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Shammy Davis
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:00 pm
Post subject: Importance of a Horse's A$$
The U.S. Standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that's the way they built them in England , and English expatriates designed the U.S. Railroads.
Why did the English build them like that?
Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who built the pre-railroad tramways, and that's the gauge they used.
Why did 'they' use that gauge then?
Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools that they had used for building wagons, which used that wheel spacing.
Why did the wagons have that particular Odd wheel spacing?
Well, if they tried to use any other spacing, the wagon wheels would break on some of the old, long distance roads in England , because that's the spacing of the wheel ruts.
So, who built those old rutted roads?
Imperial Rome built the first long distance roads in Europe (including England ) for their legions. Those roads have been used ever since.
And the ruts in the roads?
Roman war chariots formed the initial ruts, which everyone else had to match for fear of destroying their wagon wheels.
Since the chariots were made for Imperial Rome , they were all alike in the matter of wheel spacing. Therefore, the United States standard railroad gauge of 4 feet, 8.5 inches is derived from the original specifications for an Imperial Roman war chariot. In other words, bureaucracies live forever.
So the next time you are handed a specification, procedure, or process, and wonder, 'What horse's ass came up with this?', you may be exactly right.
Imperial Roman army chariots were made just wide enough to accommodate the rear ends of two war horses.
Now, the twist to the story:
When you saw a Space Shuttle sitting on its launch pad, you may have noticed that there are two big booster rockets attached to the sides of the main fuel tank. These are solid rocket boosters, or SRBs. The SRBs are made by Thiokol at their factory in Utah.
The engineers who designed the SRBs would have preferred to make them a bit larger, but the SRBs had to be shipped by train from the factory to the launch site. The railroad line from the factory happens to run through a tunnel in the mountains, and the SRBs had to fit through that tunnel. The tunnel is slightly wider than the railroad track, and the railroad track, as you now know, is about as wide as two horses' behinds.
So, a major Space Shuttle design feature of what is arguably the world's most advanced transportation system was determined over two thousand years ago by the width of a horse's ass.
And you thought being a horse's ass wasn't important!
Now you know, horses' asses control almost everything...explains a whole lot of stuff, doesn't it?
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Shammy - only you would come up with this...
Run the race - the one that's really worth winning.
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I tend to forget things until I am in need of the information, but I must say this will always be in my mind now.
Love it too!!
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I tend to forget things until I am in need of the information, but I must say this will always be in my mind now.
Love it too!!
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Hey, Shammy, can I cross post this? I'd like to put it on a barrel horse web site.
Do you know why barrel racers prefer to be cremated instead of buried? Ground is never good enough!
Laissez les bon temps rouller!
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I always thought that helicopters were the prophecy, but these look better."And there came out of the smoke locusts [grasshoppers] upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power...And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men..." (Revelation 9:1-11 KJV)
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Our next guest is a small adopt -- the -- up and he offered to small business -- patent.
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Yes and no Stewart is the thing is I decided to start going cash when I.
Realize that the bureaucracy was trying to tell me how to practice.
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It's -- really it was a case of if you take a patient.
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You've got to go of the not a whole bunch of forms -- you've got to talk to that payment -- patient in a particular way to explain what you're doing to comply with insurance company rules is that it.
Absolutely Stewart but the thing is.
What doctors do when you don't hear this but doctors in network are getting threatening letters I have -- -- -- copies of from Stuart what do they violating the basic what are what are they saying well.
They're saying like let's say for low back for instance you get to -- in chiropractic you get to treat seven visits furlough back case.
Now it doesn't matter whether they were looking a pool table -- -- it -- matter they were betting over in just brushing their -- seven visits if you go over -- seven visits they send you a letter that says look.
We've -- you're you're you're you're data you're you know and and you're going over so we have to put an end -- this you can't he picked.
So even if it even if you're in your mind you say.
I need to -- this person at least another two weeks a lot of doctors are discharging patients OK so quite honestly does Obama cap make back was.
It makes it worse no -- how to I -- -- but what is now.
Well because.
If you have to if you don't do what you know is right you don't have results if you don't have results you lose patience.
A lot of people -- a lot of my own peers said it was professional suicide for me to fire insurance companies that -- you have to be on those panels.
You have to be in the books for people to find you.
And my comment was no you have to exalt patients you have to lift them up and listen to them and and if you debt so but -- Stewart I have to -- my my practice quadrupled.
After right.
