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[quote user="Aiton70"][quote user="Ntegrase96"][quote user="Aiton70"]You hate what you can't beat. Philly OWNS the Gnats and the Cowgirls, cry s'more for me it turns me on!
And yet here we are, both teams playing for the division while your team scratches its head wondering what went wrong.
And yet, there youse both are, playing for it all, knowing that for just the difference of one loss during the season Philly would be in it and you would have NO chance against us. We straight up embarrassed your lousy team homie. Twice. We make your owner wet his bed in fear of us. Your seasons over Saturday skillet and the Giants will be parked after the first round as well.
Yes my team is lousy. They let your team slither its way back into contention by icing their own kicker. Your team would have been done weeks ago if not for that. You get the bragging rights for having the best division record. Hope that fills the void in your empty trophy case.

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Originally Posted by dbest
I found that good hive tool beating will fix alot of things, morale, disagreable father, employee attitudes that sort of thing.
One of my favorite t-shirts reads: "The floggings will continue until morale improves."
"If all you have is a hammer, the whole world is a nail." - A.H. Maslow
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Saturday, May 26, 2012
Chopping cotton
Do you have any idea how long one row of cotton can be? Have you ever stood in the middle of cotton field that covered a quarter section? Perhaps mentioning that a quarter section is 1/2 mile on a side helps? Anyway, standing there, at the beginning of your quarter section, you can almost, I say almost, see the other end of the row. Oh, did I mention that they grow cotton in the Gila and Salt River valleys in the summer? Maybe that doesn't mean anything to you, but it means that the temperature at 6:00 am is 95 degrees. OK, get the picture. You have your really good hoe. You have learned the difference between cotton plants and weeds. You are up at 4:00 am to get to the cotton field. You are standing at the head of a row of cotton a half a mile long and there are hundreds of rows to chop and it is almost 100 degrees. Oh, I almost forgot, although you are there to "chop cotton" you are really there to remove the weeds, not chop the cotton. Get the picture?
Now. Start chopping. Hmm. I forgot one more thing. Hopefully, they watered the field a few days before you start or your lovely hoe will most just bounce off of the ground. But, if they watered the field only a few days before, you are now bogged down in mud above your ankles. In any event, you immediately find out that the humidity in a cotton field is way higher than it is in surrounding desert.
If you got this far and you read my blog posts, you are ready for me to tie this into genealogy. Here are the lessons to be learned from chopping cotton that apply to life, genealogy and your future happiness:
1. Work is hard. Hard work is really hard. Chopping cotton is not as hard as laying concrete but it ranks up there with jack hammering and digging ditches by hand.
2. Once you have done something really hard, nothing else seems quite so hard. Think about chopping two or four rows at a time. Sometimes we took four rows each.
3. I didn't make this up. I really did chop cotton and long enough to more than learn how to do it.
4. Genealogy is hard work. It is harder than chopping cotton. It is harder than laying concrete. It is harder that jackhammering out a driveway. Anyone who tries to tell you differently is lying.
5. It takes a while to learn how to chop cotton. It is not fun. It is not easy. It may be spiritually fulfilling but I doubt it.
6. Genealogy takes a lot longer to learn than chopping cotton. Sometimes genealogy is fun, but most of the time it is not. Most of the time it is spiritually fulfilling and it is a lot more spiritually fulfilling than chopping cotton.
7. Both chopping cotton and doing genealogy are useful, productive, and helpful to mankind type activities.
8. I would rather do genealogy than chop cotton.
9. You will not see ads on TV telling you how easy and fun it is to chop cotton.
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I am laughing right out loud and loving every word! Number 9 simply made my day!!!ReplyDelete
When my daughter was 15 she got a job at McDonalds. After one week she came home and stated "Do you know what I learned working at McDonalds?'ReplyDelete
What? asked I. "I am not going to spend the rest of my life doing that..."
It wasn't chopping cotton, but she learned an excellent lesson.
You have outdone yourself! I want to show this to some of my clients.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 13, 2013 at 11:20 AM
I spent part of the summer after my high school junior year chopping cotton with my grandfather in central Texas. It was 40 years ago and I remember it clearly to this day, including the rabbit families whose home lives I disrupted. This is a very good description of the cotton chopping assignment. It was late July and early August, and we worked from 7am to 11am, broke for lunch, nap and some shade, and then resumed for another 4 hours at 3 or 4 pm.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 16, 2013 at 10:00 AM
My dad put me in cotton fields to chop cotton when I was ten years old. It didn't take me long to decide I didn't want to be a farmer.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 17, 2016 at 12:19 PM
They didn't water the cotton fields when I chopped cotton, they cultivated (plowed) the fields and it was easier to chop. Yes, you did cut some of the cotton plant if there were two many together you had to thin them out. Of course that was about 60 years ago.ReplyDelete
It still doesn't tell you much about chopping cotton, other than you need a good how, and that it's really hard work. Fun to read though.ReplyDelete


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Hey Beekeepers,
We caught a swarm 3 weeks ago, and when checking it out today, it didn't look so strong.
There are about 2.5 brood frames of bees, but no evidence of eggs/larva/brood. We didn't see a queen either, but the bees were quite calm.
Our questions:
1. Does this sound normal? Or does this sound like a very weak swarm?
2. Is it normal for no eggs 3 weeks post-capture? (perhaps it's an afterswarm and the queen has taken her sweet time finding mates)
3. Is this swarm viable to keep? If so, how should we beef it up? (if not, I suppose we'll just combine it with another hive)
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Barter Theatre celebrates 80 years
ABINGDON, Va. - There was a big birthday bash in Abingdon Monday night and the Barter Theatre took center stage.
The local landmark is celebrating 80 years of entertaining the community.
"Over 160,000 people come here every year because we run all year. There are two plays over here and there are a couple of plays across the street," said one of Barter Theatre's resident actors Michael Poisson, who has been with Barter for 12 seasons.
"We absolutely love the Barter and especially the Barter Player shows. It presents the theatre to the children. It shows them how to have theatre etiquette and then we absolutely love the show and they have the Barter Academy," said mother of three Shannon Don.
Abingdon Mayor Ed Morgan declared June 10, 2013 Barter Theatre Day.
"It's just a lot of fun to the see the people react to the shows," said Iris Pollack, a Barter volunteer. "And when they come out they're always telling you how great it was or it wasn't that good, whatever but I worked Saturday and everybody was like so up about the show Les Miserable, they loved it."
"Thank you Robert Porterfield, who founded this place 80 years ago because none of us would be here without this incredible idea," said Poisson.
The Barter Theatre has $1.75 million left to raise for its capital campaign. The money will renovate living quarters for the actors and other artists -- the housing has not been substantially renovated in 100 years.
Windows are not insulated and bathrooms have 100-year-old fixtures.
Some of the fundraising will also go to update the workshops in Barter Theatre's production building. These spaces are cramped, poorly lit and have holes in the flooring.
Barter officials say since 98 percent of what you see on stage is made right at Barter, which greatly affects the artists behind the scenes.
If you are interested in learning more about how to help and to get an exclusive behind the scenes tour of these facilities, contact Katherine Foreman at (276) 619-3304.
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PLANTATION KEY -- The Capital Bank Amphitheater at Founders Park has been in use since November 2006, hosting a bevy of concerts and community celebrations.
