in mind for the New Year.
8 Italian sausages
Olive oil
1 pound baby broccoli
Juice of 1/2 a lemon
Extra virgin olive oil
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
¼ cup fresh thyme tips
For the salsa
Olive oil
1 small red onion, peeled and finely chopped
3 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely sliced
1 small stick of cinnamon
1-2 small dried red chilies, crumbled
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 (14 ounce) cans plum tomatoes, chopped
For the lentils
14 ounces red lentils
20 ounces chicken stock
2 cloves of garlic, peeled
1 bay leaf
A handful of fresh Italian parsley, leaves chopped, stems reserved
Put a little olive oil into a pan, add the onion and sliced garlic, throw in the cinnamon stick and a good crumbling of chili, and heat on a gentle heat for 10 minutes, until the onions are soft and sweet. Turn up the heat to medium high and add red wine vinegar, cook one minute —turn the heat down to low and add canned tomatoes that have been chopped. Simmer slowly
for half an hour.
Preheat the oven to 400°F. Put the lentils into a pot, cover them with stock, and add the 2 whole cloves of garlic, the bay leaf, and some stems from the parsley. Simmer covered for 20 minutes. Toss your sausages in a little olive oil and put them in a roasting pan in the preheated oven for 25 minutes or until golden. Blanch broccoli in a pot of salted boiling water for a few minutes then into ice water to prevent them from further cooking. When done, drain in a colander and toss in a bowl with a squeeze of lemon juice and some extra virgin olive oil.
Once the lentils are cooked, remove the parsley stems and bay leaf and pour away most of the water from the pot. Mash the garlic cloves up with a spoon, mix in with the lentils, add 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and 1 or 2 tablespoons sherry. Throw in all your finely chopped parsley leaves, mix, and season.
Remove the sausages from the roasting pan and pour away any fat. Tip the lentils into your serving bowls. Remove the cinnamon stick from the salsa and discard it, then season well to taste and spoon it over your lentils.
Place 2 sausages sliced on top. Sprinkle with the thyme and serve with heated broccoli.


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By Brandon Brown
Journal Sports Writer
The temperatures are slowly and subtly cooling off, and the first bit of leaves are coming off the trees.
It might not be fall yet, but try telling that to all the prep competitors this week as the fall sports schedule gets in full swing.
No sport is synonymous with fall more than football, and after a few weeks of two-a-days in the hot sun, the local teams will have a chance to shine.
It all starts at 7 p.m. Thursday as Hedgesville hosts Washington in an early kickoff special.
The Eagles throttled the Patriots last year, 34-6, on Washington's home turf, and now the scene switches to Mumaw Stadium for this year's contest. An emotional Patriots squad will be out to avenge last year's loss while they play for quarterback Tyler Wilt, who will be lost for the season after undergoing cancer surgery.
Along with football, boys and girls soccer, golf and cross country all will be competing in their respective arenas.
Volleyball will start next week.
Two defending state champions will be getting their seasons under way this week, hoping to get off to good starts in defending their titles.
In football, Class AAA champ Martinsburg will put its 28-game winning streak on the line as the Bulldogs welcome Sherando, Va., to Cobourn Field at 7 p.m. Friday. The Bulldogs won 7-0 at Sherando last year.
In cross country, Jefferson's boys and girls cross country teams will travel to Preston for a meet at 8 p.m. on Saturday. The boys won the state title at Cabell Midland in thrilling fashion last October.
On Saturday, Hampshire and Hedgesville will join the Applemen at the Musselman Invitational at 9 a.m.
All other area football teams will have away games on Friday as Jefferson visits Woodgrove, Va., Musselman goes to Skyline, Va., Berkeley Springs travels to Clarke County, Va., and Preston hosts Hampshire.
In boys soccer, Class AAA state runner-up Washington gets its season going against Class AA semifinalist Berkeley Springs on Tuesday. The Indians' Zach Wise enters the game coming off a four-goal effort and is now only five goals away from the state record.
Also on Tuesday in boys soccer, Musselman visits Martinsburg, Jefferson visits Hedgesville and Hampshire goes to Elkins. The girls teams also face each other, but at opposite sites - save for the Hampshire girls, who also visit Elkins.
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the local golf teams hit the fairways. The weekend (Friday and Saturday) is reserved for football, soccer - with a full slate on the pitch for the boys and girls on Saturday - and cross country.
