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Let this article teach you How to Crochet a Sweater. Then you'll be able to create tons of great crochet projects.
Now there are many ways to crochet a sweater. There are those made in pieces to be sewn together, Sweaters made in one piece that are folded and sewn at the seams, as well as circular sweaters that minus under the arms have no seams at all. For some one just starting out, I would suggest a simple pattern such as Lion brand's squares sweater. A link to pattern will be included at bottom of page. This pattern is very easy to make as well as easy to vary. Any stitch can be worked to fit this pattern that can also be adjusted to fit any person. The pattern given is for infant and toddler but I have made them to fit up to a gentlemen's extra large. It is simple. Measure the back of the intended person from side to side. Figure out how many stitches to an inch and then adjust pattern to fit. The pictures for this pattern use bold primary colors but they can be made all in one color or stripes what every you like. Simple edging can be added to add a little fancy flare, or embroidered patches and buttons can be added to for character.
Beginners may like to start out with a granny square pattern for sweaters as well. Again easy to make and to adjust to personal tastes these sweaters are good for those who are looking to have a take along project as granny squares are small and easy to carry around. These sweaters are also good for those looking to use up all the little left overs from other projects. I have selected two patterns and posted the links to these below as well. The first is an easy pattern for an infant sweater that again can be adjusted to fit a larger body. The second is a bit harder but a favorite pattern. Squares made with yellow and two shades of orange finished in black give that sweater a bold look while softer shades of brown are appealing as well.
That said, colors are a very important part of sweater making. Not only do you want to chose colors the person likes but you want them to look good together. If you find yourself staring at a wall of yarn daunted by the choices, try taking an example from nature. Pick a season and then something from that season, certain flowers or autumn leaves for example. Tulips that have peach fading up through pale yellow to white with streaks of green give you a list of colors that will look nice together. As for autumn leaves find gold and pumpkin, along with a sage and chocolate colored yarns. If nature fails to inspire try thinking of your favorite room. What are the colors of that room? There you go. If after that you are still just not jelling a color scheme pick up a multi-colored variegated yarn. Since companies make them with colors that look good together, even if you do not like the look of variegated you can use the color combos. Most companies make solids that match to work specifically with their variegated yarns.
Just as important is the yarn chosen. Our modern world has brought with it an amazing array of yarns. The styles, vary as much as their uses. Fibers from all over the world are used to make the yarns as well as being able to purchase home spun or even yarn made from the hair of your dog. For the first sweater though I would suggest either a 4 or 5 ply yarn with out all the bumps, frizz, fluff or sparkle. Yes larger yarns will work up faster but specialty yarns can be hard to work with and should be saved for later works.
Sweaters seem like a tough project to do but with a simple pattern, the right yarn in the right color or colors, they are nothing to fear. Sweaters made at home tend to be warmer for the wearer as well, not to mention hand made gifts are something very special. So happy crocheting!
Wanna try your hand at making a crochet sweater? Here are some easy crochet sweater patterns to try: Casual Chunky Sweatshirt, Easy Pullover Sweater, and Cool Summer Hoodie.
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Sep 04, 2012
I'm making my very first pullover and this article has wetted my appetite and got the little grey cells working as to what colour and yarn I may choose for my next project :)
kimarie nj
Mar 15, 2012
Not helpful & no pattern!
Denna Weber
Jan 22, 2012
Wow. Thought you'd be giving tips on simple measuring, simple construction, etc. and then move on to a simple sweater pattern--none of which was ever done.
Aug 24, 2011
@Coolfire, This is an article with some helpful tips on how to crochet a sweater, not an actual crochet pattern. Please be sure to check out our crochet sweater patterns here: http://www.favecrafts.com/Crochet-Sweaters Thanks! --editor of FaveCrafts
Aug 24, 2011
A link to pattern will be included at bottom of page. This pattern is very easy to make as well as easy to vary. Wish I had known before I got all excited about this easy sweater that there really wasn't a link at all!
May 09, 2011
@cjones60 - Thanks for the helpful tips! -The Editors of FaveCrafts
May 09, 2011
go to the lion brand website and on the left click on link for crochet patterns and type in "squares", it will take you to the link. You will have to have an account or create and account, but it's free and there are some good patterns. http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/ccusa-squares.html?noImages=
mommysmith 6542431
May 01, 2011
what is the link
Apr 01, 2011
Interesting article and I would have been interested in the pattern but there is no link or pictures.
Julia L
Mar 31, 2011
Hi mciloff, We do not have this pattern - but we do have other great patterns! This is just an article we wanted to share.
Mar 30, 2011
where is the link to the patterns referenced in the article?
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I keep telling myself that this is what I wanted, so suck it up and try to enjoy! But a big part of me is saying switch to formula and take off that pressure! I just know I'm going to regret it if I quit, and this is the last baby....so there's no do-overs. Any words of wisdom???

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Babies with a high arch to their palate tend to flick the nipple up into the 'cavity' very easily. There really needs to be so much breast tissue in the baby's mouth that the nipple is forced further back.
There are many ideas and techniques that are used to help in this situation. Experimenting with positioning is important to find the best position for mom and baby. Some moms try sitting the baby beside her so that the chin is on the underside of the breast. Gravity seems to help get more breast tissue in like this. Sometimes mom leaning over the baby works, again with gravity on her side.
