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Revenge fans Fitzy and Wippa get to chat to Emily VanCamp who plays Emily Thorne.
Emily VanCamp is in Australia along with Josh Bowman (who plays Daniel Grayson) and this morning she was in the Nova FM studio to catch up with Fitzy and Wippa.
She said Tyler was her favourite character on the show, explained the difficulties of filming the 'stare-downs', and said she doesn't get to keep the clothes she wears on the show, they're all stuck in a warehouse somewhere in Los Angeles.
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Jason Rose started his career in real estate as a country agent back in 1987. Specialising in Auctioneering, Jason traveled the East Coast of Australia. Jason's determination to be the best that he could was proven with Jason twice being awarded Queensland Young Auctioneer of the Year and twice runner-up in the Australasian titles. After 10 years in the bush, Jason decided to wash off the dust and the mud and move to Brisbane.
In 13 years, Jason has conducted in excess of 3,000 house auctions and has been a finalist (Top 3) in the REIQ Auctioneer of the year in 2000,2001,2003,2004 & 2006. In May 2005, Jason competed against fellow Harcourts auctioneers from throughout Australia and was awarded the Harcourts Australia Auctioneer of the Year.
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Learn the history of Port Orange
Port Orange's Monthly History Lecture Series will be at 1 p.m. Friday, March 8, at the Adult Center Annex, 3738 Halifax Drive.
The topic will be the incorporation of Port Orange 100 years ago.
On March 17, 1913, 30 registered voters gathered to decide whether the community of Port Orange should be incorporated into the "Town of Port Orange." In addition to voting on the incorporation, they elected Dr. Henry K. Dubois as mayor. For information call (386) 506-5522.
Fashion show planned
Our Lady of Hope Council of Catholic Women will host a fashion show at noon Saturday, March 9, at the Parish Center, 4675 S. Clyde Morris Blvd., Port Orange.
Summer fashions from the Our Lady of Hope Thrift Shop will be featured and a picnic lunch and special dessert will be served. Donation is $15 to benefit Council of Catholic Women's charities.
Tickets are available at the Our Lady of Hope office from 9 a.m. and noon and 1 and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, or call (386) 760-0262 or (386) 767-2784. Advance ticket sales only.
County Council plans tourism study workshop March 8
The Volusia County Council will host a follow-up workshop to discuss the preliminary report of the tourism marketing study from 2 to 5 p.m. in ballroom A of the Ocean Center, 101 N. Atlantic Ave., Daytona Beach.
Dan Fenton of the Strategic Advisory Group, which prepared the report, will be the facilitator.
Public participation is welcome. For more information, call the County Manager's office at 386-736-5920.
Bromeliad Society to meet
The Florida East Coast Bromeliad Society will meet at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 10, at the clubhouse in Colony in the Wood, 4000 S. Clyde Morris Blvd., Port Orange.
Guest speaker will be Mr. Marty Folk of the Bromeliad
Society of Central Florida, who will speak on "Bromeliads in Your
Landscape." With so many bromeliads now being grown in the Halifax area, Mr. Folk will discuss placement, cold tolerance,
watering and fertilizing of these tropical plants.
The club will also hold a members plant sale with hundreds of bromeliads for sale, all of which have been grown by members. A raffle of bromeliads will take place and refreshments will be provided. The program is free; registration is not required. For information, call (386) 679-8700.
Fibromyalgia workshop slated
Dr. Phil Afghani of Atlantic Chiropractic & Wellness Center will be hosting a free workshop on "Fibromyalgia: Natural Solutions for Chronic Sufferers" at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 13, at 3510 S. Nova Road, Port Orange.
To make a reservation, call (386) 492-4881.
Library screening Academy Award-nominated film
The Port Orange Regional Library will show "Beast of the Southern Wild" at 2 p.m. Monday, March 11, at 1005 City Center Circle.
Hushpuppy is a six-year-old living in an isolated bayou community. When her father Wink becomes ill, she sets off for the outside world in an attempt to help him. Ten-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis received a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for her performance.
For more information, call (386) 322-5152.
Volunteers needed
Seniors vs. Crime in Sunshine Park Mall, 2400 S. Ridgewood Ave., South Daytona, is in need of volunteers.
Seniors vs. Crime is a non-profit funded through the Florida Attorney Generals office and other donations.
Anyone interested may call the office at (386) 767-5347.
Fashion show and luncheon slated
The Ponce Inlet Women's Club will host its annual fashion show and luncheon benefit at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 13, at the Halifax River Yacht Club.
Doors open at 10:30 a.m. Everyone is invited.
Fashions will be by SteinMart. Guest emcee will be Leslye Gale of Magic 107.7
Tickets are $30 and are on sale now at the Ponce Inlet Community Center, 4670 S. Peninsula Ave., Ponce Inlet. All proceeds benefit the Ponce Inlet Women's Club Daytona State College Scholarship Funds and various local charities. Attendees also can purchase raffle tickets for prize drawings.
For more information, call (386) 322-4512, (386) 682-3364 and (386) 760-8532.
Sharpen your technology skills at the Port Orange library
Sharpen your technology skills with a series of free computer and e-reader classes at the Port Orange Regional Library in March.
Upcoming classes include:
Kindle class: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, March 11. Bring your Kindle and learn how to download library e-books, audio books and music.