My cash yes master yes -- -- question.
I don't know where you can answer this and about how much for a visit if I wanna come and get cracked that your office how much.
I'm cash prices are forty dollars a visit and you can't fix prices so we'll whatever -- built to insurance that's we charter so I think if you have result yet yet cracked tobacco whatever it is you do and is full of just like just you're just sitting right that that's it yet.
Yes I have but the good thing is what's what are what are results worth I mean if you get done enough to get -- -- that -- look I don't care about I wanna know about the money.
At did you reduce the price by going all cash because you no longer have now insurance company overhead that you got up night.
Now know because we have such be simple billing that I mean it's the same price insurance companies -- -- price down anyway so it's actually better to be cash.
You come -- you come back to the office you feel so good about yourself.
And you know you've been to a doctor Stewart -- you know doesn't -- -- be there a lot of these doctors are literally they're sick and tired of the insurance company and they're not giving a 100% of themselves to.
Their patients.
Doctor -- -- we appreciate being with -- that's very very interest and forty -- that's not bad.
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by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson. Scribner (Simon & Schuster), 2005
Temple Grandin has been known to crawl through slaughterhouses to get a sense of what the animals there are experiencing. An autistic woman who as a child was recommended for institutionalization, Grandin has managed not only to enter society's mainstream but ultimately to become prominent in animal research. An associate professor at Colorado State University, she designs facilities used worldwide for humane handling of livestock. She also invented a "hug machine" (based on a cattle-holding chute) that calms autistic children.
In Animals in Translation, co-authored with science writer Catherine Johnson, Grandin makes an intriguing argument that, psychologically, animals and autistic people have a great deal in common--and that both have mental abilities typically underestimated by normal people. The book is a valuable, if speculative, contribution to the discussion of both autism and animal intelligence, two subjects on which there is little scientific consensus.
Autistics, in Grandin's view, represent a "way station" between average people, with all their verbal and conceptual abilities, and animals. In touring animal facilities, Grandin often spots details--a rattling chain, say, or a fluttering piece of cloth--that disturb the animals but have been overlooked by the people in charge. She also draws on psychological studies to show how oblivious humans can be to their surroundings. Ordinary humans seem to be less detail-oriented than animals and autistics.
Grandin argues that animals have formidable cognitive capabilities, albeit specialized ones, whereas humans are cognitive generalists. Dogs are smell experts, birds are migration specialists, and so on. In her view, some animals have a form of genius--much as autistic savants can perform feats of memory and calculation far beyond the abilities of average people. Some dogs, for example, can predict when their owner is about to have a seizure.
Delving into animal emotion, aggression and suffering, Grandin gives tips that may be useful for caretakers of pets and farm animals. She also notes that humans seem to need, and thrive on, the proximity of animals. Indeed, she states provocatively, in the process of becoming human we gave up something primal, and being around animals helps us get a measure of that back. --Kenneth Silber
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Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter
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I am not a big fan of video games. Having watched friends devote weeks to slaughtering aliens in Halo, I have decided that time spent in virtual worlds is time wasted. It is just this kind of thinking that Steven Johnson tries to counter in Everything Bad Is Good for You.
A best-selling science writer who often tackles neuroscientific issues, Johnson argues against the presumption that popular media undermines our intellect. He claims that video games, television and movies are more complex than ever, to the benefit of viewers' cognitive skills. Whether we are mastering the intricacies of the simulation game SimCity or tracking the multiple plotlines in the TV drama 24, we are "honing ... mental skills that are just as important as the ones exercised by reading books," Johnson writes.
The learning does not come from content but from form, Johnson says. Video games, for example, enhance our problem-solving and decision-making skills as we test the limits of a game's logic; the aliens we are blasting are secondary. After making similar arguments for television, film and the Internet, he proposes that this increasingly challenging media environment may help explain the upward trend in IQ scores.


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A small, made-in-Mountain View device will pry out long secret mysteries of the Red Planet when a robot rover lands in August to analyze the rocks and soil of the faraway landscape of Mars.
More than 150 million miles from home, the breadbox-sized instrument built by NASA Ames geologist David Blake will identify the minerals collected by the rover Curiosity, now nearing the end of its journey through space.
It will analyze minerals drilled from rocks or scooped from the ground as Curiosity -- also known as the Mars Science Laboratory -- explores with greater range than any previous Mars rover.
The results will reveal how the red rock formed -- critical to understanding the planet's 4 billion-year-old environment.
