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It's one of the most disheartening statistics in the job market's slow recovery.
As the nation's unemployment rate dipped below 8 percent in September, joblessness for post-Sept. 11 veterans was nearly 10 percent. And younger female soldiers now in civilian life? Nearly 1 in 5 are unemployed, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
"There are a lot of companies that say they want veterans, but that conflicts with the unemployment numbers," said Hakan Jackson, who was a biomedical equipment technician in the Air Force from 2000 to 2012. Jackson, 31, believes it'll be easier to find a job after completing MBA studies at Boston University.
There is some good news for the 1 million veterans expected to leave the armed forces over the next four years: Corporate America is increasingly professing a desire to hire veterans, saying they value certain qualities that former soldiers bring to the workplace.
In October, Boeing Co. and three other industrial companies formed a coalition to train veterans in 10 states for advanced manufacturing positions that often go unfilled because job candidates lack the skills. Last year, JPMorgan Chase & Co. helped found the 100,000 Jobs Mission, which has a goal of hiring that many service members worldwide by 2020.
University of Chicago MBA student Bryson DeTrent, 29, who was in the National Guard for 12 years, thinks there are four key reasons why vets, particularly women, haven't found jobs:
• It's too easy to collect unemployment.
• Many women are planning to start families or make up for time lost.
• Many companies are nervous about hiring National Guard and reservists because the military could pull them from work.
• Younger vets become dependent on the military's structured environment and have difficulty adjusting to the civilian work environment.
Erik Sewell, 28, who is also studying for an MBA from the University of Chicago, said more companies need to follow in Home Depot's footsteps. He said the retailer has an online translator that is part of its job application process. He said he typed in "field artillery officer" and up popped several examples of how that experience could be applied at Home Depot.
"It would be great to see more companies utilize tools like this," Sewell said.


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The guys at Lucas Entertainment are "Unzipped," undressed, rock hard, and ready to have some of the hottest and sweatiest sex caught on film! The famous D.O. returns to take a pounding from Trenton Ducati. Vito Gallo gives Troy Daniels such a working over he shoots two loads of cum. Jay Roberts services Damir's cock to completion. Miles Racer's eagerly assumes the position for Issac Jones' throbbing uncut meat. And Paddy O'Brian delivers a pounding to Darius Ferdynand that the bottom will never forget! Don't be the only one left out: get "Unzipped" and have fun with the Lucas Men!
Despite his reputation as a top, the porn star sensation from Argentina known as D.O. decided that there is no place better for him to give up his anal virginity in gay porn than at Lucas Entertainment! His debut bottoming scene was with Hot Rod, who couldn't offer him a bigger cock to take. D.O. first began his career in modeling, but he realized that his other assets were going to waste. D.O.'s favorite part of sex is a good deep rimming and he has a strong affection for black guys. D.O. likes black guys so much he fantasies about getting caught in a threesome with two of the hottest mocha dudes out there. He already had one, so who is the next volunteer?
Damir's exotic good looks are spellbinding, and the only thing that can compete with them are his incredible body and big cock, a piece of meat that seems to never go soft! This go-go dancer always dreamed of having sex on camera (his attitude is what could be better than fucking and making money do it?). Damir enjoys lying down on his back while his bottoms bounce up and down on his cock, and he is a particular fan of rimming. The craziest place Damir has fucked is in a garage and he's most attracted to muscular jocks with bubble butts -- someone is always searching for a guy to pound!
Stop and pay attention when you get a look at Darius Ferdynand, the latest blond bombshell to perform for Lucas Entertainment. Darius loves sex, and when he says he loves sex, he means he likes to bend over and get his ass pounded! Darius' favorite position is doggy style, but so long as the cock is big and hard, he's ready and waiting to take a ride! A church is the wildest place Darius has had and he hopes to one day be the center of attention in a gang-bang orgy!
Uncut, fresh-faced hunk Issac Jones stands six feet tall and shows off one beautiful uncut dick, eight inches! Issac is a native of France and loves all and any kind of sex, and the hotter the guys he's fucking with the better. Issac started modeling because his boyfriend encouraged him to show off his goods, and he's a guy who is always looking to please.
Slovak stud Jay Roberts made his Lucas Entertainment premiere in our foreign fuck-fest PARIS PLAYBOYS. We were so turned on by his scene that we invited him to get naked again for INSIDE ISRAEL and INTERNATIONAL AUDITIONS. This smooth sex-pup used to be shy and he never had enough courage to approach a guy. So our stud-in-training took up swimming and started to workout in the gym to strengthen his body and confidence. And then our sexual brute was born. Jay loves the connection sex brings; the vulnerability and the power. He gets turned on by being versatile in bed and he can take it as hard as he gives it. Watch his sexual instincts come out in each of his scenes!
Miles Racer is an unassuming guy: he knows who he is and what he likes, and when you hear his British accent you're guaranteed to melt! Miles' jump into porn was as simple as him being asked to try it -- he thought it sounded fun to get fucked for cash on camera, and it helps supplement his income as a tailor. There's a fantasy that Miles would love to live out, but he's just too tight: he wants to get fisted. Anyone out there want to loosen him up?
Make no mistake about England's hottest sex star fucking in gay porn today: Men.com exclusive Paddy O'Brian is all top, and if you have any trouble believing that look no further than his debut Lucas Entertainment scene with the studio's exclusive, Jonathan Agassi. Paddy loves fucking in all ways possible, but his favorite position in particular is reverse cowgirl. Paddy's favorite kinds of guys are smooth twinks, and the more feminine the better!
Houston-born gay porn star Trenton Ducati is blessed with a killer body ripped with muscles and classic good looks. Trenton is truly versatile in bed -- he loves to suck cock and take a dick up his ass as much as he loves to kick back for a deep and wet blowjob before bending a guy over and fucking him like a ravenous animal. The one thing Trenton loves about sex more than anything else is the pure ecstasy of ejaculation!
When not sitting in a classroom cracking the books, Troy Daniels earns money for school as a go-go dancer. During one of his performances, he was recruited into porn and decided to go for it! This bottom from San Francisco loves sucking dick and he has even been so bold as to play around with another dude in his college library!
What a catch Vito Gallo is as Lucas Entertainment's newest exclusive: he's handsome, tall, muscular, and is endowed with one of the biggest cocks we've seen. Vito's only limitation in bed is safety, but aside from that he's up for anything if it will equal a good romp. This hunk usually tops, and with a dick like his, it shouldn't be any other way. And as Lucas Entertainment's next big pornstar in the making, Vito is certainly someone to keep a close eye on!