Introduction to computers and the Internet: 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 12. Become familiar with terminology, practice using the keyboard and mouse, and learn how to navigate the web and the Windows operating system.
All about email: 2 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14. Participants will learn the email basics, from getting a free address to composing messages and attaching pictures and documents.
Participants are asked to bring fully charged laptops and e-readers and cables. The library has free Wi-Fi throughout the building.
Reservations are required and may be made by calling (386) 322-5152, ext. 28.
Elkhearts Easter Parade Fashion Show
Port Orange Elkhearts are having their Spring Easter Parade Fashion Show Wednesday, March 20, at the Elks Lodge, 5207 S. Ridgewood Ave. Fashions will be by Lily Pad. There will be a best decorated hat contest and raffles. A luncheon will be served at noon. Tickets are $12. For more information or tickets, call (386) 756-9050
PAL fundraiser scheduled
The Port Orange Police Athletic League 17th annual motorcycle fundraiser is in progress.
Participants can win a 2013 Harley Davidson Street Glide or $14,000 cash.
There will also be five $200 winners. Only 3,000 tickets will be sold. Tickets are $20 each and may be purchased by calling (386) 506-5877 with a Visa/Master Card or at the front desk at the Port Orange Police Department.
The drawing will be at 5 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at the Cabbage Patch.
Winner need not be present to win.
Contributions sought for 'treasure sale'
South Daytona Parks & Recreation Department is now accepting applications for its Community Treasure Sale, which features garage/yard sale items, arts, crafts, and authors.
Each 12 by 12 space is $15. Applications may be picked-up at the Piggotte Community Center, 504 Big Tree Road, South Daytona.
This is one of the area's largest outdoor events of its kind.
There will also be a DJ, petting zoo, and other children's activities to help attract large crowds.
The sale will be Saturday, April 27, at Reed Canal Park, 919 Reed Canal Road.
Registration in advance is required. There is no fee for shoppers to attend and browse.
For more information, call 322-3070.
Volusia Flagler family YMCA wins grant
The state Department of Health Injury Prevention Program awarded a grant to the Volusia Flagler Family YMCA, which will give older adults the opportunity to participate in a program proven to substantially prevent their risk of falling.
The grant will allow for a limited number of scholarships for Tai Chi: Moving for Better Balance, at the Four Townes Family YMCA, Port Orange Family YMCA, DeLand Family YMCA and Ormond Beach Family YMCA.
The class requires standing and movement for about 45 minutes at a time. To qualify, individuals must be at least 62 years old and earn a verifiable household income of less than $35,000 per year. Individuals must be able to attend and participate in the class once a week through June 30.
For more information, call (386) 738-9622.
United Way announces poster contest
United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties is conducting its first poster contest.
The contest is open to nearly all ages and encourages creative minds to express how United Way is "Making a Difference in Our Community."
The contest runs through March 25. Winners in the four categories will each receive a prize package worth at least $250. The winners will be announced on April 25 at the United Way/Bright House Networks Outstanding Volunteers of the Year Awards Luncheon.
A panel of volunteers will judge the posters; in addition, one-half of the contests scores will come from votes that they receive through the United Way's Facebook Page. Complete rules, details, prize information, and entry forms can be found at http://unitedwayvfc.org/postercontest.html
County expands online services
Volusia County has expanded its online permit, development and contractor information services.
With the latest phase of Connect Live Permits, registered contractors can apply online for licenses, demolition permits and certain types of residential permits online at ConnectLivePermits.org. Other registered users can submit certain application types online.
The county will continue to expand Connect Live Permits to include additional application types in the future.
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Call it a February warm-up, hopefully you had a chance to spend a little time outside Saturday and enjoy the sun.
If you thought it was warm outside you were right, temperatures were in the 80's today. In fact it was a record high today of 86 degrees which surpassed the previous record from 1977.
People spent Saturday having parties, dancing, listening to music and having a BBQ. Plenty of ice water and cold beer was on tap at the 18th annual Arizona strong beer festival to help visitors cool down.So how long is this warm up going to last? We're set to stick around the record breaking territory for the next several days, 84 is the high expected for Sunday and things will cool down a bit throughout the work week.
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(A) As used in this section, "political subdivision" has the meaning defined in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) When authorized by their respective legislative authorities, a political subdivision may enter into an agreement with another political subdivision whereby a contracting political subdivision agrees to exercise any power, perform any function, or render any service for another contracting recipient political subdivision that the contracting recipient political subdivision is otherwise legally authorized to exercise, perform, or render.
In the absence in the agreement of provisions determining by what officer, office, department, agency, or other authority the powers and duties of a contracting political subdivision shall be exercised or performed, the legislative authority of the contracting political subdivision shall determine and assign the powers and duties.
An agreement shall not suspend the possession by a contracting recipient political subdivision of any power or function that is exercised or performed on its behalf by another contracting political subdivision under the agreement.
A political subdivision shall not enter into an agreement to levy any tax or to exercise, with regard to public moneys, any investment powers, perform any investment function, or render any investment service on behalf of a contracting subdivision. Nothing in this paragraph prohibits a political subdivision from entering into an agreement to collect, administer, or enforce any tax on behalf of another political subdivision or to limit the authority of political subdivisions to create and operate joint economic development zones as provided in section 715.691, joint economic development districts as provided in sections 715.70 to 715.83, or municipal utility districts as provided in section 715.84 of the Revised Code.