The foray into space is the culmination of a 22-year quest for Blake, a Los Altos resident whose schooling at Los Altos High School and Stanford University led to degrees in biological sciences, geological sciences and mineralogy.
"We want to find an environment where life could have existed," Blake said.
But his immediate goal is more practical.
"It's got to work. After that, it's all gravy," he said.
Over the next two years, Curiosity will seek samples inside a deep crater, in canyons and up a Martian mountain higher than Mount Whitney's 14,500 feet.
Understanding life underlies the exploration.
"The reason why we throw all this hardware at Mars is because it is a planet that might have incubated life," said Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at Mountain View's SETI Institute, which seeks life in the universe by looking for some sign of its technology.
He commended NASA's systematic approach to determining whether the Red Planet is a dead planet. "A lot of that involves this mantra: Follow the water. ... And minerals might have been deposited by water."
Blake's instrument, which cost $40 million to develop, uses X-ray diffraction to identify minerals by measuring the space between the planes of their atoms. But the tools are about the size of refrigerators.
Blake's goal was to shrink it to a size that could be rocketed to Mars, land safely and operate in the harsh environment there.
He reduced the X-ray tubes, usually the size of a pepper mill, to the size of small salt shakers. He also miniaturized what is ordinarily a 28,000-volt power requirement.
The analyzer's mechanisms, which normally move, had to be stationary.
His 22-pound, 10-cubic-inch device -- called the CheMin -- runs on 30 watts of power from Curiosity's nuclear power source.
Its commercial version, NASA's 2011 "commercial application of the year," is being sold for $50,000.
The mineral analysis will tell a story about the rocks' creation. "Was there pressure? What was the temperature? What was the energy source?" Blake said.
The rover's robot arm will drill and scoop for samples and funnel an aspirin-size sample to the analyzer.
Scientists know Mars has lots of iron-rich clay. Its rusted dust spread across the planet's surface and swept into its thin atmosphere gives the planet the red hue visible to the naked eye in the night sky.
The overarching science goal is to assess whether Mars has ever had -- or still has -- conditions favorable to microbial life.
Among the many other instruments aboard the rover are a gas chromatograph, mass spectrometer and a laser spectrometer.
Cameras will record close-ups of the rocks and soil and vistas of the landscape.
All the information will be radio-relayed once a day via Mars orbiters to Earth, where some 300 scientists will be hungrily waiting for it at Pasadena's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Blake's road to scientific achievement had a modest start.
After earning his Ph.D. in mineralogy at University of Michigan, he and his wife couldn't find work.
So it was back to the Bay Area. "We figured we may as well go someplace nice and moved back here," said Blake, 62, laughing. "With a 1-month-old baby, we lived at my sister's house. We were couch surfing in Cupertino."
Now, with some trepidation, he'll virtually surf the Martian sands after Curiosity lands at approximately 10:31 p.m. PDT on Aug. 5.
But first it has to slow from 13,000 mph to zero in its 7-minute descent to Mars.
"If we lose our high voltage source, we're done," Blake said. "If we lose our cooling source, we're done. If some mechanical wheel breaks off the device that brings our samples, we're done. There is a lot that can go wrong."
Venture onto Mars with Curiosity, scheduled to land on the Red Planet at approximately 10:31 p.m. Aug. 5.


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Basically have a big bad of assorted goodies left over and am trying to piece together an epic cycle to see how far the juice can really take me.
previous cycles were test, tren, eq
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the first one was ****ing amazing so im going back to the eq but am trying to take more advantage of the 12-16 week length of cycle that generally is needed for eq to be useful.
so rough plan. no im not discussing dosages just yet as i have a few months to nail that down and i generally go off how my body feels as i pyramid up and use that rather than trying to guess a magic number that will work.
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i understand that running two 19-nor compounds simultaneously is not recommended and i do not intend to risk it as i am prone to prolactin build up already.
i use dostinex on cycle and the puffy nipples are gone by the end of pct.
because people will ask, my pct is nolva and clomid for a minimum of 21 days.... again depending on how my body is feeling
also on long cycles like this i usually run some HCG in the last few weeks in hopes of getting the boys waking up quicker.
so, given that i am not running both 19-nor compounds simultaneously.
i figure the deca in the first 8 weeks blows me up like the michelin man, then in the last 8 when the EQ is really working and im eating like a hungry hungry hippo. the tren cuts me down and takes all them beautiful proteins and calories and turns it into beautiful muscles.
so...... please fire away. i would prefer if you stated simply your agreement or disagreement and your reasons and if nessacary we can explore them in depth. otherwise this post is going to be convoluted and confusing with everyones page long opinions.
like i said, this is just a rough discussion so if you would like some more clarification on anything please feel free to ask.
also, my diet...... my diet is i eat as much good protein rich food as i can afford. if i had the time or finances or desire to make a fancy diet plan and **** i would. and i probably will for on cycle. but reality is i dont really think too much about it. just follow what my body seems to think is best for it.
