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Disclaimer: You may or may not already know this, but I really played this post up in my previous post You're On Crack If You Think This Post Will Be As Good as the Last One, which was a fucking awesome follow-up to another previous post called It's Just a Blog, which was also fucking awesome.
I just *might* have said something about how this post was going to be Entertaining, Insightful and Brilliant.
Okay, yeah, I totally said that. And I started to write this disclaimer to say, "Well, I *might* have overplayed that whole Entertaining, Insightful and Brilliant thing," just to cover my ass in case you read it and didn't like it, and felt like I had tricked you into coming back to my awesome blog under false pretenses.
But then I went back and read it again, and you know what? It is actually VERY Entertaining, Insightful and Brilliant. At least, I like it. And I can be pretty smart sometimes. So fuck that whole disclaimer thing.
I am a People Watcher. I think I've always been one — at least, I can't really remember a time when I wasn't. I Watch People all the time, wherever I am, whatever I'm doing. When I'm at the mall, I don't window shop, I People Watch. When we're out to eat, I shush the Big Bean so I can better hear the conversation going on at the next table. People (meaning mostly the Big Bean) are constantly perplexed that I never know where ANYTHING is in the town where I have lived for most of my life, but the truth is, when I'm in a car if my eyes aren't on the road they are looking at the people in the next car. And the car after that. And the car after that.
Side note: I just realized that the above paragraph makes me sound like a terrible driver (and potential stalker) who just watches the people in the other cars and doesn't pay attention to the road, which could not be further from the truth. I'm really an eyes-front kind of driver. Unless there's something REALLY good going on in the car next to me.
No really, I do most of my People Watching when the Big Bean is driving. Which he has to do anytime we go anywhere together because when I drive he is very Obnoxious and Judgmental.
But I digress.
My point is, I'm an addict.
In high school, when my best friend Queen Bee (so named more for her effect on me than her true disposition) and I were bored we'd swipe some booze from my mom's liquor cabinet (sorry, Mom — but it's not like you didn't already know) and head out to the old Austin Mueller airport, where we'd post up at a gate and watch other people wait for each other and greet each other and hug and kiss each other and leave holding hands and sometimes awkwardly try to walk with their arms around each other, which never ends well because our bodies are just not made to do that, no matter how much we want them to be.
(You see, kiddies, waaay back in the OLDEN days, people could actually just saunter up to any old gate at the airport – no ID or ticket required. We didn't even have to take our shoes off! I know – crazy, right?)
There I would sit, on a bench with Queen Bee at Old Mueller, sipping my mom's watered down liquor mixed with Sonic cherry-limeades (cocktails, anyone?). Often we wouldn't even speak — just exchange a quick elbow nudge or a sideways Do-You-See-What-I-See? glance every now and then if something really interesting happened or passed by.
It was Fucking Awesome.
So yeah, I'm a People Watcher.
Another side note: I Watch People so much that I've become paranoid about other People Watching me. Wherever we go, I am SURE that everyone else is looking at me funny. And I become convinced that one of two things is true: Either (a) I have a huge booger/big stain on my pants/spinach in my teeth, or (b) I am the most beautiful woman any of them have ever seen. I'll give you one guess which one I most often believe is true.
Over the years, I've had some real Blue-Ribbon People Watching Experiences — a few that have really stood out from the crowd. Every one of them made me ask questions that I knew would never be answered, but it's the questions that make People Watching so much fun. You can use your imagination to try and answer them, or just let them linger. Mine usually linger. Sometimes they linger for hours, sometimes days, sometimes years.
Okay, I have issues.
Anyway, here are a few of my favorites.
The first one that comes to mind is the Guy Who Looked Exactly Like Steve Guttenberg. He looked exactly like… well, you know.
Now, Steve Guttenberg is a pretty ordinary-looking guy, and so was the Guy Who Looked Exactly Like Him (except for the fact that he looked exactly like Steve Guttenberg, which I guess in itself could be considered extraordinary). But anyway, the REALLY extraordinary thing about this guy was NOT that he looked exactly like Steve Guttenberg, but the large steel briefcase handcuffed to his wrist and the even larger bodyguard shadowing him wherever he went.
Did I mention I was at McDonald's? SO fucking random.
What was in the case? Drugs? Ransom? Blood diamonds? The glowy stuff from the Pulp Fiction briefcase? (What WAS that, anyway?)
(And what is up with my latest obsession with that film? I don't think I've even SEEN that movie in like 8 years but suddenly I'm thinking of everything in terms of Pulp Fiction. Is that how you can tell something's a classic? Or is it just that I have the hots for John Travolta? And that is a little embarrassing to admit, but I don't mean Fat-Scientology John Travolta, or even Skinny-Vinny-Barbarino John Travolta, but the In-Between-Look-Who's-Talking John Travolta, the kind of pathetic John Travolta willing to sell his soul for a comeback. But only that one.)
Was the Guy Who Looked Exactly Like Steve Guttenberg on his way to a big drugs-for-money exchange, but just HAD to stop for some McNuggets? Did a Mac Attack derail his blood diamond deal? Was the 2-Apple-Pies-for-a-Dollar deal just too good to pass up?
Maybe he was just using the case and bodyguard to pick up chicks. I'll never know.
Next there was The Large Lesbian I found playing the slots at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
I was four months pregnant and had to leave the Big Bean and our friends watching Tenacious D at the House of Blues because my enormous swollen feet were hurting before the show even started and it was standing room only.
(Which pisses me off in itself – WHY standing room only? The only thing I hate more than standing room only is when I actually pay for a seat but end up having to stand up the whole night anyway because everyone else is standing up and I can't see over their heads, which defeats the whole purpose of having the show in a venue with seats — if you PAY for a seat you should sit your ass in it so everyone else can too and we can all enjoy the show, and our seats, goddammit).
Anyway, some guy standing waaaayyy too close to me (I have personal space issues) lit a cigarette just as Jack Black came out and that was it for me, I had to go because I was pregnant and already hot and hormonal and my personal space was being invaded and I really wanted a cigarette too I was very concerned for the health of my unborn child. No matter how much I wanted to see Jack Black and that Kyle Is-Your-Last-Name-Really-Gass-or-Is-That-Just-Part-Of-The-Act guy rip it all to shreds, I just wasn't gonna make it inhaling secondhand smoke while trying to balance my waaayy-too-big-for-just-four-months belly on 3-inch heels.