Some moms use a modified football hold with the baby wrapped around her hip, facing her side, and baby's lower lip about a half inch under the nipple. She would then position the lower lip on the areola, and wait for the mouth to open wide, then pull the baby on by the shoulders to get a deep latch. Leaning back helps hold baby against her chest.
If this is done right, baby's head will be a little extended, and the latch will be asymmetrical, with more breast tissue over the tongue and less under the palate. The more breast in the mouth, the less the tongue restriction seems to matter, because when the mouth is more full of breast, the tongue has to lift less to press milk out of the breast.
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Your friend didn't create "chiz" unless they're a very old friend. It came to prominence in the Molesworth books of Willans and Searle in the 1950s. Molesworth uses it as a sentence-final particle indicating "drat, curses", as in (I'm making this up, not quoting):
The master hav confiscated my conker chiz.
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Or if you're not quite starvational yet, you're snackish.
Along the same vein, if not yet exhaustipated, you're nappish.
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"My wife and I are heading off to the Carribean."
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Coined by a friend ...
used in much the same way as hijinx, but sounds so much classier.
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So would that be used as in "I don't tolerate such hijinkery?"
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Recently, I came up with "stoptional," a word for the driver who believes a stop sign indicates a possible need to stop, with the option of proceeding if there are no pedestrians or other cars present.
You can get a ticket for driving stoptionally.
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Dear Molly-Dodd. I once got such a ticket. Do you have an encore for us? wwh
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Hello, Molly-Dodd. I like "stoptional." Except, all too often, I see it taken as "a stop is not necessary if to do so means you would have to wait for oncoming traffic, but going NOW will let you peel out in front of the oncoming cars, avoiding collision only because they brake."
We need a similar term for the hypothetical color of a traffic light which has already turned red, but not long enough that the opposing traffic is already in the intersection, which means that The Most Important Person On The Road should proceed through the red, since saving a minute or two is worth the risk to the property, health and lives of others. Is there an ugly enough color word for this?
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an ugly enough color word
How about puce, with a Latinate hard c?
#2427 - 03/27/01 02:37 PM "stoptional,"
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In a traffic class for repeat violators -- the instructor repeated made the point that a stop sign meant a full stop, and not just sever slowdown..
they followed up by asking someone in the class to describe the difference between a "rolling stop" (stoptional) and full stop.
the student/violator replied-- "$50 and 3 points."
NYC does not permit "Right Turns On Red"--(after coming to a complete stop)-- but in my experience many drivers have forgot that unspoken phrase.. and think if they are turning rght._________________________
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Don't Tell Me That We're Bad
It feels great to defend your team to another baseball fan, doesn't it?
The Padres had a terrible weekend, and I'm blaming the Pirates. We lost 10-1 on Saturday, and 8-3 yesterday. I truly don't believe that that was our fault.
On Saturday, the Pirates started off by facing an injured pitcher for two innings, getting three runs off of him. Then they just kept adding on, inning after inning after inning. All the amazing things you've heard about this Pirates team? They're true. They can pitch, and their whole lineup can hit. They are really good. We haven't seen this in Pittsburgh for a loooooong time, but you'd better believe it. They are playing some excellent ball right now. They were even able to beat the second-in-the-NL-West-amazing Padres!!
Saturday, Zach Duke completely shut us down. Completely, utterly, fully. We were powerless to hit him. We got six hits and one run in the entire game, and he threw 8.1 innings. It was really sad, but Duke was good. Just like his lineup, who was supporting him way more than he needed. We lost 10-1. Yay for the Pirates. They were extremely good.
Sunday. Rubber game. Jake Peavy. Should have been enough for us. We got Jake a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first on Adrian Gonzalez's seventh homer of the year (and he is not the only good hitter in our garbage bin lineup!!!). It was the longest homer ever hit in Petco Park at 458 feet. He hit that off the Pirates' pitcher, obviously. Now was that a credit to the pitcher's bad pitch, or Adrian's raw power (we have a lot of other guys who have raw power too)? Anyway, it was a huge blast.
My boys weren't able to support Jake, though. They kept leaving runners in in essential situations, and that came back to bite them. Ohlendorf was pretty good.
The Pirates were good enough to bite back and chip away at Jake, eventually taking the lead on a huge three-run homer. I agree that Jake wasn't all the way on his game, but the Pirates were able to take advantage of that. Jake is known to make things work even when his stuff isn't the greatest. But it was the Pirates who were able hit him, and to bring their team back on top.
Were we pathetic? Oh yeah. But it was only because of the Pirates! We are going to play Colorado for three games now. I think we will be a lot better against our NL West rivals who are 3.5 games behind us in the NL West.
Our lineup is good. We made do with what we had. Some of us don't have millions and millions to build a team (how's that going for you, Yankees?). Some of us have to go dumpster diving. Some of us have to get the players that nobody's heard of just to get by. Some of us get to watch really old players and really young players. Some of us don't have to money to keep players like Trevor Hoffman.
Our center fielders are two excellent ballplayers in Scott Hairston and Jody Gerut. We found Jody in the Venezuelan winter leagues two years ago. He had not played baseball for a few years after having surgery in both knees. Look at him now…a stellar outfielder and he can hit too.
Scott Hairston? Got him from the Diamondbacks near the end of the 2007 season. That was a big mistake on Arizona's part. They almost lost the division because of it. He's still going strong.