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Evolution of unification studyWhile I was researching this summer to write a paper on Korean unification, I found there was an abundant, accumulative repository of good discussions and writings, from which we could get useful insight and good advice. However, all these studies fail to contribute to realizing unification. The studies so far have dealt with a series of pertinent topics ― including the legitimacy of unification, the costs and benefits, the evolution of unification policy on both sides, and comparisons with German reunification and other countries. Some have analyzed different approaches and scenarios, the domestic and international factors for unification from a security perspective affecting conflicting interests over the peninsula among its surrounding nations, and preparations for a contingency plan for a possible collapse of the North. Some observers stress the importance of resolving the North Korean nuclear issue and the establishment of a peace regime as a necessary condition for unification. For similar reasons, studies include reviews of the security policies of the United States and China. Recently, there has been a noticeable shift in the trends of unification studies from the premise of a peaceful process, supported by liberals and progressives, to that of a North Korean collapse, preferred by conservatives and hardliners. An increasing number of specialists have focused on a variety of collapse theories and contingency measures to deal with the aftermath. The rise of interest in collapse theories that would result in unification on South Korean terms ― by way of absorption, as was the case in Germany ― should be attributed to the ineffectiveness, if not the failure, of U.S. and South Korean policy and the intransigency of the North's position on denuclearization and its gratuitous provocative behavior. As fewer people believe that North Korea will give up its nuclear weapons and more people believe it will not last long without reform and opening up to improve its ailing economy to sustain its political survival, the assumption of a likely collapse may sound plausible. The proponents of the collapse scenarios discuss the issues of humanitarian needs for a displaced population, social and political pacification, border security for refugees, and mopping up of the remnants of the Korean People's Army ― who may refuse to surrender. They also research how to disarm the North Korean military, secure and protect the North Korean nuclear arsenal, and how to seek China's cooperation for management of the disintegration of the North Korean system. Some studies deal with the post or pre-unification tasks of social, economic and legal integration. For most that stress the importance of preparing for unification, there is an underlying assumption that North Korea should and will collapse due to its outdated political and economic system at some point. If it collapses as believed or wished for by these pundits, it will be futile to explore and design a new peaceful unification process by way of dialogue and cooperation with the North. If we were certain that the country would fall, it would make sense that we focus on how the South and the United States plan for the aftermath of such an event and possible Chinese intervention. Conversely, if we believe or if we can establish a credible hypothesis that the North will not collapse in the near future, we should explore other avenues to approach the study of unification, including a reexamination of what went wrong in past efforts. While no particular study has contributed to achieving a successful conclusion to the peninsula's problem, time has proved some of the earlier arguments favoring a particular approach, formula or assumption were wrong, as the policies of the authorities as well as the reality of history have changed. Obviously, any end state of Korean unification would affect the strategic interests of China, Japan, Russia and the United States, all of which prefer the status quo against any uncertain reconfiguration of the power relationships in the region. It is not surprising that China, like the United States, gives only lip service to peaceful unification. Beijing's strategy has been to maintain the status quo so that it can continue its economic growth amid stability. The United States and Japan would not like a unified Korea ending South Korea's alliance with the United States. China would oppose a unified Korea with a continuing alliance with America. 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I would've rated 4 1/2 because all food is very good, but they need to get modernized with taking debit/credit cards. They take cash only. A little sad
I would've rated 4 1/2 because all food is very good, but they need to get modernized with taking debit/credit cards. They take cash only. A little sad
The burgers were "okay", but nothing that I crave and not nearly close to being gourmet. Many topping choices if that is something that makes you interested or if you don't care to taste the beef. The waitress was a little grumpy and annoyed that we came in 20 mins before closing. They didn't even acknowledge us until we asked... More
Nice little place - peanut butter burger was very good and they definitely did not skimp on the peanut butter. Fries were excellent as well - ask for a quarter portion if eating by yourself ( its not on the menu). Only loses a star because they only take cash - something I rarely have on me anymore, but prices... More
The burgers are excellent and so are the breakfasts. The portions are generous and I'd recommend you split the order of fries. The place is in the corner of a strip mall and not on a main street but well worth finding. A locals favorite.