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Hi everyone!
Just thought to do a quick update.....
Planning going well all ADR all booked.
Pocket money saving going well so far. We have decide to have two budgets when we are over there. Basically it is 'Custom budget' and 'non custom' budget.
The custom budget is the maximum tax allowance in the UK and non custom is stuff that we are not brining back such as snacks, drinks and stuff that we may put in the suitcase and 'forgot all about it' (oops did I type that out loud?!)
We have decided to go for Discovery Cove so need to book that. Will also book the halloween party. (Need to find a fancy dress for that!)
We will be staying at Hilton Hotel and will be taking advantage of twilight check in. (That also need to be booked!)
Britchick informed me that it is being rumoured that wifi is being rolled out in the park so decided not to buy mifi.
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A good 20th century gilt brass and enamel singing bird box by Karl Griesbaum, Triberg, Germany. Of rounded oblong form, the cover with swags and mazarine blue enamelled border framing a hinged cover painted with figures in a wooded landscape, enclosing a pierced filigree liner with pop-up brightly coloured singing and revolving songbird, released via a bird-shaped sliding purchase to the front, decorated to all sides with canted oblong mazarine blue panels within white borders, in foliage-chased surround, the textured underside with winding arbour, 4" wide x 2.5" deep x 2" high, (10cm x 6.5cm x 5cm), sold with bird-shaped winding key. Provenance: this box has remained in the same family for the last thirty years (ex. inf. vendor). A matching example was sold by Bonhams Knowle, 17th October 2006, lot 90.
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When Amber Heard said yes to Johnny Depp's proposal, she not only got an amazing movie star fiance – she also got his kids.
27-year-old Amber Heard is about to become the step mom to 14-year-old Lily Rose and 11-year-old Jack. Amber and Lily Rose were seen out shopping together, and scarily enough the pair looked much more like sisters than mother and daughter. The two blonds grabbed a late lunch and then shopped till they dropped, laughing and smiling the whole time.
Amber Heard is said to get along wonderfully with both kids, even from the beginning of her and Johnny Depp's relationship that began in late 2012. Taking a 14-year-old girl shopping definitely wins Amber some mom points, that's for sure. Lily Rose and Amber even look alike – good call, Johnny!
Despite the bonding, who knows how long Johnny Depp and Amber Heard will actually last. Johnny Depp has had three engagements, one marriage, and many relationships. His cast aside ladies include Vanessa Paradis, Jennifer Grey, and Winona Ryder. Congrats on the engagement and the approval of the kids, Amber, but be careful. Your man's list of career successes is long and impressive, but his relationship successes? Not so much.


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New York, NY (Sports Network) - Stanford and Connecticut remained the top two
teams in women's college basketball, according to the latest Associated Press
The Cardinal received 22 first-place votes and a total of 978 points from a
nationwide media panel to maintain the top spot for a fifth straight week,
while the Huskies picked up 16 No. 1 votes and 967 points to keep the second
Baylor garnered a pair of first-place votes to remain third and is again
followed by Duke, Notre Dame, Georgia and Kentucky. The first change came at
No. 8, where California moved up two spots from 10th. Maryland and Tennessee
complete this week's top 10. The Lady Vols vaulted three spots from 13th.
The second 10 consists of Penn State, UCLA, Purdue, Louisville, Oklahoma
State, Dayton, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas. Louisville tumbled
six spots from eighth after a loss to Colorado last week.
South Carolina, Texas A&M, Florida State, West Virginia and Colorado are the
last five teams ranked this week. Florida State and Colorado are this week's
newcomers, replacing Ohio State and Miami.
This week's schedule includes a pair of top-10 matchups featuring Tennessee.
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I am currently struggling with a circular dependency problem when designing my classes.
Ever since I read about the Anemic Domain Model (something I was doing all the time), I have really been trying to get away from creating domain objects that were just "buckets of getters and setters" and return to my OO roots.
However, the problem below is one that I come across a lot and I'm not sure how I should solve it.
Say we have a Team class, that has many Players. It doesn't matter what sport this is :) A team can add and remove players, in much the same way a player can leave a team and join another.
So we have the team, which has a list of players:
public class Team {
private List<Player> players;
// snip.
public void removePlayer(Player player) {
// Do other admin work when a player leaves
Then we have the Player, which has a reference to the Team:
public class Player {
private Team team;
public void leaveTeam() {
team = null;
// Do some more player stuff...
One can assume that both methods (remove and leave) have domain-specific logic that needs to be run whenever a team removes a player and a player leaves a team. Therefore, my first thought is that when a Team kicks a player, removePlayer(...) should also call the player.leaveTeam() method...
But then what if the Player is driving the departure - should the leaveTeam() method call team.removePlayer(this)? Not without creating an infinite loop!
In the past, I'd have just made these objects "dumb" POJOs and had a service layer do the work. But even now I'm still left with that problem: to avoid circular dependencies, the service layer still has link it all together - i.e.
public class SomeService {
public void leave(Player player, Team team) {
Am I over complicating this? Perhaps I'm missing some obvious design flaw. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks all for the responses. I'm accepting Grodriguez's solution as it is the most obvious (can't believe it didn't occur to me) and easy to implement. However, DecaniBass does make a good point. In the situation I was describing, it is possible for a player to leave a team (and be aware of whether he is in a team or not) as well as the team driving the removal. But I agree with your point and I don't like the idea that there's two "entry points" into this process. Thanks again.


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It's easy to seem like an egoistic idiot (I know, I've done this a lot, and will probably do this in the future as well). Read the following paragraphs and notice the difference in tone.
When you do game development, you should always prepare a project plan or your game development will be messy.
And here's the second version:
I've noticed that in game development, preparing a project plan is good. When I haven't done the plan, my game development has been messy.
The tone difference is so obvious. First one is telling others what to do. The second one is about presenting some stuff that has been beneficial for you.
I've noticed that whenever I write about some tips or lessons learned, it's useful not to tell others how things should be done. That can be negative, and seen as somebody trying to force their way. On the other hand, it has been more positive whenever I've tried to present things in a way that says: "this is what I've done, here's what has worked for me – feel free to use it or not".
It's so easy to get into habit of telling others what to do. In my experience, it has been good to avoid that (well, at least to some extend).
So, stop forcing your opinions to others.