What about Kevin Kouzmanoff? Sure, he's getting off to a slow start, but he's an amazing defender and he's got some pop.
David Eckstein? This guy has made the lineup so much better than it was last year, it's incredible! He doesn't go for the long ball, but he plays hard and he gets done what needs to be done. This guy is amazing! He is certainly an great part of the lineup!
Brian Giles!! This guy has had a slow start as well, but he can hit. His defense has been incredible, especially at PETCO. This guy is a hitter, you should know that.
Chase Headley. He's a rookie, sure, but he's going to be a good player. He can bring a lot to the plate.
Nick Hundley probably won't be as good as a hitter as he is a catcher, but he can run into one once in a while.
We have a lineup. We have a good lineup. Not to mention Adrian Gonzalez of course, but he is not carrying this lineup. He is not the only one who can hit. He has his slumps, his problems.
Pinch-hitters. Both of our pinch-hitters had hits yesterday. We have so many great players. Remember, a player doesn't have to be well-known to be good.
These Padres can play. We're good. We just got shut down by the hot Pirates.
We're 10-8. We are second in the NL West, behind only the Dodgers. In fact, the Padres and the Dodgers are the only teams in the NL West who are over .500.
Wow, ranting is really tiring. That really took a lot out of me. Just don't tell me that my Padres are "bad" (to put it nicely), OK? We're not. We may look like it, but we're not. The Padres and the Pirates are going to be good this year. We've both suprised a lot of people. I just wonder how long it will last…for both of these teams.
Tonight we are playing the Rockies for the first time this year. The man who's been coming through all year and seems more of an ace than Jake, Chris Young, will be starting against Jason Hammell. Hmmm…
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Keep the faith Kaybee! Don't let anyone tell you that your team isn't any good! That's what fans do – we always believe! GO PADRES!!!
i thought for sure peavy was gonna shut us down yesterday. luckily for me, he didnt. good luck against the rockies!
ha what a post. I really enjoyed your defense of your team. I was rather harsh on the Padres, but that's only because I promised to do it in the post I made before the game if the Pirates lineup scored more than 5 runs in that game, and they did, so I followed through. The Padres are certainly not as bad as they looked on Saturday and Sunday, and should compete in the division. I don't see a playoff birth for either of our teams, but quite possibly winning records. Sorry for being so harsh on the Padres, and keep up the great support of your team. I'd have done the same thing.
Keep the faith cause if you have Peavy and Adrian Gonzalez then you know you always have a chance. Peavy can pitch a lights out game and Adrian can always change the game wih one swing!
~ King of Cali
Nice rant. That was good stuff. Peavy will come out of his…funk…I guess you'd call it. And Adrian is awesome. I need to figure out what his at-bat music is because it's way awesome. 🙂
Slight correction. Elijah Dukes plays for Nationals. ZACK Duke won for the Pirates. He seems to be doing quite well for himself, as are the Pirates. Hope the Padres get back on track. Elijah Dukes might be a candidate one day for stealing home, like our BMOC Ellsbury! God Bless, Kaybee!
Much more fun being the underdog. Lower expectations means it's all the more great when your team out-performs bigger and wealthier teams! The Padres were beaten by a very in-form Pirates this weekend, but they've still made a great start to 2009.
JULIA, yes exactly! Thanks so much!
MATT PEAS, yeah he wasn't really on his game. Don't expect such fortune when he next faces the Pirates though🙂
JON, ah, I see now. I didn't think you would bash a team like that just because you won against them! Thanks for letting me rant for a while🙂 I know you would do exactly the same🙂
KING OF CALI, yes they can!
JEN, yeah, Adrian is pretty amazing. San Diego loves that guy🙂
GREG, thanks so much for the correction! I have no idea why I was thinking Elijah…
MARTY, yeah definitely. I really hope we can continue this run!
Kaybee, I totally agree with you. Ok. I underdstand we have some problems with supporting our starting pitchers. But our boys can hit really, really well. David Ecstein. Great example. Kouz. He bounced back from his slow start. We are not bad. And we never will be. Let's keep the faith!


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Written by cam on 22.07.2011 at 21:39
@Momo: Agreed! I saw nothing today but At The Gates, though. Hoping to be in better shape tomorrow. I especially look forward to Blind Guardian, Devin Townsend and confirming that Elvis is alive Wintersun exists.
Written by LeChron James on 23.07.2011 at 04:02
I must acquire Hellfest beer. Tremendous article on the part of all involved. I WILL make it out there one of these years.
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 22.07.2011 at 02:28
but will be there again next year, if the festival doesn't grow too much (30,000 a day is actually already way too many people for me)
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 22.07.2011 at 02:28
100,000 litres of beer in three days isn't that much considering that was for 90,000 in total. That equates to about 15 glasses per person in three days time


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Ona Delauder
Ona Leann Delauder, 1 year, 10 months, a resident of Belington, departed this life Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in Davis Memorial Hospital emergency department. She had been in her usual health, and death was unexpected.
She was born April 28, 2011, at Elkins, a daughter of David Lee and Ida Lee Evans Delauder, who reside at Belington.