But even though the facility has long since become a staple of Islamorada's cultural life, the village remains embroiled in a lawsuit over the facility that is about to turn seven years old.
The suit, filed by Intercoastal Contracting in January 2010, harkens back to what almost seems like the village's ancient past, when the amphitheater was a source of lingering controversy in Islamorada.
The project, which was originally budgeted for $250,000 in 2001, was ultimately built for just under a $1 million. But not before the village had halted work for 20 months in 2004 and 2005 and brought on the nonprofit Islamorada Community Entertainment to manage the project to completion.
In between, contractor Intercoastal, taking advantage of the long work stoppage, had dropped out of the project amid continuous squabbling with the town over the workability of the amphitheater design drawn by architect Bob Brown.
The final contractor, C E Construction of Tavernier, did eventually use Brown's drawings to complete the amphitheater. But by then Intercoastal had already sued the village, alleging that the town failed to provide complete and working plans for the project.
The company asked that Islamorada be made to pay for expenses, lost time and other damages. Intecoastal also named Brown and engineer Donald Hodgetts in the lawsuit.
The suit has lingered on even as the village has made strides in reducing its legal caseload over the past year. Seventeen lawsuits involving the village were closed during the 2011-12 fiscal year, either by settlement, dismissal or after trial, according to a report by village attorney Nina Boniske. Of the eight cases that remain active, the amphitheater suit is the longest standing.
In an interview last week, Boniske said the case has been slowed, in part, by serious health problems that have felled longtime Intercoastal attorney Michael Spring.
But she said another problem is that the village has had to dedicate significant time and effort in bringing Brown's insurance company, Great American, to the table after the company cut a deal on the side with the architect.
Great American paid Brown $150,000 to be released as his insurance carrier, the village contends in court pleadings, leaving the architect without coverage as the case continues.
The village has countersued Great American.
"As the defendants, we don't control the case," Boniske said of its slow pace.
Still, there is optimism that the case could move toward resolution soon.
A new attorney, David Swimmer, has been handling Intercoastal's representation in place of Spring for the past several months. He said that when he took over the case he urged all the parties to step back and give mediation a chance.
A session has since been scheduled for Jan. 15.
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Offers infertility information, fact sheets, and booklets on adoption, genetic screening for birth defects, in vitro fertilization, sexual problems, reproduction information for cancer patients, and more; choose "Resources" tab on the home page. Also has a directory of ASRM member doctors.
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Two Hope athletes have received honors for academic achievement through the Capital One Academic All-Amedrica program.Chelsea Wiese of Rochester, a 2012 graduate who earlier was honored as the outstanding NCAA Division III female scholar in women's swimming and diving, has been named an Academic All-American in the Division III at-large category. Track standout Christian Calyore of Naples, Fla. has been named to the program's all-district track/cross country team and now becomes eligible for Academic All-America consideration.
Wiese was the recipient of the Elite 89 award as the top scholar-athlete at the NCAA swimming and diving championships this year. She was an accounting major who maintained a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point average and received Phi Beta Kappa honors. Co-captain of the women's swimming/diving team, she was the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) champion in the 200 and 400 yard individual medley events and was a member of the Hope relay team that competed in five events at the national championship meet. The at-large category recognizes athletes in the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming and diving, tennis, water polo and wrestling.
Calyore, a 2012 graduate who majored in engineering, maintained a 3.87 grade point average. Co-captain of the men's track and field team, he was the MIAA champion in the 110-meter hurdles.
Earlier this spring junior Laura Tjepkema of Dorr was named a CoSIDA Academic All-American in softball. A total of 42 Hope student-athletes have received the Academic All-America honor since the program started in 1973.
The Capital One Division III Academic All-America program is sponsored by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and is financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structure.


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North Florida correctional institutions have been incorporating beekeeping for over a year now. The video is from the women's facility at Lowell.
North Florida correctional institutions have been incorporating beekeeping for over a year now. The video is from the women's facility at Lowell.
May be a good program, but, the State of Florida should be severely chastised, for allowing inmates to work bees with no veils. Sooner or later they will pay for this lack of judgement.
The Apiary Chief and I already counseled the inspectors involved. There are veils for the inmates and I personally asked them to wear veils that day. It is obvious they wanted to be on camera.
AmericasBeekeeper..... Thank You. Can't make someone wear a veil, but I sure hate to see individuals being taught a bad habit.
I know it is so easy to just say, "I don't need a veil", but, I absolutely recommend, always wearing one.
Yes, they are enthusiastic about the bees. I certainly support a program like this. Wish we had more programs like this one.
Thank You.... Good Job.
I'm with Cleo on this one. First thing I noticed was: no veil!!!!! Not a good example at all. The men had protection. Do I see something here beyond the veil?
Other than that, great story!
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. Prvb 16:24
March 2010; +/- 50 hives, TF
The archive footage of male inmates is from RMC. There are veils, gloves, and bee suits available at every bee training.
Even inmates have some freedom of choice. Are you implying otherwise Bevy?
Many beekeepers in Florida and around the world work bees without veils, gloves or suits by choice. It should be a choice based on experience and inmate training includes many in the hive lessons. Non-beekeepers would say it is foolish to work bees at all. Perhaps knowledge of bee behavior would allow one to make better informed opinionated choices. They will look up at you from the comb and bounce off you before they go in for the kill (their own death that is).
This is really cool. I don't know if all of them will be able to get a job working for a big beekeeper or not. Are there that many beekeeping jobs in florida available? Excuse my ignoriance. Weather they can get a job directly with a beek of not, it gives them something to go for. Try to start a hive with the money from another job and try to grow, or something similar.
Chris Cree
Cree's Bees
Everyone should keep that in mind, and weigh the proposition, do I really want to take the chance, and take the consequences. If so O.K. I prefer not to teach new beekeepers to go without basic eye, ear, nose, throat, protection, until they are familiar enough to make an informed decision. But, it is their decision. And I will respect that.
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. Prvb 16:24
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|Bergstaðastræti, 101 Reykjavik, アイスランド
The apartment is on the ground floor of a house built in 1950. The apartment consists of an open kitchen / living room, one bedroom and a bathroom. The bedroom has two 0,90 meter wide beds ( 90 x 200 ). In the living room is a big sleeping sofa. A small bathroom with a shower.
The kitchen is fully equipped with all the kitchen utensils you need to feel right at home and you should be able to make a nice coffee, breakfast, lunch or dinner. Also there will be some condiments, such as sugar, oil and spices. Included in the price is high-speed WiFi, bedding and towels. There is none washing machine in the apartment.
Even though the apartment is in this great location the street is quiet so guests may sleep without any noise from the main streets
Grocery stores,fish store ,drug store, bakeries are all within 5-10 minutes walking distance from the apartment. There you´ll also find a wide range of bars, coffees and shopping possibilities
The oldest swimming pool of town is also near by, best place to enjoy hot tubs!
Five things to keep in mind for first time visitors in Iceland:
The cheapest way to get to Reykjavík from the airport is by the Flybus. The drive from the airport in Keflavik to Reykjavik takes about 45 minutes.
The FlyBus stops at BSI, the main Bus station in Reykjavik, which is within walking distance ( about 10 minutes ) from the apartment.
