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Australopithecus afarensis may have evolved ground-friendly features, but that doesn't prevent climbing
Mankind's older
hominid ancestors
are believed to
have been arboreal dwellers
living in the woodlands of Africa. But about 3.5m years ago, a new hominid,
Australopithecus afarensis
, emerged. The most famous
fossilized skeleton of the species
to be found was nicknamed "Lucy".
I. Tribal Humans are Able to "Walk" up Trees Like Chimps
Researchers generally believed Lucy lived on the ground and marked the important shift from tree habitation to ground habitation. Explains
Dartmouth College
anthropology professor
Nathaniel Dominy
in a new journal paper, "
Australopithecus afarensis
possessed a rigid ankle and an arched, nongrasping foot. These traits are widely interpreted as being functionally incompatible with climbing and thus definitive markers of terrestriality."
But by studying Twa hunter-gatherers in Uganda and Agta hunter-gatherers in the Philippines -- modern humans who heavily climb trees to harvest honey, using a specialized motion described as "walking" up the tree -- the researchers found something interesting. Compared to other tribal peoples -- the Bakiga in Uganda and Manobo in the Philippines -- who survive on agriculture, the climbing-prone gatherers appear to have significantly different musculature that allows them to climb despite lacking grasping feet.
The climbing motion is similar to that employed by wild chimpanzees.
II. Muscle Modifications
Ultrasound images revealed that the Twa/Agta had significantly longer muscle fibers in the gastrocnemius muscle, commonly referred to as the calf muscle. This allowed them to stretch their foot towards their shin at angles impossible for standard humans.
An average human would suffer a so-called "failure upon loading" at such an angle. In other words, even if they were flexible enough to stretch that far, the second they put weight (a load) on the muscles, they would suffer strains and/or tears. The specialization to increase flexibility and prevent such failure is termed "extreme dorsiflexion".
The maximum "dorsiflexion" demonstrated by the Twa and Agta was around 47 degrees -- that is indeed similar to wild Chimpanzees whose average dorsiflexion is 45.5 degrees.
The authors point out that such a "soft tissue mechanism" could easily be developed in some members of Lucy's species. Indeed if the Twa/Agta can "walk" up small diameter trees to reach food sources, it seems unlikely that Lucy's brethren would fail to figure out similar techniques.
Researchers may never be able to fully prove whether or not Lucy and her peers really performed such maneuvers. And controversy will likely remain, in that some researchers are adamant that it is unlikely that Lucy and her kin climbed trees. Still, the mere possibility seems to suggest that one of the
hallmarks of "being human" -- terrestialism
-- may not be such a exclusive relationship as was previously thought.
The study was
in the prestigious peer-review journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
). The study co-authors, who did much of the field work studying the tribal peoples of Uganda and the Philippines, were Vivek Venkataraman and Thomas Kraft -- students in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology and Dartmouth.
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The 129th running of Churchill Downs' historic Clark Handicap (gr. II) will also be its richest as the track has raised the purse for this year's renewal by $100,000 to $500,000-added. The increase for the Clark and $50,000 hikes in the purse values of the Falls City (gr. II) and Ack Ack (gr. III) Handicaps will boost total stakes purses for the track's upcoming 2003 fall meet to a record $2.2 million. The Oct. 26 through Nov. 29 fall meet at Churchill Downs is scheduled to include 11 stakes races, 10 of which are graded events. The Falls City Handicap, a 1 1/8-mile race for fillies and mares ages 3-and-up run on Thanksgiving Day, will carry a record purse of $300,000-added for its 88th renewal. The Ack Ack Handicap, a 7 1/2-furlong race for 3-year-olds and up, features a record purse of $150,000-added for its 11th running on Oct. 26, the meet's opening day. The added purse money for the Clark and Falls City Handicaps will raise total purses for Churchill Downs' series of four stakes events scheduled over three days of the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend to a record $1.2 million. That series of races also includes Churchill Downs' major fall races for juveniles, the $200,000-added Golden Rod (gr. II) for fillies and the $200,000-added Kentucky Jockey Club (gr. II). Those races are scheduled on the meet's closing day program on Nov. 29. "The increase in purses for the Clark Handicap and Falls City Handicap should further strengthen our exciting Thanksgiving weekend stakes schedule, which we believe is the strongest stakes competition in North America in the weeks after the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships," said Don Richardson, senior vice president of racing for Churchill Downs Inc. "The complete stakes program in the fall meet is the finest in the history our track. We thank the horsemen across North America who have supported our fall meet stakes schedule through the years, and we invite them to participate again this year." "The impressive fall meet stakes schedule developed by Don Richardson and racing secretary Doug Bredar sends a strong signal to horsemen and racing fans that a very exciting racing program awaits them in our 2003 fall meet," said Steve Sexton, president of Churchill Downs. "Although our clubhouse renovation will be ongoing, we will have plenty of seats for our patrons that include exciting new seating options in our Jockey Club Suites. We pledge to work hard to ensure that our guests' fall meet racing experience at Churchill Downs will equal the excellence they will witness on the track." The Clark Handicap, a 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-olds and up, was won last year by multiple grade I winner Lido Palace and other recent winners of the race include Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Silver Charm in 1998 and the champion filly Surfside in 2000. The latter secured an Eclipse Award as the champion 3-year-old filly of 2000 with her victory over males in the Clark. The fall meet's marquee race dates to the first race meet at Churchill Downs in 1875 and, like the Kentucky Derby and Oaks, has been renewed annually without interruption since its inaugural running. The Falls City Handicap also had its inaugural running in 1875 and its 2002 renewal saw Allamerican Bertie edge Take Charge Lady in a memorable battle between two of America's finest 3-year-old fillies. Other recent Falls City winners have included Forest Secrets, Tomisue's Delight, Halo America, and Mariah's Storm and Alcovy.
