text:
10 Best Songs
Album Of The Week
Band To Watch
Best Covers
But Who's Buying?
Cover Story
Counting Down
Premature Evaluation
Shut Up Dude
Sounding Board
Status Ain't Hood
Straight To Video
The 5 Best Songs Of The Week
The Anniversary
The Black Market
The Week In Pop
Ultimate Playlist
Where's The Beef?
All Features
the latest //
Cover Story
You Ain't Heard It Like This Before
Share < br />this article:
Haunting The Chapel
Drudkh – Handful Of Stars
Brandon Stosuy
| December 17, 2010 - 1:10 pm
Share < br />this article:
Drudkh – Handful Of Stars
Recommended for you
Watch Skrillex, Alice Glass, & Kylie Jenner Party In An Alexander Wang Ad
Bruce Springsteen Talks Kanye, Kendrick, And His Other Favorite Current Artists At Apple Soho
Watch A Short Film About Ben Gibbard's Love Of Trail Running
Authorized Roy Orbison Biopic In The Works
Miley Cyrus Is No Fan Of Mariah Carey's Shtick
Watch Sting Debut "Petrol Head" At NY Advertising Week Show
Show the rest of the comments
Stereogum Digest
Thank you for signing up for our newsletter. You will receive a confirmation shortly.
Sign Up
Play The 'Gum Mix
Play the Gum Mix
In Case You Missed It
30 Essential Post-Rock Songs
26 Essential Songs From The NYC Rock Resurgence
30 Essential Songs From The Golden Era Of Emo
Remember me
Not a member?
Sign Up
Forgot your password?
Sign in with Facebook
Confirm Password
Sign in with Facebook
Already a member?
Sign In
Please enter your account email address, we'll send you an email with instructions to reset your password:


text:
Union Trilogy (White)
Union Trilogy (White)
Union finally gave in to the demands of hard-charging ladies who wanted a binding that combines the bomb-proof durability and lightweight feel of the best-selling Men's Force binding with a chic look that doesn't hide their feminine sensibilities. The result is the Union Women's Trilogy Snowboard Binding, an all-mountain destroyer that kicks ass, takes names, and looks good while doing it (sort of like Jess Kimura, who just happens to ride this binding). Did we mention it's the lightest women's binding on the market? Yea, this thing rules.
The Trilogy II baseplate may be lightweight, but don't let that fool you into thinking it's just a delicate little flower—it's backed up with a lifetime warranty to show you it means business when it comes to durability. Get flex where you want it and support where you need it with the Multizone Trilogy highback. It's stiffer towards the bottom and more flexible at the top so you can tweak your tricks without sacrificing support or response.
The extruded anodized aluminum heelcup reduces weight while maintaining strength and stiffness, and it never loses it's shape no matter how much you abuse it. The 3D Direct-Connect ankle strap provides a secure and responsive fit without creating painful pressure points, and the Open Toe Strap is low-profile and cored-out to wrap around the front of your boot for a comfy and secure fit. It's finished off with magnesium buckles that are twice as light as aluminum, yet four times as strong.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Microsoft today proudly announced that
its highly anticipated Halo 3 video game exceeded one million
pre-orders.The video game is the "fastest selling
pre-ordered video game in history," according to Microsoft.
Stores such as Amazon, GameStop, Wal-Mart, and Best Buy accepting
pre-orders for Halo 3 are reporting an extremely high level of
pre-orders."What we've experienced is nothing
short of phenomenal," said Bob McKenzie, GameStop senior
vice president of merchandising. "'Halo 3' has
eclipsed many previous records and will prove to one of the must-have
items of 2007."To help promote the game, Microsoft and
other retailers are offering a number of different products to help
coincide with the launch of Halo 3. Microsoft is
offering the typical collector editions of the video game along with
a special edition Halo
3 Zune for military members. A Halo 3 headset
and controller will also
be available to users in the future.The pricey Halo
3: Legendary Editionversion of the game is likely to sell
out before the Halo 3 launch.Pepsi, Doritos and Burger
King all have special edition Halo 3 labels and wrappers to
commemorate the game's launch. Pontiac and 7-Eleven also plan to use
Halo 3 as a marketing tool for a limited time.Halo
3 is expected to be released on September 25.
quote: What can I say, I love a good story about the best of the best fighting impossible odds.
quote: I'll admit, Halo 1 was entertaining, but not nearly the holy grail of games that so many people make it out to be
quote: Halo 2 was so rushed that any potential it had went out the window. And as much as people praise Halo's multiplayer, I honestly think that's the least appealing aspect of the game.
quote: Today, Microsoft trumpeted Halo 3 preorder figures for the first time--and while still impressive, they were a fraction of the previously rumored amount. As of this week, one million preorders of Bungie's sci-fi shooter have been made in North America--enough to make it the "fastest-selling video game preorder" in the territory's history .


text:
- Conference date: 10–13 June 2012
- Location: Heidelberg, Germany
A feasibility study was undertaken in order to investigate alternative noninvasive treatment options for atherosclerosis. In particular, the aim of this study was to investigate the potential use of Dual-Mode Ultrasound Arrays (DMUAs) for image guided treatment of atheromatous plaques. DMUAs offer a unique treatment paradigm for image-guided surgery allowing for robust image-based identification of tissue targets for localized application of HIFU. In this study we present imaging and therapeutic results form a 3.5 MHz, 64-element fenestrated prototype DMUA for targeting lesions in the femoral artery of familial hypercholesterolemic (FH) swine. Before treatment, diagnostic ultrasound was used to verify the presence of plaque in the femoral artery of the swine. Images obtained with the DMUA and a diagnostic (HST 15-8) transducer housed in the fenestration were analyzed and used for guidance in targeting of the plaque. Discrete therapeutic shots with an estimated focal intensity of 4000-5600 W/cm2 and 500-2000 msec duration were performed at several planes in the plaque. During therapy, pulsed HIFU was interleaved with single transmit focus imaging from the DMUA and M2D imaging from the diagnostic transducer for further analysis of lesion formation. After therapy, the swine's were recovered and later sacrificed after 4 and 7 days for histological analysis of lesion formation. At sacrifice, the lower half of the swine was perfused and the femoral artery with adjoining muscle was fixed and stained with H&E to characterize HIFU-induced lesions. Histology has confirmed that localized thermal lesion formation within the plaque was achieved according to the planned lesion maps. Furthermore, the damage was confined to the plaque tissue without damage to the intima. These results offer the promise of a new treatment potentially suited for vulnerable plaques. The results also provide the first real-time demonstration of DMUA technology in targeting fine tissue structures for precise lesion formation in the presence or arterial pulsation and tissue motion. In this paper, we show results from targeting both proximal and distal sides of the vessel wall with a series of 5 - 7 discrete shots in each plane (typically three planes per plaque). Experiments to demonstrate a full treatment forming contiguous lesion within the target plaque are currently underway.
Key Topics
- Medical imaging
- 8.0
- Ultrasonography
- 7.0
- Vascular system
- 3.0
- Image analysis
- 2.0
- Therapeutics
- 2.0
Probing Inflation with CMB PolarizationDaniel Baumann, Mark G. Jackson, Peter Adshead, Alexandre Amblard, Amjad Ashoorioon, Nicola Bartolo, Rachel Bean, Maria Beltrán, Francesco de Bernardis, Simeon Bird, Xingang Chen, Daniel J. H. Chung, Loris Colombo, Asantha Cooray, Paolo Creminelli, Scott Dodelson, Joanna Dunkley, Cora Dvorkin, Richard Easther, Fabio Finelli, Raphael Flauger, Mark P. Hertzberg, Katherine Jones‐Smith, Shamit Kachru, Kenji Kadota, Justin Khoury, William H. Kinney, Eiichiro Komatsu, Lawrence M. Krauss, Julien Lesgourgues, Andrew Liddle, Michele Liguori, Eugene Lim, Andrei Linde, Sabino Matarrese, Harsh Mathur, Liam McAllister, Alessandro Melchiorri, Alberto Nicolis, Luca Pagano, Hiranya V. Peiris, Marco Peloso, Levon Pogosian, Elena Pierpaoli, Antonio Riotto, Uroš Seljak, Leonardo Senatore, Sarah Shandera, Eva Silverstein, Tristan Smith, Pascal Vaudrevange, Licia Verde, Ben Wandelt, David Wands, Scott Watson, Mark Wyman, Amit Yadav, Wessel Valkenburg and Matias Zaldarriaga
Data & Media loading...
Article metrics loading...


text:
Simple Definition of restaurateur
: a person who owns or manages a restaurant
Full Definition of restaurateur
: the operator or proprietor of a restaurant
See restaurateur defined for English-language learners
See restaurateur defined for kids
Did You Know?
Restaurateur and "restaurant" were borrowed directly from related French words, and both ultimately derive from the Latin word restaurare ("to restore"). "Restaurant" arrived in English in the second half of the 18th century. We acquired "restaurateur" approximately 30 years later. Of the two words, "restaurant" is significantly more common - a fact that may have influenced the development of the variant spelling "restauranteur" for "restaurateur." "Restauranteur" first appeared in the 1920s, and some people consider it to be an error. It is, however, a standard variant, albeit one that continues to be used less frequently than "restaurateur."
Variants of restaurateur
restauranteurplay \-ˌrän-\
Origin and Etymology of restaurateur
French restaurateur, from Late Latin restaurator restorer, from Latin restaurare
First Known Use: 1796
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up restaurateur? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).