The FlyBus does offer the option, for a little extra fee, to stop at Hotel Holt, which is 2 minute walking from the apartment, so that would probably be the best option for people travelling with luggage.
The Flybus is a direct connection to all arriving and departing flights at Keflavik airport. The Flybus departs from Keflavik Airport 35-40 minutes after each flight and the seats are always guaranteed.
From BSI you can take a tour to just about any place in the country. Please look at their web page for further information. http://bsi.is/index_en.html
ハウスルールThe check out time is at 12:00 noon and check-in is at 14:00 or later if you wish. This is the general rule but we will take other times into consideration if requested. A lot of flights land early in the morning and if there are no guests checking out you may go straight to the apartment in most cases.
Please no smoking inside and no loud partying after 22:00. There are other people living in the building and we respect them.
The age limit is 18 years old, but ofcourse younger children can stay with their parents.
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We had a great visit and enjoyed staying at the apartment in Reykjavik! It was really clean and close to the downtown area. We would always stay at the Apartment in Reykjavik again. We totally recommend it for a short visit on Iceland.
Everything was fine. I was picked up directly at the flat and the accommodation was lovely decorated and the kitchen equipment was great (which really makes sense in Iceland as the food price in restaurants is quiet high and cooking is recommended). The flat is calm, central located and for the basement floor sunny enough.
We had a very pleasant 7-day-stay in Ingibjörgs appartment and can definetly recommend it to everybody! It´s centrally located, means reaching the next Bonus-supermarket within a walk of 5 minutes and the main-shopping street/harbour within a walk of 5-10 minutes. The part of the city the appartment is located in is very pretty with lots of small streets full of colourful houses.
In the kitchen is everything you need for cooking your own meal plus lots of additional stuff in the appartment like rain coats, umbrella, flyers etc.
But, most of all, Ingibjörg was very friendly. She gave us a ride from BSI to the appartment (walking distance 10 minutes) and showed us the main attractions and supermarket on the way.
We're genuinely happy with both the apartment and Ingibörg. The location couldnt have been better and we felt good taken care of.
Fantastic apartment. Superb location. Really felt at home. Ingibjorg and Birta were fabulous. Can walk anywhere from here. Loved it!
I had a wonderful stay, the hosts were more than helpful when they picked us up at the bus and even gave us a small tour around city.
The apartment looks as it does in the pictures, charming and clean with a wide set of appliances in the kitchen.
I am used to apartments in the cellar and enjoyed the coziness after a long day out and about in the city. A city that has it's center just around the corner, without it becoming a noisy place at all. What more is there to say, I could easily book my stay there again, should I ever have the pleasure of visiting Reykjavik again.
Being in Ingibjörg's apartment has made our stay in Reykyavik even better. I just want to say thank you to have had the opportunity to feel like home there because that's what it is, and the kind of place I'm looking for when I travel.
Thank you Ingibjörg!
Good location! Center and BSI just couple of minutes away. Nice and very quiet neighbourhood. Well equipped kitchen and good wi-fi. Very helpful host.
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The Irish Centre for High-End Computing has organised a series of short courses on High Performance Computing (HPC) and the Message Passing Interface (MPI). We encourage anybody affiliated with an Irish research institution to attend, particularly people planning to use the Centre's services. The scheduled courses are as follows:
Please check this space regularly for more upcoming courses in UCC once their dates have been confirmed. If you would like to attend one of the above courses, you can apply via our online course registration form.


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As more Georgians purchase new cell phones, computers and televisions, more and more electronic scrap ends up in landfills, and much of this scrap contains environmental toxins, such as lead and mercury.
Electronic recycling, or eCycling, helps you reduce your exposure to these toxins when you either donate your electronics or support the growing eCycling industry.
Contact your local charities, nonprofit organizations and schools first. If your old electronics are still in good working condition, those outlets may be able to use the equipment or share it with families in need.
If your old electronics don't work anymore, find a local recycler who accepts small donations. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Community Affairs and National Center for Electronics Recycling all keep lists of recycling programs in your area.
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|I've read you can get the same health benefits from three 10-minute sessions of physical activity as you can from one 30-minute session. Is this true?
A: Yes, this is absolutely true. Several studies suggest that you can reap the same substantial health benefits from physical activity whether it is performed all at once or broken up into several 10-minute sessions.
For example, one well-controlled trial published in 1998 compared the effects of short and long sessions of brisk walking in sedentary women. The women were split into three groups: the first group completed one 30-minute brisk walk 5 days per week, the second group completed three 10-minute brisk walks 5 days per week, and the third group did not do any activity – they acted as a control group. At the end of the 10-week study period, both walking groups showed an increased level of fitness and a decreased amount of body fat compared to the control group. The improvements were similar for both walking groups.
If you're pressed for time, split your physical activity into several 10-minute sessions throughout the day. Be creative – get off the train or bus one stop early or do a lap around the mall before you start shopping. You will experience the same health benefits without the stress of needing to set aside one large block of time in your busy schedule for physical activity.
Mary Kennedy, MS, is a Health Fitness Specialist certified by the American College of Sports Medicine.
AICR recommends that you accumulate at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity throughout the day for lower cancer risk. On a scale of 1 to 10 (1 = very easy, 10 = very hard), a moderate-paced activity should feel like a 5 or 6. It is best to ease into moderate activity – start off at about 50 percent of your intended intensity level and work up to your goal pace.


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Work Packages:
The workplan of Organic.Balkanet project has been structured into six Work-Packages (WPs). These facilitate the proper organisation and implementation of the project. The WPs are the following:
- WP1: Users Needs Analysis. This work package will study the training needs of the participating user groups, as well as existing training components on OA practices and methods that can be adapted and reused in order to identify the requirements for developing a quality-certified training curriculum on OA
- WP2: OA Content Translation, Adaptation & Population. Work package 2, will carry out the necessary procedures to design the proposed training curriculum for OA trainers. Additional, WP2 will deal with the selection and adaptation of existing training content to support it in the participating countries. The aforementioned training resources will be described and published online at the Organic.Balkanet Web portal, so that all users may access them anytime, anywhere through Internet.
- WP3: Organic.Balkanet Web portal Development. This work package will provide the design/specification of the online environment that will facilitate multilingual search, browsing access and retrieval of OA learning objects. Additionally WP3 will provide the specialization and deployment of the online environment that will offer the Organic.Balkanet users with a number of online services, which will allow them to gain access to the developed training content, through web-based interfaces; semantically search and browse training material.
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[quote user="DavenIII"][quote user="Kase-1"]Not 2way mirrors with cameras on the otherside?????
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yeah that's a bit excessive [:P]
I DO have regular mirrors on my head board and my dresser which is directly 90% from my bed....which is pretty hot sometimes...not to sound gay, but it's pretty sexy to eye gaze while doggy with a girl.... if you know what I mean....just for a little bit.
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I didn't find any thread on the forum about the use of what is called "the building-frame" in the Storch book "At the hive entrance"
I found Some french-speaking pages (google translation is a false friend!)
here on Lang sized hives and here
and one in a Warré hive
In french it's called "cadre-témoin" , what may be translated something like "control-frame " or "inspection-frame"
It is used tho observe the hive evolution during the year, anticipate the swarm fever, and as a varroa mite bait or trap as it produces mainly drone cells in season.
Does any body has a report or another reference ?