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Technote (troubleshooting)
64-bit IHS 8.5 crashes when using 64-bit PKCS11 library for SSL
Resolving the problem
This particular adapter(64-bit IBM 4764 PCI-X Cryptographic Card library) is not certified with GSKit V8. It was observed in one case to fail under 64-bit, but worked with a 32-bit IHS.
The workaround is to use 32-bit IHS with 32-bit PKCS11 library.


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Yes sir, you're as sharp as your observation, it's the 60mm macro lens alright
I did somewhat minor sharpening too...
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Immediately I saw how crisp and clear the photos were, why cant mine come out that good. Then I suspect that you are using the 60mm macro lens?
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The Supreme Court verdict against incentives for postgraduate service doctors working in remote and difficult areas of Bengal has put the state government in a fix.
The incentives were aimed at encouraging doctors to work in rural health care centres at a time when the government is facing a shortage of doctors in state-run hospitals.
The Supreme Court on Saturday quashed the Calcutta High Court decision to provide the incentives on the ground that there is no need to provide incentives to service doctors who have already been posted this year in hospitals at various remote and difficult areas. As a result, around 300 postgraduate service doctors in Bengal will not be able to avail themselves of the incentive.
Senior officials of the health department said there is a shortage of around 1,500 medical officers in state-run hospitals. The Supreme Court verdict will result in more vacancies at subdivisional hospitals in remote and difficult areas, they said.
Manoj Ghosh, registrar of West Bengal University of Health Sciences, said they would approach the Supreme Court next year so that postgradaute service doctors can get benefits.
In January 2012 ,the Calcutta High Court rejected the list of remote and difficult areas prepared by the state government in November last year and ordered a fresh list.
The first list had failed to identify clearly the remote and difficult areas. For example, hospitals in developed areas of South 24-Parganas like M R Bangur Hospital in Tollygunge and Baghajatin State General Hospital were listed as remote and difficult though both are located in south Calcutta.
A fresh list was prepared and deemed valid by the Calcutta High Court and on September 27, it ordered the state government to carry out the incentive scheme for postgraduate doctors posted in remote and difficult areas.
Fire tenders for medical colleges
The state fire and emergency service department has decided to station fire tenders at three state run medical colleges SSKM, NRS and RG Kar Medical College and Hospital from 8 pm to 8 am every day as the fire stations are located far from these hospitals.


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Check out fifteen incredible recipes by the South's top chefs, and you could find yourself watching the chefs cook your favorites live. Your vote will help decide who's named the South's best casino restaurant chef in the Southern Gaming Magazine's Casino Cook-Off presented by Four Roses Bourbon, and sponsored by Allrecipes and ManTestedRecipes. When you vote, you're entered for a chance to win a VIP weekend at the Chefs of the Coast Festival, the Gulf Coast's premier culinary event, including passes to the Grand Champion Cook-off Event, where the four highest-rated chefs will cook their recipes live for a panel of judges.
Recipes include Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Hickory Smoked Duck and Bourbon Praline Cream, Tarragon and Chive Crusted Chilean Seabass, and Grilled Bourbon Pork Chops with Mission Figs. Check out all fifteen recipes, then vote for your favorites at SouthernGaming.com. Voting ends July 7, 2011.
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Velodiva and I decided to ride to the coast this weekend over Skyline Ridge on our tandem. It is one of the epic rides on the Peninsula and is highly recommend for cyclists that visit the San Francisco Bay area. It features two major climbs that wind through the redwoods and a minor climb as you approach the coast. After the first climb we were treated to a long curvy descent through the trees that flattens out on rolling hills with headwinds off the Pacific Ocean. It was a perfect fall day in the San Francisco Bay area, sunny with the highs around 70 degrees, although it gets chilly riding through the shady redwoods.
Here are the summary metrics from Motion Based : 46.5 miles, 7800 feet of climbing, average speed 13.1 mph and the max speed 40 mph (not 61 mph).
Below is the elevation profile of the ride. The first climb is Old La Honda which is the benchmark climb of the area. The second smaller climb is right before we reached Pacific Coast Highway. The third and final climb back up to Skyline is Tunitas Creek. It is tough and comes at the end of the ride. The climb is beautiful with very little traffic but the road is rough in spots. The Tunitas Creek climb takes about an hour.
Here we are getting ready at the car. We started about 4 miles from the first climb to warm up.
Here is Skyline in the backdrop; the Pacific Ocean lies beyond the ridge.
Below is the first stop after climbing Old La Honda. This area is populated by LOTS of motorcyclists.
Our underpowered hardware among the beasts.
Here is the area after the descent.
Here is a landmark stop, San Gregorio General Store, right before we began the climb up Stage Road to the ocean.


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IU Health Goshen Hospital hosting community screening day Thursday
Most screenings are free but some require a small fee.
GOSHEN — IU Health Goshen Hospital will host a community screening day from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at IU Health Goshen Hospital, 200 High Park Ave. Most screenings are free; few require a nominal fee. IU Health Goshen will also offer flu shots for $15. Services provided by clinical professionals include fitness assessment, body composition assessment, blood pressure, pulse, and blood oxygen measurement and diabetes risk assessment. Other services include a bone density heel scan, cholesterol screening, liver health screening and A1C glucose measurement. Space is limited; registration is required. To register call 877-566-4660.


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The decades-long box office feud between Leonardo DiCaprio and Mia Farrow has ended in a gentleman's draw as both parties have, in tandem, withdrawn from acting.
DiCaprio reportedly made his semi-retirement known to the German newspaper Bild, where he explained, "I'm a little bit drained. I am now going to take a long long break. I'm just worn out."
With shooting completed on Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street--apparently his final film for a while--DiCaprio says he'll now concentrate on his ecological efforts, saying he "will fly around the world doing good for the environment" and stealing the premise of Captain Planet.
Hearing that DiCaprio upheld his side of their quiet truce, Farrow yesterday responded likewise, tweeting (via), "Like my colleague Leonardo DiCaprio I too will be retiring from acting indefinitely." Her last film for now, and possibly forever, is Todd Solondz's Dark Horse.
In short, now you can definitely forget about Inception 2, starring Mia Farrow.
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Syrian rebels, Lebanese news website report IAF activity in Baalbek area, over Quneitra, claim Hezbollah-bound weapons convoy bombed
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Roi Kais
Another Israeli strike in Syria? Arab media outlets reported Israeli Air Force activity in the Beqaa Valley in east Lebanon
and in the Golan Heights
on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the Military Revolutionary Council in Golan Quneitra,
a rebel group, claimed that aircraft also bombed a missile convoy making its way to Lebanon from Syria. The reports could not be confirmed by any Western source.