(I honestly don't know what I was thinking with those heels, except that those boots were REALLY hot but they were also very trendy and I knew I would only have a limited amount of time to wear them before they just looked silly and not fashionable at all, and goddammit I was going to get my money's worth out of those fucking boots.)
So anyway, I wandered out into the casino, where I alternately felt sorry for myself and played the slots half-heartedly.
But then I saw her. The Large Lesbian. She came out of nowhere, about 350 magnificent pounds squeezed into a tiny pair of Daisy Duke shorts, with red cowboy boots on tiny feet (comparatively speaking) and a full face of goth-like makeup with jet black hair poking out from under her battered straw hat.
How did I know she was a lesbian? I think *maybe* it was the t-shirt that read "I (Heart) Pussy" stretched over her enormous breasts that gave it away.
Just. Fucking. Awesome. All my self-pity washed away as the questions started – too many to list here.
Thank you, Large Lesbian – wherever you are. You MADE my trip to Vegas.
As wonderful as the Large Lesbian was, my all-time favorite EVER People Watching Experience is Sex Limit Fabio Dad. Spotted at the food court at Six Flags Over Texas, circa 1995. Towering over the rest of the crowd, at least 6 feet, 4 inches of brilliance, a beautiful mullet of long, blonde hair cascading over his shoulders. (But just the back of the hair knew how to Party. The front was All Business.)
Think Fabio, but more bleachy and not as chiseled.
Hey, remember when Fabio got that bloody nose because a rogue bird obviously had a beef with either romance novels or butter substitutes and smashed into his face during a roller coaster ride?
That was fucking AWESOME.
And you know what is even more Fucking Awesome? The smile on the face of the woman sitting next to him in this photo.
But I digress.
Back to Sex Limit Fabio Dad. At Six Flags. Circa 1995.
He wore black jeans over black cowboy boots in 100+ degree weather, blonde mullet damp from the sweat trickling down his face. Strolling to the next ride with his short, round, frumpy wife (who came about to his belly button) at his side. At least five kids of various ages in tow, one tugging on Daddy's black jean leg and begging for a Sno-Cone.
The whole scene was truly remarkable, but the best part of this guy, the part that STILL keeps me awake at night, was his t-shirt. A tucked-in white t-shirt, sleeves rolled up, one side holding a pack of cigarettes in place (of course). On the front of the t-shirt, what looked like a typical speed limit sign — but instead of "SPEED LIMIT," the sign said "SEX LIMIT." What WAS the "SEX LIMIT," you ask?
Why, "69" of course.
It just doesn't get any better than that, folks.
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In recent years, WikiLeaks and Anonymous have made headlines distributing confidential information, defacing websites, and generating protest around political issues. Although many have dismissed these actors as terrorists, criminals, and troublemakers, we argue that such actors are emblematic of a new kind of political actor: extraordinary bandits (e-bandits) that engage in the politics of no one via anonymizing Internet technologies. Building on Hobsbawm's idea of the social bandit, we show how these actors fundamentally change the terms of global activism. First, as political actors, e-bandits are akin to Robin Hood, resisting the powers that be who threaten the desire to keep the Internet free, not through lobbying legislators, but by "taking" what has been deemed off limits. Second, e-banditry forces us to think about how technology changes "ordinary" transnational activism. Iconic images of street protests and massive marches often underlie the way we as scholars think about social movements and citizen action; they are ordinary ways we expect non-state actors to behave when they demand political change. E-bandits force us to understand political protest as virtual missives and actions, activity that leaves no physical traces but that has real-world consequences, as when home phone numbers and addresses of public officials are released. Finally, e-banditry is relatively open in terms of who participates, which contributes to the growing sense that activism has outgrown organizations as the way by which individuals connect. We illustrate our theory with the actions of two e-bandits, Anonymous and WikiLeaks.
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text: QUIZ: How Will Your Rapist Walk Free? Alex Grace Paul PUBLISHED June 9, 2016 Share Tweet Email Whether they're white, privileged, wealthy, an athlete, or a classic mix of all four, Take this quiz to find out how your rapist will eventually avoid responsibility for their heinous crime: What does your rapist do on his day off?Stares at his food bowl while his dad grills him up a nice, juicy steak.Swims a few laps as he imagines women in bikinis cheering him on.Wait, rapist? What's that?Sits in a hammock while his tutor writes his essay.What is your rapist's favorite time of day?When daddy drops a pretzel and he gets to eat it off the ground!During class, when he's actually asleep in his dorm.Every morning when he acts out winning an Olympic medal at his bathroom mirror.Why do you keep saying that word, "rapist"? We don't understand.When faced with a challenge, what does your rapist do?Please stop referring to that young, talented man as a rapist.Gets a stool so he can reach the daddy's secret cookie jar.Swims gooder.Says, "Can you, just, not?"How does your rapist deal with disappointment?Cries because he'll never be good enough for daddy.Tells his lawyer to fix it."Rapist" is an icky word. Can you just use man who enjoys having sex?Quietly stares at his best lap times and reminds himself he DESERVES to win.What was your rapist's favorite school subject as a kid?Lunch.Recess.Before we ruin his life by calling him a rapist, what were you wearing that night?Pretending to have a stomach ache and going to the nurse's office.Who does your rapist look up to?Are you sure he's a rapist and not just a misunderstood romantic? And also, the Duke Lacrosse team.That shelf with all the good chips.Machiavelli, that clever bastard.His future self, an Olympic gold medalist.What is your rapist's dream home?A home where daddy doesn't keep hiding all the snackies!A skyscraper with a golden statue of a swimmer on top.Is using "rapist" necessary? Can't we use the term "bright, promising, athlete?"Don't you mean dream homeS?Why do you insist on ruining your rapist's life like this?You have daddy issues, which isn't his problem.You clearly have a chip on your shoulder about student athletes.This is a classic case of you "not being able to hang" with the guys. It's not his fault you got so drunk! Boys will be boys.Do you know who is father is?He swims away!Before your rapist is even brought to court, he will swim off and disappear into the sunset. You'll never get justice for his disgusting acts, but boy, that butterfly stroke was fast! We've never seen anything like that! He must have broken some sort of record while escaping responsibility for his actions. Somebody get that guy a trophy! Wait, what were we talking about?Share Your Results Share Tweet Email He gets hungry!About halfway through trial, your rapist will suddenly be overcome with the need to eat a whole rib-eye steak. You may have been sexually assaulted, but that's peanuts compared to a man's hunger for meat. Mmm, he likes peanuts, too! The ones they sell at baseball games. Could you pick some of those up for him, as well as the most expensive cut of meat you can find? This boy is hungry, and that takes priority!Share Your Results Share Tweet Email He doesn't want to!While facing a possible 10 year sentence, your rapist expresses that he doesn't want to. The judge finds this argument--a man simply not wanting to admit he committed a crime--to be completely valid, and he sets your rapist free. You may have all the evidence and testimonies necessary to prove your rapist is guilty, but it just can't compete with a privileged, white man who just doesn't want to!Share Your Results Share Tweet Email Rape isn't a real thing!So it turns out rape doesn't exist! Weird, right? Your rapist can't be convicted of something that most of the population doesn't think actually happens. So he goes free! It's a bummer, sure, but what can you do? Next time you get raped, make sure you get "rape raped" instead of just half-raped.Share Your Results Share Tweet Email


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From the unconventional and awe-inspiring to the hilarious and heartwarming, here's a look at some of the most interesting photos, videos and stories that have our newsroom talking today. What's capturing your attention, filling your inbox and cluttering your Facebook/Twitter feed? Tweet us the stories you're talking about using #InstantIndex, or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com, and they could appear on "World News."