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A Fort Bragg foster father accused of beating to death a 5-month-old baby girl took the witness stand in his own defense Wednesday in Mendocino County Superior Court.
Wilson L. "Josh" Tubbs III, 39, faces a charge of child abuse resulting in the death of baby Emerald Herriet, who had been in his care for a month when he brought her to the Mendocino Coast District Hospital not breathing and bruised all over her head and face Dec. 2.
Tubbs' defense attorney, Public Defender Linda Thompson, reminded him on the stand that investigators who were investigating the case had described baby Emerald's injuries by telling him it looked like they had been caused by a car accident.
"Did you inflict those injuries?" she asked.
"No, I did not," Tubbs replied.
Prosecutor Paul Sequeira had on Tuesday shown the jury a recorded interview between Fort Bragg investigators and Tubbs, during which Tubbs described how the baby fell from a 21-inch high changing bench the night before he took her to the hospital to explain how she was injured.
Later in the interview, after investigators tell him the fall doesn't account for two skull fractures, bruising all over her head and face and severe subdural hematoma (blood accumulated between the skull and brain), Tubbs tells them he slapped the side of the baby's head with an open palm and shook her so that her head twice whipped back and forth.
Thompson asked Tubbs on the witness stand Wednesday if he had done those things to baby Emerald, and, when he said he hadn't, asked him why he had told the investigators that he did.
"I knew they were looking for a specific thing, and if they didn't get it from me that they were going to get it from somebody else, so I told them what they wanted," Tubbs said.
Tubbs spent much of the court day Thursday on the witness stand under Thompson's direct questioning, describing how he stayed home with his premature daughter, now 18, when she was born, how he cared for his elderly parents when they could no longer care for themselves, the events that led up to Emerald being placed in his and his wife's home and the events that led to the baby's Dec. 4 death.
Tubbs said he had left baby Emerald briefly on the bench to move some items from the table where he usually changed her and "got one step into the den" when he heard the baby's "serious cry," meaning she was hurt.
He didn't see it, he said, but believed his approximately 60-pound dog, Leroy, had run through the room where he had left her on the bench briefly and knocked her off.
The dog, Tubbs said, is "kind of like a bull in a China shop," and said he had previously knocked down his daughter, his wife and almost himself.
Asked by Thompson why a Fort Bragg Police Officer who later visited the home to investigate didn't see the dog walk by that bench to get to his food, Tubbs said, "I talked to him really stern, and he won't go near that bench ever again."
The night of the fall, Tubbs came back into the room to find the foam changing pad on top of the baby on the floor. The fall bloodied the baby's nose, he said, as she had landed face-down with her arms at her sides and slightly under her body.
Thompson also asked Tubbs where the baby's swing had been in relation to the bench that day, and Tubbs said it had been in an unusually close position to where the baby landed because he'd been sweeping.
Tubbs said he had cleaned baby Emerald up and decided not to take her to the hospital.
"She didn't seem like she was seriously injured," Tubbs said.
He told the jury that he had watched her bruises appear and darken until throughout the night until they were purple the next day.
Previously, doctors and other medical professionals who examined baby Emerald at Mendocino Coast District Hospital and at Oakland Children's Hospital, where she was flown, testified that a fall from the 21-inch high replica of the bench Sequeira showed them could not have caused the severe injuries Emerald had.
A child abuse pediatrician at Oakland Children's Hospital said there had been at least 49 bruises on the baby's head and face, two skull fractures, severe brain bleeding and retinal hemorrhages -- all consistent with violent shaking.
Tubbs' wife, Marte Tubbs, had finished her testimony earlier Tuesday. She told the court that Emerald's eyes had strayed and "floated." That and the fact that the baby began holding her fists to her eyes and crying when they were removed soon after coming to live with the family, coupled with baby Emerald's relatively slow development, gave her cause to be concerned that the baby had a neurological disorder.
Early Start experts had recommended the Tubbs take baby Emerald to University of California, San Francisco, but Mendocino County Child Protective Services social worker supervisor Chuck Dunbar had told her to go back to the baby's pediatrician instead, Marte Tubbs testified.
Wilson "Josh" Tubbs resumes his testimony today.
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TORONTO — Rosalie Moscoe's goal is to de-stress and de-frazzle the lives of women.
A registered holistic nutritionist, Moscoe, 66, is the author of Frazzled Hurried Women, Your Stress Relief Guide to Thriving… Not Merely Surviving.
Moscoe, who has given about 800 talks on the subject, said that women who work full-time jobs, raise children, and do daily household chores, juggle more tasks at a faster pace than ever before.
Her book is a guide, she said, with easy-to-follow solutions for these busy women. "If you are overtired, overstressed, overwhelmed, over-worried, overeating or just plain overdoing it, there are practical, stress-relieving strategies in this book that can help you."
Moscoe was a children's singer and performer – she sang with the duo Jim and Rosalie and then solo – and said that her own life was stressed when she was busy being a daughter, wife and mother – she is now also a grandmother – on top of working.
"My mother died in 1986, but I didn't change my life until three years later, when I had a medical scare and a family member developed a mental illness. That is when I decided to get my family member and myself well.
"Leaving the music business was difficult, but I went on to study wellness, health promotion and holistic nutrition. Helping people became my passion."
She advocates therapeutic nutrition to prevent illness, she said. "If you eat better and look after your well-being, your mental and physical health will improve. You need to eat well to reduce stress. Wellness and stress relief go hand in hand."
She spent about five years writing the book, "but it was in my head for about 15 years. I tried to make it fun and poignant."
Each chapter begins with a cartoon that sums up the chapter. Overcommitment and Stress begins with a woman holding a baby while using her computer, cooking and holding her husband's hand.
"The frazzled woman, the one who copes with repetitive stress, looks tense and tired, Moscoe said. "She can't focus too long on any one conversation, often thinking other thoughts while you talk to her."
Moscoe said that first of all, you must have a commitment to yourself. Make a list, "and decide which commitments you can drop. This is not about abandoning responsibilities, but remembering your responsibility to your own needs. Adrenal fatigue can make you tired and run down."
You have to help others, she said, "but you have to take a step back and relax. Sometimes you have to say no."
She feels for women, she said. "In my book, I'm bringing them some ideas about how to be who they want to be."


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Dispatch names Girls Player of the Year
Tatum Sheley has worked for everything she's earned.
She worked to be a six-year varsity player at Pine River-Backus.
She worked to be a five-year starter for the Tigers.
A two-time Northwoods Conference Player of the Year, a three-time Brainerd Dispatch All-Area Team selection and five-time all-area nominee, PR-B's all-time career leader in points, assists and steals, the school-record holder for most points in a game (44) and now the Dispatch's Player of the Year are all things she worked for.
But those things pale in comparison to the work Sheley put in just to get back onto the court where she dominates.
She blew out her knee last summer playing AAU basketball. She didn't play her first game this season until after Christmas break. That didn't stop her from finishing with 380 points (17.3 per game), 80 rebounds, 132 assists, 80 steals and five blocked shots. Those numbers, and her leadership, helped PR-B to the Section 5-1A final.
But Sheley admits, her not being on the court may have been the best thing for her teammates.
"The thing is when I got injured, I was really playing well," she said. "I don't know where I would be if I didn't get injured, but like I've said before with me being injured, everyone had to step up.