Ona Leann is survived by two brothers, Donald Brenwalt and Gabriel Evans of Belington; paternal grandparents, Bob and June Delauder of Belington; maternal grandmother, Christina Evans of Junior; and great-grandmother, Sara Tenny of Canton, Ga. She is survived by several aunts, uncles and cousins and her church family at Faith Deliverance Ministries in Belington.
Those who knew and loved her will always have a special memory of her in their hearts.
Friends will be received at Talbott Funeral Home, 210 Brandenburg St. in Belington from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday, March 17, and again Monday from 8 until 11 a.m. at which time she will be moved to Faith Deliverance Ministries, Crim Avenue, Belington where she will lie in state from noon to 1 p.m., the funeral hour when services will be conducted from the church with Pastor Robert Ware officiating. Interment will follow in Concord Cemetery near Belington.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that expressions of sympathy be made in the form of memorial contributions to Faith Deliverance Ministries Food Pantry, P.O. Box 1, Belington, WV 26250. Talbott Funeral Home in Belington is in charge of the arrangements for Ona Leann Delauder. Condolences can be made to the family at www.talbottfuneralhome.com.


text: 2012 12>Levinus posted:8/8/2011 8:28:46 AM I'm the science guy, for those who don't know. I'm a skeptic, and I have orgasms thinking about data spreadsheets and emperical graphs.So when I caught wind of the 2012 crap, I dove in hungrily, wanting to smash these idiots to pieces. I love end-of-times looneys and am always eager to prove them wrong.Here is what I've learned about 2012. Mayans...however old and weird...didn't really know crap. They have a cyclical calender that doesn't "end" on Dec 21, 2012. It just resets. Yep. Thats it.There is no Nibiru, or planet X or whatever. That is just loonacy. If you don't believe me or the "establishment", go out and buy a kids telescope. Chart the sky and try to find it. You won't.There is no rapture. At the risk of discriminating religiously I will say this. Most people who try to convince me of the rapture are, generally, people I wouldn't pick if I was Jesus. I would pick my favorite sports stars, Lady Gaga, and Angelina Jolie (for my own purposes.)What I did find scared me though! I'm not a heliophysics major, and I don't like breaking down celestial bodies into plasma flow theory. It is unromantic. But it had to be done for the sake of the readers on here. So let me start with the basic intro. Pole shifts happen here on earth and on the sun. It is regular and expected, just like Aunt Flow coming to visit. Same sort of regularity. On the sun, it flips every eleven years. Always has. On Earth it takes considerably longer. About one degree every million years. When I say "pole shift" I'm referring to magnetic north and south. The sun and earth don't literally flip upside-down. Remember Newton's laws!So, with that said. Each eleven years there is a solar maximum and minimum. Just like a woman, the sun gets quite grouchy and irritable. It sends out solar flares and coronal mass ejections. Radiation storms and electromagnetic interference. Then, when its all over, it tends to calm down and activity drops until the next maximum.Why does this matter? Well, it didn't use to. But we are dependant upon electricty now. Which is a really bad idea. We basically developed an infrastructure that is shaped like a gigantic lightning rod for solar storms. Anyone have any internet problems a few days ago? Yep, solar storm. The thing is, if a BIG coronal mass ejection hits us, it could really mess up our gadgets. It would cook our electrical grid, oil pipelines, any large metal thing running from north to south. That would mean no water, no gas, no hospitals, no microwave dinners. It is more of a concern because there are gaps in Earth's protective magnetic field. Even worse, the sun has a sort of "super cycle" that peaks solar activity even higher. And its due to start now. Even worse, there appears to be a link between solar activity and earthquakes. Anyone remember Japan? Yeah...solar storm. Look it up.So, as is traditional for paranormalnews posters, I'm going to provide a whole host of links that I really recommend you check out. Why? Just to be on the safe side. If anyone needs help understanding the physics in the links, let me know. I'll help you clear it all up. So I'll be posting a couple links. One from the National Academy of Sciences. Basically the ultimate science guys. They govern all things science. And NOAA. NOAA are the guys that work with weather systems on earth. They work really closely with NASA to get us all kinds of cool data and pretty pictures.http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12507 This is a link to the report that the Academy released a while back warning of this.http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2009/21jan_severespaceweather/ Here is a synopsis.http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SWN/index.html And I check this one every day. It gives us actual warnings for solar storms, and helps us measure their severity. We had a nasty one a few days ago, and some more on the way. I don't want to scare anyone, just show you what I found out. Forget mayans, the iching, and the rapture. We need to keep an eye on the sun!There are other possibilities of things that are 2012-ish. I just think this is the most probable and likely to happen, especially considering it has happened in the past (1859) (2006). Yellowstone is my runner-up.Levinus posted:8/8/2011 8:46:48 AM By the way, from personal experience, don't talk about this in your work place. I've told people about the threat of solar storms, even printed off the report from the national academy and handed it to them to read. They refuse to read it and are comfortable with me being the looney this time around.Skeptic47 posted:8/8/2011 8:46:53 AM It would appear I've been replaced!Levinus posted:8/8/2011 9:01:21 AM Rubbish! I'm your softer, more gently mannered version. I'm also very insecure.JOSMAN087 posted:8/8/2011 9:35:19 AM I like seeing scientific proof, Always a good idea. But i always say have the skills you need to survive if u were to lose all of your electrical equipment anyway.spiritech0 posted:8/8/2011 10:40:04 AM I don't know... I've seen and printed plenty of online data on solar storms from NASA and several higher learning institutes, as well. BUT comparing said data to US and UN plans on running the world, it puts doubt on the "major catastrophe" idea concerning 12/12/2012.Heck, what about the magickal date of 11/11/2011? I'm all for being prepared for dangerous situations, but hope is a better mindset than doubt.Skeptic47 posted:8/8/2011 11:12:56 AM Well regardless Levinus, it's good to see someone questioning things. Spiritech - spelling magic with a 'K' is in the realm of