On Saturday the Washington's boys visit defending small-schools state champion Charleston Catholic, and the girls go to Winfield on long road trips.
Locally, Preston visits Hampshire in boys and girls soccer on Saturday, and Morgantown's boys visit Hedgesville. All other soccer teams are away.
The athletes might dread getting back in the classroom after an all-too-short summer vacation, but with all the action on the field, the fans of these teams can't wait to make it feel more and more like fall.
- Sports writer Brandon Brown can be reached at 304-263-3381, ext. 134, at or on Twitter @BrandonBrownWV


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A 29-year-old man has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for using a BB gun to rob a Pizza Hut restaurant in Mount Pleasant more than two years ago.
A jury on Friday convicted Kenneth Oredell Murray, of Linnen Lane near Mount Pleasant, of armed robbery. Solicitor Scarlett Wilson announced the verdict in a statement Monday.
Murray had faced between 10 and 30 years behind bars; Circuit Judge Knox McMahon handed down the sentence.
Oredell had previous convictions for third-degree criminal sexual conduct, cocaine distribution and malicious injury to personal property. He had served a six-year sentence as a juvenile, the solicitor said.
Murray also faces charges of armed robbery and kidnapping in a 2011 stick-up at a Piggly Wiggly store on Riviera Drive in Mount Pleasant.
During the trial last week, Assistant Solicitor Alexander Ziegler presented a case that Murray jumped over the counter of the Pizza Hut, at 2161 U.S. Highway 17, and pointed a BB pistol at three employees.
The restaurant was closed at the time.
With help from an accomplice, Murray took money from the cash register and left the store, Ziegler said.
Ten days later, Ziegler said, Murray confessed to the crime. Authorities also found the pistol in his home.
The accomplice, 35-year-old Cleveland Clarence Major of Boston Grill Road near Mount Pleasant, pleaded guilty to armed robbery in June and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, court records show.
Before he was sentenced, Major was charged with rioting at Charleston County's jail after he acknowledged fighting with three other inmates who stole his belongings.
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A Study on the Liability of the Carrier and the Actual Carrier for Delivery of Goods Without a Bill of Lading in China
Lixin Han
Dalian Maritime University, School of Law, Maritime Law Department
July 7, 2008
Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, Vol. 39, No. 2, 2008
The extent to which a marine carrier is liable for delivery of goods without a bill of lading is not clear in the maritime law of China, although it is frequently litigated. In the Shanghai Maritime Court, for example, of the cases heard in 2000, ninety percent concerned delivery without a bill of lading. From January to September in 2001, there were forty-six such cases. At the Chinese Lawyers Conference on Maritime Law in Darian that year, the main topic was the delivery of goods without a bill of lading. The Supreme People's Court of the P.R.C. has always wanted to issue an official judicial explanation on the subject, but to date there is only the Summary of the Second National Foreign-related Commercial and Maritime Trials Meeting 2005, which, although it called for the courts to apply it, has no legal effect at all. In the absence of guidance from an authoritative source, the author of this paper offers some guidance of her own.
Keywords: maritime, admiralty, lading, liability, carrier, shipper, China, misdelivery, delivery, shipment, cargo
JEL Classification: K11, K12, L92
Date posted: July 7, 2008
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Bob McKenzie at TSN tweets that Sheldon Souray has been placed on re-entry waivers by the Edmonton Oilers.
McKenzie adds that a claim has not been pre-arranged with another team.
Andrew Gross says in his discussion with Glen Staher yesterday he did not rule Souray out.
Jim Matheson at the Edmonton Journal says if the Rangers aren't interested maybe the Dallad Stars are.
According to Cap Geek, Souray's cap hit would be $2.7 million. Souray's regular cap hit is $5.4 million, but by putting him on re-entry waivers it allows other teams to claim him for half the price. He still has one year left on his contract.
…i guess with Kaberle gone to the Bruins all the focus is back on Souray. Smart move by Edmonton putting him out there now after all the defensemen moving yesterday.
…scared a little by the fact that Sather didn't rule him out yesterday. Rangers not winning the Cup this year so claiming Souray makes no sense. Would actually set them back by taking playing time away from young d.