Justin Timberlake Stops at Taco Bell After People's Choice Even Justin Timberlake gets hungry for a "fourth meal." After taking home three People's Choice Awards Wednesday night, JT made a pit stop at Taco Bell. He shared two photos on his Instagram account of him behind the counter with employees. "What do we do after we win 3 PCAs?!?! Easy… Go to Taco Bell!! People's Champ, baby!!" he posted with the first photo.
Anne Hathaway Caught in a Riptide While taking a swim off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, actress Anne Hathaway was caught in a riptide. Eyewitnesses said a nearby surfer heard her screams and came to the rescue. She was not seriously injured.
Bosses Happier in Their Jobs, Study Finds A new study from the Pew Research Center finds that our suspicions are real, bosses are happier. Eighty-three percent of bosses are very happy with their family versus 74 percent of regular, stressed-out workers. Sixty-nine percent of bosses are happy in their jobs compared to 48 percent of everyone else.


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Ex-Expressway Authority Board Member Pleads GuiltyA former Orlando Orange County Expressway Authority board member has pleaded guilty to violating Florida's open meetings law and could testify before the grand jury as part of an ongoing state attorney's office investigation into the agency.
Expressway Board Member Indicted For BriberyAn Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority board member was indicted Thursday on felony bribery and two felony counts of solicitation for receiving unlawful compensation.
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The sales taxation of digital products and electronic commerce has become increasingly more important. As you may know, states are hurting for revenue, and since our economy has moved more and more towards electronic commerce, the states must figure out a way to tax it, or else lose out on much needed revenue.
According to Wikipedia,
"Cloud computing" describes a new supplement, consumption and delivery model for IT services based on the Internet, and it typically involves the provision of dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources as a service over the Internet. The term cloud is used as a metaphor for the Internet, based on the cloud drawing used to depict the Internet in computer network diagrams as an abstraction of the underlying infrastructure it represents.
Typical cloud computing providers deliver common business applications online which are accessed from a web browser, while the software and data are stored on servers.
These applications are broadly divided into the following categories that emphasize the concept of "Everything-as-a-Service": Software as a Service (SaaS), Utility Computing, Web Services, Platform as a Service (PaaS), Managed Service Providers (MSP), Service Commerce, and Internet Integration.
How are the states going to tax it?
The problem with cloud computing is where is it located? What state has the right to tax it? Some states may tax it where it is used. Some states may tax it based on the location of the servers. Some states may tax it where the office of the cloud computing provider resides. This is only the beginning of the state of confusion regarding the state taxation of cloud computing and other electronic commerce.
States like Washington, North Carolina, and Wisconsin have updated their laws recently to broaden their sales tax to tax more digital products. New York is really reaching to expand the sales tax to services delivered over the Internet, not just tangible personal property delivered electronically.
If you or your client is involved in cloud computing or selling just about anything over the Internet, chances are, some state wants to tax that sale.


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>Off the Beaten Path>Conversations in Panera Bread...
an amazing likeness
This was the song playing when Mia Wallace ODed (who? Uma's character in Pulp Fiction). Although not the Neil Diamond version.
I've done my best to live the right way. I get up every morning and go to work each day. (for now)
Princess Cancer Pants
Kooky - I'm sure if you put your mind to it, you can do ANYTHING. Even manifest OJ. (how'd I do? do you think I could get a job as a therapist?)
• Chemo
• Chemo-Radiation
• Surgery
• Return to kicking my own ass by 2018
She was not strong. She was valiant. Radiant. Brave and broken. The beauty she discovered in the aftermath was unparalleled to anything she had known before, because it had come at such a cost.
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I I think I already have the Marathon-to-Beer-Manifestation thing figured out.
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
Zoom - we can positively come up with one, tailored to fit your specific OJ manifesting needs. I'll get right on it. As soon as I figure out.... where has the RUM gone?!!
Top 'O the World!
some things are a little too "Dirty Old Man", even for me.
Ok, Zoom - 4 parts rum, 1 part OJ: that'll have you manifesting anything you damn well want.
but you can take a whack at it.
12 Monkeys
They pay money for this class? Does that include the food from Panera?
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
What are you doing in a Panera?
Panera ≠ food
What the hell took you so long...page 3?!
Panera ≠ food
The process is the goal.
Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny.


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EIM introduces customized Internet access solutions for SMEs
Following extensive research into the Internet usage habits of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) business market, Emirates Internet and Multimedia, Etisalat's Internet business unit, announced a new range of BusinessOne solutions for small to medium sized enterprises (SME).
Designed to meet the specific needs and budgets of various sized companies, the existing BusinessOne package has been redesigned into five separately priced solutions, which will be available from May 12, 2003. These provide a range of access speeds, various download limits, a scalable number of e-mails, and web hosting.
"We launched BusinessOne in October 2000 as a 'one size fits all' solution and we have been monitoring its success ever since," commented EIM General Manager Maroua Naim. "The smallest business now requires a high speed connection, e-mail addresses and a web site with which to operate efficiently, but cannot always afford the prices larger companies are able to pay. The five new packages provide solutions to different requirements and we believe the SME market can now advance to the next level."