text:
Randy Rodriguez CabezasImages -
Tesla coil's electromagnetic field induces an electric current in the mercury vapor in the bulb. This excites the mercury vapor which emits UV (ultra violet, invisible to human eye) light that causes the phosphors on the inside of the lightbulb to absorb this UV light and send out visible light that makes it glow. The conversion of light from one type (UV) to another (VIS) is called fluorescence, which gave the fluorescent lamp its name. So instead of the normal way to power the lightbulb, it is being powered by induced currents from the Tesla coil.
Anyone else thinks physics & science are fun? :)
I hope more people will major in science, math or engineering. The world would be a better place if more people knew more science, since we would find solutions much faster to the challenges we face. :) Science & technology allow for a lot of artistic expression, so one can do art while being a scientist, engineer or etc. :)
Science will allow us to bring what is thought of as sci-fi or magic into the everyday reality, things like curing aging, eternal youth, telepathy, teleportation, shapeshifting, physical immortality, world peace as explained in the tech-filled videos below (some feature the Google Director of Engineering).
Shapeshifting matter means a tablet will change into an anti-gravity flying belt & we'll overcome the tendency to look at outward appearance - looking instead at Compassionate Intelligence. :) We won't recognize people by their shape, form, gender, height, skin color, which all will be fluid and changeable, but by their kindness & IQ. :) Here is a shapeshifting gadgets 3 minute video ► Intel Claytronics (Programmable Matter) - DARPA from Intel. What is more amazing is when we can re-assemble subatomic particles some day, so that we take air, water or anything solid and shapeshift it into any material object or even nutrients in our bloodstream (eliminating the need to eat and fixing all molecular damage, curing all dis-eases, making us ☺☻♥Shimmering Immortals♥☻☺). We will then be able to 'materialize' things out of thin air. :) We will be able to shift our form :), much more than the octopus in this 1 min video: Shapeshifting Octopus, amazing camouflage
NANOYOU PART 5 - The Nano Future is a 2 min video about a nanoconcept of human-human telepathy using physical technology, tiny robots that swim in our blood or brain. Using the same idea, in the future, holographic computers, made of light and/or energy, could assist our brains to use telepathy and navigate other dimensions. The video talks about the disposable nanobots [the cellphones of the future] enabling us to become Immortal global telepaths. Computers become smaller, so smartphones will become nanobots. Forget email, texting and phone... telepathy is the future :) see, hear, smell, feel, think what others (who answer your '♥telepathy call♥') ☻☺think-feel-hear-see-smell☺☻, full communication :) Brainwaves can be recognized (every time we speak or think a word, there is a voice or brain pattern), as voice can be today, so telepathy will be natural. We'll even move beyond basic sensory + verbal telepathy to conceptual complex trans-linguistic telepathy allowing us to have a communication ☻a billion times richer and more exact than human languages today☻.
In the coming telepathy age we will communicate thru concepts, colors, images & true sensory information instead of language. It'll be a communication a billion times more exact, as you can get a nuanced version of every 'word' or 'bit of info' encoding. ☻Telepathy allows fast transfer of Immortality technologies, volumes of info as vast as the present internet processed in 1 minute by our new brains. We'll evolve to use a trans-linguistic high speed telepathy & present human languages will disappear.
Telepathy will obsolete the monetary system even, as blueprints for 'goods' (things are information patterns) are exchanged freely & as pico-technology materializing centers [within human template] provide ability to re-assemble dirt protons-neutrons into any object. We'll also be able to create perfect weather thru a planetary shield. Compassion & Peace will prevail♥.
Teleportation will make fixed physical location outdated and nations will disappear as a result. Anyone will be able to be anywhere. Professor Zeilinger hopes it will be possible to teleport people in a few decades, as the 7 min video explains: Visions 19 Beam me up :). Certainly ☻♥Immortal Humans♥☻ should be able to teleport, why not. :) Michio Kaku explains more teleportation in this 1 min video ► Michio Kaku on Teleportation. Nations and languages will disappear and a multi-planetary Galactic Union of Immortals - GUI :) - (extended to many planets we will terraform and colonize) will emerge.
Quantum computers (here is a 6 min video from Google about their potential to help us understand the multi-verse, time-travel, Immortal aliens, etc Google and NASA's Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab) will make possible another faster billion fold increase in computation power/dollar (as the one that happened in the last 3 decades) so we will have petaflop supercomputers the size of red blood cells, nanobots that could repair cells and enable us to live for thousands of years as Google Director of Engineering explains in this 4 min clip ► Ray Kurzweil — Immortality by 2045. Already, today microrobots can do amazing things, as they travel thru our blood vessels, see this 2 min video for more info: Micro robot aids surgery
A Recent Time Magazine Cover asked if Google can solve death thru the founding of Calico, a company that aims to cure aging using Google's vast computational resources to figure out which genes cause aging, etc. Some say that this is a hundreds of millions of dollars effort over several years ► goo.gl/BFtcC2. Here is a post about Calico from the Google CEO ► goo.gl/Jge6dk. Defeating aging has been the dream of humanity for eons, but these days, with science we are getting much closer to that dream. Worms have been created that can live 6 times longer by 17 year old Laura Deming who explains her wish to bring Physical Immortality to all interested in this 5 min clip ► Laura Deming - 20U20 Episode 1. Laura has started IMMORTAL IP, a Venture Capital Fund to bring Immortality Tech faster to the mass market. Calico will inspire more companies to enter the market for curing aging and Physical Immortality therapies.
Calico is not alone. Other billionaires have started Immortality efforts. There are scientists within these projects who even talk of connecting the soul body (not all believe in it though) with the immortal android bodies of the future. Mystics and emperors have sought physical immortality for millennia. Modern astral researchers have thought of Immortality for decades.
ASPR OBE Experiment 1983 is a 25 min video about some ESP experiments. In the video Alex Tanous explains at 7min22sec how the scientific understanding of astral energy will enable us to attain physical Immortality - just like understanding electricity brought us a lot of progress in medicine.
Ray Kurzweil wrote a book about Immortality by 2045 and TIME Magazine published an article called "2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal" ► goo.gl/wRN64 and had a cover page about it. Body temp element transmutation nanobots (future quantum computers maybe, who knows?) can make nutrients for cells directly from air, take back waste chemicals from cells and turn these chemicals into molecules cells need, thus eliminating the need to eat. Nikola Tesla, one of the greatest geeks of all time, whose inventions are in every home with electricity, predicted one day we would live without eating. Combined with terraforming billions of barren planets, Living on Nanobot Energy eliminates any worry about agriculture land, food or space. All want Immortality♥ or at least living in perfect health. One day the trillions spent on war (that shortens our lives) will be used for nano robots and quantum computers that help us stay youthful for centuries. :)
Over time, more and more people in governments and private sectors will allocate hundreds of billions of dollars towards Immortality related projects. Some billionaires have given already hundreds of millions of dollars to stem cells research ($100 Million Gift from T. Denny Sanford Launches Sanford Stem Cell Clinical Center) and other anti-aging ventures. This process of shifting the societal focus to constructive Immortality endeavors will be done in hundreds of ways, even thru Departments of Immortality at the Government level and University Level, thru new startups that focus on anti-gravity belts or nanobots and apps able to extend lifespan. Video games will often be about how people help each other, how they find Immortality technologies and cures for aging, how they bring a World of Peace and Immortality. A culture of Immortality will emerge and pervade the contents of movies, songs, TV programs, radio, books, and all media, thus enabling us to create that reality of Immortality. Life will be valued more than anything else. :) Millions of people will dedicate their entire lives to manifesting this great Immortality future because inside we are all beings of compassion. :)
We will become a Type 1 Civilization, a unified planet of peace, as Michio Kaku explains in this 10 minute video about aliens of Type 1, 2, 3, etc and our future ► Michio Kaku - Alien Life. He explains that the European Union is the beginning of a type 1 civilization. Type 0 are like us. Type 1 attained World Peace thru kindness, create perfect weather (no more climate change) & have no natural disasters. Type 2 and above are Immortal. Type 2 are those who engineer stars. Type 3 engineer galaxies. Type 4 engineer an entire universe. Type 5 include Universe creators. Optimists don't attack others verbally/physically (fear=expecting/creating others' negative behavior), but with gentle forgiving compassion♥ they are kind to all, expecting/creating others' positive future behavior. Saying/doing positive things creates a positive present/future, so kindness is optimism. If we're helping and praising others more, we'll attain ♥World Peace♥ faster. Armies will be only for asteroid defense, terraforming. We'll invest trillions (lost in wars) in healthcare, enabling us to live as long as we want. :) Benjamin Rush, one of America's founders, wanted to set up a ♥ Department of Peace ♥ ► thepeacealliance.org, with the same budget as the Department of Defense ►en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Peace. All nations could create Departments of Peace and Immortality.:)☺☻☼ Imagine a world where human #immortality and #worldpeace are real! :) As we imagine, so we create... ♥ World Peace is required for true Longevity of thousands of years, let alone Immortality, since wars cause death. World peace will come as we return compassion for hate, quantum computers for today's computers:), altruism for selfishness, gentleness for aggression, immortality focus for death focus.
The reason world peace will manifest is that people will realize nationality and race are illusions. "Race is a social concept, not a scientific one" according to Dr. Craig Venter, one of the first to see biological proof of this by sequencing the human genome. :) The New York Times article ► http://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/22/science/do-races-differ-not-really-genes-show.html made it clear even in 2000, after we sequenced the human genome, that race is a social label, unsupported by scientific data. Since 2000, many studies show within the same ethnicity/race there is often far more variation in DNA between random people than between people of 2 nationalities. Nationality is a very political social non-scientific label that has no basis in reality, since the nose, eye shape and skin-hair-eye color, appearance are just 0.01% of the DNA. Science knows of tens of thousands of human genes so far and 3 genes have a role in how much melanin we have in eyes, hair, and skin. A little melanin means white skin, blue eyes, blonde hair; more melanin means darker eyes, hair, skin. :) It's not worth having wars over such super-tiny differences. Another article from Washington University highlights the illusion of races being real too ► http://wupa.wustl.edu/record_archive/1998/10-15-98/articles/races.html.
It is likely one day USA, Canada, Mexico, India, New Zealand, Japan, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Indonesia, Ukraine, Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, South Korea, South Africa, Vietnam, Australia, Turkey, European Union, etc will join and form a GALACTIC UNION headquartered maybe:) in a moving GIGANTIC MOTHERSHIP ORBITING THE EARTH, with other ♥GIGANTIC SELF-SUFFICIENT MOTHERSHIPS♥ IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM being rotating headquarters after we terraform other planets. :) Everyone will like the advances we reach thru teamwork and all nations will join this Union eventually. :) The goal of this ☻♥Immortal Union of Altruistic Galactic Citizens♥☻ will be to Promote PEACE AND IMMORTALITY GALACTICALLY. Within this Galactic Union that aims for Trans-Linguistic Telepathy to replace languages, we will also strive for the Pursuit of Immortal Freedom, Immortal Happiness, Immortal Life. "We, the citizens of the Galaxy, herein birth the Constitution of the GALACTIC UNION of Immortals... "
Physical Immortality will be real one day & when we get bored of this dimension, we might even go to live in an inter-dimensional city by translation. Maybe we will be able to come back & use cosmic rays to precipitate an etheric-physical body template in a lighter more astral like dimension that resembles our physical one. We will probably have millions of people willing and able to dispose of stomach, teeth, eating, reproductive organs, as human kids of 18 years old physiology could be precipitated by cosmic rays. Tech theoretically can allow kids with a billion parents, pro-creation done via 3d printing a "body for the soul" thru a mind-ray field of 1 billion Immortals, making everyone love any new born as if it's theirs as in true world peace and unity. :) That would be a little far out,lol, but not impossible since scientists today talk of birthing babies with 3 parents ► http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/27/us-ivf-3parent-idUSBREA1Q12420140227. :)
The IBM 1 minute video on mind reading computers makes many wonder ► IBM Next 5 in 5 2011: Mind Reading. Selflessness-Honesty-Compassion-Understanding are enhanced by mind-reading technology. The super-intelligent ultra-compassionate ☼♥Shimmering♥☼ (due to luminescent picobots) ♥☻Immortals☻♥ (who are smarter than all science geniuses of the past combined) will be able to live without eating, shapeshift their forms & materialize anything (off-spring too, no reproductive organs needed). It will be natural to telepathically share the Bliss of Eternal Life with billions of Immortals in a mind-field of Ecstatic Joy.
ASTRAL MIND VERSUS BRAIN MIND Discoveries
There is proof we have more to our mind than the brain... as oberf.org, noetic.org, nderf.org, iacworld.org, iipc.org, monroeinstitute.org and other research centers explain. I guess it could be that selfless seekers of truth will one day become Immortal by discovering via other dimensions the locations of planets (soul body can travel at trillions of times the speed of physical light) of Immortals and co-creating with these Immortals a civilization of Immortals here. :) Entanglement (Quantum Entanglement is a video with mind/matter experiments) potentially allows us to see and connect to multiverse (Multiverse Theory by Dr Michio Kaku) planets (NASA astral star traveler: goo.gl/2j0Tv) where people attained peace & Immortality and where they are ready to help us move towards Peace. War=death, so only peaceful folks are Immortal. The Selfless, Kind and Intellectual will be Immortal only, naturally - as those who are selfish war with each other and war leads to mortality via death. :) Plus one needs to be super-intelligent to maintain one's Immortality. Immortals may build their own dimension later. Long-term though, picobots will enable everyone to become 1000 times smarter than all geniuses of all current history combined eventually, so more people will engage in more intelligent selfless activities than today. :) picobots will enable all to learn in 10 minutes what we have learned in 10 years, to gain full learning at neuron level in a high-speed movie (there is no word for it, but it's a movie that has all knowledge in it, all the emotions, intentions, etc) of the lives of the greatest geniuses and their knowledge, universal compassion, selflessness and grace. :) Everyone will be like a super-genius sage, a soft song of boundless compassion for all. Mind reading gadgets will be about freedom from limitation and from 'low intelligence'. Why move our hands to dial a phone and use our mouth with voice recognition when we can control a computer with our mind and that energy of speaking can be spent learning something that would help us live a few thousand years in any dimension we want? :) Mind reading gadgets will be seen as a natural evolution towards Immortal kindness and Immortality in any realm we wish. :)
- Universityof Puerto Rico Medical Science CampusPhysiology, 2012 - present
- University of Puerto Rico Rio PiedrasBiology, 2009 - 2012
- Fajardo Community Private SchoolHigh School, 2006 - 2009
Your weekly dose of awesome science!
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Advancing knowledge and educating students in science, technology and beyond
MTV India
The TV Channel your Mother warned you about.
Daily Science Facts
"Science Facts... Everyday!"
Steampunk Holmes
Steampunk Holmes, the Transmedia Interactive Steampunk Sherlock Holmes
Amusing World
This page is to update you with interesting information, engineering, facts, Quotes, Constructions, Science and much more awesome stuff. You will surely like my content!
The voice of sanity
If it involves a god, it is not sane.
Why So Serious?
A Blunt, Sarcastic, Atheistic, Hypocrisy-Free, "PARTLY' Funny, Humorous and 'PARTLY' Thought Provoking Page for Any Open Minded & Free Thinking Person. GOD is Adult Person's Tooth Fairy & Santa Clause, and SATAN is Adult Person's Boogeyman . Reality is Shocking, Deal with That.
After Dark - Miwako
After Dark, onde o fim é apenas um começo.
The Official Google+ Page of CollegeHumor
Steampunk Tendencies
Steampunk, Steamgoth, Cтимпанк, Victorian, burlesque, Neo-victorian, Fashion, Goth, Tentacles, Gas mask, airships, and more !!
All About Psychology
A Comprehensive Guide To The World of Psychology
Atheist Republic
We are not just atheists, we are atheists that care.
Popular Science
The Future Now
Machine Intelligence Research Institute
MIRI exists to ensure that the creation of smarter-than-human intelligence has a positive impact.
Skills for Survival
Garden, Gardening, flower, rose, homestead, homesteading, survival, survivalist,
Be uplifted!
We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us.