Small family run resturant ......Hamburgers from A to Z. (appropriately on College Ave ).....each one unique but they will cook to order.....adding or subtracting items........plus soup and "advice " each day on the "board"........great breakfasts.......here again they will cook to order ........friendly fast service.......and reasonably priced.
I ate here once and was very impressed. It is clean, the staff is friendly and fast, and the food is great. Enjoy. it isn't an accident that this place is in business. U can't see the restaurant from the Main Street, so it is word of mouth that helps this place flourish.
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Dream is my world. Goa is my motherland. Trance is my religion. Flying is my life.
I have to second the suggestions both for Spirited Away and Dolls. These 2 movies are nothing short of masterpieces to me, as they've moved me in ways very few movies have. And while we're on Japanese ground, I'd like to recommend the following ones:
* Cat Soup . As cheesy as the tagline ( "It's Hello Kitty on acid!" ) on the back of the DVD is, and as I rarely like to use the line "the creators really have been high on something" when describing movies or series out of the ordinary, these 2 lines fit very well with this short movie.
* Spring and Chaos . "The life story of Kenji Miyazawa", one of the Japan's most beloved poets of the 20th century…or rather, a stunningly beautiful look on how he perceived the world around him and how it was reflected in his poetry and novels.
* Arjuna . You can't mention Shoji Kawamori (who directed Spring and Chaos) without mentioning Arjuna, a 13 episode TV series, and in my opinion the best of his works. Not really psychedelic or surreal per se (although it does include a few rather trippy sequences with nature bursting full into life), but rather a series which isn't afraid of pointing out what's wrong with our current lifestyle and how this planet of ours is suffering. Some people might say that it's overly preachy, but I like the way it drives (or rather, forces) its points across. As if that wouldn't be enough, it also features one of the best soundtracks, ever.
* Night on the Galactic Railroad . Another absolutely mindblowing voyage through space and existence. Based on one of Kenji Miyazawa's most famous books. The DVD has been sold out for quite some time now, so you can consider yourself lucky if you can find a copy if it anywhere.
how about :
the magic roundabout - the blue cat
that is one crazy movie, the cat is insane, actually scrap that I remember being under the influence and the movie freaked me out
he he he
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[quote author="spidersoncider"]the magic roundabout - the blue cat
That'd be Buxton the Blue cat, he's blue and blue is best and damn evil too…
yeah thats the one
that cat was pure evil
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[quote author="spidersoncider"]that cat was pure evil
Exactly! He had me quaking and in awe at the size and power of his ego the first time I watched that film, though the hundreds of liberty caps may have had something to do with it being such a powerful experience.
[quote author="Paul Eye"]
Do you have any idea on where to find this? Torrents/download/intrernet store/ANYTHING. I sooo want to see that movie
Brainstorm The Andromeda Strain The Abyss Bladerunner Demonlover
"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher regard those who think alike than those who think differently." -Nietzsche*
I think Mirrormask is awesome, very trippy all the way through
I can personally vouch for this one under the influence as that was how i saw it, blew me away!
also i watched spy kids 3d whilst 'voyaging', way cool, bring 3d back!
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I would recommend: 1 - Donnie Darko (ohhh that crazy rabbit!!!!) 2 - Mulholland Drive (David Lynch - some of his films already mentioned in page 1) 3 - Pi (crazy mathematics!!!! - grat movie) 4 - Eternal sunshine of a spotless mind (...) 5 - Arizona dream (johnny depp again!!! ) 6 - The Jacket (it's not the classic one, but the one they you wear in a mental institute..!) 7 - The Astronaut's Wife (very atmospheric , johny depp again…!)
hmmm….That's for now!.Ii' ll come back with some new ideas sooner or later!
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/656/shponglefan6tj.jpg Nothing lasts… ...but nothing is lost
Yeah man Magical Mystery Tour is great to watch if you have an urge to watch something during. You ever watched it sober. OMG possibly one of the worst visual displays shot on camera. However after you have paid a visit to number….. '25' the film is pure artistic genius. The trees in the background are singing in I am the Walrus, really nice dreamy trippy scene when McCartney is singing Fool on the Hill. The finale your Mother should know leavesd you with a happy smile on your face and maybe uttering the words Wow.