Related stories:
According to the Quneitra rebels, the sound of aircraft could clearly be heard as they circled over the city. Earlier, the council said in its Facebook page that Israeli jets had bombed Syrian army posts. The IAF aircraft flew at low altitude over Baalbek, according to the Lebanese El-Nashra website.
The past several months have seen separate reports about alleged IDF
attacks in Syria,
the most recent of which referred to a base in the port city of Latakia where Yakhont missiles were apparently stored.
Two months earlier, in early May, it was claimed that Israel
carried out strikes in a Damascus suburb and in the Lebanese border targeting missile caches and Hezbollah
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Wrapped Star Ornaments
Lion Brand® Bonbons®
Pattern Number: L20080 A great activity for kids, these ornaments are fun for Christmas and beyond!
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With craft knife and metal ruler, cut shape from cardboard.
Apply a small amount of glue to center of one side of cardboard star.
With yarn in desired color and beginning at center, wrap yarn into a spiral to cover star center.
Allow to dry.
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Apply a small amount of glue to one section of star.
Wrap glued area with yarn in desired color.
Continue to apply glue and wrap until entire star is covered.
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The ITL Quantum Information Program is organized into three main thrust areas.
We provide the leadership in quantum information theory necessary to carry out the NIST-wide program in quantum information science. Important components of this include
See the Quantum Algorithm Zoo, a compendium of known quantum algorithms.
Many physical realizations of quantum computing are still being actively considered, with none having overwhelming advantage. Measurement science is needed to be able to assess the properties and performance of alternatives for quantum computer engineering at all levels, from the underlying physical components to higher level system designs. The ITL effort in this area includes
To process quantum information we must be able to move it both short and long distances. Technologies for accomplishing such things are still under early R&D, for which NIST measurement science will be necessary for progress. ITL work in this area includes
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After the tragic events of last week's shootings in Aurora, Colorado, Warner Bros. has been scrambling on how to handle the release of their upcoming mobster movie, Gangster Squad. The movie, which follows Ryan Gosling and Josh Brolin as the leaders of a 1940s police task force sent to take down East Coast mobsters like Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn), depicts a scene where a team of mobsters shoot into a crowded Grauman's Chinese Theater — a scene that has been a part of the movie's promotion since the first trailer but became too problematic for the studio in light of the senseless shooting that claimed 12 lives.
With a September 9th release date still in place, the studio's first move was to order reshoots and cut the offending scene. The latest decision is to push the release of Gangster Squad to next year.
THR reports that Warners is looking at a possible January 11, 2013, release for Gangster Squad pitting the movie against Paramount's Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. Nothing is finalized yet, as the studio is still trying to see how they can schedule director Ruben Fleischer and the cast for the reshoots and for doing press in January. Reportedly, the scene in question was a significant part of the movie's ending, and chances are, it could take longer to make the necessary changes.
Screenwriter Will Beall has been asked to come up with different scenarios for the ending, and try to salvage as much of the movie as possible. Depending on what Beall comes up with, and how quickly, and then the scheduling of the reshoots, will help determine the new release date.
Based on Paul Lieberman's article from the LA Times titled "Tales From the Gangster Squad", the movie co-stars Emma Stone and Nick Nolte.


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JaguarPC, my web host, still hasn't given me access to my cPanel. I need access to setup Canuck Gamers, my newest site (and even to just add the domain to my hosting account) as well as Free RSS Reader when I purchase that script. I also need it to upload files for the podcast here and also when I publish my first novel here.
Speaking of writing, someone emailed me from Unlimited Fan Fiction's archive and basically told me to write the next chapter of "Soaring to Victory" or to change it to Advanceshipping. I'm sorry, but I usually set the pairing of a story before I write it. However, I do have ideas for that story so I'm writing the next chapter currently. I can still use OCs for that story. I'll be needing them for the following competitions Ash will be entering during his training:
- Tournament at Cameron Palace in honor of Sir Aaron's sacrifice
- Whirl Cup
- Orange League Championship match (Ash will be defending his title.)
- Hearthome Double Battle Tournament
- Nacrene Town Club Battle Tournament
Speaking of ideas, I've come up with a vague idea for a Percy Jackson harem story, but I need to see if I can find names for more of Artemis's hunters to really pull it off. I also have a vague idea of a Pertemis story floating around in my brain, but it comes and goes, so I will see if I can get it written down.
Time for me to end this post and to get working on that second chapter of "Soaring to Victory". Take care folks! 😉


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Adena Springs Ranch to reduce water request by 60%
Published: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 8:22 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 8:22 p.m.
Representatives of Adena Springs Ranch announced Wednesday night that they will reduce the water they need for their sprawling cattle ranch from 13.2 million gallons a day to 5.3 million gallons.
During a community meeting at the Church @ the Springs in Ocala, Adena Springs spokesmen said they were modifying their plans in a way that would allow them to use 60 percent less water to irrigate some 15,000 acres of pasture that will nourish up to 30,000 head of grass-fed cattle around Fort McCoy.
The announcement comes as Adena is locked in a pitched battle with environmentalists over the amount of water that will be pumped for the project.
Environmentalists from throughout Florida maintain that pumping millions of gallons of water a day will harm the aquifer and, ultimately, Silver Springs, which is a dozen miles south of the ranch.
Adena's environmental consultants contend, however, that the environmental impacts of the irrigation will be negligible. On Wednesday, they estimated that the project might reduce the water flowing from the springs by 1 to 2 percent, which they called "acceptable."
The ranch has, for some, come to symbolize the statewide debate between pro-growth forces and those who fear growth is rapidly destroying Florida's natural resources.
Whether Wednesday's announcement will neutralize the criticism from Adena opponents is unknown.
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Awesome for Ducati and WSBK to have Checa up there. I know what everyone means by cheating but at the end of the day the Duke is governed by a set of rules and is heavily monitored and scrutinised. Checa and the Ducati combo are the difference as its not an all Ducati front or second row is it?
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Parents Say No to New Taxes on Soda and Fast Foodhelaineo
How concerned are American parents about the fact that more than thirty percent of our nation's children can now be classified as overweight or downright obese? Not much, if the results of a recent Adweek Media/Harris Poll are anything to go by.
Harris found that a mere one-third of families with children under the age of 18 said they would support a tax on soda and fast food, even when surveyors told them it would be part of a campaign to fight obesity. On the other hand, solid majorities of both moms and dads and those without children living at home said no way, no how to tacking any extra fees onto visits to Mickey D's, no matter what the cause.
