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Celebration of Giving: John Tienken Speech
Amazing Opportunities at UIS
Good Evening. I've had some amazing opportunities during my 3+ years at UIS.
Some of you might have heard of a game called squash, but when I first came on to campus many probably thought it was just a vegetable. With a few friends, I was able to build a club sport team and we've had the opportunity to travel to colleges across the country representing UIS and playing with a sport we love.
But Squash was just the beginning, I jumped into volunteer organizations, worked as a columnist at the newspaper, and got involved in student government as Student Trustee.
The greatest part of my experience has been that I have not been alone. There are so many student leaders her at UIS and we are so grateful for the learning and leading opportunities we have had here.
Thinking of the Future: The Student Union
Student leaders don't just think about today, but are constantly dreaming about tomorrow and working to make their campus and community a better place.
We did that last year by passing a student fee referendum to partially fund the construction of a student union building. The students supported the student union by a 4 to 1 margin.
Student unions are places to study and hang out, come together, food late at night, and also places for leaderships where student orgs host meetings and events. They are a campus crossroads, they are the living room of student life.
Every public university in the state has a student union, and we need one at UIS. But we can't do it without the help of private donors.
Why I'm Grateful Tonight
That's why I'm grateful tonight because I know somewhere among all of you might be donors who will help us realize our dream of a student union.
Thank you for all your support to help make leadership opportunities possible at UIS, and if you do decide to help, you can't imagine how grateful all students at UIS, now and in the decades to come, will be.
So thank you—in advance!


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Do you cut your scraps or just put them into storage as is? If you cut them up what size do you cut them into. I want to do something with mine before there get to be so many I just give up and pitch them all.
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Do you cut your scraps or just put them into storage as is? If you cut them up what size do you cut them into. I want to do something with mine before there get to be so many I just give up and pitch them all.
DON'T pitch them. There are so many things you can do. I'm in the middle of making scrap quilts, and having tons of fun. There is a thread that is on the board with wonderful pictures of some of the quilts from scraps. They go together very fast. If you want to not use them, there are plenty of quilters that would be happy to tak them off your hands.
Go to Bonnie Hunter's site www.quiltville.com There are lots of ideas for how to cut your scraps, how to organize your scraps and lots of quilts to make with you scraps!!
I also recomend the Scrap Therapy book by Joan Ford.
I have used both methods and I have made several quilts from my scraps.
Have fun!
I put scraps from quilts in a tote under my sewing table. When it starts hollering at me, I go through and cut out 6" square (or sometimes 4" squares) from the larger pieces and use them for Linus quilts. The rest I save and use for strip quilts or scrappy log cabins. I throw away any piece that can't be a 2 1/2 x 4" rectangle. Some of the reds I might save if they're 1 1/2" wide for bright strips in a strip quilt. Don't throw your scraps away. If you don't want them for quilting, make a pillow and take it to your Humane Society. They love them for the animals.
In this order:
1. Fat quarter if I can get it.
2. If there's width of fabric, first cut 5 inch x WOF(these can later be 2.5 x WOF,or charms or 2.5 squares)
3. Then go to 2.5 x WOF
4. Then 1.5 x WOF (I'm planning to use these in a log cabin quilt)
5. If I can't get WOF then I cut squares, 2.5 then 3.0, then 3.5 4.0
Absolutely don't pitch them. Remember you've already paid for the fabric so anything you make out of them will be free! I love scrap quilts so 6" and 5" squares are my go to size..but I did the scrap therapy so have other sizes as well.
What size is too small to keep and be useful? I've been struggling with the whole not wanting to throw any piece of fabric away and I might be getting too carried away.....
I just sort by color, as I have no idea what pattern they will eventually turn into. Don't toss them , so many beautiful quilts have come from scraps... and the more scraps the better is my philosophy.
I don't cut my scraps as I never know what I will need for paper piecing... I toss in a tote, then find a pp project to do.. lots of fun!

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The North Mississippi Allstars regrouped with the addition of guitarist Duwayne Burnside, the son of R.L., for 2003's Polaris, which was followed by the concert album Hill Country Revue: Live at Bonnaroo in late 2004. Electric Blue Watermelon, which featured guest spots by Lucinda Williams, Robert Randolph, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Otha Turner, and others, appeared in 2005 from Ato Records and earned the band its third consecutive Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Blues Album. Also in 2005, the group spent time supporting John Hiatt, who showcased the Allstars on his 2005 album Master of Disaster. This was the first of many extracurricular activities for the Allstars: in 2007, Luther Dickinson became the lead guitarist for the Black Crowes, juggling those duties with leading the Allstars, and while Luther was with the Crowes, Cody Dickinson and Chris Chew pursued their own side project, Hill Country Revue. The core trio of the Dickinson brothers and Chew returned in 2008 with Hernando, the first release on the band's own Songs of the South label. A year later in 2009, the Allstars issued Do It Like We Used to Do, a two-disc set of live performances that also included a third disc featuring a video documentary on the band.
