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Oh oh, your Samurai X drawing is amazing! Wish I could draw traditionally as well as you do!
I love the detailing on the hair of the girl up front-- that shine looks like it took forever, and it's placed so nicely! (And jesus there are so many details I can't even fathom all the patience that would require /wheeze) I think I'd really give you all your kudos if the white hair(?) also had the same lines to define the flow of it-- as of now, it looks a little blocky in comparison to the silky sheen of the black hair!
I'd suggest further that maybe you should try to practice the balance of your faces a little? The nose and mouth are a little too close together, while the eyes seem a little too far apart! The former seems to be a recurring thing in most of your art, so I'd try to put a little more distance in between-- just to give a little more room for the philtrum between the nose and lips! Also, particularly on the Samurai X picture-- I think if you're going to shade the bridge of his nose, it'd be a good idea to define the cup of the nostrils, and not just the holes themselves!
My personal favorite in your gallery- out of your non-pokemon works, is definitely your Aqua Girl. The perspective is great-- and while it does need a little tweaking here and there, I think it's so great that you're expanding your angling skills like that. I need to take a page out of your book and learn a little myself! orz
Now I don't know anything about drawing pokemon, so I can't crit on that-- BUT I LOVE THOSE DOT EYE PLUSH POKEMON CHIBS omg I'm just dying over how squishable that chikorita and bulbasaur look-- and the charmander omg the charmander aaah they would make THE cutest charms/stuffed animals!
Anyway, hope to see more from you soon! Sorry for all this rambling o<-<!!
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I had a couple of false starts on this cowl. I tried to do the cabling without a cable needle, as described, but had a difficult time. The stitches I took off the needle kept falling apart. I finally ended up using a cable needle. The cowl took two only evenings, or a few hours' work, to complete. I'm not sure that my cabling looks 100% like the photo, but I'm happy with the way it came out. I liked the soft, chunky yarn. Some of the color did rub off on my hands while I was knitting. However, after I washed the cowl for blocking, the water did run clear. I was mystified reading some of the user questions. Seemed a lot of people did not bother to read the instructions to download and print the pattern as well as follow the tutorial! I found the instructions clear and easy to follow.

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Edward O. Wilson is widely considered the father of the modern environmental movement. Wilson's latest book, Letters to a Young Scientist, offers advice and perspective from a lifetime of scientific work. It has been released to much fanfare, including this review from Bill Streever of The New York Times Book Review: "I want to express my gratitude. Thank you for reminding me and thousands of others why we became scientists." Named one of America's 25 Most Influential People by TIME magazine, and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, he has made a giant contribution to our understanding of the rich spectrum of Earth's biodiversity. In his lectures, he makes a persuasive, eloquent plea to government, corporate, and religious leaders to address environmental destruction before it's too late. His 31st book, Half Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life, was released in 2016. It proposes an achievable plan to save our imperiled biosphere: devote half the surface of the Earth to nature.
One of Wilson's recent projects, The Encyclopedia of Life website, catalogs all key information about life on Earth—including data about every living species—and makes it accessible to everyone. Launched with money from his 2007 TED Prize, the EOL recently received an additional ten million dollars from The MacArthur Foundation. Wilson is also the recipient of the U.S. National Medal of Science, the Crafoord Prize (a sister to the Nobel), and the Audubon Medal. He is the University Research Professor Emeritus at Harvard University, and continues to research at the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Recently, Wilson teamed with Harrison Ford to create a new PEN Literary award titled the PEN/E.O. Wilson Award for Literary Science Writing.
Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life
In order to stave off the mass extinction of species, including our own, we must race to preserve the biodiversity of our planet, says Edward O. Wilson. He argues that the situation facing us is too large to be solved piecemeal and proposes a solution commensurate with the problem's magnitude: dedicate half the surface of the Earth to nature.
If we are to undertake such an ambitious endeavor, we first must understand just what the biosphere is, why it's essential to our survival, and the manifold threats now facing it. In this keynote, Wilson describes how our species, in a blink of geological time, became the architects and rulers of this epoch, and outlines how this will affect all of life far into the future. He provides an enormously moving portrait of just what is being lost, documenting ongoing extinctions and paying tribute to creatures great and small. He considers not only large animals and star species of plants but also the millions of invertebrate animals and microorganisms that, despite being overlooked, form the foundations of Earth's ecosystems. And in stinging language, he avers that the biosphere does not belong to us, addressing many fallacious notions. This includes a critique of "anthropocenists," a fashionable collection of revisionists who believe that the human species alone can be saved through engineering and technology.
Despite the Earth's parlous condition, Wilson is no doomsayer, resigned to fatalism. Defying prevailing wisdom, he suggests that we still have time to put aside half the Earth and identifies actual spots where Earth's biodiversity can still be reclaimed. Suffused with a profound Darwinian understanding of our planet's fragility, Wilson's keynote reverberates with urgency like few others, but still offers an attainable goal that we can strive for on behalf of all life.
From So Simple a Beginning: Darwin & the Future of Biology
In this lecture, E.O. Wilson guides you through Darwin's four masterworks, including The Origin of Species, weaving together the thrilling story of Darwin's groundbreaking discoveries, and placing his evolutionary concepts in the context of scientific and historical thought, from the nineteenth century to the present day.
Wilson also examines contemporary biological thought—how the state of evolution is faring in an era of religious resistance—and looks forward to the future of biology, a period that his own work, from his Pulitzer Prize-winning books to his Encyclopedia of Life website, has made immeasurably richer.
The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth
Edward O. Wilson brings elements from each of his books into his talks; think of his body of work as a continuous investigation into the wondrous nature of science, humanity, and our planet. In this hopeful speech, based on The Creation, he argues that science and religion must join forces: the earth's destruction threatens us all—no matter what we believe about its origins.
Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life
Half-Earth proposes an achievable plan to save our imperiled biosphere: devote half the surface of the Earth to nature.
In order to stave off the mass extinction of species, including our own, we must move swiftly to preserve the biodiversity of our planet, says Edward O. Wilson in his most impassioned book to date. Half-Earth argues that the situation facing us is too large to be solved piecemeal and proposes a solution commensurate with the magnitude of the problem: dedicate fully half the surface of the Earth to nature.
If we are to undertake such an ambitious endeavor, we first must understand just what the biosphere is, why it's essential to our survival, and the manifold threats now facing it. In doing so, Wilson describes how our species, in only a mere blink of geological time, became the architects and rulers of this epoch and outlines the consequences of this that will affect all of life, both ours and the natural world, far into the future.
