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It's said that it costs around $200,000 to raise a kid from birth to the age of 18. That's a significant amount of money: Enough for a low-end Ferrari, a modest home in the Midwest somewhere or a lifetime of Fourth Meals. Why the hell would you want to waste it on something as pedestrian as child-rearing?
Thankfully, there are ways to have your children pay you back, often without them even knowing it and--like icing on the cake--you can do it all without technically breaking the law! Well, man's law anyways; you'll be breaking the shit out of several moral and spiritual laws.
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If you're really hard-up for cash, like if you're right above the stage of selling your own blood, you can volunteer your body for use in clinical trials. It's good money if you've got a solid pain tolerance and love cancer. Or, if you've got kids, you can have all of the upside (ie, cash) and none of the potential side effects! That's right, you can volunteer your stupid kids instead!
What exactly do they do with the kids? Do they use them as crash test dummies for the next generation of spy car ejection seats? Inject Super-Ebola into their eyeballs? Probably not, but for the right money, we won't ask.
"This will either make him burst into flames, or really burst into flames."
That's right: When children are used in clinical trials, it's the parents that receive compensation. Minors can't even sign forms of consent, but mom and dad can and do, and it's up to junior to bear the brunt of the chemical blitz.
Sure, of course there are strict regulations on trials with children as subjects. But on the flip side, the regulations dictating whether or not children can participate in the studies in the first place are rather loose: As long as they're not provably coerced into participating, inject away, science! After a few weeks of needles and a lifetime of unintended side-effects, maybe next year little Billy will save up for a Prada handbag for Mother's Day instead of this stupid handmade ashtray.
"Well I'm very sorry you've got a terminal case of blood spiders, sweetie, but mommy gots to get paid!"
4Selling Their Name
Wondering what to name your unborn child? It's a tough decision. So fuck it! If something's hard, it's probably that way for a reason. Making things that hard is like the universe's way of warning you of impending danger. Why not outsource the naming to professionals, and maybe make a buck while you're at it?
And by "professionals," we mean "corporate sponsors who will slap their brand on your child's name forever." One of the first attempts at this was by a New York couple, Jason Black and Frances Schroeder who, in 2001, tried to find a corporate sponsor to buy the naming rights of their child for a very reasonable $500,000. They blamed the idea on a fortune cookie.
"It says here 'You will ruin your unborn child's sense of self-worth forever.' Whoa, that's uncanny!"
Another couple, Ryan and Jami Hawkins of Indiana, again tried the stunt in 2004. They asked for the much more realistic reserve price of $8,000, but only for their son's middle name. They listed the auction on eBay and, as the publicity grew, the bidding went all the way up to $7999.99 - but never reached the reserve. Because seriously guys, how stupid do you think the Internet is? We'll drop 30 bucks a month to watch porn stars dressed like librarians get railed by a guy in a duck suit, but nobody's dropping eight grand for the middle name; the unlovable red-headed step-child of names.
But every once in a while, the stunt does work: if the stars are right, if the gods are kind, if the standards are really, really low. Like David Partin, who traded the naming rights of his son for a $100 gas card. The hosts of a local radio show, Dixon and Willoughby, were offering to trade the card for the best offer they received. So, presumably while screaming, "I just don't give a shit, life!" Mr. Partin stepped forward with the offer of his son's identity.
Sometimes you just gotta get 'er done.
So if you find yourself in Florida one balmy night, three sheets to the wind and eyeing that handsome man across the bar who sidles up to you, holds your hand and listens so well, just remember to run like crap if he tells you his name is "Dixon Willoughby Partin." Because there is no fucking way that kid is growing up to be anything but the country's most prolific serial killer.


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Steve Baird makes some great points about the Louis Vuittion / student activities flier kerfuffle:
There has been quite a flap surrounding the poster and invitation used by the University of Pennsylvania Law School to promote Penn Intellectual Property Group's Fashion Law Symposium, scheduled for a week from tomorrow. The symposium . . . boast[s] an all-star cast of general counsel from the fashion industry, including those from Ralph Lauren, Forever 21, and Coach – to discuss in the first panel: "Trademark and the Fast Fashion Phenomenon." The second panel is set to discuss "Copyright for Fashion Design: Evaluating the IDPPPA." Last, copyright scholar David Nimmer is addressing "Copyright and the Fall Line" in his keynote address, and a number of big name law firms are symposium sponsors or donors . . .
Louis Vuitton – owner of the likely famous trade dress and individual marks depicted on the designer bag shown above – objected to the use of the poster shown below in this cease and desist letter, and LV now has been branded a serial "trademark bully" for it (and past objections against other alleged infringements). The Penn Law School Associate Dean for Communications apparently agreed to cease use, but then the accommodation was formally withdrawn by the University's Associate General Counsel, in this response letter, defending the poster as a clever parody. As far as I can tell, the coverage of this flap is highly critical of Louis Vuitton for sending the demand letter in the first place, and entirely in favor of the University's final decision to not cease use; for some examples of the coverage, see Techdirt, Above the Law, Law of Fashion, Eric Goldman's Technology & Marketing Law Blog, The Volokh Conspiracy,Johanna Blakely, and Alison Frankel's ON THE CASE.
While I tend to agree the tone of the LV letter was excessive, and a few carefully-placed phone calls instead of a written demand, with greatly toned down the rhetoric, likely would have been more effective, what has left me a bit surprised by the coverage of this dispute is the absence of any scrutiny of the University's response or position.
Now, I must say: To me, the tone and the tack are the entire tale, and the level of coverage on that ground is appropriate. But not the content; not all of it, because, as Steve explains quite aptly, a lot of of what everyone is saying is wrong:
[I]t seems no one is asking any questions probing the University's claimed parody, and my concern about the popular "trademark bully" label and a social media shame-wagon approach to this issue is it sends the wrong message in that it greatly oversimplifies a very complex body of trademark parody case law — decisions that most counsel as quite unpredictable if they ever go the distance.
Like it or not, unlike the defense of federal dilution claims where certain conduct is excepted from liability, neither noncommercial use nor parody is excepted from or an affirmative defense to trademark infringement. Parody is really just another way of saying, there is no likelihood of confusion, which no one will know for sure, without credible survey evidence of the relevant public. . . .
Is it not at least plausible that the modified LV artwork was designed to simply attract attention and fill seats in the auditorium, and not to make fun of LV, and that LV's design was so meticulously reproduced that some who see it won't even notice the subtle changes? After all, trademark parody case law certainly supports the proposition that the more outlandish, outrageous, shocking and/or offensive the parody, the less likely confusion will result. We'll probably never know, but it wouldn't surprise me at all – if survey evidence were pursued on these facts – to find support for an actionable level of likelihood of confusion as to LV's sponsorship, affiliation, connection, or approval of the fashion law symposium, especially since LV noted it has sponsored such events by other schools (Fordham Law School's Fashion Law Institute). This, it seems to me, is a key alleged fact overlooked in the Associate Dean's response. Moreover, the focus on comparing luxury goods to educational seminars seems to miss the mark, as there appears to be a direct overlap in the sponsorship of fashion law seminars.
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Go ahead, kick an elderly couple out of their home because it sits on federal land. Expend more time, energy and resources to fake-close the World War II Memorial in Washington than just to leave it alone.
Make it hurt, as much as possible. It's the Obama way, not to mention the Chicago way.
But there are lines, and you best not cross them. Beer being one.
Our Sarah Mervosh had the story today:
The government shutdown is putting a strain on breweries across the country and in North Texas after an obscure federal agency that quietly approves new breweries, recipes and labels closed.
The shutdown could create huge delays throughout the rapidly growing craft industry, whose customers expect a constant supply of inventive and seasonal beers.
The setback comes just months after Texas lawmakers helped clear the way for craft brewery businesses to sell their products to consumers on-site.
But now, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, or TTB, has shut down. The little-known arm of the Treasury Department will continue to process taxes from existing permit holders, but applications for new breweries or beers are on hold.
Obviously, this isn't to the stupidity level of, say, withholding death benefits to families of U.S. military members. Yet, it's pretty stupid, isn't it?
So instead of the usual 100 or so days it takes to rouse a federal agency to approve a new seasonal craft beer, applications could go unanswered for years. Decades, even.
Then again, Reader Mike (no relation) actually beat me to what should be the real question: "Why is the federal government in the business of approving labels and recipes?"
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Skip to comments.Brett Baier's Thoroughly Devastating Exposé On Obama Admin's Changing Stories On Benghazi
Posted on 10/20/2012 11:33:15 PM PDT by Nachum
What did President Obama know, and when did he know it?
