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TaiyakiOni, on 01 May 2012 - 12:18 AM, said:
Our Persona meet up on Friday for one was completely blocked from our location by the Homestuck group and even when asked to make room at our designated location we were shut down by them and no IRT was visible to get help resolving the situation. In the end we relocated to across the street from the loading docks for our shoot.
I think IRT should possibly have one or two people stationed at the loading docks in case this happens again in the future.
Feels the same way although we had a alright group for Angel Beats! but the Homestuck people were kinda creeping in so I got their attention and had them move for me then when our time slot was up we moved accordingly where amazingly there was nobody else at the loading docks a little ways down so we did our extra pictures there.
BUT other than that Cactusmomma it was pretty funny meeting you in the Lower Dome Friday night =] I liked surprising you by telling you who I was.


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Valuation Methods
If I buy a company, I buy its stock (equity) and assume its debt (bonds and loans). Buying a company's equity means that I actually gain ownership of the company - if I buy 50% of a company's equity, I own 50% of the company. Assuming a company's debt means that I promise to pay the company's lenders the amount owed by the previous owner.
The value of debt is easy to calculate: the market value of debt is equal to the book value of debt. (If in the books it says that a company owes its bondholders $1 million, that's how much that debt is worth in the market.) Figuring out the market value of equity is trickier, and that's where valuation techniques come into play.
The four most commonly used techniques are:
The DCF analysis is the most thorough way to value a company. There are two ways to value a company using the DCF approach: the Adjusted Present Value (APV) method and the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) Method. Both methods require calculation of the free cash flows (FCF) of a company and the net present value (NPV) of these FCFs.
With this technique of valuing a company for a merger or acquisition, you look at transactions that have taken place in the industry that are similar to the transaction under consideration. With the comparable transactions method, you are looking for a key valuation parameter.
That is, are the companies in those transactions being valued as a multiple of EBIT, EBITDA, revenue, or some other parameter? If you figure out what the key valuation parameter is, you can examine at what multiples of those parameters the companies are being valued in a series of transactions. You can then value the company similarly.
Quite often, there is not enough information to be able to determine the valuation using the comparable transactions method. In these cases, you can value a company based on market valuation multiples. Examples of these valuation multiples include price/earning multiples (also known as P/E ratios, this method, which compares a company's market capitalization to its annual income, is the most commonly used multiple) EBITDA multiples, and others. When using this method, you look at what multiples are used for other companies in the industry.
The origin of the market approach of business valuation is established in the economic rationale of competition. It states that in case of a free market, the demand and supply effects direct the value of business properties to a particular balance. The purchasers are not ready to pay higher amounts for the business and the vendors are not ready to receive any amount, which is lower in comparison to the value of a corresponding commercial entity.
The market approach of business valuation ascertains the value of a firm by performing a comparison between the firms concerned with organizations in the similar location, of equal volume or operating in the similar sector. It has a large number of resemblances with the comparable sales technique, which is generally utilized in case of real estate estimation. The market value of shares of companies that are traded publicly and are involved in identical commercial activities may be a logical signal of the value of commercial operation. In this case the company shares are bought and sold in an open and free market. This process allows purposeful comparison of the market value of shares.

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"Dominosteine" (Dominos - like the game) were invented by a chocolate maker named Herbert Wendler in Dresden in 1936. They were less expensive than his other chocolates and were created to appeal to a wider audience. They became especially popular during World War II when food shortages were common.
Mainly sold at Christmastime, the original recipe calls for marzipan layered with gingerbread while the "doppelt-gefüllte" or double-filled dominos have a layer of orange or apricot jelly as well.
What You'll Need
- For Dough:
- 1/2 c. honey (125 grams)
- 5/8 c. sugar (125 grams or 10 tablespoons)
- 2 tbsp. butter (25 grams)
- 1 egg yolk
- 5 tbsp. water
- 2 2/5 c. flour (300 grams)
- 1 tbsp. Lebkuchen spice mix or similar
- 2/3 c. ground almonds (50 grams)
- 1/2 tsp. ammonium carbonate (baker's ammonia or Hirschhornsalz)*
- 1/4 tsp. potassium carbonate (food grade potash, pearl ash, Pottasche)*
- For Filling:
- 1 c. orange marmalade or apricot jam
- 6 oz. almond paste (not marzipan) (150 grams)
- 1 c. powdered sugar (100 grams)
- 2 tbsp. rum or water
- For Chocolate Coating:
- 1 lb. chocolate coating or couverture
- Shortening to thin (optional)
How to Make It
Prepare the Lebkuchen Layer
- Place the honey, sugar and butter in a saucepan and heat and stir until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and cool until lukewarm.
- Mix egg yolk with water and baker's ammonia, then add to honey mixture and combine well.
- Stir in flour, ground almonds and potash (or baking powder*). Dough will be stiff.
- Pat into a 7 by 7 inch square, between 1/4 and 1/2 inch thick on parchment paper. Straighten the edges by pushing them with a knife.
- Bake at 350°F (175°C) for about 25 minutes, or until set but not browned.
- Cool, then cut the square in half horizontally, like a layer cake, using a serrated knife.
Prepare the Marzipan Layer
- Place the almond paste and powdered sugar in a bowl. Cut the two together with a pastry dough cutter.
- Add the rum or water and work into a smooth paste.
- Roll the paste between wax paper (use powdered sugar to help it not stick, if necessary) out to fit the Lebkuchen.
Assemble the Cookies
- Lay out the bottom layer of Lebkuchen. You can brush it with sugar water or more rum, if you wish, to make the squares a little softer.
- Brush half the marmalade or jam over the bottom layer. Place the marzipan on top of the jam.
- Brush the other half of the jam on the underside of the top layer and then put the two layers together like a sandwich. Press together tightly.
- Use a knife with a serrated edge to cut the large, square sandwich into one-inch squares, using a sawing motion for clean edges.
Coat the Dominosteine with Chocolate
- Melt the chocolate coating (also known as Almond Bark in the US) or couverture according to package directions. Use shortening to thin, if necessary.
- Dip each cookie in the chocolate, rolling to coat all sides.
- Lay out on waxed paper to dry.
- Store in layers separated by wax paper. These cookies will keep at room temperature for several weeks.
*You may substitute 1/2 tsp. baking powder for the ammonium carbonate and 3/4 tsp. baking soda for the potassium carbonate.
If you like gingerbread, take a look at this list of German gingerbread recipes.


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If there is one thing we have learned about Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and head coach Bill Parcells, it is that they don't believe in mediocrity. It won't be tolerated and, when it occurs, drastic measures will be taken.
That is why it wasn't surprising to see Dallas come out firing during the 2006 offseason. The 2005 season was a bitter pill for both Jones and Parcells to swallow. After starting 7-3, the Cowboys went 2-4 down the stretch and missed the playoffs.
Yes, we knew drastic measures would be taken. How drastic? You can't get much more drastic than adding moody superstar wide receiver Terrell Owens. Isn't this the same man who desecrated the famed star at midfield, not once but twice in a game back in 2000? Isn't this the same man Cowboys fans love to hate?
Well, that is why Jones is one of the best owners in the NFL. He doesn't get caught up in the past. He is all about winning, and maybe a little about the bottom line as I am sure those No. 81 Owens jerseys are flying out of the stores at a pretty rapid rate.