Half-Earth provides an enormously moving and naturalistic portrait of just what is being lost when we clip "twigs and eventually whole braches of life's family tree." In elegiac prose, Wilson documents the many ongoing extinctions that are imminent, paying tribute to creatures great and small, not the least of them the two Sumatran rhinos whom he encounters in captivity. Uniquely, Half-Earth considers not only the large animals and star species of plants but also the millions of invertebrate animals and microorganisms that, despite being overlooked, form the foundations of Earth's ecosystems.
In stinging language, he avers that the biosphere does not belong to us and addresses many fallacious notions such as the idea that ongoing extinctions can be balanced out by the introduction of alien species into new ecosystems or that extinct species might be brought back through cloning. This includes a critique of "anthropocenists," a fashionable collection of revisionist environmentalists who believe that the human species alone can be saved through engineering and technology.
Despite the Earth's parlous condition, Wilson is no doomsayer, resigned to fatalism. Defying prevailing conventional wisdom, he suggests that we still have time to put aside half the Earth and identifies actual spots where Earth's biodiversity can still be reclaimed. Suffused with a profound Darwinian understanding of our planet's fragility, Half-Earth reverberates with an urgency like few other books, but it offers an attainable goal that we can strive for on behalf of all life.
Letters to a Young Scientist
Pulitzer Prize–winning biologist Edward O. Wilson imparts the wisdom of his storied career to the next generation.
Inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, Edward O. Wilson has distilled sixty years of teaching into a book for students, young and old. Reflecting on his coming-of-age in the South as a Boy Scout and a lover of ants and butterflies, Wilson threads these twenty-one letters, each richly illustrated, with autobiographical anecdotes that illuminate his career—both his successes and his failures—and his motivations for becoming a biologist. At a time in human history when our survival is more than ever linked to our understanding of science, Wilson insists that success in the sciences does not depend on mathematical skill, but rather a passion for finding a problem and solving it. From the collapse of stars to the exploration of rain forests and the oceans' depths, Wilson instills a love of the innate creativity of science and a respect for the human being's modest place in the planet's ecosystem in his readers.
The Meaning of Human Existence
How did humanity originate and why does a species like ours exist on this planet? Do we have a special place, even a destiny in the universe? Where are we going, and perhaps, the most difficult question of all, "Why?"
In The Meaning of Human Existence, his most philosophical work to date, Pulitzer Prize–winning biologist Edward O. Wilson grapples with these and other existential questions, examining what makes human beings supremely different from all other species. Searching for meaning in what Nietzsche once called "the rainbow colors" around the outer edges of knowledge and imagination, Wilson takes his readers on a journey, in the process bridging science and philosophy to create a twenty-first-century treatise on human existence—from our earliest inception to a provocative look at what the future of mankind portends.
The Social Conquest of Earth
Where did we come from? What are we? Where are we going? In a generational work of clarity and passion, one of our greatest living scientists directly addresses these three fundamental questions of religion, philosophy, and science while"overturning the famous theory that evolution naturally encourages creatures to put family first" (Discover magazine). Refashioning the story of human evolution in a work that is certain to generate headlines, Wilson draws on his remarkable knowledge of biology and social behavior to show that group selection, not kin selection, is the primary driving force of human evolution. He proves that history makes no sense without prehistory, and prehistory makes no sense without biology. Demonstrating that the sources of morality, religion, and the creative arts are fundamentally biological in nature, Wilson presents us with the clearest explanation ever produced as to the origin of the human condition and why it resulted in our domination of the Earth's biosphere.
Anthill: A Novel
"What the hell do you want?" snarled Frogman at Raff Cody, as the boy stepped innocently onto the reputed murderer's property. Fifteen years old, Raff, along with his older cousin, Junior, had only wanted to catch a glimpse of Frogman's 1000-pound alligator.
Thus, begins the saga of Anthill, which follows the thrilling adventures of a modern-day Huck Finn, whose improbable love of the "strange, beautiful, and elegant" world of ants ends up transforming his own life and the citizens of Nokobee County. Battling both snakes bites and cynical relatives who just don't understand his consuming fascination with the outdoors, Raff explores the pristine beauty of the Nokobee wildland. And in doing so, he witnesses the remarkable creation and destruction of four separate ant colonies ("The Anthill Chronicles"Â), whose histories are epics that unfold on picnic grounds, becoming a young naturalist in the process.
An extraordinary undergraduate at Florida State University, Raff, despite his scientific promise, opts for Harvard Law School, believing that the environmental fight must be waged in the courtroom as well as the lab. Returning home a legal gladiator, Raff grows increasingly alarmed by rapacious condo developers who are eager to pave and subdivide the wildlands surrounding the Chicobee River. But one last battle awaits him in his epic struggle. In a shattering ending that no reader will forget, Raff suddenly encounters the angry and corrupt ghosts of an old South he thought had all but disappeared, and learns that "war is a genetic imperative"Â not only for ants but for men as well.
Part thriller, part parable, Anthill will not only transfix readers with its stunning twists and startling revelations, but will provide readers with new insights into the meaning of survival in our rapidly changing world.
The Future of Life
One of the world's most important scientists, Edward O. Wilson is also an abundantly talented writer who has twice won the Pulitzer Prize. In this, his most personal and timely book to date, he assesses the precarious state of our environment, examining the mass extinctions occurring in our time and the natural treasures we are about to lose forever. Yet, rather than eschewing doomsday prophesies, he spells out a specific plan to save our world while there is still time. His vision is a hopeful one, as economically sound as it is environmentally necessary. Eloquent, practical and wise, this book should be read and studied by anyone concerned with the fate of the natural world.
On Human Nature
No one who cares about the human future can afford to ignore Edward O. Wilson's book. On Human Nature begins a new phase in the most important intellectual controversy of this generation: Is human behavior controlled by the species' biological heritage? Does this heritage limit human destiny?
With characteristic pungency and simplicity of style, the author of Sociobiology challenges old prejudices and current misconceptions about the nature-nurture debate. He shows how...evolution has left its traces on the most distinctively human activities, how patterns of generosity, self-sacrifice, and worship, as well as sexuality and aggression, reveal their deep roots in the life histories of primate bands that hunted big game in the last Ice Age. His goal is nothing less than the completion of the Darwinian revolution by bringing biological thought into the center of the social sciences and the humanities.
Wilson presents a philosophy that cuts across the usual categories of conservative, liberal, or radical thought. In systematically applying the modern theory of natural selection to human society, he arrives at conclusions far removed from the social Darwinist legacy of the last century. Sociobiological theory, he shows, is compatible with a broadly humane and egalitarian outlook. Human diversity is to be treasured, not merely tolerated, he argues. Discrimination against ethnic groups, homosexuals, and women is based on a complete misunderstanding of biological fact.
But biological facts can never take the place of ethical choices. Once we understand our human nature, we must choose how "human" in the fullest, biological sense, we wish to remain. We cannot make this choice with the aid of external guides or absolute ethical principles because our very concept of right and wrong is wholly rooted in our own biological past. This paradox is fundamental to the evolution of consciousness in any species; there is no formula for escaping it. To understand its essence is to grasp the full predicament of the human condition.
