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38 comments:
- estrellas! said...
1) Rob's mentor looks like a child molester, he's just missing the stache.
2) I want to be the girl he is kissing sweetly in the cheek. - December 4, 2008 at 11:27 AM
- Karla said...
Everything about him is so delicious - the face (duh, no-brainer there), the voice, the humble personality, the talent. He's just such a great package deal. SOLD, I'll take him (even if it's just for and hour.)!!
You can't beat waking up to these scans!! - December 4, 2008 at 11:30 AM
- Gozde said...
Aww :-) he doesn't look like a child molester :P They have started with this guy, next we'll see Rob's corner deli guy says he really likes Pastrami and remembers the time he ordered a footlong with extra onions :-)
- December 4, 2008 at 11:31 AM
- estrellas! said...
I kid, I kid.
I already told you, I haven't slept so I'm talking crazy :) - December 4, 2008 at 11:35 AM
- k said...
the "i once sold a burger to rob" guy will have a book deal before long i fear.
- December 4, 2008 at 11:42 AM
- Ellie said...
Rob looks so innocent in those Barnes pics. Very sweet ...oh, and hot, of course...
- December 4, 2008 at 11:44 AM
- Ellie said...
REALLY nice banner, Dani and Goz! Thank you! We're on to the next phase in Rob's life...and in our Robsesson. It just keeps getting better. :)
- December 4, 2008 at 12:04 PM
- MiCh said...
Morning everybody! Wow, you girls are on fire! This seems to be a very Roblicius day!
Goz&Dani -- Many thanks for having the best Rob site on the web. You both (and all the girls who post here) have made it my happy place! And I really love the new banner, is gorgeous!
Kate -- hope you can read this post.. I was LMAO all night thinking in your comment about my typo :PP you're really funny!
Talk to you guys later, I'm going to check the last posts!
(((HUGS))) - December 4, 2008 at 12:25 PM
- dana_1779 said...
Love the new banner! What I wouldn't give for a midnight swim with Rob!
- December 4, 2008 at 12:27 PM
- Ellie said...
Hi, Mich! How's your ankle doing??
- December 4, 2008 at 12:27 PM
- Ellie said...
I second that, Dana... :o
- December 4, 2008 at 12:28 PM
- Dani said...
WOAH banner action, I did not see that at all coming at me until it was like HELLO IM THE WATER SCENE IN LITTLE ASHES WATCH ME MAKE OUT WITH A HOT DUDE SOON!
WOW good golly Goz you are a genius with this banner. I love it! - December 4, 2008 at 12:29 PM
- k said...
so nice to hit refresh & see the new banner! gorgeous! thanks for such a fun site!
- December 4, 2008 at 12:29 PM
- Dani said...
Goz did a lovely job K...and have I welcomed you yet...I dunno so welcome to our site if I haven't glad you like it.
Too much Rob lately my eyes hurt from the oogling. - December 4, 2008 at 12:31 PM
- AJ said...
Goodbye Robward Cullen heeellllo Robador Dali!
- December 4, 2008 at 12:38 PM
- Karla said...
Some seriously naughty fantasies going on now thanks to that banner. THANK YOU!!!
- December 4, 2008 at 12:38 PM
- ForeverEB said...
Oh crap... I just fell down when I saw the new picture on the header... oh beautiful.
Good MORNING ladies... we have been busy haven't we. Love The Hair pictures outside GMTV. Love how he seems to be more chillaxed on British TV... or was that just me?
He's just delish. I could eat him up! - December 4, 2008 at 12:38 PM
- AJ said...
New crush - the eyebrows in the top pic. I shall henceforth refer to them as "the twins".
- December 4, 2008 at 12:40 PM
- Gozde said...
Happy to feed all of your fantasies ladies :-) I just wish I could download the trailer so I can make a video of it already!
- December 4, 2008 at 12:40 PM
- Gozde said...
Robador Dali, LMAO!
- December 4, 2008 at 12:41 PM
- ForeverEB said...
Has anyone else noticed (silly question I know - of course you've all noticed) how he really puckers his lips when he kisses.
The sweet kiss in these scans, the gazebo kiss in Twilight. Big old puckers... love it. - December 4, 2008 at 12:42 PM
- Gozde said...
Wow, that repeat offender post disappeared faster than it appeared :-) Sorry Dani, I am a total loser for the last 2 days,haven't even gotten out of bed and am posting everything I can find about Rob :)
- December 4, 2008 at 12:51 PM
- Dani said...
I didn't see that and I was simply shocked into posting the nibble comment. I think my heart is still racing..wow a nibble from Rob...makes me think very naughty naughty naughty thoughts.
- December 4, 2008 at 12:57 PM
- ForeverEB said...
I'll join you with the naughty thoughts, my mind is DIRTY today thanks to all these posts!