"My teammates couldn't just throw me the ball. They needed to, and they did, do it themselves. I don't think they would have had the confidence they do now if I was still on the court. Everything worked out better this way,"
Sheley is confident, but she's also smart. While she worked for everything she's earned, she knows she hasn't done it alone. The youngest of three, her two older siblings were both Dispatch Players of the Year before her. And she stole every bit of basketball knowledge she could from both.
Her brother, Tucker, was the starting point guard for Pequot Lakes when they went to back-to-back state tournaments.
"Tucker was more of a smart player," said Sheley. "I learned more of the game from him. He was different. He was smart on the floor. He was the commander of his team. I remember his games the most because his teams were so good.
"Some of my favorite memories were watching him and hoping to be that good. I learned a lot from him."
Tucker Sheley went on to play at St. Olaf. Taylor Sheley, Tatum's older sister, starred four years at Bethel University after starring at PR-B.
"Taylor, she was more of the aggressive one," Tatum said. "She was more out of control, but she knew how to score. She taught me that I don't want to be a wimp.
"She didn't care about the thinking part of the game. She just knew how to play. She could score. She was always the one that pushed me. I still don't think I've beaten her in one-on-one."
Sheley's mom, Kim, played for PR-B head coach Randy Schwegel in her days at Backus High School. Kim was the typical basketball mom.
"My mom, both my parents, and my whole family are all supportive," said Sheley. "Every game except for maybe Blackduck they were there. My aunts and uncles and cousins were at every game. I could look into the bleachers and there would be my family. I always had the biggest cheering section. Even when I wasn't playing they would come and support us. All my siblings got that and that really helped me.
"But my mom was my biggest supporter through all my games. She drove me to AAU and camps. She was my biggest supporter."
Then there is her dad.
"My dad (Dave Sheley), he coached me when I was younger and he knows the game pretty well," said Sheley. "He's always the one I can hear in the stands. He's the one that pushed me to be the best I can be.
"He's also the one that would say something after a game that would tick me off. But after the fact, I would take his advice and put it into action.
"My family is the best."
Sheley also benefited from one of the most respected coaches in the area. And she knows it.
"I don't think there is a better high school basketball coach out there," she said of Schwegel. "He is always there when you need him. He'll come and open the gym whenever you want to. You can call him anytime.
"He just cared about us so much. He was really good for our team. He has always been there for me, especially after my injury. He was there the second day after I got hurt. He rebounded for me every day. He's the best coach I could have."
Nobody will miss rebounding for Sheley more than Schwegel, who calls himself the all-time leading rebounder in school history despite graduating from St. Cloud Apollo.
"She just gets it," said Schwegel. "We talk about a lot of things and it got to the point the last couple of years where I would say her name and she'd reply 'I know.' She would make changes right before I would say to make those changes. They were done already.
"You can have kids for two, three or four years and they may be good, but they don't get it. She just got it. You can show Tatum a certain shot or a way to attack a defense and she would see those things on the court.
"I'm going to miss her. She's that kid. She's my second daughter."
Family, coach, oh yeah. The people Sheley relied on the most during her basketball career were her teammates and that's who she'll miss the most.
"We've always had the best team," said Sheley. "We never had that drama-filled team. We always had fun laughing. Even in practice Schwegel would get so mad at us, but he couldn't get that mad because we were always winning.
"We have a really good program here. Schwegel and (assistant coach John) Riewer and all of our coaches put in all the time to make us who we needed to be.
"The teams have all been my favorite. From seventh grade and playing with those huge seniors and my sister, to playing with Katie (Wangberg) and Hannah (Lemberg) that was a lot of fun. We were just young kids so we could go out there and surprise people. Then Autumn (Ackerman) and I and all of us seniors had to take over and it was crazy because it felt we were just eighth-graders like yesterday."
Sheley hasn't decided where she'll play next year. Whichever team that is will inherit a heavily supported, talented and most important a hard-working basketball player.


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Heartland Symphony Orchestra will present a "Christmas Fantasy," featuring holiday favorites for the whole family, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, in the Charles Martin Auditorium in Little Falls and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, at Tornstrom Auditorium in Brainerd.
Experience the world premiere dance interpretation of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Christmas Eve Suite" by the Music General Dancers. In addition, enjoy Brainerd's Bill Satre narrating a musical arrangement of the famous poem, "Twas the Night Before Christmas."
Other pieces on the program include Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride," Linday Pulwar's "Canadian Brass Christmas," J.S. Pierpont's "Tintinnabulations," and join a sing-along during George Frideric Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus."
Heartland Symphony concert tickets are available in Little Falls at Bookin' It, Great River Arts Center and Little Falls Radio; in Brainerd at the Brainerd Dispatch and Bridge of Harmony. Tickets are also available at the door for all HSO concerts.
Cost is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and free for all youth through high school.
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NEWPORT - A Carteret County sports bar lost its ABC permit because of "numerous violations," according to Newport Police.
Bottoms Up Billiards & Sports Bar was required to surrender its ABC permits according to a release from the Newport police chief, Jeff Clark. It was dated for November 8, 2013, but sent on November 9 at 12:13 in the morning. Bottoms Up is located on Highway 70.
The release cites violations for the suspension such as drug arrests in the parking lot, a stabbing on October 6, and numerous management issues documented by North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement.
It's unclear when the bar's permit was surrendered in the release, or what specifically the violations have to do with alcohol law in North Carolina. However, the release does state management failed to cooperate with police during the investigation of the October stabbing.
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My friend is moving to Sandusky Ohio. Are there any guilds in that area that she could check out? what about quilt shops? Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.
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My friend is moving to Sandusky Ohio. Are there any guilds in that area that she could check out? what about quilt shops? Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.
I will google, scroll down for the guild in Sandusky, Ohio
there is a Quilting with Machines Conference there in 2 weeks. it's a show and I'm sure you could find out some guilds in the area there.
I have lived in the Sandusky area for the last 17 years and have yet to find a quilt guild. The closest quilt shop is in Vermillion, about 20 milesfrom Sandusky. There is also one in Norwalk which is about 15 miles from Sandusky. I have always done quilting on my own. But there are probably some guilds at some of the churches. Good luck with that.
The quilt conference is being held at the Sawmill Creek Resort in Huron which is about 2miles from me on the way to Sandusky. It is being held on Oct. 5 and 6th I believe. But basically it is all about long arms and not much locally. At least the last one was like that.
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There is a shop in Marblehead. Called Nautical Needle they have a long arm in shop. Corner of 163 and 269 across from Cheesehaven.
Sharon....The Sandusky Bay Quilters have been together for 21 years...I was president for the past 20 yrs....Yes....I was...I finally retired my position last year during our 20 yr anniversary....! We have raffled many charity quilts where the money has helped many community organizations. My business partner and I have started our own business, The Traveling Thimbles, LLC. We organize retreats where we teach a technique and pamper you! These retreats can be a 1 or 2 day or even for a weekend. We can have you visit us or we will visit you and your group. If you would like more info on the SBQ or Traveling Thimbles give my a line...Piecefully, Lynn
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Sometimes it not so much the how, it's the who. And in current affairs a 'good get' is sometimes enough. The 'get' being an interview subject who can be relied on to deliver something we can't turn away from.
This week has seen some great 'gets.' First up the man who plays Ken Barlow, the original cast member of Coronation Street.