Larger businesses will be able to increase the speed of their connection and the number of e-mail accounts they receive for their employees. Smaller companies, meanwhile, will have the opportunity to decrease their spending on the Internet when applying to the package that fits their business.
EIM was able to bring down prices for the smaller business by introducing a download limit for each package, according to a company press release. The single user package allows a download of limit 350MB per month, whilst the multi user package provides a download cap of up to 8GB. These were set following extensive research throughout the market to discover usage patterns. Should a company exceed this limit, an additional fee will be charged.
The packages start from 350 Emirati dirhams for the single user business, and increase to Dh2,000 for larger companies. Previously, companies had to pay the fixed price of Dh1,100 per month, regardless of their size. Any customer that requires all the aspects of the existing package will be able to migrate to an almost identical package, whilst saving Dh205 per month.
"This move was an essential next step in meeting the needs of a developing market," added Naim. "The SME sector underpins much of the UAE economy and the Internet has become an integral part of its day-to-day business. By increasing the products we offer, we expect to see the number of businesses taking advantage of the Internet's benefits grow extensively."
Emirates Internet and Multimedia (EIM) is the Internet service provider arm of Etisalat, launched in March 2000. Today the UAE has more than 945,000 users in total, placing the country in the top 20 most Internet wired countries in the world. — (menareport.com)
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It used to be that being a millionaire was a huge deal – I mean, you were considered rich. But now, is having a million dollars that big of a deal?
I'm not there yet (no where near there), but I feel like it really doesn't have the "wow factor" that it used to. In fact, there are over 5,000,000 millionaires in the United States right now, or about 1.6% of the general population. There are now even 1,210 billionaires in the world today – crazy!
So, yes it is still rare, is it that big of a deal anymore? What is a big deal? A $100 million? A billion dollars?


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With the center of the ice being of crucial importance and Regier finally addressing that with the 2012 draft, the 2013 draft did not focus on centers or even forwards prior to the 2nd round. There is a reason. I am attempting to glimpse Darcy's mind and think like him so here we go.
Cody Hodgson is most likely becomes our 2nd line center. At only 23yrs old he had a good season points wise last year but was seriously lacking in defense. This is our #2. So at this year's draft did we really need to draft another #2… in Darcy's mind no. Now that begs the question who becomes our #1 center. The answer is Grigorenko. I will ignore the collective moan from the fan base but this is how Regier is looking at this. Grigs is the #1 guy a couple years down the road so no pressing need to draft or trade up to try and get a #1 center. Finally at the #3 center spot we have Johan Larsson. Now before everyone loses their minds, Larsson centered Zemgus once he arrived and I think that is what they expect going forward.
Now we all seem to believe that our wings are extremely weak. If we project out 3years (barring busts) our RW looks the weakest. Joel Armia is coming in this year and should be a #1 RW. Obviously Stafford is not the #2 RW. So this is where some of this year's draft comes in. Compher and Bailey both could fill this spot but that is really hard to say. So who do I put here? Well if I am channeling Regier, I hedge my bets and believe either Compher or Bailey will work out. One of them is a solid 2way guy who can be slotted in there, JT Compher. See what he did there? 2 guys all RHS that both project out to be good second liners. That leaves the 3rd line slot which can either go to the loser or to a guy like Brian Flynn who I personally like. Also
Now we have the crowded LW but again we are projecting 3yrs. So who is our #1? Thomas Vanek is of course. Darcy I believe plans on resigning him so I shall as well. So that brings us down to #2 LW and the only guy that should be around for that is Ott/Foligno/ Leino… yes seriously #2 is that crowded. Ideally we resign Ott and he becomes our #3 LW and Foligno maxes out as our #2. Now Leino is an issue because he doesn't really fit in the end, but he will be traded prior to this I think, unless he blows us all away. There is so much depth and time for the LW that we should not be worried. In the Pipeline behind these guys is also Connor Hurley, Daniel Catenacci, AND Zemgus Girgensons.
Forward lines in Darcy's mind in 3 years…
Vanek – Grigorenko – Armia
Foligno – Hodgson – Compher/Bailey
Girgensons – Larsson – Ott? Compher? Bailey? Flynn?
Moving on to defense, I think Darcy's mind is now firmly thinking like this…
Tyler Myers will work hard this summer and finally understand what it takes to be a #1 defender and actually succeed in that role. He needs to be in condition and be strong. Ehrhoff is locked up as your #2 guy and veteran leader. Mike Weber slots in at #5/6 or could be gone, flexibility. Now that leaves these guys, McCabe, Ristolainen, McNabb, Zadarov, Pysyk. I would believe that DR thinks McCabe and Risto will be here relatively soon if not in the upcoming year. Zadarov should be coming in next year (McCabe could be also in this category). McNabb is a wild card I think and good be a permanent AHL star. That leaves Pysyk who is a puck mover and should be hear this season. So if DR mind how does this end up? Well if I had to guess:
McCabe – Myers
Ehrhoff – Ristolainen
Zadarov – Pysyk
Weber - McNabb
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The Chesapeake Bay, located on the eastern edge of Virginia, is a body of water over 200 miles long which creates over 11,000 miles of shorelines between the actual bay and its tributaries. The Chesapeake Bay watershed includes parts of six states (Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York.) It is generally accepted that the Chesapeake Bay was largely formed as the result of a meteor impact about 35M years ago.
The Bay is fed by multiple rivers including those that define Virginia's Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck including the Rappahannock, York, Potomac, Piankatank, North (via Mobjack Bay), East (via Mobjack Bay), Ware (via Mobjack Bay) and the Severen (via Mobjack Bay). The James River flows into the Bay from Richmond (and beyond) but does not define the Middle Peninsula or Northern Neck.
Prominent towns and areas along the rivers and Bay in the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula include Gwynn's Island (in Mathews County), Deltaville (in Middlesex County), Urbanna (in Middlesex County), Irvington (in Lancaster County), Kilmarnock (in Lancaster County... and Northumberland), White Stone (in Lancaster County), West Point (in King William County), Mathews Village (in Mathews County) and Gloucester Village (in Gloucester County)


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Underscoring the Obama Administration's all-of-the-above strategy to develop more secure, domestic energy sources and strengthen American competitiveness in the global market, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced on December 12 seven offshore wind awards for projects in Maine, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Texas and Virginia. As part of the Energy Department's broader efforts to launch an offshore wind industry in the United States, these engineering, design and deployment projects will support innovative offshore installations in state and federal waters for commercial operation by 2017.