- December 4, 2008 at 12:59 PM
- Dani said...
I am a total teeth person. I have fabulous teeth and when a man has a megawatt smile like Rob does and then admits to enjoying a nibble of a lady from time to time.
Oh wow...that just gets things going. - December 4, 2008 at 1:02 PM
- Kari said...
WET ROB, holy smokes!! I adore the new banner, it's beautiful Goz!
And LMAO at Robadore Dali! :-) - December 4, 2008 at 1:02 PM
- MiCh said...
Hi again!
I just want to say "Team Thanks" to Lisa for the link to the Twilight puppet video! "Look, I sparkle!" HAHAHA that was great!
Ellie--feeling better, tnxs for asking. I'm back in the office after 3 days off and I'm walking by myself (no crutches involved), just need to use an elastic brace until weekend :) - December 4, 2008 at 1:05 PM
- Gozde said...
Rob in the water with me, nibbling on my neck, giving puckered kisses. And y'all can watch :-)
- December 4, 2008 at 1:05 PM
- Ellie said...
AJ==Robador Dali!!!LMFAO!
Yes, we have a winner! - December 4, 2008 at 1:08 PM
- Dani said...
Goz channeling our inner Dali are we...hmmmm voyeristicaliciousness. Wow I made up a very long word, you inspire me m' lady. I must say I would watch that, you are beautiful, Rob is lovely looking as well. We would have the most popular site on the web if we had footage of that sweet action.
- December 4, 2008 at 1:10 PM
- Gozde said...
THAT is quite a word Dani :-)) Thank you baby, I would say you are welcome to join but that takes this conversation to a whole new level, lol.
These little ashes trailers are messing with my head :)) - December 4, 2008 at 1:14 PM
- AJ said...
Okay I have to say it - that whole swimming in the water scene and all I can think about is Little Asses.
*hangs head* I'm so sorry. I will ground myself for a week. - December 4, 2008 at 1:18 PM
- Gozde said...
Hahaha! Little Asses. Dani we have to slip in that as a "typo" in one of the posts! AJ you crack me up :-)
- December 4, 2008 at 1:20 PM
- bella's mom said...
um.. can we add "tight" in front of it? hmmm?
- December 4, 2008 at 1:31 PM
- bella's mom said...
lol I'm waiting on the nurse from the hospital where he was born to come out with a tell all book next... "I gave Robert his first wee diaper change" Scandilous!
- December 4, 2008 at 1:35 PM
- Ellie said...
So now it's "Tight Little Asses", huh?
You girls are pure win! xo - December 4, 2008 at 1:38 PM
- Dani said...
Yes agreed Goz we must.
- December 4, 2008 at 1:52 PM
- AJ said...
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The US Environmental Protection Agency is fighting tooth and nail to stop destructive mining practices that threaten the aquatic habitats and wildlife of the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia. Wednesday is the deadline for the agency to submit legal arguments in its appeal against a decision that overturned its veto of a permit for a vast surfacing-mining operation in the area.
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The EPA announced in September that it will also appeal against the ruling on its water-pollution guidance.
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The groups also argue that the scientific evidence "overwhelmingly demonstrates" the negative impacts of surface mining on sensitive habitats and wildlife including mayflies, fish and birds such as the Louisiana waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla). A surge of scientific studies published over the past three years strengthens the EPA's case, demonstrating that mountaintop rubble dumped in valleys buries streams and causes toxic selenium and other metals to leak into the water.
"This widespread land-use change will generate a complex chemical mix. It is really clear the mixture from the surface coal mining is causing the problem and can be clearly tied to the loss of sensitive taxa," says Emily Bernhardt, a biologist at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, who has conducted some of the most detailed work in this area.
Industrial opposition
But mining companies continue to question the scientific evidence.
In a legal brief submitted in March, Mingo Logan wrote that the impacts of mining on large invertebrates and salamanders are "utterly routine". It also says that the effects on fish and the Louisiana waterthrush that were highlighted by the EPA are "speculative".


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Obama´s idea of balance is steal everything, spend it, then fly away.
Oh yeah, the Obamboozler is a real visionary! When he looks out over this once great land he see´s, cultivates and caters to the largest group of dumbed-down, barely aware, dope-smoking, self-absorbed, media-influenced, celebrity-obsessed, Food-Stamp wielding, Escalade driving, Kool-Aid drinking, entitlement rich, government-dependent, busted-ass, free-loading, low information, Obamaphone zombies and ignorant, gullible, White guilt-ridden, Volvo-driving, Birkenstock-wearing, bottled-water-drinking, Politically Correct, Xanax-disabled, Valium-dependent, mindless, spineless liberal lemmings that´s ever existed!