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Funeral services were held Monday for Dianna Rae Hammons, 62, Tonganoxie, who died Sept. 14, 2000, at Providence Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan.
The Rev. Sharon Howell officiated at the funeral service. A private inurnment will be held at Hubbel Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Hammons was born Nov. 18, 1937, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Donald E. and Lucille Neely Shadwell. She received a bachelor's degree from Park College, Parkville, Mo., and a master's degree in English from Kansas University.
She was a member of the Mo-Kan Teddy Bear Club in Kansas City, Mo.
She married Paul I. Hammons on May 20, 1961.
She is survived by her husband, of the home; a son, Chris Hammons, Tonganoxie; two brothers, William C. Shadwell and Donald E. Shadwell, both of Kansas City, Mo.; three sisters, Elizabeth D. King, Cleveland, Mo., Barbara L. Louis, Aurora Colo., and Carol S. Speer, Kansas City, Mo., and two grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two daughters, Robin Diann Hammons and Lorie Diann Hammons.
The family suggests memorials to the American Heart Association or to the Lung Association, in care of Quisenberry Funeral Home, P.O. Box 993, Tonganoxie, Kan. 66086.
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BALTIMORE — Jason Castro and Marc Krauss homered to account for all of the Astros' offense, and Jarred Cosart pitched six solid innings for Houston, which had lost seven of eight before ending the Orioles' five-game winning streak. The Astros averted a three-game sweep. "Overall, a good team win," manager Bo Porter said. Castro hit a three-run homer off Chris Tillman in the first, and the Astros made the advantage stand up.


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DETROIT (AP) - Retirement simply doesn't appeal to Scotty Bowman.
Stopping just short of labeling himself a lifer, the most successful coach in NHL history said he'll return to the Detroit Red Wings next season.
"I think it would have been difficult not to come back," the 65-year-old Bowman said during a conference call Friday with general manager Ken Holland. "I looked at the alternatives, and they didn't look very good."
Bowman, who got his first coaching job with a Montreal junior team in 1955, wouldn't discuss terms of his contract, but it is believed to be for one year with options that will allow him to continue for as long as he wants.
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Editorial: Blinded by 'the sun'
Let's see, the Patrick administration has been in office since the start of 2007. Gov. Deval Patrick's erstwhile Early Education chief was on the job from 2009 but only this week the education commissioner recommended a new policy that will require commissioners and managers to seek advanced approval for any outside work — paid or unpaid.
It almost takes your breath away. Now we're not talking here about some file clerk waiting tables at night to make ends meet. We're talking about — in this case — a commissioner making nearly $200,000 and no one thought to have her get a piece of paper signed saying she could moonlight as part of a certification program that required 300 hours working "in the field" which would logically seem to mean during school hours.
You would think the administration might learn some kind of lesson from the Sherri Killins scandal — a scandal that won't go away as long as she is still on the payroll — now earning an extra $33,000 over the next two months for duties no one seems to be able to specify.
Asked if that parting gift from the administration amounted to a "no show job," Education Secretary Matt Malone replied, "I don't think that's fair ... We're doing good work, and we'll continue to do good work. The sky is not falling. The sun is out and Massachusetts is a great place to live. Invest in it."
Well, isn't that responsive!
Prior to going into his "Annie" routine, Malone insisted that Killins had done "nothing illegal." Although there was that all-day appointment in Ware (the site of her internship) on Jan. 30, surely just a coincidence. And those not properly authorized travel forms. Another oops moment.
But what about the rest of the executive branch? Will those making, say, over $150,000 a year have to play by that same rule, requiring advance approval of outside work? Taxpayers would certainly hope so — especially when the governor is looking to take another $2 billion out of their wallets.
But, Matt Malone, assures us that "the sky is not falling" and "the sun is out" and gosh that makes us all feel so much better about the whole gang that's in charge.


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That question has gone conspicuously unasked as we enumerate the possible outcomes of November's election. The potential impact on the nation's economy, its foreign policy and its standing in the world have all been duly analyzed. But there has been little, if any, discussion of the potential for violence.
It is, of course, Donald Trump's name on the ballot that necessitates the discussion. His rallies have erupted into brawls with depressing frequency; his followers assaulting demonstrators while he eggs them on.
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Johnny Depp Admits He Was Flu-Ridden When He Auditioned For His Breakout Role in 21 Jump Street
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What's Johnny Depp's advice to aspiring actors? Make sure to have the flu while auditioning.
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An All-Female 21 Jump Street Is in the Works
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Originally posted 03/15/2012 10:45AM
Either you're old, like me, and were aghast at the idea of someone defiling your beloved Jump Street. Or you're young (i.e., born after the '87 launch of the TV series that made Johnny Depp a star) and your reaction was closer to, "What's 21 Jump Street?"
Good news, graybeards and whippersnappers: This is a movie we all can dig.
The new Jump Street borrows the same conceit as the old – babyfaced cops go back to high school to narc on naughty kids – but torques it into a ridiculously inappropriate comedy.
The secret is the Mutt-and-Jeff pairing of Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill as the narcs. Tatum is Jenko, the hot cop to Hill's Schmidt, the smart one. They're both stunned when they enroll in school to bust a drug ring, only to find that cliques have changed and Schmidt's the popular one now.
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Share your 6 week experience....(dont hold back)
I'm still in week 6! I got sick one time at the end of week five, but nothing since. My breasts feel bruised, I'm having cramps a few times a day. I'm tired all the time. I cry almost every day, and I have no interest at all in seeing anyone or talking to anyone or doing anything that requires me to leave the house. (Of course, we haven't told many people yet, and I'm sort of afraid to, in case things don't end well - I lost my first pregnancy to mc almost 2 years ago - so I think that explains part of my anti-social feelings.) Oh, and I have to get up two or three times a night to pee.
Fingers crossed for all of us!
CDing, EBFing, ROTF, LOLing. Seriously, though, I'm way crunchy. Unless there's an easier way.
I'm 6 weeks and 5 days, and I have tender breasts, nausea, and a LOT of fatigue, and I get cramps on occassion as well. I think its all normal, and I have been reading up on what i should be experiencing and as long as your cramps arent really really painful u should be fine. Just take it easy, get plenty of rest and let ur significant other take lots of care of u and take care of house hold chores and shopping etc.
I also sometimes dont feel like socializing, mainly with my husbands parents only bc we haven't had the best relationship until this year. I am usually to tired to hang out with friends like I use to and would rather sit at home, eat and watch tv or movies. :)
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I'm really scared about losing this one, as I read about it happening to so many women. Every time I have a symptom, its almist like I'm grateful cause it tells me my fishie is still there.
