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MIAMI — More than 1,500 participants of a monthlong python challenge have helped to capture 50 Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades.
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Original post made by William, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on May 16, 2013
According to Marine Corps regulation MCO P1020.34F of the Marine Corps Uniform Regulations chapter 3, a male Marine is not allowed to carry an umbrella while in uniform. There is no provision in the Marine Corps uniform regulation guidelines that allows a male Marine to carry an umbrella.
You might think a commander in chief of the armed forces might be aware of the regulation. Nevertheless, during a press conference under a light drizzle with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan this morning, President Obama flaunted his transcendence of the US Military when he allowed the First Head to be protected from the elements by an umbrella held by a male Marine corporal.
Nothing is beyond this so-called commander in chief when it comes to embarrassing armed forces in the act of protecting himself from hostile elements, such as a light rainfall. It has been reported that the White House immediately when into defensive mode, and conflicting spin-stories are emanating from both the White House and the CIA as I write this missive.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 17, 2013 at 9:07 am
WOW William, you have way to much free time on your hands. I think there are much bigger problems in the world than a marine holding an umbrella. Face it, your party lost the election and you are grasping at straws to get the President out of office. NOT GUNNA HAPPEN.
a resident of Livermore
on May 17, 2013 at 9:20 am
in case you don't know, his full name if WILLIAM TELL...tee hee
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 17, 2013 at 10:28 am
Not sure how many names you post under, William, but your political satire amuses me a great deal and I look forward to each installment. You should write for Stephen Colbert on the Colbert Report!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 17, 2013 at 2:14 pm
Isn't Colbert that guy who's sister lost an election last week to a guy who publicly cheated on his wife? That Colbert family sure are a bunch of losers..............
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Mayor of London Ken Livingstone announced the winners of the fourth London Planning Awards last night at City Hall and Arsenal's new home collected awards for 'Best Built Project Contributing to London's Future' as well as the Mayor's award for Planning Excellence.
This entry, titled 'Emirates Stadium/Arsenal on the Move', was praised for its success of planning a major development in a densely built-up area.
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The Mayor, Ken Livingstone said: 'Once again the standard of entries in the Awards is outstanding. I am particularly pleased to see that the planners and developers behind these schemes have liaised with my offices - either the Greater London Authority, Transport for London or the London Development Agency - as well as the boroughs throughout the planning process. Although there is sometimes intense debate between local and regional government over planning this is all part of what leads to the design excellence that achieves the best benefits for local communities as well as for London as a whole.
My winner tonight, 'Arsenal on the move', very much demonstrates these combined benefits that a bold and imaginative planning process can deliver. Behind this project was a clear determination to deliver a chain of complex planning schemes including both a world class stadium and local facilities. It would have been easier for Arsenal Football Club to move to a site near an M25 junction in Hertfordshire or Essex but they rightly decided to keep this important part of London's culture in London and have worked hard to ensure that they fitted in and complemented their local surroundings.'
Roger Hepher from Hepher Dixon, Planning and Regeneration Consultants on the stadium project, commented, "I am delighted to receive this award. Although nominally an award to Hepher Dixon, HOK Sport Architecture and Buro Happold, I see it as recognition of a highly effective professional team. The Arsenal project was unusually complex, involving large-scale and sometimes controversial change within a dense part of London's urban fabric."
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The big issue now is barrel selection. I know the .311 blank from GM is not optimum for accuracy, but I'm not looking for perfection. I truly can't envision me using these for anything much beyond 50 yards. If I can keep a 6 inch group at 50 yards, that is perfectly acceptable to me. Would the .311 bore acheive this?


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Picked this spot because near the house, good early sun exposure. Two pine trees as natural late afternoon sun as well as winter weather deflector. I am in process of building small 5x5' wood fence on each side for wind/neighbor deflectors.
treated wood only that touches ground. below ground is concreted in. Above ground is redwood. The back bar is slightly higher than the front, hopefully have just the right tilt needed for good hive drainage.
It will easily hold two hives at first. However, 3-4 if I really start to get involved.
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I live in a region I suspect harbors some of these critters - Mexican Sunkist/AMM - has anyone ever heard of them? Dr. Russell mentioned them once to me. Anybody know of any other reverse migrations that have taken place southward?
I live in a region I suspect harbors some of these critters - Mexican Sunkist/AMM - has anyone ever heard of them? Dr. Russell mentioned them once to me. Anybody know of any other reverse migrations that have taken place southward?
Dr. Russell told me once that his father had sold 50? colonies to some farmers from the copper canyon in the Sierra Madre of Chihuahua.
My understanding is that the colonies were not tended to and swarmed for years and the region was saturated with the Sunkist genetics, mixing with the real feral hives that live on the deep canyons of Chihuahua. I see them out there but they are mostly crazy aggressive -some swarms and hives I have found them to be calm and nice to work with. The elevation is 8k+ so africanization may not be a factor -or it may, maybe AMM?.
They survive well without any kind of treatment and are highly productive -but the aggression factor is not a nice thing to deal with.
I was hoping you would chime in. I keep running across darkish bees at high elevation here that match their description - and vicious attitude. I have two hives of them. Not AHB, but they don't act like regular bees either. Mine are a bit watered down at this point -tolerably aggressive I would call them. Catch them on a bad day and watch out! They look like dark italians and have dark reddish queens and black drones.
Know of any other races of bees that have become established down there in the face of full blown AHB?
Only rumor from some older beek's in my area, but supposedly AMM have been down in Mexico since the 1800's, the exact area I don't know. That strain is somewhat nasty, if that is indeed the same stock as mine are believed to be. Fantastic honey producers, some of the very hardest working bees. Tough little survivors, well adapted to the west coast, but work them in good weather or don't bother. They do almost give AHB a run for their money in misbehavior. They are NOT a favorite of bare-hands beekeepers!
Sounds a little like my bees. Last winter I watched bees like these fly and gather the last of the remaining pollen when it was 34 degrees outside. Survivor is not a strong enough word for them.
You are describing Apis Mellifera Mellifera traits. The dark queens with reddish pilosity, large dark aggressive worker bees, and foraging at temperatures just above freezing are all traits that are found most developed in AMM. I've often seen AMM colonies foraging when Italians are inside shivering.
NW Alabama, 47 years, 22 colonies and growing, sideliner, treatment free since 2005, 14 frame square Dadant broodnest
When I first started doing feral removals, I was afraid these bees were some kind of AHB, but after running across real AHB hybrids a few times, now I know otherwise. I have noticed those AHB hybrids are not as dark. If I pull out light bees with yellowish drones, invariably they have more AHB traits. Funny thing, those bees are usually not as mean as the dark ones. Honestly, I have some bees derived from Russians, and these dark bees act very, very similar in my eyes - the only big difference is the cluster size and the Spring build-up.
At this point I am pretty convinced I am running into a local strain of AMM or AMI (Iberica/Intermissa) of some sort. I have heard about the Mexican AMM along the border - so it seems logical they would be related.
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Dr. Russell !!! I hate to laugh but this guy really gets around. These so called Sunkist are nothing more than goldens.
I was reading a study that said there is no AMM in New Mexico. There are some people studying the genetics of honey bees.
How about send them some of your bees?
If you think anything organic is good for you, go drink some organic solvents.
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I am pretty well versed with Mrs. Magnus and her research. A lot of her research points to a portion of the bee population here being Iberian or Intermissa. Spanish Iberian bees are a variant of the AMM from Western Europe, mixed with a little African Intermissa - another black bee. The story goes that the Spanish brought them over during the conquest of the Americas. That is probably what I am seeing. Mrs Magnus has since moved on to work for Monsanto, if I remember correctly and the study is no longer being undertaken.
FYI for anyone following this thread... Just spoke with Carol Sutherland, NM State Entomologist. She told me that AMM/Black Bees have, in fact, existed in New Mexico. On top of that, several beekeepers in San Juan county imported a bunch of them several years back and they got loose, swarmed, and bred with the feral bees. They pretty much spread all across the county and quite possibly further. She said the old bee inspector from that period HATED going to that county, as the bees were always difficult and unmanageable.
Interesting story nonetheless.
She is the lady I have test my bees to make sure AHB is not creeping into my queens. She sends them to OSU, I believe.
Paul - I am very impressed at your getting Ms. Sutherland's help, and her sending bees off for genetic identification. That is a good learning habit. More of us should get to know our county and/or state bee inspector / entomologist.