Churchill Downs 2003 Fall Meet Stakes ScheduleDate, Race, Distance, Age
Oct. 26, $150,000-added Ack Ack (gr. III), 7 1/2 furlongs 3&up
Nov. 1, $100,000-added Pocahontas, Mile, 2 YO fillies
Nov. 2, $100,000-added Iroquois (gr. III), Mile, 2 YO
Nov. 8, $200,000-added Churchill Downs Distaff (gr. II) Mile, F&M 3&up
Nov. 15, $150,000-added Mrs. Revere (gr. II), 1 1/16 m (T), 3 YOfillies
Nov. 16, $150,000-added River City (gr. III), 1 1/8 m (T) 3&up
Nov. 22, $150,000-added Cardinal (gr. III), 1 1/8 m (T), F&M 3&up
Nov. 27, $300,000-added Falls City (gr. II), 1 1/8 m F&M 3&up
Nov. 28, $500,000-added Clark Handicap (gr. II) 1 1/8 m 3&up
Nov. 29, $200,000-added Golden Rod (gr. II), 1 1/16 m 2YO fillies
Nov. 29, $200,000-added Kentucky Jockey Club (gr. II) 1 1/16m 2YO(T)=Turf
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dog and pony show
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: dog-and-pony show
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dog and pony show (plural dog and pony shows)
- Originally, a small, traveling circus featuring animals as entertainment.
- (idiomatic) Any presentation or display that is overly contrived or intricate.
- They put on a whole dog and pony show for the investors, but I'm not sure they convinced anyone.
See also[edit]
- dog and pony show on Wikipedia.Wikipedia


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A new twist on finding the right job AND the right company for you
Read an interesting PandoDaily article the other day that featured Good.co.
What is Good.co? According to the site, they help you to "easily figure out your best fit" when it comes to the company you're targeting for a job.
Why is this important?
An article in Forbes advises that we must hire for attitude, not only for skills/knowledge/abilities. According to the piece, "…when new hires failed (within 18 months), 89% of the time it was for attitudinal reasons and only 11% of the time for a lack of skill."
Those are unexpected and impressive percentages. All hiring managers know that frequent turnover costs the company money, time and morale. The more cohesive a group is, the more they are attuned to each others' talents, strengths and weaknesses. The better they operate, the more the concern thrives.
It's time to get excited…
What Good.co is doing clearly seems to be well thought out and backed by research. The PandoDaily article describes Good.co's service as the "lovechild of eHarmony and LinkedIn." Interesting.
Participants answer questions, then connect their LinkedIn and Facebook accounts. This verifies that the participant is actually employed where stated in the profile. Archetypes are then assigned. These determine where the participant fits within the corporate culture, based upon Good.co's FitScore.
Good.co's Personal Archetypes
- Advocate – warm and empathetic with a strong sense of duty
- Dreamer – a free-thinking creative that dislikes conflicts
- Caretaker – encouraging and likable with a gift for rallying their team
- Straight Shooter – decisive, strong-willed and authoritative
- Socialite – easily bored and always looking for new, exciting challenges
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Once Good.co has determined the best fit for the individual, the PandoDaily article states, "Good.co then fetches job listings from LinkedIn and orders them by Fitscore."
Good.co's company archetypes include:
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Installing a ceiling light fixture?
I have a room that does not have an electrical box in the ceiling where a light could be installed. The switch on the wall turns an outlet on/off, where we have a lamp plugged. I need more light in the room since it has 9' ceilings.
I was thinking of installing a simple, lightweight fixture into the ceiling and running the cord across the ceiling and down the corner to the outlet that is wired to the switch. I saw at a hardware store there is plastic sheathing that will adhere to the ceiling/wall surface that can hide wires for a better appearance. I realize there will be some visual evidence of the wiring, however better than nothing.
Does anyone have any ideas for a weekender do-it-yourself guy on adding more light???
The place is only 10 years old and not sure why there is not conduit or junction boxes even installed under the drywall to wire in a light down the road.
its not that hard to install a light mount with the power hidden like normal. you may be able to find an electrician to do it " on the side" on a saturday with help from you. if you have attic access that makes the job easier. i always thought those plactic wire runners were tacky. otherwise you could simply hang a light in the center of the room that hangs down by a chain and run the chain and cord across the ceiling by plant hangers and down the wall and plug it in the wall socket.
Have you tried opening the window blinds?:D
i had the same issue in an add-on rec room, no attic. so i bought a ceiling light that plugged into an outlet and hung that.
DK75 - There's always this: http://www.theledlight.com/ice_panels.html :cool:
how to run the light
1. use a dry wall saw to cut a 8 inch square about 6 inchs above the light switch.
2. cut another 8 inch hole about 2 inchs below the ceiling right above the light switch,
3. cut another 8 inch hole on the ceiling right above the top wall hole.
4 locate the center of the room, (buy a ceiling mounting bar kit. Get one that you can hang a fan off of. it is made better) use the box from the kit to mark the center of the room, cut the around the hole.
now take your wire and feed it through the hole over by the light swithc and run it up to the second hole. take a drill with a long bit and at least a 1/2 bit and drill straight up through the header. feed the wire through the header, you should be able to use both hands to feed it through and pull it through.
Now with a "electrical fish tape feed the tape through the center of the room hole. and use your hand and reach through the ceiling hole by the light swith take the wire and fasten it to the tape. (use electrical tape so it does not fall off)
now pull the wire through the center hole.
ok now feed the wire through the wiring box. now feed the box and mounting bracket through the hole and fasten it per the instructions on the box,
After you have the wire ran make sure you hook up the electrical corectly.