We see the Dr for the first time on Friday... just a consult, as this is the first time seeing this Dr. I guess well schedule the first prenatal appt for the u/s then.
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I am extremely tired, hungry, have tender boobs, but the worst is the headaches that come every afternnoon/evening. Still oh so worth it! This is my first baby!
i am exactly 6 weeks today too :) i have the sharp like pains every now and then and from what my doctor says, they are normal.. its just your uterus stretching to make room for the baby, he explains it to be like an elastic and sometimes it kind of pulls back a bit, which causes the sharp pain.. only be worried if there is blood accompanied by really bad pains, and seek medical attention.
I've had nausea for the past few days yesterday was the worst so far, my whole body ached and i just wanted to sleep. I was a little anxious to make it to today.. as last november i miscarried at exactly 6 weeks, and also today was the due date of that baby.. kind of weird how it turned out..
We just have to stay positive though, GL to everyone and a happy and healthy 9 months! :)
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6w5d here! This morning I thought I was 6w3d but the doc bumped me up a couple days. Baby #2. We had been trying since last Oct/Nov to get pregnant. I ended up with my doc getting me to get a full pelvic ultrasound at the beginning of june and I finally got a positive test 2 days after the US. I still saw the specialist and he informed me that I have a perfect uterus so that makes me happy. lol
So far I have been a little crabby. Tired. I have only told one friend which I was in trouble for telling. lol. So I really enjoy being able to talk about it all with you ladies because as great as DH is, he really doesn't want to know any of the "gross" stuff. lol
Eggs taste like chinese food to me. I am only into fresh veggies and salty things. I don't have a huge appetite right now and today was my first moment of "what the heck have we got ourselves into" when i was at the Doc's and saw a brand new baby. lol. It can definitely seem overwhelming even though it was planned. A new adjustment - but a great adjustment. :)
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Warrior Fund Ft. Guest Speaker William Thomason III
Blackstone LaunchPad at Wayne State University
Friday, November 22, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM (PST)
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Ever thought about pitching an idea to someone?
Come learn how you can create a successful pitch! Three student ventures will present their startups in front of expert business leaders who will offer their feedback and award money to a Warrior Fund winner!
Our keynote speaker William Thomason III will be speaking on startups and venture capital. Thomason has spent the last 20 years working in the San Francisco Bay Area with start up companies as both an advisor and an investor and is the co-founder of the E3 Innovation Fund and is adjunct faculty and Entrepreneur in Residence at Michigan State University.
Each student venture will have 15 minutes to give us their pitch. Students will have the floor to ask any questions whether it be to the panel, our guest speaker BIll or student ventures. Bring your thinking caps!
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Born Free…………………………..12:30 PM
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The ability to efficiently and expeditiously cut a lawn, any lawn, boils down to the sharpness of the cutting instrument. In this case it is the lawn mower blades that are positioned under the mower deck of your sweet Toro lawnmower. Since the lawn is one of the Crown Jewels of any residence it is important that you use only the best equipment in order to keep it looking like a piece of green art!
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The percentage of U.S. workers who participate in their employers' retirement plans slipped to 39 percent in 2012, according to a report by the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
Despite the tax savings and long-term benefits of stashing pretax money in retirement plans, the majority of workers fail to take advantage of employer-sponsored programs, such as 401(k) accounts, the group reported.
The 39.4 percent participation rate was a slight decrease from a 39.7 percent rate a year earlier, the group said.
Government employees were much more likely to participate, with 71.5 percent contributing to their retirement plans, the report said.
Those less likely to participate were younger, nonwhite, unmarried and those with lower education levels, the report said. Also, those with lower income levels and health problems were less likely to participate.
Women participated at lower rates than men, the report said. Latinos born outside the United States had "substantially lower" levels of participation, the report said.
Financial advisers have long counseled workers to contribute to their 401(k) accounts because many employers no longer offer traditional pensions and Social Security will not provide enough income for most people during retirement.
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Overview of African-American gospel sounds whose dazzling talent-display should exhilarate viewers.
Drawing on the voluminous materials collected by archivist-producer Joe Lauro, vet music documentarian Don McGlynn has created in "Rejoice and Shout" an overview of African-American gospel sounds whose dazzling talent-display should exhilarate viewers regardless of religious leanings. Preaching to the converted via target-marketing could gain Magnolia's planned fall release an audience well beyond docu norms; long ancillary shelf life is guaranteed.
The matter of faith itself is addressed right away, with Smokey Robinson most eloquent in describing music as a natural means of expressing spirituality. Pic then marches chronologically through highlights from gospel's history, from plantation to first recording (the Dinwiddie Colored Quartet in 1902) to a succession of stellar 20th-century acts. Decision to show an entire, uninterrupted number from each group with surviving performance footage provides terrifically diverse entertainment and a few real revelations. Especially notable are potent singer-guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Swan Silvertones (led by Claude Jeter's dramatic falsetto), in addition to more widely known crossover artists like Mahalia Jackson. In between, latter-day commentators note the form's constant evolution. Though evenly paced, the smartly packaged film's two hours race by.


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Does anyone know why Jack Templeton's great fansite is offline currently? I hope it's not because lawyers of Channel 4 or Hewland made him. It's just that it looks like he was hosting downloads of entire episode, or at least providing links to them. That can normally get fansites closed down. Shame on the lawyers if they did.
Any ideas? The URL listed here is http://www.gamesmastertv.co.uk/
I just tweaked the whole article for language and other bits. I've taken that link out for the time being, if it gets put back up or changes URL, feel free to put it back. SynergyBlades 20:53, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
Reply March 2006
I can clarify that it wasn't forced to close down. Channel 4 hold no rights to any of GM or its brand, and Hewland have been completely supportive of the site since day one. So thankfully nothing at all to do with that. Simply it shut down because unfortunately I failed to keep up with hosting payments. As it is, I've now decided to leave the site as it needed a complete overhaul (some of the stuff I wrote on it was frankly hideous to read back!)
There's a few new sites out there that are being set up, namely http://www.gamesmasterlive.co.uk/ and http://www.gamesmaster.vze.com/ so they should be worth checking out. I may bring back the website one day but not for a while. Glad you enjoyed the site while it was around. Many thanks for the support, though, very much appreciated! :) Jack
I've added a cleanup notice at the top of the article, as it's in need of pretty heavy editing of its tone. The information there is interesting, and there's plenty of it to make a great article, but the style used is ofputting. Reveilled 19:30, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
- I've cleaned it up and removed the tag. Hope that's enough. I think some sections are quite lengthy for a former games TV show, but it's fairly informative. I also removed the very opinionated bits. SynergyBlades 20:53, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
That's no official website...[edit]
Last link goes to a myspace profile...wtf?--184.108.40.206 11:22, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
No special mention for the Tetsujin challenge?