Only time will tell whether this is a good move, but like him or not, Owens makes plays on Sunday. He plays hard, and gives everything he has when he steps between the lines. That is something some members of this Dallas team can't say.
Although Owens is a major piece of the puzzle in Dallas, there were other things the team accomplished this offseason. Let's check in on the Cowboys and see what else they have done to try to get back to the playoffs.


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Mortgage rates were essentially unchanged this week, I explain in this week's mortgage analysis. There's just not a lot of urgency in most local housing markets. Demand for home loans is static, even though the homebuyer tax credits are expiring soon and rates are low.
In this week's Rate Trend Index, a plurality of mortgage experts predict that rates will rise in the coming week.
I predicted that rates will remain relatively unchanged. In the past 52 weeks, my rate prediction has been correct 23 times, for a batting average of .442.


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Manilow's upstart success has Antonio "L.A." Reid, the president and chief executive of Arista Records', which put out the Ultimate album on its new BMG Heritage label, positively tickled. Although Arista has recently cultivated a super-smooth youthful image, with chart-topping hip-hop and R&B artists such as Pink, Usher and Toni Braxton, Reid says the news of the No 3 ranking made him dance around his office. "Oh, Barry is very cool," Reid says, chuckling. "Very cool."
Few others would go that far, even grudgingly. "Any artist that can chart at No 3 with a greatest-hits album has something to be happy about, really and truly," concedes Joe Levy, music editor of the US edition of Rolling Stone. "But a comeback is when you release a new record and are making more hits, and that is not yet in full flower here. This is not really even the seedling stage."
To make Mayflower, Manilow felt compelled to leave Arista last year because the company, both under his old mentor, Clive Davis, and under Reid, did not seem excited by the idea of a new Manilow pop album.
While Arista retained the rights to two more greatest-hits albums, Manilow signed with a tiny jazz record label, Concord, whose biggest selling album, the improvised jazz set Life in the Tropics, sold 110,000 copies. (Ultimate sold more than that in its first week.)
Still, Manilow is on a streak, whether or not you call it a fully-fledged comeback. After all, this is not the first time he has repackaged his best-known tunes. There was Greatest Hits Volumes I, II and III, the remastered versions released in 1989; Barry Manilow - The Songs 1975-1990, released in 1990; Barry Manilow All-Time Hits in 1992; and Manilow Greatest Hits - The Platinum Collection in 1993, just to name a few examples. None of those albums rose above No 10 on the US charts.
Besides, these days, in some postmodern version of Andy Warhol's dictum, every aging rock star seems to get resurrected for a second 15 minutes of fame. Kiss are back, and Burt Bacharach and Tom Jones have both had revivals. Manilow seems as ripe as anyone to travel the path from hopelessly outdated singer to retro star with, yes, a certain kitschy cool.
The first inkling of this transformation came in 2000 when he appeared on Ally McBeal, serenading the show's heroine with Even Now from a toilet stall. The hit comedy has been a regular stop on the musical comeback trail for everyone from Bon Jovi to Barry White.
More recently, Manilow performed at the Super Bowl half-time show, singing Let Freedom Ring with Patti LaBelle and Wynonna Judd, as children dressed like elfin Statues of Liberty streamed by. (Manilow says he was asked to appear but his publicity agents say they pitched him.)
Although Manilow played down the novelty of the television appearances in an interview - he did Murphy Brown in 1993, he explains - it is clear he feels vindicated by the attention. It is as if weathering time is proof enough that his work is not just schmaltz. "A new generation is discovering this wonderful catalogue of well-crafted songs," he says with evident satisfaction.
Long ago, Manilow developed his own rationale for why he earned such hostile reviews. "I stand for something that most guys don't stand for: honest emotion," he says. "It is easier to like an angry rock 'n' roller than me, who wants to connect with an audience on a gentler level."
His remark is a not-so-subtle allusion to the sexism of rock critics, who tend to be male and have quite different tastes from his fans, who are overwhelmingly female.
In concert, Manilow bonds with his audience over their shared defiance in loving his music despite the contempt in which others hold it. And whereas a decade ago he seemed to be struggling with his pop standards - in one interview he called them "golden handcuffs"- which stopped him from reaching his creative potential, he now seems completely comfortable embracing them.
No matter that he has belted out hits such as I Write the Songs (which he did not write) and It's a Miracle (of which he was co-writer) thousands of times, he still enjoys performing them for his audience. Even now, he says, he can conjure up the emotion he felt when he recorded them.
"There was a long time spent wincing when I got this or that review," he says. "But it never stopped me. And after I got over the self-pity I would listen to Weekend in New England and say, 'Damn, they are wrong; it is a good song, and I sing it well.' "
Yet for all the bravado in his stated indifference to reviews, one senses that the reason he is most enjoying this period in the spotlight again is that it comes with critical recognition. The reviews for Here at the Mayflower have been mixed and the praise is often doled out grudgingly, but there is no doubt that it is praise. The Dallas Morning News described the album as an "accomplished snapshot of the artist today", and a critic for the US People magazine said the album showed that Manilow "has learned to blend his earnest emotions with musical subtlety and even occasional wit".
Sounding a bit stunned, Manilow says: "It is nicer to have someone like you than call you an idiot like they did in the past. I really put myself into this album. I programmed all the synthesisers and played most of the instruments, so if you don't like the album, you don't like me."
The experience of Mayflower has been so good that Manilow said he might record a pop album again. Next up, however, he wants to stage Harmony, a musical he has written about the Comedian Harmonists, a German singing group who were disbanded by the Nazis because some of their members were Jews.
Beyond that, Manilow expects to continue to go on tour every two years or so. He goes out from his home in Palm Springs, California, at weekends to play arenas, performing songs from both albums on the charts and loving every minute of the screaming adulation of his fans.
"I was always cool," Manilow says with a laugh. "Everyone else is just catching up now."
Barry Manilow
Real name: Barry Alan Pincus
Born: June 17, 1946
Where: Brooklyn, New York
Albums: 23
Before stardom: Wrote advertising jingles, Which explains why Copacabana can lodge so deeply in the brain upon hearing.
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wikiHow to Remove Paint on Hardwood Floors
Sometimes, while painting a room, paint accidentally (and inevitably) spills onto the floor. While plastic sheets or drop cloths are the ideal areas for paint to fall, removing paint drips from hardwood floors isn't an impossible task. Hopefully, you can wipe up the paint before it dries, but if you don't catch it in time, there are a few easy methods to remove paint from your hardwood floors.
1Wipe up wet paint. If the paint has recently spilled and is still wet, use a damp cloth or a damp paper towel to clean up and collect the spilled paint.
- Hopefully, if you catch the paint before it dries, it won't have time to make any hard to remove markings on your floors.
2Soften dried paint with water. Once paint dries, it can be a little harder to remove. Try using warm water and a mild soap mixture to soften the paint marking. Create this water and soap mixture in a small bowl, and dip a section of a rag into the mixture. Wring out the rag, and rub on the paint with the warm, damp rag until the paint starts to loosen.[1]
- Don't use large amounts of water to try and soften the paint. Water can cause serious damage to hardwood floors by making the wood swell.
