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With Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Earthquakes and Wildfires Erupting Across the Earth, Are You Prepared to Survive? |
– Clearly the world is changing, and we know for a fact that the polar ice caps are melting.
According to scientists, they're melting at an alarming pace.
Many scientists blame 'Global Warming'. However other scientists heatedly say that 'Global Warming' is just a theory, and the true data doesn't support it.
Something else is going on, they say. Exactly what is going on, these scientists aren't sure.
Here's something that many scientists don't seem willing to consider — what's going on with Planet Earth is coming from the direct hand of God.
Just as foretold over two thousand years ago in the Holy Bible. In the 'last days' the Bible reads, when the world is at the height of wickedness and much of the world has turned it's back on God and the Savior that was sent to all people, Jesus Christ — God is going to bring a number of devastating "judgments" on the world, in a period appearing to last approximately 7 years.
Many Christians refer to this time period as the "Tribulation".
In the Book of Daniel, God calls it the "Time of Wrath".
In the Book of Revelation, it is referred to as the "Hour of Judgment" (Revelation 14:6-8) and includes the coming "man of lawlessness" (which many refer to as the "Anti-Christ") and his infamous "mark of the beast" or (6-6-6).
Before these judgments begin — and before the Anti-Christ is given power over the nations of the earth — Jesus Christ told the disciples that there would be signs in the earth, and signs in the heavens, that would occur like birth pains on a pregnant woman in labor. What he seemed to say is that these 'signs' would start out infrequently and spread apart, but as the Time of Wrath approaches the signs in the heavens and signs in the earth would occur closer together, similar to a woman about to give birth.
In the last two decades, that is clearly happening with the number of natural disasters that have occurred.
There are four times as many natural disasters in a single year right now, than twenty years ago.
AFP: Natural disasters have quadrupled in two decades: study
And in the eyes of God, as revealed to us in the Holy Bible, the world we live in today has more evil people doing more evil things than any other time in history.
Whether you believe in the Bible or not, we are living on a Biblical time bomb. If Christians are right, this bomb is about to blow.
Preparing for Disaster
What you have on hand for 'emergency supplies' can and will most likely save your life when a major disaster hits.
As you go through each day knowing that something terrible could happen — and that the Time of Wrath as foretold in the Bible may truly be at hand — why not have a few essential supplies on hand?
Nowadays, the chance of an emergency coming your way is unfortunately pretty good.
Even if you do decide to believe in the Bible, the Bible reports that most people fail to come to true faith and are destined for the Time of Wrath. Of course, this may include you, if you're half-hearted or lukewarm in your relationship with Jesus Christ.
With God, the warnings from the Bible are clear… we have to besincere about our faith in Jesus Christ. We have to live lives fully committed to living by God's Word and living out the teachings of Jesus.
If you don't live by the Bible — and follow God's commands and the teachings of Christ, as lead by the Holy Spirit given to those who truly believe — you are destined for the Time of Wrath. You can read this yourself in Chapters 2 and 3 of Revelation (the last book in the Bible).
Why Are Christians Not Taking the Book of Revelation Seriously?
A lot Christians in modern day America take a few vague passages said by the Apostle Paul in early books of the New Testament to justify lukewarm faith or backslidden living. At the same time, they skip the Book of Revelation — the last book of the Bible — entirely, which lays out very clearly in Chapters 2 and 3 that God has called all believers to true and sincere faith — and he promises to spit believers with lukewarm faith from his mouth — if these believers don't repent.
You can read that yourself in Revelation 3:15-16. So why are so many Christians skipping the Book of Revelation?…
With these things in mind, it might be smart for you to prepare for the possibility of disaster coming over the earth in the near future, as the beginning of God's end times judgments. I say this because the Time of Wrath appears to be close at hand. Could it be twenty years away? Could it be five years away?
Or could it only be a few months from now? Christ tells us that he is coming like a thief in the night (Matthew 24:36-42) and this is likely the same time that God's judgments will begin on the nations, and the world will enter the Time of Wrath.
If the end is going to come as a suprise to much of the world, it might be smart to be prepared — perhaps your preperation will help loved ones and neighbors better cope in the initial days of a disaster.