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Statoil North America of Stamford, Connecticut plans to deploy four 3-megawatt wind turbines on floating spar buoy structures in the Gulf of Maine off Boothbay Harbor at a water depth of approximately 460 feet. These spar buoys will be assembled in harbor to reduce installation costs and then towed to the installation site to access the Gulf of Maine's extensive deep water offshore wind resources.
The University of Maine plans to install a pilot floating offshore wind farm with two 6-megawatt direct-drive turbines on concrete semi-submersible foundations near Monhegan Island. These concrete foundations could result in improvements in commercial-scale production and provide offshore wind projects with a cost-effective alternative to traditional steel foundations.
The Energy Department will work with each project to test these innovations in real offshore environments and conduct comprehensive instrumentation and data analysis that will help accelerate future U.S. offshore wind deployment. The Department will select up to three of these projects for follow-on phases that focus on siting, construction and installation and aim to achieve commercial operation by 2017. These projects will receive up to $47 million each over four years, subject to Congressional appropriations.
The Energy Department's efforts to advance innovative offshore wind technologies support the Obama Administration's comprehensive National Offshore Wind Strategy to develop a
sustainable, world-class offshore wind industry. As part of that strategy, the Energy Department continues to work with partners across the government, including the Department of the Interior, to conduct resource assessments, streamline siting and permitting and overcome technical and market challenges to installation, operations and grid interconnection.
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With UFC 173 less than a day away the fighters stepped on the scale to weigh in. UFC 173 will be held in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Nevada and will feature a title fight between bantamweight champion, Renan Barao and Team Alpha Male hopeful, TJ Dillashaw. The co-main event is a light heavyweight eliminator bout between former Pride and Strikeforce light heavyweight champion, Dan Henderson and former Strikeforce heavyweight champion, Daniel Cormier. Also on the card is a fight between two top 10 welterweights in Robbie Lawler and Jake Ellenberger, a barn burner of a fight in Francisco Rivera and Takeya Mizugaki and a lightweight bout between Jamie Varner and James Krause. The undercard will be shown on Fox Sports 1 at 8pm ET and the main card starts at 10pm ET on pay per view.
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Bantamweight Championship (c) Renan Barao (135) vs. TJ Dillashaw (135)
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U.S. Agriculture Secretary announced $280 million in new Renewable Energy for America Program grants and loans. Two recipients — Arkansas' Supersave Foods and Maine's Cozy Acres Greenhouses — gave accounts of how REAP funding enabled them to rebuild and expand their businesses while reducing energy bills and carbon emissions.
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A review of the Franchising Code of Conduct ("the Franchising Code") was announced on 4 January 2013 by the Minister for Small Business, Brendan O'Connor.
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Ok, let me throw this out there. I actually believe that John McCain is about to do as much damage to the CIA's ability to function as Frank Church did in the 1970s.
I was prodded to do a little more research on the subject of the UN Convention Against Torture and the rest, and the Congressional Research Service noted that in his transmittal of the Convention for ratification, President Reagan provided that the definition of torture was to be interpreted in a "relatively limited fashion, corresponding to the common understanding of torture as an extreme practice which is universally condemned." "… the State Department suggested that rough treatment falling into the category of police brutality, 'while deplorable, does not amount to 'torture' for purposes of the Convention, which is 'usually reserved for extreme, deliberate, and unusually cruel practices … [such as] sustained systematic beating, application of electric currents to sensitive parts of the body, and tying up or hanging positions that cause extreme pain.'"
McCain's Amendment flies in the face of the concerns President Reagan himself had with defining torture down–and in McCain's case, defining it to include "undignified" treatment. Anyone who's dealt with the DMV has been subjected to "undignified" treatment. I think Reagan was right, and McCain is wrong. There is no compelling reason to change course here. Indeed, the compelling case is to leave well enough alone. Our government is reacting to the false allegations of European bureaucrats, phony human rights groups, and the like. These are the same people who refused to lift a finger to help stop the widespread murder, torture and rape of untold numbers of Iraqis. They are in no position to lecture us–or more accurately, we ought not be taking direction from them.
McCain is putting our military and intelligence interrogators in an impossible position. He seeks to expand the definition of torture without defining it (leaving it first to the interrogator to make a best guess, and then a court to make the final call) and he seeks to apply the law outside U.S. territory–exactly what Reagan rejected. And as I've said repeatedly, where is the evidence of widespread "torture" which is presumably the basis for changing course? I remain mystified how we've reached this point. But, then again, I was mystified by the great rush to pass unconstitutional limits on political speech, too. McCain was the driving force behind that, and if anything, we should be more skeptical about his "reform" agenda, not less.


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This courtroom drama is based on the 1925 Scopes "Monkey Trial," in which a Tennessee teacher was charged with teaching that man evolved from apes, instead of state-mandated Creationism. The drama contains a powerful confrontation between a character based on William Jennings Bryan, who believes only what he reads in the Bible, and another based on Clarence Darrow, who defends science and open intellectual inquiry.
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|It has been a long time since I have felt myself totally involved in a play. This play brought me back to a place where I felt totally involved in the action. The performances by both Mr. Dennehy & Mr. Plummer were extraordinary. This is a play no one should miss. It is a timeless classic due to the topic of the play. I look foward to seeing it again before it closes
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|My wife and I saw the show Wednesday night April 11. We were fortunate enough to have seats in the on-stage gallery. As amatuer theatre actors and professional theatre buffs we were enthralled and completly taken in by the supurb perfomances of Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy. To see these icons up close was an honor and a thrill that we will never forget.
Inherit The wind is topical and extremely relevant in today's culture. The 'monkey trial' could have happened yesterday. We felt we were part of the cast and loved the perfomances of all the actors especially Mr. Plummer and Mr. Dennehy. Don't miss this exciting Broadway evening.
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Easily the best thing I've seen on stage,
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|We arrived at the play half expecting the lead actors to play the opposite roles. However, Christopher Plummer's turn as Drummond was masterful.
This play should be required viewing for all... as most will find it inspiring and meaningful.