- This water and soap step works best for latex paint spills, but will likely be ineffective for oil-based paint spills.
3Soften the dried paint with heat. Tougher paint spills, like oil-based paint spills, may require some heat to loosen the paint. Use a hair dryer on its highest heat setting to warm and soften the paint. Hold the hair dryer a few inches away from the floor and keep it on the paint spill for about 20 seconds.[2]
- Although heat guns can be used to do the same job of warming up the paint, using a hair dryer is a more gentle way of warming up the paint.
4Scrape off as much paint as possible. Use a plastic putty knife to push and scrape at the edges of the paint spill. The putty knife's tapered edge will help to run across the flat surface of the floor, and get underneath the paint. This step may prove to be easier when first softening the paint with either warm water or direct heat.
- Be very careful with your scraping tool. Some metal scrapers have such sharp edges, that one wrong move could leave a knick in your flooring. Plastic scrapers may prove me be a bit gentler while still being efficient.
5Perform a solvent test. If the paint still isn't lifting from your hardwood floors, you may have to use a solvent. Common solvents used to remove paint include nail polish remover, rubbing alcohol, paint thinner, and mineral spirits. This step is usually a last resort, since some solvents can take off finishing from hardwood floors. Before you apply one of these solvents to your floor, test a small, inconspicuous area of your floor by applying a tiny bit of the solvent to a Q-Tip, rubbing the Q-Tip on the hardwood floor, and see how it reacts to the floor finishing.[3]
- Be sure to wear protective gloves when handling these solvents. Some could cause serious skin damage. Also be sure that the area you're working in is well ventilated with open windows and fans. These solvents give off dangerous fumes.
- If any of the solvents take off the floor finishing, try to avoid using them.
- You also may want to wait some time after performing the test to let the solvent test areas dry, and see if there is any visible difference in the coloring or texture of the wood.
6Use a solvent. Once you have found a solvent that won't damage your floor (or if you don't care about the floor finishing being damage because you're going to redo the floors anyway), slightly dampen a small area of a rag with your chosen solvent, and rub it onto the paint stain until the paint dissolves away.[4]
- Use another dry area of the rag to wipe the area dry once the paint is removed.
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A last look at the landmark overlooking the Thames before it is brought back to life as a new neighbourhood of London…
On 31 October 1983 the generation of power at Battersea Power Station ceased forever. If you were around in 1983 it's possible your Betamax videocassette recorder or Commodore 64 was powered by the last watts of electricity from James Theodore Halliday and Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's giant brick masterpiece.
Derelict for much of its existence since its closure, and a victim of several failed proposals for redevelopment, the site welcomed thousands of visitors as part of Open House London weekend last month. I was fortunate to get in; I was also eager enough to get there before the gates opened and to queue for over two hours – it was worth it.
In the RIBA's collections in the British Architectural Library are historic photographs, drawings and books (view some of them on RIBApix) that anyone can access to find out more about this landmark in Battersea and its architects. I used these as reference in preparation for my visit, but those images were of a fully-functioning power station in its prime belching smoke. What I was to see in person was radically different.
Entry into the site that weekend was from the riverfront at Chelsea Bridge, past the jetties supporting the two rusty cranes that once received the British coal, carried by ships on the Thames, used at Battersea. Once inside the building, entering between the two chimneys facing the Thames, I walked through the boiler house and there I saw the extent of the dereliction caused by the removal of the roof in the 1980s.
From here, all four chimneys defining each corner and the interior side of the crumbling walls could be seen. The presence of hundreds of excited people in the same space gave a jovial atmosphere to a scene of sombre industrial abandonment.
Many visitors (me included) were taking pictures of the same things: the instantly recognisable chimneys, the great expanses of stained brick walls, panoramic views of the turbine halls and the reflections on puddles of water.
The turbine halls on either side of the boiler house are in better condition, sadly without the machinery that once gave these spaces a purpose (see previous blog post by Jonathan Makepeace).
Much of the site around the power station has been cleared, with some parts partially landscaped with wild flowers.
If you want to get a view of the whole site, climb the Accumulator Tower (also open during Open House) in Churchill Gardens estate on the opposite bank. You'll get a fine view of the whole city and discover the unique way homes on the estate was once heated using waste hot water from the power station.
In contrast to the long queues at Battersea, over at 66 Portland Place waiting times were less. It's a public building and, to celebrate Open House, building tours were offered by RIBA staff to reveal hidden spaces and the history of the RIBA's Grade II listed headquarters. Tours are available throughout the year and the building is open Monday to Saturdays. Everyone is welcome to visit.
Did you go and see Battersea during Open House or do have memories of the station? Share your thoughts with us.
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well, hides only "Finder"... still visible for cli
I have setfile, I think it came with developertools, but i'm not sure. great command, i've used it myself to hide /opt becouse instaling macports unhide it.
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Ask PoopReport: Fire Retardant?
Dear Poopreport,
I love spicy food! The hotter, the better, I say -- but my butthole begs to
differ. It can burn like hell up in there sometimes!!
It's odd because sometimes
it REALLY burns and sometimes it doesn't. So I figure something I am eating
just before or after eating my XXX Hotwings is determining whether or not I'm
gonna shit fire. Bottom line: I want my food to be as pleasant coming out
as it is going in. The ring of fire around my cornhole is gonna make me stop
eating my favorite food! HELP ME PLEASE!!!
136 Comments on "Ask PoopReport: Fire Retardant?"
That's like asking: "Help, my foot is burning because I like stepping in fires..."
Answer: "Don't step in fires"
Part of the joy of eating XXX Hotwings is the burn coming out as well as going in. Maybe use just "X" sauce instead of "XXX". I always find that my bum gets numb after the first bit of molten lava, therefore making the rest of the eruption painless.
Coat area with vaseline before emptying bowels.
Drink milk or other cream based foods along with your meal. (Thai iced tea would be my choice.) Cream tends to neutralize spices at both ends, though it varies with the particular spice.
Eat ice cream between bites, that way when you get the burn, but that cool cold bite of ice cream will follow. You will soon learn to enjoy the HOT-COLD-HOT-COLD sensation associated with XXX Hot Wings and Ice Cream. You think I'm kidding? But don;t try Rocky Road, the nuts may tear already burnt tissue causing additional and univited "inflammation"!
Ahhh...the Burning Ring...We all get it, but nobody wants it. There is nothing quite like the sensation of shitting liquid fire. It hurts to wipe afterwards and the unpleasant throbbing stays with you for at least an hour afterwards, but then again, you can be assured you have a clean sphincter afterwards. Once the pain does pass, you feel like a new man...ready to have at those XXX wings once more.
I beg to differ with those who enjoy asses of fire. I feel like I wipe with sandpaper and nails when I finish shitting. One time it got so bad I had blood on the tp and my ass hurt for 3 days. Onthe first night I got almost no sleep. I usually could put the fire out of my ass by taking a shower and using a ton of soap but this time it didn't work. however, suds from a bar of Irish Spring soap (aloe) and gallons of medium to cold water is usaully the best way to extinguish B.A.D. (Burning Ass Disease)
My dear friend the Bantam (a name usually associated with a small rooster, roosters are also known as a cock)Anyway, my dear friend the small-cock must not have ever tried this ingenius way of cooling ones rectal opening after eating hot spicy food.. Eat one bite of ice-cream and then one bite of hot stuff. Ice cream, Hot Stuff, IC, HS, IC, HS... You will discover that it does indeed come out Hot-Cool-Hot-Cool. I know it sounds crazy, but it is true. When you are through with this experiemnt I would like to show you the evidence that proves even though Santas reindeer never really come INTO the house on Christmas Eve, they STILL eat the carrots we leave out for them!! We have the half eaten stubs to prove it!