If you don't know how just ask we can tell you how to do that
If you don't know how to patch drywall just ask,
Drywall patching is very easy.
is it a two story house?
if so is there a room above the room where you are installing the fan.if so,you will have a problem running the wire inside the wall to the switch.
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The Spiritual Landscape
Hollywood's Digitally Enhanced Religion
Hollywood is a brave, honest, real world, filled with people who risk their fortunes in order to tell the truth as they see it.
Only not so much when it comes to religion.
When it comes to religion, Hollywood prefers the digitally enhanced version of religious experience. It airbrushes out the details, planes off the hard edges, and universalizes the experience so that everyone can participate—with or without the particular God in question.
The latest example is Mandalay's Soul Surfer, the true story of Bethany Hamilton, a Christian surfer who battled back from the loss of her arm in a shark attack to regain her standing as a champion. Though Mandalay producers finally relented in the face of a howl of protest from the Hamilton family, at first they took the words "Holy Bible" off of the front of the Bible that they showed Bethany's father reading to her as a child. According to the press presumably this was done to make the film more appealing to non-Christian audiences.
This is nothing new, of course. If there isn't a negative angle to be had in a religious story, more often than not Hollywood prefers the digitally enhanced version of spiritual commitments. The Lord of the Rings trilogy was an excellent example. Rendering it a cosmic myth fit for all audiences, producers muted the Christian and Catholic underpinnings of Tolkien's trilogy in a way that made it mean everything and nothing at all.
One has to wonder why Hollywood has so much trouble with real world religious motivations. After all, the film Milk wasn't about a mayor with an undisclosed sexual orientation, and Oliver Stone's Chavez was quick to own the latter's association with Fidel Castro and socialism. If the courageous denizens of Hollywood are so quick to advocate for other formative forces in our lives, why not be honest about the particularity of religious commitments?
The answer, of course, is money and a lack of empathy with religious commitments. You can attract bigger audiences without being specific.
But my interest here is not in Hollywood per se. My interest is in the implied notion of those films: the notion that spiritual and religious commitments can be generic and yet formative—the notion that the best faith is an undefined faith and a God without a name.
It is this notion that is both misleading and largely errant. A faith without content might sell a lot of movie tickets. It might generate a warm feeling or two. On a rare occasion an unnamed God can even get us started on a spiritual journey. The Apostle Paul knew that and so do those whose first steps on their journey are taken with a Twelve Step Program. But an unnamed God does not have much staying power.
Why? Because to name God is to name what God wants and with it the purpose of life, the nature of our values, and the shape of our commitments. The decision to name God is a decision to name what is real and, by definition, what is unreal—what is important and what is less important, or even trivial. Naming God, in other words, is itself an act of commitment.
Frederick W. Schmidt is the author of The Dave Test: A Raw Look at Real Life in Hard Times (Abingdon Press: 2013) and several other books, including A Still Small Voice: Women, Ordination and the Church (Syracuse University Press, 1998), The Changing Face of God (Morehouse, 2000), When Suffering Persists (Morehouse, 2001), in Italian translation: Sofferenza, All ricerca di una riposta (Torino: Claudiana, 2004), What God Wants for Your Life (Harper, 2005), Conversations with Scripture: Revelation (Morehouse, 2005) and Conversations with Scripture: Luke (Morehouse, 2009). He holds the Rueben P. Job Chair in Spiritual Formation at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, IL, and directs the Job Institute for Spiritual formation. He is an Episcopal Priest, spiritual director, retreat facilitator, conference leader, writer, and Consulting Editor at Church Publishing in New York. He and his wife, Natalie live in Chicago, Illinois. He can also be reached at: http://frederickwschmidt.com/


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05/07/02 12:00AM By Henry Homeyer
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(Host) Commentator Henry Homeyer observes that the lawn care season is upon us, and he offers some of his favorite tips for keeping your lawn green and healthy.
(Homeyer) The old ditty goes, Spring has sprung, the grass has riz, I wonder where the flowers is? Well, my lawn has riz, and it looks good to me - even though I'm ignoring all the recommendations of the American lawn care industry.
They want me to apply chemicals to my lawn at least four times a year, and thank you very much, I choose not to. I must be missing some DNA in my genes, but I don't care if a few dandelions grow in my lawn. In fact, I like them. They're cheerful. And while I wouldn't plant crabgrass, I don't lose sleep if some grows in my lawn. Somehow it just doesn't seem important.
The chemical giants have somehow infused many homeowners with a Barbie Doll mentality: you're a failure unless your lawn looks just so. They want you to keep it short, and to fertilize frequently. They want to sell toxins to kill weeds and grubs, and to prevent the growth of fungus. Just reading the warning label on the bags of lawn care chemicals makes me nervous. If I need to wear a mask while applying a pesticide, or if I need to keep kids and dogs off the lawn afterwards, I don't want it.
But there are alternatives to the chemically dependent lawn. Instead of adding chemicals, how about adding composted manure? It's available in bags at the garden center. Take a shovel and a rake, and spread a thin layer over the lawn. Half an inch of compost will encourage earthworms to live there, and worms are great for aerating the lawn. Compost will introduce beneficial bacteria and fungi, things that help your plants to use the minerals in the soil.
And save yourself some work this summer. Let your lawn grow longer. Three and a half inches is ideal. This allows each grass plant to have more surface area for photosynthesis. This, in turn, produces more food to feed the roots. Bigger root systems help your lawn to survive drought better. Keeping the lawn longer also helps to shade out annual weeds and grasses that want to invade.