Apparently, that is what the Washington Republicans want as well. They voted for this crock!
Call it what it is, a sub-culture.
#2 you forgot union scum.They are covered by most of the rest of your list.
When I can stomach any news any more, I watch Special Report with Dr. K. I feel sorry for him because he´s about the only one with a brain on the panel and is totally surrounded by morons like Kristin Powers and Kristol.
Awwwwh Charles, tell it like it is, "a committed big-government social-democrat" is just code for communist.As to the other points that Charles made, it is about the destruction of the United States of America. I still cannot believe that an intelligent man like Charles does not realize the end game of this evil regime.
Obama, the dems and most of the republicans are pirates. Vote the bums out.
Call him what he is...Frank Marshall Davis´ Committed Communist....Conceived as a stealth weapon to destroy the United States of Amerrica....Obama is Pigford... ACORN ...A Virus
The barbarians are no longer at the gate, they are within the halls of Congress.
During the 40´s an English politician predicted America would eventually embrace social democracy with the expansion of the "proletariat," referring at that time to the increase in the black population, among others. Immigration has sped up the process, but it certainly looks as if demographics (and a lack of education) contribute to the support for a socialist style state.
Don´t care for his vision.
#2...you must have just watched Chevy Chase in Christmas Vacation! An excellent rant!!Sad but very true....
Good point, #11.He must not be underestimated. He´s deftly leveraged his class-war-themed election victory (a) to secure a source of funding (albeit still small) for the bloated welfare state, (b) to carry out an admirably candid bit of income redistribution and (c) to fracture the one remaining institutional obstacle to his ideological agenda.Re: Dr. K´s "(a), it may be small now, but give O time. He plans to gather as much wealth from as many white people as possible.Re: (b), it´s "admirable" because it is working, not because it´s good policy for anyone except Obama. Redistribution (outright theft is what it really is) punishes achievers and benefits non-achievers but in the end, harms everyone.Re: (c) This is the scary part. Now that he is re-elected, he is free to expand his Communist agenda unless he is stopped by Congress. This includes invalidating the 22nd amendment. He has proved he has no compunctions about circumventing the Constitution, so watch for trial balloons about this.
need higher taxes for the down on their luckcongress people. people like me get a $12increase in s.s.
#13 - Absolutely...now where´s the Tylenol!
I do not think of "visionary" when I am forced to think about Obama. Please use proper adjectives: idiot, illiterate, fool. Any of those will do.
This all means there are approx. 150 million Americans not only watching this happen but funding the destruction. I pray for a leader, a voice that will unite these 155 million to fight with every available means to defeat this takeover before it´s too late. The left is destroying this country with $$$ supplied by us, the taxpaying, God fearing, gun clinging fringe. Lawsuits, tax rebellion, marches, demonstrations, before we are relying on our ability to defend ourselves with the weapons they so desparately want to grab.
Obie´s balance is having the FAT Lib Kid on his side of the teeter totter and the poor skinny kid on the other. On occasion the fat kid will throw the skinny kid a chicken bone to knaw on...
#2... I think that just about covers it. Nuff said.
#6.....what´s your take on Steve hays??
Obama and all his supporters are not trying to destroy America, but they can´t help it because of their ideology. They want nothing to do with God, don´t want to be judgmental in any way, want a live-and-let-live cuture with no absolutes, no right or wrong, want to punish people who are wealthier than they (since they must have gottent that wealth by theft) and want to silence anyone who tries to uphold any moral standard and relies on God to tell them what is good and evil instead of opinion.No culture can last without morals, without the unwritten laws of love, charity (not the government perverted version of it) humility and character. Nor can they last if they destroy everything that is sacred like church, family, marriage, truth and life. Nor last if they pervert freedom and liberty into self-indulgence and self gratification without consequences.Obama thinks like all Marxists think; that if he can pass enough laws, restrictions and controls, he can force mankind to be good. He can´t do it because nobody can do it. He has been lied to and he believes them... like all secualarists.
Spend what America doesn´t have until we are in economic oblivion and America is no more. We will then become the largest third-world country in the world.This was/is Obama´s vision for "Hope and Change" which is rapidly becoming a reality. Soon, there will be no money, no jobs, no national defense, no hope, and no way out.Our enemies have won without firing a shot.
The world has their eye on all our empty space. Expect huge immigration.We will have no guns, no military, no economy. One World Order, where the USA is the "to go" window.
"Visionary"? More like a dreamer in La-La Land.
He´s redistributing wealth. When your parents told you to stay in school and work hard, they didn´t realize that there would be a president whose only thoughts were to take what one has earned and distribute it to the ones who never worked hard, didn´t study and didn´t stay in school. Welfare was to be a stop gap. It was never made to become a lifestyle. Too bad this guy never listened to that in school but then again, it does get him a lot of votes.
double what #2 said and the gov union dedbeets
#26 wrote: "Too bad this guy never listened to that in school ..." I think he listened very closely. But he was going to a school outside the U.S. and his role models later in life were Marxists.Thought it would take an armed invasion to bring on this stuff. But, no, we vote for it!