My butt hurts when i sit on the toilet. and since your the butt expert kiss it! help me! Ouch i gotta poop! It's coming.....plop. help me!!! its stuck! how do i get it out!!!! crap it really i mean it crap wont come out!
Oh the burning ass. I am a first time-ass burner. I put in "spicy food burn ass" in a search engine and found this site. I am 28, so you would think I would have had this experience before, but no this is my first time. I ate 4 little chili peppers- as an experiment to see how much of the spicy peppers I could tolerate. I generally love spicy food, but these were on fire. And now, so is my ass. I told my husband it felt like a ring of satanic hell fire. That was yesterday. Today my butt is all itchy and irritated, so I used my old stand-by, Benadryl Gel. It is for anti-itch, but also is soothing to the irritated area. I have used this gel for other things too, it is what I call a miracle cute. So anyway, if your ass is burnt, irritated or itchy, try a bottle of benadryl anti-itch gel. It is good stuff to have on hand- instantly brings relief!
I will never eat those spicy peppers again, because unlike the total douchebag who said it was a pleasant feeling, it totally fucking sucks.
This is the greatest and funniest thread I've ever seen!
In reference to B.A.D.
Have you ever experienced the following?
I.B.S. (Itchy Butt Syndrome)
D.B.S. (Dirty Butt Syndrome)
L.B.S. (Leaky Butt Syndrome)
or a combination of the above?
I.D.L.B.S. (Itchy, Dirty, Leaky Butt Syndrome)
I always make sure I have a few frozen Q-tips around for all the spicy food I eat.
Take some of that sunburn aloe gel. It works well and it feels great!
I found Jesus! He was behind the sofa the whole time!
A glass of milk (or even some cream as suggested) will ease the oral pain. http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/kitchen/handbooks/chile/3.html
If casein proteins "unbind" the pepper's capsaicin molecules from oral nerve endings, does it also prevent "rectal acidosis"? An experiment is needed here. Maybe try some milk on your toilet paper?
I love spicy food as well, too much in fact. I also feel that a good, burning turd through your system may help prevent or cure parisitic infections of your gut. Anyone with personal experience, particularly tapeworms, please comment.
I love your report.
I cannot get off the floor, I am laughing so much ~ Thanks for the uplift
"I fell innnn to a burnin ring of fire
I went down down down and
Flames climbed higher
And it burned burned burned
Ring of fire
Ring of fire!"
If you don't like the burn down south, why do you like it up north? I love it at both ends.
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Johnny Cash couldn't have said it better, Bonanza King.
I just discovered that if you wipe your ass with milk it cools some of the burn off. Don't know why, but it works.
I found Jesus! He was behind the sofa the whole time!
I personally have eaten so much hot sauce the night before that it my ass bleeds like a woman on the rag.
Milk has a detergent in it that break up the oils that carry the "burn". That's why it helps cool off your mouth when you eat spicy foods. I supposed it could to the same for the turd cutter.
Hello all you little turds out in bung-hole land.
I like to just spoon some well timed ice cream into my ace before the radiactive turd gets close to birth. This will give you the real hot/cold sensation you are looking for.
I love hot wings and I suffer from B.B.S. or Burning Butt Syndrome. Thanks for the laughs. If you can't take the heat, too late you moron it's coming out whether you like it or not.
I think I'll try the ice cream, or the milk solution. I need to drink more milk anyway. Haha, I haven't had too much B.B.S(burning butt syndrome) but when I do, I almost cry haha. Once I ate a whole jar of pepperoncinis without any other foods.. hah i've done that more then once, the other time I did it I ate pepperoncinis with garlic, and I ate all the garlic and the pepperoncinis in one sitting... I think the forbidden fruit might've been a pepper, they couldn't resist, and they paid for it later.
I think Roxy Music put it best in their baleful ode to passing a BID (Brown Incendiary Device):
"Both ends burning and I cant control
The fires raging in my soul tonight
Oh will it never end?"
Perhaps we can try Homer Simpson's trick and coat our ani with wax?
Is ani the plural of anus? I didn't know that! Wow. No *ahem* end to the stuff you can learn around here!
And what movie was it where there's someone off-stage, and shrieking like an Indian chant after eating Indian food? THAT was pretty funny!
This place gets weirder and weirder. Startin' to feel right at home. Volcano, how the hell do you wipe you ass with milk? I can see putting milk on the TP and wiping, but how do you do it with milk alone? I've amused myself for at least 15 minutes coming up with mental pictures of this. At work. While getting paid. Damn - America is great!
Should some one market a milk saturated wet wipe? Hmmmmmmmmmmm. They could be left out, in little packets, at places that serve really spicy food. They could be placed next to the condiments. I would call them "Culo Coolers".
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What would the product be called? "Milk Of Bungnesia" would be my candidate.
I have hard core burning ass syndrome the day after eating hot wings too. And it SUX! I have tried damn near everything to ease the pain. I haven't tried ramming an ice cube up in there, but that doesn't sound like too bad an idea.
the google query "spice food burn butt" got me here. I had a curry dish at an indian restaurant, and they make it very hot. My mouth was much more tolerant of it than my butt. Ow!!!
Fiery Flaming Poops From Hell are indeed painful, and I would suggest that having eaten a spicy meal, if you feel one coming on, you should NOT, in fact head for home-base and the security of your own crapper. Instead, you should head for a nice public crapper that specifically has a toilet tailored for disabled users. The key in dealing with spicy poo-balls is to get them through the pipes as quick as possible, and this is best achieved by holding onto the mobility-support frames mounted on a disabled-capper and BRACING your entire body like a crash test dummy and blowing it all out in one. A few quick wipes with an entire packet of baby-wipes and Hey Presto. I also find that if you are feeling like you are going to be in for a long one (pun intended) then it helps create an illusion of space and comfort if you take EVERYTHING off apart from your shoes and socks. Or boots.
hahaha this site is great.
i just finished a rhsbm (red hot spicy bowel movement). it wasn't as painful as it has been before.. but it's never fun. so i searched on the internet for ways to prevent this burning of the butthole. after reading everyone's comment.. i've decided that i will try the milk/tp combination. but if that doesn't work.. i guess there's no getting around it. hahah oh well! this just proves how us spice-food-eaters are much more courageous than those wimpy people who "don't like it."
Just put toilet paper in the fridge, saves your arse from looking like the Japanese flag!