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Know The TRUTH ~ Step By Step ~ Bret Baier's ~ 'Death and Deceit in Benghazi' video 41:02
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Everyone MUST see this!!!!!
"What did President Obama know, and when did he stop knowing it?"
Here's the complete report, and it is very damning.
How did Obama and Hillary think their shoddy lie about the "video" would not be exposed???
These people truly are narcissistic, egomaniacal psychopaths.
Thanks for that link. I will pass it around.
Charles Krauthammer opined that their lapdog media were only too happy to jump on Romney for 3 days for daring to criticize the apology from the DoS in Cairo for "the film" and Charles went onto say, that Obama and Hitlery had every reason to believe that the same media would go onto trumpet their lies about "the obscure film" (which it did).
Charles noted, that but for Fox News, (and I might add Rep. Darrel Issa, CA and Rush Limbaugh) the truth would not have come out before election day.
Can "Chauncy Gardner" Obama walk on water -OR-
is he just walking in very very shallow water..
and any depth is "projected" onto him by willfully blind people..
Journalists have "become" people easily manipulated..
especially if you blow in their ear sweet nothings
that they want to hear... i.e. ditzes...
Nice that somebody is doing a little investigative reporting. Shame that even Fox News gave him a pass for as long as they did.
**What did President Obama know, and when did he know it?**
The correct question is: What did President Valerie Jarrett know and when did she share it?".
An excellent presentation. Hey CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN, MSNBC - this is what real journalism looks like.
I cannot bring myself to comment on the Obama role in this tragedy. My heart cries and aches with pain for the obvious, Obama caused loss of our Ambassador and three other American public servants in Libya. Yes....Obama, Clinton, Panetta, Carney, Rice......hung our American patriots out to dry!!! They may have pulled the triggers that murdered and tortured them in terror and abandonment!!!
The only thing that I can say is that IMHO, POTUS Obama and many in his administration are guilty of treason of the highest order, standing idly by while our diplomats and security folks are plainly slaughtered in front of our eyes. I certainly hope and pray that the American people will destroy Obama and his "traitor" Democrat Party politically come, November 6, 2012.
If not, America is doomed. The enemy (Obama) resides in our house and is working every day to diminish and destroy the American Republic. Wake up....America!!! ABO!!!
When Romney says tommorrow Night that Mr. President you said last week you were offended that someone would Suggest you would Mislead the American People about an Ambassador being Killed,These are your people ,you send them into Dangerous areas,WELL,YOU,The Secretary of State,Your UN Ambassador,In appearance after appearance Stated That The Intelligence you had at the time,said this was caused by a Video. Mr.President the Sensitve Documentssent by Ambassador Stevens Himself,and there were several,was begging for additonal security.He stated that Islamic Extremism was on the Rise,Alqueda Flags were flying over Government Buildings,the Attacks on the American Red Cross,the British Ambassador were by Islamist extremists,and was going to get worse unless more security was sent.
Now Mr. President,neither you,Hillary Clinton,or UN ambassador Susan Rice mentioned Islamic Extremism,Alqueda at all as being involved in any of these actions on Television or the speech in the Rose Garden or any of the Comedy or talk shows. This is your problem Mr. President Your Ideology,you refuse to Identify who it is who are trying to kill us,you are purging from all Government Corresponce any mention of Islamist extremism,your Campaign until the Murder of ambassador Stevens was claiming that Alqueda was on its Heels,now you drop that from your speeches. Yes Mr. President you have Mislead the American People,your Ideology Prevents you from admitting who it is we are Fighting and the American People Are entitled to Know the truth and to Have a President who has the Courage to Tell it to them
Bump: Bret's video
They have been getting away with lying for 4 years. They have gotten away with it because the main stream media has not held them to account for it. A perfect example of this is "Fast and Furious." In effect we declared war on Mexico by sending thousands of rifles and arms to Mexico without the knowledge or permission of Mexico.
The only reason they are not getting away with it this time is the real time footage from the burning and the real time footage of the ambassadors almost dead body being dragged out of the consulate. In addition the election has drawn attention to this.
In Fast in Furious hundreds have died in Mexico and border patrol agents or agent have died here in the United States. This is a scandal far greater than the current Benghazi scandal. They got away with Fast and Furious and thought they could get away with Benghazi-Gate
Let's see how the Sunday shows deal with it.
Excellent points.
Obama's CHICKENNNNNNS......are coming HOMMMMME...to ROOST.
That is so funny ... and weird. Do you know where that clip came from? What venue and when? Just curious.
No, sorry, I don't. It's been posted on FR for a long time now, and I simply grabbed it from another Freeper. Obama is stoned out of his gourd in that clip.
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LOL It sure looks like it. I would guess is that it was after he assumed the presidency.
I dunno. I get the opposite impression, looking at the clip. I assumed it was recorded before he ran for president. He looks a lot younger, and far less arrogant there.
Could be.
And it was soft pedaled! I think Brett and his producers knew that literally hundreds of real time observers at State, CIA, and the White Hut saw the assault unfolding, knew the extent of the sophisticated weaponry not found in a spontaneous mob action, and watched for six hours as the amushes were carried out, proving this was a well planned terrorist attack. Yet the lying sonofabitches in power lied for two weeks, trying to politicize the attack! And Candy Crowley should be ashamed for helping to promote the lies, but it appears she's asuch adead soul liberal puke that she is spinning just as fast as little barry bastard commie, her little demigod.
Hi...sorry to bother you, but can you tell me...I've looked through a bunch of Brett's youtube videos hoping to find that tonight's show had already been posted since I missed it. Those I found seemed to be similar, but all have different names, i.e., Death And Deceit In Benghazi, Know the Truth about Benghazi, etc....and...the one shown by Fox at 8pm tonight had the words 'New Revelations'. Since I missed it, I wanted to tape it, but the 10pm show is titled differently, as 'Death and Deceit'. Anyway, do you know if this was an ongoing series? I'm confused.
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The result of the Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT): As underwhelming as expected
Chelation therapy.
It's one of the most common quackeries out there, used by a wide variety of practitioners for a wide variety of ailments blamed on "heavy metal toxicity." Chelation therapy, which involves using chemicals that can bind to the metal ions and allow them to be excreted by the kidneys, is actually standard therapy for certain types of acute heavy metal poisoning, such as iron overload due to transfusion, aluminum overload due to hemodialysis, copper toxicity due to Wilson's disease, acute heavy metal toxicity, and a handful of other indications.
My personal interest in chelation therapy developed out of its use by unscrupulous practitioners who blamed autism on the mercury-containing thimerosal preservative that used to be in many childhood vaccines until 2001 but has since all but disappeared from such vaccines except for one vaccine (the flu vaccine, for which a thimerosal-free alternative is available) and in trace amounts in some other vaccines. Mercury became a convenient bogeyman to add to the list of "toxins" antivaccinationists hype in vaccines. In fact, my very first post after I introduced myself on this very blog discussed the idea that mercury in vaccines was a significant cause of autism and autism spectrum disorders, and I've periodically written about such things ever since, in particular the bad science of Mark and David Geier, whose idea that chemical castration of children with Lupron "works" against "mercury-induced" autism is based on a chemically ridiculous idea that somehow testosterone binds mercury and makes it harder to chelate. Unfortunately, this particular autism quackery has real consequences and has been responsible for the death of a child.
Chelation isn't just for autism, however. Despite many practitioners advertising it for autism, cancer (often with dubious studies that I might have to take a look at), Alzheimer's disease (which Hugh Fudenberg has blamed on the flu vaccine, a claim parroted by Bill Maher, of course!), and just about every ailment under the sun, it's easy to forget that the original use for chelation therapy promoted by "alternative medicine" practitioners was for cardiovascular disease. When it is used for coronary artery disease or autism, on a strictly stoichiometric and pharmacological basis, it is extremely implausible. Moreover, it is not without potential complications, including renal damage and cardiac arrhythmias due to sudden drops in calcium levels. Such arrhythmias can and have led to death in children, and in adults complications such as renal failure and death.
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As the on-field celebrations continue following the United States' thrilling 12-10 win over Canada here at the FIL World Championships, the All-World Team and positional award winners have just been announced here in Manchester.
The United States cleaned up in the overall team honors, putting six players on the list, followed by Canada with three and Australia with one.
Midfielder Paul Rabil took the top honors for the tournament, earning Most Valuable Player honors from the FIL as well as being the top midfielder. Canada swept the other positional awards, as goalie Chris Sanderson, defenseman Brodie Merrill and attackman John Grant Jr. were named the best in the world at their respective positions.
Following the announcement of the teams, FIL president Feffie Barnhill officially closed the tournament by passing the leadership of the organization on to incoming president Stan Cockerton of Canada.