The Wall obvious choice.
However here's a good one, on my last visit to….. '25' I was alone in my apartment and was chilling with the sounds of Pink Floyd live in Pompeii. After it I went to change music and put some Sienis on to begin with, something I knew I would like. Sienis never fails me that way. I put on the Milk Drop visualiser in Winamp and was captivated by it for ages.
If you look at it long enough you get to see how the mathematics of this program is linked to the mathematics of the universe. So basically understanding the maths of universe. At this moment something made sense right then. I'm now trying to dechiper it now I'm back in our 3D 5 sense frequency world. I
So there you are Winamp Visualiser Milk Drop
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[quote author="ckm000"]nice topic
but NOT urotsukidoji: legend of the overfiend :shock:
Ooh yeah, that movie was fucked up. I think if you were tripping while watching that your head would maybe explode.
I like: The Who's Tommy Pi, The Trip Casshern (the live-action version of the anime series. Incredibly fast-paced and trippy, and also a bit confusing the first (and second) time)
artwork/ music/ last.fm/ website/
Well I'd say the most recent one I've seen was "The Fountain"
Simply amazing.
For all fans of Requiem for a Dream and Pi, director Darren Aronofsky is back and just as good as he always was.
At least I thought it was awesome.
Anyone else see it?
oh my good golly me! :shock:
Cat Soup is mind blowing. Trippy, disturbing, deep, confusing, all in just over half an hour.
I'm going to have to see this Cat Soup. Looks very interesting!


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The Micromax Q80 is a Dual SIM (GSM+GSM) 3G handset with a full QWERTY keypad. The device comes with a 2.4 inch QVGA screen that packs 320 x 240 pixels. The Q80 sports a slick brushed grey metal chassis with dual toned rear panel that renders a classy business feel to the phone. The spaced out, tactile keypad coupled with the sensitive optical track pad allows for seamless menu and web navigation.
This business centric handset features Micromax's Ezmail Push mail Service that pulls up any incoming emails as soon as it hits the server. This gives you real-time notifications of your received mails. Furthermore, Micromax has added an email shortcut key on the Q80 which renders one-touch access to your inbox. The Q80 is preloaded with Opera Mini browser and Snaptu social networking platform for Facebook and Twitter access. The 3 megapixel camera on the Micromax Q80 supports smile and face detection features for fast focusing and easy image capture. The Q80 also features a secondary VGA camera.
The Micromax phone features a music player that plays MP3 and MIDI formats. The built-in Yamaha amplifier in the Micromax Q80 boosts the audio depth to deliver hi-fidelity acoustics. The Q80 features FM Radio support and is preloaded with a music player (MIDI, MP3 formats). The built-in video player plays 3GP and MP4 formats. It also supports Java applications and comes preloaded with the Burnout game title.
The Q80 is powered by a 1200 mAh Li-ion battery that gives 5 hours of talk time and can go unplugged on standby for up to 130 hours. The 68 MB of internal memory in the device can be expanded up to 8 GB with a microSD card.
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very good phone with wi-fi. it is low cost and good for value.
it is a nice phone & also the delivery service of snapdeal is quick and accurate
nice mobile at a low price...........
The mobile is good one,the features are true to the best, the only problem is internet browsing is too slow and the 1st row switches are becoming fade/Colorless within one month.Otherwise its a good product.
i have bought many products on snapdeal, i like its services so much. fast and relaible.
recently i have baught a cell phone of micromax, micromax Q80. it's awesome, look wise, feature wise and also in price, all in good. i have purchase it the amount of 2999.00 Rs., & now it's price become only 2749.00 Rs.
the product has good front camera as well as back but the keypad numbers are erased within 1 month n its difficult to type. otherwise its a gud product in such a low cost.
Wight is bit more or else product quality is good
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best mobile from micromax
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Nice product with cheapest price, well support, Excellent service by Snapdeal, Its reached me within 4 days. All accessories were there in the Packet. Packaging excellent.
Thanks to Micromax & Snapdeal.
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I have got s/w problem within 2 days but it has been successfully fixed and its running well right now.
Battery backup is very poor, i charge it full night but next day again i use to charge it.
cell phone is very quick service on browsing & phone calling. I would like to take this phone every young generation........