Ken is about to take part in a stage show tour of New Zealand, so was keen to talk to Garth Bray from the Sunday programme. Ken, real name William Roache, has been on TV for longer that we've actually had TV in NZ. And despite the falling ratings and ageing viewership the Street is still firmly welded into TV1's weekly schedule. If you're a fan then a visit to the Street itself is always good telly. So far, so PR, you might have thought, but Bray had a curly one lined up for Ken and it created a curly reply.
When asked for his thoughts on the child abuse allegations aimed at the likes of fellow Coro actor Michael Le Vale (Kevin Webster), William who should have stuck to a defensive shot, went big, going for a 6, and exposed his wicket badly. The upshot was some waffle about teenage strumpets who tempt 'popstars' and presumably actors, and some new-age dribble about karma that seemed to blame the victims of such crimes. Oh dear. It lead to an apology of sorts the following day.
Next lamb to the slaughter was Brendan Horan. Not content with being one of strangest weathermen in our televisual history, he then went on to infamy as one of the worst New Zealand First MP's as well.
Allegations that he took dosh from his mother were followed by leaked revelations about his gambling and tabloid headlines about his personal life. Winston Peters kicked him out of the party, but Brendan stays on as an independent. Ruwani Perera from the new look Native Affairs got to ask Brendan what he thought he was up to. Did he deserve the big salary, $140,000, despite having no mandate? "Well I don't set the wages" came his reply, "that's what MP's get paid." Nor could talk about the matter relating to his late mother's missing money because that was "before the courts". He also had some not so veiled threats for "certain sectors of the media".
But the smiling MP came alive when the subject of his own bravery in Japan came up. Apparently he had performed CPR and saved a man's life and had the certificate to prove it. "Actually I'll show it to you. Did you hear about that? Hey I'll show you my lovely award, (To a person off screen) can you just grab my award'" We then got to see his award. It was like an episode of Veep.
3rd Degree continues it's strong run, and this week had a very good 'get' in the form of the story of an old kiwi joker called Vernon who's in a Filipino jail for duping a local out of 5 grand.
Naturally Vernon thinks he hasn't done anything wrong. Mind you, even the judge who sent him seems to like him. Being the Philippines, the sentence for a crime like this is a stiff one. Vernon is in jail for 20 years, although if he can come up with 5k he can get out. Our government doesn't want to know, as they are, unsurprisingly, not keen on bailing out dodgy people in foreign jails.
Still, for a 66 year old, 20 years is pretty much a death sentence. This 'get' meant that reporter Sarah Hall had to go all the way to the Philippines where she filmed Vernon in jail. Twitter lit up. Some bashed the Government or lashed out at the show itself, why couldn't 3rd Degree just cough up the money? It probably cost twice as much for the TV crew to get there. In the end the viewers, egged on by the show, have put their hands in their pockets with some $30,000 being raised to get Vernon out of his unpleasantly sticky porridge.
No such happy endings on CNN though.
Ten years on from the Iraq War, the man who's been described as one of its architects fronted up to Fareed Zakaria, on his often excellent GPS.
Bush-era Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz was unapologetic for his part in what is now seen as the biggest f**kup since Dunkirk, or at least Vietnam. Although he did have some sadness for the loss of "American life and treasure." At first glance I thought this was also a great 'get', but the interview turned out to be a fizzer.
No mention at all, from guest or host, about the devastation dealt to the Iraqi people. Yes the Americans did lose some 5,000 lives, but estimates suggest at least 150,000 Iraqi civilians have also died. Their country is in ruins. There was no Al Qaeda there before the invasion ... don't get me started.
Perhaps, I thought, the problem with getting the big 'gets' like Wolfowitz is that in order to get them back, you have to tread carefully? But it seems there was something else at play here too. Despite his sharpness on many issues, Zakaria was himself an advocate for the war. Indeed he once joined others, including Wolfowitz, at a 'secret meeting' to drum up support for it. (Documented here by the Washington Post.) So perhaps there was something else that stopped Zakaria from mentioning the appalling death toll. Blood, hands, etc.
Sunday, TV1, Sundays 7pm
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3rd Degree, TV3, Wednesday, 8.30pm
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A NASA spacecraft studying the moon's atmosphere and dust environment, which is carrying a $6 million University of Colorado Boulder instrument, is slated to crash into the lunar surface April 21 following a successful 130-day mission.
The $280 million mission, known as the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, or LADEE, was launched Sept. 6, 2013, to orbit the moon to better understand its tenuous atmosphere and whether dust particles are being lofted high off its surface. The spacecraft was designed, developed, integrated and tested at NASA's AMES Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. It took a month to reach the moon and another month to enter the proper elliptical orbit and for the instruments to be commissioned.
NASA held a media teleconference today to discuss the extended mission operations, science and planned impact of the LADEE spacecraft on the moon.
"We have beautiful data," said CU-Boulder physics Professor Mihaly Horanyi of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, principal investigator for the Lunar Dust Experiment, or LDEX, onboard LADEE. "We discovered that a cloud of dust permanently engulfs the moon, and that the dust density dramatically increases toward its surface," said Horanyi, who was not involved in the media teleconference.
The CU-Boulder team, which has charted more than 11,000 impacts from dust particles since LADEE arrived at the moon in October 2013, also discovered that dust particles are regularly hurled from the lunar surface in response to impacts by tiny, high-speed interplanetary meteoroids. "When people on Earth see shooting stars, the same stream of particles also hit the moon, knocking off bursts of small particles that are detected by our instrument," Horanyi said.
While the LADEE mission successfully completed its planned 100-day science mission in March, NASA chose to stretch the mission into an extended science phase. The spacecraft is expected to make science observations at progressively lower and lower altitudes until it drops to about three miles above the lunar surface on April 21, then makes its planned impact.
About the size of a small toaster oven, the LDEX instrument has been charting the size and individual velocities of tiny dust particles as small as 0.6 microns in diameter. For comparison, a standard sheet of paper is about 100 microns thick. A collision between a dust particle and a hemisphere-shaped target on LDEX generates a unique electrical signal inside the instrument, allowing scientists to detect individual particles, he said.
Horanyi said the dust behavior and processes discovered on the moon with LDEX are likely occurring on all other objects in the solar system that don't have atmospheres, including Mercury, Phobos and Deimos -- the two moons of Mars -- as well as on asteroids and dormant comets. Both Phobos and Deimos have been suggested by experts as possible initial landing posts for crewed missions heading for Mars.
The success of CU-Boulder's LDEX experiment may pave the way for new and more sophisticated dust-detecting instruments that could be developed and flown to such objects in the solar system, said Horanyi.
"Imagine if we could fly a new generation of dust experiments that could tell us not only the mass and speed of the particles being ejected from the moon or asteroid surfaces, but also their composition," he said. "That would allow us to make a surface map of the object that would be incredibly useful if we were looking for particular resources to mine, like water or titanium."
Horanyi also said dust-laden objects like the moon or an asteroid can be used as enormous "magnifiers," since a gram of material hitting a surface at about 14 miles per second blasts thousands of times that amount off of the surface. "Learning about the frequency of larger and larger dust impacts will help us to predict the frequency and learn more about even bigger impacts, those in the centimeter to meter sizes, greatly improving our hazard estimates for sending spacecraft on long journeys."