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|As an English teacher I often used this play in class to demonstrate, among other things, the conflict that used to exist between closed minded creationists and science. That was in the late 60's when I thought that that had long since become non controversial. How wrong I was. The play is every bit as relevant today as it was in the 1950's, 60's and now the 21st century. Great performances by all. How wonderful to see those two great acting Titans battling it out on the stage.
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Friday, 16 July 2010
Those were the days, where are they now
I've never heard of Gilberto Gil or Caetano Veloso: Brazilian psychedelic rockers. Thought they sounded interesting, and it's nice to read someone putting in a good word for Blighty, albeit half-a-century ago:
"Lisbon and Madrid were out of the question as Portugal and Spain were under a heavy dictatorship. Paris had a boring musical ambience. London was the best place for a musician to be."
'''together they frequented museums, art galleries and football matches, and learned to love Monty Python's Flying Circus – Veloso says its surrealism influenced some of his more experimental music.
"But London is one of the most interesting cities in the world, and I am lucky to have lived there."
"We arrived the week the Beatles released Abbey Road, we saw the Rolling Stones at the Roundhouse, we jammed with great musicians, we met great people, we heard reggae for the first time," he says. "The fact you could walk up to a policeman and ask directions – in Brazil that just doesn't happen!"
Smashing stuff chaps, quite a place post-war Britain. Bulging with joie-de-vivre, creativity and originality and a time when you could say 'football matches and art galleries' with no irony. Ah, but what is that I see at the bottom-right corner of the page, like a bunch of Gargoyles bordering a verdigris basilica? What do I see like a raincloud behind a sun-drenched meadow? Could it be the worst crime ever committed against popular music?
Why it was the most important story last evening:
There was one thing I'll say about Take That: it was a hub for deeply untalented musicians. That might not be a good thing, but at least it stopped Robbie Williams and Mark Owen from pursuing solo careers. Owen's career seemed to grind to a halt at one point. Don't know if it was because he went thin on top or developed a spare tire or simply started snorting charlie. I would love to think that even the British people decided his music was so crap they wouldn't buy it. But in my heart of hearts I know that's not possible.
Still, I don't think that Take That was given priority by Te Graun for its damage limitation effect. I think the priority they've given it says it all really, and in a weird way highlights the strange paradox of modern British liberalism. There is a pseudo-nostalgia for a time when popular art was subversive, whilst really they live intensely in the petit-bourgeois present of pop music. It is sad that this broadsheet expects their readership to recognise the slogan 'Back for Good'. But in a sense it is sadder that I got the reference given that I'd rather eat my intestines with vinegar than willingly listen to Take That.
Last time I looked, they've taken the Gil and Veloso article off their front page. Take That are still there though.
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If they arrived the week the Beatles released Abbey Road, they'd have arrived about seven weeks before Murdoch bought The Sun, i.e. the starting point for the death of everything that was good about the post-war settlement. Says it all.ReplyDelete
A very telling vignette again, summarising where the Guardian and by implication some of their readers are that.ReplyDelete
People being happier to immerse themselves in stuff they already know - however worthless - rather than take a risk and investigate wider cultures (whether European, South American, our own!). I know this misrepresents some, but reflects that there is a broad demographic the paper is trying to keep on side by having prominent Take That articles and hiding away the Gil / Veloso stuff...
Interesting Murdoch was around so long before anyone took his views seriously.
I'd say the thing is that the 1960s-late 1970s was quite a remarkable time for innovation and it was interesting in that many people from lower income and ethnic minority backgrounds contributed to it and that so many different countries contributed to the overall culture of pop/rock music. Yet Take That stand for the exact opposite of all this being as parochial and petit bourgeois as marmalade sandwiches.
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- Where: Freeman Coliseum
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- What Rad means: The Color Me Rad 5K, a fun run through flying clouds of colored powder; a popular '80s abbreviation for "radish"
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- How everyone dressed in the '80s, going by The Spazmatics' costumes: pocket protectors, taped glasses, suspenders, funny hats
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Trade or Fade
When I started on the trading floor years ago, I knew I wanted to be a trader. In all honesty, I was completely and totally enamored with the trading floor. All the yelling and pushing and making big bucks at the same time. It was like fighting, but you couldn't punch the other guy, you just had to be smarter and be a better trader.
When I say Brian Shepard and I have seen it all, we really have. It's not very often that a couple of small-time guys can show up at $10 and $20bil hedge funds, or sitting in Abu Dhabi in the world's largest investment firm, ADIA, or sitting with the princess of Thailand during the Thai baht currency crisis, or sitting in a bank in Luxembourg — we have been there and done it all. At the end of the day people like "floor guys," especially ones that have made it over a long period of time. I have been on the floor since 1979 and Brian and I have been together since 1986. That's a lot of time on the floor. When I say we have seen everything, we really have — we had a bond desk, a Dow desk, an S&P desk, a currencies desk and a eurodollar desk. It really has been an amazing run. But things have changed and most floor traders do not make the millions they used to. The days of locals stepping into the S&P pit and thinking they can muscle their way to making big money have been gone for years. The S&P pit just happens to be one futures pit that the locals actually come to trade in still. Most of the other futures pits are pretty much empty with the exceptions of the opens and closes. The S&P pit, on the other hand, still has 50 or 60 locals, and during the rollover there are usually 100 locals and order fillers in the pit, so it's not completely dead. What's dead are the days of buying and selling thousands of big S&Ps and big locals like MSLO making millions in one day. Sure, he can get in there and grind out $15 or $20k in the morning if he catches it right, but he knows he can just as easily get smoked.
Joey B offering in the S&P pit
Last week LBJ (Joey B) took a header again. They say he lost a bunch of cash and no one knows if he is coming back. It's hard to give up on something you love and have spent so much time doing, but the days of making big bucks standing in the futures pits are gone.
Danny Riley is a 34-year veteran of the trading floor. He has helped run one of the largest S&P desks on the floor of the CME Group since 1985.
Our view:
The S&P has been up 5 out of the last 6 trading days. European finance chiefs have agreed to a deal on aid for Greece. They say it's an expensive Band-Aid that will at least stop the bleeding for now. Here is how we see it: The S&P can't keep going straight up; it needs a period of back and filling before it starts going up again. 1420 and 1430 are critical resistance areas right now. This morning we have a barrage of Fed speak and economic releases. That said, we lean to selling the rallies. As always, keep an eye on the 10-handle rule and please use stops.