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I like this mobile, all feature is available only false light is no more...
every thing is good,but some time screen light is not off atomaticaly
Nice mobile in Cheapest price... This have all the features that a person require... Excellent siund with excellent speed of Internet browsing through GPRS & WIFI...
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week: The district has become the only one in a statewide probe that will have to pay for part of
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State Auditor Dave Yost sent a letter to Superintendent Gene Harris on Monday, saying that
information uncovered during the statewide probe into the accuracy of school-district academic
ratings "requires us to more fully investigate certain matters specific to the Columbus City School
The letter further said: "The Ohio Revised Code permits the Auditor of State to charge for
the audit services and as such we will charge the district going forward."
The district will be provided a cost estimate as the scope and staffing of the newly
designated "special audit" are developed.
Harris said yesterday that she doesn't know more than what's in the letter, including what
the cost will be. District Treasurer Penny Rucker said no money is budgeted for the state audit.
"I don't have anything," Rucker said after a school board meeting last night. "I'll have to
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Yost's office said last month that there is a "strong likelihood" that some Columbus district
officials will be referred to prosecutors for crimes uncovered during the ongoing student-data
probe. The Dispatch has reported that the FBI also is investigating.
Yost spokeswoman Carrie Bartunek could provide no estimate yesterday on what the bill would
be, but said the rate is $41 per hour, per investigator. The meter started running last week,
Bartunek said.
"It's hard to calculate because we don't know how many hours will go into it," Bartunek said.
So far, the district has spent or allocated to spend $275,000 on a private law firm to advise
it and investigate the data-rigging allegations for the school board. The district hasn't ruled out
that the bill for lawyer Robert "Buzz" Trafford of Porter Wright could go much higher.
In other district business yesterday:
The district sold its closed Northwest Career Center property near Don Scott Field on the
Northwest Side for $3 million to Wills Creek Capital Management.
The sale is contingent on the firm being able to rezone a portion of the site, at 2960
Cranston Dr., to commercial use. The site houses the district's former vocational center and is
zoned for apartments. The building has been vacant since 2010, when the district consolidated and
centralized its career centers Downtown.
James D. Schrim III, president of Wills Creek, said he hopes to save and reuse part of the
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Established in 1983, the guild is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to stimulate an intelligent interest in the art of quilting in the community and to provide opportunities for the exchange of ideas, instruction and the presentation of pertinent information among members of the guild.
Every two years the guild sponsors a quilt show featuring local and national quilts, judged by an NQA (National Quilter's Association ) accredited judge. There will be cash prizes and ribbons awarded. There is a silent auction featuring small wall hangings made by members of the guild, vendors booths, a Member's Boutique where items made by guild members can be bought, and raffle tickets for the guild's scholarship fund.
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it was absolutely firing in porthcawl today (rest bay), wonderful peaks and no wind - but i had to call time because i simply couldn't see a sodding thing. it wasn't even particularly bright.
i totally ruined the ride of several fellow surfers by not being able to see them..... not happy with being a liability i did the decent thing and cleared out.
the main problems kick off when i catch whitewater in the face. closing my eyes does little to help, during the lull i try to rub my eyes but one of them will always be fubar - which is almost as bad as not being able to see in heavy surf when my depth perception isn't working.
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All lectures, receptions, and exhibitions are free and open to the Pace community and the public. Most lectures and receptions are held on Tuesdays. Contact the Fine Arts Department at 212-346-1894 or firstname.lastname@example.com for more information or directions.
January 23rd - February 23rd
Oblique Strategies
Peter Fingesten Gallery, Level B, One Pace Plaza
Reception: February 5, 5:00-7:00PM
Oblique Strategies is a set of cards created by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt first published in 1975. Each card contains a phrase or cryptic remark, which is meant to be used as a catalyst for generating or resolving work. Artists were invited to make new works, or alter old works, by responding to a randomly assigned phrase taken from the deck of cards. The show considers the structuring of dilemmas as a tool of production and the many approaches it can generate: literal, metaphoric, ironic, critical, humorous, etc.
Participants include:
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Letha Wilson Lecture
3:30-4:30PM, Room 1203, 41 Park Row
Spring Semester Visiting Artist Lecture. Combining Photography and Sculpture Letha Wilson creates large scale installations that experiment with the intersection of pictorial and physical space. Her work has been shown at: The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Socrates Sculpture Park, Exit Art, White Box, Fredrieke Taylor Gallery and the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, among others.