pretentious mystics.And if you say "it's meant to seperate parlour tricks and real magic" I'll make it easy:There's no such thing as magic, and in case nobody filled you in: Santa Claus, Easter Bunny and Jesus - all made up too!BeeLever posted:8/8/2011 11:17:32 AM So Harry Potter never happened? Skeptic47 posted:8/8/2011 12:00:41 PM Sorry Ware - it's made up. Are you going to be okay?BeeLever posted:8/8/2011 12:02:00 PM Yes, I will accept that something I used to believe in may not be true. I will get on with my life.ArchangelMetatron posted:8/8/2011 12:14:48 PM Well this is my take for all you skeptics….. I'm a Christian and yes I do believe we are in the middle of the apocalypse. Call me loony but I see the signs. What about the rivers turning to red, all the massive fish and bird deaths? All the anger and, hatred in the world - kind of like in the days of Noah?? It's time. That being said your theory on solar flares – ding ding ding!!! We have a winner!! I feel it's all related. So the "end of times" is really going to be civilization as we know it coming to a complete disaster. We will be back to the Wild West days, literally. We will have no functioning equipment – no cars, no gas pump to pump the gas into the cars that won't start, no computers, no ATM's. People are going to die because hospitals will be completely useless. Also just think what the water and food situation will be like? We will have to grow our own food because grocery stores will no longer be around because they wouldn't be able to keep foods frozen and refrigerated. No more milk for the cookies you get from the dark side. I guess they could turn into huge fruit and veggie stands but where will it come from?? Ah oh and I know a lot of people who get cranky when they are hungry so I'm sure there will be a LOT of fighting and bickering going on as well. So you can look at this spiritually or scientifically – the ending will come out the same. It says in the Bible that next time the Big Guy is ready to take us out it will be by fire. I think the sun counts as a big raging ball of fire doesn't it?? I'm just saying……BeeLever posted:8/8/2011 12:29:51 PM Archangel, I don't have time to talk to you about religion right now. Ever since a few dessert dwellers wrote The Bible people have been saying that there generation is the one that will see the apocalypse. Watch a movie called "Religulous", that will explain everything you need to know about why God and every form of a supreme being is stupid and just another way for people to make money from the less intelligent.ArchangelMetatron posted:8/8/2011 12:45:57 PM I appreciate your opion. I have to let you know that I'm not your run of the mill Christian. I don't believe in organized religion and I think the Bible is a book of stories that was interpreted by men and put into their words and not necessarily the true word of God. That being said no need to talk to me about religion. You have your opinion and I have mine. It's cool we can still be friends. I look at it like this: spiritual and none spiritual people are like democrats and republicans. They both have their beliefs and agenda both think they are right BUT that doesn't mean you have to hate each other. And I think it's stupid that people think it's stupid to believe in God. HA!BeeLever posted:8/8/2011 12:54:19 PM I like how you think, you might be one of the few people on this site with half a brain. I am not here to hate anyone, I am actually very interested in the paranormal but I'm also a person who doesn't take anything on face value. In thousands of years of aliens apparently visiting earth there isn't a shred of evidence beside some cave paintings or mysterious metals found in the desert? Human beings have always strived for knowledge of the unknown and by know I think someone would have come along with definitive proof.spiritech0 posted:8/8/2011 1:00:13 PM I spelled it "magickal" to postulate the point that until 12/12/2012 arrives, all anyone can do is speculate about what may happen and nothing more. The topic of "magic" should be witheld for another site's forum. And if anyone can find a science or astronomy book purporting to be older than all the world's religious writings supposedly are, let me know, I'll buy it and read it.ArchangelMetatron posted:8/8/2011 1:43:22 PM I understand where you are coming from and I get it. I often wonder that as well. However I look at it this way - there is no way in hell we are the only ones in the universe. There are too many planets out there that could sustain life. Now why we have no proof I can't tell you. I do feel that if we did and the government knows they are going through great lengths to keep us from knowing. Look at what happened when they aired the radio program War of the Worlds. People flipped out. Maybe they don't want that happening.gemini663181 posted:8/10/2011 1:31:30 PM Even after all the crap that we have been through yo are still insulting people. (Ware and Skeptic) Even when people reach out to you!!! Still insulting!!! Are you really skeptics are are you just two, I mean one asshole. If you dont believe in GOD thats o.k.. If you dont believe that there are other life forms in the entire universe,O.K. If you call all who do idiots and tin foil hat wearing idiots O.K. But what are you?? The best thing ever created. I meant evolved!! If you cant be nice on a paranormal site perhaps you need someone to help you!! Why are you here on this site??? Why choose a site just to take out your weak agressions?? Why not just stay at home and be part of the 10% of people on earth that believe in nothing?? Do you have a method of making most of the people on earth as blind as you are?? There is no proof for you so stop asking. Even if there was you would not accept it! You just want the attention that no one else in your miserable little lives will give you. My suggestion is for all of those that were on here prior to these two people and I use the term lightly, Will stop conversing with these two or one individual (Skeptic47, And Ware 47) There is no way to provide these two, who I believe are one, with evidence of the paranormal. Just ignore their insults or hunt them down like the motherless dogs that they are!! They have insulted those who are serious about the paranormal to the point of no return. I reached out to them and they still insult all of us. I think it is possible to get rid of these two or one a-hole now just ignore them, I mean him.gemini663181 posted:8/10/2011 1:36:18 PM I hope you get what you are asking for Ware, and Skeptic!!!! gemini663181 posted:8/10/2011 1:50:51 PM Ware you can be touched!!!!ArchangelMetatron posted:8/10/2011 3:33:13 PM Wow Gemini calm down dude. You do realize you're doing exactly what they want. Don't answer and don't react. Maybe they really are here trying to find evidence...... And rattle a few cages at the same time. Please log in or become a member to add a post.