text:
Please check our Buyer ... more
Lilianna G
I d ... more
Some say we do this for a living.
You can also try PNC Bank, since they bought out RBC and committed to continue servicing the Canadian market.
In the mea ... more
Rosalie Klein
After reviewing programs #10 and below below, please email me at email@example.com:
1) 100% LTV- VA - pay off debt at closing on a purchases too!
2) 100% LTV- USDA ... more
Broke ... more
It is a great time to buy but you will find the market is red hot so the first step is locating a professional to assist you and clearly defining your needs so you can be im ... more
3550 Lyons Rd
Lake Worth, FL 33467
District: Palmbeach County Public Schools
(561) 491-8200
Equestrian Elementary
9720 Stribling Way
Wellington, FL 334 ... more
Jeffrey L. Tricoli
K ... more
Yes, we do.
Please contact me directly so we can discuss what your plans and situation are so we don't speak publicly and let others know your situation.
Nadin ... more


text:
'Chamber of Secrets' Illustrated Edition: Lockhart Unlocked!
Sep 27, 2016
Art, Bloomsbury, Books, Branagh, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Jim Kay, News, Scholastic
Last week, Scholastic and Bloomsbury gave you the chance to win your very own copy of Jim Kay's illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets leading up to the release of the book on October 4th, in their exclusive competition via Unlock Lockhart. With one week until #HarryPotterIllustrated #ChamberOfSecrets arrives, have you seen the @BloomsburyBooks …read more!


text:
Get the latest in hospital news and announcements from Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis. See what's happening at the hospital and in our community!
August 30, 2016
August 18, 2016
August 15, 2016
July 29, 2016
July 28, 2016
June 30, 2016
May 23, 2016
May 05, 2016
* Required field.
Read our terms and privacy policy.
If you have a potentially life-threatening medical emergency, please call 911.
We offer a variety of community seminars, classes and other events.
Seminars, Classes, Events
Search by specialty, location, name or insurance.
Quantify how joint pain is affecting your quality of life, and receive recommendations for follow-up steps.
Prioritize your most harmful cardiovascular risk factors


text:
Construction Jobs in Miami FL
I want to:
I want to:
Jobs by Category
Accounting Jobs in Miami
Admin & Clerical Jobs in Miami
Automotive Jobs in Miami
Banking Jobs in Miami
Business Development Jobs in Miami
Construction Jobs in Miami
Customer Service Jobs in Miami
Design Jobs in Miami
Education Jobs in Miami
Engineering Jobs in Miami
Entry Level Jobs in Miami
Executive Jobs in Miami
Government Jobs in Miami
Health Care Jobs in Miami
Hotel & Hospitality Jobs in Miami
Human Resources Jobs in Miami
Information Technology Jobs in Miami
Management Jobs in Miami
Manufacturing Jobs in Miami
Marketing Jobs in Miami
Professional Services Jobs in Miami
Research Jobs in Miami
Restaurant & Food Service Jobs in Miami
Retail & Grocery Jobs in Miami
Sales Jobs in Miami
Transportation Jobs in Miami
Warehouse Jobs in Miami
Jobs in Nearby Areas
Sarasota Construction Jobs
Daytona Beach Construction Jobs
Fort Lauderdale Construction Jobs
Fort Myers Construction Jobs
Orlando Construction Jobs
Saint Petersburg Construction Jobs
Tampa Construction Jobs
Miami, FL - Macy's Logistics: Power Equipment Operator (MHE), Part Time
Details: Job Overview Macy's Logistics and Operations is actively seeking Power Equipment Operators. The ideal candidate has an enthusiasm to learn and...
Industry: Construction
Senior Mechanical Construction Project Manager - Special Projects
Details: Senior Construction Project Manager Benefits: Top base salary Bonus Health Insurance Life Insurance Dental Insurance Vision Insurance Disability...
Industry: Construction
General Production/Assembly
Details: Elevator manufacturing company in Miami seeking an individual who has experience polishing metals to work on the production floor. Job Description:...
Industry: Construction
Assistant Project Manager - Commercial Design - Construction
Details: Excellent opportunity for a strong Assistant Project Manager or Sr. Project Manager with electrical construction contracting experience to join...
Industry: Construction
Sales Coordinator - New Installation
Details: About ThyssenKrupp ThyssenKrupp AG (TK) is a leading global diversified technology and materials group based in Essen, Germany. It has 160,000...
Industry: Construction
Business Development Manager
Details: Heery International is a full-service architecture, interior design, engineering, construction management and program management firm. We bring...
Industry: Construction
Details: Summary Project Manager job opportunity located in Miami, FL. The ideal candidate will have a background in high-rise residential projects over...
Industry: Construction
Construction & Engineering Opportunities
Details: Some of the most important and exciting careers in the country are performed by U.S. Army Soldiers. Whether it?s working with computers to assisting...
Industry: Construction
Construction Experience Required
Details: Working in Construction? Looking for a change in Career? Keep reading!!!! Market Storm Global in Miami is looking for 10+ Customer Service Assistants...
Industry: Construction
Assistant Manager - Facilities
Details: We are looking for an Assistant Manager of Facilities to join our growing team! Preferably looking for someone with strong A/C experience. Acts...
Industry: Construction