- Yeah, well if you read the actual mag, you will know that that IS THE OFFICIAL SITE!!!! It is updated reguarly by the GM team. Garfunkle20 22:05, 20 June 2006 (UTC)Garfunkle20
Anyone have any proof that the thing with Dave Perry went down as discribed? I'd always got the impression he was just bitching, after all, if I remember correctly, he did actually attempt the buttstomp shortcut... Any proof that it had all be set up or does someone just like Dave Perry and wrote it from his PoV? --Zikar 11:49, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- All I remember of Dave Perry was his fanaticism for games and the funny looks Diamond gave him when he wasn't looking Alastairward (talk) 23:24, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Episode Transmission Dates - Season 6[edit]
I'm fairly confident all the transmission dates are correctly but are unsure about Season 6. Everything's fine until Show 10 which says was transmitted on 9th January 1997 until Show 18 which was shown on 6th March 1997. However, I've seen a couple of other sources which say 2nd January 1997 to 27th February 1997. Does anyone know which is correct? It could be the former as US IMDb says Tracy Shaw's episode was 6.12 and went out on 23rd January 1997. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 184.108.40.206 (talk) 15:15, 18 December 2006 (UTC).
- It could be 2nd Jan-27th Feb 1997 as I've looked on the BFI site (www.bfi.org.uk) and they've got an episode for 02/01/1997.
- used to be a list of broadcast dates for each episode: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GamesMaster&oldid=247404812 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 22.214.171.124 (talk) 17:15, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
Special Guests / Online video link[edit]
This blog provides a link to GamesMasterTV, and says that all episodes are available for streaming if you sign up. This i'm currently doing - if it works then more info can be gleamed, such as who the celebrity guests were that aren't listed yet! JaffaCakeLover (talk) 16:50, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
- Nuts... can't find any episodes in their database. Ignore this "revelation" for now. JaffaCakeLover (talk) 17:41, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
The Golden Joystick[edit]
Does anyone know what it was? I seem to recall it was one of the QuickShot sticks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 22.214.171.124 (talk) 23:51, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
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Skip to comments.Archaeologists Uncover Ayrshire Village Ancient History (Scotland - 3500BC)
Posted on 02/28/2004 12:51:32 PM PST by blam
Archaeologists uncover Ayrshire village ancient history
A village in Ayrshire has discovered that it could be the oldest continuously-occupied settlement in Scotland, dating back 5,500. Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of stone age houses in the middle of Dreghorn near Irvine.
They are having to re-write their local history in Dreghorn. Archaeologists have discovered that people may have been living here since 3500 BC - and it might make the village unique. They found evidence of occupation dating back to the Stone Age, through the Bronze Age to the medieval period.
Archaeologist Tom Addyman said: "People have always lived here, and have wanted to live here. Can't think of any other site that has that depth and layering of occupation."
The settlement has been found on the site of a modern housing development. Building work has been halted to allow the archaeologists to dig. They have made several intriguing finds.
Project supervisor Tom Wilson said: "It appears to be quite a large monument, like a standing stone, or some kind of totem pole, if you will, set up towards the centre of the settlement. That is an unusual thing to find in a settlement like this."
Pre-historian Mike Donnelly said: "Well, what we found here looks like a prehistoric pottery kiln, which would be very unusual for mainland Scotland, it would certainly be the first for mainland Scotland."
The archaeologists are noting down everything before the builders move back in. Dreghorn already had one claim to fame, as the birthplace of John Boyd Dunlop, the inventor of the pneumatic tyre; now it has a second, as - possibly - Scotland's oldest village.
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But it almost certainly doesn't.
I understand why they have to stop and re-evaluate everything whenever they make a significant discovery, but I wish they wouldn't be so quick to equate "the oldest thing we've found so far" with "the oldest thing that ever was." The one thing we know for sure is that we don't know much.
Well, we have 9,000 year old Cheddar Man just a short distance away that still has relatives living near by.
Isn't that amazing.
That's my opinion and, probably the Black Sea flood in 5600BC.
Maybe Jericho, but I think Jericho was abandoned for some periods.
Oh heavens don't tell them that! They might faint.
True though very true.
I know what you mean. I lived for 1.5 years in a rural area of East Anglia in the early 90's.
The Fens always seemed haunted by ancient history when I had to drive home at 2 A.M. through a heavy fog.
Once, I was putting along at 15 mph, barely able to see the highway center line, when some fool blew past me at 40 mph or above. What idiot would drive that fast, when he could not possibly see the road at all? A ghost car, or a drunk?
Amen to that.
That's my opinion and, probably the Black Sea flood in 5600BC.
I'm still trying to make up my mind on that issue. On the one hand, I can see that it would be easier to reconcile the present archaeological data with Scripture if the Flood is interpreted as local. On the other hand, Scripture describes the Flood as covering the highest mountains and wiping out all land life, which sounds like the Flood was coincident with the extent of human population at that time (or at least had repercussions that affected all human-occupied areas); and archaeological knowledge is in a constant state of flux, as I know, blam, you are well aware :) So I'm still trying to make up my mind on how to best reconcile the Scriptural and archaeological data on that one. Another hypothesis I've been toying with is that the Flood was global but earlier, at the end of the Ice Age, so that such phenomena as the draining of Lake Agassiz, the extinction of megafauna, and the end of Paleolithic culture might be related to the Flood; and conceivably the Black Sea may have gone through some changes at the same time Lake Agassiz did, prior to the 5600 BC changes mentioned above. Blam, I'd be interested to hear any thoughts you have on that idea or this subject in general.
Noah's Flood and the Late Quaternary Geological and Archaeological History of the Black Sea and Adjacent Basins
One of the papers proposes something which sounds along the lines I was suggesting:
A comparative analysis of the Late Glacial history of the inner basins of Eurasia enables us to suggest an alternative to the Early Holocene Flood that Ryan et al. (1997) thought could be the basis for the legend of Noahs Flood. At the Late Glacial time (16-13 ka BP; 14C on mollusks shells) a Great Eurasian Basin System (~1.5 million km2, ~650,000-700,000 km3) developed due to a climate warming, the melting of the Scandinavia Ice Sheet and massive river discharge. This is supported by freshwater and alluvial sediments (e.g., chocolate clays, loams and sands with a thickness of ca 20-30 m) with endemic Caspian mollusks Didacna, Monodacna, Adacna, and Hypanis widely distributed from the Caspian Sea to the Dardanelles including waterways between the basins. At the beginning (16-15 ka BP), the flood was especially rapid, increasing the Caspian Sea level by 100-150 m, reaching +50 m and pushing the Volga River mouth upstream in ca 1,500 km. The discharge of the large (Volga, Don, Dnieper) and small rivers increased by 2-4 and 20-35 times respectively, causing megafloods. The high speed of the flood can be seen from incising river paleomeanders not filled with sediment. A large amount of water could not be kept in the Caspian depression and was discharged into the Neweuxinian basin (ancient Black Sea) through the Manych-Kerch Strait at a speed 50,000 m3 sec-1, and from there across the Bosporus to the Sea of Marmara. As a result, the level of the Black Sea increased by 60-70 m and reached a level of approximately -20 m at the end of the Pleistocene. Archeological evidence from the late Paleolithic sites (e.g., Kamennaya Balka, Avdeevo, Byki, and Kapova Cave) suggests that large-scale flooding of the coastal zone by water from the late Pleistocene basins together with river megafloods caused a reduction of available living space and hunting areas, resulting in a mass migration and subsequent increase in population density. The decrease in available food resources per capita affected everyday life of the Palaeolithic people and was likely to have stimulated the transition from hunting and gathering to farming and cattle breeding in the region. Thus, it is possible that this flood affected the Late Paleolithic people so deeply as to form the legend of the Great Flood.