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December 27, 2013 After taking a 71-66 lead into the final quarter, New York stumbled down the finish as they were outscored 29-12 in the final period as the Knicks fell to the Toronto Raptors 95-83 at Madison Square Garden. Andrea Bargnani, the former Toronto Raptor, posted team highs with 18 points and 12 rebounds for his third double-double of the season. J.R. Smith posted 17 points, seven rebounds and six assists over 43 minutes. Beno Udrih recorded 15 points and 10 assists for his first double-double of the season and as a member of the New York Knicks. Toronto was paced by DeMar Derozan's 25 points, eight in the fourth quarter, and four rebounds over 36 minutes. Second year player, Jonas Valanciunas posted 16 points and 18 rebounds for a double-double over 36 minutes. Kyle Lowry added 15 points and 11 assists on 38 minutes. March 23, 2013 New York, behind a season-high tying 38 points in the second quarter, swept the home-and-home, back-to-back, with the Toronto Raptors with a convincing 110-84 victory at Madison Square Garden. New York was led by Carmelo Anthony's team high 28 points (10-10 FT) and team high eight rebounds over 30 minutes. Kenyon Martin posted 18 points and seven rebounds over 27 minutes. This is Martin's second straight game scoring 15+ points with at least seven rebounds. J.R. Smith came off the bench to record 25 points on 9-16 shooting and five rebounds over 31 minutes. Chris Copeland added 12 points. Toronto was paced by DeMar DeRozan's 17 points, three rebounds and three assists over 38 minutes. Kyle Lowery added 14 points and four assists over 32 minutes. Alan Anderson provided 14 points off the bench. Toronto cut the New York lead to 40-35 with 2:21 left to play in the second quarter before New York ended the first half with a 9-2 run highlighted by a Martin layup and one with :07.0 left to play. New York continued that momentum in the second half as they never saw its lead dip below double-digits, as the New York Knicks cruised to a 110-84 victory over the Toronto Raptors at the Garden to continue its four-game winning streak.
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I don't understand why Melo doesn't average 10 assist a game playing with all these studs
Chandler literally stood right by the rim and watched Lowry make a lay up . What is he here for if he's not gonna protect the rim or rebound?
Turned it off .... too embarrassing
man, I almost vomited my dinner watching 5 minutes of this team.
This is the most unwatchable Knicks team in a long time.
Atleast Tyson is showing some discontent with the results of this team. Look like he wanted to hit somebody.
Kyle Lowry is clearly better than any point guard we have on our team and I believe he could make somewhat of a difference if the end goal is Playoffs…..
But hey we aren't making any trades because our owner is shook and he rather give the vote of confidence, this MOTLEY CRUE OF MISCHITS can get it done themselves led by a guy who coaches them as if he was formerly the team's Janitor.
Another day, another terrible performance and we're setup for a 4 game road losing streak to follow, so things will only get worse. If Melo walks at the end of the year, which he will, he will be remembered as the single worst thing to have happened to this franchise ever...period, given the resources sacrificed from a re-building team to get him. Dolan needs to decide to trade Melo before the end of the year unless he he knows something the rest of us don't (which he doesn't). No matter what, we are a year and a half from re-building, but how many assets we have at that time decide entirely on the time between now and then.
I don't get how some of you guys still blame Melo even if he isn't playing? Yes we play like s*it but, the amount of hate Melo gets is just ridicolous.
Knicks will be right now on 8 game loosing streak right now its 3 and add 5 Spurs Rockets Dallas Heat Pistons
anyway i am w8ing for 20.1.14 Nets @ MSG this is key game
Trade deadline is Feb. 20. Hopefully everybody is back by 1/20 to give the Knicks a full month to right the ship. I think Melo is tradeable to teams that are looking to get over the hump to contend for a title, let's hope someone like the Clips come up short before the deadline and they look at Melo as the piece to get them over the top. If Melo is serious about winning a ring before his career is over it isn't going to be in NY, the only reason to stay is for the money, Knicks should be working overtime to try to trade him if the team isn't winning by the trade deadline.
forget it
next game is 2 january season is ending in 3 and half months thats it. Go watch other teams
MELO is like MJ without Pippen he is alone he dont have proper roster.


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I have a 10 week old son. I will be traveling overseas for 10 days in a few months. Any tips or advice on weaning before I go or storing enough milk while I am gone.