Luther and Cody's father, producer Jim Dickinson, passed away in late 2009. The brothers and fellow NMA member Chris Chew gathered in March of 2010 at the family-owned Zebra Studios to record a tribute. The band had help from a number of family friends who included Ry Cooder, Mavis Staples, Spooner Oldham, Alvin Youngblood Hart, and Jack Ashford. The end result was Keys to the Kingdom (on Songs of the South), a collection of new songs with a lone single-chord blues cover of Bob Dylan's "Stuck Inside of Mobile (With the Memphis Blues Again)" added to the mix. The set was released in early 2011. In the summer of 2012, James Luther Dickinson''s posthumous I'm Just Dead, I'm Not Gone was released. Recorded live in Memphis in 2006, it featured the NMA as his backing band. Arguably the band's masterpiece, World Boogie Is Coming appeared at the end of the summer 2013. ~ Steve Huey & Sean Westergaard
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Track List: Electric Blue Watermelon
Track List: Hill Country Revue - Live At Bonnaroo
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I love the Bennett one. How about a few seconds after this when he fails on spiking the ball? I laughed so hard when he did that. The guy is such a goof, I wouldn't put it past him to fail like that on purpose. Great catch and TD!
How about starting at :27 and ending at :29 seconds when Nicks is nodding his head? I thought his demeanor here was hilarious.
Can I make a request please? Could you get that one where Rolle flew into the camera girl lol? Thanks a lot


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Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla signed a bill that mandates health warnings on all cigarette packets as well as prohibiting brands from using the words "light" or "suave" in their labels.
The measure is the latest curb by the Costa Rican government on tobacco consumption, coming on the heels of a ban on sales of small packs of cigarettes.
"This is the end of a 10-year fight against tobacco," Chinchilla said after signing the bill on Tuesday. Chinchilla said opposition had successfully impeded the cigarette regulations, with vendors and producers arguing it would hurt the economy. She argued that a healthier population would be an economic boost.
Chinchilla's health minister, Daisy Corrales, presented a slideshow at the San José press conference showing an example health warning. The label showed a cloud of smoke surrounding a sleeping infant, with a warning in Spanish noting the harmful effects of cigarette smoke on children.
"This is one of the No. 1 enemies of children and the people of the country," Corrales said.
The legislation mandates that the top half of all cigarette packs contain the Health Ministry's message, as well as the bottom half of the back.
THE TYLER GROUP: Cigarette health warnings and a ban on 'lig
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Infant formula maker Fernbaby has become a key sponsor of the New Zealand Warriors, it was announced today.
The three year deal will see Fernbaby sponsoring the Vodafone Junior Warriors in the National Youth Competition in 2013 before becoming a full sponsor of the club's NRL team in 2014 and 2015.
Fernbaby will have a visible presence on the Vodafone Junior Warriors' playing kit in 2013 with its logo positioned on the back of the NYC team's playing shorts. In 2014 and 2015, the Fernbaby logo will be on the front of the NRL team's shorts.
Vodafone Warriors chief executive Wayne Scurrah welcomed Fernbaby, noting the relationship was landmark moment in broadening the club's sponsorship portfolio.
"It's an exciting new direction for us and for sporting brands in New Zealand to diversify in this way by forming a partnership with Fernbaby," he said.
"Bringing rugby league and Fernbaby together has huge potential internationally. We're thrilled about taking this step together and look forward to working on a number of initiatives."
Fernbaby assistant director John McCaulay said the Vodafone Warriors sponsorship is part of a strategy to create a domestic and global brand built on New Zealand's reputation as a supplier of top-quality food products.
"What we are creating is a business partnership that blends New Zealand's dairying skills with Chinese business acumen and capital to generate value-added exports and create jobs in New Zealand," he said.
"We have already made several shipments of product and by the end of this year we anticipate we will be exporting around 80,000-100,000 cans per month into China, where we have distribution channels in place.
"That volume will increase significantly when we roll out our programs for the Korean, Japanese, Indian, the Middle East and all Asian markets over the next two years."
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When we teamed up with NYC-based fashion label RUFFIAN to launch their first nail lacquer collection, we knew just who could help us choose the three high-style shades to feature in this exclusive collection: you. We asked for your color votes, and the results flooded in. This set of super-luxe polishes is fashion forward with a dash of daring—just how we like it. The high-gloss formula is also chip-resistant, so your mani will stay put for days. Now that's what we call a team effort, and a gorgeous one at that.


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FireBlade, you play the pilot of two equally ill-fated choppers, the
Talon and the Vendetta. One is small and fast, while the other is big and rugged.
With your two specimens of soon-to-be-flaming-wreckage, you've got to put a
sock in the mouth of evil terrorists known as the UES (United Eastern States).
With the right amount of patience, you'll get to fail miserably at attempting
to sabotage the saboteurs' plans in four regions of the globe (Switzerland,
South America, Latin America, and the Arctic).