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Most Valuable Player: Paul Rabil, United States
Top Goalie: Chris Sanderson, Canada
Top Defender: Brodie Merrill, Canada
Top Midfielder: Paul Rabil, United States
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MILFORD, PA — The ARTery Gallery is featuring a retrospective during the month of February titled "Reflections: Light, Motion, Time & Transition," a collection of its members' works executed over the course of their careers. A reception for the artists will be held on Saturday, February 9 from 6 to 9 p.m. during Art After Dark, a town-wide celebration of the arts. The event will be held at the historic Forest Hall building, 210 Broad St. The exhibition will run through March 3.


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While Juliana Ko was serving as an AmeriCorps member with Teach for America on the outskirts of a Navajo Nation Reservation, she tragically lost one of her students to suicide and knew that she had to do something for her adopted community.
Ko served as a math teacher for two years at Thoreau Middle School in rural New Mexico and came face-to-face with the challenges of teaching at an under-resourced school in a low-income community. During her second year of teaching, a young male students battling issues with alcohol, drugs, and domestic disputes at home took his own life.
Like many of the students in Thoreau, that child had no place to go after school to avoid trouble and stresses at home. This tragedy, unfortunately, was not a unique occurrence among youth, as 15 suicides were reported on the eastern Navajo Nation Reservation between 2009 and 2010.
"I was devastated," Ko said. "Angry. Mad at the world. But the idea of giving the kids a reliable place outside school, where they can go, kept coming back to me. I decided I could not leave without giving this my all."
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The teacher wanted to help her students look at their future with excitement rather than fear and initiated a "Rebuilding Thoreau" math project to help them cope. Using basic mathematics and geometry, students designed plans for their ideal community, which included amenities such as parks and recreation centers that the rural reservation community of Thoreau lacked.
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Through this supportive environment, the center encourages youth and adults to engage in positive activities to uplift the community. The Thoreau center now hosts fitness, dance, and cooking classes; tutors to help students with their homework; a small computer lab; and weekly movie nights. It also provides support for adult community members, offering programs focused on job placement and volunteer involvement.
Ko has made impact as an AmeriCorps member both inside and outside the classroom, and the Thoreau Community Center serves as an icon of the national service movement while improving the lives of many at-risk students and community members.
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Thank you, NarutoBase Staff
We just all need time to see where the manga goes to make an actual educated guess or until they actually fight.
Originally Posted by Anonwisdom
Kurama was supressed by sasukes sharingan now that kurama and naruto are working together kurama can cancel any genjutsu casted on naruuto and naruto can do the same for kurama so sasuke can't supress kurama and genjutsu is now irrelevant to naruto.
I don't think that will work. Kurama already told Naruto that their link is far from perfect. And working together may not be enough to cancel an EMS genjutsu. If sasuke gets a hold of Madara's fan, then Naruto and Kurama will definitely be in trouble.
There is also Kurama's warning from when they met, when he told Sasuke "We may not meet again, but let me tell you one thing: Don't kill Naruto, you'll ... regret ... it ...". I think this will come to play in their final match.
Originally Posted by tobi Is the best
3. SM > Sasuke Susanoo
this is false. EMS>SM
It WILL work that's kinda basic rule on dispelling genjutsu in naruto (the reason chiyo said not to fight uchihas alone) killer beee already canceled sasukes ms genjutsu with ease and since ems is just literally eternal ms what make u think naruto wont do the same besides sasule isn't particularly skilled in genjutsu anyway (stated by danzo) kuramas comment about their link was referring to how long they can maintain transformation mode which has nothing to do with canceling genjutsu all kurama has to do is basically give naruto a smallamount of chakra (and we can all agree there no "link "issues in them exchanging chakra).sayining "if " sasuke get the fan is retarded that like me saying if b gives naruto samehada sasuke is screwed and we can go all day with pointless ifs as far as what kurama said to sasuke I logically assumed that was a threat that kurama would attack sasuke since he pissed him of and as far as it "coming into play" kurama isn't comfortable with the thought of naruto dieing as he was before they became friends he wouldn't let naruto besides though it'll be a tough fight we all know naruto will win as the 1st beat madara besides the show is called "naruto" and not sasuke for a reason
Originally Posted by shyarkugan
this is false. EMS>SM
no rasenshuriken>sasuke susanoo
Though I hate Sasuke intensely, the *** is more powerfull than naruto.
Simply because he has MS.
That shit owns everything.
All naruto has is speed now.
Originally Posted by apple pie of doom
Though I hate Sasuke intensely, the *** is more powerfull than naruto.
Simply because he has MS.
That shit owns everything.
All naruto has is speed now.
All Naruto has is speed huh?
Bijudama fodderizes Sasuke's Susanoo.
Amaterasu is dodged.
Genjutsu is useless.
Originally Posted by tobi Is the best
no rasenshuriken>sasuke susanoo
FRS would have no chance to break full armored EMS Susanoo.
Originally Posted by KidGamer65
All Naruto has is speed huh?
Bijudama fodderizes Sasuke's Susanoo.
Amaterasu is dodged.
Genjutsu is useless.
Dunno, true that Sasuke's Susanoo is the weakest and probably could'nt stand a bijuu dama, I would'nt be suprised if Kishi did another asspull and gave Sasuke Yata mirror as well.
Fight will probably be a lame susanoo spam vs bijuu dama spam battle anyway.
kishi will make another ass pull making susanoo being able to stop TBB,well to be honest outside of TBB naruto has no attack capable of harming susanoo,another thing we're not sure that someone can keep susanoo until he runs out of chakra
Originally Posted by tobi Is the best
this thread is specially for sasuke fans.
Sasuke is nothing compared to naruto
1. Kyubi > Sasuke Susanoo
2. BM > Sasuke Susanoo
3. SM > Sasuke Susanoo
1. Tsukuyomi <Hyubi
1. Amaterasu < kyubi
2. Amaterasu < KCM
not sure why this is being said srill, given naruto fate is to take down madara and his plans its natural that hes going to be stronger than sasuke. unless ppl think sasuke will become stornger than madara at this point, which isnt going to happen.
At last we can see Sasuke that can resurrect Perfect control Sharingan and Rinnegan ...
And naruto obtain Jubi afterall ...
Originally Posted by Braveknight
Main character > any body in its show. if your against this logic your reply is invalid.
ummm you do know there is more then 1, main character in Naruto. So what you basically just stated Naruto= Sasuke. Cause sasuke is also a main character
I think Naruto is stronger, purely because of his training and the help he's picked up from people.
Sasuke is just aggressive and manipulative, and reliant on his natural talent (sharingan), and so far it's worked out well for him. (well, in terms of achieving his goals and not dying in positions he should have died in)
But hard work always wins out in the end.
Originally Posted by BearzYo
I think Naruto is stronger, purely because of his training and the help he's picked up from people.
Sasuke is just aggressive and manipulative, and reliant on his natural talent (sharingan), and so far it's worked out well for him. (well, in terms of achieving his goals and not dying in positions he should have died in)
But hard work always wins out in the end.
Ummm sasuke has never Manipulated anyone. If your talking about his current time, they all care for each other as a team, Sasuke told them the truth when they first got together as a team and they still joined him in his quest.
I'm no fan boy or anything but I just think its biased to compare sasuke to anyone right now when we havent even seen his full abilities with EMS yet..that's like comparing neji to someone right now when is the last time we saw him go all out like he did with kidomaru? Their can't be any facts their ya know?
Sage mode wouldn't out do Sasukes EMS, and from what we've seen so far, Naruto in KM would beat Sasuke, but remember, we've seen very little of Sasukes new powers and abilities. You write of Ameratsu for being avoidable, but Sasuke is clever with it, remember mr Raikage, he lost his arm from it. Genjutsu can be used, it just has a very short time of effect. Look at Bee vs Sasuke and Itachi. The eight tails broke him out of it, but not instantly.
But I agree, Naruto at full strength, so far appears the stronger of the two. It really depends on how Sasuke develops his Susano, and wether his eyes can learn to follow the high speeds like Itachis Obitos and Madaras sharingan can
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Soil test lab training with Drew Adam (standing) and faculty and students of the Pul e Alam Agricultural and Vocational High School.
A meeting with the Department of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (DAIL) director and staff. (Left to right) Naziry, staff FSN (Foreign Service National), Drew Adam, Humayun Omar, DAIL Director, Tahiri, staff FSN, and Dr. Mohammad Khan, livestock veterinarian.
Zurha Khallili, acting director of Logar DOWA (Department of Woman's Affairs) speaking to Afghan media during agribusiness training for the women's agricultural association of Pul e Alam.