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Day of the Dumpster
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|"Day of the Dumpster"
|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers episode
|Episode no.
|Season 1
Episode 1
|Directed by
|Adrian Carr
|Written by
|Tony Oliver
Shuki Levy
|Production code
1801 (Re-version)
|Original air date
|August 28, 1993
May 22, 1999 (Pilot 1)
January 2, 2010 (Re-version)
"Day of the Dumpster" is the first episode of the American television program Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and the Power Rangers franchise. It first aired on the Fox Network on August 28, 1993 as part of its Fox Kids programming block, and was later released on VHS and DVD. A new re-version of the episode later aired on January 2, 2010, on the American Broadcasting Company, as part of the ABC Kids programming block. As with the first season Mighty Morphin Power Rangers episodes, most of the scenes featuring the Rangers in costume and the Zords are taken from the Japanese tokusatsu series, Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger, the 16th entry of the Super Sentai franchise.
The VHS of this episode ranked #35 in a list of top video sales, and #11 in a list of top kids' video sales, for the year of 1994 as compiled by Billboard.[1] The tie-in 3D read-along audio cassette of "Day of the Dumpster" became the number one seller at Walden Kids, displacing The Lion King.[2]
Plot summary[edit]
Two astronauts explore the moon and come across a space dumpster. When they open it, the evil sorceress Rita Repulsa and her minions Goldar, Squatt, Baboo, and Finster emerge from a 10,000-year captivity. Rita decides to conquer the nearest planet, Earth and rebuilds her palace on the moon.
In the city of Angel Grove, California, Jason Lee Scott, Zack Taylor, Billy Cranston, Trini Kwan, and Kimberly Hart are hanging out at Ernie's Youth Center. The guys are working on karate, while the girls are practicing gymnastics. Farkas Bulkmeier and Eugene Skullovitch (a.k.a. "Bulk" and "Skull") come to harass them, but end up making fools of themselves.
The five teens are later sitting down to some fruit shakes from Ernie's Juice Bar when Rita causes an earthquake. In the Command Center, Zordon, the wise wizard who battled Rita several years ago, tells his robotic assistant, Alpha 5, to bring him five teenagers to defend the Earth from Rita.
Jason, Zack, Billy, Trini, and Kimberly are then teleported to the Command Center, where Zordon explains the situation and declares them as the first Power Rangers. They refuse to believe him, until Rita sends her Putty Patrollers to attack them. They are overpowered, but Jason suggests using their recently acquired Power Morphers. The five then morph into the Power Rangers for the first time, defeating the Putties in the process. Rita, however, uses her magic staff to turn Goldar into a giant to attack the city, but the Rangers summon the Dinozords and combine them into the Megazord. After an evenly matched battle, the Rangers force Goldar to retreat when they summon the Megazord's Power Sword.
Back at the Command Center, the five teens are finally convinced that they can save the world from Rita's evil, and they accept Zordon's offer and under three conditions: not to use their power for personal gain, not to escalate a battle unless Rita forces them to do so, and to keep their identities a secret. Zordon promises that he will be there to advise them whenever they need it.
Primary cast[edit]
- Austin St. John as Jason Lee Scott, Red Ranger
- Thuy Trang as Trini Kwan, Yellow Ranger
- Walter Emanuel Jones as Zack Taylor, Black Ranger
- Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly Hart, Pink Ranger
- David Yost as Billy Cranston, Blue Ranger
- Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
- Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch
- David Fielding as Zordon
Secondary cast[edit]
- Machiko Soga as Rita Repulsa
- Takashi Sakamoto and Kazutoshi Yokoyama as Goldar
- Minoru Watanabe as Squatt
- Hideaki Kusaka as Baboo
- Takako Iiboshi as Finster
- Richard Genelle as Ernie
- Romy J. Sharf as Alpha 5
- Richard Steven Horvitz as the voice of Alpha 5
- Barbara Goodson as the voice of Rita Repulsa
- Robert Axelrod as the voice of Goldar
- Michael Sorich as the voice of Squatt
- Dave Mallow as the voice of Baboo
- Robert Axelrod as the voice of Finster
Unaired pilots[edit]
The original pilot episode, in an edited form, was shown in a 1999 special titled "The Lost Episode," which was hosted by Austin St. John and Walter Jones. It contained the same basic story as the released "Day of the Dumpster," but with several differences. This included actress Audri DuBois in the role of Trini, different voice actors for the villains, and the absence of Ernie's Juice Bar. In its original unaired, unedited form the archetypal Zords are referred to as "Droids", the Power Morphers referred to as "Transmorphers" and Zordon was referred to as "Zoltar". The original "Skull" character was played by Bobby Val then he was later replaced by Jason Narvy.