text:
Amazing show at the bonnaroo festival, a long journey to Washingotn D.C, and the 4th show of the tour in the Howard Th Howard Theatre, Soundcheck. On the road to Washington D.C ! The duo of heavy hitters on the drums Journey to Washington D.C – June 15th Show In Washington, June 16th. Bonnaroo festival. Masses of people at 'That Tent' The...Read More
John Mclaughlin and the 4th Dimension – June 14th (Day 5)
Amazing show at the bonnaroo festival, Tennessee. Wild crowds and good music ! More news coming shortly on Gary, Ranjit, Etienne and John on their North American Summer Tour. Next stop D.C.Read More
John Mclaughlin and the 4th Dimension – June 13th (Day 4)
Second show at the Orange Peel.. Asheville, NC. What a success ! Bonnaroo festival tomorrow…Read More
John Mclaughlin and the 4th Dimension – 12th June (Day 3)
Some pictures from the tour during the first 3 days in our US Tour. Etienne M'Bappe and Ranjit Barot at Manifold Studio. The whole band at the first rehearsal in Durham, NC. Etienne M'Bappe… Soundboard at Manifold Studio. « New Blues » – Rehearsals at Manifold studio. Vocals and drums, Ranjit Barot does...Read More
John Mclaughlin and the 4th Dimension – 11th June
The band kicks it off with the first show in Durham – North Carolina. After an impressive beginning of the tour, the band leave thursday morning for the following show in Asheville. Ranjit, Gary, Etienne and John are ready to go...Read More
John Mclaughlin and the 4th Dimension North American Tour – Day 1
The first day on the North American summer tour kicks off with an incredible rehearsal at the spectacular manifold studio. With the sound and atmosphere John Mclaughlin, Gary Husband, Ranjit Barot and Etienne M'Bappe manage to create in the studio, a musical masterpiece unfolds. First show in Durham/Raleigh tomorrow (11th...Read More


text: I just bought a 12 pack of Saranc White IPA. I got it home only to see that the bottle date was July 2, 2012. The beer tasted okay, but nowhere near what I am used to tasting (the hops were shot). I emailed the grocery store's customer service expressing my dissatisfaction with the fact that almost 7 month old beer is sitting on their shelves. I haven' t heard back from customer service, but want to know how would you handle the same situation? For all the haters of Saranac White IPA, suppose it was something you liked that you realized was way out of date.


text:
Showing Suppliers 1 - 20 of 122
bisco industries
Address: 1500 N. Lakeview Ave., Anaheim, CA
Business Type: Distributor
Description: Connecting your Supply Chain with Excellence Since 1973 bisco industries is a premier distributor of Electronic Components and Fasteners used for production in Aerospace, Communication, Computer, Fabrication, Industrial Equipment, Instrumentation, Marine and Military Industries. We strive to be... (more)
Festo Corporation (51 Products)
Address: 4935 Southfront Road, Suite F, Livermore, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer, Service
Description: Festo is a leading global manufacturer of pneumatic and electromechanical systems, components and controls for process control and factory automation solutions, with more than 55 national headquarters serving more than 180 countries. With over 40 years of innovation in the United States and... (more)
LEMO USA, Inc. (32 Products)
Address: 635 Park Ct. PO Box 2408, Rohnert Park, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer, Service
Description: LEMO® Manufacturer of High Quality Circular Connectors A Global Leader LEMO is the acknowledged leader in the design and manufacture of precision custom connection and cable solutions. LEMO's high quality Push-Pull connectors are found in a variety of challenging... (more)
OMEGA Engineering, Inc. (4 Products)
Address: OMEGA Electronics 2229 South Yale Street, Santa Ana, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer, Distributor
Description: Exceeding Your Expectations: Since its inception in 1962, OMEGA has grown from manufacturing a single product line of thermocouples to being an established global leader in the technical marketplace, offering more than 100,000 state-of-the-art products for measurement and control of... (more)
PEI-Genesis (111899 Products)
Business Type: Distributor
Description: Amphenol Connectors ITT Cannon Connectors CINCH Connectors LEMO Connectors TE Connectivity /DEUTSCH Connectors PEI-Genesis is one of the world's fastest assemblers of precision connectors and cable assemblies. PEI... (more)
View Catalog
Address: 2860 Zanker Rd Suite 107, San Jose, CA
Address: 1932 E. Deere Ave. Suite 230, Santa Ana, CA
PHOENIX CONTACT USA (134 Products)
Address: Customer Technology Center 181 Metro Drive, Suite 100, San Jose, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer
Description: Phoenix Contact develops and manufactures industrial electrical and electronic technology products that power, protect, connect and automate systems and equipment. Our products are used in many industries, including: Automotive Water/wastewater Transportation Power... (more)
Address: 3950 Eagle Rock Blvd., Unit 65822, Los Angeles, CA
Business Type: Service
Description: TransparentC is an electronics brokerage firm and procurement services provider specializing in the supply and cost reduction of board level electronic components and associated products for manufacturers and engineers worldwide. With affiliations spanning every industry, TransparentC has a vast... (more)
Ace Backstage Co.
Address: 24846 Avenue Rockefeller, Suite 200, Valencia, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer, Distributor, Service
ADSENS Technology, Inc.
Address: 18310 Bedford Circle, City of Industry, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer
Aero-Electric Connector, Inc.
Address: 548 Amapola Ave., Torrance, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer
Description: Conesys/Aero-Electric Connector is a first-rate designer and cost competitive manufacturer of high performance environmental and firewall-rated cylindrical connectors machined from aluminum, carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum nickel bronze. Conesys/J-Tech specializes in front and... (more)
Affinity Medical Technologies, LLC
Address: 1732 Reynolds Avenue, Irvine, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer, Service
Description: People At Affinity Medical, it's all about the people. Customer care specialists providing unsurpassed levels of support and service. Decades of experience combined with sophisticated value engineering skills to assure cost-effective results in product categories ranging... (more)
Air Electro, Inc.
Address: 9452 De Soto Avenue, Chatsworth, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer, Distributor, Service
Description: Established in 1952, Air Electro brings over 50 years of experience to the following industries: aerospace, defense, transportation, and avionics, as well as electronic equipment, medical, and telecommunications. Products and services include the manufacturing and distribution of electrical... (more)
All Electronics Corporation
Address: 14928 Oxnard Street, Van Nuys, CA
Business Type: Distributor
Alpha Products, Inc. - CA
Address: 351 Irving Drive, Oxnard, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer
Alpine Electronics
Address: 2211 Lincoln Avenue, San Jose, CA
Business Type: Distributor
Alps Electric (USA) Inc.
Business Type: Manufacturer
Address: 910 E. Hamilton Ave Ste 500, Campbell, CA
Address: SAN DIEGO OFFICE 6650 Lusk Boulevard, Suite B-207, San Diego, CA
AMC/Radio Hardware, Inc.
Address: PO Box 2734, Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Business Type: Distributor
Ametek HCC Industries
Address: 4232 Temple City Blvd., Rosemead, CA
Business Type: Manufacturer


text:
Police Killings Won't Stop
Shaun King Calls for Nationwide Economic Boycott to Protest Racial Inequality
John Oliver Delves Into Numerous Scandals of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump (Video)
From the Civil War to Today: Centuries of Institutional Racism, Explained in Less Than 20 Minutes
The Corporate Media Needs to Play Hardball in the First Debate
By Joe Conason $14.95
By Nick Turse $30.00
Parti socialiste (CC-BY)
The most central and constant dilemma in modern politics—whether the will of the people or that of bureaucrats and specialists should rule—is on full display in Greece.
CBS asked the two VP candidates (roughly) the same questions about Roe v. Wade and the separation of church and state. As you might imagine, their answers differ, both in content and coherence. Palin's apparent unfamiliarity with the Supreme Court had the rumor mill buzzing for days prior to the release of this interview.
When President Bush took to the podium on July 4 to speak at a naturalization ceremony at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello home, there were some in the crowd besides those gathered to be sworn in as American citizens.
AP photo / Gerald Herbert
War doesn't pay, nor does imperial ambition. This proposition should be evident to anyone who has paid attention to the fivefold increase in the price of oil since George W. Bush took office. The principle of nonintervention is neither liberal nor conservative in orientation, and at the inception of the Republic it was accepted as a commonsense.
AP Photo / Ron Edmonds
The former weapons inspector and author of "Waging Peace" argues that the mere impeachment of President Bush would fail to repair the damage caused by an executive branch run amok and an uninformed and uninvolved citizenry.
Think Progress
Despite all the outrage, Keith Ellison managed to get sworn in to the House of Representatives with his hand on a Koran without destroying democracy or cracking the rotunda. Appropriately, the Koran Ellison used once belonged to another wild and rebellious character: Thomas Jefferson.
View the most popular tags overall?
View all tags?
Posted on Sep 26, 2016
A Progressive Journal of News and Opinion
Publisher Zuade Kaufman | Editor Robert Scheer
About Us | Contact Us | Advertise or Partner with Truthdig | User Agreement | Privacy Policy | Comment Policy
© 2016 Truthdig, LLC. All rights reserved.
Website development by Hop Studios