Excellent read by Dr. K. Stopping Obie in his tracks would be very easy....just as soon as the sheep wake up and his political capital has disappeared. Not likely. We need to make Obie´s next four years (assuming he remains in office) a living hell for him.
Obama said he was going to fundamentally transform the United States of America, and that´s what he´s doing.
Everyone will be equal but Obama will be more equal!


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Hairstylist Aaron Turner doesn't consider himself overweight; just under height. As stylish as he is outgoing, he brings a Carrie Bradshaw like wardrobe in extra large and a fierce attitude to this adventure on the high seas, not knowing that a killer has come along for the week long cruise as well.
Friends Aaron Turner and Phillip Baxter have not yet settled in when the bodies begin piling up. The best pals begin to think the passengers of the
booked better tickets when they find themselves linked to the dead bodies. Becoming suspects, they must clear their names before the ship returns to Fort Lauderdale. Without a weapon, Aaron is left with only his wit to try and capture a killer before he becomes part of the body count.
Luckily, his tongue is as sharp as his styling razor, so he is up to the task with flair and bravado!
Southern Dawn
. Sounds like a drag queen from Memphis," Aaron Turner said while looking up at the huge ship. His friend Phillip Baxter did not reply. "Swimming pools, luxury spa, two dining rooms, three bars all spread over twelve decks," the stout man adjusted a pair of vintage Chanel sunglasses perched on the end of his round nose. The cruise they were embarking on had been planned by Phillip as a holiday surprise for him and his now ex, a muscular young beauty who in the course of their relationship had done more tricks than Criss Angel. Phillip was going to cancel the cruise but Aaron, his best friend and one of Seattle's leading hairstylists, begged, threatened, whined and cajoled until they found themselves on the gangway that bright February morning.
"You haven't been on a vacation in six years and have already paid, so take me! It'll be fun. If you don't go now, when? Are you gonna wait until Streisand goes back to Broadway or the Pope begins performing gay weddings?"
With friends like Aaron, you did not need enemies. Aggression worked well for him. Like Tallulah Bankhead, he was the kind of guy who had "slept with men, women and the odd piece of furniture." The hairstylist was on vacation and nothing short of a
style tragedy was going to stop him from cramming fun into every second. Men equaled fun so he wanted to get the lay of the land as soon as possible.
Humming, Aaron left the spacious cabin, moving down the long narrow corridor smiling and saying, "Hello darling!" to everyone he met, one of his standard greetings. His smile widened with each step as he ogled his fellow passengers.
This time out the great ship was not going to be filled with honeymooners, retirees or fish belly white business people looking for midwinter fun and sun.
Southern Dawn
had been chartered by a gay cruise company and was packed stem to stern with gay men of all vanilla, leather, twink, drag, bear and gymbot persuasion. The voyage would also include a sprinkling of female friends and lesbians who liked to party with their boys.
Going down a wide set of stairs Aaron turned down another long corridor, happily pushing his way through the crowds of men going in and out of cabin doorways. Near the end of the long hallway, Aaron could not help but stop next to the partially open door of a balcony view cabin. A young shirtless blond was sprawled in one of the club chairs, head back, rosebud shaped lips slightly parted. His radiant beauty caught Aaron's breath. Stepping closer to the doorway, the hairstylist looked in for a moment before clearing his throat.
Aaron broke men into three categories: those who were convinced they would always be in long term relationships; those who thought Mr. Right was never to be found; and those in his favorite category who knew how to flirt and enjoyed the buffet of men that life offered. Aaron could have sex, a date and be engaged with a series of different guys all in the space of one evening out. The popular stylist felt that, like soda and abs, boys should be six packed. Getting no response from the young man in the chair, Aaron stretched out a hand and tapped on the open door.
"Helllooo," he called a bit louder and getting no reply, he stepped into the sunlit cabin. While he and Phillip had flown all night from Seattle, this kid must have come in on a high from Maui Wowie from the way he was zonked out. Reaching over to stroke a hand onto the bare, tan skin of the young man's muscular shoulder, Aaron smiled, then recoiled his fingers.
The sun bronzed flesh was cold to his touch. Stepping in between the wide spread legs of the young blonde, Aaron chanced a further peek over into his face to find a pair of bright blue eyes open and staring back at him blankly.