(C) No county elected officer may be required to exercise any power, perform any function, or render any service under an agreement entered into under this section without the written consent of the county elected officer. No county may enter into an agreement under this section for the exercise, performance, or rendering of any statutory powers, functions, or services of any county elected officer without the written consent of the county elected officer.
(D) No power shall be exercised, no function shall be performed, and no service shall be rendered by a contracting political subdivision pursuant to an agreement entered into under this section within a political subdivision that is not a party to the agreement, without first obtaining the written consent of the political subdivision that is not a party to the agreement and within which the power is to be exercised, a function is to be performed, or a service is to be rendered.
(E) Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code, insofar as it applies to the operation of a political subdivision, applies to the political subdivisions that are parties to an agreement and to their employees when they are rendering a service outside the boundaries of their employing political subdivision under the agreement. Employees acting outside the boundaries of their employing political subdivision while providing a service under an agreement may participate in any pension or indemnity fund established by the political subdivision to the same extent as while they are acting within the boundaries of the political subdivision, and are entitled to all the rights and benefits of Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code to the same extent as while they are performing a service within the boundaries of the political subdivision.
Cite as R.C. § 9.482
History. Amended by 130th General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 289, §1, eff. 6/5/2014.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.64, HB 225, §1, eff. 3/22/2012.
Note: This section is set out twice. See also § 9.482 , as amended by 130th General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 483, §101.01, eff. 9/15/2014.


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Riviere-du-Loup is a small city on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The city is the seat for the Riviere-du-Loup Regional County Municipality and the judicial district of Kamouraska.The city was named after the nearby river, whose name means Wolf's River in French. This name may have come from a native tribe known as "Les Loups" or from the many seals, known in French as loup-marin , once found at the river's mouth.
Riviere-du-Loup was originally established in 1673 as the seigneurie of Sieur Charles-Aubert de la Chesnaye. The community was incorporated as the village of Fraserville, in honour of early settler Alexandre Fraser, in 1850, and became a city in 1910. The city reverted to its original name, Riviere-du-Loup, in 1919.The city is known for its spectacular sunsets.


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Wow, where's T.I. Anyways, singer/songwriter Rico Love has released the official video for the remix to his latest hit single "They Don't Know." Clifford appears in the remix as well, but not too sure why he's not in the video. Anyways, the video version features Ludacris, Tiara Thomas & Emjay.
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Sunday, January 1, 2012
How a Girl Celebrates New Year's Eve
Well Quinn was really celebrating last night. We went to Dave and Buster's and then home to watch movies. She decided this was the time to torment Belvedere, our beagle. I have never seen her so motivated and strong, trying to get to him and be by him despite Belvedere's lack of reciprocal interest in this interaction. It took both Riley and myself to play defense against her with Belvedere on my lap. Riley got his glasses ripped of and the brunt of Quinn's force. How in the world has Quinny gotten so strong? Gee - it is like she is a superhero or something. One with more flexibility than any other (she can do splits over the enemy). One that is obsessed with beagle dogs and being by them. Don't let her fool you with her cuteness. She is one tough cookie. Happy New Year everyone!
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George J. Soete with Janice Mohlhenrich Lathrop • 2003 • ISBN 0-918006-99-6 • 29 pp.
This publication responds to a need articulated by ARL library directors for a brief non-technical survey of preservation, preservation methods--their appropriate uses, advantages, and disadvantages--and preservation costs. It is intended to provide an overview and to help library administrators in their local planning for preservation and in their communication with preservation specialists.
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"Frank LaMagna Sportsmanship Award"
What is the "Frank LaMagna Sportsmanship Award"?
It is simply the MOST prestigious award the Stallions have!
This award was named in recognition of many years of leadership of past President Frank LaMagna. His philosophy has been very simple. We give EVERY player the opportunity to play this game. Football provides our kids the opportunity to learn about discipline, teamwork, effort, desire, enjoyment, strategy, leadership, respect, dedication, determination and hard work, but most importantly sportsmanship!
These are qualities that hopefully transcend from the football field to their everyday lives as they grow older. How to become a gracious winner and how to handle defeat are important aspects of building character and integrity. The fact is the majority of boys who play Stallions football will never play organized football again. We cater to the majority of players who come through this league, unlike most sports leagues that cater to the minority and organize themselves around the top players, creating tournament teams and recognizing individual accomplishments. We don't have All-Star games, M.V.P. awards, playoffs or championship games. The top players in our league and M.V.P. type players are recognized throughout the season and they earn their rewards through their accomplishments on the field. We consider all of our players as champions!
What we do recognize is the importance of sportsmanship and the impact of that quality. In that regard, we give one player from each team the "Stallions Sportsmanship Award". This award goes to the player who throughout the season displays all of the above mentioned qualities and truly shows a love for the game of football! In honor of Frank's MANY years of commitment to these values, the Award will be named in his honor for MANY years to come! Head Coach or Assistant Coach's sons are not eligible to receive this award.


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I live in the west metro and love gardening! How do I join the seed lending library?
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The Seed Lending Library is a project that we house in our lobby for the University of Minnesota, Morris's Culture, Food, and Agriculture class. If you'd like, I can send you the contact information for the professor and she can give you more information on how the project got started.
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Need some advice please.