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I am on the fence about these two cars. Any help is greatly appreciated!!!The 2004 Passat has 27,500 miles, auto, leather, 1.8T, 2WD, $15,900.The Legacy has 29,000 miles, auto, cloth seats, 4 cylinder, AWD, $16,980.Please post any and all opinions you have about this. Thank you again for all of your help! You guys and gals are the experts!!
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My boss has a 2004 Passat. That is the old VW platform which had many small issues (windows that stop working, electrical issue, sludge issues with the 1.8 etc.)The Legacy on the other hand was a brand new platform in 2005. I own a 2005 Legact GT with 36K on it and have not had a problem to speak of, my friend just turned 100K on his Subaru and lets just say he has not kept the best care of the car and has not had a issue. AWD is always better than FWD except you will pay a small penalty at the pump. If you plan on keeping the car for a long time I would buy the Subi.
I'd go with the Legacy as long as it DOES NOT have the turbo motor in it.Expect a non-turbo car to be slower then a turbo but then you can run a non-turbo car on regular gas-all turbo cars require premium and those used turbo cars that have been run on regular can easily have damaged motors becasue of the use of regular gas.If it has a turbo motor it's almost a toss up.If you can get reliable ones,they are both outstanding cars with the edge going to the Subaru in the snow states and the edge going to the Passat only slightly for gas mileage.


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Not sure if this is the right forum to post this question, but I am a new beek since August with one top bar hive. I'm feeding the bees syrup constantly to get them to build up comb and stores. They go through about 32 oz a day. Aside from the sugar, I am also using a few drops of essential oils in the water. Either anise oil, wintergreen or sprearmint. Most days they take it just fine. About once every 2 weeks, I come home to find an empty feeder and a pile of dead bees near the feeder. This is a boardman type feeder that is set away from the hive on a platform about 8 ft from the hive. I'm not home during the day to see what goes on. But I can't figure out the bee death. Any suggestions?
I've also gotten an in-hive feeder, but I find that I can't leave that in for more than 2 days at a time or the hive beetles begin to lay larvae in spots where the bees can't clean them out.


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Arsenal goalkeeper Damian Martinez has been called up to the Argentina squad for international friendlies against Nigeria and Poland.
Martinez had linked up with the Under-21s but has been promoted to the senior squad as cover for Adrian Gabbarini following an injury to Oscar Ustari.
The 18-year-old made a number of appearances for Steve Bould's Under-18 side after joining the Club from Independiente and also made three starts for the Reserves last season.
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"These three bills provide much-needed due process protections for physicians without endangering the 2003 liability reforms that have meant so much to Texas," TMA President C. Bruce Malone, MD, said in a letter (PDF) urging Governor Perry to sign the bills into law.
One of the most important things the bills would do is prohibit the filing of anonymous complaints.
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"We truly appreciate the dedication, hard work, and legislative savvy demonstrated by Senators Nelson and Huffman and Representatives King and Schwertner," Dr. Malone said. "Once outside parties jeopardized the passage of another reform bill, SB 190, by knocking it off of the House calendar, these legislators worked to make sure the changes at the Texas Medical Board still would occur. Quick thinking and action on their part resurrected the important provisions of SB 190 by adding them on to HB 680.
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Somber procession escorts tree faller through Sisters
Body of John Hammack of Madras recovered from fire scene
SISTERS, Ore. - A somber procession rolled through Sisters Friday afternoon, as first responders escorted the body of a Madras tree faller killed by a fallen treetop Thursday while helping firefighters on a blaze west of Redmond.
Deschutes County sheriff's deputies had helped recover the body of John Hammack, 58, from the fire scene Friday after it was finally deemed safe to do so, about 24 hours after the tragic accident.
Families, police and both wildland and structural fire agencies from throughout the area took part in the procession, which slowly moved from a forest road intersection east on Hwy. 242 (the McKenzie Pass Highway), then along Highway 20, the western-style main street of downtown Sisters -- the small Western-style town where Hammack grew up and as a pro rodeo cowboy won several Sisters Rodeo all-around titles.
It then headed to Redmond Memorial Gardens funeral home.
Hammack died and his colleague, Norman Crawford, 45, of Sisters, was injured Thursday when the top of a burning "hazard tree" broke off and fell on them as they helped a crew battling a small, new forest fire about seven miles west of Sisters.
The two men were working under contract for R&K Water Services of Bonney Lake, Washington.
Deschutes County said Friday flags at all of its buildings will be lowered to half-staff for 48 hours in honor of Hammack. The county said it also had been authorized by the governor's office to order that all flags in the county be lowered and flown at half-staff until sundown on Sunday.
"Even though it's government and private contractors, it's still one big fire family," Deschutes National Forest Supervisor John Allen said Thursday.
Thursday afternoon, friends shared with NewsChannel 21 their fond memories of the man.
"The guy was tough -- I mean, I was really surprised he had a logging accident. It wasn't his first time doing that," said family friend Rick Geraths of Tollgate.
Geraths said Hammack not only loved being in the woods, but loved the rodeo life.
"He was big in the rodeo for a long time," Garaths said. "He was the guy who pulled on the gate for the bulls."
Hammack also was a star of the Sisters Rodeo, winning the all-around title many times. Family members told NewsChannel 21 Hammack also competed in the International Professional Rodeo Association, where he rode in Madison Square Garden and won the world championship.
Deschutes County sheriff's Lt. Chad Davis said they were called in to help rescue the two contract workers who "were attempting to fall a hazard tree within the boundary of an active fire, when the top of the tree broke and fell on them," near Dugout Lake in the Mt. Washington Wilderness Area, seven miles west of Sisters.
"One of the workers was struck by the tree and killed," Davis said in a news release Thursday evening. "The other worker was struck by falling tree limbs."
Nearly 1,900 lightning strikes hit Central Oregon Wednesday and early Thursday, sparking more than 50 fires near Sisters. The contractors were called in to help on one small fire, burning about a quarter-acre.
The injured worker was able to notify Forest Service employees of the incident, who in turn called 911 dispatchers, Davis said. Crawford was taken by Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Department medics and transferred to an AirLink helicopter, which flew him to St. Charles-Bend. He was treated and released, officials said.
Deputies and sheriff's search and rescue personnel were unable to enter the active fire scene, and it remained risky enough that crews were unable to recover Hammack's remains, which they now plan to do on Friday afternoon, after crews control the fire.
"The tree that fell down that was on top of the gentleman was on fire, and was very hot," Allen said. "That was one of the contributory reasons that firefighters really couldn't get in there to reach him. He was unconscious when they found him."
The accident occurred about one-third of a mile from a steep forest road.
The death is a major shock for the firefighter community, which strives for safety in very dangerous conditions.
"You know, I can't remember the last time that a firefighter died here in Central Oregon," Allen said, despite the fact that "it's very dangerous work."
Gov. John Kitzhaber released the following statement on the passing of Hammack:
"My thoughts and deepest condolences go out to the family of John Hammack, who died on Thursday while bravely responding to a wildfire outside of Sisters. All across Oregon, thousands of men and women are doing difficult and dangerous work to protect their fellow citizens. This is a tough loss for Oregon, and with our state experiencing the most severe wildfire conditions in years, all first responders deserve our gratitude, our appreciation, and our support."