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Roger Sayre
Peter Fingesten Gallery, Level B, One Pace Plaza
Reception: March 4, 5:00-7:00PM
New Work by Mrs. Sayre's favorite middle son. Professor Roger Sayre will exhibit new work created during his sabbatical.
March 5
Careers in Fashion
6:15-7:30PM, Location: Lecture Hall North
Pace University Art Department's Careers in the Arts presents The Careers in Fashion Design Panel featuring all former Pace students:
Laurence Chandler and Joshua Cooper , Pace BA '07 Designers for Rochambeau Menswear & Partners in Proof7 printers and Ariel Elias, former Pace student, SVA grad, free-lance eyewear design wear for Cutler & Gross, London. In discussion on the various avenues open to students aiming to work as a fashion designer in New York and internationally.
April 9 - April 13
Juried Student Exhibition
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Reception: April 9, 5:00-7:00PM
All Art Majors and Minors are encouraged to submit one piece of work created in Fall '12 or Spring '13 semester for the exhibition.
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3/2013: Mobility and migration
People move for different reasons: for work, for love, for fear for one's life. Whatever the reason, one thing is certain: a transition to a new place is always a shock to our comfort zones. Adapting to a new environment requires a steep learning curve.
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My nails have always been strong and long but on the 811 diet they bend and
break easily. Why is this? If I go back to the SAD diet for a couple days I already
notice a difference in how much stronger they are.... What is up with this????
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Hi Jem,firstly it's impossible to have stronger or weaker nails that quickly.The end of the nail takes 3 months to grow thru,so i'm not quite sure what you're worrying about.The nail you're seeing now is fueled on the food you ate 3 months ago. To have a very accurate picture of how your body thrives on hcrv(without calorie restriction or flip flopping from raw vegan to cooked food.)you need to be 100% hcrv for 12 months at least,without slip ups to know,and then it's only the beginning especially if you have come from a background of ill health or disordered eating.Rest easy and enjoy the journey.
I don't know what to attribute it to then or explain it, because it is a very noticeable difference. Weird and annoying....
That's interesting, I had just the opposite thing happen....my nails started to grow and became more strong once consumming lots of fruit. And honestly it was only after a few weeks that I noticed this happenning.
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This week's editor's note was written by Lindsey Bever, an assistant editor/reporter with neighborsgo who just left to study digital media and investigative journalism at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City.
While cleaning out my desk this week, I ran across a drawing done in orange Crayon.
It was given to me nearly three years ago by Meg Schmidt, known as "Princess Meg," then a 4-year-old Flower Mound girl who had been battling acute lymphocytic leukemia.
Since April 8, 2009, I have been writing your stories. I've written about the Silly Bandz craze and the best snow cones in Dallas. I've covered contentious road construction and the woes of school budget cuts. And I've told you about an Afghan puppy that made her way to the U.S. and a former gang member who now reaches out to at-risk kids. Most recently, I wrote about Albanian journalist Gjekë Marinaj of Richardson whose anti-government poem helped spark the end of communism back home in the early 1990s.
During my time here, I've had the opportunity to write for all 11 sections of neighborsgo.
But like Princess Meg who persuaded me to play dress-up in her princess room, you have taken me on your journeys with you.
I got to shoot an AK-47 during Flower Mound's citizen police academy, watch Dr. Ramsey Stone of Richardson perform a hernia surgery at Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano and climb aboard during a sailboat race on White Rock Lake with Corinthian Sailing Club commodore Ralph "Red Dog" Jones.
One of my favorites was a story I wrote last year about the Night Lights program at Lovers Lane United Methodist Church. Two Fridays a month, the church gives children with special needs a night of one-on-one play — and gives their parents a night off — by pairing the kids up with local volunteers and engaging them in games and crafts.
It's been a trip.
My last day at neighborsgo was July 2. And now, I am heading to New York City. I'm taking my passion for this career to the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where I will study digital media and investigative journalism in the fall. The past three years here have only solidified my decision to report — largely because of you.
Thank you for telling me about your lives, and thank you for making me a part of them.


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Trashing the Dress | New Haven Green Connecticut | Yale University area
I met Randi & Justin a year ago when I was the wedding photographer for Lisa & Jon's wedding last year. (Justin and Jon are brothers) Thanks to facebook, I have been friends with them and other's from the wedding parties since. Recently Randi contacted me praising how much she loves my work and would like to hired me for "Trashing the Dress" session. After discussing all the details and location, here's what we have came up with.
Also like to thank my awesome lightstand William Eng.
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