One of my buns is approx 7 years old (maybe older) and she's been going downhill for the last month. She has lost a substantial amount of weight and is now virtually paralysed in her back left leg. The vet's first treated her for Statis but even after many injection/fibroplex etc she didn't eat anymore. Her leg has virtually no muscle tone, when she does come out for a run she holds it up but in the crate she shuffles round to eat and use the litter tray.
She's currently on Metacam and Panacur Rabbit in case it's EC.
Last week she was xrayed to see if there was any skeletal damage but the only thing the xrays showed was the start of arthritis in both back legs. She hasn't been injured, and there is no apparent reason for the paralysis.
The only positive thing however is she is still bright, alert, still nibbles at the food but scoffs her veggies.
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Here is an example, if you know calculus and introductory physics.
1) Taken Newton's law F = ma and write it as F = m x''(t), x(t) is a particles position and so x'(t) is its velocity and x''(t) is acceleration.
2) Consider the following assumption (Hooke): the force exerted by a spring is proportional to its extension, and opposite in direction to that extension. In equation form this says F = - k x, where k is a constant of proportionality, x is the extension from equilibrium, and the minus sign insures that the force is opposite the extension.
3) Newtons second law now becomes m x''(t) = -k x(t). Take the case k = m = 1 and this reduces to x'' = -x, or "the second derivative is the negative of the original function". Functions that have this property are the sine and cosine, which upon reflection seem to describe the oscillation of a spring quite well.


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The fall semester has come to a close and I've somehow escaped unscathed as far grades go (…nerves are another matter).
I have also honed in on a research topic - which I hope to get a chance to discuss in greater detail later - for now, let's call it what I called it in my official thesis proposal document: Perceptual Effects of Cross-Contextualized Soundscapes within the Built Environment. - basically I plan to create a sound installation around a green wall and analyze its perceptual effects.
Before this topic solidified, it was more general and something about recording forest sounds. I was anticipating having to do a lot of field recordings of forests - which would have been fun, but after having done some preliminary outings it became apparent that I will have to be very careful about the amount of stuff I take on what would essentially be hikes, since stuff and weight can add up pretty quickly (recorders, tripods, cameras, laptop, microphones, speakers…).
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…me listening to what Jenny hears. You can tell by our equally disheveled hairdos that it's getting late in the night.
Doing some quick listening tests: she localizes fairly well in the horizontal plane, and less so (not at all really) in the median plane (the up-down direction). Lack of shoulders might be a substantial problem, as well as the absence of a real ear canal - the pinna alone seems to do little to help in this regard.
In any case, Jenny provides me with an easy to implement way of getting a binaural recording of a remote space (even if not entirely accurate - a disclaimer I am willing to apply). The mics are wired to run off of plug-in power on any portable recording device like my olympus - so she is completely portable. Also, she looks great mounted on a tripod:
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Q: Has anyone figured out a way to change the display settings for purchased movies associated with an Apple ID on, say, one Apple TV located in a child's room and a second Apple TV located in the parents' room? I would like to keep Home Sharing on but prevent some of my purchased movies or recently watched movies (all purchased from iTunes) from showing up in the child's room Apple TV. The "Parental Control" settings have not enabled me to succeed in doing this. Basically, I'd like to find a way to make "playlists" of my purchased iTunes movies and toggle display and history settings for each of the computers and devices on my home network that are part of Home Sharing. Is this even possible? Thanks.
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A: While Parental Controls will get you part of the way there in terms of preventing the content from being watched in the child's room, they unfortunately do not work to actually hide the content completely—as you've no doubt noticed the content will still be displayed on the Apple TV, however the user will be required to enter a passcode when attempting to watch anything over the preset rating. Although Parental Controls do allow you to hide other sections, such as the iTunes in the Cloud Movies and TV menus, as well as most of the third-party services, they are not available for anything in the Computers section, and the rating controls do not actually hide content, merely prevent it from being watched without the passcode.
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The news that the Obama administration today will inform Poland and the Czech Republic that it's backing out of a deal to build a missile-defense shield based in their countries isn't all that surprising. But it does matter.
There is a sense in the West that post-Soviet Russia can be cajoled into being a constructive partner if we just respect its sensibilities. That sense dissipates the closer you get to the Russian border — i.e., among those countries that lived under Moscow's thumb for the better part of the 20th century. They don't trust the Russia of Vladimir Putin, because the Russia of Vladimir Putin continues to treat its old dominion as its current dominion. Putin's Russia cuts off natural-gas supplies to Europe in the dead of winter on an almost annual basis. Putin's Russia launches cyber attacks against other countries, including the U.S. Putin's Russia interferes in the elections of its neighbors — or just goes ahead and invades them, as in the case of Georgia last year.
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You have to understand this context to understand the courage of the Polish and Czech governments in agreeing to host parts of a U.S. missile-defense shield that Russia found objectionable. Some Poles are old enough to remember another betrayal on Sept. 17 — Russia's 1939 invasion of their country under the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact between the Soviets and Germany. Now the Obama administration is appeasing Russia by reneging on the missile-shield deal with the Poles and the Czechs — on the 70th anniversary of Russia's invasion of Poland, no less. Another master stroke from our diplomacy-focused leaders.
Ten years ago, when Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary joined NATO, then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright declared, "Never again will your fates be tossed around like poker chips on a bargaining table." But that's most likely what's happening here, in a bid to enlist Russia's help in stopping Iran's nuclear weapons program.