I say fail miserably because the mission objectives are simply unreal. I kick
ass at videogames, but nobody kicks as much ass as FireBlade demands,
except for like, Jesus or Mohammad or something. Contributing to the embarrassment
are missions which must be completed along very rigid lines.
Ironically, the briefings are extremely simple: "Kill all this stuff." But
then you discover that "all this stuff" is like thirty boats, all of which must
be gone in two minutes. Why the rigid time limit? Isn't mass destruction reward
enough? Why is everybody in such a hurry all the time?
What's cool about FireBlade is that everything you're asked to do actually
can be done, just not without lots of trial and error. FireBlade's
18 missions demand an A-effort, and if you're willing to put that much time
and energy into a helicopter game, you'll probably be very pleased with it.
The helicopter itself handles like most others, with the left analog stick controlling direction while the right controls vertical and horizontal thrust. The face buttons toggle your stealth and heat vision, while the shoulder buttons fire your guns, rockets, and missiles.
of the helicopters can cloak, an ability which is essential in several missions.
When cloaked the gameplay changes substantially, as your ship moves more slowly
and is more vulnerable to enemy fire. However, once cloaked you can turn on
a little heat vision and snipe with your EMP (very powerful and never runs out
of ammo) or your Vulcan cannon.
Stealth missions are fun, but are also largely target practice. FireBlade
is definitely about the all-out mayhem. Central to this is a good strafing scheme
and ammo-crates which always keep your chopper ready for a little of the ol'
thirty to one.
Graphically, FireBlade is bland, but with several striking details.
Heat vision mode is nicely done and very helpful, while the level of detail
applied to enemy infantry is astonishing. Also astonishing is the game's ability
to stay fast and furious even when dealing with millions of flying objects.
With thirty or so ships all shooting everything they've got at you, the screen
gets extremely cluttered. Thanks to the consistent framerate, you get completely
drawn into the insanity.
The sounds are decent but repetitive. The music should be turned down in favor of something really violent, like Bustah Rhymes or maybe some DMX, while the effects themselves don't really contribute to the excitement.
It's a shame that FireBlade is burdened by such stringent objectives
when it could have been so much more entertaining. It's recommended for helicopter
sim fans only, and might be too tough for the casual gamer.


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Three members of Pulaski Tech's faculty and staff have been honored by their peers for their outstanding service and excellence in teaching.
Jimmy Davis, director of the college's Respiratory Therapy program, received the Susan K. Reid Award for Teaching Excellence, named in honor of the award's first recipient in 1996. Davis has taught at Pulaski Tech for more than 20 years.
Lilly Dixon, secretary at the college's Little Rock-West site, received the Quenton C. Burge Award for Service Excellence, which recognizes an employee who has made significant contributions to the college. The award is named in honor of Pulaski Tech's oldest and longest-serving employee, Quenton Burge, who joined Dr. Dan F. Bakke, college president, in presenting the award.
The Barbara Peters Adjunct Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence was awarded to Paula Long, who has taught business classes at Pulaski Tech since 1998. She also serves as the Career and Technical Department chair and internship coordinator at Benton High School. The adjunct award was renamed this year in honor of the late Barbara Peters, a longtime composition teacher.
Dr. Bakke announced the winners during the college's annual Employee Recognition luncheon on May 15 in the Campus Center Grand Hall.
Other award highlights include the Milestone Service Awards, which recognize employees for longevity of service to the college; recognition of the more than 40 employees who complete Connections training; and recognition of the first graduates of the inaugural class of Leadership Pulaski Tech.
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Discussion in 'Members Zone' started by Sarge, Aug 14, 2009.
Morning Pops and Zoners
Happy hump day....don't stand too close to Sarge today :laugh1:
Morning Pops. Morning Fellas and Kristie. Morning Zoners.
All I can say Yeags.
Everybody, have a good one.
Good afternoon CBZ!
Good evening, Cbz and the same to all here. Just got back from Viva Elvis and was wowed by the show. Saw Beatles Love on Monday night and I might be stuck in the 60's. Hoping all of you are safe and sound. I just talked to my older son at home and he tells me it's snowing. :
Hope all of you are having a great snow-free day.
sounds like a good time Phil I am glad you enjoyed it
Morning Pops and a good Thursday morning to everyone!
It's Friday Eve!
You folks have a great day ahead!
Morning Cbz. Morning folks. Phil, those shows sound fabulous. I know I AM stuck in the 60's.
Morning Pops and Zoners
Still living the dream
Morning Pops. Morning Fellas and Kristie. Morning to all who might stop in today.
Phil, sounds like you are having a great time. You deserve it my friend.
Everybody, have a great day.
Morning Cbz. Happy Friday morning to all the rest of youse guys (a little Juke speak there) too! Have a good one, folks.
Morning Pops and Zoners
Happy Friday everyone
Morning Pops----What they said
Good Morning Pops. Morning Sarge, Juke, Yeags, Phil, Bob, Leon, Zax, Zrin, Kristie and Eric. Good Morning Zoners.
For those of you who participate, Happy Good Friday. For those who do not, Happy Friday.
I hope everybody has a great Easter Weekend.