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The Advantage of Being the First To Fail
Sean Kensil (BSBA'12) and Kaitlin Margraf (BSBA '12) from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business recently had a research paper titled "The Advantage of Failing First: Bear Stearns v. Lehman Brothers" published in the Journal of Applied Finance.
Georgetown on the Hill Series Expands with Focus on Trade Policy
The Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy Announces Appointment of New Senior Industry Fellow and Series Co-Director
Georgetown Global Forum Launches in Mexico City
Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business launched the inaugural Georgetown Global Forum in Mexico City on October 16. The series brings together alumni, corporate partners, friends of Georgetown, and prospective MBA students for an evening of networking and discussion in different cities around the world.
Executive Education Alumna Appointed White House Fellow
Ariel Grace Batungbacal, a graduate of the Georgetown McDonough School of Business Executive Master's in Leadership program, has been selected to join the 2012-13 Class of White House Fellows.
As a fellow, Batungbacal, who is a major in the U.S. Air Force, will take part in an education program designed to broaden her knowledge of leadership, policy formulation, and current affairs. Fellows also participate in service projects throughout the year in the Washington, D.C., area. -
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Award Recognizes Educational Excellence in Creating Opportunities for Minority Students
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Building a Bridge of Hope
While in South Africa for his Global Experience consulting project, Jim Kyle had the opportunity to collaborate with nurses at the Jubilee District Hospital in Johannesburg. Also a nurse, Kyle saw the challenges that his counterparts there face and was inspired to find a way to help them overcome those challenges. The graduate student from the Executive Master's in Leadership program at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business personally donated Samsung Galaxy tablets to encourage continued nursing leadership growth and development.
Missed Economic Opportunity
J. Bradford Jensen Testifies Before Congress for Services Trade Liberalization to Boost U.S. Economy
Fellowship Focuses on Undergraduate Research
The Undergraduate Program Office at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business offered Summer Research Fellowships for the first time in 2012. Students received either $2,500 for five-week projects or $5,000 for 10-week projects. Fourteen students participated in the inaugural program, in which they partnered with faculty members to study topics in accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, government relations, international business, marketing, and operations/information management.
Supporting the Work of Military Members
When six active-duty military students in the Executive MBA (EMBA) class of 2012 enrolled in Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business in 2010, they had no idea that changes to the Post 9/11 GI Bill would lead to decreases in their tuition benefits. As they searched for the means to finish the 20-month program, they faced a delay in their graduation and the possibility of deployment during that time.


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ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla.-- Look out! Action News found some teens are on a mission.We found the group from Jacksonville Football Club at One Ocean Resort -- waiting on their role models. "We've been out here since 4 trying to find them," 13-year-old Meagan Ando said."Them" is the U.S. Women's National Soccer team. They're kicking off a match against Scotland on Saturday, and are staying at One Ocean.The girls not only hung around for pictures and autographs, they even left a special message in the nearby sand: Go USA."My goal was to meet at least like five or six of the players. I met more than that, so I was very excited," 13-year-old Ireland James said. Jacksonville is slowly but surely becoming a super hub for sports. Not only do the Jaguars play eight home games at EverBank Field, but there's the Georgia/Florida game, The Gator Bowl -- and recently, a number of international events.The Men's National Soccer team hosted a friendly match against Scotland last year, The Davis Cup just wrapped up, and soon, Philly's MLS team will play an exhibition game against Montreal.As if that's not enough, Everbank is also hosting a Lacrosse classic at the end of the month. "We're working hard for a lot of different events, and to continue making Jacksonville a destination for a lot of these kinds of major sports and entertainment activities so people can come and see downtown and see parts of the city," said David DeCamp with the city of Jacksonville. The girls we found say they're grateful for the chance to watch their heroes in their own back yard. They hope the women's team comes back, and hope they can one day acheive the same dream."That's who I look up to and who Iwant to be one day," James said.
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Written by Pip Lincolne
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Etsy is a goldmine for all kinds of things, isn't it? Whether you are looking for a gift or something for yourself, crafty market-place Etsy is guaranteed to have a handmade, cute or quirky spin on the thing you want (sometimes all three!) The good thing about Etsy is that even though it's backed by a big company, nearly the whole purchase price you pay for an item goes direct to the maker. That means that you are supporting someone's micro-business when you choose to buy from Etsy. I think that's a great thing, especially when there are a ton of people running their own cottage industry from an Etsy storefront. We like cottages, right? And we want to support those who are industrious in them! Yes!