Yes, a potentially nuclear Iran is the greatest security threat the world faces today. Yes, we need allies to deal with the mullahs. But we just dispensed with two reliable allies in an effort to gain one decidedly unreliable one. That's a bad trade.
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Its a matter of months before Russia invades Europe. China will probably end up attacking our satellites very soon. Obama has just shown the world how stupid and cowardly he really is.
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Let me preface my remarks by saying: I was no fan of Bush, I consider myself a liberal in many ways, and I have agreed with Mr. Obama on a number of things in the past. However, this move is a huge mistake! We may choose to forego empire building. However, we should not create a situation making it inordinately easy for others to build their own, either.
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Those anti-missile missiles don't work anyway. They didn't work in the First Gulf War either.
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The missile defense scheme that Bush came up with was a bad idea at the time & is a bad idea today. The Pentagon was opposed to it then & they are opposed to it today. And the missiles to put on the ground in Poland and the Czech Republic DO NOT EXIST. Still being developed.
The "new" plan, proposed in 2002 by the Pentagon, would deploy missiles against potential Iranian short & medium range missiles. The old plan would have only defended against Iranian long range missiles. A second phase deployment in Poland and the Czech Republic should be in place by 2015 IF the missiles are developed.
At present, neither the Bush Plan missiles nor the Pentagon 2nd Phase missiles are developed. They DO NOT EXIST.
Bush had 8 years to deploy his missiles in Poland and the Czech Republic. He did not do so because THEY DO NOT EXIST.
September 17th, 2009
2:33 pm
A Democrat or Republican congressman that has no regard for our constitution,,,,,,,
with a stroke of the pen,,,,,
does more damage than anything lobbed out of Iran.
September 17th, 2009
2:55 pm
"Putin's Russia interferes in the elections of its neighbors — or just goes ahead and invades them, as in the case of Georgia last year."
Kyle, I do not want to reopen an old discussion but that statement is not fully correct. Georgia invaded South Ossetia after an agreement between Georgia, Russia & South Ossetia that South Ossetia would be "independent". Russia went in to kick Georgia out of South Ossetia.
The Georgia president made another of his numerous bad decisions.
But going forward that is a tender part of the world because of the oil pipeline running through Georgia. This is one part of the world where "it ain't over".
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3:27 pm
Perhaps some of you should get your news from sources other than Fox News and Rush Limbaugh. Any informed person will tell you that the "missle shield" was intended to deflect missles from Iran or other middle/near eastern countries. It was never intended to even have the scope for an attack from a giant like Russia. However, any type of military action is taken seriously from Russia; they are a paranoid nation. Image if they tried to put weapons in Cuba. Oh, yes, they did once and that was the closest we ever came to the Cold War being a real one.
China is going to attack our satellites? And you wonder why Republicans have a reputation for stupidity! We are China's cash cow, you don't attack your supply of milk.
I am old enough to remember living in nation where the majority was certain the Soviets where armed to the teeth and were just waiting for the opportunity to attack us. I never believed it. The Cold War was the ultimate propaganda machine for both sides. It kept our populaces scared enough to allow our respective governments to spend huge amounts on our military-industrial complexes. After the fall of the Soviets, it was reveal that as many as 4 of 5 Soviet nuclear war-heads were dummies.
Sure Putin is a thug, and his goverment is like a mafia, but that is all. He will continue to bully his neighbors, but with Russia's vast gas and oil reserves, they will wage a largely economic war, not military. You don't get to sell much gas and oil if you are waging war with customers.
So I was the fool in the Cold War telling people Russia was never going to start a nuclear war. Well, this same "fool" will tell you that Iran will never nuke Israel. Surely, like America, they will use nukes as a threat to prevent attacks on their nation, and that makes them dangerous, but a missle shield is a joke for missle that will never fire. Down right foolish horsehockey. Sort of like rednecks believing that if they can keep their guns, they can keep the government at bay. Like Special Forces are afraid of you!
Its real simple. If you want to keep Iran at bay, you need to stop it at the source, you need to go in and dismantle their nuclear program. As I said, if they get the bomb, they will not use it, only leverage it. Then is too late. If you attack them, they might use it (I know I said never, but that was in the context of an offensive move). So that leaves them free to attack Israel with conventionsl means and get away with it. And your "shield" will stand useless.
I am sorry, this stuff is obviously to complicated for too many of you to understand, just like it was in the Cold War. Think of it this way. The robber wants your stuff, he has not intention of killing you, but the gun is the tool to keep you at bay – and the gun may not even have bullets. That how government use nukes. In those years since Hiroshima, how many nuclear attacks? Even with Pakistan and North Korea? None. I rest my case.
September 17th, 2009
4:13 pm
If I were a Czech or a Pole, I wouldn't trust Russia either.
September 17th, 2009
4:40 pm
Michael Honohan, do you work for the Pentagon? If not then shut up! We are not Chinas milk. They own every part of us and will soon have a military twice the size of ours. I got my info straight from the United States Air Force website.
September 17th, 2009
11:23 pm
David Axelfraud: Please, if you want me to take you seriously, refrain from citing a website as your source of information. I love America and trust our military as much as any libertarian possibly could, but believe me when I tell you those websites are propaganda largely for consumption by foreign entities, not for real information for our citizens. If you want that, you need to connect with people on the inside. I have and that is all I EVER going to say about that. And that doesn't mean I know anything of any real value, just that I know people who do and all they will say is that most of the information you or I will ever see is not of any real consequence. Do you understand what I mean? And no I have never worked for the Pentagon, but I have worked with people from our national security appartus and I have been inside the NSA. I can say that much as it is listed in unclassified documents.