Drew Adam stands with Nisar Ahmad Niazy and his son. Niazy is the Head of Afghanistan's Department of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (DAIL) beekeeping department.
The mission of USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service to help people help the land can reach beyond the borders of the United States. Through the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, NRCS soil scientist Drew Adam works with Afghan farmers and ranchers to rebuild and maintain the country's healthy soil.
Afghanistan lost critical agricultural infrastructure as the result of years of war. Adam is helping transition agricultural development from the NATO forces and foreign governments to the Afghanistan government, specifically to the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock.
Adam is currently in his second tour in the war-torn country, and just extended his one-year commitment to eighteen months. He spent six months in the same job in 2005.
"Working with Afghan farmers on agricultural development is the most rewarding work I have done for the USDA. When I left Afghanistan in 2005, I vowed to return before retirement," he said.
Despite little-to-no funding, Adam was able to organize two important events for the Afghan people, putting into place positive agricultural and socioeconomic improvements that he said he expects will last long after his return to the United States. He said these events have made living inside a warzone worthwhile.
Adam arranged a long-running project where donations of soil test equipment from NRCS were sent to the Pul e Alam Agricultural and Vocational High School in Afghanistan's Logar province. He held a workshop at the school with students and teachers, as well as employees from the ministry.
This project culminated with the ministry and high school entering into an agreement through which ministry extension agents collect soil samples from problem sites on farm fields and bring them to the high school to test for nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and pH.
The agreement brings a valuable service to Afghan farmers, educates youth about soil science and created a joint venture between the government and an educational institution.
Adam helped coordinate a USDA-sponsored workshop in Pul e Alam in June 2013 with the Afghanistan's Department of Women's Affairs, or DOWA. Thirty-eight women attended the workshop to learn better marketing techniques for selling agricultural products in the Logar province. Adam said Afghan women play a vital role in agribusiness, as they are often the ones who sell excess produce and goods at market.
He said he attributes some of his success in Afghanistan to his experiences and training at NRCS. "NRCS trains us to think on our feet and be problem-solvers every day," he said. "That makes us a valuable commodity in Afghanistan."
While going through the advisor selection process with Foreign Agricultural Service, he said he proudly remembers receiving a compliment from a recruiter about how NRCS consistently produces some of the best advisors. The recruiter said it's because of the field-level experience, the ability to work with counterparts, and the ability to manage contracts.
Adam has had a long and fruitful career with NRCS, starting in 1978 working on the national soil survey in Windham County, Vt. Most of his career as a soil scientist was spent in Vermont, but he said he always wanted to see the world. Through his career with NRCS, Adam had had the chance to realize that dream. In addition to Afghanistan, Adam also completed assignments in Uganda and Kenya and mapped soil throughout the United States.
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New York Mets (4-2) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (2-4)
Matt Harvey (RHP) vs. Roy Halladay (RHP)
Time: 7:05 PM, Citizens Bank Park
Weather: Mostly Cloudy, 72
Media: Twitter and Facebook
A day after coming up just short of a second-consecutive thrilling comeback, the Phillies, behind Roy Halladay, look to defeat Matt Harvey and the Mets. Harvey, just 24, comes into Monday's game riding high off of a victory over the Padres where he struck out 10 and walked only two while surrendering just one hit against the Padres. Harvey is a much-respected prospect after being drafted seventh overall in 2010 and was ranked as Baseball America's 54th prospect before making his MLB debut last season.
Minor controversy headed into tonight's game involving Erik Kratz. Kratz took responsibility for any missteps early today with the media in regards for the early struggles of the pitching staff. However, this does not align with last year, as Halladay posted a lower ERA with Kratz than he did with Chooch as his battery mate. Tonight? Kratz gets a rest and Humberto Quintero will catch Doc.
LINEUP: Revere, Rollins, Utley, Howard, Young, Brown (LF), Nix (RF), Quintero, Halladay.
Gameday Beer: Molson Canadian Light
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Another big start for Halladay (to say the least). I'm very concerned with the corner outfield defense…it has the chance to become a real circus when Delmon Young makes his 2013 debut. The last two games were the first two home games to draw under 40,000 since 2009…plenty of seats are going for below face value on the aftermarket sites.
"The last two games were the first two home games to draw under 40,000 since 2009…plenty of seats are going for below face value on the aftermarket sites."
You raise what to me is an interesting subject that might not hold large appeal. I was wondering today, off the 2 just under 40K crowds over the weekend might be the crowd tonight. I'm sure the figure stuck in my mind is low, but I've got just under 35K stubbornly saying pick me, oh sacred chooser, pick me. If I had something at stake with the guess, I'd offer around what the first 2 games drew as the tix distributed, but decent chance of the actual bodies in the place to be just under 35K. NC2A title game won't help, though it's a minor factor.
Last night's tickets distributed, which I believe is what they announce for attendance wound up just under 36K. Combined with the first (weekend games), the Phils have had roughly 13K unsold tix. The opener was a sellout, but that's one of those sure fire deals once a year.
While it's early, school and weather wise, it seems reasonable to project the Phils drawing an average of 38k, which we'll use for some speckalatin'.
Keep in mind the many times during the 5 year run, and 7 year run of being right there with outstanding crowds, Ruben has voiced that the fans have made all this possible by supporting the club.That's been the principal source of money that has allowed the long term deals of talent that been the core at the root of the success the Phils have had.
Now, for the first time in several years, it's reasonable to assume a downturn in attendance.
It's fair, and maybe conservative to say the Phils average ticket price is 45 dollars. It's actually higher, but let's say it's the average Joe that accounts for the speculated drop, and those tix are no doubt at the lower end of the scale.
At 45 bucks per, times 5500 empty seats per, that's 247,500 in non collected revenues per home date. Times 81 dates, and that's in excess of 20 million dollars the club will miss out on for reinvestment purposes. That's a lot of scouting money, or a real good free agent that spells the difference between average and contention.
Add to that the medium term committments, and it's even more complex a financial picture.
The new TV deal will no doubt help, but it's being negotiated off an industry near high dropoff from last year.
The monies spent seem so often taken for granted. This isn't to point to a bleak future. But it speaks to the helluva challenge that faces the club in the beyond near term future.
I know I am in a very small majority on here, and the offense has not been a huge issue, but I would like to see a line up with JRoll leading off, I know it screw up the rest of the order, since you can not really have three or four leftys in a row, so you do not have an option at batting fifth. One option is JRoll, Utley, M Young, Howard, Brown, Rever, Katz, RFer Pitcher, the other is less feasable JRoll, M Young, Utley, Howard, JMJ, Brown, Rever, Katz, Pitcher. but maybe if Chooch hits like he did last year JRoll, M Young, Utley, Howard, Chooch, Brown, Rever, RFer, Pitcher, i like this line up if D Young shows he can still hit and play some D, and go Howard, D Young, Brown, Rever, Chooch, Pitcher. I do not have stats to prove it but I always like Jimmy inthe leadof f.
Again no Phillies feed.
I miss Wheeler.
If I lose my Phillies Mets better record bet this year I will be very pissed.
But its possible.
This phils team losing 95-100 is not out of the question.
But then just need the Mets to lose 101
Howard's completely lost right now. Looking at strikes…swinging at high fastballs…is it gonna be a month till he starts producing, or does he just need to get that first homer under his belt?
A leadoff walk and the 2,3,4 hitters ( murderers row) do their thing.
@ Ken Bland I bet this game individualy.
On the Phillies no less
And with Freeman to the DL I am starting btoh Howard and Michael young this week.
Maybe if that month is in 2008?
this has been trending a long time.
Babe Buck
12 rbi for buck this year
Doc is done. someone who was so confident and dominant cant hit the strike zone. unreal.
I'm concerned about doc. He looks so exhausted already. Maybe he's just frustrated.
@buster_espn: 2 years ago, Roy Halladay allowed 10 homers in 233 innings. So far this season, he's allowed three homers in 4 2/3 innings.
I think the Phillies are going to try and get what they can out of Doc this year and they will part ways… he will retire unless he solves this problem soon.
I know they have mentioned that he lost his arm slot and may never get back to where it was if he does not he will not be good at all.
I think the other thing that cannot go undiscussed and that is the absence of Chooch!
Will Doc ever get to 200?
maybe they should send doc down. they cant keep wasting starts. the phillies are falling ever behind.
He looks horrible and I am not just talking about the pitches.
This is painful.
and its the oldest team in the NL
Come on Charlie….. no pinch hitter
Charlie needs to stop playing the I stick with my boys mentality… this is a team……..
Then Revere hits into a DP cause he should have never been on 1st to begin with should have been moved over.