text:
Love2shop Gift Vouchers for The Gourmet Society
Redeem your Love2shop Vouchers for Gourmet Society membership
Why choose Love2shop Gift Vouchers for The Gourmet Society?
With almost 2,000 participating restaurants, including [read more...] 350 Michelin and good food guide listed establishments, the Gourmet Society membership is the perfect way to eat out for less. Each participating restaurant offers either 2-for-1 meals, 50% off main or 25% off total bill. Once you are signed up you will receive an exclusive dining card, comprehensive restaurant guide and access to the members only area within the Gourmet Society website.
Additional Information
Buying Love2shop Vouchers for The Gourmet Society
highstreetvouchers.com is an official supplier of Love2shop Vouchers
- Love2shop Vouchers for The Gourmet Society are available in denominations of £1, £5 & £10
- Free personalised gift wallet included in every order.
- Choose from our range of free and next day delivery options
- Orders up to £250 in value can be sent to any UK address. Orders over £250 can only be sent to the customers billing address.
- Next Day Delivery is available on orders accepted by 1pm using DX Secure or Royal Mail Special options.
- Payments accepted from over 30 countries
- Restrictions apply, view full list here
- Looking to purchase The Gourmet Society Vouchers? Purchase Love2shop Vouchers from us which can be used in a similar way to The Gourmet Society Vouchers.
Our Delivery options
Choose the best option for you.
|Delivery Type
|Delivery Time
|Order Value
|Royal Mail 1st Class
|Up to 3 working days
|Royal Mail 1st Class
|Up to 3 working days
|DX Standard Secure
|Next day 8am-6pm*
|DX Secure Signature
|£4.25 (from)
|Next day 8am-6pm*
|Royal Mail Special
|£6.45 (from)
|Next day 9am-1pm*
*Next day delivery is available for orders accepted by 1pm, Monday-Thursday. (Excluding Bank Holidays)
All orders at highstreetvouchers.com include a free greetings card with the option to add a personalised message inside. Available in a wide range of designs, this adds that extra personal touch to your Love2shop Gift Vouchers for The Gourmet Society and are perfect when you want to send them direct to the recipient.
Good for business
Exclusive business benefits
Gift cards and vouchers help you motivate staff, recruit and retain customers and generally get the most out of everyone you deal with.
- Discounts on orders over £1,000
- Personalisation options
- Many payment methods
- Credit options
- Fulfilment services
Contact our business team
Our dedicated business development team is called Love2shop Business Services. Call today to see how we can help:
0844 576 0605
OR complete our enquiry form by clicking here and a member of the team will be in touch soon.


text:
Yaddah, yaddah, yaddah...
Review by:
Bea Cannon
on April 22, 2013 :
If you know anything about the Bible, you know it is written that Joseph of Arimathea is the man that provided the tomb for Jesus Christ. This short story begins directly after the crucifixion and gets pretty graphic. Though the Bible says nothing about it, the Holy Grail, that most sought after relic from the Arthurian legends, was supposedly a cup used at the Last Supper in which Joseph catches the blood of Jesus from the cross. This is not that story but is one in which he stores other things that explains one of the main premises in the author's full length novel, "The Devil's Bloodline". Definitely not for children, but it's an excellently written story, well worth the read.
(review of free book)


text:
This peach Collins was developed by Proof's Roger Gelis and Craig Nelson, who says the recipe can easily be multiplied for pitcher-sized production. "If made ahead, no need to muddle as the peach and mint will add flavor while marrying with the other guests at the pitcher party," Nelson advises. "Just pour the Champagne in the glass last."
Peachy King
1/2 ounce absinthe (or any anisette)
1 ripe peach, sliced
4 mint leaves
1 ounce Hendrick's gin
1 ounce Martini Bianco (or your favorite white sweet vermouth)
1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
1/4 ounce simple syrup
Peychaud's bitters
Dry Champagne
Rinse a glass with absinthe: swirl absinthe in a chilled glass until the walls of the glass are coated. Discard the absinthe. Add three slices of peach, mint leaves and gin to a shaker. Muddle and let stand for a few minutes. Then add sweet vermouth, lemon juice and simple syrup. Shake vigorously and strain over cracked ice in a Collins glass.
Add two dashes of Peychaud's bitters; top with Champagne.


text:
Add a designer shade to this floor lamp base to create your very own design.
Cast resin and metal floor lamp base in rubbed white finish with burgundy undertones. Base only, shade is not included. A 360 Lighting design.
Shop all 360 Lighting
Customers most agreed on the following attributes:
Beautiful lamp that can be used with many shades.
Our house is old and we are trying to give it a vintage feel, so this lamp is the perfect touch!
Bedroom and the style is perfect to fit my vintage look.
This lamp is simple perfect. The bottom is weighted exactly as it should be to not tip over. It is very beautifully detailed on the base and all the way up to the lighting socket. I have it in a bedroom decorated "Shabby chic" and it sits next to a cream upholstered wing chair and it is the quiet attention getter in the room. guest walk in this room and say " Oh isn't this lovely, and wow look at this lamp!"
It's very Victorian and soft and feminine. I only wish you had an option to make it another foot taller.
Really easy to put together. Really good looking finish. As decsribed.
Great price and stle and durability, wish it was 65"
Bought this as a gift for my daughter. It looked like her style so I took a chance. She loves it!
Free Shipping on Most Orders
Our associates are standing by to assist you.


text:
Robot Wars
No Yosup *spanks*
Anyway....did anyone see Gran Turino?
I am told that it is the greatest film of all time.
Is it?
halochik's GT is fiikalah
lol! stop acting like you know ES!
we have separate accounts DR, hers is HaloChck88
[SG] <----- Strange Elite.
Proud member of the "I Hope Faye Gets HIV and Dies" Club
Hey guys, I have XBL Gold if anyone wants to play.
heeeeeeeeeey giiiiiiiiirl
Hey guys, I have XBL Gold if anyone wants to play.
heeeeeeeeeey giiiiiiiiirl
What'd I tell you about interrupting him in his moment of glory?
Unapologetic American
I'm fine. I slightly collapsed during training, I feel it mainly had to do with my lack of training in a while due to my sprained ankle, I had plenty of water afterwards and went on to do physical training and was fine apart from my ankle acting up on me. All day I've felt hungry, but I've been drinking frequently to forget about it.


text:
Digital Shootout Bonaire 2007 Day 1
Today is the official start of the Digital Shootout 2007! By late this morning, nearly all of the participants had arrived, and most had already started diving in earnest. At 10am, Berkely, Jim, and Russ ran another gear setup workshop in the classroom while Dan and Mary Lynn prepared the Capture offices for the week's video workshops.
At 2pm, photography and video seminars commenced…
SS Thorfinn dive boat aground in Pohnpei
A few days ago, Wetpixel received an anonymous email with a rumor that the SS Thorfinn dive boat had run aground in Pohnpei:
The Thorfinn has an engine room filling up with water. It came into Pohnpei and loaded up 70,000 gallons of used oil from PUC and there were not enough pilots to have one come aboard on the way out. A pilot was on each of the two ships leading the way and the Thorfinn was following the two lead ships and went on the reef yesterday.
The email was confirmed in the forums by a series of photos taken by Pohnpei resident Michael J. Sipos. Recently, an oil boom was placed around the vessel, but repairs have not yet proceeded on an estimated 12" gash in the hull. Continue reading for the images, or discuss the environmental impact...
Digital Shootout Bonaire 2007 Day 0
Most of the staff arrived today and yesterday on flights from various parts of the United States along with an intrepid group of early-bird participants eager to get in the water with their cameras. Although the shootout doesn't officially start until tomorrow, more than half the guests are already here. Serge, the manager of the dive shop at our host resort (the Divi Flamingo), gave a morning briefing on local dive policies and logistics, and by noon some of our participants had already spent a couple of hours in the water…
Digital Shootout Bonaire 2007 Daily Webcast
Welcome to daily coverage for the Digital Shootout Bonaire 2007. The Digital Shootout 2007 is being held in Bonaire, a small island in the southern Caribbean. Because nearly the entire island has been designed for access to easy shore diving, Bonaire is frequently referred to as a diver's paradise; because of its fantastic diving and classroom-friendly resorts, this year is the Digital Shootout's third year on the island, featuring 60 participants and 10 staff members…
Complementary filters and wide-angle underwater photography
On a recent trip to Little Cayman, Wetpixel administrator James Wiseman decided to try the technique of complementary filters. With a magenta filter on the camera lens and green filters on his strobes, James found that foreground lighting could appear normal while enriching the blue water background, and that the typical cyan ring around 'sun-balls' or 'sunbursts' was reduced or eliminated altogether.
James wrote an article about the results, and includes photos to provide a comparison of each filter/strobe/ambient light combination. "Complementary filter photography at first sounds pretty complicated, but it's really easy to get started…after trying it one just one trip, I am completely hooked…"
Continue for all of his observations…
Adam Powell featured in Bali exhibition
Wetpixel member Adam Powell will be featured in an underwater photography exhibition at the Harris Resort on Kuta Beach in Bali, Indonesia. Hosted by Reef Check Indonesia, the 'Go Blue Beyond the Reef' display will run for a month, starting June 14, 2007, and will seek to "show the public the beauty of coral reef ecosystems" and draw attention to the importance of marine conservation.
Powell will be donating 10% of 2007 sales to the Reef Check Indonesia effort, and the event is supported by the Indonesian Culture and Tourism Department. Continue reading for the full press release…
Wetpixel Solomon Islands Expedition: 1 spot free
We've just had a single cancellation for the 2007 Wetpixel Solomon Islands Expedition. The Solomon Islands are one of my favorite dive destinations, and offer everything from tiny pygmy seahorses to huge barracuda tornados. The topography (both topside and underwater) is absolutely breath-taking, and the crew and guides on the Bilikiki are some of the best I've encountered. Check out the full trip details if you're interested—and book soon! There is only one spot free.
New DiveFilm and DiveFilmHD Podcast Videos
DiveFilm High Definition Podcast Video presents HD Episode 6, Howard and Michele Hall's "Ocean Requiem." Striking in its ability to transition seamlessly between beautiful scenes, it is a tribute to the ocean world and its creatures, and serves as a reminder of the vulnerability of marine life. The film is currently available for free at iTunes.
The first of several new web videos is now available at the DiveFilm website, "Clown Struck" by Leandro Blanco, a short story about the photographic subject you hate to love, the clownfish (and with a short cameo by Wetpixel's own Eric Cheng). Both Hall's and Blanco's films touch on issues of conservation with powerful imagery of gillnets and discussion of destructive aquarium trade practices.
DiveFilm Podcast Video is produced in association with Wetpixel.com and are "Featured High Definition Podcasts" and "Featured TV & Film Podcasts" at iTunes.
Recent News
- Behind the shot: Underwater archer (via )
- Ocean Art photography competition now open (via )
- Flickr photo licensing is no more (via )
- A look at the new iPhone's bokeh mode (via )
- Canon updates DPP to v.4.5.0 and EOS Utility to v.3.5.0 (via )
- Canon updates EOS 1D-X Mark II firmware to v.1.12 (via )
- Unraveling the mysteries of Great White Sharks (via )
- Watch a video tour of iPhone 7's new camera features (via )
- Canon updates 7D Mark II firmware to v.1.1.0 (via )
- Photos show one of the largest lakes disappearing (via )