Take the bagger off your lawn mower. The grass clippings are great worm food. The reason people get a "thatch problem" is simply that they have a sterile lawn: no earthworms, no bacteria or other organisms to help break down the grass clippings, which then accumulate. This is common on chemically treated lawns, but not on natural lawns.
Chemical manufacturers try hard to convince us that all their products are safe, but I'm not convinced. The government has approved pesticides in the past, things like DDT and Diazinon, only to reverse itself years later. So my lawn might not be perfect by some standards, but I'm not afraid to eat my dandelion greens.
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Black Forest residents: voters need to sort out address issues to vote
BLACK FOREST, Colo. - Black Forest fire victims are figuring out how to get their voting registration sorted out before it's too late.
The election for the Black Forest Fire Board is a little more than a month away. It's a story we broke Monday night (3/31/14) on KRDO NewsChannel 13 at 10:00.
The El Paso County Clerk and Recorder says some Black Forest residents may have inadvertently disqualified themselves from voting.
Next month's Black Forest Fire Board election is mail-in ballot only.
"Everybody needs to be aware that they're not just going to send it to any address. It has to be an address in the forest," said homeowner Anthony David.
David says he always votes we he can. He and less than 200 others cast a ballot in the last election, but this year David says his vote matters more after he lost his home in the Black Forest fire last summer.
"It's a big deal. This election especially because… a lot of people have lost a lot of confidence in the fire board or the fire department in the way it's being run right now," said David.
New election laws now say ballots can't be forwarded to new addresses like other mail.
"I absolutely have to figure it out because voting is very important to me, especially on the issue, the issues that are on hand," said Black Forest resident Michelle Andree.
Seven candidates are running for three positions on the fire board.
"They're dictating policy. I want to make sure that they understand what can happen in a wildfire and what they need to do to get in front of it."
There are two options to make sure you receive a mail-in ballot: click here or visit one of the Clerk and Recorder's Offices. Your residential address has to be in Black Forest. Your mailing address can be your temporary home.
"If everybody can get the message out that everybody needs to check that their vote can count, then we can be rest assured that the community has a voice."
See below for information provided by the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder's Office in a press release on how to verify voter information:
"Displaced Black Forest residents living in a temporary home but who intend to move back to their Black Forest address -- and therefore could be eligible to vote in the Black Forest Fire/Rescue Protection District election -- must have their Black Forest address listed as their residential address. In order to receive a mail ballot for the May 6 election, they must have their temporary address listed only as their mailing address.
Some displaced citizens have changed their voter registration to show both "Residence" and "Mailing" as their temporary address. They will not receive a ballot unless "Residence" shows their Black Forest home. Other displaced citizens have not updated their voter registration at all. Since there may be no mail delivery to a destroyed residence in Black Forest, they may not receive a ballot.
Voters should go to the website www.GoVoteColorado.com or come to one of the Clerk and Recorder offices to update their voter registration. This must be done by 11:59 p.m. on April 14 in order to receive a mail ballot for the election.
Black Forest voters who do not meet this deadline to update their registration may still be able to receive a ballot. From April 14 through May 5, Monday-Friday, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., those voters can go to Black Forest Fire Station One (11445 Teachout Road) to fill out a "Request for Mail Ballot" form. The fire district's Designated Election Official will issue ballot packets to voters who are eligible to vote in the Black Forest Fire/Rescue Protection District Board Election.
It is also important to note if you place an address change with the USPS, that information will be received by the Clerk and Recorder's Office and your voter registration will be updated using this information under the requirements of a new state law. To avoid that from occurring, please contact our office immediately and we will provide you with additional information on how to prevent this from happening in the future.
The Black Forest Fire/Rescue Protection District election is conducted by the Designated Election Official for the district. The Clerk and Recorder's Office is assisting in disseminating information to the public in conjunction with the Public Information Officer for the district to ensure all Black Forest displaced voters have an opportunity to vote in the May 6 election."


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I thought this one was kind of funny. Isn't the whole thing being wrong kind of the point? I don't get the rejection.
Re: I did not look both ways
Please vote! For those who need reminders about road safety.
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Let's end Sarcasm in html once and for all!
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I was just trying to think of something clever and this came to mind, hope you like it.
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This is for all of you that debate over '70s versus 70's, and notice that it is supposed to be it's above!!!
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What, no love for the cheese?
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Working with the dead doesn't mean you can't be suave and charming when you meet with the living.
Re: DONT BE THAT GUY
very nice!! your best one yet
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Re: Just make a joke out of it, that makes it better!
I think this will be rejected. Here's just one example
do you want my source images?
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I think this IS PG-13... it's not PG...
Re: nobody likes a noob
Think back to when you first discovered woot or the internet in general; you may have been scared or excited, perhaps even a little crazed. But we've all been there…
Remember you had to be there to be here!
- And thank you for that vote, person I do not know, it means a lot coming from you.
Re: 10 Percent
so who is brian and why are you using him??
AttilaTheMom wrote:so who is brian and why are you using him??
bryan's the guy who resubmits ducks all the time, and rob is using him so he can double his output of trite and bad from derby to derby
Re: Squid Pro Quo
i'm such a sucker for this carp
I love it!
Re: thirsty?
Yeah...boob shirts generally don't fly...
Re: I'm Only a Pawn in This
I think this shirt exemplifies this derby.
Re: Fewture JUCO Athleat
Silly idea. Probably going to be rejected. But it's worth a shot.
Re: This is where I hide my skin (pg13)
I liked the first one better, but ah well. cute idea, and glad you could move around the rejection
Re: There is now.