Good evening, Cbz and the same to all the rest of you loyal Cowboys devotees. i am sending this message while my wife and son are losing their shirts at the slots. At last count, we were down $5.65.
Something tells me we're going to survive.
We did get some bad news. My father in law is in hospital and we'll be heading down to see him as soon as we get back. He's 90 and we know he's having a tough time. Any way you slice it, he's had a good life. Zax, I've been thinking about you and your dad and I extend my best. Take care, guys and give a thought to my father in law (WW II Vet). Everybody have the best day they can.
Morning Cbz. Morning everyone. Welcome to the weekend!!
Phil, Sorry to hear about your Father in law. Best wishes to him. I watch a lot of documentaries about WWII and admire those soldiers greatly.
Morning Pops and a good Saturday morning to all you fine folk.
Looks like I may have to mow for the first time. I'm debating. lol.
You folks have a great day ahead!
Morning Pops --Morning Sarge (I just turned my horses into the yard --free feed -no mowing
Morning Everyone
THATS the way to go....but I'm ascared of horses.
Their alot like snowmobiles ---lots of fun but can get you hurt if you act stupid
But they only have one horsepower motors.


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Sadly, we need this thread.
When I saw Buster Olney's item today that the Yanks might consider signing Reyes and moving Jeter after this year, I knew we were going to have to have this conversation.
Alderson was brought in to bring a middle market model to the Mets while the franchise tries the weather the midnight of its financial crisis, and it's been clear all along that he doesn't like one of the Mets all-time top five everyday players - and a huge fan favorite to boot.
Reyes' years from 2006 through '08 are three of the best in team history - then there was a season lost to serious injury and another that can be put in the 80% comeback category. So now he's 27 and in his walk year, looking strong and looking for 5-6 year deal - a deal he will undoubtedly get from the Red Sox, Yankees, Giants or other similarly oriented teams if he shows some '08-era form this year.
Only a movement of Mets fans will keep him in Queens - I do believe the Mets are indeed stupid enough to let him walk and watch their fan base enthusiasm dip even further.


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<p>The sexy Swedish Playmates from the early years of Playboy are featured for your viewing pleasure. </p>
THE SWEDISH SEX BOMB—tall, blonde, built—may be a cliché, and yet in all probability, the phrase "Swedish model" brings to mind happy images of statuesque blue-eyed, flaxen-haired Viking goddesses for most. As you might imagine, Playboy has featured a number of sexy Swedish Playmates over the years, and today we're taking a look at the first three Swedes ever to pose for us. What might surprise you about this trinity of cool beauties is that they're brunettes, not the glossy blondes of your daydreams. Whether or not they fit the Nordic archetype of feminine beauty, we can say without a doubt that these women are absolute knockouts.
A hit in her native country, Zahra Norbo had won the title of Miss Sweden 1955 before arriving to conquer the U.S. in the 1950s in pursuit of an acting and modeling career. She appeared in a number of performances in television and movies but is still best remembered for her adorably sexy pictorial in Playboy, as 1958's Miss March, in a bright, sun-drenched, joyful outdoor shoot. The natural setting is a nice complement to the glory of Zahra's natural endowments.
Lenna Sjööblom went to Chicago to visit a cousin in 1970 and America suited her, so she stuck around. With her stunning good looks and fierce presence, she lost no time in starting her modeling career and posed for Playboy's November 1972 issue. Lenna's heart-stirring pictorial is enough to buy her immortality, but she's eternally famous as "the first lady of the Internet": In 1973 the upper half of her centerfold was used to test early photo scanning technology, and using the picture became something of a tradition in the field. To this day that picture of Lenna's torso is used to test digital image processing technology.
{"pbembedwidget":"gallery","id":"15743","size":"large","alignment":"left"}Miss August 1983, Carina Persson, is another Swede Playboy captured frolicking in nature. Originally from Stockholm, Carina headed to Boulder, Colorado, where she rejoiced in the Colorado countryside. An environmentalist, her Playboy biography went so far as to dub her "A missionary of the earth." Carina's photo shoot showcases a number of hot pictures of her playing in green fields, sandy beaches and gardens of flowers. This woman might be the most beautiful Persson in the world.
See the sexy Swedes who appeared in Playboy in our first four decades in the above gallery.


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Recording official reminds UTSA community of copyright laws
(May 3, 2005)--UTSA technology officials recently were informed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) that a computer at one of the UTSA residence halls was used illegally to share 24 copyrighted songs.
The RIAA is the watchdog agency for music publishers and artists.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
Article tools
According to Cary Sherman of the RIAA, a personal computer at UTSA's Chisholm Hall was found March 4 to be sharing copyrighted materials.
The student was using a software program that creates a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection to allow sharing of files and other information.
Although the unidentified UTSA student was not included in the latest round of lawsuits that targeted more than 400 students at 18 universities, Sherman reiterated that the RIAA will continue to prosecute those who illegally share copyrighted materials.