Bad move Charlie
I think we should all buckle up because it's gonna be a loooooooooooooooooong season.
i was shocked that charlie didnt make doc #1 again, and that rollins wasnt batting 1st. charlie does change some stuff
He looks worse than Joe Blanton.
Oh god here comes Durbin
We need a DP
I hate Atlanta…. but they may be the best team in baseball
Atlanta and Cincinnati are both looking good.
Is there any reason Durbin is still on this team?
Same reason as Laynce Nix.
I have no idea.
All off-season, when the likes of EricL and I (and others) posted comments about RAJ letting Schierholtz go for nothing, the unnecessary waste of money on Durbin and bringing in the two Youngs, we got shot down as "dissenters" and told to wait until the season to criticize. Had we waited until the season had started, I suspect we would be told that hindsight is 20/20.
The Chad Durbins, and Laynce Nixes of the world are what you get when you unnecessarily overpay your players for past performance in contracts for their expected decline years. They are still on the team to save face for the GM and/or because the manager loves veterans.
I was hoping that the team would start the season at 7-5 in their first 12 before playing 7 games against CIN and STL. If Lee can beat Gee and KK can beat Hefner, maybe they can take some momentum with them to Miami where hopefully Hamels and Doc can get some things straightened out.
He is another useless CHAD……who is next, Billingsly?
This is a bad team.
The mets are younger and scrappier.
This phils team reminds me of the old Mets teams in 08 and 09.
Delgado Beltran Reyes Wright.
Every year they were going to be good and they sucked.
Nice to see Dom Brown is popping up on 3-0 counts down 5 runs.
Hope Howard isnt mentoring him.
Doc sporting a nice 14.73 ERA
No wonder he was around in the 18th round of my fantasy draft.
The Phillies new marketing campaign should focus on making people aware that if you go to the game, you don't have to listen to their chucklehead announcers.
this is not 2007 and this is not 2008 this is not even 2009. THis is 2013. 2007 we had howard rollins the mvps we had hamels who noone wanted to mess with and we had a certain "swagger" that carried us to 3 straight pen nits and a frachise best season. Today we have nothing but the same team much older looking more defeated by the day. I know its sooo early in the season, but what does the future hold. Do we really think this group can win another world series in the next 3 years?? With our age and no farm system its time to hang our hats on the great rides its been and enjoy what we have left
I'm getting a sinking feeling that this is just the beginning of a disastrous season.
"Maybe if that month is in 2008?
this has been trending a long time."
Incorrect. He was the same hitter in 2008, 2010, and 2011, and better in 2009.
I attribute 2012 to coming back before fully healed. We have essentially zero sample for 2013 so far.
On the positive:
Utley and Rollins are hitting the ball great Dom has hit quite well just made some inexperienced decisions like the 3-0 pop up and the dive on the ball this past weekend.
Young had a great day yesterday.
Revere has not really impressed me except for his speed. He has not done a great job of getting on base.. missing Worley a lot
Howard has been pretty awful minus the last at bat where he got a sac fly RBI was a good at bat for him.
2006 1.084
2007 ,976
2008 .881
2009 .931
2010 .859
2011 .835
2012 .718
2013 .380
I dont see how that is not a trend.
A startling one.
Wiht a team that doesnt even seem ablr to adjust in anyway to it.
Except send him out there to hit 4th every day.
And leave him in vs any lefthander.
Just because.
Does anyone else get that the mets are better now?
Minus Reyes and Delgado and Beltran?
They play hard and hustle.
They should be losing 100 games and my bet shouldnt be in play.
But somehow the Phillies will be the team losing 100
With a top 5 pay roll
I think the house will be cleaned out. after this season.
RAJ will be gone
Manual will be gone
maybe resign Utley if he continues this way.keep Rollins Brown Howard (only because of the contract) not sure what you do with Ruiz Revere is cheap, Galvis Fransden also cheap
dump the following
Mayberry Nix Halladay Durbin Valdes M. Young, probably D. Young Kratz Quintero
Maybe a trade of Lee or Paps.
I mean who do the Phils have thats good?
Lee and Paps and?????
RAJ losing his job is really needed.
Until that happens there really is no future.
I mean we are going to hit Young 5th all year?
Just a casual fan con google his career stats and see his decline.
Like Howards and pretty much all the old guys.
For me very painful to watch Doc.
He may well be done.
Its at least a possibility.
Too bad its not 1998 and he could take a pill like Clemens.
@AFW, Howard declined from his career year in 2006 and still very good year in 2007.
When you consider the declining offense level in the league (as you must), his OPS+ (i.e. OPS relative to the league) in the four years 2008-2011 was:
125, 141, 127, 126
Which is why I said he was the same hitter in 2008, 2010, and 2011.
I don't think 2012 can be reasonably considered to be part of any trend, given that he came back before having healed. Same with the 1 week of 2013.
Only a week into the season but man do the Phillies look very bad right now and, really, what is there to inspire any hope that they will be any better than this?
We could be seeing the last of guys like Chase, Jimmy, and Cliff in a Phillies uniform. I think Cole will be ours, and Ryan will stay because no one will take his contract. The team could be looking to blow it all up at the deadline if this continues how it has started. This include Charlie getting sacked.
So the next time you see Chase make an awesome play, hustle, or crack one out with that sweet compact swing, all while looking smooth as hell doing it, don't take seeing it for granted.
Hopefully Rubes is told to get steppin' at the season's end as well.
@ Schenk I am not even gonna get into battles this year.
The team being as bad as it is is going to be enough for all of us.
I appreciate you are a fan just like me.
But not admitting to a decline in Howard would be like not thinking the team has declined.
He has effectively mirrored the decline of the entire team.
I will not be bringing up the contract as that is 0% Howards fault.
I sure wish youd be right and hed boost the OPS back over .900
Chances are slim though. Thats just how things work.
Old players decline they dont get better.
Unless your Bonds and find some ointment and flax seed oil.
Given the lower level of offense, which means that a single run counts more towards winning a game than it used to, he doesn't have to get anywhere near a .900 OPS to be as good as he was in 2008.
Heres a legit question.
You just start Halladay when his turn comes again?
Can they? Will he insist on it?
I mean this all speculation cause they could be totally different tomorrow.
Cant really trash Young at this point for the Phillies he has been okay I mean Kratz/Quintero have been HORRIBLE, Nix/JR/Carrera groups sucks period.
Howard as much as I hate his contract and he is frustrating as hell but he is a slow starter historically. He will end .250/30+/110 just maybe not in clutch.
Maybe you put Young 2nd Rollins 5th
Im not even talking about youngs play this year.
Only saying you go buy his baseball card and flip it over.
And what did you expect this year?
And this is some tough stuff to watch LOL
Especially with me only getting the other teams feed so far this year.
I suppose a legitimate question to ask is; Where is that switch at anyway?
Someone turned it off when the ST games were about done and it hasn't come back on yet. You know the switch for hitters to start hitting – that one.
I'm just glad I got rid of all my extra season tickets. Demand may be pretty low come July.
Does anyone else see in Halladay what happened to Carlton years ago? A lousy couple months with the rhetoric of "my arm is fine it is just a matter of mechanics"? I keep hearing Halladay's problem with his "arm slot"….Far too many innings has taken it's toll on Halladay. I think he still has the pitches to be effective, but he needs to be spot on with those pitches and limit the mistakes….should be an interesting year


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- Farm bills should be designed for times of low prices
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- Farmers will operate under the 2008 law through 2013.
- DCP and ACRE remain intact, for now.
- More budget cuts are likely.
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Among all the unanswered questions about the farm bill, one thing is certain: farmers will operate under the 2008 law through 2013. That means they get a direct payment on eligible crops.
Farmers have an opportunity to sign up for the direct and countercyclical payment (DCP) or the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program beginning Feb. 19. Signup for ACRE ends June 3, and DCP signup ends Aug. 2.
But a lot remains uncertain. For one, how much will budget cuts take from farm support programs?
Joe Outlaw, professor and Extension economist and co-director of the Texas A&M Agriculture Food and Policy Center (AFPC) at College Station, believes the direct payment level, after a round of expected March budget cuts, will be about 85 percent of what farmers get now.
He also thinks the farm bill that is currently not being discussed, but exists in both a Senate and House version, most likely will be the last of its kind. Future farm programs and the safety nets that have been part and parcel of farm law for decades will become insurance-based and the safety net will be smaller, "but manageable," he says.
Outlaw discussed farm policy during both the grain and cotton commodity sessions of the Blackland Income Growth conference at Waco.
The farm bill extension Congress agreed on back in January, primarily to prevent milk prices from spiking, was passed "with language that did not come from the ag committees," Outlaw says.
And many programs that were included in the 2008 bill have not been funded in the extension. They include organics, specialty crops, beginning farmer and rancher programs, Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE), as well as funding for several bio-energy programs.