Man, I wanted to submit this as soon as the derby opened, but then I got called away at 12:45.
Re: Cheat Enabled.
Reference to a classic Diablo/Starcraft partake. Full 16x20 text design.
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mihalis aya wrote:The fact that I'll toss you a vote despite the lack of 'u's kind of grates on my soul.
So I guess you weren't born in the States. Yeah... spelling. Bleh.
dekonstruct wrote:Mine too!
If this shirt miraculously wins, I'm splitting the money with my friend (who incidentally has the same name as me).
dekonstruct wrote:Any shirt that mentions the doppler blue shift should help you do well with the ladies in the physics lab. GMV
GMV. But I think I'm biased.
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Descartes would be so proud... or not.
snakeweber wrote:This is a collaboration between bsweber and snakeman, thanks for looking!
I love the font and color of this shirt. I just wished the print was a little smaller on the shirt. It doesnt have to be a billboard...
belean wrote:why so small on the shirt?
BELEAN! Good to see ya again!
Re: Four Smores and Seven Rootbeers Ago...
This shirt makes me hungry.
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Re: I'm Fireproof!
This is sooo true! Excellent idea!
Re: The Bard twath notteth here.
You see, it's funny because had the Bard been there, the language would not have been slaughtered so badly. I'm beginning to think I'll never win a derby because my sense of humor is too far removed from the main stream. I came up with dozens of good ideas (or so I thought) and will be working them onto the site in the next couple days, but truly, this was the first one I made and put up because I thought it was the funniest and the most mainstream - Boy am I going to be wasting some time over the next couple of days.
toe2254 wrote:a two in one bargain! a classical and a vague pop culture reference in one shirt! how can you go wrong?
Love the Bill & Ted. You've got my vote. The only critique I have is the writing may be a little high on the shirt. Good luck!
AdderXYU wrote:Please win.
I thought of you when I saw this shirt. l o l I was half-surprised to see you weren't the one who designed it. hehe
mia3mom wrote:So, does "Kiss me, I'm Irish" not work for you? Is it too perky? Instead, impress all your goth friends with this "Kiss me, I'm a Vampire" shirt!
What if I'm an Irish Vampire? ;-)
GMV! (<3 anything to do with vampires!)
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FROM: Walter Starck, Ph.D,
TO: Peter Garrett, Australian Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts.
Dear Minister Garrett,
I bring this matter to your attention as the Minister responsible for oversight of the Great Barrier Reef Mariner Park Authority.
My letter to Russell Reichelt, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) Chairman, regarding serious concerns with report on adaptive management of the GBR, has as yet received no reply or even acknowledgment of receipt from either GBRMPA or your office.
The attached Media Response from GBRMPA (page 2) dated April 30 was received by Fishing World magazine in response to their enquiry on this matter. As the response quotes Dr Reichelt extensively on this situation, it seems apparent that he is fully aware of it and has chosen to ignore it.This stands in marked contrast to the prompt response from the James Cook University (JCU) when this same matter was brought to their attention in connection with the involvement of the ARC Centre for Excellence in Coral Reef Studies which they administer.
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor has assured me that JCU takes such allegations seriously and they will be investigated.
The dissembling media response from the GBRMPA is not only pathetically inept, but also incorrect and self negating as well. It is dissembling in that it addresses none of the issues I have raised. It is inept in that not only is it unconvincing, it also presents the appearance that Dr Reichelt must either believe he has no obligation to address such serious allegations or that he can simply ignore them.
It is grossly incorrect in characterising my concerns as simply an opinion. On the contrary, the important issues I have raised are overwhelmingly matters of simple unequivocal facts which are clearly set forth and may readily be verified.
It is self negating in that if one is to accept the argument presented, the response itself must be dismissed because it is only an opinion piece not published in a peer reviewed scientific journal. It might also be added that the idea that allegations of misconduct can be ignored if not published in a peer reviewed journal is pure self serving drivel.
I would like to draw your attention to the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research, which is jointly administered by the ARC, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and Universities Australia. The code is available on the NHMRC website at http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/r39syn.htm
I am sure that a careful reading of this document and of the details of the issues I have raised will indicate that this is a matter of much greater concern, and indeed obligation, than has been recognised by either the GBRMPA or your office.
The failure of the GBRMPA management to properly address this issue has now been compounded by this pathetically inept attempt to justify ignoring it.
As the GBRMPA is your responsibility, I assume you would wish to be appraised of this situation and take steps to assure it is handled properly before even more damage is done.
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Mandy Patinkin is such a talented actor and musician. He was one of my favorite actors as a kid in The Princess Bride and Chicago Hope. I had no idea that he was ever a character on CBS Mystery Theater.
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I first became aware of Mandy Patinkin because of his performance in *Yentl, w/Barbra Streisand. Afterward, I noticed his previous work and came to know what many of us now know. Mandy Patinkin is a fantastic talent! Has a cute butt too! *See said cute butt in scene at river's edge...
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Wynonna Judd is devastated over her "Dancing With The Stars" elimination this week.
"I'm devastated in a way because of Tony. I wanted to be the brightest student in the class," Judd told Access Hollywood, referring to her pro partner and former "DWTS" winner Tony Dovolani. "So, it's a real roller coaster ride."
On Tuesday, Judd became the first contestant of the dance competition's 16th season to be sent packing. Dorothy Hamill withdrew from the competition during the first elimination so no addition additional contestants were sent home.
"I faced some of my biggest fears," Judd said on stage after learning of her elimination. "This is the hardest job I've ever had ... I did the best I could."