Seriously though, you can find all kinds of on-trend stuff over there, because that's actually where most of the trends start, with imaginative, creative people who are able to take a punt on cute cleverness. Etsy makers answer to themselves, so they don't always make the kinds of commercial compromises you might see in big labels. (Heck, you'll probably see the big labels replicate the stuff they see on Etsy, once they've seen the market tested. Big labels can be like that.) Etsy is the home of imagination and innovation.
Today we're looking at prints and posters found amidst that hot-bed of inspiration . Here's eleven that you might like, fresh from Etsy. Yay!
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Dedicated by the Jacobs and Chill Families in Memory of Harold and Pearl JacobsDora Bas Rivka Silver O'H
An Introduction to Chronicles
Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
The first nine chapters are composed of long, detailed genealogies. These occasionally diverge from our understanding of things as detailed in earlier Books, including the Torah itself! This is not as troubling as some readers might find it. First off, many discrepancies can be immediately dismissed by recognizing that numerous people throughout the Biblical era were known by multiple names; Jacob was also called Israel, Hadassah was called Esther, etc. If one is incredulous that Saul's grandfather Aviel was called "Ner" (lamp) because he lit the street lamps, try explaining to someone 2,000 years from now why Arnold Schwarzenegger is called "The Governator."
And what about large omissions in the text? These chapters were compiled by Ezra, from the genealogies kept by the Tribes. Some Tribes did a better job retaining their family histories; others, not so much. Ezra recorded what the Tribes had provided, leaving out what was missing. (Some Tribes are absent altogether!)
But why should something as mundane as family records be canonized into the Bible? Again, this is not unprecedented. Numbers 21:14, for example, quotes from the no-longer-extant "Book of the Wars of G-d," while a letter written by Nebuchadnezzar occupies more than an entire chapter of Daniel. Quoting a book in the Bible is no more inherently surprising than quoting the conversation of Pharaoh or Balaam; their words may not have been holy when they uttered them, but they are now bona fide Biblical verses.
The rest of the Book is historical narrative, but its focus is different than that of Judges, Samuel and Kings. The focal point here is on the Davidic dynasty, with the result that the narrative begins just prior to David's ascension to the throne. Incidents from the Books of the Early Prophets may be told from another perspective, or omitted altogether, while some stories may be recorded here for the first time. (One noteworthy incident is the murder of Zechariah the priest in II Chronicles 24, which has no parallel account in the Book of Kings.)
One final note: the commentary popularly attributed to Rashi is generally accepted to be by other hands. This is the case in several Biblical Books and the author is often referred to as "Pseudo-Rashi." Here, we have taken to referring to this commentary as that of "Rashi" (with the quotes).
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Are you single or married? Single
How many children do you have?�none��
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Favorite Color? hmmm...I can't choose just one.
Favorite Sport? to watch on TV...Basketball. To play or watch�live on a beautiful summer day...Baseball.�BUT, I think my favorite sporting event is the World Cup or the Olympics. Go World!
Favorite book? "The Great Gatsby,"�"The Strange Case of Dr Jekyl and Mr. Hyde,"�and I really loved the moral lessons of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein." Currently I'm working on "Love in Time of Cholera."
First appearance on KOST?�February 6, 2006
What was your first radio job? I interned for a morning show, and I got to go to many red carpet events, so I LOVED it.
What was the worst job you ever had? hmm...this is a tough one. I think I've liked all my jobs, but some have been harder than others. I think the toughest was charging for parking at the Orange Blossom Festival in Riverside. We had to flag people to come to our lots and charge them, all under the heat of the 90 degrees�sun...and did I mention I forgot the sunblock? Yeah, not pretty. The second hardest was probably being a telemarketer. I had tons of people yell at me and hang up. I don't blame them, but hey it was my job to interrupt their dinner hehe
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If you weren't in radio, what would you be doing?�I would be a broadcast journalist, an actress, a writer, a lawyer, a stylist, a PR person or a school counselor.�
What advice would you give to anyone who would like to get into the business? I would say intern, intern, intern.�Work VERY HARD, be persistent, network, and be willing to make sacrifices.