This thread is awesome! People continue to post since April 2003! That's a long time to talk about burning shit! The best remedy I have found for my ass is burning "I will never eat that spicy shit again oh God please I'll do anything if you let me get through this". The wonderful shower wand! Squat ever so slightly in the shower to fully expose your burning bun hole and with the convenience of the shower wand with cold water shooting directly into the affected area for @ least 10 minutes, pat dry gently as to not irritate the raw burnt flesh. Finish with a nice thick coat of Preparation H cooling gel concentrating mainly on the burnt bun hole! Apply in a circular motion and don't forget and most importantly apply at least two inches into the blistering shit cavity! Good Luck and happy fire shitting! Cheers from Rick the Fire & Ass Pimp... (Florida)
I googled "How to Stop Fireiarrhea" and got here, too!
Alas, no one seems to have a sure fire shit cure. My husband, the market guru, like the post about disposable packets at places that serve hot food. We'll if there's a commercial application for the product, you know Costco would sell a home version. They sell wet wipes to clean one's eyeglasses. If it makes money, Costco would not be too proud to sell "Butt Heat Extinguisher Wipes!"
Tonight, I would be breaking and entering my local Costco for a box of Extinguishers!
I agree with the entry above - I will never, never eat super hot stuff again. For me, I will never make homemade meatloaf with four kinds of chillis (including red and green serranos, green jalapenos, etc). I swear to never make "heat loaf" again -- no matter how my "immune to heat" husband begs!
It's going to be a long, hot lonely night.
In the UK we call this 'Ring Sting'. What is its official title in other parts of the world?
And boy am i suffering from it.
For all of those who want to try milk on their burning
bungs why not make a compromise and use sour cream?
It is also a dairy product and
would probably spread like an ointment. You could use the left-overs for a tangy chip dip.
Eat chilies and feel the burn!!
If I had two faces do you think I'd be wearing this one?
I like to use butter Chief. Left-overs make a WONDERFUL brown butter spread that is absolutely delicious on lobster.
Julia Child
In Tacoma Wa. is a Thai restaurant. When the owner sees me she calls the order back. She knows what I want! Soon in front of me will be red chicken curry. I am always surprised that the bowl doesn't melt. Beside it will be 2 Thai ice teas, with extra cream, just in case. First bite my nose starts to run, shortly after sweat beads on the forehead, all senses become more acute. By the time I'm finished, my shirt will be wet, and I will be approximately the shade of a red delicious apple. The beautiful, exquisite pain! I tip the Marquis De Seductress well. She hugs me before I leave. I am on my knees, and still taller than her when I do this. I awaken the next morning with the happy anticipation of re-living the experience again!
Wow, and here i thought i was alone. I just googled "how to prevent a burning butt" and it lead me here lol. I'm totally glad I'm not alone.
I ate some very spicy food yesterday and today and it feels like lava dripping out of it. Horrible. I think I'm going to try some anti itch and milk to see if it sooths my pain.
Thank you all for making me feel a bit less weird. Happy New Year!
If I eat fiery stuff with rice, it reduces the burn going in. I am fortunate to suffer only rarely with fire coming out. If I do, I can usually cool it with some Noxzema or similar creamy lotion or skin cleanser, applied with toilet paper. Pre-moistened wipes are also good; I try to make sure I have wiped and cleaned my anus very well.
Squat...I love Thai food and hot chilies, I once made the mistake of ordering a spicy dish and asking for it to be extra hot. I had to make three trips to the bathroom to blow my nose. After a minute or so the nerve endings in my tongue were destroyed and the pain was bearable. The next morning I farted and burned a hole in my boxers. After my morning dump my toilet paper burst into flame. I still eat fiery food but I no longer tempt the sadists in the kitchen my ordering extra hot.
Eat chilies and feel the burn!!
If I had two faces do you think I'd be wearing this one?
Oh man, I ate buffalo wild wings blazin wings and google searched "butt on fire spicy food" and ended up here. I have been wishing for death!!
You need Nivea cream (or any moisturising cold cream for that matter) applied to the ring after evacuation, as per my advice in the 'Ring Of Fire' thread. You can't stop it stinging as it comes out, but you can calm the afterburn to a bearable sizzle.
Ice cream will only calm your mouth. It won't calm your colon.
Did it again... DAMN! First added Katai Fire hot sauce to my wonton that burned.... so thought i should take it easy and eat mild food today but had mutter paneer tonight what was i thinking.... I think i am going to lie on the floor ass to the moon and pour ice cold yoghurt on there......F to the S!!!!
I googled "ass fire burn" and landed here. I don't know..I love hot food, but it burns so bad the next day I shake uncontrollably while trying to shit. I cant imagine a pain more severe. I need to gnaw on a belt to take the raw dripping pain. The asshole has more nerves in it than any other part of the body. I want to hear from someone that knows something scientific about the neutralization of the spice. Milk helps? I think it does in my experiences. I have noticed that the pain has become more severe as I've gotten older, but still I cant stop eating hot wings??? Getting ready to eat some now, I'm trying blue cheese and milk. Will report back on the result tomorrow.


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A Federal Court decision highlights the need for patent laws to be changed so corporations can't monopolise genetic material needed to detect and treat cancer, the Cancer Council says.
In the Federal Court on Friday, Brisbane woman Yvonne D'Arcy and Cancer Voices Australia lost their fight against the patenting of a human gene linked to breast and ovarian cancer.
They brought their action against Myriad Genetics Inc, the owner of the patent, and Melbourne-based Genetic Technologies Ltd, which holds the exclusive licence to conduct the tests in Australia.
The case related to mutations of an isolated gene, associated with an increased risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancers, known as BRCA1.
Lawyers for Ms D'Arcy and the consumer group argued that the patent was invalid, as patents protected inventions and not discoveries.
They argued that gene patents would increase the cost of treating cancer and could limit treatment options.
Myriad argued that the case did not involve a patent for a gene but for an "artificial construct".
It is the first time an Australian court has ever had to consider whether isolated human genes are patentable.
Cancer Council chief Ian Olver said the ruling "reflected a lack of progress in patent law, which was based on centuries-old principles but being applied to rapidly changing technology".
"If we don't change the law now to protect the community from gene monopolies ... a handful of commercial interests (will own) the genetic materials essential to cancer detection and treatment," Professor Olver said.
He thanked Ms D'Arcy for launching the legal challenge and said he expected more challenges against biotechnology companies from consumers "until the law is changed".
Prof Olver said patents shouldn't be granted over genes as their discovery was not an invention.
If companies were able to patent genes it could create a monopoly and stymie research.
"The benefit in not being able to patent the gene is that you have a whole lot of companies competing for research to look for new cancer treatments and new cancer tests," Prof Olver told AAP on Friday.
"The issue is that we may be slowing down potentially useful research."
Monopolies will also allow patent owners to profit from treatments and tests, he said.


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Location: Tropical Crops and Germplasm Research2012 Annual Report
1a. Objectives (from AD-416):
To conduct cooperative research related to the evaluation, characterization, identification, and preservation of cultivated and indigenous plant genetic resources and to exchange plant germplasm that is of mutual interest.
1b. Approach (from AD-416):
ARS and the Cooperator will exchange propagating material (true seed, budwood, hereinafter referred to as Breeding Material), of tropical and subtropical crops following recommended phytosanitary procedures, including quarantine. Breeding Material will be increased in the greenhouse or field for testing and evaluation for specific traits (e.g. disease resistance, enhanced yield and fruit quality) of interest or as commercial cultivars. DNA fingerprinting will be conducted to assess genetic diversity. GRIN training will be provided if deemed necessary by both parties.