I have a 10 week old son. I will be traveling overseas for 10 days in a few months. Any tips or advice on weaning before I go or storing enough milk while I am gone.
I would not wean. Instead, I would stockpile milk to use while I'm away and while away, I'd pump with a hospital grade pump I've rented and carried along. I would plan to pump about every 2-4 hours around the clock. Then I would bring the milk home.
This would assume I could not take my child with me. I would see if that was a possible option first though. I have taken babies places and had a sitter come along to look after my baby and I check in with them often.
Breastmilk is good at room temp for up to 10 hours. In the fridge, it may last up to 8 days.
So...I'd be doing lipase testing to make sure my milk would last that long in the fridge. The reason...I would have little to none frozen then in my carry-on. It would be fresh milk. If it doesnt last, I'd be scalding before my trip, storing scalded milk, then I'd pack a bottle warmer too.
But there is no way a 10 day trip would be a reason I'd wean.
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If you absolutely feel you must wean, we can give you tips on how to go about it. But your baby is still so very young. We'd much prefer to help you find a way to continue nursing! How old will your baby be when you leave on your trip?
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i agree with susan. i would do everything within my power to not wean at 10 weeks. and start stockpiling and freezing milk!
as far as bringing home 10 days worth of expressed milk on an international flight.. i don't know how difficult that might turn out to be. but even if you can't bring it home, or don't want to hassle w/ bringing it home, you would need to be expressing milk regularly while on your trip, every couple/few hours...
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A sober Sidney Ponson can only mean one thing.. The guy must've
discovered another substance to abuse, evidently one that gives the
public the illusion he's a moderate man while not enhancing his
performance [not just because it's illegal but because, after all,
failure is the one thing he can accomplish at any level of
intoxication]. Is RSBS aware of his alternative to the booze? If so,
did he receive it from a certain former Texas teammate that sure as
hell had me fooled into thinking he sobered up [until the photographic
evidence emerged]?
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In general, I try not to take anything too seriously. That's just not how I am. Like the eponymous character from "The Big Lebowski," I abide. But there are some things I take seriously. And addiction is definitely one of them.
Now, I'm a lucky guy. I don't have an addictive personality. I've done my fair share of things I shouldn't have done but I gave them up in a second with no cravings or anything. I guess I'm just blessed like that. However, that's not how it usually happens. Addiction isn't a one-time battle that you just suddenly win. It's a daily struggle and what we've seen happen with Josh Hamilton is proof enough of that.
Imagine for a second being in a job like a professional baseball player. Yeah, you may love the game and you may be completely devoted to watching your team everyday but imagine going out on the field, day in and day out, warming up and knowing that every little thing you do during the game, every little mistake will be analyzed by thousands and possibly millions of people. And if you don't perform to the tune of the big bucks you're making, your team has no problem dumping you on the landfill of history.
I have rough days at work, days when I'm sick and tired of it but it's nothing compared to the stress these guys are feeling. Why else do they try to find the latest edge, legal or not, and do whatever they can to keep it their own? And when that edge starts to wear, when it's no longer enough, something has to be done to dull the anxiety, keep away the fear. It's no surprise to me that athletes turn to a little booze or some pot and it's definitely no surprise that, like brother Axl told us, "The little got more and more."
I guess what I'm trying to say is that it's easy to laugh at the antics of a Ryan Leaf or Sidney Ponson or tsk-tsk when it's a story like Josh Hamilton and his backsliding. But I'm thinking that although I have no room to pull any sort of holier-than-thou card out of the deck, maybe it's time we applaud Sidney for getting his act together and focus on what Hamilton has accomplished despite the inevitable setbacks he is going to experience. One day at a time.
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Good post – we can all forget these are humans first and ballplayers second. We all have our little demons running around in the dark ;O)
Wow…poignance and sincerity. Jeff must be going to SA meetings (Sarcasm Anonymous).
Well, Al wrote this one, not me, so that might explain its calm tone😉
I agree, it is a daily battle that is anything but easy. Give him some credit.
Jeff & Al: I agree 100%. Every day is another challenge for these guys. It must be extremely hard to quit. I feel bad for them. It's not like they want to hurt themselves, they just made mistakes. I watched this bio of Hamilton on MLB Network, and I was touched by his story. He overcame a lot. I hope he and everyone else can stay clean and just play ball. (easier said than done.) -Virginia
Does this mean, Al, that you would have taken Steve Howe back 6 times like Steinbrenner did? He picked up Strawberry and Gooden too. He loved reclamation projects.
Great filibuster. Allen answered quite well. Your up Jeff!🙂 I bet this will be good. hehe Hey I got a new post up.


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I also have this wild feeling that Lipnitskaia may have a better chance than both Sotnikova and Tuktamysheva in Sochi. Could she become another Lipinski?
I also have this wild feeling that Lipnitskaia may have a better chance than both Sotnikova and Tuktamysheva in Sochi. Could she become another Lipinski?
Ladies: hard to predict as all are a mess, but i give the edge to Tuk as she has yet to make more than one major mistakes..
Gold: Queen Tuk
Silver: Mao
Bronze: Suzuki
4th Kostner
5th Cizney
6th Leonova
Gold: PChan, he can falls 6 times and still win
Silver: Takahashi, prob will fall on his quad but the rest of his jumps and PCS will keep him on the podium
Bronze: Fernandez, if he skated clean, expect PCS will go up and he will be podium contender at world and fav for European title..