Students who are found to be using the university's network to illegally share copyrighted materials will be referred to the Office of Student Judicial Affairs.
More information:
Recording Industry Association of America
EDUCAUSE (P2P file sharing)


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Donnie Joseph comes on for the Bats in the top of the 6th. Allows a runner on an error by Valaka but nothing else. 1-1 tied with the Bats coming up in the bottom of the 6th.
Donnie Joseph comes on for the Bats in the top of the 6th. Allows a runner on an error by Valaka but nothing else. 1-1 tied with the Bats coming up in the bottom of the 6th.
Huntsville still whittling away with a run off Hayes in the top of the seventh. 5-3 Hoos, middle of the 7th.
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Three big runs in the top of the 3rd for Goodyear. Jonathan Reynoso and Daniel Paula singled, then Brayan Arias followed with his first pro HR.3-0 Lil Reds after 2.5.
Another run for the Hoos in the bottom of the seventh. Walks to Feldhauer and Brodie gren, then David Vidal singles Feldhaer home. 6-3 the Blue Wahoos,
The Bats break the deadlock with two in the bottom of the 6th on a walk to HRod and Soto's 13th HR. 3-1 L'Ville with the Bats up in the bottom of the 7th.
Billings with a huge 5-run marker in the bottom of the 5th. Matt Lentz singles to start things off and roade home on a 2B by Jon Matthews. Matthews scored on a WP and a throwing error. Brandon Dailey then tripled and Jesse Winler plated him with a single. Winker then came around on Seth-Mejias Brean's fifth HR. SMB impressing at the plate. 6-0 Billings with them coming to bat in the bottom of the 6th.
The Blaze get a double from Stephen Hunt and a BB by Travis Mattair, but don't score. Tim Crabbe pitching.
Huntsville gets 2 in the top of the 8th to make it 6-5, nut the Hoos have scored once in the bottom of the inning on a single by Miguel Rojas and a double from Ryan LeMarre. 7-5 Pensacola after 8 complete.
Meanwhile in Goodyear, the Dodgers score single runs in the bottom of the 3rd & 4th innings. Reds lead 3-2 after 4.
Louisville holds on for the 3-1 win. Donnie Joseph (4-0/2.49) with two scoreless innings for the win. Nick Christiani and TJ Hoover followed him with a scorless inning each. Hoover got his 7th save.
Soto homered and Phipps, Gregorious, Valaika and Costanzo each had a single.
Justin Freeman allows 2 singles and a walk in the top of the 9th, but holds on for his 11th save. Pensacola wins 7-5. Sulbaran now 7-7/4.04.
Billy Hamilton 1-4, R, 3B, BB
Ryan LaMarre 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, BB
Beau Mills 2-5, 2 2B, RBI
Josh Feldhauer 2-3, 2 R, 2B, BB
David Vidal 2-4, R, 2B 2 RBI
I'm having fun watching the guys from this year's draft. So far looking good. Really fun getting to see Stephenson.
The farm system is at the beginning of a resurgence. Triple A will probably be pretty well stocked next year (I hope). And the Reds will have more to deal if needed.
"I can't take this homerism anymore." - 10xWSChamps, August 11, 2010. A Cardinals fan having a problem with all the homerism on Redszone. Classic.
"Man do I miss the days where were didn't need a calculator and an encyclopedia of baseball metrics to enjoy a baseball game ... - MikeS21" - 8/2/12 game thread
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After vaginal sex with a girl who is on her period, the girl then proceeds to give felatio to the boy.
I didn't know she was on her period, but when she went down on me, i knew she was getting the cherry popcicle.
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by kevinshane June 07, 2009
When a girl is on her period and the man and her have vaginal sex. When the man is about to cum he pulls out and the girl sucks his dick.
I wonder if my boyfriend would want to try the cherry popcicle.
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Anyone got pics of their buckets with the decals on them?
Anyone got pics of their buckets with the decals on them?
Bob, do you mean other than the pics on the 1st page of the thread?? I'd be happy to take a few more if you'd like!! Just let me know!
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i'll take one set of weathered ROTJ orange, thanks
and PP sent!
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add a set of ESB Yellow Weathered
PP sent for both
Dabbafett added to list.
Payment sent - I'm looking for something close to the Krylon peekaboo blue 1517.
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Money sent in full!
Hi, could i get one set of weathered ROTJ kill stripes please
PM sent, money to follow.
Payment Sent
just received my decals both ear and the two killstripe sets, thanks alot! look great!
i got my decals today along with the helmet ear details. i am very very pleased. thank you.
YAH!!! I want a set of ESB wheathered PLEASE. PM sent.
I got my stripes yesterday! They look great! I got a question though.
Will the decals be damaged when the clear coat gets put on? Or should I apply them after the clear coat or before?
Paypal sent for 1 set of ROTJ weathered kill stripes
I need 2 sets of ESB kill stripes and 2 sets of ear decals if availble asap. Can p/p immediately thanks
Sent PP for ROTJ Weathered!
Thanks a whole bunch!
WetOkole added to list.