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Sleepless in Hawaii
Insomniac islanders are hopping mad over a tiny frog from that threatens their fragile ecosystem
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A grimacing Helen Geiger stands amid bikes and beach chairs in the garage of her Hawaiian home watching two men tramp through dense foliage in her backyard. Dragging a hose from a 100-gallon tank, they are seeking a tiny prey, invisible in the misty night but unmistakably present, its shrill, two-note ko-KEE mating call filling the air with earsplitting dissonance.
Unable to see the tiny frogs, no bigger than a quarter, the men follow their ears, spraying a mixture of citric acid and water over the ferns, Ohia trees and strawberry guava, killing many of the frogs on contact. "I'm so appreciative," she tells the men.
"In the daytime," she goes on, "it's beautiful and peaceful here in the rain forest." But nights are a different story. By the thousands, screeching coqui frogs have infested the trees all around her property, including those outside her upstairs bedroom window. Their nightly serenade has become so irritating that she now sleeps on the first floor with her windows shut—no way to live, she says, "if you like fresh air."
Geiger's wooded neighborhood, like scores of communities across Hawaii's Big Island, has been hit by rampaging Eleutherodactylus coqui. Biologists theorize that these tiny natives of Puerto Rico stowed away a dozen or so years ago on nursery plants en route to Hawaii. The Pacific island chain's moist, verdant environment offered the invaders an ideal habitat. With few natural predators, such as snakes and tarantulas, to keep their populations in check, the mottled yellow to grayish brown critters—almost impossible to spot on most vegetation—spread from the Big Island and Maui to Kauai and Oahu.
During the day, the coqui makes its nest in moist areas covered by leaves and leaf litter. Unlike the offspring of many other frog species, coqui froglets—about the size of a grain of rice when they hatch—emerge fully formed from eggs, skipping the tadpole stage entirely. (It's a tadpole's need for a pool of water that limits the spread of most frog species.) "We're dealing with a highly successful generalist that's capable of doing well in a variety of habitats and circumstances," says Lawrence Woolbright, a coqui researcher at New York's Siena College. "This frog is right up there with rats, cockroaches, pigeons and humans in terms of its adaptability."
With females producing an average of 28 eggs four times a year, densities of adult frogs in some Hawaiian locations have jumped to more than 6,000 an acre, some five times what they are back home in Puerto Rico, where they are eaten by spiders and snakes. The frogs begin making their fearsome racket when they are about 8 months old.
The screeching call is made by males, which contract their bodies, squeezing air out of their lungs and into their vocal sacs. Females seem to respond to both the frequency and volume of the call, which can reach from 70 to 90 decibels, comparable to a vacuum cleaner or a garbage disposal. (The federal government calls for workplace ear protection when noise reaches 85 decibels.)
"It is mind boggling if you go to an area that is infested. The noise factor is unbelievable," says Harry Kim, mayor of the Big Island. "And just imagine what the frogs are doing to the entire ecosystem." Researchers fear the coqui might severely reduce, or even wipe out, certain insects on which some rare birds rely. A thriving frog population could also mean a free lunch for other invasive species, such as rats and snakes.
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Coquis are a demon plague if you're an Hawaiian insect. But if you like puertorican frogs better than Hawaiian insects (that are needed to pollinate Hawaiian plants, among other things), then I suppose you'd go with the frogs... They are kind of cute, and most folks don't bother to notice insects....even if they are the basis for the ecosystem. So you're right -- Just choosing what you think is more important, I guess.
Posted by Samual Adams on February 2,2012 | 11:50 AM
It's not a matter of 'liking nature' or not. It also has nothing to do with demons or the deafening noise of high density coqui populations. Plain an simple, it's not wise to allow the spread of plants and animals in places (ecological systems) they don't belong. I can be very disruptive and destructive. Know your land. Be a steward to it.
Posted by Adam on August 25,2011 | 06:01 PM
If all the ecological destruction and mayhem as described above is true, then when will it happen to the Puerto Rico ecosystem? We've had them forever, and our system is doing very well. They are just harmless tiny frogs, people just don't like their singing because it's not in their nature to like nature. They are not like the brown tree snakes of Guam, or our own Puerto Rico infestation of green iguanas. These are destructive. Coquis are not a demon plague.
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A prosecution witness testified in the George Zimmerman trial Friday that he saw the former neighborhood watch captain on the bottom of a mixed martial arts-style fight with 17-year-old Trayvon Martin the night Martin was fatally shot.
Jonathan Good said he heard a faint noise coming from the back of his home in the Retreat at Twin Lakes on Feb. 26, 2012. When he heard a louder noise, he went outside to investigate. He said he saw two men engaged in a "tussle" on the ground.
Good was the 17th witness to take the stand in the trial of Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of Martin in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman told police he followed the teenager because there had been some recent break-ins in the area. He says he was forced to shoot Martin during their confrontation in self-defense.