3. Progress Report:
The objectives of the agreement correspond with objective 1 of the parent project: Evaluate tropical/subtropical fruit production systems and germplasm for broad agroenvironmental adaptation, high yield and productivity, and ability to produce fruits of superior quality. An accession of longan seedlings collected from a wild population near Vietnam at the Guangxi Station is flowering in our field. The fruits will be the first bearing from the group and will be evaluated in October. A planned visit to the Guangxi Subtropical Crops Research Institute was delayed due to lack of funding.
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The Public Theater Presents Free Movie Nights at Astor Place, 10/22, 29 & 11/12
The Public Theater's $40 million revitalization of its downtown home at Astor Place was unveiled October 4 and continues to be celebrated through a series of events designed to engage the entire New York community and marking a rededication to its founding principles-including free movie nights. More information on all rededication events may be found at www.publictheater.org
Movie Night: "Passing Strange"
Monday, Oct. 22, 7:00pm
The 2008 Public Theater on Broadway's production of Passing Strange, the semi- autobiographical story of a young black man who leaves behind his middle-class, church-ruled upbringing in mid-1970s Los Angeles to travel to Europe in search of his artistic and personal identity, was filmed by director Spike Lee and presented as part of PBS' "Great Performances" series. Free and open to the public.
Movie Night: "Much Ado About Nothing"
Monday, Oct. 29, 7:00pm
The Public Theater revisits its Tony-nominated 1972 production of Much Ado About Nothing starring Sam Waterston, which was originally broadcast by CBS for 20 million people that year. Free and open to the public.
Movie Night: "Joe Papp in Five Acts"
Monday, Nov. 12, 7:00pm
This documentary celebrates Public Theater founder Joe Papp's vision and accomplishments as one of American theater's most important figures; directed by Tracie Holder and Karen Thorsen. The film will be followed by a panel discussion with The Public's Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and others. Free and open to the public.
When: Monday, October 22 at 7:00pm ("Passing Strange"), Monday, October 29 at 7:00pm ("Much Ado About Nothing"), Monday, November 12 at 7:00pm ("Joe Papp in Five Acts")


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Drink of the Week: Fall Berries & Rosemary Cooler
It's definitely starting to cool down around these parts and let me just say WOW! It has been absolutely beautiful! I love all the emotions that come with fall. You get this overwhelming feeling of comfort and that is exactly why I picked this drink for the week. What is better than some yummy fall berries and fresh rosemary? Uh…nothing! (well, maybe bacon, but that's it!)
Photo Credit: Sweet Paul Mag
Fall Berries and Rosemary Cooler
Makes 2 drinks
- 8 blackberries
- 10 blueberries
- 8 raspberries
- 1/2 rosemary sprig
- Juice from one lime
- 3 tablespoons simple syrup*
- 1/4 cup vodka
- Rosemary sprigs, for garnish
Credit: Sweet Paul Mag


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Best Of :: People & Places
BEST AM RADIO PERSONALITY Bishop Victor T. Curry WMBM-AM (1490) Imagine your average radio talk show. A couple of hosts prattle on about the news, sports, and entertainment while occasionally taking calls from agitated listeners. Now imagine that wrapped in scripture and gospel music, and you'll have the wonderful Morning Glory show, which airs weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. with an extra two hours added on Tuesdays. Especially when it comes to controversial subjects, it's easy to get riled (a number of callers certainly do) and say to yourself, I wish I knew more about scripture so I could actually argue with the good reverend. That's the point.
Readers´ Choice: Neil Rogers, WQAM-AM (560)
BEST ACTIVITY TO DO WHILE INTOXICATED Beer Pong Hooligan´s Pub & Oyster Bar
9555 S. Dixie Highway
www.hooliganspub.com Every Thursday night at 9:00 Hooligan's offers a chance for everyone (yes, the distaff included) to get their balls wet. On one of the Ping-Pong tables brought into the pub for this event, each contestant is required to arrange ten cups of beer (sort of like bowling pins). Opponents then get on either side and attempt to bounce a table-tennis ball into the other team's hops. Each time a player scores, the other team must drink. Because a person has to be pretty much drunk before indulging in such a game, a few misses are to be expected. This makes it even more fun, seeing as the ball will no doubt end up landing on the grimy floor a few times before plopping into its intended target. The object is to make the opposing side drink all ten cups of beer -- including any carpet lint, dust, and other fluff. Yummy.
BEST ARCHITECTURAL EYESORE Miami Herald Building 1 Herald Plaza
Miami Plans for construction were announced in 1958, and before you could say Ugh! the views of Biscayne Bay from Overtown and the MacArthur Causeway were obliterated by this squat, hulking orange monument to stifled imagination. Clearly it was at the vanguard of a style (American Utilitarian?) that would inspire for decades to come the builders of high schools and inner-city housing projects. This is no Tribune Tower in Chicago, an Art Deco ode to that city's daily paper. Nor is it the stately neo-gothic 43rd Street headquarters of The New York Times. It's not even the Freedom Tower just down the road, for many years the distinctive home of the Miami News. This is just a generic orange splat gobbling up our precious waterfront. But there's hope on the horizon. This past March the Terra Group bought the building and the property for $190 million. Terra hasn't announced plans to raze the structure, at least not anytime soon. But one can always hope.
BEST ARCHITECTURAL INCONGRUITY Sears Tower vs. Miami Performing Arts Center Biscayne Boulevard at Thirteenth Street
Miami Amid the grandiose high-rise redevelopment of Miami's downtown, the proud old Sears Tower stands nested within the new performing arts center. The 1929 Art Deco masterpiece once anchored a much larger building and served as a kind of beacon that drew Miami's commercial activity northward from the city center. In a way, it is encoring that role today, as it softens and adds warmth to Cesar Pelli's hard-edged design for a huge (and hugely expensive) facility that, it is hoped, will attract new life to a long-neglected part of the city. Today the tower is overshadowed by the cool glass façade of the incipient new opera house. One is half-demolished, one is half-finished. Awkward neighbors, they both await uncertain futures.
BEST AUDIO TOUR Adam Curry's podcast from South Beach http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/ categories/dailySourceCode/2005/ 01/07.html#a6993 So you've finally set up your blog. That's sooooo 2004. Goodness, you should already be podcasting for your cyber creds. Podcasting is the new blog, but think of it more as radio broadcasting available from the Internet that you save to your personal MP3 and play when you want to hear it. Podcasts are nowhere as slick or commercial as typical radio talk shows, but there's complete freedom of content and language, and anybody -- absolutely everybody -- can create a podcast with simple equipment and software. They are strangely alluring. There's a bit of voyeurism, a bit of old-time radio-show quaintness, and lots of hilarious and shocking moments that never, ever happen on broadcast radio. Anything still goes in cyberspace. One of the major players is Adam Curry. Yeah, that blond dude from MTV. As well as being instrumental in podcasting's development and promotion, he also yammers on his popular Daily Source Code show. The episode linked above is particularly good. Curry takes listeners on a "sound-seeing" tour of South Beach. Typical sounds of the neighborhood waft by like effects from an old-time radio drama. He speaks to colorful locals and wanders around, describing everything he sees. Curry also explains some of the concepts and technology involved in creating his show. It's as much a learning experience as it is entertainment. Podcasting may still be in its infancy, but the buzz in the industry is that it will shatter radio as we know it.