Hey Lucky did you get my PP for the ROTJ set?


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Town Square
A facelift for downtown Danville
Original post made by Natalie O'Neill, Danville Weekly reporter, on Feb 23, 2007
The idea is to keep the character of downtown the same, but to draw in more pedestrian traffic for shopping.
Do the people of Danville share the same vision? As the physicality of the town evolves, what should stay the same and what should be altered?
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a resident of Alamo
on Feb 23, 2007 at 1:26 pm
I have been receiving good ideas from various Alamo, Diablo, Danville residents and their visitors. It seems, like many of us, the Danville Hotel is a much-loved part of Danville's old town.
A specific idea is very attractive: Vic, in Alamo TX, as a visitor to Danville last fall, suggested that underground parking be put on the site and the buildings expanded into a garden/outdoor hospitality area surrounding the buildings.
Now that's a great idea for the City of Danville to consider.
a resident of Danville
on May 31, 2012 at 12:33 pm
I've always thought that Prospect St should be closed to traffic between Front St. and Hartz Ave. This would make a nice pedestrian area that would include benches for seating and containers of flowers. The street is narrow and the huge SUV's that park along there reduce it to one lane as it is. I think it would be a boon for business on the street as well. Perhaps even creating room for more shops on what used to be the street itself.
Also, I've been dismayed over the years to watch all the historic buildings that gave Danville it's old town charm have been changed architecturally to "modernize" them. What a shame.
It's seems the town has become a mis-mash of design rather than creating individual shops that create an organic feel to the creation.
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I hope its go, really hoping Nicks can play that would be huge.
New York Giants Superbowl XXI, XXV, XLII, XLVI Champions!!!!!
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!!!
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he ain't ready.
he won't be ready for another month. (i said that a month ago...)
we don't need him less than 100% at this point in the season.
we have plenty of other weapons.
let him heal.
when Eli is "on" our offense is very potent without him.
and when Eli is "off" ...it doesn't matter who's out there.
due to the fact that I am from the Woodstock generation ...
my opinions may be chemically enhanced and influenced by severe episodes of memory loss
If he isn't ready he isn't ready, we'll need him for the remainning 10 games. I think WR is the one spot that we are actually have some really solid depth. Wish I could say that about our DBs. Oh, and i want them preparing for Nicks a little deception may not hurt!


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Michael Gebicki travels into India's towering north-west and encounters an exhilarating clash of cultures.
Stanzin Thinless has just made an alarming admission. "I can't swim," he says. Alarming because we're both floating at a rapid pace downstream, caught up in the cold, caffe latte-coloured swirl of the Zanskar River. It's the end of our wild, bucking, three-hour white-water rafting trip and we've just traded raft for river to cool off.
We can float effortlessly in our life vests and wetsuits, but already I'm shivering in the freezing water that comes from glaciers on the Great Himalayan Range to our south. Soon the Zanskar will fuse with another mightier torrent, the Indus. Before that happens, we need to make it back to our raft, bobbing 30 metres away, and not swimming could be an issue. An awkward dog paddle gets the job done, until we're close to the raft and our river guide hauls us in.
Stanzin is my guide on a week-long journey through Ladakh, in the mountains of India's north-west. He meets me at the airport in Leh, Ladakh's capital; he's a cool, twentysomething dude with skinny jeans, artfully gelled hair and a judicious quantity of ethnic bling.
By the time we cross the parking lot to our minivan, I seem to be missing a lung. Leh sits at 3500 metres above sea level, and that's a low point in the Ladakhi landscape. We set off along the trough of a valley between sky-groping peaks that are still dusted with snow while we require airconditioning at full blast.
At the village of Nimmo, about an hour's drive along the valley, we leave the vehicle for a path that runs through fields of barley, between a row of poplars and into a village of two-storey mudbrick farmhouses.
One is my home for the night. The lower storey is dark but my nose tells me something delicious is brewing. On the level above, the door opens to a sunny terrace where a smiling man stands with a cool towel and a glass of fresh apricot nectar. I'm travelling with Shakti Himalaya, a Delhi-based adventure travel agency that specialises in village-based adventures in remote parts of India's mountain regions.
In Ladakh, as in the Kumaon region and Sikkim, Shakti leases village houses and fits them out with plush beds, en suite bathrooms, chefs, waiters and generators. Guests spend a couple of days in each on a circuit tour, either walking or, in the case of Ladakh, travelling by car. The accommodation is comfortable rather than plush, although in these surroundings it rates five stars, and it's totally authentic.
Ladakh is classic backpacker territory, and while you can easily make a DIY tour, Shakti offers a window on village life and an entree to Ladakhi society that would otherwise be closed to the short-term visitor.