On the trial's fifth day, Good recounted being 15 to 20 feet away from the fight between Zimmerman and Martin. Although he couldn't make out the faces of the people on the ground, Good said he could make out the color of their clothes.
In crucial testimony that appears to buttress the defense's argument, Good said the person on top during the fight was wearing a black top like the black hoodie sweatshirt Martin had on that night, and the person on the bottom was wearing red. Zimmerman was wearing a similar color that night.
Good said it seemed like the person on the bottom was yelling for help. Good said he saw the person on top "straddling" the person on the bottom and the person on top was moving their hands in a downward striking motion that looked like what he called a "ground and pound," a term associated with MMA or mixed martial arts fighting.
"It looked like that position was a ground-and-pound-type position, but I couldn't tell 100% that there were actually fists hitting faces," Good said.
Defense attorney Mark O'Mara asked Good to define the term "ground and pound."
"It's usually when someone is on top in a mounted position, I believe, in the dominant position, but like I said the person on the bottom is able to throw punches back, but I did not see any of that," said Good.
Good said he went outside and called out to Zimmerman and Martin to "cut it out," but after getting no response he went back inside and called 911 -- that's when he heard a gunshot.
"I just heard a shot right behind my house," Good said on the 911 call, which was played in the courtroom. "They are wrestling right in the back of my porch."
Timothy Smith, the first police officer to arrive at the scene, also testified on Friday, making some observations about Zimmerman's clothing that seemed to support Good's version of events.
In regard to Zimmerman's jacket, Smith said, "The back of it was wetter than the front of it. It was also covered in grass." He also described the back of Zimmerman's jeans as "wetter than the front" and agreed that this was consistent with someone lying on his back in the wet grass.
Smith said that when he asked Zimmerman if he saw who shot the person on the ground, Zimmerman told him he was responsible and that he was still armed. Smith said he proceeded to remove his own weapon and point it at Zimmerman. He then handcuffed Zimmerman and eventually took his weapon away.
On their way to the patrol car, Smith said Zimmerman volunteered some information about the scuffle.
"He stated to me that he was yelling for 'help' and that nobody would come help him," said Smith.
Zimmerman repeated the statement once they got to the car, according to Smith.
"It was almost confusion. Sort of a confused look on his face," Smith said.
Defense attorney O'Mara asked Smith if Zimmerman seemed angry, frustrated, spiteful, cavalier or if he appeared to have any ill will or hatred that night. Smith said no to each individual description and called Zimmerman compliant throughout the entire ordeal.
Another neighbor named Jonathan Manalo, who was the first to approach Zimmerman after the shooting, was also asked to describe Zimmerman's behavior that night.
"He wasn't acting like anything different. He was coherent, he was responding to my questions just like any other person," Manalo said.
Defense attorney Don West asked Manalo if Zimmerman told him, "This guy was beating me up and I shot him."
"I was defending myself and I shot him," said Manalo in response.
An EMT who treated Zimmerman at the scene described his injuries to jurors.
"He had a very swollen, bleeding nose. He had lacerations to the back of his head," said Stacey Livingston. "We just tried to clean up his injuries so we could see them better."


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And finally, a single disc that covers the majority of it. The criminal deletion policies of record companies have moved almost the entirety of Edmunds' solo output to out of print status. "From Small Things" collects work from the Columbia and Swan Song tenure plus a few other oddities for almost an hour of great rocking. It also shows that, when it came to picking songs and writers, Edmunds was a genius. Be it Graham Parker's "Crawling From the Wreckage" or Elvis Costello's "Girls Talk" (performed live here), he made them sound perfect next to John Fogerty's "Almost Saturday Night" and the Everly Brothers' "Let It Be Me." He was such an admired player and artist that Robert Plant hand picked Edmunds to his fledgling Swan Song label (right after Bad Company, no less) and Bruce Springsteen tailored one of his unreleased songs ("From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)") for his Columbia debut "DE7th." And if you listen closely, you'll hear Jeff Lynne formulating the Traveling Wilburys concept around the "Information" and "Riff Raff" album selections.
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seen much suggestions on Balphagore, but non rly fits the eating mechanics that he uses, but a whit some animation changes on his spells, this could work.
Necromancer Balphagore.
this would probably be a golden avatar, cus it then needs new model and new colour on his spells
the model size on Balphagore is quite big, so a normal human dont have the rigth size to fit the model, so i think he needs a (alive or undead) creature other then a normal human Necromancer
changes needed
- Regurgitate add pullsing death skulls coming out from Balphagore and change colour of it to purple
- Demonic Pathogen change colour to green
- Corpse Conversion when walking on a corpse a blue soul is drained out from it, and summons (zombie's, skelletons or shades) instead of demons
- ulti needs a new sound (cant have Balphagore voice shout Hell of newearth) and other moddels on Volatile Minions (zombie's, skelletons or shades)
check out my alt Avatar Balphagore Necromancer suggestion http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?t=377362
just perfect.