Today's data:
- It's 7:00 a.m. and the SPZ is up 0.7 handles at 1404, crude is up 26 cents at 88.00 and the EC is flat at 1.2965.
- In Asia 6 out of 11 markets closed higher (Shanghai Comp. -1.30%, Hang Seng -0.08%).
- In Europe 10 out of 12 markets are trading higher (CAC +0.41%, DAX +0.43%).
- Today's headline: "European Stocks Rally on Greek Aid Deal."
- Economic calendar: Today: Dallas Fed president Richard Fisher speaks, Atlanta Fed president Dennis Lockhart speaks, durable goods orders, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks, Redbook, S&P Case-Shiller HPI, consumer confidence, FHFA house prices, Richmond Fed Mfg. Index. Wednesday: Bank Reserve Settlement, Cleveland Fed's Sandra Pianalto speaks, MBA purchase applications, new home sales, API, Fed governor Daniel Tarullo speaks, 2 yr note auction, Beige Book.
- Globex volume: 1.2mil ESZ and 5.6k SPZ trade
- Fair value: S&P -0.25, NASDAQ +1.25
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text: MiaSole's backers invested more than $550 million in the company.Producers of solar equipment were battered by a collapse in prices in 2009-10 after Chinese government grants and other support encouraged hundreds of small producers to flood into the market over the past decade. China's biggest producers of silicon cells have reported hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. Smaller producers have closed and industry analysts expect more mergers and bankruptcies as Beijing tries to reduce overcapacity. Communist leaders see solar power as a way to help curb surging demand for fossil fuels and create better-paid technology jobs. The government plans to add 10 gigawatts of solar generating capacity this year, the director of the National Energy Administration, Liu Tienan, said at a conference this week, according to a text of his remarks released Wednesday. The government said in October it wants to generate 30 percent of China's power from solar, wind and other renewable sources, as well as from nuclear energy, by the end of 2015. That was an increase over an earlier target of 15 percent from renewables plus 5 percent from nuclear by 2020. Beijing's support for manufacturers of traditional silicon solar cells has prompted complaints by the United States and Europe that it is violating free-trade rules. Li acknowledged his company is "going against the tide" of a market that favors silicon. But he said the renewable energy market should rebound late this year or in early 2014, boosting demand for thin film. He said the more advanced technology required to make it means small suppliers cannot rush in as they did with silicon, which was easier to make. Hanergy began as a dam operator and says it now has 6 gigawatts of hydro generating capacity. It later added wind farms and launched a business in 2009 to build and operate solar power facilities.


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Quotable: Joseph Chapa on drones and public affairs
Sunday, September 25th 2016
"The fact that information is biased does not make it false, and the fact that information intends to shape public opinion and action does not make it underhanded or deceitful. * * * America has met the enemy's PR effectiveness with its own PR failures. Misconceptions about RPA operations have been widespread and continue to proliferate."
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Lady Gaga & Katy Perry Want You To Keep Your Seat Belts Securely Fastened
Would you be more or less likely to pay attention to the flight safety instructions on an aircraft if the stewards were dancing to Lady Gaga and Katy Perry while doing it? Personally, I would have popped a Xanax by this point and be out cold. [via Crushable]


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Socceroos will meet this week to ask the Australian Soccer Association which of its faceless men made the decision to invoke a FIFA ban on Mark Viduka and Scott Chipperfield.
Players who made the Venezuela trip and others who missed the match are disturbed that selection matters have been taken away from Frank Farina after the coach was told to name his best squad for the friendly last Thursday no matter the reality of the players' physical and personal situations.
The situation will not be helped by the revelation that no member of ASA's management or board spoke to now banned Socceroo Chipperfield about his personal situation after he missed his Caracas flight.
The former Wollongong Wolves midfielder, twice NSL player of the year, was instructed by ASA not to speak with the media but broke the gag to put his case.
"Maybe it would have been better if I had pulled a hamstring at Madrid Airport rather than been honest about the situation," he said.
Chipperfield's son, Liam, was born last Saturday in Switzerland and on Monday the Socceroo was scheduled to fly to Venezuela via Barcelona and Madrid, but a delayed flight forced him to miss his connection.
Chipperfield contacted the Australian delegation in Caracas to advise of his problems and was instructed to book into a Madrid hotel and catch another flight the following day.
However, after speaking with his wife, Chipperfield decided to return to Basel.
"She was lonely and depressed being with our newborn baby on her own so soon," Chipperfield told The Sun-Herald.
"I didn't get to speak with anyone from ASA management in Caracas or Sydney. I didn't speak with Frank Farina.
"I only spoke with [Socceroo administrative and media officer] Gary Moretti.
"Basel feel they are being punished for something that they had nothing to do with because they released me for the game," Chipperfield said.
"I'm also disappointed because I've always turned up for Australia.
I was the only overseas player to turn up for the last Oceania Nations Cup."
For that tournament, he paid his own air fare to New Zealand to represent Australia in the 2002 Oceania competition when Australian administrators claimed they could not afford to send a team.
Socceroos are concerned that anonymous bureaucrats, with little experience in European football, are deciding who plays for the national team.
With Farina not having discretion to select players on any other criteria but current form, the Professional Footballers Association will demand ASA transparency on team selections.
Farina last week deferred all queries regarding the squad to the ASA and refused to answer media questions on the availability of Viduka and Chipperfield.
The ASA said the decision to ban the players was made by the ASA "board and management" and declined to speak with the media on the issues.
"Nobody has put up their hand so we don't know who it is making calls on selection now," players' union boss Rob Anderson, who has been asked by the Socceroos to arrange this week's meeting, said. "We need to know specifically who it is considering the players' personal circumstances and who made a call on that," Anderson said.
"Clearly, the players haven't had the opportunity to speak directly with the person who is making the ultimate call in this regard so we wonder if this person would know what it is to be a professional footballer in a major European club environment.
"Scott Chipperfield was put in a terrible position by having to leave his wife who was under stress.
"What is the responsibility of Australia's players to their families? That is what has to be answered by the ASA."