For day one I am under instructions to do nothing but acclimatise. Rest, breathe, drink lots of fluids and no alcohol. I spend most of the day on the terrace, surrounded by prayer flags that flutter in the faint zephyr that springs up to relieve the heat. Alongside me are other flat-topped houses with shaggy mounds of straw drying on the rooftops. When snow covers the fields the straw will feed cattle, but for the moment it's insulation. Below my perch are apricot trees heavy-limbed with fruit. Through their branches is a walled irrigation channel, one of the capillaries that green the valley floors of Ladakh. A boy has just opened the pen below me, beside a pair of bell-shaped Buddhist chortens, or towers, that are slowly crumbling back into the earth that birthed them. Half-a-dozen bleating sheep leap out and follow as he bounds off across the stream and disappears beneath the green umbrella. In the distance is the dip where the Indus River thrashes and churns. The Indus is the central thread in the Ladakhi mosaic, beginning as meltwater on the mountains of Tibet and flowing north-west through Ladakh before it turns south to course the length of Pakistan. It is this river and its tributaries that make human life feasible in this arid semi-desert. Rising from the river are 5000-metre peaks, although these pale to pimples in the shadow of the giants behind them. Ladakh sits between the Great Himalayan Range and the Karakoram, the two mightiest mountain ranges on the planet. It's also dry: a parched wasteland of stone and dust. The monsoon rains that saturate the Indian subcontinent never make it across the high peaks of the Himalayas and into Ladakh. If you collected an average year's rainfall at Leh and touched the bottom with your fingers, your wrist would still be dry.
The next morning I wake to reddening mountains and spicy masala chai, followed by a leisurely breakfast of granola, pomegranate, apricots, toast and eggs, served on a starchy white tablecloth on the terrace. In mid-morning we set off down the valley to visit the fortress at Basgo. It's crumbling but highly photogenic, like a sandcastle after the waves have nibbled it. Only one of the three temples at the fort is open. Most of the interior is taken up by the giant Buddhist statue, forcing me to squeeze against the Tibetan paintings decorating the walls.
Apart from small Christian and Muslim minorities, Tibetan Buddhism dominates the hearts and minds of Ladakh. Prayer flags flap from its rooftops, Buddhist chortens line its roadsides and monasteries crown its hilltops, yet the relationship with Tibet is tetchy. The Ladakhis once fought a decisive battle here at Basgo against an invading Tibetan army. They won, but only with the assistance of the Kashmiris, who demanded that Ladakh's raw pashmina wool, which is still produced by nomadic Changpa herders, be sent through Kashmir, laying the foundation for a monopoly that exists until today.
It's too early for lunch so we continue west along the Srinagar highway and turn off along a snaking road until Likir Monastery comes into view. It's screen-saver perfect, a series of whitewashed, multistoreyed cubes fastened to a hilltop. There are several temples here, all dark and grimed with smoke from oil lamps. On the top floor is a small museum where the display includes thankas, Tibetan coins, metal bowls, armaments and a kapala, a cup made from a human skull that's used as a drinking vessel in tantric rituals.
On the way back down we come across an elderly villager sitting on a rock by the roadside. It's 30 degrees and there's no shade but he's swathed in a woollen Tibetan-style wraparound smock that buttons across the chest, with woollen pants and felt boots. On his head is a knitted hat. According to Stanzin, elderly Ladakhis wrap up to keep from getting sick, even at the height of summer. Stanzin says he'll wear the same clothes in the depths of Ladakh's fierce winter, when the temperature drops to minus 15 degrees. He's waiting for a doctor.
Back on the main road, we stop to pick up a monk, almost completely hidden in his robes, which he's pulled over his head as sun protection. All we can see is a pair of sunglasses peering from a scarlet shroud. He's been walking for an hour already, with another hour to go and just a small container of fruit juice. He's on a call on his mobile phone until we drop him at Basgo. "Some monks even have motorbikes these days," Stanzin tells me, disapproving. "Even drinking and so on. Girlfriends, too." Stanzin spent several years as a student in Chandigarh, the capital of India's Punjab, and he's sufficiently Indianised to do an impressive head waggle at this point. "Yo monks", he calls them. I suggest "hipmonk" as an alternative but it doesn't take.
Stanzin might be a modern man with a taste for motorbikes and hints of an exotic love life yet his heart is rooted in Ladakhi tradition. At Likir, he shows me a wall painting that depicts the various stages of meditation, signified by an upward spiral and a gradual transformation of the spirit from black to white. He's tried meditation but it doesn't work, he says; too much discipline. His soul would be towards the dark end of the spectrum, he tells me, yet each time we pass a roadside stupa he puts his hands together and bows and scrupulously turns the prayer wheels in the temples. Once I turn a prayer wheel anticlockwise. It's the wrong way and Stanzin sucks in his breath and reprimands.
It's just on sunrise a few days later when we leave the house at Stok for Thikse Monastery. This is one of the most impressive of all Ladakh's monasteries, known as the Little Potala, after the former home of the Dalai Lama in Lhasa. It's morning prayer time, and foreigners are welcome to watch from the sidelines. We enter the prayer hall to the sound of baritone voices chanting, banging drums and clashing cymbals. Prayer in the Tibetan Buddhism tradition is an exuberant affair, and in between chants the monks are dining on butter tea and tsampa flour, served by mischievous boy monks who are otherwise chatting and looking for excuses to go outside and fool around. As a guest of Stanzin, I'm accorded favoured treatment. A cup of butter tea comes my way. The butter comes from yaks, and butter tea is not necessarily going to put Ladakh on the gourmet map, yet it's mild, slightly salty and comforting.