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Walk for breast cancer research is Saturday, March 15
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Barbara Ireland is preparing for the 14th annual Walk For Breast Cancer Research.
Ireland joined supporters from the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara and Sansum Clinic at a kick-off event and silent auction at Dargan's Irish Pub in Santa Barbara Wednesday night.
The mother of daughters, including model and businesswoman Kathy Ireland, said she is proud the money raised over the years has helped fund research.
The walk begins at Chase Palm Park Saturday, March 15.
Particpants who raise $100 in pledges do not have to pay an entry fee.
And there are prizes for the walkers who raise the most money.
For more information, go to www.ccsb.org/irelandwalk2014


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You should post that old quilt that you rescued. I would love to see that quilt!Originally Posted by cherrybsixty
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You should post that old quilt that you rescued. I would love to see that quilt!Originally Posted by cherrybsixty
Sharon, I love that crumb quilt with the colorful cactus border, works well with the large colorful squares!Originally Posted by purplefiend
Your quilt is beautiful! Thank you for sharing it with us.
Sharon W.
Thanks Monica! I bought the entire bolt of cacti fabric at a quilt show; the vendor found out that it was for charity quilts and gave my 20% off the bolt.Originally Posted by vintagemotif
I use it for my Linus Connection quilts, it goes well with the bright fabrics.
That was very nice of her to help you out by giving you a discount. I like your bright fabrics for the crumb squares and this border fabric for you donation quilts to the Linus Connection. Great way to use up crumbs and at the same time help others. Way cool!Originally Posted by purplefiend
How did you know that the DGD was home and she can help me.Originally Posted by vintagemotif
REally like your Crumbs. I also have 301 but it is at my friends house so I don't have to take it back and forth. Don't you love your 301!
I've fallen in love with my 301 now that I've finally gotten the tension assembly all adjusted properly. I have a herd of vintage machines.Originally Posted by annieshane
Okay, you lost me here with "DGD was home and she can help me". I remember you telling us during one of the chats on the Vintage Machine Shop thread that you had rescued a quilt, that you were cleaning it up, and that you would be posting pictures of the quilt very soon. When I saw your post here today, I thought of that quilt and wondered if you got the picture posted on the QB. I would love to see that quilt!Originally Posted by cherrybsixty
I think I need an urban dictionary to help me with some of these acronyms/initialism.
The machine that started my love of using vintage machines with treadles, a Singer 66-1 with Lotus decals. This baby quilt is the first quilt that I made by treadle power. The pattern is from Moda. I pieced, quilted, and attached the binding with this machine.


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County board chooses not to support resolution for Crosslake, Pequot lakes library funding
Crosslake director of parks, recreation and library, Jon Henke, reported that the Crow Wing County Board did not approve a resolution of support to reinstate $20,000 in lost funding from the Pequot Lakes and Crosslake libraries.
The resolution met the board Tuesday morning, March 12.
The Kitchigami Regional Library System (KRLS) cut $10,000 to each library in materials funding at the beginning of the year after the county board cut $20,000 from KRLS's budget.
Henke wasn't asking the county board for the money, but simply for support in asking the KRLS board to reinstate funding.
Henke said the county board chose not to pass the resolution of support because they didn't wish to micromanage the KRLS board.
Henke was very disappointed in the county board's decision, saying that the county didn't step up to the plate to support northern Crow Wing County.
"I respect their decision, but we don't really agree with them not supporting the resolution. It wasn't going to cost Crow Wing County any money, it was just support," Henke said.
Henke said county commissioner Paul Thiede was the only commissioner to vote in favor of the resolution.
Henke said any residents who are interested and want to show support should attend the KRLS board meeting Thursday night, March 28, at 6 p.m. in Pine River. At that meeting, Henke plans to ask the board to reinstate funding. He's been collecting resolutions of support from neighboring city councils and townships. Many have supported the resolution.
The location is yet to be determined, so anyone interested in going can contact the Pequot Lakes or Crosslake libraries for information on where the meeting will be held, Henke said.


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Problem with a shellcode...
I have an odd problem when trying to write my own exploit. I am doing the "extra mile" exercises for Win32 the Buffer-Overflow in the PWB course. So everything I am doing is legal here. Everything goes very well but one little thing.
I understand that injecting a null byte (\x00) will cause problems during the execution. But I have discovered that when I try to inject bytes ranging from \x0A to \x0F, I get a similar problem. Here is an example:
Let's say I want to inject the following code:
The debugger will show that the end result is something like:
But if I remove this \x0A character, I get the full message copied at the proper location: \x41\x42\x43\x44\x45\x46\x47\x48\x49
Basically, it seems I successfully copy my code, but starting at one of the mentioned characters, I only get garbage...
Any REAL experts?
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I have a circular display of 6 possible buffs that appear on the middle of my screen. I want in the middle to have a text, displaying the amount of buffs I have, and the possible amount of buffs. ie., I have 2 trinket procs, jade spirit, berserking and dark soul, and lets say 1 trinket procs along with jade spirit - then I want it to display 2/6.
I have other questions as well, so if you are a WeakAuras wizard, I'd love to get in touch with you. Please send me a message on this forum, so we can proceed to Skype.


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Peyton manning is awful, he could easily be 0-4, Elway should release him ASAP
Peyton manning is awful, he could easily be 0-4, Elway should release him ASAP
Football has been very, very good to us.
After losing seasons 2013-15, the giants put up 11 wins in 16.. they are on way Back
But for now we can console ourselves with this fact-
# of Super Bowl victories since 1985:
1-Chicago, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Seattle
2-Washington, Green Bay, Pittsburgh, Baltimore
3-San Francisco, Dallas, Denver
4-New York Giants!!!
Let's make it 5 in 2016 so we can be on a LINE NE again!!!
***Stat provided by "Schloss22"***
Release the Mighty Peyton? Elway knew there would be a "learning" process for Peyton with the other players and they with him. The system is new to him so are the coaches, playbook and he is coming off what could have been a career ending injury. I'm not throwing in the towel on Peyton just yet.
He had a pretty good game yesterday. I have no idea where anyone thinks they can say it's time to hang the cleats for Peyton. They played a fire-hot Patriots team that wanted to prove they are worthy this season after an abysmal start.
Blame the Broncos defense.