Farmers will need to take a close look at the ACRE program to see how it compares with DCP, Outlaw says. "We have a lot of questions about how it will work this time. Farmers should look at the lower level of payment with ACRE and evaluate the advantages. For cotton, with a support price of about 71 cents a pound, farmers need to consider the 20 percent loss of the direct payment with ACRE and ask if the ACRE benefits can make that up. We can help farmers determine the best option."
The AFPC website, http://afpc.tamu.edu/, is a good starting point for assistance, but Outlaw says if farmers need further help, staff at the AFPC will walk them through the process of deciding best options for specific farms.
He has concern about across-the-board cuts in farm programs. "Policy decisions should help farmers stay in business," he says. "There is no way to make producers better off by cutting billions of dollars out of support every year."
Farm bills "are not developed for good times, like now when prices are good — we need to know how they will work when prices are low."


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Well, McReaders, this is the last blog you'll get from me. Wes will be taking over soon, and I'll be done with seminary after 3 glorious years.
Thinking about the past 3 years is a bit overwhelming. As I'm leaving seminary, I'm not one of those prefect Presbyterians who passed all her ordination exams in the first try; I'm not walking out of seminary with a job in hand, ready to become ordained; I'm not in the minority. I am, once again, in the majority. I'm walking out of seminary with debt, no job, very little idea of where I am going to live, and a car that requires prayer each time to drive it down the Dan Ryan (which, given the shape it's in, I don't go down the Dan Ryan with it if I can help it). It's not that I don't have skills, I have mad skills. It's just, there really aren't many jobs out there. Recently, several people have asked me, "So, if you had to do it over, would you do it all again the same?"
Yes. I'd do it all over again and I would not do it differently. Here are a few reasons why:
1. I met Megan, Alex, TC, Sylvia, Tracy, Jon, Joe, Holly, Kim, Jason, Bong, Lilit, Ching Boi, Tyler, Ken, Lora, Matt, Jenny, Hannah, Amber, Molly, Han Kook, Dave, Kristi, Meredith, Kristin, Robyn, Tina, Karl, Michele, Vimary, Abby, Nathy, Nancy, Jeanine, Sergio, Kristin, Deanna, Mo, Stephanie, Melva, Kathi, Wes, Liz, Albert, Mike, Monica, Daniel, Sarah, Sarah, Katie Jo, Kate, Kirk, Jamie, Matt, Allison, Casey, Phil, Jeff, JC, Honna, Jake, Kelly, Megan, Sarah, Melvina, Delores, Kay, Sheila, Chris, Brenda, Peter, Heather, Jamie… the list is endless. This only includes the people that I could think of in 5 minutes and doesn't include staff, professors, students from other seminaries, people in the community… Need I say more?
2. The friendly folks at the Starbucks at 55th and Woodlawn know my name.
3. I now know that Joel is an actual book in the Bible.
4. Ted Hiebert taught me Hebrew and Sarah Tanzer taught me Greek.
5. Janaan Hashim and Bob Cathey answered all my ridiculous questions and never told me to shut up. Ever.
6. I got to be Lib Caldwell's EA.
7. If you ask nice enough, Luis will put on his Dracula cape.
8. Christine Vogel lets me cry in her office and Frank Yamada lets me cry in the halls.
9. Dr. Daniels made singing "Welcome Table" my favorite communion tradition.
10. Deb Mullen helped me accept who I was on my first day of classes.
11. Joann Lindstrom has a puppy in her office.
12. Sam Evans talks in a French accent when he's in the office.
13. David Crawford is my friend and I know how hard he works for the seminary and the people there.
14. My classmates are fabulous dog-sitters, bird watchers, fish sitters, and plant waterers.
15. Melody Knowles taught me how to write a better paper.
16. Ted Hiebert made me re-think how I read the Bible.
17. Jennifer Ayers made me appreciate food and be thankful that I have it.
18. Ken Sawyer.
19. Ken Sawyer's Mustache.
20. David Esterline's wife's cookies.
21. Knowing that Priscilla Rodriguez is always laughing at my facebook posts and understands my existential angst and will always have a hug for me.
22. Christine Vogel has a constant and steady supply of chocolate in her office.
23. No one reads the Psalms quite like Nanette Banks.
24. Dr. Frank Thomas taught me how to preach like I was on fire and then he made us go play in the snow.
25. Joann Lindstrom has my back.
26. Deb Kapp is an awesome cook at Iron Chef.
27. Monica actually smiles, you just have to know how to make her do it.
28. Natasha thinks I've already graduated.
29. I sort of have teacher crushes on Bob Cathey, Ted Hiebert, Lib Caldwell, Melody Knowles, and Janaan Hashim.
30. Community meals are always better food than I have in my apartment.
31. David Crawford often confuses me and Abby Mohaupt.
32. Boundaries don't actually exist at McCormick despite Joann Lindstrom's attempts at educating us.
33. Kimchi and Chapchae are two of my new favorite foods.
34. After being her EA, Abby Mohaupt and I now know that Lib Caldwell drinks Diet Coke at break and her Starbucks order is a grande unsweetened passion fruit iced tea.
35. I learned more about YAV's than I ever imagined was possible.
36. I learned that Frank Yamada used to be in a band.
37. Anna Case-Winters lets me call her A.C. Dub.
38. Ken Crews can eat ungodly amounts of fast food in one sitting.
39. Deacon retreats aren't the same without Christine Vogel present.
And last but not least…
40. The University of Chicago has a library. Thank God, or none of my work would have ever gotten done.
Well, that's it. There are other things I could have talked about on here, but this is all I had time for, I have to finish a project for Bob Cathey. Go figure. Graduation, here I come!
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Meanwhile back at the Ranch, part 3. (3/8/09)
I got back from Camelback at about 10:45 p.m. This was my second weekend there and….there might be another one next week. I have friends that are going already soooo I might also go.
Camelback Ranch scoreboard. Notice the distinction of the logo.
Larry King was very gracious, posing for pictures and signing autographs!
The famous Troy from West Virginia! He is the reason why Joe Beimel got a bobblehead. He got plenty of Youtube videos showing his total support for Jjoe.
We found the minor league area where we watched our Baby Blue practicing!! The kid standing up smiling is Preston Mattingly. We saw Johnson pitching well. Dodgers could have used him today.
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I hope you get to go again next week & I'll have to look for those YouTube videos!
You are having too much fun.lol Love the pictures. Keep them coming.
Troy is funny. He was parading behind home plate with that sign when our pitching was falling apart chanting "Bring Beimel back!" and he had all Dodger fans chanting it. He kept pointing his sign to the suites where Dodger personnel was at.
Jan, Did you see the message Jay left you here?
That's great Larry was nice enough to take some pics! You gotta love it : )
Tom, yeah Larry was very patient signing autographs, and posing for pictures and talking to the fans. His kid threw out the first pitch and served as honorary bat boy.
Love the pics… you do seem like a die hard Dodgers fan. =) I'm a die hard Giants fan! =)
~King of Cali
Excellent pictures of the inside of the ranch. My only regret was I wish I would have paid to see a game in the place. I just got a distant picture only.
Yes, I am a hard Dodger fan!. You know, I've met some ….(hard to say) nice Giant fans (almost choked on that🙂. But really, I've met some nice and some not so nice. I had a lot of fun at the All-Star game there even with all the abuse my friend and I got.
Hey Aaron,
I did not finish uploading my pics. Maybe I'll add more. I did take some of the White Sox as a favor to another blogger here. He is so far away from his Medias Blancas (White Sox). Love your reports of the WBC.
Awesome, Emma! Wow. You sure do schmooze with the rich and famous, eh? Larry looks totally different without makeup… as in, totally normal. On TV he just looks kinda… well, icky, for lack of a better word.
Emma, you always go where the Dodger action is. I love reading about your adventures and the people you come in contact with.
LOL Jeff! Larry sure does totally different without his makeup guru.
Thanks Jane! BTW, I have a party for 11 year old niece today but tomorrow I probably go to the LA Times Book Festival.


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By Seth BrownPosted October 2, 2012
Looking out over 17th Street in downtown Washington, D.C. from the fourth floor window of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (which is part of the White House campus), it occurred to me just how impressive it was that the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) was sponsoring an event on green infrastructure. Not too long ago, the term "green infrastructure" would likely conjure up images of fire hydrants and light posts painted green for many White House officials – this meeting really indicates just how far we've come on this topic.