Direct Differences
- Billy's glasses were thick framed - Replaced in the series by wire framed glasses.
- The local hangout was a bowling alley, not a juice bar.
- The roles for Skull and Trini were played by different actors
- Bulk and Skull were members of a gang underneath a more malicious gang leader (and five total).
- Kimberly was far more self-absorbed and had little to no martial arts or gymnastic talent that was shown.
- King Sphinx was the primary monster of this episode and fought alongside Goldar. (in the original series King Sphinx appears in the fourth episode)
- Zordon's name was "Zoltar" and as such the 'Zords' later named after him were called Droids. Both words were borrowed from movies: Zoltar was the machine from the movie Big and Droids were robots from the Star Wars franchise. In the latter case, the word "Droid" was a registered trademark of Lucasfilm, requiring the name to be changed.
- The morphing sequence was different and more resembled the sentai counterpart, as well as when Zoltar is proclaiming their skill for their dinosaur, they photo morph into their respective dinosaur instead of their ranger costume.
- Alpha's appearance was far boxier in this incarnation.
- The teleportation sequence was very different, having the teens suddenly contort and stretch like taffy when they were pulled up into the sky.
- The encounter with the gang had a more violent tone than was present in the official series, where the Rangers never used physical violence on their peers; in this version the Rangers both initiate the fight and deal with their opponents rather brutally.
A second pilot episode was presented in 2007 at the inaugural Power Morphicon convention by Tony Oliver. This featured Thuy Trang as Trini, Jason Narvy as Skull, and Richard Genelle as Ernie, as well as other aspects that made it to the aired series premiere. Scenes from the second pilot would later be used for the episode "Big Sisters".
As part of the 2010 re-versioned broadcast of the series, several visual effects were added to the scenes to produce the effect of new footage being broadcast in addition to some scenes removed. This includes cutting in comic book-referenced graphics similar to the movie Creepshow and adding onomatopoeia words on screen, akin to the Batman show from the 1960s, or possibly even referencing 1994's Super Sentai, Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, which was the source material for Season 3 and Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers.[3]
- ^ "The Year in Video 1994: Top Video Sales". Billboard: January 7, 1995
- ^ McCormick, Moira (October 29, 1994). "Mighty Morphins power up audio sales". Billboard. Nielsen Company. 106 (44): 71. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ "The Suffolk Journal » Blog Archive » Power Rangers rebroadcast 'morphinominal'". February 17, 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-27.


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60 Open Source Replacements for Audio/Video Tools
Most computer users are spending much more time these days viewing and creating multimedia content. According to comScore, 85.6 percent of online Americans (178 million people) watched video online in June 2011, and they spent an average of 16.8 hours each watching those videos during the month. In addition, Nielsen reports that the number of people watching video on their smartphones and tablets has increased 41 percent since last year.
But it isn't just video viewing that's growing—more people are also using their PCs and mobile devices to listen to music. Earlier this year, Steve Jobs announced that 200 million people have iTunes accounts.
In keeping with this trend, the open source community has created dozens of projects to help you create, find, edit, organize and manage your audio and video files. Here are 60 of the best open source tools that can replace commercial audio/video software.
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I've been researching functional orthodontics, which seek to improve the underdevelopment of the jaws and face due to poor nutrition (think Weston Price) with innovative dental appliances (not braces) that widen the arch and realign the teeth. Totally different than the traditional orthodontics paradigm.
It's so fascinating to see the facial changes that occur as a result (not to mention the improvements in things like sleep apnea, TMJ, nervous system imbalances and even Tourette's Syndrome!) I really want to have this done some day
Here's my blog post on the subject:
Pretty in Primal: Epigenetic Orthodontics: Building Better Bites, Faces and Health?


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I cannot understand why people give this company bad reviews , as this was our first cruise we have nothing to compare it with but if other cruise companies are half as good as this one then I would be happy , yes it is an Italian company so expect to here announcements in different languages but they are far and few between they did not bother us at all , most of the staff speak good English so communication was not a problem.
I did not take any of the excursions as they are quite expensive as you would expect so I cannot comment on them but a couple we meet on board said they were quite good.
So to sum up the cruise was fantastic and costa are excellent and I would most definitely take another cruise with them.I hope this review helps.


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