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Realistically, there's no evidence that the new character will chase Archie, but Archie Comics announced in a press release Thursday that Kevin Keller, a blond hunk, will debut on Sept. 1st, in VERONICA #202, which will feature the full-issue story, "Isn't it Bromantic?" Interestingly, Kevin seems to have more in common with Jughead: Kevin defeats Jughead in a burger eating contest at Pop's Chocklit Shoppe.
While Veronica seems bent on getting Kevin Keller, he and Jughead commiserate. Kevin is open with Jughead, just coming right out and saying "It's nothing against her. I'm gay." No reaction from Jughead, except to perhaps wonder if he can use this to get back at Veronica.
In the press release, Archie Comics Co- CEO, Jon Goldwater said "The introduction of Kevin is just about keeping the world of Archie Comics current and inclusive. Archie's hometown of Riverdale has always been a safe world for everyone. It just makes sense to have an openly gay character in Archie comic books."
Archie Comics is the publisher a series of comic books about the teens of Riverdale. Archie's first appearance was in Pep Comics #22 on December 22, 1941. Archie Comics was also the title of the company's longest running publication. Starting with issue #114 the title of the comic book was shortened to just Archie.


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Learning to like Opera
It's probably a safe statement to say that for most people, opera is somewhat of an acquired taste.
Performances are long, lyrics are often in another language and when they're not it's still difficult to work out what's going on. So, why do some people love it?
KATE MILLER-HEIDKE is widely know for her pop music but, she's also been immersed in the world of opera, and loves it.


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Vernon (AP) - The Hockanum Mill complex looks like a crumbling monument to the town's past as an industrial hub, but behind the peeling paint and empty, broken windows, a local businessman is breathing new life into the buildings.
"I don't see what is. I see what can be. I see potential," Ken Kaplan, owner of Kaplan Computers, says. "When it's done, it's going to be an amazing place."
The complex dates to the 1800s, and the white wooden structure visible along West Main Street was built in the 1850s to replace the circa-1814 building that burned down in 1854. Kaplan says the new building was constructed with posts and beams, with bricks in between, a style that Kerry Uzell, one of two job foremen, calls "slow-burn technology."
Since then, the buildings have survived a number of fires of varying sizes, been the subject of failed plans to be turned into apartments, and endured an FBI investigation of former tenants for environmental violations.
Potential $6M project
In April, Kaplan Mill Works LLC was approved for a $2 million loan from the state for work on the mill, which Kaplan says he plans to spend on four of the 11 buildings. He says that he plans to apply for another round of funding, and estimates that $5 million to $6 million might be necessary to rehabilitate the entire property, a project he says could take five years.
"It was really close to being at the point of no return," Kaplan says. "When you were driving into this complex, it was like driving into an abandoned city."
For now, Kaplan, with the help of Crosskey Architects of Hartford, is focusing on the white office building, the main white building, a concrete building behind these two, and another building in the same area.
Kaplan says he is working with the federal Environmental Protection Agency and state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to clean up toxins on the site, including asbestos, lead, and petroleum products in the soil. He says this is a lengthy, regimented process that is done in phases and while much has been cleared, there is still more to be done.
Kaplan says new water mains had to be installed and new electric work had to be done and because it is a historic building everything must be made to look original.
"We're trying to restore anything we can rather than replace it," Kaplan says. "In order to do this project, we can't be throwing money away - there's too much work to do."
The interior of the office building, a white, two-story house-like structure, which still contains the original safe from the 1800s, was "waist-deep" in garbage and debris when it was opened up, Kaplan says. Envisioning the building as his office, he says the wood floors will be restored, the conference table will be made of wood salvaged from the mill, and it will be the "showpiece" at the front of the property.
The concrete building, which Kaplan refers to as "building 4," contained "one of the scariest rooms" in the mill, and was full of graffiti, drug paraphernalia, and satanic symbols. Still visible on a rusted metal door leading out to air on the neighboring building, which is not part of the current project, is a swastika and the symbol for the Nazi SS.
"We cast a lot of demons out down here," Kaplan says.
Homeless living there
He also says that about 10 or 11 homeless people were living in the building, elsewhere in the complex, or in a tent city in the woods on the property. He and some others camped out in the complex for about 11 days, and with help from the Police Department, ensured that each person moved on.
Kaplan hopes to move Kaplan Cycles, a motorcycle shop, into the building before the end of February. He envisions the first floor as a restoration facility, with the top floor, which has walls made almost entirely of windows, serving as a showroom.
A covered walkway leads from this building into the main white building, or "building 3," of which the first and second floors eventually will be a technology center for Kaplan Computers.
Kaplan envisions the third floor as a 10,000-square-foot showroom, with an inventory of about 600 motorcycles. He also mentioned that a restaurant may be looking to fill a spot on the first floor along West Main Street, and estimated that the renovation could take up to two years to complete.
"When we get this project done, this area is going to be very, very nice," Uzell says.
Now, the building, which is as long as a football field, is essentially empty, with peeling paint on the ceiling and warped floors due to water damage and rotting beams. In the center of the expanse is a machine leftover from the textile mill's heyday, which Kaplan says will be restored and used as part of the landscaping outside.
Behind the long building and next to the one that will house the motorcycle shop, there are three brick walls that Kaplan says will be covered with a steel roof and turned into a storage room for the technology center.
Kaplan says he decided to take a chance on the project because after growing up in Rockville, he wanted to give back to the community and the mill gave him a chance to make an impression and leave a mark.
As part of the loan agreement with the state, Kaplan says he has to create 25 new jobs. So far, he has hired only people who were previously unemployed, and has created 20 new jobs, at least half of which are filled by Rockville residents.
"It's pretty cool to be able to make a difference like that," Kaplan says.
He says the area has a demand for "good industrial space," which is in short supply, and it also allows him to move his multiple businesses into the complex.
"It's a really unique situation where I can interact with all the customers at the same time," Kaplan says.
In addition to the motorcycle and computer businesses, Kaplan says he also has purchased Tolland and Hartford county franchise rights for Concrete Technology Inc., a concrete resurfacing company based out of Florida, which he says can make concrete look like tile, brick, or other types of surfaces. He says that it will be responsible for much of the concrete work at the mill.
In the end, though many people, including his 8-year-old daughter, Jordan, see nothing but a "rusty old mill," Kaplan is excited about the work that is getting done, and is optimistic about the mill's future.
"Every day I push paper and nothing really changes. Then I come over here and I can see it changing by the day," Kaplan says. "I think I can make a big difference here."
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[quote user="MattMeyerBud"][quote user="bigblue4417"][quote user="dezzzR"]If we win this week, Ravens or Pats. I want revenge for 2000[/quote]
I would rather play Baltimore because I think we could beat them and NE scares me.
They scare me equally...
I think we own Brady. I think we actually mentally get to him. I don't fear him nearly as much as other teams should
[/quote]Right now I feel like the Giants can beat anybody with the way they are playing..that being said I take no game as a given never have never will..Balt may be the easier game to win who knows ....As far a Brady goes hes no different than any other good QB, get pressure on him put him on his back he'll **** the bed just like Rogers last week ....We just need our D to keep balling like they are right now and we'll kick all of their *****........lets put the ****s to the49'ersfirst !!! Go Giants !!!!