In as tax-averse a country as ours, it's no surprise that most of us oppose any additional government levy of any sort. But what is something of a shock is that moms and dads, many of who are on the forefront of nutrition wars in places ranging from school cafeterias to supermarkets, would be equally as opposed to paying even an extra penny for a Triple Whopper with Cheese, KFC's Double Down sandwich or 64 ounce extra large soft drink as everyone else.
This makes no sense, folks. If you are cheering Michelle Obama's organic White House garden and her initiative to get children off the couch and moving so that they lose a few pounds, you can't just turn around and say thumbs down to an action that would likely be even more effective at keeping our kids' weight from tipping the chubby meter on a scale.
Taxes might not be fun, but they do work as an instrument of social policy. Remember how the rate of cigarette smokers plunged after excise taxes on the product became so high that, in some places, the cost of the pack more than doubled? This fact has been noted by numerous municipalities: Washington D.C.'s city council, for example, recently voted to add a six percent tax to the cost of sweetened soft drinks including diet soda and sports and energy drinks.
So what do you think? Do you think we could make a dent in childhood obesity rates by raising the price of a trip to the local fast food joint? Or do you believe this is simply a monetary grab by desperate state and municipal governments, eager to bring in more money in from at a time at a time of falling tax revenues, and they are simply seizing on our national obesity epidemic as an excuse to shake a few extra dollars out of our pockets?
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I've read a little bit about this bike and looked at Pacific Cycles website. But I can't find some important specific details:
- What does this bike cost and can you buy it in the US? The Pacific Cycles website doesn't give prices. They do list a distributor in Minnesota, but I emailed and haven't heard back from them yet.
- I'v seen pictures of the bike open and folded, but none of the in between steps. How does it fold -- how many steps, is it tricky, etc? Any vids online might be helpful.


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Vaughn College will reopen on Saturday, March 17. Power has been restored campuswide and cleanup completed following a brief electrical fire on March 14.
Most Aviation Training Institute classes held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays will resume next week (March 19-24), except for the classes listed below.
All ATI classes held on Tuesdays will resume on March 27. All ATI classes held on Fridays will resume on March 30.
The following Monday Aviation Training Institute classes WILL NOT resume next week. They will be held on Monday, March 26:
The following Thursday Aviation Training Institute class WILL NOT resume next week. It will be held on Thursday, March 29:
Vaughn was scheduled to be closed March 19-26, but due to the loss of electrical service and the guidelines of the Federal Aviation Administration, all missed time must be accounted for in the classroom or laboratory in this program.
Students unable to attend classes due to prior commitments must contact Executive Director of Training Domenic Proscia at firstname.lastname@example.com or Associate Vice President of Academic Support Services Said Lamhaouar at firstname.lastname@example.com as soon as possible to arrange for FAA-mandated makeup hours.
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Celebrity Apprentice Recap: Australian Gold
April 14, 2013 08:33 PM by Veronica Dudo
This week the all-star cast of NBC's hit reality TV series, Celebrity Apprentice are tasked with making silent films to promote Australian Gold Products. One project manager is cast aside when a teammate takes over the task. Meanwhile, the other project manager risks everything by going against the advice of a teammate. This week, the Boardroom Advisors are Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump. Keep reading to find out which celebrity gets the boot!
The all-stars are all vying to win money for their charities. The eight remaining celebrities include Marilu Henner, Brande Roderick, Stephen Baldwin, Lisa Rinna, Gary Busey, Penn Jillette, Trace Adkins and Lil Jon. This week, the Boardroom Advisors are Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump.
The teams will be graded on brand messaging, product development and audience creativity.
With the teams uneven, Donald Trump decides to move a player from Team Plan B to Team Power. Trace Adkins says he wants Penn Jillette while Lil Jon says he wants Marilu Henner to join the team. Ultimately, Donald Trump makes the decision and sends Marilu to Team Power.
This week, the celebrities must create a silent movie highlighting Australian Gold products. No one wants to be the Project Manager on Team Power so Trace Adkins steps up to lead Marilu Henner, Lil Jon and Brande Roderick. For their silent film, they decide to show a caveman (Trace Adkins) in a world with "no color" and he explores until he finds girls in bikinis dancing around with Australian Gold products and their end line is, "Live the Gold life."
Over on Team Plan B, actor, Gary Busey volunteers to be the Project Manager leading Penn Jillette, Lisa Rinna and Stephen Baldwin. Their concept is to show a couple in their bathing suit in the 1920′s and the man (a model) wants the woman (Lisa Rinna) to go in the sun but she is hesitant. Then Gary Busey appears and shows the product, Australian Gold. The next shot is in color and shows the couple happy in the sun with an Australian Gold product. Their end line is, "Brings color to an otherwise black and white world."
In the boardroom Donald Trump reveals that the executives selected Team Power as the winner therefore Trace Adkins will get $40,000 for his charity, the American Red Cross. So far Trace has won over $700,000 for the Red Cross this season on Celebrity Apprentice.
While Plan B's silent movie was creative, Donald Trump explains that the Australian Gold executives were not happy that the only product they displayed in the movie was their spray tan. Throughout the season, Gary's teammates have thrown him under the bus saying he is a distraction but tonight he proved to pull his weight. Everyone on his team agreed that he did a great job leading–including Stephen Baldwin.
Gary Busey decides to bring Stephen Baldwin and Penn Jillette back into the boardroom. While talking about who Gary decided to bring back into the boardroom–Gary says he choose Penn and Stephen since Donald said to bring back two people. Everyone agrees that Penn shouldn't be there so Donald excuses Penn. Now, it's down to Gary and Stephen. All of the Trumps praise Gary's movie but ask him why it lacked other Australian Gold products. Gary says he's not sure but he left creative aesthetics to Stephen as the Director and that he should have made the suggestion. Donald listens to Stephen who believes Gary is at fault and should have included a shot of other Australian Gold products. Donald Trump says that since Stephen Baldwin agreed that Gary did a good job then he as the director should have thought to put in the shot of other Australian Gold products. The Donald fires Stephen Baldwin.