Though Judd admitted that she had suspected that she was going to get the boot, she told Us Weekly that the elimination was still hard to swallow.
"It's a bittersweet thing. I have so much to be grateful for," she said. "I don't want to go home, but I know that it's time for me to be doing something else."
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ONE of Melbourne's favourite singers, soprano Helen Noonan, is returning to the stage with her sellout show from five years ago, Voicing Emily, exploring the life and poetry of American poet Emily Dickinson.
''It is beautiful music and many people felt it needed more exposure,'' she says.
But Noonan had to stop working for two years while she recovered from breast cancer in Hobart (where she enjoys dealing with wallabies in her vegetable patch with Mount Wellington in the distance).
Fit and healthy now, she is looking forward to the two performances of the work at the Melbourne Recital Centre on the weekend.
Noonan describes the work as a lieder opera, with the two singers from the original season, Theresa Borg and Caity Fowler, joining her to play the poet at different stages of her life.
The singer discovered Dickinson's poetry when she was performing musical settings by Aaron Copland and found the poetry helped her make sense of her own life.
''She makes sense of mortality and intensifies my enjoyment of living,'' Noonan says. ''I'm trying to give an idea of how deeply she affected me in so many dimensions.''
She commissioned three composers to set more than a dozen of the poems to music, including cabaret performer and satirist Eddie Perfect, who had previously written cabaret songs for her.
Using extracts from letters as well as the verse, the show is broken into six sections demonstrating different aspects of the poet's writing. Dickinson, long acclaimed as one of America's most original poets, lived as a recluse in her family's house in Amherst, Massachusetts, for much of her life and wrote nearly 1800 poems, although only a handful were published during her lifetime.
The show explores the impact of the American Civil War on the writer, who began writing only 10 days after the 1862 battle of Shiloh, which resulted in 26,000 casualties.
It also includes her two loves - her sister-in-law, Susan, and a newspaper editor, Samuel Bowles. Both relationships were unconsummated and Noonan speculates that consummation might have brought closure to the infinite possibilities that Dickinson saw.
''She uses the same language as Shakespeare and Mozart,'' Noonan says. ''If you choose words carefully they resonate forever. That is why the arts are so potentially valuable because they can connect a society to infinity.''
As evidence, she points to a short poem, Spoken: ''A word is dead/ When it is said,/ Some say./ I say it just/ Begins to live/ That day.''
Noonan is working on a new project and says the much revived chamber opera, Recital, which she stars in and helped create in 1989, could also make a return.
''The interest is there and I am fit enough, so who knows?''
But her main interest is a new work she is writing based on the life of Franca Rame, the wife of Italian Nobel prize-winning writer and activist, Dario Fo, that she calls Fe Fi Fo Franca Rame.
''Franca is a feminist, a political agitator, a rape victim and a supporter of Dario,'' she says.
She met the couple during an Italian residency last year and interviewed them at their Milan apartment as the results came in after the general election in which Silvio Berlusconi lost the prime ministership. ''It was a very exciting time,'' she says. ''I was with Dario as people began celebrating the result.''
She describes the new work as ''contemporary baroque'' with music by Calvin Bowman. ''It will be a melodrama using extracts of her monologues surrounded by music if the funding comes through.''
Noonan has dedicated her life to creative pursuits and is keen to continue.
''There is not a lot of difference to me between singing and writing creatively,'' she says.
Voicing Emily, The Life and Times of Emily Dickinson is at the Melbourne Recital Centre at 3pm and 7pm on Saturday.


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Hello all. I am hoping to get advice from someone familiar with this type of situation dealing with this type of dog. A little background story regarding my dog to show how much of a handful he can be. His grandfathers/uncles have competed in the highest levels of Schutzhund, some are working for police departments, and one is currently a prison dog down in the south.
At 9 months old, I got him neutered. When my vet was administering drugs to put him to sleep for the procedure, he would NOT go down. He gave him so many doses that wouldn't work, he actually resorted to having to use entirely different drugs, that are used for large zoo animals like lions. Not even an hour after this surgery, he was just making his way around my house like his normal self, as if nothing had happened. I actually had to crate him because I was concerned he'd over do himself.
Fast forward to today, and he's just turned two. Lovely dog, but I'm stumped on this problem I'm running into. He wears a prong collar, and if he gets out of line, or he doesn't do something I ask of him, I give him a firm pop with the prong collar. Firm enough, that most dogs would get the point. Not him, he'll just act like nothing happened, but when I went harder to gain his attention, he exploded.
He lunged up the end of the leash towards me, and I actually had to dodge out of the way, and he came at me again, and missed again. I managed to grab him by the neck and grab a hold of the leash with my other hand and contain him for a minute. Not even a minute after all of this, everything was fine. He was licking me and being his lovey dovey self like nothing happened. People have actually joked, that you could hit this dog over the head as hard as you could with a 2x4, then throw it and he'll still go run to grab it and bring it back to you. (Not that I EVER would, by the way, just a figure of speech.)
I don't wanna sweep this problem under the rug so to speak, but I'm "choosing my battles" if you will.
I know this sounds crazy, but I've heard of several cops owning dogs exactly like this. Just hoping someone here has had a similar experience.
My first and probably correct guess is that you've unfairly corrected him multiple times and he's had enough
It does sound like a strong dog responding to an unfair correction.
Some dogs will take whatever you give them, and some will not. I suggest getting into training with someone who truly knows strong working dog mentality, and change not so much your correction but your leadership style, so that there isn't any confusion.
First off, how your dog responded to anesthetics should not be confused with your dog being a hard dog that is pain intolerant or a dog that needs extra strong correction : )
What did your dog do to "get out of line" prior to the correction you gave him that led to him coming up the leash at you? Was it a "fair" correction, i.e. did the dog really understand what the desired for behavior was? I suspect there might have been some confusion there.