I think the same exact thing. Time and time again I've shared with you all my opinion on cheering on my team. I don't EXPECT us to win. I don't like setting myself up for disappointment.
But that being said.....I feel we're unstoppable right now. We're playing amazing football right now.
I admire the offenses' 'attempt' to stick to the run, even when it wasn't really working for us. 80+ yards, not what I want to settle for in the playoffs, but....for this game it worked. We have to stay true to the run game though...HAVE TO!


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have heard about this tutorial in SGN and yes teh brass bolt would be helpful for that....
great idea on your part!!
ok on th 1/8"... thats right where mine is.
about that mag angle: it was a clean demill and i just set it back down and made sure it was centered and as deep as it would go. it wont go any deeper as its right on the bolt now, but it is possible that i could have wiggled a hair when i tacked it in and changed it.
thing is it looks perfect and by hand operation never fails to feed or eject and under fire it didnt start till after about 700 rounds.


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Avenger of the Bones
posted at 5:36 pm on August 27, 2009 by Doctor Zero
I noticed The Other McCain took exception with a comment in my "Ethics of Ferocity" post from Tuesday:
We're six months past the point where American voters can be kept quiet by suffocating them with the pillow of Bush hatred. We're about a month past the point where anyone capable of independent thought believes Obama is a better president than Bush was.
In response, The Other McCain commented on the American Spectator blog:
This is a bad argument, setting up an unnecessary comparison which does nothing to bolster the opposition to Obama. Furthermore, one can easily argue that George W. Bush was a very bad president and that one of the worst aspects of his presidency was that Bush confused people about the meaning of "conservatism" in a way that damaged the Republican Party and made possible Obama's election.
I'm surprised Other McCain read my original comment as an attempt to elevate Bush. Can't I just as easily argue that Bush was a bad president, and Obama is worse? I didn't think the overall tone of my essay conjured an image of Bush atop the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps, arms raised in victory, while an exhausted Obama catches his breath a few steps of greatness beneath him.
It's fair enough to ask me to clarify my opinion of George W. Bush. I've only been a blogger for a few months, and the Bush Administration was thousands of years ago, in the Second Age of Middle-Earth, when hobbit unemployment was less than half what it is today, and mortal men were not running a seven-ring deficit. I also think my assessment of Obama's inferior presidency is objectively true, and demonstrable, without waxing nostalgic about the troubled tenure of his predecessor.
Bush's greatest flaw was his failure to appreciate, and employ, the persuasive powers of the presidency. His second term was particularly appalling in this regard – he essentially disappeared after his re-election, and was rarely seen again. His problem was not entirely one of delivery. His successor is widely praised as a marvelous speaker, but he's no better at persuading the electorate than Bush was. Obama's problem is arrogance, and the urgent need to leverage his brief window of total Democrat power into a permanent victory in the Left's long war against the middle class. Bush's problem was a lack of vision.
He could have overcome his clumsy speaking style. A few malapropisms won't destroy a generally memorable speech. People have been fondly quoting Yogi Berra for decades, after all. The problem is that Bush rarely had anything memorable to say, outside of a few tragic, heroic months in 2001… and in those moments, he spoke to the ages. Nothing Bush or his enemies did, in the uncomfortable latter years of his presidency, diminished the magnificence of his "We Will Prevail" speech. We will prevail, thanks in no small part to the efforts of a generally mediocre president who had a moment of true greatness, in the hour his country needed him most.
For the rest of his tenure, Bush puttered quietly in the political greenhouse, trying to breed the same weird hybrid of conservative ideas and liberal ideals as his father. Both Bushes discovered, too late, that it's a man-eating plant. George W. Bush's major conservative domestic achievements were his tax cuts and Supreme Court picks. These were important and desirable, but not enough to slow down the awful leftward pendulum swing that's killing us.
Tax cuts are not a philosophy, and without a strong conservative philosophy built around them, they are too ephemeral to effect permanent change, especially in a country where only half the citizens pay any income tax at all. Their economic benefits are too easy for the Left to dismiss, particularly with the assistance of a media that reported five percent unemployment as a crisis for the poor damned souls in the job-placement industry. The economy is too complex to be guided by one input factor, while the maze of regulations, subsidies, and other government distortions are left in place. The American culture is too complex to be guided solely by adjustments to the economy. Outside of his tax cuts, Bush either agreed with, or submitted to, far too much of the Left's agenda, paving the way for the current tragedy.
A great President must be a teacher, with a deathless enthusiasm for teaching the basics, over and over again. This was part of Reagan's brilliance. Listening to any of his speeches is like replaying a recording of a jovial professor, holding forth in the only class you never wanted to skip. A president must also serve as the leader of his party, without being in complete control of it. This is not easy to do, but Bush didn't even seem interested in trying. The degenerate state of his party in 2006 is not entirely his fault, but it is his responsibility.
That's an awful lot of bad stuff to lay on the ex-president. Let me speak in his defense by relaying a personal anecdote. My mother passed away, very suddenly and unexpectedly, on November 11, 2001 – an awful day that fell exactly two months after another awful day. Watching the news one evening, during those two months, she told me how grateful she was for George Bush's courage and determination in the face of unspeakable evil, and how much safer he made her feel. After she was gone, I wrote a letter to the President, to pass along her thanks and add my own. I never got a reply, and never expected one. I could recite that letter from memory… and if I ever have a chance to meet George W. Bush, I will.
President Bush didn't do enough to cut the size of government, and rein in runaway spending. His deficits were too high… and his successor tripled them in six months. Bush never sent thugs to beat the protesters who were camped down the street from his house. He didn't try to prosecute people from Bill Clinton's administration for political advantage. I don't recall him blaming any of his problems on Clinton, ever. He didn't set up Orwellian email accounts to collect information on his critics. He sacrificed his political capital for the benefit of America's defense, not the other way around. His strategy in Iraq was executed poorly in many respects, but I believe it is a strategy that will prove to have saved countless American and Iraqi lives, in the long run. An Iraqi dubbed him "Avenger of the Bones," and that name always seemed right to me. Because Americans are not aggressors, conquerors, or helpless victims, we will sometimes need to be avengers.
On balance, I agree with The Other McCain: Bush was a bad president. He was vastly superior to the current occupant of the White House. I see nothing to be gained by keeping quiet about that observation. We owe President Bush that much, because in the horrified silence that followed a cowardly act of mass murder, he raised his voice for us.