All the flood stories are related to the end of the Ice Age. Take a long look at this map with the worlds oceans reduced by a little over 300 ft. The Ice Age caused a reduction in depth of the world's ocean by 300-500ft and most scholars will accept 400ft.
Notice on the map that there are a number of major waterways that are blocked during the Ice Age...There were probably a number of examples like the Black Sea Flood. Look at the Mediterreanean (it's in two, maybe three parts) the Red Sea is landlocked and the Persian Gulf is completely dry. I think the Gulf Of Mexico also was blocked. These landlocked-blocked bodies of water would have completely dried out or eventually stabilized at a much lower level that the worlds oceans. When the water from the melting ice reached a given level, each one of the areas would have experienced a break-through and a 'Noah's Flood' that would have stayed in the collective minds of humans through the ages.
I'm toying with the idea that the Red Sea was dry or almost dry and all the fireworks/earthquakes/tsunamis, etc. associated with the 1628BC eruption of Thera/Santorini broke through the 'dam' and swept away the Egyptians who wer pursuing the Jews on their Exodus. Charred grain has been found above the Santorini ash layer but below the collapsed walls of Jerico.
There would have been millions of refugees from the Mediterranean each time the water rose high enough to break through each 'dam.'...and there is no obvious source of the water.
More at another time, lol.
That's one possibility I'm also very interested in. On the global distribution of flood stories, here's a site which has a useful survey and summary of many Flood traditions:
Flood Stories from Around the World
Some stories seem to be closer to the Biblical story than others, and some come from cultures which had known contact with Middle Eastern tradition. The ones I find most interesting are the ones that are similar to the Biblical story but come from cultures with no known contact with Middle Eastern tradition.
Cool map! :) I see what you're saying about the Mediterranean. I'm also noticing interesting things around the Bering Strait, Hudson Bay (or the lack thereof!), the Caribbean, the British "Isles", Japan, and Indonesia. As Mr. Spock would say, "Fascinating." :)
More at another time, lol.
Sounds good :)
True--at least in the absence of any other offsetting factors. Any other geologic events that may have also affected this, like for instance any major tectonic activity at the end of the Ice Age?
Most of the melt water went 'the-other-way.' (somewhere through the Scandanavian countries?) And, that's why the Black Sea water level was still depressed by 550ft in 5600BC. All that fresh water didn't go through there?
Interesting--I will have to think about that. What would the effect of glacial runoff have been on the rivers running into the Black Sea from its non-Mediterranean shores--Danube, Dnesst, Dnepr, Don? I'm thinking on analogy with what happened with the Mississippi River, Lake Agassiz, and Hudson Bay in North America and trying to visualize how that would apply to the Black Sea.
Dr Robert Schoch (geologist/geophysist), speculates in his recent book Voyages Of The Pyramid Builders, that the inhabitants of Sundaland took to the seas as their land went underwater at the end of the Ice Age and took their custom of pyramid building with them all over the world. Interesting book.
BTW, Schoch says the underwater 'pyramids' found off the coast of Japan are natural formations. I saw a 'special' where he was swimming around these structures in scuba equipment.
I actually read a scientific refutation of your article in post #20. My memory on it is faint but I do remember that they said the water did not stream into the Black Sea...But, I can't remember where they said it went. (ugh)
You may have seen this thread already, but if not you may be interested:
Thanks, I'll check that out! I've been exploring the possibility of contact between pyramid/ziggurat builders in Sumeria, Egypt, and India; didn't know about Indonesia. BTW speaking of that I recently started a book (another one!--LOL!) about a Pacific island with megaliths called Nan Madol, which might relate to Schoch's thesis.
BTW, Schoch says the underwater 'pyramids' found off the coast of Japan are natural formations. I saw a 'special' where he was swimming around these structures in scuba equipment.
I recently read somewhere that they seemed to be natural, too. Have you heard any recent progress in the research into the ones off Cuba?
LOL! That's what happened to me the other day when I was trying to remember the title of one of the books I was trying to tell you about. :) I'll keep an eye out for refutations of the article.
No. Schoch said that from all that he has seen on this (presumably he's seen as much as us and probably more), they are natural structures too.
Nan Madol
(A quick check of Schoch's book didn't turn up any mention of Nan Madol)
Thanks, nice picture, and I see the site that links to has some other good pics as well.
Getting ready to watch the Oscars here, so I'll check back later. Have a good one!
That's a waste of time. I'm watching War Stories with Oliver North. Later.
That's a waste of time.
Usually is :) I usually skip it, but I'm a Tolkien fan so this year I want to see how LotR does. Show's starting now--later!
That's amazing. I was moaning the other day that my house is now 12 years old.
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When Lisa Fain, a seventh-generation Texan, moved to New York City, she missed the big sky, the bluebonnets in spring, Friday night football, and her family's farm. But most of all, she missed the food she grew up with. In a classic example of necessity being the mother of invention, Lisa took her cravings into the kitchen to cook up true Tex-Mex – authentic comfort dishes that reminded her of home. From cheese enchiladas drowning in chili gravy to chicken-fried steak served with cream gravy on the side, from warm bowls of chile con queso to big pots of fiery chili made without beans, Fain re-created the wonderful tastes of Texas she'd always enjoyed at potlucks, church suppers, and backyard barbecues back home.
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Chicken Stroganoff
Total Time
Prep 10 mins
Cook 20 mins
This is modified from my mom's beef stroganoff recipe. The chicken makes it quicker to cook, so it's become a weeknight staple. I usually can get it made while cooking some noodles and steaming carrots or broccoli, and then I have dinner on the table in about 30 minutes.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 1⁄2 lbs chicken tenderloins (I buy the bag of Perdue ice glazed frozen tenders)
- 1⁄4 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 1 (10 ounce) package fresh mushrooms, sliced
- 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can Healthy Request cream of chicken soup
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 1 cup low-fat sour cream
- In a large, deep skillet or duch oven, melt the butter/marg over med heat.