He said LASP makes a point of involving students at every level for all of its space missions. The relatively short duration and rich science return from the LADEE mission is well suited for graduate students like Jamey Szalay, for example, who plans to use the data as part of his doctoral thesis at CU-Boulder with Horanyi as his advisor.
Horanyi also is the principal investigator on CU-Boulder's Student Dust Counter, a simpler instrument flying on NASA's New Horizons mission that was launched in 2006 to explore Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, a massive region beyond the planets containing icy objects left over from the formation of the solar system.
Mihaly Horanyi, 303-492-6903
Jim Scott, CU-Boulder media relations, 303-492-3114


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I just saw this. Why would I want to "push down the page"?
Another question for you to ignore: who sets the annual salaries of the Federal Reserve's Chairman, Vice-chairman and all of the Board of Governors?
quote:You guess wrong.
I guess "figure it out" means you can't really say anything more
You guess wrong.
"Figure it out" means you're currently too fatuous to engage. Show me I'm wrong.
quote:Figure it out.
I'm just curious how 911 and Keystone are connected, you said it... I'm just wondering what Keystone had to do with us being attacked on 911.
Figure it out.
maybe the would take the chairman of the Fed serious when he says "the Federal Reserve is an independent agency".
quote:OTOH, if I was a truther kind of guy, I'd be highly suspicious all that DOD money that disappeared with the WTC implosion during the fake 911 had resurfaced in a rape-the-land oil pipeline scheme.
If I was an emoticon kind of guy I'd insert a few laughers.
Every time you bring this up it only further highlights your utter ignorance.
Anytime you get put into a corner
quote:NC Tigah and I have a running joke about such things. He knew what I meant. You're not invited to be a part of our joke.
Remember that comment you made to someone about the spelling of the word 'grammar'?
They are audited by a private company, not our government.
The time they were audited by our government they found 16 trillion dollars that went out to many foreign entities
Why isn't this 16 trillion dollar thing in the news more? Because people would be outraged.
And looks like you ignored my response to 'why you push down a pages'... That's three times now you've dodged that mishap you had.
Really Russian, defending the Fed is about as unpopular a thing you can do these days.
quote:Don't go there. You won't like the response.....
Bright people
NC Tigah and I have a running joke about such things. He knew what I meant. You're not invited to be a part of our joke.
So what? Do you somehow think that means something? The GAO can audit the Fed anytime congress tells it to do so.
No, they didn't. I've already explained that to you in the simplest terms I could articulate. Apparently it wasn't simple enough for you. This is just another LIE you like to tell, liar.
Frankly, only very simpleminded, paranoid people (like you) can't understand how normal those transactions were and how they actually benefited the U.S. and the world's financial system.
quote:Because you keep repeating the Fed is completely independent from the Federal government.
I really don't know what setting salaries has to do with the fact there is no federal oversight of the Fed.
quote:Another straw man. You keep changing your position every time you get bitch slapped.
Have I denied a working relationship?
quote:There is no status on an anonymous message board, silly girl!
You're a guy that has been on this site a long time, you feel the need to maintain your status here..
quote:If I were a liar I'd return the compliment.....
You're very good
quote:Running away again, coward?
I'll give you the satisfaction of the final post
Interesting.. because the all knowing cwill just wrote that Keystone XL has no bearing on our oil usage.
If you don't touch that region the environment is protected. Why say "if the tar sands" I'm simply saying that if you didn't touch the tar sands that is the only way you're truly protecting the environment.
Right, however shipping more product to US refineries will increase our manufacturing exports.
Now you are confusing production with transportation. Keystone is a transportation issue. If you are against the production of the oil sands take it up with the Canadians. In the meantime it's ignorant to continue to halt the most productive, safe, and environmentally friendly form of transportation, pipeline.
quote:You just can't keep yourself from lying about what other posters are saying, can you?
he thinks it will help us get rid of those pesky Arab terrorists
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A small town in the northern suburbs of Chicago, famously mentioned by Tow Waits in his song, "Johnsburg, Illinois". Several nicknames given to the town include, "J-burg, J-Town, and Johns Burgers." Rumor is that a sub-section exists inside the town with the name "nah-linz". Experts say that if a "nah-linz" did exist, it would occupy no more than a half acre of in-fertile land.
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There also will be horse-drawn wagon rides by Action Entertainment; petting zoo featuring Foothills Alpaca Farm; goats, turkeys and miniature horses; hay bale maze; face painting; bungee trampoline; and a pumpkin hunt.


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from Joe Thorn May 29, 2017 Category: ArticlesHuman beings are emotional creatures. We love or hate, feel happy or sad, angry or joyful. And yet christians sometimes struggle with integrating emotion into their spiritual lives and end up falling victim to dangerous tendencies when it comes to their emotions. These tendencies occupy two ends of a spectrum... Keep Reading
Resources on Faith for $5 Today
from Karisa Schlehr May 06, 2011 Category: Ligonier ResourcesIt's $5 Friday time! Find a variety of teaching series covering various aspects of faith. Resources are mostly downloadable this week due to Ligonier Ministries' move this weekend. Sale starts Friday at 8 a.m. and ends Saturday at 8 a.m. EST. Keep Reading
from Tim Challies May 05, 2011 Category: Tabletalk Magazine"Anselm held the position of archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109. A Benedictine monk, philosopher, and theologian, he stands as one of the most significant thinkers in the history of the Western church." While Anselm's name is widely known, his impact is not. In his article in the current edition of Tabletalk magazine, R.C. Sproul looks at this man's life and influence. Keep Reading
VIDEO: CrossReference: Winning Through Weakness
from Karisa Schlehr May 04, 2011 Category: Ligonier ResourcesThis week we bring you the sixth episode from CrossReference: Discovering Christ in the Old Testament, a new series from David Murray and HeadHeartHand. This series of short teaching films was conceived to help Christians discover and enjoy Christ in the Old Testament. You can watch the first two episodes here, and the remaining four videos will be available for temporary viewing each week for the next four weeks at the Ligonier blog, Challies, and HeadHeartHand. Keep Reading
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from Karisa Schlehr May 04, 2011 Category: Ministry NewsAfter being in our current office building for nearly two decades, Ligonier Ministries is moving. We have been planning for this day for the last seven years and are excited to see how God has graciously worked to bring it all together in His perfect timing. Our new address is 421 Ligonier Court, Sanford, Florida 32771 and we encourage you to stop by and visit the next time you are in Orlando. Keep Reading
Goodness Gracious
from R.C. Sproul Jr. May 04, 2011 Category: ArticlesCommon grace is more potent than we normally think. Special grace, on the other hand, is likely more nuanced than we tend to think. As these United States celebrate the just end to the life of Osama bin Laden, I'm afraid we are in danger of missing both of these truths. First, common grace is keeping the world from being populated with nothing but Osama bin Ladens. Keep Reading
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from R.C. Sproul May 03, 2011 Category: R.C. SproulJonathan Edwards used to say that the chief business of the Christian was the seeking of the Kingdom of God. And what he meant by that was the chief business of the Christian is seeking after God. We have such a superficial understanding of seeking that we attribute it to non-believers when the non-believer is not seeking God—he's running away from God. Keep Reading
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from Tim Challies May 03, 2011 Category: Tabletalk MagazineIn this month's editorial introduction to the May issue of Tabletalk--an issue that looks to the church of the 11th century--Burk Parsons writes about a little-known Christian monarch. "Queen Margaret of Scotland (c. 1045–1093) is barely mentioned in the annals of church history. Nevertheless, she was used of God mightily in eleventh-century Scotland. While the first crusade raged, while schism rent the church in the East, and while Anselm ministered in her homeland of England, Margaret was on her knees praying earnestly for her husband, the king of Scotland." Keep Reading
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Lupus Food and Wine Classic
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Join LFM for the annual Lupus Food and Wine Classic fundraiser, an evening to enjoy some of the Twin Cities' best culinary delights, each paired with a wine sampling. Sip and nibble while taking in live entertainment and perusing the silent auction.