Best artist you met/interviewed?�
WOW this is tough...I've met lots of cool people, but I was SUPER excited to meet Steve Martin because he's AMAZING. As a 90's kid meeting Bob Saget from "Full House," and Scott Baio from "Charles in Charge" was a big deal. I also�probably earned major cool girl points for scoring a sit-down interview with Matthew McConaughey ;) Still, the ULTIMATE COOLEST person I've met has to be JOHN TRAVOLTA!
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The American legal profession is facing challenges unlike any we have witnessed before. The average debt load of law school students continues to increase, major law firms have slashed the number of entry-level associates they hire, and observers do not expect a return to the days when graduates could expect to earn six-figure salaries despite little training in the day-to-day practice of law. Add in the extraordinary worldwide economic uncertainty, and one begins to wonder what type of future exists for new lawyers. Under the circumstances, does it even make sense to go to law school?
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- Create more partnerships with employers to transition recent law graduates into practice. One of these pathways to practice might be apprenticeships similar to medical residencies, something that has long been the practice for lawyers in the United Kingdom and Canada. These would be paid positions that would allow new lawyers to support themselves, but both employer and employee would recognize training as an integral part of the experience. The trainee could then move into regular employment with the employer, or could enter the job market with marketable experience.
- Establish academic programs to better prepare graduates for the workforce. A good education must offer strong academic and theoretical content, but it also must provide preparation for working as a lawyer. Experiential learning through vehicles such as legal assistance clinics, simulation activities, and in-practice placements must become a more significant part of the law school experience, particularly at a time when the National Association for Law Placement reports that only 64 percent of 2010 law graduates had jobs in the actual practice of law nine months after graduation. Legal educators and accreditors should develop appropriate ways to determine how those learning experiences contribute academically to the three years of legal education. Not all schools will provide these experiences in the same way—but all must offer more hands-on learning and skills training.
- Educate students about the realities of law school before they apply. Too many prospective students choose to attend law school because they think the majority of graduates are handed six-figure salaries, when in reality, the median starting salary for recent grads with full-time jobs is $63,000. There are many good reasons to want to become a lawyer, but a high salary shouldn't be the only one. I propose partnerships among pre-law advisers, the Association of American Law Schools, and the American Bar Association, to formalize programs that educate high school and undergraduate students about what it is really like to go to law school and to practice law. Law schools spend a lot of time trying to convince everyone to come. They should spend an equal amount of time helping students decide whether law school is right for them in the first place.
- Reflect the realities of an integrated global economic environment. Most American law schools have done a good job at creating curricula that will prepare students to practice law anywhere in the United States, but now is the time to position American law schools as world leaders in legal education. There are already signs that more students from outside of the country are looking to the United States for their primary legal education, not just for graduate degrees and specialty credentials. This presents an extraordinary opportunity for U.S. law schools to add value to their educational experience by preparing students for the growth of transnational legal practice and the development of a cadre of legal practitioners whose education and practice is not limited to one national legal system.
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L&A danced in an ugly set of costumes (a chartreuse suit coat???) to old pop music and did moves that had nothing to do with the type of dance portrayed. AFAIR, Lobacheva had been injured, and the routine did everything possible to conceal her behind Averbukh where the judges couldn't see her, and where he did extravagant moves to distract from the fact that she was not really up to snuff at the time. B&K's FD was pretty horrible too, but at least both were healthy. Worlds was in DC, 2003. It was no surprise B&K won. The performance of the competition for me was Denkova & Staviyski's Baroque OD. Tanith & Ben's Elvis stole the show and completely upstaged the L&A number in the 50's pop category. And for sheer courage, Wing & Lowe's John Lennon FD, delivered when the US had declared war on Iraq, won the prize.
Yeah, that was about it...
I've always regarded being a diva or divo as a negative quality in almost any endeavor, including ice dancing. The bad behavior signalled by the description is supposed to be allowed because the person is a star. Needless to say, treating people badly is never good, and sooner or later bites you in the butt, in any endeavor, but especially when a team is involved. The other member of the team often leaves, gives up, or just doesn't want to put up with the crap.