I any event, if China, our number one trading partner, represents the "Red Menance" for you, and that somehow gives some substance to your world view, have at it. The real threats today are terrorism and economic warfare. And terrorism would be the least of it if we left that part of the world alone. It has been like that since Jefferson.
AIG, and others sitting on 38 TRILLION dollars of unsecured credit-default-swaps has a far greater potential for world catastrophie than any of this crap. And you are a little wrong. China does not "own" us. China owns a huge part of our national debt. As long as we keep paying them the interest, they have absolutely no incentive to attack us. Now if our economy fails completely and we default on those loans, then we may want to check our supply of warheads. Until then, all this saber rattleing crap is a distraction from the real threat. Goldman Sachs is more dangerous to our survival than al-Queda.
One last thing, you may want to learn a little about logic. If you believe China owns us, then we are indeed it's milk. Does the dairy farmer not own the cow?
September 18th, 2009
12:31 am
Here is the crux of the arguent. If Iran is lucky in a few years they may end up with 2 or 3 nukes. Now here is a country that despite being run as an Islamist regime if FAR more free than Saudi Arabia or any other middle eastern nation. The are industrious, modern, educated and they even have public dissent within the ranks of the Mullahs, in fact, Rafsanjani a leading dissenter, is the leader of the Council of Experts, the very group than appoints and can remove the Supreme Leader. They may be warped religionists, but they are not mad-men like Kim Jong Il and unlike N Korea, there is a body headed by a rational person who can remove the Supreme Leader if he got stupid.
Now put it into perspective. Israel has has as least 400 nuclear warheads. What rational person concludes that Iran is going to fire 2 or 3 nukes at Israel only to be destroyed by a barrage of a hundred or so in retaliation?
No, as I stated earlier, the nukes are a hedge. They say "We can support Hamas and Hezbollah because with our nukes, we will not get attacked. Quick, name one nuclear armed nation that has been invaded. And border skirmishes like between Paksistan and India do not count.
Bush's missile shield, like so much of his ideas is just nonsense. For one, there is no "missle shield" currently in existance that works. We cannot even get consistant results while testing against one missle that we shoot ourselves, let alone an enemies.
September 19th, 2009
1:58 pm
This is weird, guys. Everyone keeps saying the shield was against Iran, not Russia. Now that it is cancelled, everyone mentions Russia, not Iran, as THE consequense of this decision.
The shield is built against Iran, not Russia, but it should not be cancelled because Russia might… (up to your fantasy, add anything you want). What kind of logic is this?
At least be honest and say: the shield is a gesture to Eastern Europe against Russia. Then talk.
More than one million of local lives were taken in Iraq, and the reason for the war was thumbsucked by the think tank George Bush, Brain of the Universe. How come it is only "a mistake"? There are better words for this, aren't they? But the discussion is about a would-be Russian attack on Poland.
If you are looking into a mirror, and get scared – do not blame Russia.
As for this – "Its a matter of months before Russia invades Europe" – well, keep giving us those jewels.
September 29th, 2009
4:17 am
Just wanted to tell you, 99% of Russian just don't care about Poland and Europe. Have you ever see the map where Iran and where Poland, you place missile 200 miles from our borders and you want us to believe that it's against Iran? Maybe the rest of the world want to think that you bring democracy for Iraq, we think that you steal oil there. From Russia with love)))
September 29th, 2009
5:46 am
Kyle Wingfield: "Of course the missile shield was always intended to defend against an Iranian nuclear missile"
Kyle, may I give you some info about missile shield?
Read this: http://cstsp.aaas.org/files/BriefOnEastEuropeMissileDefense.PDF


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Everly's San Francisco themed birthday party (Part 1. The decorations)
I kept joking at Everly's party to our friends and family not to expect all of her parties to be like this - The one million details, elaborate food display, etc. To be honest, I think there is a lot to be said for a good 'ol fashion kids birthday party. The kind I had a lot of growing up. Burgers or pizza, a cake (or if you were really lucky an ICE CREAM cake), maybe a balloon on the mailbox. Kids don't really care if you spent $50 or $500 on their party, as long as they feel special on their big day.
But this was a her first birthday. One of only a handful of birthdays that falls into that "super extra special" category - her first, her thirteenth, her sixteenth, her twenty first. This party was more for those people who have had the joy of watching her grow and flourish this past year and so all of the extra effort was worth it.
Here's our sweet bungalow on party day. We might as well have special ordered the weather. It was in the low 60's, overcast and misty - typical San Francisco weather and a bit out of the ordinary for North Carolina this time of year.
I am completely in love with this birthday banner. It was handmade by Bekah Jennings and her shop is full of sweet banners for every occasion. It provided a cheery welcoming for our guests and best of all, we can use it for years to come as our little ones grow!
I know what you're thinking, "Gee Melissa, that sure is a lot of presents for a "no presents" party." And you're right. Brent and I picked out 6 little gifts for her to open thinking that would be all she had, but a few more were kindly brought by grandparents and family members. The good news is that we raised over $400 in donations for Band of Parents. I was SO excited about that!