Ahimtar's Everyday HoN 4 is finally out!!!!!
I thought all hero models were the same size on mechanical terms .
Would be cool though. Balph looks clunky.
Awesome. Moves away from the "fat demon" trope that seems to be locked into, but is still is a really cool concept. S2 has shown that they have no real qualms with radically changing a hero's general style or feel ( and alts come to mind; they are significantly different). I fully support this.
well we can skip the zombie part when gravekeeper enters on friday :S, shades, skeletons or ghost then
check out my alt Avatar Balphagore Necromancer suggestion http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?t=377362
We need this.
S2 should make Customs maps for validated accounts only and let the community create maps for people to play.You would see a lot more accounts becoming validated. TD maps,Hero Defenses, Survival maps AND SOOO MUCH MORE could be added to the HoN world.S2 underestimates how popular and sustainable HoN would become if they supported custom maps.It would bring a new player base back to the game and many more validated accounts.


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While driving home, it was interesting to see the smiles on the faces of those who got their baskets of goodies. Some received flowers, others chocolate, jewellery, roses and lots of other romantic mementos. Somehow the demonstrations of affection were "more meaningful" if they were tied to gifts. And, what I noticed was that people were craving gifts, intoxicated with the idea of love more than love itself.
Truthfully, on their own, these gifts can be sweet, great tokens of love from someone you care about. But, throw in the word "Valentine", a baby in a diaper with a bow and arrow and call it a holiday, and suddenly the meaning is tripled, frustrating one half of a couple for needing to observe this thing and the other half of the couple expecting it to be observed.
Yes, sounds all too romantic. Right? Right?
Don't get me wrong. I'm not a Valentine's Day hater. On the contrary, I may be one of the sappiest, happily-ever-after types you'll ever meet, which hasn't wavered no matter how many Valentine's Days I've been unattached. And, I don't think it's a bad idea to have a day where you have an extra chance to show someone you care.
But, is that how this day started out? If you believe what history says, not so much: In one old tale, a man by the name of Valentine, also a priest, helped soldiers marry their sweethearts when it was outlawed – and was eventually put to death. In another tale, Valentine was killed for helping Christians escape harsh conditions. And, other legends refer to the time as a day to celebrate fertility.
When you strip these stories away to the core, you can probably deduce how they became associated with romantic love. But, at the heart of it (pun intended), Valentine himself wasn't this deep, profound lover. From what I can tell, he just wanted to help other people to be happy. There's still no telling for sure where all the other "stuff" came from.
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If I wake up on the 15th, 16th, 17th and beyond, being showered with as much love and demonstrations of that love as I got on the 14th, or get a sweet little token of love on a random Wednesday evening after a long day, then it will mean way more than something that was given just because a holiday dictated so. In this case, Valentine's Day would simply be a "reminder day" of all the love that we share in the off season – and not the whole commercialized fiesta itself.
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These two videos, while not great, shows the nature of Soi 8. Soi 8 is a small road that runs between Beach Road and Second Road. It is the second soi to the south of Central Pattaya Road (Pattaya Klang.)
Soi 8 is dominated by open air beer bars. Some of the bars are in complexes while others are individual bars. There are also a few small gogo bars and coyote bars. A couple of years ago a few closed air-conditioned bars opened on the soi but the area wasn't ready for them and most of them have subsequently closed.
One thing to note in the first video is the number of vendors walking past. This is a feature of sois such as Soi 8. You can be asked to buy a particular item by one person then another person will ask you to buy the same item one minute later even after you told the first one no and they are part of the same group. It does test your patience at times. From the vendor at 1:42 in the first video it appears that this video was taken at about Christmas time.
This soi and the Soi 7 must be visited on a trip to Pattaya. The atmosphere is very different from that of Walking Street and the action is more concentrated that the Soi 2 and 3 area. While the bars are open more or less open 24 hours a day the best part of the night starts at about 9pm. On a good night things can continue until 4am or perhaps even until dawn. There are many small bars to visit but don't miss the gogo bars even if it is only to cool down on a warm night.