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(Dec. 4, 2008)--UTSA students, faculty and staff have a new way to travel between the 1604 Campus and Northwest Vista College. To promote the new VIA Metropolitan Transit bus route between the two schools, there is a limited supply of free tickets for UTSA students, faculty and staff.
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The free-ride tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis at UTSA Fiscal Services offices in the John Peace Library Building and Multidisciplinary Studies Building on the 1604 Campus and the Frio Street Building on the Downtown Campus.
In November, VIA introduced new route 660, which provides an easy and inexpensive way to get to and from UTSA and the quickly developing far west and northwest areas of San Antonio.
"With the price of gas fluctuating as it is and increasing congestion on the roadways, citizens are looking for inexpensive options to help their commute situation," said Priscilla Ingle, VIA vice president of public affairs. "VIA is pleased to offer these new routes for students and employees of UTSA."
UTSA students, faculty and staff also can continue to ride routes 93 and 94 for free by showing their UTSACard. Routes 93 and 94 travel between the UTSA Downtown and 1604 campuses.
Route 660 runs Monday through Saturday and offers convenient stops at the major intersections and retail centers along Loop 1604. At Northwest Vista College, the route continues to the VIA Ingram Transit Center as route 620 -- another new route introduced by VIA.
UTSA students can ride all VIA bus routes for just $12.50 per month with a VIA student discounted monthly pass. However, the best buy for students is the VIA Semester Pass. Spring passes will be available in January 2009 for just $35 per semester.
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Hey guys, Here is an outside the box sort of mock:
I have us trading down with Cleveland and ending up with 2 2nd, 2 3rd and 2 4th rounders. Trade details below:
Cle gets pick #32 in the first round and our 7th rounder
Giants get pick #37 in the second round and Cleveland's 3rd rounder as well.
2A - Doug Martin - RB Boise St. - We traded down and got an extra 3rd and still acquired a stud RB to platoon with AB and eventually ascend to our #1 back. Martin can do it all and would be a great pickup here.
2B - Bobbie Massie - OT Mississippi - Massie fills a big need and I believe he would start day 1 at RT. BPA and need filled with this pick.
3A - Marvin Jones - WR California - Jones has had a great offseason and I feel will fit the Mario role to a tee. He is also insurance in case we lose Cruz or Nicks at some point.
3B - Mike Martin - DT Michigan - Martin is a beast and will fit nicely in our rotation with a chance at being a starter down the road.
4A - Jerry Franklin - LB Arkansas - Franklin is a tackling machine and has the versatility to play either outside or the middle. Good value here
4B - Ron Brooks - CB LSU - Brooks has the tools to be a starter at some point but was stuck behind Claiborne and the Honey Badger at LSU. Possible steal here
5 - David Paulson - TE Oregon - Paulson is a nice player who will fit in behind Bennett and the Bear with a chance at a bigger role in the future.
6 - Jamie Blatnick - DE Oklahoma State - Blatnick can take the Tolly role as the 4th DE and a chance to learn behind the best.
2012 Roster
Offense (25)
QB - Eli, Carr
RB - AB, Martin, Scott
FB - Hynoski
WR - Cruz, Nicks, Jones, Jernigan, Barden, Hixon
TE - Bennett, Pascoe, Paulson
LT - Beatty, Diehl
LG - Petrus, Boothe
C - Baas
RG - Snee, Cordle
RT - Massie, Brewer
K- Tynes
Defense (28)
DE - Osi, JPP, Tuck, Blatnick
DT - Canty, Joseph, Martin, Austin
OLB - Boley, Williams
MLB - Goff, Franklin, Herzlich
OLB - Kiwi, Pasyinger
CB - Webster, TT, Prince, Brooks, Tryon, Coe
S - Rolle, Sash
S - Phillips, Brown, Chad Jones
P - Weatherford
LS - DeOssie
What do you guys think?


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Health Care Quality Indicators
• The purpose of the Health Care Quality Indicators (HCQI) project is to develop a set of indicators that can be used to raise questions regarding quality of care across countries. They have been reported regularly in a chapter in Health at a Glance publication since 2007.
Objectives and outputs
• The entire HCQI database was made available in OECD.Stat for the first time in 2011. The comparability and quality of data were improved and the database was also expanded, covering patient safety indicators.
Non-member countries involved in the activity
• Brazil, Cyprus, Indonesia, Latvia, Malta, Russian Federation, Singapore
• Health Care Quality Indicators
Main Developments for 2013
General aspects
• The HCQI project is embarking on further development work with respect to indicator improvement and interpretation of cross country variations.
• The main focus is on:
• the development of patient safety and patient experience indicators, and
• the inclusion of data from additional countries.
• The HCQI project will also expand work in the construction of more direct measures of primary care quality especially on pharmaceutical prescription indicators.
Health Data
• To provide policy makers and health researchers with a wide range of statistics on health and health systems to allow comparative analysis of different aspects of the performance of health systems. The database includes data on health status and risk factors to health, health care resources and activities, long-term care resources and activities, pharmaceutical consumption, health expenditure and financing, and health care quality. The data come from four questionnaires: 1) the OECD Health Data questionnaire; 2) the joint OECD/Eurostat/WHO (Europe) questionnaire on non-monetary health care statistics; 3) the joint OECD/Eurostat/WHO health accounts questionnaire; and 4) the OECD Health Care Quality Indicators questionnaire.
Objectives and outputs
• Progress was achieved in 2012 in improving the availability and comparability of data on different categories of doctors and nurses that are collected through the joint OECD/Eurostat/WHO (Europe) questionnaire, and in collecting new data on the market share of generic pharmaceutical drugs.
• New editions of "Health at a Glance: Europe" and "Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific" were released in November 2012.
Non-member countries involved in the activity
• Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russian Federation, South Africa
• OECD Health Data 2013
Main Developments for 2013
General aspects
• Improving the availability and comparability of data on health inequalities (new data collection on inequalities in life expectancy and perceived health status by educational level), and the collection of a minimum dataset on waiting times for elective surgery.
• Implement the extension of the joint OECD/Eurostat/WHO (Europe) questionnaire on non-monetary health care statistics to include health care activities (in addition to health care resources).
Health Expenditure and Financing
• To provide policy relevant, comparative data and analysis on health expenditure and financing, and to facilitate harmonisation across national health accounting practices. To provide data sources for research and to make country-specific health accounts data and analysis more widely available.
Objectives and outputs
• The seventh Joint OECD, Eurostat and WHO System Health Accounts (SHA) data collection was successfully implemented in 2012. It has improved the availability and comparability of health expenditure data published in OECD Health Data. A Health Expenditure and Financing database has been developed as a component of the OECD Statistical Information System. National Health Accounts Experts and others interested in accessing health accounts data can now do so using OECD.Stat and SourceOECD.
• Methodological developmental work has continued over recent years on a number of projects: Improving the Comparability and Availability of Private Health Expenditure; Development of Output based Health-Specific Purchasing Power Parities; Estimating Expenditure by Disease, Age and Gender; Improving the Estimates of Imports and Exports of Health Goods and Services; and Improving the Comparability of Expenditure on Over-the -counter Drugs.
• OECD, EUROSTAT and WHO collaborated to revise the System of Health Accounts methodology. This process was concluded in October 2011 with the publication of the new manual A System of Health Accounts 2011. Pilot studies are currently undertaken to test the implementation of the new manual.
Non-member countries involved in the activity
• Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, India, Indonesia, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Republic of Montenegro, Republic of Serbia, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia Former, South Africa
• OECD Health Expenditure and Financing
Main Developments for 2013
General aspects
• In 2013, the eighth Joint OECD-Eurostat-WHO health accounts (SHA) data collection will take place. Previous improvements to the validation tools used both by the national compilers and the international organisations will continue to provide efficiency gains in the validation exercise and ultimately feed through to improved timeliness in dissemination of the data.
• A pilot test for the new version of the Joint Health Account Questionnaire (based on the 2011 version of the System of Health Account Manual) will be commenced in January.
Data collection
• No changes in questionnaire.