BEST BOONDOGGLE Citizens' Independent Transportation Trust The People's Transportation Plan, approved by Miami-Dade voters in 2002, was supposed to deliver on a lot of promises in exchange for a half-penny surtax. Key to the measure's passage was the Citizens Independent Transportation Trust. The original idea was that the trust would have real autonomy and teeth to oversee disbursement of the $15 billion the tax would generate. But almost immediately county commissioners moved in to play dentist. As the CITT's powers were steadily extracted, the trust began to bleed members. So desperate is it to fill vacancies that it has been advertising for prospective new members since the middle of last year. Plainly obvious to all is that the PTP, despite its billions, will be unable to make good on its biggest promises (mostly the ones involving Metrorail extensions) and that the CITT is making a chump of every person who believed the hype and voted to increase the county's sales tax.


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Jingle Bells in a Track Suit?Rebus brain teasers use words or letters in interesting orientations to represent common phrases.
What expression is represented below?
"Mary Had a Little Lamb" is swapping a tank top for a long sleeve shirt.
"Jingle Bells" is giving up its shorts for track suit pants.
"Happy Birthday to You" is going from a three piece suit to trousers and a shirt
"The Star Wars theme" is replacing its jumper with a jacket
HintThe number of 'tunes' is important... wow, two clues in one. And if you want a hint as to the meaning of this expression - once you go from being totally confused to being much clearer, then the answer will be summarising your newfound circumstances.
AnswerChanging fortunes
'Changing' - getting changed
'four' 'tunes' - there are four tunes or 'fortunes' getting changed... or 'changing'
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Melissa Wu took another big step forward in her diving comeback when she won the individual and synchro platform finals at the Commonwealth Games selection trials.
The 21-year-old's success in Melbourne on Wednesday has her on track to compete at her third Commonwealth Games.
There she will aim to add to a tally of three medals – an outcome that looked in doubt when she was forced out of the pool for much of last year with a back injury.
Delhi Games bronze medallist Grant Nel also booked his Glasgow ticket with an outstanding performance in winning the men's three-metre final.
He continued that impressive form when he teamed up with Beijing Olympic gold medallist Matthew Mitcham to win the platform synchro final.
Wu made her Commonwealth Games debut as a 14-year-old in Melbourne in 2006, winning silver in the platform synchro with Alex Croak, before claiming an Olympic silver in the same event with Briony Cole in Beijing in 2008.
Wu and Croak then went on to win gold in the event in Delhi in 2010, while Wu finished with silver in the individual platform.
This year she is diving with London Olympian Rachel Bugg, the pair winning a tight final from world championship finalists Lara Tarvit and Emily Boyd.
"I've been training really hard leading up to this competition, working on strength and consistency," Wu said.
"I came into this feeling pretty well prepared, so I'm glad my competition reflected the way I've been training.
"At the moment, I'm feeling pretty good injury-wise, I've been able to manage them pretty well so far this year."
Nel is set for a strong Glasgow performance after just missing a medal at last year's Barcelona world championships.
"I love it, I feel really relaxed out on the board, I'm having a good time, I'm always smiling up there," Nel said.
"I just love getting the opportunity to compete for Australia.
''The older I get, the happier I am just to be here."
The selection trials finish on Thursday, with the highly-rated Maddison Keeney competing in the women's three-metre and Mitcham in the men's platform.


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HMS Allegiance
HMS Allegiance was the Dragon Transport Ship that carried Temeraire to China from late 1805 to mid-1806. It then brought Temeraire and the Eggs to New South Wales to establish a covert there. Then, finally, the ship was charged with bringing Temeraire as an envoy to Rio. Unfortunately, drunken crew members started a fire on the ship that could not be contained. It was sunk en route. All aboard were killed, save for those who escaped aboard Temeraire, Iskierka and Kulingile.
The ship was originally assigned to Captain Cartwright when the Allegiance was scheduled to sail to Halifax, as another ship was being built for Cartwright there. When the destination changed to China, however, Cartwright could not go, as his new ship could not wait for him to return.
William Laurence suggested to Tom Riley that he seek the position. Riley was without a ship at the time because HMS Reliant was dry-docked after suffering through the storm that occured just after the Battle of Trafalgar.
The Allegiance was a huge ship, over 400 feet long and oddly shaped because of the jutting dragon deck. It carried 150 guns.
Commissioned Officers:
- Tom Riley -- Captain
- Lord Purbeck -- First Lieutenant
- ? -- Second Lieutenant - possibly Lieutenant Wells, who was mentioned as serving during the trip to Africa in 1807 and who served as third lieutenant with Riley and Laurence aboard HMS Reliant.
- Franks -- Third Lieutenant - stammered and therefore sometimes appeared rude because he was reluctant to speak; served on an East Indiaman as a boy.
- Beckett -- Fourth Lieutenant - excellent with mathematics, but always managed to give the wrong orders on deck.
- Reynolds -- Midshipman - struck by Blythe in an attempt to prevent him from challenging Martin to a duel; an indifferent seaman, but made much of by the crew following this incident; eaten by a sea-serpent.
- Tripp -- Midshipman - at 12 y.o., the youngest midshipman aboard during the voyage to China in 1806.
Warrant Officers:
- Pollitt -- Surgeon - previously served with Riley aboard HMS Reliant; apparently replaced by Raclef by the time of the voyage to Africa in 1807.
- Raclef -- Surgeon
- Garnett -- Sailing Master
- Cornell -- Master-at-arms
- Eklof -- Carpenter - a big, silent Swede
- Britten -- Chaplain during the voyage to Africa in 1807; not known for sobriety; performs Riley's wedding to Captain Catherine Harcourt.
Petty Officers/Senior Seamen:
- Leddowes -- Carpenter's mate - a "cheerful, slant-shouldered fellow", known as the ship's jester; played the role of Badger-Bag when the Allegiance crosses the Equator during the voyage to China; fell overboard while trying to keep Feng Li from killing Laurence during a storm.
- Hingley -- Bosun's mate - administered the flogging to which Laurence was forced to sentence Blythe.
- Sackler -- Master's mate - first mate on a South Seas whaler before being pressed (drafted) into the Royal Navy.
- Jethson -- Steward
- Basson -- Coxswain
- Owens -- served during the voyage to Africa in 1807.
Other Crew:
- Jenkins
- Harvey
- Griggs - played the role of Neptune when the Allegiance crosses the Equator during the voyage to China.
- Boyne - played the role of Amphitrite when the Allegiance crosses the Equator during the voyage to China.
- Masterson - previously served aboard HMS Reliant
- Cervins - gun crew - killed during a sea-serpent attack.
- Dyfydd - gun crew - injured during a sea-serpent attack.
- the cook - name unknown - killed in a shipboard fire while the Allegiance was in Macao Harbour.
- Macready -- Lieutenant
- Harris -- killed in the Valerie engagement; "perhaps eighteen" at the time.
- Doyle -- probably a Marine?; eaten by a sea-serpent.