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As 14W is winding down, we look back at some of our finest GlobeMed memories this term. We held our annual Benefit Dinner – Exploring Global Partnerships featuring keynote speakers, Dr. Lisa Adams and Dr. Margo Krasnoff. The Subtleties performed several beautiful songs and all of the attendees had a great dinner from the Orient.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune "The Wild, looking to clear cap space this offseason, has placed veteran Matt Cooke on waivers. If he clears, the next route would be a buyout. Cooke, 36, who had an injury-ravaged season and was limited to only 29 regular-season games and seven playoff games, has one more year left on his..." June 18
Fox Sports North "Coming down the stretch, Minnesota Wild head coach Mike Yeo was using the final few games to try and decide on his lineup for Game 1 of the playoffs. Essentially, Yeo came down to a decision of five players for one spot. When Minnesota opened its postseason practices, playoff veteran Matt Cooke..." April 15
Minneapolis Star Tribune "Wild left wing Matt Cooke, who played two third-period shifts totaling 33 seconds Sunday in Vancouver, won't play tonight against the Chicago Blackhawks and potentially a "longer period of time," coach Mike Yeo said. I'm hearing via sources that the veteran will likely need season-ending..." February 03
Minneapolis Star Tribune "It's been a couple long off-days, which is why coach Mike Yeo even began his presser today by joking that there's nothing new from yesterday. Good afternoon from the press room, where every cubicle if full of "hard-working" beat writers. I'll be on KFAN at 5:55 p.m. with Dan Barreiro. Matt..." May 09
Pro Hockey Talk "Minnesota forward Matt Cooke has finished serving his seven-game suspension for kneeing Colorado's Tyson Barrie in the opening playoff round, and is eligible to return to the Wild lineup for Game 4 of their series against Chicago. It'll be very interesting to see if Wild head coach Mike Yeo..." May 07
CBS Sports "Matt Cooke was handed a seven-game suspension on Wednesday for his knee-to-knee hit that injured Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie. On Thursday he gave a brief statement without taking questions. In the short statement to the media, Cooke explained that he's not the same player he was many..." April 24
NHL.com "Minnesota Wild forward Matt Cooke has been suspended seven games for kneeing Colorado Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie during Game Three of the teams' First Round Stanley Cup Playoffs series in St. Paul on Monday, April 21, the National Hockey League's Department of Player Safety announced..." April 24
Denver Post "With Tyson Barrie expected to miss four to six weeks with a medial collateral ligament injury to his left knee, the question becomes: Who replaces him in the Avalanche lineup? Coach Patrick Roy said after Monday's 1-0 overtime loss to the Minnesota Wild in Game 3 that he will take the next two..." April 22
Pro Hockey Talk "Minnesota Wild forward Matt Cooke is facing a lengthy suspension in these Stanley Cup playoffs for an ugly knee-on-knee collision that injured Colorado Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie on Monday. The NHL's Department of Player Safety has offered Cooke an in-person hearing, which means a ban..." April 22
Pro Hockey Talk "34-year-old forward Matt Cooke recently signed with the Minnesota Wild and that act alone has created controversy. Amid that, he did an interview with KFAN and among the subjects that came up was the sensitive issue of what number he would wear. Throughout his career, he has been No. 24, which..." July 09
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "It's not official yet and can't be for another day, at least. But the evidence is accumulating that Matt Cooke won't be with the Penguins in 2013-14. Cooke, a blue-collar winger, is on the cusp of unrestricted free agency, and will be eligible to sign with any team Friday. General manager Ray..." July 04
NESN "Some were expecting Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt Cooke to receive a call from the league following another controversial play, this time in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final. Cooke, who has a checkered past with plenty of supplemental discipline, was at the center of attention again..." June 02
NHL.com "The Matt Cooke storyline in the Eastern Conference Final got amplified in Game 1 on Saturday night. The Pittsburgh Penguins forward was ejected from what turned into a 3-0 Boston Bruins victory early in the second period following his hit on defenseman Adam McQuaid into the boards from..." June 02
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "For the second series in a row, Penguins winger Matt Cooke will be cast as a villain by opposing fans. In the second round against Ottawa, it was because Senators star defenseman Erik Karlsson was hurt on a play involving Cooke in February. In the Eastern Conference final against Boston, which..." May 31
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Penguins left winger Matt Cooke made a conscious effort two years ago to change his game, to pare it down from mean and nasty to tough and smart. It has been a success, with his penalty minutes dropping and his NHL suspensions for blatantly illegal plays falling to, well, none. But he might..." May 25
Ottawa Sun "Eugene Melnyk hasn't closed the book on the Erik Karlsson investigation. Speaking on Sportsnet radio The Fan 590 in Toronto Tuesday night, Melnyk told the station he shouldn't have used the word "forensic," but his experts are still working to find out if Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke skate slash on..." May 08
Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Penguins left wing Matt Cooke sat by his locker Thursday afternoon, looked up and smiled. For the first time in a week, Cooke was all alone. It must have been quite a relief. Consider what Cooke has endured during the past week: • After delivering a hip check to Boston defenseman Andy..." April 26
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Ottawa defenseman Erik Karlsson doesn't think Penguins left winger Matt Cooke intentionally sliced mostly through his Achilles tendon with his skate blade -- "I refuse to believe that anyone would do that," Karlsson said -- but he made it clear Friday that he blames Cooke. Karlsson, injured in..." February 23
Ottawa Sun "Erik Karlsson hobbled into a room in the bowels of Scotiabank Place on crutches Friday, and served notice to Pittsburgh Penguins' predator Matt Cooke he has no intentions of forgiving and forgetting. While the Senators' all-star defenceman doesn't believe Cooke meant to intentionally sever his..." February 23
New York Post "If You ask me, Matt Cooke's lengthy rap sheet actually saved him from being suspended for the play in Pittsburgh on Wednesday against the Senators, when his left skate blade sliced through Erik Karlsson's Achilles tendon on an attempted stick-and-pin gone terribly wrong. For the NHL Department..." February 17
Ottawa Citizen "A day after Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk called Matt Cooke "a goon" who should be booted from the NHL, the Pittsburgh Penguins winger continued to strike a conciliatory tone. As Cooke was running Senators defenceman Erik Karlsson into the boards during Wednesday night's game in..." February 16
Pittsburgh Tribune Review "The complaints about Penguins left winger Matt Cooke rose another rung up the Ottawa Senators' ladder, as well as to another decibel level. In an interview with the Ottawa Sun, Senators owner Eugene Melnyk bitterly complained about Cooke's collision Wednesday with Erik Karlsson, the Senators'..." February 16
TSN "Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk is pulling no punches when discussing his anger about the incident that cost his team Norris Trophy-winning defenceman Erik Karlsson for the remainder of the season. Melnyk spoke to TSN on Friday regarding the injury that happened when the skate blade of..." February 15


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I've made so many hats and booties for all my cousins, and friends, and I got to thinking, "Why not find out if the local hospitals, and pregnancy centers take donations of hats and booties?"