On the walk down from the monastery, we stop for more tea at a cafe and are joined by a monk who is also friend of Stanzin. He's the herbalist for the monastery, a gorgeous man with an angelic smile in a wrinkly face. He makes his diagnoses by taking the pulse, a tradition that stretches back to Han Dynasty China of more than 2000 years ago. He tells me I am having breathing problems and also gastric difficulties. Ticks on both counts. I should force myself to eat more, he says, and he's right. I've lost all appetite, another altitude problem, and my sinuses are sore from the desiccated air.
We've been joined by Sonam, a trainee guide on her first outing. She's had a tough life. Sonam comes from an impoverished family in a small village where her youth was spent herding the family's goats. Bright and hard-working, she was sponsored by a Christian family to live in Delhi and attend school there. After a couple of years she was tracked down by a relative, a monk, who forced her back to Ladakh. At the end of high school she won a place at the University of Delhi, where she's recently graduated with a first-class bachelor's degree in political science. A recent Shakti recruit, she says she wants to go back to university for more study, "if my family allows it". Sonam calls me "Sir". I tell her not to. "OK, sir," she says.
During the next six days, we mountain bike along back-country roads, trek to high and remote Buddhist retreats where fat marmots skitter across the grass, and picnic in grassy orchards under the shade of apple and apricot trees. Stanzin quizzes me mercilessly to see whether I've absorbed his lectures. "Describe to me the six states of existence depicted in the Buddhist wheel of life," he says, and "Why are there so many chortens here and what do the different sizes mean?" as we drive along the road at Thikse. One afternoon we visit his grandmother, who hustles us into her living room and serves us chang, the Tibetan beer, and tsampa flour, the staple of the Ladakhi diet.
The day before I leave we set off to see the Dalai Lama, a frequent visitor to Ladakh, when we're stopped at a roadblock. Norbu, our driver, tells the cops there's an infirm tourist on board with a bad back. That much is true. Too much sitting on floors and ducking under low doorways. They wave us through and we park on the roadside within easy strolling distance of the meadow where the Dalai Lama is speaking.
Stanzin is fond of singing. His eyes light up when he tells me about karaoke evenings with his friends. He wants me to sing something Australian. This is not a happy prospect. My family compares my singing voice to a rusty gate, although this is unfair to the gate. I tell him I'll sing at dinner, on the last night, but he isn't there. Urgent business takes him to Leh in the afternoon, and something just as pressing keeps him there all night. At 6 o'clock the next morning, we're racing down the hills to get to Leh in time for my flight to Delhi when he remembers. "You never sang," he says. "I'll sing at the airport," I reply, but when we get there it's a rush before the flight closes, and Waltzing Matilda just isn't going to sit well with the army sergeant waiting to pat me down.
Getting there
Singapore Airlines has a fare to Delhi from Sydney and Melbourne for about $1740 low-season return, including tax. Fly to Singapore (about 8hr) and then to Delhi (5hr 45min). Air India and Jet Airways operate regular 80-minute flights between Delhi and Leh starting from about $190 return. Australians require a visa for a stay of up to six months.
Touring there Shakti Himalaya, based in Delhi, operates customised itineraries for couples and small groups. As well as visiting monasteries, day treks and village walks, optional extras include rafting expeditions in the remote Nubra Valley and riding to some of the world's highest motor-able passes on an Indian-built Royal Enfield Bullet motorbike. The price for a seven-night package starts from $US4210 ($4040) a person and covers accommodation, all meals and drinks, including wines, and the services of a guide and driver. See shaktihimalaya.com.
Michael Gebicki travelled courtesy of Shakti Himalaya and Singapore Airlines


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Anytime I'm at the grocery store, there's always some products that stand out even when I'm not looking for items in that area. That would be the products that have small "info-booklets" tied to the neck. I'm not talking about the "bear collars," those I see for sale. I'm thinking something that is about 4 pages and has bits of info on them. Multi-fold card-stock or single stitched booklets.
While you would never be able to recover the cost of printing by adding to the non-booklet price (no real value added in a booklet,) the fact that items packaged with those stand out more would help marketing, I would think.
Another benefit: more info can be passed to the customer over available label space.
I haven't seen anything available like this, and I was wondering what peoples thoughts were.
En-mass, the booklets should end up at pennies each. Large operations could customize for their brand, and there could be a "generic" version that any small-operation could add to jars.
What information would be good? I do understand that there couldn't be any statements allowed regarding health benefits from honey, but it would be nice to find a way to warn people about HFCS mixed honey, difference between filtered and strained, etc...
Also, a tri-fold "bee-brochure" with similar info for having on your table would be nice. I'm thinking of working something up in Publisher and wanted to get some input.


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