Now if you use the word "star quality" I think that is a plus, but it doesn't at all require being a self-entitled, loud-mouthed, demanding pain in the butt. And certainly, in a team, sometimes one of the partners may have more star quality than the other.
I completely agree with you about Denkova and Staviski's Baroque dance. I still hunt it up on YouTube when I want to see something gorgeous.
As for diva, I agree with your definitions and distinctions but assumed for this discussion that we were talking about people who could project diva-ness on the ice, not people who behaved like divas behind the scenes. Some of the on-ice divas may behave like that off the ice, but that's another story!
I read through the whole thing, and decided I wanted to sever "star quality" from "demanding & obnoxious," because I'm not sure what we are discussing here, since I don't think people have wholly agreed on an operative definition of diva.
On ice, I don't want to watch someone pretending to be a talented, but obnoxious person, any more than I wish to see them really be talented but obnoxious. Do the judges like to watch fake obnoxiousness more than I do? I have no idea; I'm not a judge.
There is something (heck a lot) to be said for being able to display a wide (as opposed to shallow) emotional range in ice dance, but displaying "demanding and obnoxious" is an ability I would rather were used sparingly, in roles like Carmen, where it's called for, and during Argentine tangos (which not coincidentally) are not my favorite dance.
Sometimes I think people conflate "diva-ishness" with sexy, and I think it is entirely possible to be sexy without appearing demanding & obnoxious. Navka did a great job of this in her "Ain't No Sunshine" OD, my favorite OD from N&K. Being sexy is not a negative
But I don't think I could decide who is a diva or not without a clearer definition. OTOH, I could give you a list of skaters I think have star quality.
Denkova/Stavisky"s Baroque Dance is what got me interested in Ice Dance and, of course, them. Absolutely, the most original dance, and not a parody of Elvis Presley. I think they call that dance: Gallop.
I still think B&K were given their title only because they promised to retire... that title meant more to them than keeping their style... they lost what was special.
Now see I happened to love that Free Dance by Bourne & Kraatz and completely thought they deserved to win the title.
I liked their FD as well, it was campy and over the top but coherent and highlighted their strengths. I do agree that they somewhat "assimilated" to what they thought the judges wanted to see when they went the DRAMA! route. But L/A had been injured and they were IMO given a catastrophic FD by Linichuk. That's why I'm always nervous when a pair changes coaches to Linichuk/Karponosov: There's always the possibility that they will be given potentially career threatening programs. K/O struggling with that African Percussion FD (if you do something that risky, make sure that it looks good right out of the gate), that "Jesus Christ Superstar" monstrosity for L/A that they even brought back in 2000 because they couldn't make any of their other FDs work. DomShabs' OD last year. OTOH, when she's inspired she can do very interesting things.
Back to the "diva" question: I would describe Klimova, Krylova, Grishuk, Anissina, Fusar-Poli, Navka as that. There's a certain glamour, star quality, fierceness and even unapproachable quality to the personas they project on the ice. Off-ice antics don't interest me. But I would say that male dancers like Dean and Peizerat, for example, have that certain quality to them as well.
I don't think being a "diva/divo" is necessary to win in Ice Dancing (anymore?). V/M and D/W for example are terrific couples who have great personalities on ice without falling into these categories, though they can do it for specific programs when required. Delobel/Shoenfelder, Denkova/Staviski, Dubreuil/Lauzon, Belbin/Agosto didn't really fit into those roles either.
That's pretty much the way I see it, and pretty much with your examples, including the two guys you cited. Like you, I don't think that off-ice behavior should enter into the considerations. One reason it's so hard for all of us to agree on who's a diva is that the word has so many connotations. To Doris and others, the word has mostly negative implications. To some of the rest of us, the word is mostly for fun.
I loved that so much! I saw it live in a gala that season and I just become huge fan of them!
As for the diva...I think that off-ice it's negative, but on-ice for some programs it's a plus, like in theatres, films, dance sometimes a diva character is "needed".
It's like entering that character...and someone could afford it and be a diva, someone just no...like a dramatic style or a funny style...