- Combine flour and garlic powder (add salt and pepper to taste) and dredge/shake chicken tenders (I put the flour mixture in a plastic bag and shake 3 tenders at a time).
- Add chicken to skillet and saute until no longer pink and slightly browned.
- Remove chicken from pan.
- Add onions and saute, turning down heat.
- Add garlic and saute until onions are soft.
- Add mushroom slices and saute for an additional 3-4 minutes or until mushrooms start to give up their liquid.
- Add soup and water to the pan and combine, deglazing pan.
- Return chicken tenders to the pan, bring mixture to a boil, then turn down to low and cook for at least 5 minutes.
- About 5 minutes from serving, add sour cream, combine, and bring back to almost a boil.
- Serve with noodles and steamed vegetables.
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Great recipe! Easy, fast, tastes great!
This was delicious, and fairly simple to make. I like that it uses lower-fat ingredients but is still nice and creamy. I added a little white wine, just for extra zip. Will definitely add this to my favorites! Thanks.
So simple to make and so yummy too! What more could you ask for on a busy night when everyone's hungry and you want something on the table quick! My family really enjoyed this and asked that it be made again, so I added it to my comfort food favorites to be made again!


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Huge after hours volume no price movement? Looks like 1.8 million shares. What's up?Is the company getting bought?
Yep, huge volume and all trades priced between 5.985 and 5.99. Way too well executed to be open market orders. Somebody is stepping in while somebody else is stepping out.
Russell rebalancing. How long have you been trading?
Russell stuff no?


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About FamilyManFirst
The link is perfectly clear, Mike. The KKK are "bad guys." The First Amendment permits them to say whatever they want to say, but they're still "bad guys." Lawbreakers are also "bad guys" - at least, according to the FBI - as are those who help them, like Moxie. The First Amendment allows them to say whatever they want to say, but they're still "bad guys."
Remember, a person is never a villain in his own eyes. An FBI spokesman is likely to have a rather black-and-white view of the world, with the FBI white and the FBI's suspects black. To him/her, Moxie is self-evidently wrong-headed, like a KKK member, and no reasonable person should agree with him. Engaging in a debate with him would only elevate his ideas to the public, as if they had some possible validity. Therefore, they won't.
Mind you, I certainly don't *agree* with this spokesman. He or she clearly has no perception or conception that the FBI might ever abuse their power, nor that there may be times when breaking the law might be a good thing (Rosa Parks comes instantly to mind). However, I can certainly *understand* why they would make such an (outrageous) statement.
Moreover, that's the irony of this whole mess. If T-Mobile had limited BingeOn's effects to only partners whom they had worked with to auto-adjust the quality, and left out the throttling, they could legitimately call this a customer benefit. There are still the issues of opt-in/opt-out and just how easy or difficult they make it to turn it off and on, but those are less important to most people. It's the throttling that brought on the uproar.
Since the EU-US Safe Harbor set up is under review anyway, modify it to require that any data transferred out of Europe and into American servers must be encrypted in transit and at its destination server. It would make the verification process more significant (and, thus, more expensive) but it would go a long way toward re-legitimizing the process.
The beauty of such a rule is that it would prompt many companies to simply encrypt everything in-transit and on-server, rather than trying to set up something specific to EU-US. That would be a good thing.
Let's see some ordinances passed in cities around the nation that require City Council members to pay the attorney's fees for civil cases that the Council brings which lose. I'm betting that there would be a 99% reduction in said civil cases.
Surely it's only fair that generic manufacturers cannot piggy-back on the work of the original drug companies? (/rhetorical question)
The fine was 1.2 *billion*. I'm sure that this was taken into account somehow - that's pretty much the only way you get a number that high.
Copyright system supporters insist that copyright is like a form of welfare: a right to earn money.
I keep wondering that, myself. Why have the courts been so obliging to these blatant rejections of their authority?
"A lot of men have died over [the flag], men and women," Archuleta said. "We fought to keep our country safe and to keep it free."
If RECAP winds up with a more-comprehensive database than PACER, PACER will gradually (or rapidly?) be abandoned in favor of RECAP. Competition in action ...
If you don't accept their terms, you're out of YouTube.
Baloney. You can post whatever you want, for free. YouTube won't interfere with that. Or, you can sign up for their Subscriber program. However, the Ad-Sense program is going away, so if you only post your videos there, they'll go away when that program goes away.
Someday, years from now, one of the main developers of ME3, who by that time will no longer be working for EA or Bioware, will come out and reveal how the ending of ME3 was messed up so badly. I am impatiently waiting for the day.
My guess is sheer arrogance of the lead developer, possibly aggravated by time pressure. However, I could readily be off.
I am concerned about the massive database that the NSA (and others) are compiling, because despite the fact that "I have never done anything wrong," I understand perfectly that I am, along with almost everyone else in the US, technically a felon due to the proliferation of laws. I now, or soon, will live at the sufferance of those with access to this database.
I am more concerned because the same database can and will be used to influence and/or control our elected representatives through blackmail. If it hasn't happened yet, it will - always in the name of patriotism, of course - and I then begin to wonder why there are so few representatives who are up in arms about the deceitfulness of the NSA. I'd think that the reps would be more paranoid, and more worried about what that database might eventually contain on them ... unless they already know, and are keeping quiet as a result.
Before Snowden I'd have dismissed this notion as a laughable conspiracy theory. I'm not laughing anymore.
what they wanted initially was known as a 'pen register', and amounted to giving the NSA access to monitor who a person was contacting/possible content monitoring. However, because that data stream being monitored is encrypted, the pen register told them nothing.
I wonder how a judge would react if, in court (a la the Lavabit hearings), the judge ordered that the company turn over their cert and the company rep responded that, sure, they'd do so, but that they were then contractually bound to notify the CA that the cert had been compromised, which would lead to the revocation of the cert? Can a judge order a company to willfully violate a contract like this?
Sorry, AC, this is not nonsense. MITM certificates is exactly what we're talking about here, and it is the mostly likely method used to achieve this "FLYING PIG" operation. I myself can think of 3 ways that the NSA could acquire MITM certificates, and there are probably more:
1) Issue an NSL (or equivalent) to a medium-sized CA demanding an MITM cert. Even a large CA would be reluctant to challenge such a thing, and a medium-sized CA wouldn't have the corporate courage nor the resources to do so. They'd roll over quickly.
2) Get a mole into any given CA and have them supply an MITM cert at need. We have already seen that the NSA does, indeed, seek to plant moles in various companies. CAs would be a prime target.