This event, officially titled Municipal Stormwater Infrastructure: Going from Grey to Green, was co-sponsored by EPA and CEQ recently with the ultimate goal of the "wider adoption of green infrastructure to manage municipal stormwater." The participants list read like a Who's Who in the world of water infrastructure – from George Hawkins to Howard Neukrug to WEF's own Jeff Eger, who moderated a great panel on barriers and success on green infrastructure. Also, a number of WEF members attended the event, such as WEF Stormwater Committee Chair, Mike Beezhold. The unusual format of the event, which relied on table-top exercises to glean information from the all-star line-up of attendees, helped to elevate the energy in the room.
Opening remarks by Nancy Sutley, who chairs the CEQ (which effectively means she's the top science advisor to the President), illustrated just how well-versed top officials in this Administration are on green infrastructure. Other remarks by thoughtful professionals resonated with the group, such as Alex Dunn's statements on how green infrastructure is a "galvanizing" topic that brings together many different groups and how this topic goes beyond the CSO community and into the suburban and separate sewer landscape as well. Some interesting information on innovative financing was presented, such as "Environmental Impact Bonds," which borrow from the growing use of Social Impact Bonds, and the potential to group green infrastructure projects to more effectively compete for SRF awards.
Of all the presentations made, the closing remarks made by Nancy Stoner (Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Water at EPA) captured the spirit of the day. Nancy participated in the entire event, including the table-top exercises, and she observed that the commonly-hear barrier of, "it won't work here" was not raised once. This is a significant point to highlight, as it illustrates a change in the way we are starting to view green infrastructure – less as the "other option that might work here", and more as the "first option that should work here." Secondly, Nancy pointed out how much progress is being made outside of the Federal government sphere. She was referring to implementation of green infrastructure at the local level when she made the statement that, "I think you folks have the answers," and emphasized EPA's role to provide support on moving the ball forward on green infrastructure.
I'm not naïve enough to think that progress on a topic as complex and nascent as green infrastructure hinges on the results of one meeting. However, if there was one meeting that would help to show that stormwater infrastructure is no longer the step-child in the water sector, this meeting was it.
Posted October 2, 2012
Looking out over 17th Street in downtown Washington, D.C. from the fourth floor window of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (which is part of the White House campus), it occurred to me just how impressive it was that the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) was sponsoring an event on green infrastructure.
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#158271 - 04/07/06 02:31 PM Kummerspeck
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From the Last Page column in the March 2006 Smithsonian magazine, we see a much-needed loan word from German:
Kummerspeck - the excess weight one gains from emotion-related overeating. It means "grief bacon."
My own translation would be more along the lines of "boredom cookie", but its all the same in the end (well, OK; hips).
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#158273 - 04/07/06 07:38 PM Re: Kummerspeck
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I know only about ten words in German (not including things you can order in a restaurant) but I wonder if the English word cummerbund is related to the prefix/root used here.
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I know only about ten words in German (not including things you can order in a restaurant) but I wonder if the English word cummerbund is related to the prefix/root used here.
AHD suggests otherwise.
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#158276 - 04/10/06 01:04 PM Re: Kummerspeck
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Hello and good evening.
The possible relation between cummerbund and Kummerspeck did intrigue me. According to my dictionaries, the former goes back to Persian "kamar" (waist), having reached the English language via Hindi "kamarband" (ca loinband)
The latter actually means additional fat because of worry, more often than not "Liebeskummer" (lovesickness). So you put on weight with man/woman problems, acchieving the exact opposite of what you desperately need.
"Kummer" derives from Middle High German "kumber" (waste, debris; trouble, stress, grief) and was borrowed from Middle Latin "cumbrus" (entanglement, dam).
It is related to "kümmerlich" (poor, miserable) and "Kümmerling" (weakling).
In some German regions "Kümmerling" also names a bitter "Schnaps". I suspect what people actually mean is "Kümmel" (caraway seed or cumin), as the taste, if I remember correctly, reminds you of these spices.
So, if you have "Kummer" or possibly weltschmerz, you have a couple of quick Kümmerlings and the world might look better (I doubt, esp. as it does not exactly help to reduce your waistline, v.s.)
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Vielen Dank fuer diese ausfuehrliche, etymologische Analyse. Kuemmerling wird hoffentlich nicht in die Staaten exportiert.
#158278 - 05/14/06 09:01 PM Re: Kummerspeck
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Ah yes, for the record.
I asked Sebastian Voigt, a nice German from Germany, to reply to the messages in this thread, (It's not like I was interfering with any continuous conversation) and he did. He will be back here later this month so if anyone wants to chat in German he will be pleased to oblige.
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First signs of spring are blooming
A few years ago while I was visiting a friend in late winter / early spring, we decided to take a stroll through her garden to see if anything was beginning to show its face in the still unsettled weather.
Hellebores were just beginning to open, which I expected, and snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) were beginning to bloom, although their white showing wasn't impressive since we had just spent the winter looking at a white ground. What I wasn't expecting was a burst of brilliant yellow that made me feel as though a ray of sunshine had erupted on an otherwise dreary day.
This burst of yellow was the result of my friend's successive plantings of winter aconite, or Eranthis hyemalis. It's no wonder I was taken with these bright yellow flowers that reminded me of summer because they are members of the same family of plants that bring us buttercups, Ranunculaceae.
The bright-faced little blossoms are common in English gardens although they originate from the woodlands of Italy and southern France. I am not surprised they are often found in English gardens and not just because they prefer moist soil, but because they have an Elizabethan-type collar of leaves just below the one-inch flower. Even so, they have made their way to American gardens, particularly where the winters are cold and by February, we start to look for any sing of spring we can find.
In the wild, winter aconite grows below deciduous trees where it gets filtered early spring sunlight. Preferring cooler weather and rich soil, aconite flowers are perfect food sources for bees that are just awakening from their winter sleep. Growing from small tubers planted just an inch or so below the soil, aconite naturalizes by dropping its seeds.
They look best when planted in masses and equally look lovely when planted with contrasting white snowdrops, which bloom around the same time.
Winter aconite is a small plant, about two to four inches tall. It generally takes a couple years to get established but successive plantings each year for two or three seasons can help it fill in, forming a yellow carpet in early spring. This plant doesn't mind the snow and will continue to bloom right through it. As the leaves fill out on the trees, the plant will die back to the soil and wait until next winter.
When the winter is mild, this plant can start blooming as early as January. During colder, harsher winters, it might take a bit longer. Although it can spread naturally from seeds, the fastest way to propagate winter aconite is to dig up clumps of the established tubers, separate them and plant the sections around and under deciduous trees.
On the heels of winter aconite is another tiny spring plant that I am quite familiar with, grape hyacinth. Not to be confused with the large, pastel hyacinths with the intoxicating fragrance around Easter time, grape hyacinth is not a hyacinth at all. Muscari, or grape hyacinth, is a hardy little beast that tends to show up my gardens wherever they choose. I don't ever remember planting them, but I can count on finding clusters of these small but bright purple spikes here and there throughout the yard and the gardens. Previously listed in the Lily family of plants, botanists have moved grape hyacinths to Asparagaceae. It doesn't take rocket science to figure out these plants are probably related to asparagus, generally the first vegetable to come up in spring.
When I'm roaming the gardens in the fall, I always find their rosettes bursting with slender, dark green leaves with the recognizable white stripe down the center. A dead giveaway for the grape hyacinth that will show up in that spot the next spring.
Some people complain because they aren't where they should be but I love finding little surprises like the grape hyacinth when I go searching for garden growth in spring.


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My Smile Makeover At Orchard Scotts Dental – Part 1
I'm gonna share something very intimate about me today. You are going to see a very private part of me paraded in various poses and contortions. MY MOUTH LA!! Teeheehee.
For the longest time, I was unsatisfied with my smile. I knew what I didn't like, but didn't know how to fix them, or if fixing them was even possible.
6 things I didn't like about my (old) smile:
1. Misaligned teeth
I had braces when I was 18, those super ugly metal ones that no matter how colorful and luminous I chose my bands to be, remained UGLY.
Not to mention painful and uncomfortable! Ulcers were a constant thing throughout the agonizing 3.5 years that I wore them. I remember having to wear these tiny elastics to improve the bite of my upper and lower jaws. There were bands, hooks, wires, brackets in my mouth and I always had food stuck in between and everywhere else.
Not pretty.
Ah, the price to be paid for not having naturally straight teeth! Mine were all over the place, some hiding behind one another, some growing like cactuses reaching out for the sun. Lol.
During the period when I was wearing braces, I don't think I had that many suitors. WAHAHA.