One of our favorite spots in San Francisco is the Musee Mechanique. It's an old warehouse down on the Fisherman's Wharf filled with arcade games, fortune tellers and entertainment machines from the late 1800's and early 1900's. We used to have so much fun with a handful of quarters in that place! We have so many photo strips from the old timey photobooths at Musee Mechanique that we wanted to try to recreate a bit of the silliness for her party.
We couldn't afford a real photobooth, so instead we made a low budget version. We tacked a colorful table cloth to a wall. Used posterboard to make a banner sign, and set up a table with hats and fun accessories for guests to use as props. To make the mustaches, beards, and lips - I cut them out of felt, used a fabric stiffner solution (available at any craft store) to make them firm and attached bamboo skewers I found in our kitchen with a hot glue gun. We then had a tripod and camera set up with our remote for folks who wanted to take their own or had someone behind the camera to grab a shot of folks before they left. It was so easy to do, cost us a total of $5 in supplies and will make for a great keepsake of everyone who came for Everly to look back on when she grows up. I also uploaded all of the photos to Facebook and tagged our guests so that they all had a copy.
Brent made the awesome Golden Gate Bridge piece for the wall. He used a couple of cardboard boxes, hot glue gun, a can of red spray paint and some yarn to create it. I can't even tell you how many times I've thanked my lucky stars for having an artistic husband. I totally loved his bridge!
This table featured Ghiradelli Square (another SF landmark) chocolates and sweets and "Everly's Bridge" Golden Gate Red Velvet cupcakes.
I used small cards and my Dymo label maker to make signs for each of the themed foods and attached them to each item.
I was utterly obsessed with the party hats and pinwheels we used for her sweets table. Both items were sponsored by Crossroads Cottage - one of the coolest party supply shops on etsy. I was able to choose from an array of custom paper colors and designs that they created based specifically around my needs. The pinweels turned our basic cupcakes into a beautiful display and at one point, I looked around the room to see everyone wearing a colorful party hat and just got the biggest smile on my face. I loved the whimsy and playfulness the pinwheels and hats added.
The food table featured foods from around the city - Sourdough bread and seafood chowder from the Fisherman's wharf. Eggrolls from Chinatown. Mini Sliders from one of our favorite restaurants in the Castro and a "Make your own burrito" station to represent the Mission. I unfortunately didn't snap a photo of the beverage table, but we had "Lola the Lemon Tree" lemonade (Withoutmelissa.com readers will know that reference) and glass bottle Coca-Colas on ice in a big metal tub. Adding the little signs at each dish helped our guests who had never been to San Francisco know what neighborhood they were eating from.
We bought a 3 pack of paper lanterns off Amazon and tinkered with them a bit. I glued doilies and origami paper to the two smaller ones and Brent spray painted the largest one red. We hung them with yarn above the food table and next to our birdcage light fixture.
I love this shot of Everly with her Aunt Katie, checking out all the yummy food.
We also sent everyone home with these fun party favors. Chinese takeout boxes filled with sidewalk chalk. Drawing on the sidewalks was another special memory for us in San Francisco so this an obvious one for a party favor. I had hoped to also have a sidewalk chalk collage on the front sidewalk for everyone to add to , but the damp weather nixed that idea.
The key to pulling this off on our budget was a lot of pre-planning. I've been collecting party supplies (paper plates here, party decor there) a little bit at a time for months on end. We handmade as much as possible and I simply could not have pulled this off without amazing support from Everly's Mimi & Gigi, Nana, Grammy and her godparents, Kathy and Terry. They helped with everything from party set-up, to cooking the food, running errands and providing some of the goodies we served. What would we do without our amazing family?!!?!?
Whew. I'm now completely exhausted just typing this out. You moms out there who pull these things off by yourself in a matter of weeks, I don't know how you do it! It took Brent and I four months and a full team of family members to get this together. I'll never look at one of those "birthday party inspiration" websites the same way again!
Next week, I'm going to do a separate post on what Everly wore and some of my favorite moments from her party to keep this from getting too long. I've also got some fun giveaways in store from some of the etsy sellers who participated in Dovie's party!


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FriendshipJune 8th, 2006
The Art of PizzaJune 6th, 2006
Previous research trips have left us with only two acceptable pizza delivery services. We only have one of the twos menus. Circumstance is our major decider.
The technical details are a/my given.
Within 7 days we have had the following as an evening meal.
3 x 12inch
2 x 15 inch (twice)
1 x 18 inch
All good. The best cost/food ratio has not been calculated.
Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp is good. Very good. Omar and I sit watching one episode per night in our monkey masks. We are content.
Seattle. The final moments.May 30th, 2006
After some casual farewell drinks on Thursday and Friday, I spend my last day in Seattle at Folk Life, a weekend of varied music at the best place in the world, the Seattle Centre. There's a serious amount of music (and additional food stalls) here. I thought I may only pop down for an hour or 2 to while away the afternoon. Instead I'm there from midday til 10pm, watching acts as diverse and the Emerald City Jug Band, The Panda Conspiracy (aptly named) and the return of our fave, Angelo Pizarro. The man is a legend. Gut-rot red wine is drunk and I even bump into some English people I met earlier in the week.