So, I made some phone calls, and found out that they do accept donations, so, I found a boatload of yarn at my local Goodwill store, for a few pennies, and now, I'm making a bunch of different hats and booties for the babies.
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Each place I visit and travel to, be it a tiny alley in the Lower East Side or a hidden neighborhood in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, I'm entirely drawn to and inspired by street art. There's something about knowing how much passion and power is behind those spray-painted streaks excites me, plus the bright colors are one of the most sincere ways to brighten up city streets. Get a taste of what I've been peering at in the past few weeks above and below.
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I really hope someone can help me track this down. Let me take you to the beginning:
I was running:
Toshiba laptop / Intel Pentium dual-core @ 2.0ghz / 4G RAM / EMU 0404 USB / 1T Seagate HD with windows 7 x64(OEM)
but when I hit a certain point (mixdown), the interruptions were unbearable. I spent days reading and tweaking and finally came to the conclusion that my EMU 0404, which was discontinued and was running off a BETA driver since 2010, AND my MBox2 mini weren't good with Windows 7. I bit the bullet and installed WIN XP 64 from my old desktop, (figuring I could always put win7 back).
Now, Windows 7 was giving me consistent CPU spikes of 50% every 10 seconds. But here's where I am with XP64:
After a clean install onto a formatted drive, with network adapter and CD drive disabled, no sound driver other than the EMU (and the regular codecs...). I installed one program: Reaper. And as soon as I open it up, no VSTs scanned, no project.....the CPU is at 15%. I did this because the first time I installed everything seemed fine until I loaded a full project.....and it just won't play without cracking. Again, these are relatively light projects.
I then installed Acid Pro, same thing. Uninstalled EMU, installed MBox, same thing.
15% CPU idled. Is that normal? If so, how the hell did they sell software when CPUs were 256mhz?
The problem is of course when everything's going. Even at the highest buffer setting (500ms!)
Here's what I got:
-On Process Explorer it shows up under DPCs. DPC latency checker shows nothing. (Absolute= 600u)
-Obviously plugins aren't the culprit. The "bypass" shows effects responsible for about 20%, normal.
- Clean install, two different DAWs, two different audio cards (EMU 0404/MBox2 mini, latest drivers, one at a time)
- Updated all drivers. Tried old and new graphics drivers. (Standard VGA/Intel HD) Disabled Network adapter, no internet.
- No firewall. No anti-virus. Bare minimum services.
There's some stuff I'm missing. I just can't remember right now. Sorry.
I have no clue, but the computer came with a conexent audio driver that is gone now. I'll try that for kicks.
Let me ask, though, because I don't get it. I realize I have a low-budget system and a PC that's not at all optimal for audio. But still, with those specs I would've been the man 10 years ago. In theory, if I get rid of any buggy drivers, disconnect from the web and use software from 2010, i should be golden.......right??
Thanks a lot. great site Btw. Sure looks like you guys are having fun. lol
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Gravel in its Intestines?
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"Gravel in their intestines?"
"Yeah, each piece of gravel represents a year of age, so if you find 10 pieces of gravel, the alligator is 10 years old."
"Uh huh. And how is this proven?"
"I don't know, that's just what I heard."
"Uh huh, okay."
This week has seemed like a taping of a Jack Hanna special on wild animals as food in Cote d'Ivoire. Every time I turn around, someone is killing or has already killed some species that I would rather not encounter alone.
Running down the dirt and sand road flanked by dense jungle and palm trees, existence of wildlife both dangerous to man and animal is inevitable. I was not prepared, though, when I literally ran into two men emerging from the bush. One was carrying a very long snake in one hand, its head biting a stick in the other hand.
"What's that?"
"Uh huh, okay." The word did not need translation from French to English. "Are there many here?"
"Oh, perhaps. Not too many."
"Are you going to eat that?"
The men donned guilty grins and nodded their heads. "Bon appetit."
Not thirty minutes later, when I had turned around and was heading back to the village, I ran into another man carrying a "small" alligator in one hand and a machete in the other. I had to interrogate him.
"Eiiiieee! What's that?!?"
He just laughed at my bewilderment because he knew I knew what it was. I started in on my usual series of questions.
"Are there many?"
"Are there bigger ones?"
"Yes, but you need a gun to catch them."
"Uh huh, okay. You going to eat that?"
"Yes," he said, clearly amused by my wonderment.
I started back towards the village with a head full of thoughts and ideas on what else I could possibly encounter and what would happen. What if an elephant tramples across the road or an army of scorpions attacks my ankles without warning? I couldn't help but think back to the snake I found crawling across my thigh in the middle of the night earlier this year. I never did figure out what kind of snake it was, but I laugh to myself imagining if it was a cobra. Of course, my mosquito net is tucked in extra tight now and any unfamiliar noise or movement is automatically illuminated by my headlamp.
Back in the village, after an afternoon of paperwork and reading, I walked across my yard to the latrine. I came across four men slaughtering a cow in my backyard. They couldn't have been more than 15 or 20 paces from my door and they were gutting and hacking away on this huge animal. I recognized a couple of the men as those who sit under a makeshift shack alongside the road, selling chunks of beef and other parts to passersby. The FDA would have a heyday inspecting sanitary conditions in this slaughterhouse. A bed of grass was the only thing under the carcass and pools of blood formed in every direction. Large tools such as machetes, knives, and sharp hammers were used to break bones, tear ligaments, and carve meat. Buckets of water stood nearby for them to occasionally rinse their hands off or to haphazardly wash a body part. When the stomach was removed and emptied, a large pile of chewed grass was replanted in a heap, the stomach was turned inside out, and, using his bare hands, the elder man picked off the remaining blades of green. I cringed, but held my own, as this made for a great photo opportunity.
"You going to eat that?" I asked, pointing to the stomach lining that was now lying in a large, metal bowl.
"Uh huh," they replied, grinning and knowing that they were disgusting "la blanche". "Do you want?"
"Oh no! No, no, no, that's okay, I'm fine really."
A few more minutes passed and the carcass began to lose its entirety, becoming small piles of parts rather than a whole. I decided that after the stomach was cleaned, I would retreat to my safe haven, home to glorious canned goods and dried soup mixes, bottles of clean water and the occasional fresh fruit.