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Gold Fields Perform on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! Tonight
Gold Fields' debut album Black Sun is armed with pop hooks, tribal beats, danceable rhythms, and plenty of emotion. Revered for their larger-than-life live show and having already shared stages with acts like Crystal Castles, Metric, St. Lucia and Diamond Rings, the Australian quintet will make their debut TV appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! performing single "Dark Again" tonight, February 27th at 11:35/10:35pmC on ABC. Fans will have more chances to experience the band live on a national co-headlining tour with A Silent Film & Royal Teeth, which kicked off February 4th in DC.
The single "Dark Again" is a pop gem flecked with driving guitars and bright synths, all building to a heavy-hitting chorus that's sure to make you move. The energized album track's mysterious video features model Shaun Ross who has previously starred in videos with Katy Perry, Kanye West & Beyonce. Check out a behind-the-scenes video for the making of the "Dark Again" video. Diamond Rings reinterprets the track with techno-infused synths to highlight the driving tribal beats. Check out the "Dark Again" (Diamond Rings Remix) stream HERE. In return, Gold Fields put their special touch on a Diamond Rings track "Runaway Love" which you can hear HERE.
Yesterday, MTV named Gold Fields one of their 13 Artists to Watch in 2013, supporting the band across their platforms (MTV, mtvU, MTV Hits, etc.) throughout the year. Stay tuned to the band's MTV page and be sure to check out the video playlists spinning throughout the month. The result of relentless work and playful experimentation, Black Sun will be released February 26th via Astralwerks.


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Wed. October 31, 2012 | Bob Putnam | Email
LARGO — Seminole coach Michael Homme knew the Class 4A, District 5 girls race would be tightly contested with every place and point crucial.
It became even tighter for the Warhawks when their No. 2 runner, Jasmine Whitney, was unable to race because she was attending a funeral.
In the end, Seminole and Palm Harbor University tied with 43 points. The tiebreaker came down to the No. 6 runner for each team. That is where Seminole's depth paid off.
Hannah Heinrich, Seminole's sixth-best runner, finished 14th overall, eight spots ahead of the Hurricanes' sixth-best, Kristina Lavrich.
"We knew it was going to be tough, and it was going to come down to a point or two," Homme said. "But we have some pretty good numbers and this is something we can build on for next week."
St. Petersburg's Erin Waterman won the girls race in 20:04, followed by Palm Harbor University's Sarah Raymond (20:23) and Brianna Paczynski (20:31). The Warhawks' Olivia Suski (20:38) and Maddie Cappelli (20:59) rounded out the top five.
Once again, the boys race was between St. Petersburg's Sam Chandler and Countryside's Paul McKenna, the county's top public school runners.
Unlike last week's conference meet, McKenna decided to stay back rather than take the lead from the start. By the final mile, McKenna grabbed the lead to win in 16:14, 31 seconds ahead of Chandler.
"This time I was running more of my race," McKenna said. "I knew what I needed to do. Once I hit the cement, I just kept pushing and had another good time."
St. Petersburg's Semmes Bruce was third (17:04), followed by Seminole's Lorenzo Long (17:14) and Sam Weller (17:20).
The Warhawks won the team title, outscoring the Green Devils 40-51. And Seminole did it without No. 1 Josh Luker, who was held out of Wednesday's race because he missed a workout earlier this week.
Class 3A, District 10: Northeast's Amanda Spring was waiting to run on the course at Walter Fuller because it is known to produce fast times.
Spring had the fastest time of her career, setting a school record in 18 minutes, 44 seconds to win the girls individual title. Spring was so dominant she beat Largo's Alicia Konstantinovic (19:48.93) by more than a minute.
Led by Spring, the Vikings also won the team title, beating the Packers 46-56. Other top-five girls were Dixie Hollins' Jessica Silk (20:00), Largo's Marina Levine (20:02) and Northeast's Summer Kanstoroom (20:09).
Osceola's Hunter McCann won the boys race in 16:43. He was part of a strong lineup that had three of the top runners, including runnerup Thomas Grzesiakowski (16:57) and Abimael Jimenez (fifth, 17:08). Northeast's Steven Rudderham (17:07) and Matthew Stenger (17:08), were third and fourth, respectively.


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Beauty Schools and Cosmetology Schools in Houston, TX
Map of Cosmetology Schools in Houston, TX
Houston Beauty School Options
Hairdressers, cosmetologists, nail technicians, and other beauty professionals all play a very important role in Houston's beauty community. No matter what type of beauty career you want to start, we can help you take the first step. You can expect to learn specific techniques in your trade, as well as keep up to date on licensing and hygiene requirements in Texas.
Check out our list of cosmetology schools in Houston, then contact those you want to learn more about.
Working in the Houston Beauty Industry
As a trained beauty professional in Houston, you may choose to work for an indpendent spa, rent a chair at a salon, or open your own business. According to BLS figures, the national average salary for cosmetologists is $22,770 or $10.95 per hour, and the growth of jobs is on pace to reach 13% by 2022.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the following 2015 salaries for some of the most popular beauty careers in Houston:
- $26,280 for barbers
- $30,510 for cosmetologists/hairdressers
- $21,360 for manicurists
- $18,050 for shampooers
- $28,880 for skincare specialists
Before you can begin working on clients independently as a cosmetologist, you must get your license from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. The licensing process ensures that you have met their educational requirements and have verified training hours.
One of the benefits of entering beauty school in Houston is the opportunity to network with others in the industry. Joining beauty associations can give you access to job listings, continuing education hours, and connect you with other cosmetologists in the Houston area. One of the main organizations in Houston is the Houston City Wide Beauticians & Barbers Association.
Take a look at nearby cosmetology and beauty schools in Austin, Houston and Fort Worth as well..
Contact the Houston beauty schools listed below to get program details sent directly to you.
to get more information
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Here is our second free consultation out of five that we have completed.
Natasha came to us without a budget (this might be dangerous when it comes to Kallie and I)…you might call us decorating-aholics. 🙂 So, we got to show her what we would do, (within reason) in her space.
Here is her before picture:
She wanted BOLD, LUSH, and POP in her room, so this is what we came up with for her collage. She also mentioned that she liked the colors rust and green. We wanted to create a focal point around her fireplace, so we painted the wall to make it pop out against the orange. We also proposed that she added a copper/tin tile installation to her fireplace tile to add some character and detail. Other than that, paint, pillows, curtains, and a few accessories is all it took to take her before picture to a BOLD, LUSH, POPPING room.
Again, a digital creation like this in your room is not typically included in your consultation, but I had been playing with wall colors for Natasha, so I decided to create her one too. A lot of people lack the ability to "see the vision" and if you are one of those people, images like these of your space would hopefully help. (again…it's very time consuming, so be aware that the lines and details might not be precise in photoshop generated images).
We also suggested that Natasha change her layout of her room, and this is the proposed layout. In this layout, all the furniture points to our proposed focal point, the fireplace.
You might be wondering…how much would all that cost? Well, right around $600.00 but that is with BUYING all of your stuff, and not MAKING anything. The second you start sewing pillows and curtains, HUNDREDS of dollars start falling off.
By the way, if you ever have any questions about where anything can be bought that we have shown in one of our collages, send us an e-mail and we'll send you a link.
Could YOU paint a wall orange in your home? I DEFINITELY COULD!…in fact…maybe I WILL.