Without any additional info, I think you need to get a second pair of eyes on the situation, i.e. have a trainer come out to observe you and your dog.
Also, if I were you, I would PM David Winners on this forum and ask to speak with him.
First off, how your dog responded to anesthetics should not be confused with your dog being a hard dog that is pain intolerant or a dog that needs extra strong correction
i am guessing they gave your dog ace and many dogs do not respond to it
they may have switched to something different but just because 'they use it in zoos' does not make it stronger
they do meter the dose to fit the situation ;)
i am with the others here
unfair correction or at least unclear to your dog why it was being corrected
you may have missed some of the basics and that is why your dog is confused and reacting the way he is
Lol since when does the dog get to decide what correction is fair or unfair. I would say drop the prong and go to the dominant dog collar on leerburg or an E Collar.
I would also train just about everything positively and go out of my way to minimize opportunities for misbehavior through management.
Some dogs respond well to a come to Jesus moment and some keep coming at you until they are dead.
There is a dog I know of that was worked on 2-3 lines in an attempt to achieve compliance as he would turn on his handler if pushed. He was hung numerous times and everytime he woke up from never never land he would again attack his handler. In the end he was kenneled and used for breeding.
Personally I would have tried a more positive approach first but thats just me..
if a dog is confused then yes it can happen
you dont continue to reef away at the dog without making sure the dog actually understands what is being corrected for
What happened was was this:
He grabbed something he knew he was not supposed to and did not out on command, which he will do normally when told. I told him out to give him a chance to drop it, and he did not comply. And that's when the first pop with the prong collar came in.
Why not work with your dog instead of against him? I know it's not cool to suggest anything other than overpowering, but your brain and your relationship with your dog are the two most important training tools. clicky click--> Suzanne Clothier | Relationship Centered Dog Training
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Chiefswood Stable's homebred Ghostly Presence got up in the final strides to catch heavy favorite Enstone in the $250,000 Princess Elizabeth Stakes at Woodbine Nov. 12.
Chiefswood Stable's homebred Ghostly Presence got up in the final strides to catch heavy favorite Enstone in the $250,000 Princess Elizabeth Stakes at Woodbine Nov. 12.
It took Ken and Sarah Ramsey's 5-year-old mare Al's Gal 26 starts to earn her first graded win, but it was a whopper Oct. 16 at Woodbine.
Sheep Pond Partners and Bradley Thoroughbreds' Dacita will look to win her third straight race in her first trip to Canada Sept. 17 for the $300,000 Canadian Stakes (Can-IIT) at Woodbine, but she'll have to deal with a local in top form.
Gary Barber's Lexie Lou set rapid fractions, was collared by two other mares at the top of the stretch, and fought back for a game victory in the $200,000 Dance Smartly Stakes (Can-IIT) July 3 at Woodbine.
Champion Strut the Course is the 5-2 morning line choice, as she tries for a repeat in the July 3 Dance Smartly Stakes (Can-IIT) at Woodbine.
Gary Barber's 2014 Canadian Horse of the Year Lexie Lou returned to the winner's circle for the first time since that breakout year May 29 in the $200,000 Nassau Stakes (Can-IIT) at Woodbine.
Lexie Lou, Canada's Horse of the Year in 2014, and that year's champion older female, Strut the Course, face eight older fillies and mares in Woodbine's one-mile Nassau Stakes (Can-IIT) May 29.
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IT) winner Catch a Glimpse and her trainer, Mark Casse, are nominated for multiple Sovereign Awards, which will be presented during a ceremony April 8.
A two-time group winner in England and Ireland, Curvy made the most of her second North American start, taking the $500,000 E.P. Taylor Stakes Presented by HPIBet (Can-IT) Oct. 18 at Woodbine.
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They haven't beaten the Ravens without Ben and they wont do it this week. I think it will be a very close game down to the wire but the Ravens eek out a win on the road and sink Pitt's playoff chances further.
Ravens 24
Pitt 20
A little OT but why is it that the media thinks the Steelers will be just fine after losing an MVP candidate and their best player? Some are even saying that they have no doubt the Steelers will win the division even without Ben.
The Ravens OTOH are finished because they lost their best corner and their team leader who really wasn't playing well and neither was the defense.
The Ravens are 7-2 but might as well be 2-7 with all the predictions from the experts that they are going to finish 8-8 or 9-7.
It's like this organization has had no success and worse no credibility.
Its sad and disingenuous.
Steelers 24
Ravens 21
Mark it down.
28-14 Birds
Dickson and Pitta have big game
Have you by chance looked at the AFC standings? The Steelers are in good shape for a playoff spot even if we sweep them. The AFC is really bad this year. Look at the standings! The 6 playoff teams may be set by week 13 which is unheard of and the Steelers would be one of the 6.
I personally think they will be fine, and will not only compete for a WC place, but I still think they could beat us and even challenge for the division title. I think we will win, but there is a chance that they could still be in it.
The Sword of Light is going to keep it real here.
No Troy Polamalu
No Ryan Clark
No Antonio Brown
No Ben Roethlisberger
Let me make myself clear, the Baltimore Ravens are going to show, absolutely, no mercy on the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Do you honestly believe that the Steelers are going to be able to blitz Flacco without getting burned on the back end, with BOTH of their starting safeties out? The man has already done pretty good against their blitzes as it was, last year.
The Ravens go for another double nickel. John Harbaugh is going to look like Michael Corleone before this one's over with.
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Steelers 13
One team will win and one team will lose, that's a real prediction.