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So how about Alex Smith playing come from behind football? He's been pretty good at that - OH WAIT! You guys better get that homefield advantage or you're going to have trouble winning games on the road behind.
Funny how Giants fans are gushing about their offense, acting like its sooo superior to ours. Lets take a look at some numbers shall we:
Giants - 30.4
49ers - 29.8
Giants - 429.2
49ers - 401.2
Giants - 6.5
49ers - 6.4
1st Downs/Game
Giants - 24
49ers - 24
3rd down %
Giants - 40%
49ers - 40%
Ruh-roh...seems like the G-Men don't really have much of an advantage there at all. I'll tell you where the 49ers have an advantage. Defense.
Points Allowed/Game
49ers - 13.6
Giants - 22.2
Yards Allowed/Game
49ers - 262.6
Giants - 372.8
Yards Allowed/Play
49ers - 4.5
Giants - 6.5
the NYG are 3-2 with wins over the following teams:
1-3 Tampa Bay
1-4 Carolina
0-5 Cleveland
They won against teams with a combined record of 2-12.
They lost to:
2-2 Dallas
3-2 Philly
Maybe im too confident, but the NYG havent really showed that they're elite this year
Love it how 9ers fans at 1st come on here trying to be humble & saying they are gonna win, but as the thread progresses, they start getting ****y & arrogant & start predicting a blowout.
You play whomever is on your schedule, so bringing up teams W-L records is infantile. You're always gonna have a few bad teams on your schedule, contenders beat em, pretenders don't. We are the defending SB champs, we are gonna get every teams A-game regardless of their record. Beating us is some team's SB.
Both teams are SB contenders & this will be a knockdown/dragout battle that will be decided late in the game. 9ers may well win this game, but not in a blowout. The champs will make you earn it!
Last edited by Parademon; 10-08-2012 at 12:35 PM.
Didn't you guys just play the Bills who are infamous for being turnstiles on defense? Please do remember that this is the same team that allowed the Jets to score 48 points on them.


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I am a huge fan of the rice at Chipotle's. Here is my copycat version, it tastes just like the real thing. Of course, I used less oil. Makes a wonderful side dish for chicken, beef or pork.
Make your own burrito bowl, with my quick black bean recipe, barbacoa beef, sweet barbacoa pork, pork carnitas, chicken ropa vieja.
Chipotle's "Skinny" Cilantro Lime Rice
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 4 • Size: 3/4 cup • Points +: 5 pts • Smart Points: 6
Calories: 201.0 • Fat: 3.4 • Carbs: 37.4 • Fiber: 0 • Protein: 4.0 g
In a small heavy pot, add rice, water, 1 tsp oil and salt. Boil on high until most of the water evaporates. When the water just skims the top of the rice, reduce to low and cover about 15 minutes. Shut off flame and keep covered an additional 5 minute.
In a medium bowl, combine chopped cilantro, lime juice, rice and remaining oil and toss until completely mixed.


text: Just a few more details and the JK will be done! I wanted to share with you guys one of the grand prizes we are going to giving away at the show. EGR USA Booth #30045. Sure you can give away a gift card, some apparel or some neat trinket like everyone else. But were car nuts, we eat, breathe and live this world! So then it hit me, lets do an RC car! A little research later I found the perfect. A 1/10th scale Axial SCX10 EGR Jeep Wrangler Rock Crawler RC Kit. We had this thing painted and modeled as close as possible to our real life SEMA JK we have been building! These Axial kits are the real deal rock crawlers, nothing like the RC cars you can get at Walmart! I still need to apply the EGR decals and wire up the ligts but here is a sneak peak of it anyway. - - - Updated - - - Here is our second grand prize we will be giving away at SEMA. A Google Nexus 7 Tablet


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Thoughts on Cheating in Multiplayer Games
Posted on 23rd Aug 2010 at 14:16 by Joe Martin with 98 comments
Still, one of the few multiplayer games to successfully capture my attention has been the Modern Warfare games, which ensnared me with their speed and slow dribble of achievements and new weapon unlocks. I've been known to dabble in Left 4 Dead and various Source mods, like Plan of Attack and The Hidden, but MW2 multiplayer is what I tend to play when I want to shoot a real person, generally.
And yesterday, I had my first definite run in with a cheater.


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The rock-caves of the island are the home of the Mediterranean seal called Μonachus monachus, while, along with Kastelorizo, this is the only place where we can meet the amphibian species Mertensiella luscani. According to mythology, Iapetos, the son of Uranus and Gaea [Sky and Earth] was the first inhabitant of the island.
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[Intro Sample: Terrence McKenna]
"...it's about feeling. The combination of young people, drugs, a fairly sexually charged social environment, and syncopated music is just all designed to draw you into you and your friends and your scene, and your hood, and your place in the cosmos and not sell you out as a consumer to a Hollywood, or Manhattan-manufactured forms of entertainment."
[Verse 1: Gucci Mane]
I'm a real nigga, talking 'bout what I really have
Cause I fucked a nigga bitch, that's why he really mad
Hit a nigga in his head, I be really glad
Since the day I lost Dunk, I been really sad
A nigga make a hit and dip, will he really last?
A nigga say he hold you down but will he really blast?
They say I'm worth fifteen M's but that ain't really shit
And I ain't content with what I got, got to be really rich
Sold dope on the really, was broke on the really
If you really wanna get it then you know I'm with it
Really wanna go to war with me, not really
You wanna get it then you gonna get it
You worth a mill', not really really
I ain't all in your business
If it's not your girl not really really, then why is it hurting your feelings?
[Hook (2x): Gucci Mane]
My young niggas, they really ready
Straps cocked, out ready
These rap niggas are really scary, talk loud but ain't ready
We tote choppers like military, niggas gotta get passed us
Your girl with me, you real embarrassed
Damn I'm fucking your marriage
[Verse 2: Young Dolph]
On the real these rappers pussy, nah really, straight up
But meanwhile I'm in my traphouse, with 'bout six different flavors
But fuck that, let's get to it
Took out my scale, broke down the bale, and my clientele ran straight through it
Drinking mud, riding through the city, yup
Selling P's out the coupe really, yup
Paid fifteen K for my S.S. and invested another fifty, yup
These rap niggas they don't wanna see me, nah
Gotcha bitch with me taking off her draws
Smoking weed and laughing, burning rubber while I'm running from the law
Really, fuck you nigga come get me
I'm a Cashtank nigga and all we do is get money, you feel me?
Know there's two Glock's with me, yup
Got that boy Guwop with me, yup
Downtown rooftop chilling, yup
Quarter mill' on the floor, really
[Verse 3: Rulet 1017]
Nigga I'm bickin' back and I'm boolin'
Drop the top, and then foolish
Finessing game with your main bitch, now my pockets is stupid
Fuck with Gucci, get you an issue
You pussy soft, like tissue
Hundred K'll get you knocked out
Put me in the ring, get boxed out
So I jump on the stage, get the team real hype
Gucci throw a cup and the whole squad fight
Bottles on me, so we pouring all night
Nigga get trippin', switch up, fight night
I'm jumping out that coupe, I lost my damn roof
Thank god that boy so fly, we don't need no parachute
So I'm chasing after fix, squeezing on these triggers
Bank account six figures, kick my feet up, Louie slippers
Vacation in the Hampton's, rockstar Marilyn Manson


text: wow I don't think I can take another game like last night. everthings it even up now hopefully the rangers can pull it through and the cardinals are gonna have an unhappy night. either way this is good for baseball. good to see hamilton get back with a home run last night.