I return to my apartment and decide to see Seattle off with a farewell drink. One of my local bars is having a late happy hour. I order a single malt. I'm charged 3 dollars, and I quickly ask for a double. I now have a rather large glass of whiskey in front of me. I get more and more tipsy and end up teaching a woman I meet how to perfect her English accent (yet another Sarah, I think this makes her the 7th or 8th I've met in the last few weeks), this largely involves teaching her to say "bollocks" and "arsehole". I'm dragged to another bar, where I proceed to be disgusted by an unpleasant American man (I call him rude names, he thinks I'm joshing with him, those around him seem to know better) and later tumble into bed when I can no longer stand. I'm going to miss my quiet drinks in Seattle.
Onwards to California.
Weird Kid updateMay 26th, 2006
Work is followed by some drinks in Ballard.
The evening is of import for two reasons.
1 Excellent use of the monkey mask.
2 Info about the recently elusive weird kid.
It turns out that others know of him. And they have tales. Including one where whilst on a bus, a bottle of booze bursts in his jacket and he wipes his sodden hand over a stunned and unreactive girl's face. Noone reacts. How very London.
MogwaiMay 26th, 2006
Tuesday is Mogwai day. I walk to the venue and proceed to have a couple of drinks while waiting for my workmate. I bump into a fella from Leeds (big guy with dreads and some violent stories) and his more sedate sister. We sit at the bar and drink, and are shortly joined by my workmate. We carry on drinking. I nip out for a smoke and start chatting to some heavily tattooed young ladies. One has a large tattoo of a heart on her chest. A heart as in the organ. I can't help but stare. They mock my accent.
Then it's Mogwai time. They rock my little world.
We leave and get a hotdog. The tattooed ladies grab me and we're taken drinking in Capitol Hill. Where two new girls (Texas and friend) decide to mock my accent.
My workmate abandons me.
The tattooed ladies leave, barely able to walk, and Texas and friend adopt me and soon we're off to another bar. A small gay karaoke bar.
We drink and I start to wonder a) why I haven't passed out yet, b) why everyone I meet in Seattle is called Sarah or Lyndsey.
Eventually we are thrown out the bar and wander.
I roll home sometime around 3 and feel confused.
My silly accent has made me a temporary object of wonderment.
sleep deprived in SeattleMay 23rd, 2006
The weekend starts with a pot-luck party. Don't fear; this does not involve pot. I practice my monkey impression and see how many wagers I can make. Hence a good night.
On Saturday I decide to do some tourist crap. I wander down to Pike Market, ignore the pro-Hugo Chavez rally and merge with the tourists. No fish are being thrown despite the reports otherwise. I walk along the waterfront and piers until I get to Pioneer Square where I waste some time drooling in a guitar shop and then move on to a rather excellent antique shop (the term 'antique' is used rather more loosely here). There is far too much groovy shit. Plans of shipping it all home and making my fortune were barely kept in check, but I did manage to buy a small array of goodies.
I decide to go for a quiet drink in the evening and go to one of my local bars where a rather distinctly average band is playing. I settle at the bar.
And then people start buying me drinks. The barmaid buys me one for having an 'excellent accent'. I tell her I've been working on it for the past 29 years. Then a crab fisherwoman joins me and buys me a drink. I don't make any jokes about fishwife or crabs. I don't need to; having spent the last few months at sea with sailors she has something of a potty mouth already. Then her friend Attila joins us, and buys me a drink. Then we bump into a cook from one of the adjacent docked ships and she buys me a drink. Having the foreignness is paying off. Things get blurry after that. I stumble into bed at some ungodly hour.
I wake a few hours later to some kind of spiritual music blaring from the apartment above. Its barely 9am. I growl. I wait, then fall asleep again.
I take it easy on Sunday, and retire early. I fall asleep around midnight. I'm awoken near 2am by the couple in the apartment above screaming/crying/slamming. Either the people who were rowing on my first night are still there or the room is cursed. In contrast to my first night when the man was screaming (like a girl) "fuck off" etc, he's now begging his girlfriend/wife to stay. I wish the whiney sod would make up his mind. He starts getting higher and higher pitched. I get annoyed. He seems to cry himself to sleep and I doze off near 3.
Before 7am the bugger starts up again. Why is his girlfriend with such an unstable man. He is clearly an arsehole. A loud, obnoxious, whiney man who clearly has no concept of stiff upper lip. Or diginity. He screams. I roll my eyes and grimace.
I'm getting my room changed. A good thing for wanker above me. Otherwise I would have been forced to knock on his door wearing my monkey mask and armed with a spatula. It would have got messy.
3 ReasonsMay 19th, 2006
Still no sign of weird kid.
But I dont need weird kid anymore for the following 3 reasons.
1. I arrived at work the other day to find a monkey on my desk.
2. the yankee dollar has crashed, so I'm rich
3. I befriended a local homeless guy yesterday.
Sod weird kid. I don't need him.


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Freya by great artists!!
Freya by great artists!!
My name is Verónica and I'm from Spain.
I started to draw like two years ago and I still learning.
Sometimes I use bases or references por my own drawings,
but I always put it on the credits.
I love photography,
I try to have my camera with me all the time.
I'm a big fan of manga and anime.
My favourite anime is Fairy Tail ^^
Like all people here, I want to enjoy in DA and meet new friends, so,
go and talk to me! ^^
Well if you wanna know something just ask ;]
My english isn't too good, sorry if you don't understand something than I say.
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