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In comments to the NFL Network, Revis told interviewer Deion Sanders that he deserved the award most of all.
Asked Sanders, "Who should have been Defensive Player of the Year?"
Revis, laughing but serious, said, "Me."
Jets coach Rex Ryan already voiced his displeasure. He said Revis had "the best year a corner has ever had."
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Why does Revis feel that he earned the award above Woodson?
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Two former inmates of the Abu Ghraib military prison in Iraq, testifying at the army court-martial of a former guard, angrily maintained that the beating and humiliation of prisoners by American soldiers there, in the words of one of them, "represented the true face of the US".
"These American guards shaped our view of what America looks like altogether," said Hussein Mutar, an Iraqi who was picked up for alleged car theft in Baghdad and ended up in the cell block at Abu Ghraib where much of the abuse occurred.
Describing how he was punched by US soldiers, stomped on, stripped and forced to simulate homosexual acts, Mr Mutar grimaced and said. "Saddam didn't do this to us."
With the videotaped testimony of Mr Mutar and a Syrian inmate, Ameen al-Sheik, army prosecutors on Tuesday completed their case against Specialist Charles Graner, who has pleaded not guilty to five charges stemming from his conduct as an Abu Ghraib guard.
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Mr Sheik called Graner "the primary torturer" and said the reservist forced inmates to eat from a toilet, smashed them with his fists and threatened them with snarling police dogs.
Under cross-examination, Mr Sheik said he "hated" Graner and had viewed any American soldier as his enemy. He admitted he had gone to Baghdad in the summer of 2003 with an arsenal of AK-47 rifles and grenades.
"Did you plan to use them against Americans?" a defence lawyer asked. "Unfortunately, yes," Mr Sheik replied.
Guy Womack, Graner's civilian lawyer, said outside the court that Mr Sheik was "a very helpful witness" for the defence. "It's the face of the enemy, and it's very clear that he hated Americans," Mr Womack said.
Graner brushed off Mr Sheik's testimony. "The last time I saw him, he was threatening to kill me," he said outside the court.
In his videotaped testimony, Mr Mutar described his alleged torture but could not identify who was responsible because "there was a bag over my eyes". Guards in the cell block, labelled "Tier One-Alpha", routinely put black hoods over the prisoners' heads.
He said the guards "changed our perspective of all Americans".
"They treated us as if we were a theatre, a laughter," he went on, speaking through an interpreter. "I couldn't imagine that this could happen."
The defence claims Graner and other soldiers were ordered by military and civilian intelligence officers to soften up detainees for questioning, and that they had no choice but to obey.
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Actor Hank Azaria used to think of kids as "annoying short people." That changed after he became a father in 2009 for the first time, going through some tense moments when the baby arrived.
His son Hal was born 10 weeks early, weighing just over 2 pounds when he came into the world and had to spend seven weeks in a neonatal intensive care unit.
"I had a lot of selfish concerns even in the pregnancy, like how is it going to change my life? How am I going to deal with screaming in the house and diapers?" Azaria told TODAY's Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb on Wednesday.
"And then when you're faced with, 'What if he's not okay?' -- that put it all in context. I'm just grateful he's all right."
Azaria is known for his voice work on "The Simpsons" and roles in films including "The Birdcage" and "Along Came Polly." His newest project – a web series on AOL, titled "Fatherhood" -- is all about being a dad, described as the journey of "a man who is not even sure he wants to have kids," to a father going through the joys, trials and tribulations of being a parent.
His reaction to finding out his girlfriend – now his wife – was pregnant with Hal was captured on camera while filming the show.
"You don't know until that moment how you're going to really feel and it was a big joy reaction," Azaria said.
As part of the series, Azaria interviewed celebrity fathers and said Kevin Bacon offered some of the best parenting advice, telling him the various phases of a child's life would drive him up the wall, but to remember that each phase -- whether he loved it or hated it -- would pass.
Kathie Lee Gifford then suggested Azaria could star in a series focused on a mom's perspective when he and his wife decide to have a second child.
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For companies in the market for Ultrium tapes, LTO 4 provides the speed and storage capacity you've been seeking. Short for Linear Tape Open, the fourth edition of this data backup and storage media debuted in 2007, providing 800 GB storage space, which doubled the previous version's storage space. It also provided more speed, creating backups at a rate of 120 MB per second. With that speed and storage space, you can rest easily at night, knowing your data is being securely backed up.
The "open" format of the LTO Ultrium tape means it is compatible with a wide variety of products, which makes sense, since LTO Ultrium tapes were developed by IBM, Hewlett Packard, and Seagate. LTO was introduced in 2000 and has gone through several incarnations over the years, increasing with speed and storage with each generation.
The LTO 4 Ultrium uses half-inch magnetic tape and is among a group of backup tapes that have been nicknamed "super tapes." The best-selling of the "super tapes," dominating a market that has been around for more than half a century. The LTO 4 uses 2:1 data compression, storing twice the data on the same space. This is a valuable asset in a data storage tape, and many Ultrium tapes provide it.
The LTO 4 also introduced encryption. For Ultrium tapes, encryption is a must to ensure your data is safe. If your LTO Ultrium tapes somehow end up in the wrong hands, this encryption will prevent that data being retrieved. The option allows you to encrypt data before writing it to your LTO 4 Ultrium tape. The LTO 4 uses the same key to encrypt and decrypt the information contained on it.
For IT professionals, the LTO 4 improves on the speed and storage space of previous Ultrium tapes, while adding several other important features, like encryption. If you're looking for an Ultrium tape to meet your data storage needs, check out the line of LTO 4 Ultrium tapes available today.