And diva for me it's something like "I'm divine and you can just admire me", more a sort of arrogance than just being sexy..
Then, of course, sometime I can use it just for fun...
I would use this adjective to Navka, Hoffmann, Domnina (referring to last year CD), and I thought that also of Bobrova this year.


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I live in Newtown. I live about 1 mile from Sandy Hook Elementary on Riverside Road. I didn't go to work on Friday Dec 14th. I called in sick but I was playing hooky. I work at a restaurant in Danbury. I've spent the past 2 hours debating with myself if I should post this. I could have posted it somewhere else but this site seems to always pop up when the Sandy Hook "shooting" is concerned. I figured this was the most popular spot.
At around 8:50-9:00am I had just finished eating my breakfast. I had Captain Crunch cereal. I had used the last of my milk. I decided to go get some at Caraluzzi's because a friend of mine works there and I wanted to see what he was up to that evening. I get in my car at about 9:05am. I drive West on Riverside Road. Before I even got to the Fire House, I noticed a lot of vehicles parked there. Way, way, way more than usual. A few was parked on both sides of the road. I figured they was just doing some kind of training or a meeting. However one thing did stick out and that was the fact that a lot of the vehicles was solid silver and solid black. I drive past the Fire House and the Senior Center is right next door less than 100 yards. That parking lot was full as well with some of the same vehicles mixed with trucks and what not. Vehicles you would expect to see in a parking lot. Still I thought nothing of it. I go get my milk.
I'm in Caraluzzi's and I've been talking to my friend for a right good while and we hear 2 police cars go by. About 5 minutes later we hear a Helicopter. Dave comes from the back and said, "They must be doing another drill again. Scanner said mass casualty incident involving children". Right then I figured out why all those vehicles was at the Fire House and Senior Center. Because it's not the first time they have done that. They did a similar thing about 1 year ago around this time of year. And they are always doing car accidents that concerns Hazmat or whatever. I told them what I saw. Dave said, "Those cars sound like FBI cars. I guess they would be in on it". So I figure to go so I could catch a peek at what was going on. I get to town and couldn't go down Riverside Road. I told the officer that I live down there. He said, "No through traffic even for residents. Fire and Rescue and Police need to finish doing what they are doing". I said, "What are they doing?". He said, "I would tell you if I knew and I have no clue. The way it sounds they are running a drill but we have been blocked from main traffic. I was just told to do traffic control and make sure no one goes down there".
Then I drive west to Danbury. I don't know why but I just did. I was thinking to myself that that was what I get for playing hooky from work. I had the radio on but not loud enough to hear it. I turn it up thinking maybe I could catch what was going on. The local station mentioned nothing. At about 10:00 they break in from Sammy Hagar's "I Can't Drive 55". The guy said that he was hearing reports of an incident at Sandy Hook Elem and that surrounding schools was on lock down however, "I called my wife because she works at Newtown Middle School and she said they weren't on lock down and haven't heard anything about an incident. So it appears information has been mixed up. We need to get our stuff together before they tell me to report".
I get to Danbury and I go into Global gas station to get a Mt. Dew. They had the tv on and I froze. They was watching coverage of the "shooting". I just watched for 30 minutes frozen. Then I started thinking about all of those cars at the Fire Dept. I didn't know what to think about that. My brain just didn't work after watching the tv.
Fast forward to right this second. I've read the theories and the stories and honestly, those are the only ones that add up. I live here and I do not know what the **** went on. This town is fairly small. I know right many people. I know Eugene Rosen. He is an extremely creepy bastard. I know Scarlett Lewis. But I would like to know where in the hell she got all of that money to "spruce" herself up for interviews. But the Phelps and Parker families that seem to be shoved down our throat, I have no idea in hell who they are. I've asked family and friends and they don't know who they are. I know a Robert Parker, but that sure as hell isn't him in the interviews.
I just do not know what is going on.
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The admin has not been around since Aug 2011 and I do not get any reply to emails....even when inundated with spambots during the Christmas season last year. He seems to be totally out of the picture.
Is there any way to get in and update the forum if one does not have admin priviledges?
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You can get around this via FTP / database access.
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