As the Twin Cities dining scene is exploding with talent and gaining national recognition for innovation and quality, the Lupus Food and Wine Classic will enable you to sample the best culinary delights from local top chefs and restaurants. Wander and nibble on bites as you find your own unique combination of the perfect "sample and sip." The Classic will provide you numerous chances for mingling and digesting.
- Culinary Delights from Twin Cities' Top Chefs and Restaurants
- Wine Tasting by Minnesota Wineries
- Live Entertainment by Jimmi and the Band of Souls
- Food, and Wine-themed Silent Auction
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- Call LFM at 952-746-5151/800-645-1131.
Kincaid's, An American Classic
Carlos Creek Winery, Alexandria
Chankaska Creek Ranch and Winery, Kasota
Crow River Winery, Hutchinson
Parley Lake Winery, Waconia
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Joseph Gitau (24, Team JFE Steel) won the Dec. 2 Fukuoka International Marathon in a superb 2:06:58 with a hard surge after 33 km. "Before the race I hadn't even thought about the possibility of winning," Gitau told the media. "My marathons before this had both turned out badly. I just went into this thinking that it was time to give it another try." Gitau made his marathon debut in Fukuoka in 2009 but dropped out partway. He finished his second marathon in Hokkaido two years ago but ran only 2:21:54. A graduate of Hiroshima's Sera H.S., where he made an impact on the ekiden circuit, Gitau is a product of Japan's corporate team system. In fluent Japanese he said, "I'm accustomed to the environment in Japan and that has made it easier for me to run." Four-time Fukuoka winner Toshihiko Seko commented, "Gitau has bests of only 13:43, 27:58 and 1:01:19. There are many Japanese athletes with better times than these, and they are doing the same training Gitau is. He should be an inspiration to them to reach for the 2:06 level."
Top Japanese finisher Hiroyuki Horibata (26, Team Asahi Kasei) finished 2nd in 2:08:24, just short of the sub-2:08 requirement for a guaranteed place on the 2013 World Championships team but a PB by over a minute. For the first 30 km he stuck behind the pacers. "I wasn't thinking about anything, just trying to stay in the background of the scene," Horibata said. As the best marathoner on Japan's most storied marathon team, Asahi Kasei, Horibata was in particular targeting the independent Arata Fujiwara (31, Miki House) and "Civil Servant Runner" Yuki Kawauchi (25, Saitama Pref.). "Those guys are unique, but I knew how to deal with them. I thought the best way to go was just to hide out for a while and then go for the time." Despite not feeling well, just before 32 km he told himself, "Let's go!" and broke the race open with a powerful surge, living up to a pre-race promise to surprise everyone with an unexpected move. "I did what I said I was going to do," he said. "My confidence is back."
A favorite for the London Olympics team after finishing 7th at last year's Daegu World Championships, the 189 cm-tall Horibata had a disappointing run at April's Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon. In April he developed Achilles tendon problems in his right leg, keeping him out of serious training until the fall. He was still able to succeed in Fukuoka, he said, "because I got in a lot of high-quality training for ekiden season." His success served notice that with a traditional base of high-volume training, the corporate ekiden season training menu still plays an important role in sharpening speed. A sub-2:08 time remains a goal. "It's not completely fixed yet," Horibata said, "but [in the spring] I might race overseas to go for a faster time." His goal if he is named to the World Championships team: "Top five."
Horibata's coach, 2:08:55 marathoner and newly-appointed Federation director of men's marathoning Takeshi Soh, was disappointed that Horibata's surge was not enough for the win. "If you get into a good flow you can just cruise along without wasting energy. He looked like he was going to be able to do that today, but then his expression suddenly changed. I thought he was still going to make 2:07, but when he came through the gate onto the track all I could think was, 'Ah, man, so close.' Still, though, the positive thing here is that he got where he did by taking control of the race. His body and his running are both huge. If he improves his efficiency he's capable of running a Japanese national record. We have to stay conscious of time and not waste him."
London Olympian Fujiwara finished 4th despite a very short training cycle and sudden calf problems late in the race, breaking 2:10 for the fifth time in his career. "This race was a challenge to myself to test my character or my courage," Fujiwara told reporters. "It shows that if I trained more seriously there is no reason I couldn't go two or three minutes faster. The calf problem was just something local and it doesn't give me any reason for doubt." Targeting the Tokyo Marathon, where he ran 2:07:48 this year, Fujiwara said, "I want to go for a fast time."
Another of the Japanese favorites in the race, "Civil Servant Runner" Kawauchi lost touch with the lead pack at 28 km. "All of a sudden I started having trouble following the pace, and then it got hard to stay optimistic. I just started to slip away," he said. "To put it simply, I wasn't strong enough." Aiming to clear the 2:07:59 time requirement for the 2013 World Championships team, he missed breaking 2:10 and ended up as the 4th Japanese man, 6th overall in 2:10:29. "I'm thinking about adding workouts with club teams and universities, maybe some corporate teams, to my training," he revealed.
The former world record holder known as "The Emperor" ended his bid for a second Fukuoka crown in rout, dropping out of the race. Apparently running well in the lead pack, after rounding the turnaround point after 31 km Haile Gebrselassie (39, Ethiopia) suddenly stopped. He later explained that he began experiencing pain in his left leg after 25 km. "I couldn't lift my leg any more," he said unhappily post-race. "At first I was feeling good so I thought I would just take it easy and run relaxed, but...." Two years ago Gebrselassie announced his retirement following another DNF at the 2010 ING New York City Marathon before reversing his decision. He is now age 39. Despite the harshness of the reality facing him, Gebrselassie remained optimistic about the future, saying, "I still want to compete."
Another pre-race favorite for the win despite Fukuoka being his debut, 2007 Osaka World Championships 10000 m bronze medalist Martin Mathathi (26, Kenya/Suzuki Hamamatsu AC) also dropped out. In his case Mathathi lasted until the 38 km point. "The muscles in both my thighs were completely exhausted," he said with dejection. "Forget about the marathon. I'm giving up on it." Mathathi can take consolation in the fact that winner Gitau also dropped out of his marathon debut in Fukuoka.


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Well, this is my first post and a question about what to do. Presently I want to get OSCP or any equivalent cert madly. So that i could get into ifosec field. Further plans laterz. About my present condition:-
I have started to learn everything that could help me get Certs. I already learnt C,C++, CCNA. Presently learning RH linux, Python and MS Servers (all through Cbt Nuggets). And I started all this 1 year back. I have once prepared for CEH but later I dropped the idea about CEH cert.
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