text:
What do you want to know? Get results from an experienced licensed private investigator.
Our background in investigations and intelligence began in 1986 and our quest for knowledge, alongside the desire to help others, continues today.
We have private investigators and process servers with expertise built from law enforcement, business, and private sector investigations experience coupled with advanced degrees, specialized training, street smarts, and common sense.
Our service areas are staffed by specialty to include:
Background Checks: We help you make an informed decision with background checks for employment, contractor vetting, due diligence, child care, divorce and custody, litigation, criminal cases, dating and law school character and fitness. These are accomplished through the use of municipal, county, state, and federal databases, record checks and in the field investigations and my include civil, domestic, education and financial records. Not all background checks are equal; please visit our background check page to learn more.
Criminal Cases: If you have been arrested and need help supporting your case, or if you are an attorney, court appointed psychologist or psychiatrist and want more information, we can help. Our criminal case investigators obtain records, locate and talk to witnesses, evaluate evidence, review crime scenes and liaise with other specialists as needed.
Asset and Bank Account Locates and Judgment Recovery: Our investigators are here to help you satisfy your judgment and your desire to make things right. We use our skip tracing tools find employment, bank and brokerage accounts, obtain records, identify the owners of real property and help untangle the corporate and business entity structures. We serve garnishments for banks and assets and can help verify information for judgment debtor exams.
Cell Phone, Computer and Digital Forensics: It's surprising how much data exists and just how many devices capture and hold this data. Many times deleted data is not gone and nothing is truly hidden. We can quickly and easily identify if information is present to support your corporate, criminal, marital case and information can be quickly retrieved, sometimes the same day.
Workplace, Employee, or Corporate Investigations: Are you missing money, account lists or company property? Has there been a suspicious theft or recent loss of business? Our trained investigators can evaluate records, monitor activity or conduct undercover operations to determine if something is amiss. We also provide competitive intelligence investigations.
Missing Persons:
Have worked as police officers, we are able to understand what information should be available, obtain and interpret it for use in your case. We have great success getting local and out of state records quickly and easily.
SIU, Personal Injury or Worker's Comp Insurance Services: Who better to read an accident or police report than an investigator that used to write them? Having worked for insurance companies and police departments, we understand both sides of the issue in an insurance or personal injury case. We can evaluate reports, verify and investigate scenes and police procedure, locate and talk to witnesses and conduct surveillance as needed.
Cold Case Investigations: Whether it's a missing person, unsolved crime or just a gnawing uncertainty, our cold case investigators are here to review, check facts and help you understand what actually occurred.
Process Serving: We provide expert service of process for individuals, law firms, and corporate clients. Our specialty is difficult serves for local, statewide and national clients.
Elder Abuse: Are you concerned about a parent or friend of the family? As age progresses, the opportunity for someone to take advantage of your loved one increases. We can help you determine what exactly is going on and provide peace of mind or refer you to other services as needed.
Identity Theft: With the availability of information all over the place, and the inability to secure it all, identity theft does happen. We are able to track information on fraudulent use and gather evidence for prosecution or to provide for banks and credit reporting agencies.
Our Private Investigator Agency is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona and we can assist with any investigation in the contiguous United States as well as Alaska, Hawaii and the District of Columbia. We are also able to coordinate International services as well.
Strategic Intelligence Services, PLLC
14700 N Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd., #157-411, Scottsdale AZ 85260
1900 W Chandler Boulevard, #15-263, Chandler AZ 85224
(480) 588-0511
Copyright 2016 Dunn & Bradstreet DUNS: 830702879
Our Services
Corporate Investigation
Asset Investigation
Litigation Support
Cold Case Investigation
Background Checks
Cell Phone Forensics
"Strategic Intelligence Services has been selected as the 2015 Best Business of Scottsdale in the category of Private Investigation."
**Image courtesy of Best Businesses
We are a results-driven organization and understand what it takes to get the job done right - but don't just take our word for it, see to what our clients have to say.
"I'm just updating you w/ my child support. I thank you for all your help and really believe that our tag teaming pushed the state to aggressively go after this deadbeat. And for the last 2 months I have received the correct monthly court ordered support. After 15 months it was a welcomed help for my household. So I will make sure to recommend you whenever possible" KS
"Christine has been a fantastic resource for me and my law firm. She provides excellent process serving and investigative services with quick response times and updates. I highly recommend Christine Burke and Strategic Intelligence Services, PLLC" Jane Schmaltz, Smaltz Law Officess PLLC
"I have had the privilege of using Ms. Burke as an investigator for a number of my cases over the years. She is great to work with, is able to thing outside of the box and is tenacious in getting the results and information I am looking for to translate into results for my clients. I am happy to recommend her to anyone who has the need for the services of an investigator or process server" Kevin Breger, The Law Offices of Kevin Breger PLLC
For more client feedback, please visit our Testimonials page.


text:
site map
Job Guide
Discussion Networks
Search Announcements
Advanced Search
Announcements Home
Make an Announcement
Announcements Policy
Subscribe to H-Announce
H-Announce Info.
Advanced Search
Events Locator
See if there is an academic event in your area!
United States
Need to refer to an old announcement? Select a category of archives below!
-- Categories --
Calls for Papers
Calls for Publications
Workshop: Fading nation-states? The impact of European integration on Central and Eastern Europe
Call for Papers Date:
Date Submitted:
Announcement ID:
Six years after the 'Big Bang' enlargement of the European Union new questions are emerging in the social sciences which deal with assessing the effects of enlargement on the member states and the structure and way of functioning of the EU. One of the major, overarching questions is the transformation of stateness and the future of the nation-state in the region of Central and Eastern Europe. A vast amount of literature on European integration is questioning the possibility of nation-states in Europe functioning in an unchanged form, particularly their autonomy and problem-solving capabilities. This debate is not given sufficient attention in CEE countries, where the move towards European integration was perceived as a way to reestablish sovereignty and independence and to reconstitute as liberal-democratic nation-states. The major aim of the workshop is to investigate how the new member states seek to consolidate as nation-states in relation to European integration and how state autonomy is at the same time challenged by European integration.
Contributions are encouraged related to the following broad topics:
1. Democracy after the enlargement. The EU was for many years perceived in the CEE countries and their elites as the ultimate guarantor of democracy with the conditionality policy stressing the role of democratic standards for prospects of enlargement. How does the EU today – six years after the enlargement – contribute to democracy in the new (and also old) member states? What are the positive and negative effects of the enlargement and European integration on the functioning of democracy, civil participation in European societies, functioning of the public sphere, and quality of civil society?
2. Society beyond the nation-state. The following areas will be of particular interest: What is the impact of the EU enlargement and its consequences on the transformations of collective identities in CEE countries? What is the impact of migration in Europe on the CEE countries? How does transnationalisation influence the activities and strategies of social actors? What are the main stakeholders in the process of communication and norm diffusion within the EU (between local and regional, national and supranational level)? How is the image of Europe present in collective memories in CEE?
3. Questioning the east-west divide after enlargement. Emphasis will be placed on both the regional groupings of states and endurance of political projects such as the Visegrad Group for the cooperation within the EU but also the potential cooperation and divisions within the EU institutions such as the Council of the EU etc. How do actors from various levels (national, regional, local) from the CEE countries participate in the multidimensional reality of European integration? What are the differences between the actors in the EU? Does the east-west divide explain the differences?
Proposed time: 18-19 March 2011
Venue: Institute of European Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow
ul. Garbarska 7a
Kraków, Poland
website: www.ces.uj.edu.pl
Deadline for abstracts (300 words including name and academic affiliation, in addition short academic CV): 30 September 2010. Notification of the list of participants will be made by 30 October 2010.
A selection of the conference papers will be published in an edited volume immediately after the workshop. For this reason we will expect prospective participants to submit papers before 20 February 2011. The workshop will have an interactive format with invited commentators for each panel discussing the submitted papers.
The organisers will cover the costs of bursaries and maintenance during the conference. For selected paper-givers from CEE countries the provision of additional support for travel costs is foreseen.
Organisers: Institute of European Studies, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland; ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo.
The workshop will be organised as part of the wider project 'Europeanisation and Governance in Central and Eastern Europe'.
The project is supported by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway with a grant received from the Norwegian Financial Mechanism and the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism through the Scholarship and Training Fund.
Organizing committee:
Dr Katarzyna Zielińska
Institute of European Studies and Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University
Dr Magdalena Góra
Institute of European Studies, Jagiellonian University
Prof. Zdzisław Mach
Institute of European Studies, Jagiellonian University
Prof. Hans-Joerg Trenz
ARENA Centre for European Studies,
Visit the website at
Didn't find what you're looking for?
Try our
power search
Return to the top of this page
Return to announcements home
Send comments and questions to
H-Net Webstaff
. H-Net reproduces announcements that have been submitted to us as a free service to the academic community. If you are interested in an announcement listed here, please contact the organizers or patrons directly. Though we strive to provide accurate information, H-Net cannot accept responsibility for the text of announcements appearing in this service. (
Humanities & Social
Sciences Online
Copyright © 1995-2014 -
Contact Us
| Validate:


text:
Skip to comments.Conservative Common Sense Gun Laws
Posted on 01/30/2011 5:06:22 AM PST by marktwain
As the phrase Common Sense Gun Laws has been so overused by the MSM as a means to try to enact every type of intrusive, incremental type of restriction and gun ban that the anti-freedom collective wishes to impose on free citizens, I thought it would be interesting to hear Freepers ideas on what real common sense gun laws would be. I have come up with a few ideas for starters:
1. Eliminate sales taxes on guns if the buyer shows that they have passed a gun safety course.
2. Eliminate the Federal restrictions on the sale and ownership of firearms suppressors, as a public health measure to reduce hearing loss and a way to reduce noise pollution.
3. Eliminate the prohibition on "short" rifles and shotguns. It makes no sense for common self defense tools such as a Glock with a standard magazine of 17 rounds to be Constitutionaly protected, but the simple possession of a single shot .22 rifle with a barrel of 15.9 inches is a federal felony!
4. Eliminate customs duties on firearms purchased outside the U.S. For private use.
5. Bring back the time honored tradition of war trophies so that U.S. Personnel serving overseas can bring back firearms obtained in the service of our country. This common practice was stopped by the first president Bush during the Gulf war.
ANOTHER reason I didn't like the Bushes.
Forgot this one.
How about eliminating the BATFE ("revenooers") altogether.
Now there's some common sense for you.
Maybe they can exist as a research and forensic facility, with *NO* police, tax collecting, or regulatory powers, to aid local and state authorities with investigations.
And they should drop lcohol and Tobacco thing altogether. Who cares if Joe Sixpack is brewing his own in his bathtup or if farmer Jones is making Redeye behind the barn.
Guns are too the sencond amendment. As Newspapers,Bibles,Korans,TV,radio and political speed is to the first.
the first one needs modification.
no one should have the right to tell you how much if any training you should have.....
Commission of a crime using a firearm results in double the sentence.
"no one should have the right to tell you how much if any training you should have....." WRONG!!!! Read the Second Amendment it says "a well regulated militia" I guess that right there in say that you CAN be told how much training you have/need.
They see every gain as nothing but an increment bringing them closer to the absolute prohibition they want.
If you start believing them when they talk about "reasonable gun control" they will roll right over you.
You are exactly correct. This was one of the things that I was trying to point out.
I'm kinda torn on this one. Overall, I think the letter and spirit of "Shall not be infringed" can be met, while at the same time ensuring that people who are excercising that right can do so without being a negligent danger to themselves and others.
I've taught a few new gun owners to shoot over the years. It's downright terrifying to me that they were otherwise just going to pick up their weapon and toss it in the nightstand. No idea how to handle it, maintain it, or fire it. I know a lot of us might bristle at the idea, especially for those of us that were taught firearm safety long before we knew how to drive. Still, there's lots of folks that really need some good fundamental training first.
no one should have the right to tell you how much if any training you should have..... WRONG!!!! Read the Second Amendment it says a well regulated militia I guess that right there in say that you CAN be told how much training you have/need.
Only if you are a member of the armed forces. You have a right to weapons without being a member of an organized force.
Eliminate the NFA of 1934, the GCA of 1968, and any other federal gun laws. Then collapse the non-gun functions of BATFE into appropriate agencies, and disband the remainder. That would make a good start.
WRONG AGAIN...The Second Amendment was made because WE ALL were (and are) members of the Militia. YOU need to get involved in US Constitutional History.
The government cannot require training in order to exercise a fundamental right.
This is why I suggested that government supply and incentive for training by eliminating sales tax for gun purchases for those who can show that they have been trained. The government is not restraining your rights in that case.
I've been involved in the debate the last 54 years of my life, all the discussion becomes endless without all the cards on the table.
They will eventually ban pointed shish kebab sticks if they can, most of them are either evil, stupid or just plain crazy.
Yes, all people capable of bearing arms are members of the unorganized militia. That does not mean that they are all trained, or that training can be required of all of them. It simply means that they are available to become part of the organized militia.
I understand your concerns...I am a Single Action Shooting Society range officer...I was introduced to shooting 55 years ago at age 6 by my father, a WW2 Marine and a NYPD officer...and he tought me the basics...and I passed that on to my kids and newbies I take to the range, or hunting(some people never learn too...one friend owns the land I hunt on, and if he didnt own it...I would not shoot with him...).
but I believe if you put caveats on what and how you own, shoot, carry.....you have damaged the constitution...
Sure it can. Even the exercise of 'free' speech is taxed, licensed and regulated, depending upon the medium through which it is passed.
The idea of being part of a well regulated militia is the implied 'competent' bearing of arms.
A group of small children or autistic adults carrying weapons is not a militia. A group of able bodied adults who have weapons and know how to use them is a militia. Some level of competency at the use of arms is a fundamental requirement to meet the definition of 'well regulated militia'.
"The idea of being part of a well regulated militia is the implied 'competent' bearing of arms."
A citizen is not required to be part of a "well regulated militia" in order to exercise the right to keep and bear arms. The right to keep and bear arms is necessary in order to make the formation of a well regulated militia possible.
"The government cannot require training in order to exercise a fundamental right."
"Sure it can."
You are correct, sir. I should have said: "The government *may* not require training in order to exercise a fundamental right."
It is a common mistake to fail to differentiate between what an entity *may* do and what they *can* do. I am sorry to have fallen prey to the common error.
There is a simple solution to that - add "firearms safety" to the list of topics required by state law to be taught in schools. Right now most states list things like "physical education", "health", "reading" etc.
Liberal teacher's unions will squawk endlessly, but how can anyone argue that teaching every child how to safely handle a firearm wouldn't benefit our nation?
For young students the teaching could be simple, and oriented to the firearms equivalent of "abstinence".
For older students, more detailed teaching would be appropriate, like techniques for ensuring a weapon's chamber is cleared, or unjamming a misfiring semiautomatic pistol safely. Kind of like the way "health" classes teach students about "safe" sex in high school.
The bottom line is that there is no reason to couple the teaching with gun ownership rights. Why not just teach everyone how to safely handle a firearm?
We've lost touch with the "gun culture" when we moved from the rural life style to the urban. Training is important. I was trained by my father, but also have taken formalized training in personal defense. The problem with requiring training is it's still in the hands of the government.
Here are some common sense gun laws:
All guns are always loaded.
Keep your finger off of the trigger until you're ready to shoot.
Do not point the muzzle at anything you do not wish to destroy.
Know your surroundings and backstop.
Identify your target before you shoot.
Here's another common sense gun law (and the only one that matters):
"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a FREE STATE, the right of THE PEOPLE to keep and bear arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED!"
Our freedom, our "free state", is secured by the second amendment. The power-hungry democrat thugs hate that and want to eliminate it. Sadly, some carrying the Republican flag agree.
The militia, in the 18th century sense of the word, is not something that is created. It exists at all times in the form of armed, competent, able bodied citizens living in society, but who have the potential to defend their land in time of crisis. That's why those unable to bear arms responsibly (children, the mentally unsound, criminals) don't bear arms legally. Remember,
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
This means that in order to defend the security of a free state, there must be pool of competent (well regulated), suitably armed (not be infringed) and able bodied citizens (the militia).
So, there is no reason why the government couldn't require training for firearm ownership, and if you want to get technical, there is good reason why it should.
Actually, there is a good reason why the government should NOT require training for gun ownership. You cannot secure a FREE STATE while simultaneously allowing the government to dictate the criteria for gun ownership, for the government is the antonym of freedom. The second amendment is there to protect the people from the government - it is the ultimate check to maintain the balance of power.
As we witness the actions of the Obama administration and the democRATS (and some Republicans) in general, its purpose is becoming very clear.
No complaint here. I'd be happy to push all high school students through basic training. That would more effectively create the militia the Founding Fathers envisioned.
People are looking at 'training' as though it's some kind of restriction. It's not. A bunch of individuals running around with guns are a mob.
The Founders didn't want a mob. They wanted a well regulated militia. The regulation they were talking about wasn't to restrict magazine capacity or 15.9 inch barrels. Regulation meant military regimentation. In other words, training. They wanted armed bands of citizens to be equal to armed units of enemy troops, foreign or domestic.
We're so gun-shy, pardon the expression, about any 2nd Amendment issues, that we instantly recoil from any perceived infringement, and we often forget what the Founders were up to when they wrote it in. ;-)
Absolutely, you can, and you should. It doesn't say anywhere in the Constitution than violent, murdering ex-convicts can't own Mossberg shotguns. How are mental patients supposed to defend the free state without AR15s? Why doesn't little Billy's public school kindergarten class have access to Glocks?
What are you, some kind of gun grabber? Give Billy a Glock with his juice and cookies, you statist thug! ;-)
Government is a necessary evil. Or, as George Washington put it, it is like fire. Either a fearful servant or a dangerous master. Even though the government is trying to put its 'dangerous master' pants on, its proper role is to regulate the well regulated militia as our 'fearful servant'.
A few bits.
1) Sales taxes are State taxes, so up to the States to mitigate.
2) Suppressors should be a State issue as well.
3) Short weapons need to be moved to the concealed weapons arguments, unless safety issues are involved, which could be the case since these weapons and their ammo were not engineered for a short barrel.
4) I can see a purpose in a modest customs duty, as weapons have to be inspected before admission, or export.
5) "War trophies" are no longer permitted because of the possibility of deadly mischief, such as machining weapons from radioactive metal, chemical contamination, dangerous defects, etc., as well as the risks involved in transporting them back to the US.
You have a couple of extra commas in your version of the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment reads:
A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.
If the government can impose training requirements in order to exercise the right to keep and bear arms, it can eliminate the right by making the training requirements extremely difficult. That is why training may not be required.
What nonsense. All of those risks are easily avoided or are minuscule compared to other risks that are routinely accepted. The real purpose of delegitimizing war trophies is to further delegitimize civilian gun ownership and the United States gun culture.
The meaning of "Shall not be infringed" is pretty explicit. Of course the founders' stated objective of the 2nd Amendment was a "well-regulated militia," meaning well-trained and adept at the use of arms. While I would concur that government has no role in setting or establishing training requirements, the right to keep and bear arms is like any other right in that it is morally imperative that an individual who exercises a given right do so responsibly and with respect to the rights of others.
"1) Sales taxes are State taxes, so up to the States to mitigate."
Yes, you are correct. I never said anything to indicate anything different. Your point is?
"2) Suppressors should be a State issue as well."
I disagree. Suppressors are as much "arms" as are stocks and ammunition. They should be protected under the federal Constitution from State infringements.
no one should have the right to tell you how much if any training you should have..... WRONG!!!! Read the Second Amendment it says a well regulated militia I guess that right there in say that you CAN be told how much training you have/need.
NOPE!! The well regulated language is NOT a dependent clause. In other words, the right to keep and bear does not depend upon the well regulated part. Leftists have found that to be a problem for decades, although their judges and political hacks generally ignore it.
Inspections are not commonly charged for importation of used personal property purchased while outside the United States. I would not have a problem though, if the charge were a simple flat fee of $10 or less.
As Arms are Constitutionally protected private property, our importation policies should give them special preference in deference to the Constitution.
"WRONG AGAIN...The Second Amendment was made because WE ALL were (and are) members of the Militia. YOU need to get involved in US Constitutional History"
Well regulated just means that there is to be one.
I believe the words "the right of THE PEOPLE to keep and bear arms" should all be capitalized indicating the words should be taken together because when grouped together they convey a concept with a particular meaning (a definition if you will).
There's a lot of comment about the meaning of "SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED", not so much about "THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS" and the scope of those words.
Abuse is always a concern, but that's akin to saying, "Since the power to tax is the power to destroy, the power to levy a 1% tax rate is potentially the same as a 100% tax rate. Since that would be abusive, no tax rate may be required."
The idea that the government could take an enumerated power to the extreme and abuse it is always a concern, but not automatic grounds for an exemption.
Besides, what would qualify as extremely difficult? A 2 day safety class? Going through a government provided 'basic training'? A week of annual mandatory training at Blackwater? God help them if they required that level of expertise out of your average gun owner.
Like I mentioned in an earlier post, I'd be happy to push high school students through some form of generic military training. Having the average citizen able to operate competently as an individual and as a unit would be far better for the security of the free state.
What would-be tyrant would dare, knowing that not only behind every blade of grass lies a rifle, but that behind each lawn lies interlocking fields of fire? That, I believe, is the militia the Founders envisioned.
You are both wrong in claiming that the first part of the 2nd Amendment, dealing with a well-regulated militia, has anything to do with some power to compel people to train and reach some level of skill before being allowed to own arms (not FIREARMS, mind you, but ARMS - a term encompassing far more than rifles, pistols and shotguns...but that is a different debate).
Why are you both wrong? Simple:
First, the 2nd grants nothing, government doesn't grant rights to us as it pleases. It is a specific restriction on governmental power. Not that government has the power to regulate arms for ordinary citizens anyway, but the 2nd is a specific safeguard of liberties (keeping and bearing arms) that are deemed essential to the people retaining their overall liberties.
2) The militia clause in the 2nd is not the operative clause, it a mere statement of a purpose. Having a well-regulated (i.e. trained) militia is the essential goal (it is necessary for a free state). By itself it is meaningless. Note that the 2nd could state, "The Moon, being made of green cheese, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." - and we'd still have the RKBA. However, the Founders viewed that as impossible unless the population was armed and familiar with weapons to begin with. As such, disarming the populace was forbidden for the express purpose of ensuring that there would always be a large pool of people who were familiar with arms and who could also bring their own arms for militia duty (as was the custom here then, and in Switzerland (on whose system ours was modeled) to this day.
Children, mental incompetents and violent criminals are deemed to have a disability that makes their control over arms dangerous to others and society, thus making prohibitions on them reasonable and, hence, Constitutional.
Letting the government set training standards on the right to keep and bear arms is an invitation for abuse. What if the standard is hitting a pie plate at 1,000 yards? That is a recipe for prohibition, and has nothing to do with regulating the militia. That task occurs WITHIN the militia, not prior to or after one leaves service therein.
Gentlemen, where in the body of the Constitution or in the 2nd is the right to keep and bear arms limited to those who are sufficiently trained? Your argument actually quite unoriginal, and it was easily disposed of during the debate in Congress on the 2nd. The text had been inserted about it not applying to those who had a religious problem (the term was "religiously scrupulous") with military service (meaning Quakers at the time). The clause was tossed out, leaving us with the existing 2nd, when a general consensus arose that government intent on tyranny could deem all of its opponents to have such a religious objection and thereby prohibit them arms. What you speak of is a similar government-set (and abusable) standard, which is equally unacceptable.
"Here is the definitive English analysis of the Second Amendment:"
I did not find in that, an analysis of the words "the right of the people to keep and bear arms". The words are used as a group several times, but as far as I saw, the meaning of that group of words is not addressed.
"What nonsense."
Forgive me sir, I am usually more careful in my usage. I should have posted:
These concerns do not make good sense.
Post in haste, regret at leisure.
Well, technically since the 18th Amendment, which authorized the federal government regulatory & enforcement power, was repealed in its entirety by the 21st Amendment is stands to reason that all non-tax/non-duty federal-laws regarding alcohol are invalid.
>Absolutely, you can, and you should. It doesn't say anywhere in the Constitution than violent, murdering ex-convicts can't own Mossberg shotguns. How are mental patients supposed to defend the free state without AR15s? Why doesn't little Billy's public school kindergarten class have access to Glocks?
>What are you, some kind of gun grabber? Give Billy a Glock with his juice and cookies, you statist thug! ;-)
Ah, but you've hit upon an excellent mechanism for gun confiscation here. Most people do not think there is anything wrong with forever stripping a felon of his right to keep and bear arms even after he has served his sentence. Yet, Obamacare makes it a FELONY for an individual not to have "qualifying" health-insurance; there are no exceptions for unemployment or extensions for, say, even a single day of non-coverage for someone transitioning from one policy to another. {Also note the ever-increasing unemployment.}
I think it not at all unreasonable to assume that tens of thousands — and perhaps millions — will become ineligible to own firearms in 2014 when Obamacare comes into effect.
I appreciate that. I do enjoy your posts.
That being said, I cannot find a reference to anyone using radioactive metal to make guns, which is odd because I'm pretty sure I saw some references to it a while back. I do know that radioactive contamination in scrap is such that some junkyards, at least, monitor for it.
I'm sure the thought has crossed the minds of many spooks that providing hot rifles to their enemies would help things along, as it were.
Ah, so reasonble prohibitions are Constitutional?
I think it's perfectly reasonble that basic level of familiarization training on the safe and proficient use of a device that can accidentally kill the operator or an innocent bystander should be mandatory.
How are your three exemptions more reasonable?
(1) Children should not be allowed weapons? A trained teenager or child is less dangerous with a loaded weapon than an untrained adult, and more useful militarily. Where do you think the word 'infantry' comes from?
(2) What if the state decides that you're depressed, or confused, because you don't like their policies, and declares you mentally incapable of owning a weapon? Don't worry, it's for your own good.
(3) "Ah, what's this in your record? A speeding ticket? Well, that's a crime in this town, friend. Looks like we can't trust you with that Kimber 1911, now can we?"
You seem perfectly fine with arbitrary, highly abusable rules in the actual 'shall not be infringed' section of keeping and bearing arms. So why protest a simple training requirement for the 'well regulated militia' part. No one is saying that requiring a gun safety or basic marksmanship class needs to come with a pass / fail block. This ain't the Army. "Oh, you only scored 15 out of 40, we're going to have to take that M1 Garand back."
What is the objection to requiring someone to sit through some familiarization instruction on how to take apart, clean and safely operate their firearm? I'm not even saying you can't have the gun, like you are with your 'reasonable and, hence, Constitutional' rules. Just show you've been taught how to use it.
"Well regulated" in those days meant "well equipped". I saw an article in a Civil War newspaper that reported "the Ohio (I think) regiment was well-regulated, being armed with Sharps breechloading rifles".
American English is a dynamic language and interpretation of words changes. "Gay Divorcee" would mean something different from when Fred and Ginger danced in that 1930s movie.
I believe you are confusing the National Guard, which is a state run organization, with the well organized militia, which is the pool of able bodied, armed citizens able to stand up and defend their territory in time of need.
'Training standards' as such, are the thing of formal, standing armies, not informal militias. Although since the intent would be for the militia to combat any threat from a standing army on down, some level of equivalent training wouldn't hurt, even if it wasn't pass or fail.
What some would consider an unnecessary inconvenience would be magnify our 'anti-tyranny insurance' ten fold.
First, if someone is a violent murderer, they ought to still be imprisoned, not running around free among the responsible citizens. Second, there are other aspects of the constitution and established law which deal with those that are not sentient adults, including young children and the mentally disabled. In the case of children, it is up to the parents to decide when they can handle a firearm, even though the law (erroneously) limits handgun ownership to those of a certain age.
Government is a necessary evil. Or, as George Washington put it, it is like fire. Either a fearful servant or a dangerous master. Even though the government is trying to put its 'dangerous master' pants on, its proper role is to regulate the well regulated militia as our 'fearful servant'.
Government is the very entity for which the second amendment was written. It is ludicrous to think that giving the entity against which we should defend ourselves the ability to control access to the very tools with which that should be done. This is akin to giving the fox the authority to set up security for the hen house.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.