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Monday, December 21, 2009
He Shoots He Scores
Anyone who either knows me or has read my journal entries has probably figured out that I am a big fan of film scores. While I have no formal music education or training, it's always been the one genre I've gravitated towards since I was in elementary school. Needless to say, I'm probably not the biggest hit at parties and I doubt there is anyone within fifty miles of my house back home that owns Arthur B. Rubinstein's original score to WarGames! For your listening pleasure, I recommend the following space-themed film scores:
Apollo 13 by James Horner
The album is still in print and can be ordered from Amazon. Horner was nominated for an Oscar for this patriotic, sometimes ethereal piece of work. The CD however does not include the full score - it also features dialogue and period music heard in the film (which isn't bad: James Brown, Jefferson Airplane, etc.).
The Black Hole by John Barry
I've only seen the film once and my recommendation is don't listen to it if you have vertigo! There is a certain swirling quality to the main title theme which is pretty addictive. Unfortunately, the complete score is not available on CD but the original LP tracks can be purchased from iTunes.
Capricorn One
The late, great Jerry Goldsmith scored this 70s conspiracy thriller about a fake mission to Mars. The main title theme isn't exactly up there with Star Wars but it's an action-packed, percussive work. Intrada released the complete score a few years ago but that album is out of print. Collector's Choice recently re-released the original LP tracks - Goldsmith had re-recorded 35 minutes for the original LP release and that version is much more propulsive and dramatic than the music as heard in the film. This CD is available from Amazon.
The Right Stuff by Bill Conti
Would you believe I just saw this film for the first time this past summer? I liked it and I can see why it's such a classic. In addition to Conti's stirring score, the film also features a great rendition of Debussy's "Clair de lune." Varese Sarabande released the album (for the first time ever!) this past summer but all 3000 copies have sold out. You might have good luck on eBay.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture by Jerry Goldsmith
The first Star Trek film was released 30 years ago this month (December 7th, to be exact). While fans continue to debate the pros and cons of the film (I enjoy it), Goldsmith's score is arguably one of his best and one of the best film scores period. To accentuate the mystery of V'Ger, Goldsmith employed an instrument called the "blaster beam," an electronically-amplified metal box, strung with guitar wire, and played by striking it with artillery shell casings. Sony re-released the score in 1999 and, while it's still not complete, can be downloaded or ordered from Amazon.
Oh, and by the way, I'm up from my 30 days of bedrest! Final days in the head-down tilt are now available in journal entries 11 and 12. Last entries during rehabilitation still to come...
5 comments:
- Elizabeth said...
My husband loves film scores too. I'll have to pass this along to him!
P.S. Your friends still totally rock! We get postcards from them, STILL!
- December 21, 2009 at 1:18 PM
- barbie2be said...
one year i asked bill for the "sound track" to forrest gump for christmas and he bought me the score. it took me an hour to get it through his head that there is a difference.
- December 21, 2009 at 6:29 PM
- Norman Copeland said...
You're crazy if you haven't included buck rogers and the 25th century [episodes series/ Gil Gerard and Erin Grey]...
Call your self a man...
Those guys yes whose who around the planets and galaxies...
and get's it...
[Erin... I'm still in love...]
- December 22, 2009 at 10:21 AM
Elizabeth - Nice to know I'm not the only one. Film scores aren't exactly a popular genre. One producer of vintage score albums speculated there must be no more than 6000 serious film score fans in the world. (!)
barbie - In my experience, it's usually the other way around. :-)
Norman - I only included scores that I have heard. I assume you're referring to this? http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.5746/.f
- December 22, 2009 at 1:04 PM
- Norman Copeland said...
The words of the song 'wet' the appetite with the introduction showing the actors on 'different plateaus'...
everyone remembers the music though...
A taster of the 'sort' of knowledge they do... [Doesn't everyone just love talking to people 500 years ahead in linear anomaly time to them]
[does everyone get it... Darn this is good...]
Thanks for listening...
- December 22, 2009 at 3:30 PM


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The word "powerful" is a bit vauge. It could refer to max hit, commonly high hits, or special effects such as the miasmic barrage.
The Godsword: Melee and its two handed. It has the highest strength bonus of any non-degrading weapon.
This can be debated, however. Dharok's set effect can hit very high at when you are at low hitpoints. A Black Mask or slayer helm, combined with the Keris on a Kalphite or Scabaras task, or Balmung on a Dagganoth task, can both yield very high hits (100+).
Keris currently holds the max hit ever recorded, at 136.
Certain weapons in the "a soul's bane" quest can hit 200.
Even though it doesn't have a very high hit the ice barrage could be debated as the most "powerful" because it can freeze the opponent(s) making them useless.


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ufo: aftershock
unidentified flying objects invade the earth! a ghastly biomass fills the skies! humanity starts mutating! and it's your job to save the day! there's just one problem: you can't stop laughing. the ridiculans? that could be the worst ufo name ever.
x-men legends ii: rise of the apocalypse
did you like the original x-men legends? chances are you'll like this one too. in fact, you'll be hard-pressed to tell the difference. well, they did add that roman numeral two at the end. and the apocalypse is rising, apparently.
25 to life
are you the sort who enjoys masquerading as a shamelessly offensive, cop-killing stereotype? look no further than 25 to life. it re-creates even your most violent gangland fantasies, using some of the worst 3d graphics this side of the mid-1990s.
bone: the great cow race
we love the idea of a game that takes a break from the usual how-many-people-can-i-kill hysteria, avoids all the guns and grenades, and tries something a little more wholesome. but we can't condone a game called "the great cow race."
american mcgee presents: bad day l.a.
modern day los angeles is under siege. we're talking terrorists, zombies, and meteor showers. cars in flames on the santa monica freeway. buildings collapsing in venice beach. tar pitswait a second: that's a great day in l.a.


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Cardigan's Gateway Club which has provided support for people with learning disabilities in the area for the past 30 years is to close.
The last meeting will be on April 8.
In a letter to the Tivy-Side the club 's committee say the closure is "with deep regret".
The club organised regular social evenings and provided respite for parents and carers.
"We would like to thank all the individuals and organisations in the area for their generous support," the committee said.
Local county councillor John Adams-Lewis said he was saddened to hear the news.
'The closure of the Dyffryn Teifi Gateway Club has come as a complete shock to me and is indeed sad news for the wider community.Having been involved with the Club since its inception 30 years ago,and at one time a regular voluntary driver and a staunch supporter, this very worthwhile service will be sorely missed. I wish to pay tribute to the small band of volunteers who dedicated very many years of service in ensuring the success of the Club. May I also extend my best wishes for the future, to those who benefitted from the immeasurable weekly support given," he said.