3) Steal a CA's private authentication key so that the NSA could sign their own MITM keys at need. Pre-Snowden, this would be laughed off. Now, it looks quite likely. Again, this would be a prime target for the NSA to acquire if it could, and it has billions to spend to achieve that.


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Campton Place Restaurant
Nestled in the lobby of the Taj Campton Place hotel near San Francisco's Union Square, Campton Place Restaurant offers an upscale lunch menu that attracts shoppers and nearby office workers.
The restaurant, which is nearly 30 years old and specializes in California cuisine that has spicy overtones, earned a Michelin star for the first time last year. Popular dishes include poussin roulade with cauliflower, chanterelles and Périgord truffles ($24), and shrimp simmered in spices with a string hoppers—a noodle dish, with korma sauce and black mustard ($26), says Rahul Nair, the hotel's director of food and beverage.
While entrees range from $19 to $26, the menu also features a ritzy appetizer of California Golden Osetra caviar for $95, among other starters. For diners seeking a quicker, less-pricey meal, a bar and bistro adjoin the restaurant, serving traditional bistro items such as soups and sandwiches.
The bistro is where Peter and Susanna Pau from Hillsborough ate on a recent visit to San Francisco. "It's convenient because we can just drop by here," Mr. Pau says, adding that "Union Square doesn't have that many places" to eat.
Ms. Pau says she opts to eat in the more-formal restaurant when she visits the shopping district with friends and has more time to spare. She likes the dining room's small size, and "the food is good," she says.
Located at 340 Stockton St. in San Francisco, Campton Place Restaurant serves lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday and from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday.
—Cari Tuna


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Power Up Your E-Mail with Mutt
E-mail—one of the Internet's first joys and evils. It brings us closer but forces us to weed through clutter, distractions and snake oil salesmen. Parsing and organizing the data is a tricky task. As with most jobs tricky and time-consuming, people marry a favorite tool. Presumably, you have an e-mail reader you hold dear to your heart. Nevertheless, I suggest you cheat on Thunderbird, Evolution or KMail for a day and experience the power of Mutt, the e-mail client underdog.
Mutt is a feature-rich, lightweight, text-based e-mail client. Yes, it's text-based. Don't let Mutt's simple presentation fool you. The text-based display is a feature, providing a customizable, concise viewport. The Mutt e-mail client will play nicely with remote IMAP, POP3 and SMTP servers. SSL connections also are supported. Whatever features Mutt does not provide, other tools, such as address books, Web browsers, document viewers and more, can be leveraged to enhance Mutt's innate abilities. So, why all the fuss when most e-mail clients can do the same? Mutt is faster, more customizable and less resource-intensive.
Need to sort quickly through hundreds of e-mail messages a day? Find that your current e-mail client takes up too much screen real estate? Maybe your e-mail client consumes too much memory? Do you want better e-mail threading for all those mailing lists to which you belong? Are you a system administrator who regularly needs a quick way to test e-mail servers? Tired of dealing with your laptop's mouse pad to read and send e-mail? Want to use Vim or Emacs to compose your e-mail? If any of these apply, Mutt will seduce you.
The first obvious advantage of Mutt is its small memory footprint. Below, I show the memory usage of KMail, Thunderbird, Evolution and Mutt on my system:
VIRT RES SHR %MEM COMMAND 156m 37m 19m 3.7 thunderbird-bin 161m 33m 19m 3.3 evolution 96352 23m 17m 2.3 kmail 14548 6092 3180 0.6 mutt
Mutt uses only a fraction of the memory used by most popular e-mail clients. So, if you are using older hardware, Mutt may speed up your computer by freeing some memory. Either way, Mutt will not hog your system's resources.
Another advantage of Mutt is the text-based display. For one, the interface is highly customizable. All fields and colors can be changed to meet your demands. Color new e-mail messages green and deleted messages red. Produce pretty, threaded message views. Anything is possible.
Mutt has it all and through a shell, no less. No longer will you need to open up IMAP access to your private server. Instead, ssh into the server and run Mutt.
Before I go into Mutt's other features, let's configure Mutt, so you can take a test drive. In this article, I focus on how to configure Mutt to work with an IMAP server. For my examples, I use Gmail's IMAP service. Because Gmail is a public, freely available service, everyone should be able to follow along. If you have another IMAP server you want to use, change the settings from my examples to match your IMAP server's configuration. If you are using Gmail, make sure you enable IMAP access to your account in Gmail's Settings→Forwarding and POP/IMAP.
First, install Mutt. I recommend using Mutt 1.5.17 or newer. Features I discuss here, such as IMAP header caching, are not available in older Mutt releases. Chances are, your distribution has the latest and greatest. So, use yum, apt-get or compile the source code from www.mutt.org. If your custom binaries ever produce warnings about unknown features, check that you have all necessary options enabled in the compile's configure step.
Before running Mutt the first time, let's configure your IMAP connection. Create and edit a ~/.muttrc file, and add the following configuration options (make sure to fill in your account specifics):
set from="YOUR NAME <firstname.lastname@example.com>" set email@example.com set imap_pass=PASS
This sets your From line and IMAP user login. If you are not comfortable with your password being in plain text on the filesystem, do not set imap_pass in your ~/.muttrc. If imap_pass is not set, you will be prompted for a password when you execute Mutt.
Next, set your folder, the default location of your mailboxes. You also might want to set the spoolfile to your Gmail Inbox, so that Mutt opens it automatically:
set folder=imaps://imap.gmail.com set spoolfile=imaps://imap.gmail.com/INBOX
Then, configure Mutt to save sent mail, or your record, into a Gmail folder named Sent. You also might want to configure a Draft, or postponed, folder:
set record=imaps://imap.gmail.com/Sent set postponed=imaps://imap.gmail.com/Drafts
Make sure to enable header caching, or Mutt will have to download all of your Inbox's headers upon each execution:
set header_cache=~/.mutt_cache
Finally, you need to configure smtp.gmail.com as your SMTP server. By default, Mutt delivers e-mail using /usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi. In your case, use Gmail's SMTP server so that the e-mail envelope looks legitimate. Otherwise, your message might be flagged as spam for not originating from gmail.com:
set smtp_url="smtps://USER\@gmail.com:email@example.com/"
Again, leave out :PASS to increase security and enable a password prompt for each message sent.
Although these are the basics, the .muttrc file has the potential for a slew of options. Listing 1 is my entire .muttrc with some additional tweaks. Many of the options are just that, optional. The muttrc(5) man page explains them all, so be sure to give it a look.
Finally a great article about this nice e-mail editor.GREAT JOB!!!!!
Thank you for this wonderful article. Your information allowed me to finish configuring mutt for myself and my friends.
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