text:
Skin & HairCare With Out The Cost.
View Single Post
ggFTW Regular
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Posts: 30
iTrader: (
Awesome post, thank you! Tried the conditioner-on-body thing earlier on today, though I used Aqueous Cream since that's somewhat oily too o 3o
As for the washing hair thing, my dad's always told me to apply a little bit of shampoo to my hair, then washing it out, then applying more shampoo and lathering it and stuff. The first application gets rid of all the dirt, and supposedly with the 2nd application you won't have to use as much shampoo? Dunno why it's my dad telling me this stuff rofl =o=
Aaaaaand thought I'd share a tip :3 An easy and homemade facial scrub -- using coffee grounds~
A thread on another forum I read said to use honey + coffee grounds, or even facial moisturizer + coffee grounds. Apparently it doesn't matter whether or not the coffee's straight from the packet or from the pot o-o so you can try those ^^ I've tried both the honey and moisturizer mixtures myself, but not with coffee grounds from the packet.
I personally added a bubzbeauty tip (honey + water + olive oil) -- coffee grounds (from the pot) + honey + little bit of olive oil. I use the coffee grounds from the pot -- there's some water in that xD
Water + honey will cause a chemical reaction, giving you Hydrogen Peroxide (you can bleach your hair with honey + water in a 1:6 ratio :V) the olive oil 'improves' (lack of better words orz) the Hydrogen Peroxide production if I remember correctly. (adding the olive oil will better the bleaching of your hair too xD)
But yeah, the coffee itself has a bunch of benefits too, which tbh I was too lazy to read in-depth lol. Although apparently if you apply it to your body, it'll reduce the appearance of stretch marks ;O and lift your skin/reduce the appearance of eyebags and stuff 8D;;
/my 2 cents
View Public Profile
Send a private message to eicellos
Visit eicellos's homepage!
Find More Posts by eicellos