My teeth were pretty straight after that but one day my retainers disappeared. I asked my dentist if I should make new ones and he said "Nah, it's alright. Some natural crookedness will make your teeth look nicer". Whuuutt…?? WORST ADVICE EVER. =.=
2. Yellow Teeth
I don't smoke, I don't take coffee or tea, not even coke. I just had yellow teeth. =(


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DD is eating and enjoying solids pretty well. I do BLS and she eats a little bit every day at lunch and dinner, but usually not breakfast. She likes to nibble on my snacks as well, usually fruit. My question is whether it's okay to give a baby some food (healthy, obviously) just to keep them occupied and happy for a little while, even if they don't seem to actually be hungry. For example, last week I let DD munch on a tomato while we were on our walk just so she wouldn't whine that she was in the stroller instead of the Ergo. She didn't seem hungry, just interested in exploring the food.
I'm mainly concerned because of a family history of compulsive eating. I don't want to create the habit of eating out of boredom, yet I only give her healthy food and if she is uninterested, of course she could always just ignore it.
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Wayne library seeks Pike help
October 30, 2013 —
As they did earlier this year, Wayne County library officials came before the Pike County Commissioners saying they deserve Pike funding because a large portion of their patrons are Pike residents.
Genevieve Reese, the president of the Wayne County Library Alliance, said some 60% of the Newfoundland library's patrons and 40% of Hawley library patrons are Pike County residents. She said they use these libraries rather than driving 40 miles to Milford.
A state program, PA Access, which formerly provided funded inter-county patronage statewide, was discontinued in 2009. Since then the Newfoundland Library has received one check, for $1,000, from Pike County. Bill Brennan, president of the Newfoundland Library board of trustees, said Pike funded Newfoundland before PA Access, but didn't renew support when state money ended.
Brennan said, "Why don't we get any money from Pike County? It seems all of it goes to Milford (the Pike County Public Library)," he said.
Mary Ann Teeter said more than half of the Hawley library's 8,000 patrons come from the Pike townships of Lackawaxen, Palmyra and Blooming Grove, but they provide no money and no support.
Lackawaxen resident Ed Eggenberger said he wanted nothing from the rest of the county. "I'd like our (Lackawaxen) taxes used for fair representation."


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Thursday, December 3, 2009
Advent Calendar December 4 Christmas Cards
I love getting Christmas cards.
I read all of those long newsy letters.
Christmas cards that I receive are prominently displayed through the holidays.
I keep all of my Christmas cards, I dinna know why. Might need to know who sent me a card in 1983, or 1976, or whatever year, if I can find the right box.
But, --- I haven't sent out Christmas cards ---- goodness sakes, I don't remember when. I haven't even thought about it until now. Will I change my slackard ways? Maybe,-- perhaps,-- I think so. I may never send out the quantity of cards that I did in the early days of my married life, but there are people that I want to keep in my life.
During this last year, I have been reaching out to my McPherson family and have found cousins of some degree or other in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Arizona, and even one in my home state of Oregon. I dinna want to lose those connections.
So, I now have layed out a stack of Christmas cards, a stack of a picture( taken of my family at our 50th wedding anniversary bash), a couple of folders of stamps. I have the perfect pen for writing cuz I dinna create a Christmas letter on the computer --- I am a bit old fashioned about my Christmas cards.
I can do it! What a wonderful thing --- this Advent Calendar of Memories. I remembered why sending Christmas cards are important.
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I love receiving them, too, Joan, and also sending them, although I've been known to mail them out in January some years when life got in the way during the month of December. Nothing like a beautiful Christmas card or letter to brighten someone's day. I hope you get yours out this year as you hope to!ReplyDelete
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I love the old tradition of sending and receiving Christmas cards, like you said it's a way of staying in touch. What would we have to blog about if all of our ancestors threw many of these traditions away and thought it was troublsome. I love getting them in the mail each day, something to look forward to other than junk mail and bills. Have fun doing your cards this year! Thank you for your lovely post.ReplyDelete
I love Christmas cards, too, and they're a great way to connect with people you don't get to see very often. I'm sure your cousins will love to get yours!ReplyDelete


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Written by NocturnalStalker on 21.11.2012 at 14:30
Thank you for another interesting article, Mindheist.
I must confess I'm not very fond of this kind of overly epic, Hollywood blockbuster soundtrack kind of music but some of the tracks were pretty nice (Two Steps From Hell for me).
I guess, I prefer dramatic music over epic music. That's why I'll be looking forward to your next article.
Written by Mindheist on 21.11.2012 at 23:31
Well, first, thank you for taking the time to read the article and listen to the tracks above
You know, originally, I had chosen 10 other tracks to go with the "Hyper Epic" category, but at the last minute I changed everything. The reason for that is because I thought people would be even more interested in this if they knew the kind of movies and VG some of these tracks were precisely written for. I guess in the end I chose fame over quality
I agree though, Two Steps From Hell are beasts and arguably the biggest trailer music powerhouse in the world, As for the Hybrid Rock/Dark Metal category, I promise you, it'll be richer than this one. And now that I know this category wasn't that much to your liking, i'll put an even extra thought into the upcoming one
Hope you like it
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Thank you for considering my humble opinion.
And I hope that more people will come to appreciate your articles in the future.


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Mornin gang, Hmmmm, "A" hasn't posted yet!!! Does that mean their's Two Monday's this week??????
Geez I hope not, one Monday a week is bad enough.
Sorry 'bout that...
No guys, I just overslept this morning. I set the alarm clock but forgot to turn it on. So I had to quick get dressed and ran out the door.
Thoughts and Prayers to All
Have a Great and Safe Evening
Seeeee Ya's
DAYTONA 82 dys 18 hrs 21 mns
YIKE'S....R U sure U got dressed before U ran out the door "A"
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
2010 WASP Exhibit Featuring Memorabilia From Gail Sigford Family Archives: WASP WWII Assignments
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Flying B-26s and B-29s to prove to male pilots that they were safe???ReplyDelete
*eyeballs rolling*
TK, that's absolutely true. The early B26's had the reputation of crashing and the male pilots were making noises that the B26 was unsafe and not wanting to fly in them. Between Jackie Cochran and the AAF, they proposed that the WASP fly the B26. The ploy worked.ReplyDelete
The B29, the super fortress, was thought to be too big to fly and thus met with some resistance. So a couple of WASP were trained to fly the B29. After the women piloted the B29, one male B29 pilot was reported to toss his wings on his commander's desk, saying, "I quit." The commander retorted, "You'll quit when we tell you that you can quit."
On our return from the Oregon coast last weekend, we stopped at the Evergreen Air Museum in McMinnville. My husband wanted to see the Spruce Goose (which was quite impressive), but I was more interested in the WWII-era planes and exhibits. I noticed they had a small portion of an exhibit that talked about the WASP and their service during that time period. Throughout the museum, there was a strong emphasis on Oregon individuals and their flight/military service. If you get the chance, it is a wonderful museum and worth the visit.
Tracy, Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I have always meant to go up to the Evergreen Air Museum, but never gotten around to it. You have given me new impetus for a trip up that way. Thanks for the reminder of what's in my own back yard (well, sort of, I am as far south in Oregon as you can get without being in California.)ReplyDelete


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Starbuck kids ordered to testify against dad for murder trial
Five reluctant witnesses in the murder trial of Clay Starbuck, his own children, have been told they will testify against their own dad in the killing of their mom.
Chanin Starbuck was found strangled inside her home in December of 2011 and prosecutors said what the kids know about the events leading up to the killing is critical to their case.
Detectives think Clay Starbuck may have killed his ex-wife so he wouldn't have to pay her $9,000 in back child support. Ironically, his children, who may have information to help the prosecution's case, are standing by their father and up until now have been unwilling to answer questions from prosecutors.
Now with Starbuck's first degree murder trial just a month away, prosecutors are growing concerned they still don't know what his children know about the incident.
The pre-teen Starbuck kids are now being raised by their older adult brothers. Austin Starbuck, 22, is their legal guardian and has told prosecutors interviewing his younger siblings would be a waste of time.
"It's my position the older children have been resistive. We've tried a number of times to get them in. We've tried to accommodate them, in fact we waited now until spring break to get them in," deputy prosecutor Larry Steinmetz said.
Detectives have said she was tricked into taking the children to school while Clay Starbuck slipped inside her home, where he later allegedly murdered her, making the children material witnesses.
"I'm getting quite concerned that we'll set a date again, they won't show up or there will be excuses and we'll be back in the same position," Steinmetz said. "I have a right to a fair trial as well and I'm asking the court to grant that."
That's why in court Thursday Judge Greg Sypolt ordered the Starbuck children to give video depositions later this month, and were all served with subpoenas before they left the court Thursday morning.
Their father's first degree murder trial gets under way May 6 with prosecutors hoping for a life sentence if he's convicted of killing his ex-wife.
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