4th Abbott
5th Hanyu (rumor of injury?? and his stagma is still a problem... ala Yuna in 2007 season)
6th Berzina (is he injure again??)
If there were any result that this LP music has calmed down Abbott's nerve, I didn't see it at least so far. I expect him to skate well at Nationals but have big doubt on this weekend.
I think Hanyu and Brezina's problems were more of physical than mental.
I expect Fernandez to do well since he is still an underdog here. Neither people nor himself really expect him to beat Chan or Takahashi. But his SC's silver medal result was only 3.41 lower than Chan's. His COR's silver medal result was only 0.03 lower than gold medalist Hanyu. It could have gone either way. He beat Takahashi at SC by a mile. Takahashi's win at NHK which have been regarded by so many as peak performances was only 9.42 higher than Fernandez's SC result. Can Fernandez continue to perform at this rate this time? I don't know but it's very possible. After all, he holds the highest BV of all GPFers - an eye-dropping 82.53! He has nothing to lose but everything to gain. Looks like Oser has instilled something remarkable into him both in his mind and in his body.
People have a lot of hopes and anticipations for Chan vs. Takahashi showdown. Will Chan skate at least like he was at last year's GPF? Will Takahashi repeat this year's NHK magic? That's something I'm biting my nails and reluctant to predict. I'll leave it here and not to jinx any. I realized that I do have remarkable ability to jinx my favorites.
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As far as advantages vs. disadvantages going into the GPF, it would seem obvious that the skaters who just recently competed in Russia are at more of a disadvantage than the other competitors. Skaters normally require 1 week after a competition to come down and recover from fatigue and jet lag and usually restart serious training in the following week. The Cup of Russia skaters have not been allowed the same amount of training as the other finalists because of this and I wouldn't be surprised to see them be very tired in Quebec.
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As far as advantages vs. disadvantages going into the GPF, it would seem obvious that the skaters who just recently competed in Russia are at more of a disadvantage than the other competitors. Skaters normally require 1 week after a competition to come down and recover from fatigue and jet lag and usually restart serious training in the following week. The Cup of Russia skaters have not been allowed the same amount of training as the other finalists because of this and I wouldn't be surprised to see them be very tired in Quebec.
That's why there is a two week break between the last GP and the Final. Most competitors choose to have two weeks between their GP events unless the extra competition is in the same continent as the previous one.
What I wish ISU would do to even the field is to spread the GPF, 4CC, and Worlds in different continents in the same year. Last years they were all in Asia, with Worlds later changed to Moscow, so the N Americans had to travel the most, and this year both GPF and 4CC are in N America, at the disadvantage of the Asians.
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1. Davis/White vs Virtue/Moir. Enough pixels have been dedicated to this subject
2. After the Canton quartet, I really have no clue. The announcement of the SD theme/dance really seemed to hurt the Shibutanis (because of their relative youth and familial relationship), but we were quickly told that the Rhumba itself isnt necessarily sexy and Latin doesnt have to be. But it does seem to have hurt them anyway. In fairness, I think their NHK dance was impacted by the focused approach nail the levels, clean elements, etc so they really didnt let loose at all (I actually enjoyed this dance a fair bit at Finlandia). I think the feeling that the Canton quartet was really a sextet, at the very least, got challenged this year (if that was truly a feeling and not mere panicky propaganda). Personally, Ill echo what I said before: that fluke medalists tend not to repeat themselves (and by fluke, read that as races made very close by a massive error of the losing team) and that the field has upped itself in a fairly big way.
3. Meanwhile, the story in Russia got a LOT more confusing than I anticipated. I wasnt entirely confident, heading into this season, that Bobrova/Soloviev were the true number ones. The instant meddling into Ilynikh/Katsalpovs training struck me as proprietary from the Russian federation, at the very least. But B/S came out and earned two massive scores at CoC and at placed themselves not only as the clear number ones from Russia, but at the forefront of the European vanguard as well. Meanwhile, not one but TWO junior teams haves posted scores that beat both Rizanova/Tkachenko and Ilynikh/Katsalpovs best score of the season (Sinitsina/Zhiganshin, Stepanova/Bukin). Tarasova has again criticized I/Ks work ethic and conditioning. Someone else mentioned it was almost as if the team was preparing to face the World of 90s ice dance, where the non-Russian teams were often considerably weaker than their Russian competitors and where a marked difference in skating quality between the partners was more accepted. Nowadays, stuff like that leads to lower levels, GOEs and PCS. This story will play out more fully at Russian Nationals and Europeans.
4. Have Pechalat/Bourzat improved or have I just been slow on the uptake? Because, while everyone else is mocking the Walk like an Egyptian hands, Im grooving on this FD. Yeah, they had lack-of-training issues at TEB, but healthy and fully trained this could be an incredible program.
5. Concurrently, Weaver/Poje have undeniably improved. When the ISU announced the SD pattern, I was actually worried for this team. While an incredibly attractive team, Ive felt that Andrew in particular seemed to waver on the confidence front. Thats not true anymore. I love the down-and-dirty vibe he and Weaver project in their SD and the passion in their FD is jawdropping. I truly believe they could make a run at third place here and that would be phenomenal.