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Shreveport Journal - August 25, 1975 DOING THE IMPOSSIBLE - Two sophomore medical students, Barron O'Neal (left ) and Stephen Glenn lifted a sunken barge weighing 20,000 pounds from 20 feet of water. They were told it couldn't be done but five weeks of concen-trated work were crowned with success. Raising the barge from Sunny Point Lake near Curtis was a first for the scuba divers. (Journal Photo by Don Graham ) 2 Students Surmount Ilmpossible' Obstacle By ANN DEMENT Jourual Staff Writer They said it couldn't be done. They said two adventurous boys could not raise more than 21I,1XXl pounds of weight out of water 211 feet deep. They said an established underwater recovery firm would charge $50 an hour to do the job. But Barron O'Neal and Stephen Glenn proved everybody wrong. It took almost five weeks of hard work but what began as a joke to O'Neal and Glenn turned into one of the most rewarding challenges they have ever undertaken. They lifted a sunken barge weighing more than 211,000 pounds from the bottom of Sunny Point Lake near Curtis. "It all began as a joke last spring when Barron and I were trying to forget about school worries and decided to start our own underwater recovery service. The next thing I knew Barron had gotten a license and we were in business," Glenn said. Both sophomore medical students at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport, O'Neal and Glenn began scuba diving as a hobby and liked to do it in their spare time. "We heard that Mr. Les Cooley was interested in having a barge lifted from the bottom of his lake and went to see him ," O'Neal said. WHAT BEGAN as a $25 a day job which was to consist of pulling the barge out with towing line and a tractor was quite an experience, O'Neal explained. "This was our very first job and we told Mr. Cooley that if we were unable to get it up, he did not have to pay us anything and if we did succeed, he could pay us what it was worth," he said. One of the problems in getting the barge out was that it sank adjacent to a gazebo built on the water and if the barge was pulled to the side it could easily bring the gazebo down. Other problems, O'Neal explained, were that it sank over a year ago, it was stuck in four feet of mud, and visibility in the water was very poor. "We had to refy a great deal on feeling," he said. After the first attempt at towing failed, the boys next tried using airfilled barrels to raise the barge. This too was not enough to dislodge the massive structure. O'NEAL AND Glenn then decided to remove the water from inside two pontonns which filled with air, would ~rdinariJy hold the barge afloat. They deVISed a method of replacing the water with air which proved to be the answer in raising the barge. "Our big day was Aug. 8 when the barge popped out of the mud. We bad been working about an hour and fortyfive minutes when I could feel the water pressure changing. I started swimming as fast as I could away from the barge. Then it happened, it was like a cork popping from a champagne bottle. The barge, lodged in four feet of mud and in water 211 feet deep, popped more than eight feet out of the water," O'Neal said. He admitted it was frightening. Cooley said he used the barge for transporting material from one end of the lake to the other. He had put some 200 pound railroad irons on the barge to take to another part of the lake and over several days the weight of the irons caused the barge to sink. Despite all the hazards of the underwater world, which included biting fish , deadly y(}-yo fIShing lines and . hooks, and a large scratchy pecan tree near the barge, O'Neal and Glen succeeded in their first recovery endeavor. O'Neal even got a little extra surgery out of the whole ordeal - while scuba diving he was bitten by a fish who thought two moles on his back were delicious water bugs.
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- A bottlenose dolphin named Winter lost her tail after getting tangled up in a crab trap. She was forced to swim from side to side like a fish, which warped her spine.
- Two prosthetists decided to build Winter a whole new tail, something that had never been done before. In the process, they invented a new kind of gel.
- Today Winter's false tail is helping to straighten her spine, and "dolphin gel" cushioning has proved useful for human athletes who have lost limbs.
In December 2005, when winter the bottlenose dolphin was just a few months old, she was swimming with her mother in Mosquito Lagoon, along central Florida's Atlantic coast. Somehow she got herself tangled in a crab trap. An eagle-eyed fisherman spotted her struggling and called in a wildlife rescue team. The volunteers gently positioned the dolphin on a stretcher, carried her out of the water and drove her across the state to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium.
She was in bad shape when she arrived—exhausted, dehydrated, and sporting numerous cuts and abrasions. She could barely swim, and trainers stood in the tank with her, holding her little body up in the water. No one knew whether she would make it through the night. But she was a survivor, enduring that first night and the next one, too.
This article was originally published with the title A Dolphin's Tale.
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Route 66 Blowout
Sapulpa, OK 74066
Phone: 918-224-5709 918-224-0170
Fax: 918-224-0172
An annual event held in downtown Sapulpa since 1990, the Route 66 Blowout celebrates the nostalgia of the Mother Road with a well-attended car, motorcycle and truck show. Make your way to Sapulpa for over 250 annual entries and enjoy a sunny summer day browsing through rows of classic, vintage and modified vehicles. In addition, the Route 66 Blowout features a juried art show and sale, historic walking tours of Sapulpa, live music, crafts and commercial vendors. Bring the kids for a wide variety of activities tailored specifically for them and don't forget to visit a myriad of food vendors ...
General Information: Free admission
Highway Corridors (within 5 mi.): I-44, Route 66
Projected Attendance: 20,000
Day | Open | Close |
Saturday | 9:00 am | 4:00 pm |
Primary Contact: | Kallie McGuire |