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at first you will think he is a cute, sweet, and funny guy. BUT then you will learn hes nothing but a jerk who plays girls! dunt fall for his sweettalk-B.S!
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Decision Support for Parents Receiving Information About Child's Rare Disease (DSD DST)
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The birth of a child with a disorder of sex development (DSD) is stressful for parents and members of the healthcare team. The "right" decisions about gender assignment (is it a boy? a girl?) and the best course of action (e.g., should there be surgery? what kind? when?) are not obvious. While there have been large advances in diagnostic assessments like genetic and endocrine testing, the tests do not always show what caused the DSD. And, even when the tests do reveal an explanation for the DSD, knowing what happened genetically or hormonally does not usually lead to a single "correct" treatment plan. Instead, it is likely that there are different acceptable treatment options - and parents will need to make decisions based, in part, on their personal preferences, values, and cultural background. Adding more stress to the situation is knowledge that many of the decisions that need to be made by parents early in a child's life are irreversible and exert life-long consequences for the child and the family.
To support parents becoming actively involved in making such decisions, and to reduce the likelihood of future worry and regret about decisions that have been made, the investigators will create a decision support tool (DST). The DST will help educate families about typical and atypical sex development of the body, the process by which DSD are diagnosed (especially how to interpret genetic test results), and possible relationships between diagnostic/genetic testing, decisions about care, and known consequences of those decisions on their child and entire family. The DST will be used by parents of young children together with their child's health care provider.
The investigators will bring together a network of researchers, health care providers, representatives of patient support and advocacy organizations, and parents of children with DSD to share their experiences. Participants of this network will be involved at each stage of creating the DST, revising it, and putting it into practice. At the end of this project, the investigators will have a fully formed and tested DST that will be available for parents to use with their child's health care team as they are first learning their child may have a DSD.
Disorder of Sex Development
Intersex Conditions
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Behavioral: Decision Support Tool
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
|Official Title:
|Decision Support for Parents Receiving Information About Child's Rare Disease
- Qualitative Assessment of Focus Groups, Usual Care and DST Implementation [ Time Frame: 2.5 years ]To assess characteristics of communications during focus groups and between health care providers and parents before and during the implementation of the DST audiofiles will be coded and analyzed using SCCAP (Siminoff Communication Content & Affect Program). SCCAP© is a new computerized coding scheme used to facilitate, organize, and code health communication data. It is designed so that coders can code directly from audio recordings, allowing the coder to take advantage of the vocalic cues inherent in speech intonations. Transcriptions can also be uploaded and coded so specific text can be viewed and tagged for future use.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|June 2013
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2017
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
No Intervention: Usual Care
After obtaining consent, we will audio-record standard clinical consultations with specialists represented on the DSD team. These appointments will not utilize the Decision Support Tool. A qualitative analysis of these recordings will assess quality assurance and provide guidance for the development of the Decision Support Tool.
Experimental: Use of Decision Support Tool
After obtaining consent, we will audio-record standard clinical consultations with specialists represented on the DSD team. These appointments will utilize the Decision Support Tool (DST). A qualitative analysis of these recordings will assess the practicality of use and possible benefits of the DST's implementation.
|Behavioral: Decision Support Tool
No Intervention: Focus Groups
Focus group members, recruited from advocacy organizations and by medical chart review, will provide feedback on the content and appearance of a preliminary Decision Support Tool (DST). Their comments will guide the development and implementation of the DST.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 6 Years (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Must be a parent/caregiver of a patient who is newborn through 5 years old (i.e., 5.9 yrs).
- Patient clinical diagnosis of ambiguous genitalia (eg, 46,XX,Prader 2+; proximal hypospadias with uni/bilateral undescended testes) or sex chromosomes discordant with genital phenotype.
- Condition must be newly ascertained. No surgical procedures (internal or external genitalia) have been performed or other decisions made (excluding those driven by medical urgency) regarding diagnostic testing or clinical management.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Turner syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome, bladder or cloacal exstrophy.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01875640
|United States, California
|University of California Los Angeles
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
|United States, Michigan
|University of Michigan
|Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48104
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Temple University
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19122
|United States, Washington
|Seattle Children's Hospital
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98105
|Principal Investigator:
|David E Sandberg, PhD
|University of Michigan
|Responsible Party:
|David E. Sandberg, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Michigan
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01875640 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
13-PAF00134 ( Other Identifier: University of Michigan )
HUM72007 ( Other Identifier: University of Michigan )
|Study First Received:
|May 30, 2013
|Last Updated:
|June 29, 2016
Keywords provided by David E. Sandberg, PhD, University of Michigan:
disorder of sex development
46,XX congenital adrenal hyperplasia
decision support tool
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Rare Diseases
Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital
Adrenogenital Syndrome
Adrenocortical Hyperfunction
Disorders of Sex Development
Pathologic Processes
Disease Attributes
Urogenital Abnormalities
Congenital Abnormalities
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Steroid Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Metabolic Diseases
Adrenal Gland Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Gonadal Disorders
Penile Diseases
Genital Diseases, Male
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 25, 2017


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BMW launched a concept all-electric i3 at the Los Angeles motor show this week, as it pushes for "sustainable premium-class motoring with zero local emissions".
The German company has not said if the coupe will go into production alongside the five-door i3 slated for launch in Europe next year, but said it "demonstrates the potential for conceivably extending the model range".
While BMW Australia has committed to the i3 petrol-electric hybrid there is no word from BMW New Zealand.
The i3 Concept Coupe is described by BMW as a "particularly nimble and emotive" version of the i3, indicating it is likely to be the sportiest of the potential i3 family.
It carries the unmistakable "stream flow" styling of the "i" cars shown to date, although with changes around the window line, and uses the same breakthrough carbon-fibre-reinforced plastic construction for light weight and strength.
BMW Germany says the Concept Coupe has a broader, lower-slung look when compared with the production i3.
Interestingly, the three-door concept is 119mm longer than the original concept of the five-door version, at 3964mm, as well as considerably narrower at 1768mm - down 143mm from the original's whopping 2011mm. It is also a few millimetres taller, at 1555mm high.
The changed proportions might reflect the flexibility of the so-called LifeDrive architecture for the i3 range, which BMW has said from the outset will spawn a family of electrified vehicles under its 'i' sub-brand.
The architecture is built in two units - an upper passenger cell called the "Life" module, sitting on the "Drive" module that holds all the electrical and mechanical bits.
Despite its outward changes from the original i3, the Concept Coupe has an identical 2570mm wheelbase to the five-door model, and employs the same all-electric powertrain with 125kW/250Nm electric motor driving the rear wheels and drawing power from a lithium ion-battery under the floor.
The vehicle's range is claimed to be up to 160km on full charge.
A four seater with only two "lounge-style" bucket seats in the back, the Concept Coupe is said to provide a sense of spaciousness, thanks to a bigger glass area around the back of the boxy i3, compared with conventional coupes.
The side windows are frameless, with no B-pillar to block the view, and the side rear window not only dips lower along the waistline but continues to the rear-most pillar, opening up the side view for rear-seat passengers and - importantly - the driver.
The vehicle gets all-digital instruments with a contrasting moulded eucalyptus blonde-wood insert weaving across almost the entire width of dash.
BMW says most of the interior fittings are from renewable materials such as wool, leather and wood.