But I keep asking myself if I'm doing something wrong here by not partaking in everything the villagers do, such as wash their clothes in stagnant pools of water, walk around barefoot even in the jungle, and eat less-than-sanitary "fresh" meat that is more than likely covered in swarms of flies. Am I being finicky or sensible? Are the ideals of cultural integration and personal health and safety contradictory or complementary? Where do you draw the line without offending?
My neighbor comes around at 7:30pm each night and is always a wealth of information. He's easy to talk to as he speaks French well. During the day, I keep a small notebook close by to jot down questions or notes to ask Brahima when he comes by. Tonight, it was the alligator.
"So, there are many alligators here?"
"Oh sure, I find them on my land, down by the river. Why?" "I saw a man carrying one today."
"They bury themselves in holes in the ground. When men go into the bush, they find their holes and cover them with grass and dirt to trap the alligator. By the next day, the alligator is dead and they bring them home."
"Uh huh."
"The meat is good! It's like fish. I like to smoke mine over a fire pit all day. You want?"
"Sure, why not. You can catch them easily?"
"I've hired a young guy to help me in the fields, I'll send him to catch one."
"Uh huh, okay."
"When you cut one open, though, you must be VERY careful because the pancreatic fluids are lethal. It's pure poison. Usually, the family elder cuts the pancreas out and throws it far away in the bush so no one can get near it. And when you cut open the intestines, you'll find gravel inside. Each piece represents a year of age, so 10 pieces means the alligator is ten years old."
"Like a rock?"
He sends a "petit" to go find a piece of gravel to back himself up. Sure enough, the kid produces a sharp-edged piece of gravel the size of a large cherry tomato.
"They EAT these?!?"
"I guess! I don't know, that's just what I heard."
"Uh huh, okay."
In a country where half the stories you hear are myths and legends passed down from generation to generation, these tangents of tales of sorcery and shamanism are common. In a country where animals can take on hierarchical positions in the society and where villagers wear bracelets containing traditional medicines and herbs to cure disease, it's no surprise that the number of pieces of gravel you find in the intestines of an alligator would indicate the number of years it has lived. It would be more shocking to hear a logical explanation. It's these quirks and details that make life here so fascinating and gratifying. There are new fables and traditions to discover and learn about. There are new delicacies to taste, new seasons to experience, and new lives to be touched by. And who knows, perhaps if I stay here long enough, I'll come across an elephant in the road.
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HOUSTON—Jimmy Wayne Sissom, 46, has entered a plea of guilty to one count of bankruptcy fraud, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Sissom, of Bastrop, was the owner of Dealers Management Group Inc., a used car company located in Houston and a partner in F&S Storage Company in Katy.
Sissom filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition in May 2006. During the course of the bankruptcy proceeding, Sissom stated to the trustee that he had listed all of his assets in his estate. However, he failed to disclose that approximately two weeks prior to the bankruptcy filing, his wife had purchased a home valued in excess of $300,000 that was located in Bastrop.
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I've been fighting the forces all week. You know, the kind of week where every step forward is followed by a couple steps backwards? Yes, well, I'll be happy for this particular stretch to be over. I've spent whole days auditioning borders for my flimsy to the point where you have to stop because you just can't "see" any more. Sleep on it, and start over the next day. DH and I, gratefully, I got him to weigh in, finally settled on a red/orange narrow border that seemed to be right. But I didn't have the 'somewhere between royal blue and navy blue' fabric I decided I needed to bring this flimsy some more blue to go with the orange walls/blue ceiling room that this quilt will call home.
Off to the LQS with quilt I went. By this time I had already measured, cut and attached the red/orange border. The ladies there were very helpful, I must say. The red/orange border didn't look so good there but we decided that if it were narrower, it would work.
I came home with the blue fabric that had finally made the cut (many were auditioned). As I am in the sewing room, I don't know what made me even think about it, I spy another fabric in my stash that might be a good narrow border (of course, instead of the red/orange one that is already attached). That's just how the week went with everything. Understandably hesitant to rip off the red/orange border, I ran off to my friend's house to see what she thought. Her son, an honours design student, voted red/orange as still does DH. But us girls have decided on the other one. Does anyone care to comment before I sew?
From the thumbnails above, red/orange wins. Up close, after a couple of clicks, purple/orange wins. I feel that the red/orange is 'inflammatory'. The purple border seems to calm the whole flimsy down. I've been trying to tone down the purple by overwhelming it with the red/orange. The purple border seems to me to make peace with the purple and marry it to the blue. Normally, these decisions come quite naturally. This time, the process compares with going to the dentist, a particular horror for me.
As you might guess, I'm going to put on the purple but it would be interesting to see what people think. If you want to see them both on one screen, click a couple times below. You may need to scroll back and forth.
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6 Comments on Jewel box/Gemstone borders
I really like the purple border much better – the red/orange one pulls out the other red/oranges in the quilt and I find it distracting. I think you've hit the mark there!!
I like the purple border better, too. It seems to tone things down a bit and make the quilt a bit more relaxing.
I really like the red-orange. It makes all the other colors zing. It will be a beautiful quilt either way.


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Ottawa UnLOCKed: Finding the key to conquering Canada's Capital City
Posted on 14. Nov, 2011 by Jess.
Ottawa is a clean, green city filled with some of the nicest citizens we have met along the way, but there is much more to the city than first impressions may reveal. Luckily we discovered that the key to conquering Ottawa is all about the locks.
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A little piece of Europe: 24 hours in Quebec City
Posted on 04. Nov, 2011 by Dani.
The symphony of sounds on the streets are so classically French it is hard to believe we are actually in Canada. We just loved Quebec City! Read on for our 24 hours in town, plus seasonal tips!
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Why we didn't like Niagara Falls (but still recommend you go!)
Posted on 26. Oct, 2011 by Jess.
The Niagara Falls are more amazing than we expected, but we were less than enthused about the town. Luckily, we found the perfect solution to make a trip to the falls a much more authentic, relaxing experience.
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Ooh la la – Cycling in Montreal is a dream
Posted on 23. Oct, 2011 by Jess.
Discovering Montreal's public bicycle rental system made exploring the city so much easier! We had 24 hours to see Montreal's main sights and neighborhoods and cycling in Montreal is a breeze!
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Polaroid of the week: Street art in Montreal, Canada
Posted on 18. Aug, 2011 by Dani.
Montreal is known for its French feel, but who knew that there would be such a great street art scene. We loved this Mexican mama, tattoo and all!
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Polaroid of the week: Niagara Falls, Canada
Posted on 11. Aug, 2011 by Jess.
The second largest falls after the Victoria Falls in Africa have long been on our list of places to see. We finally made it to the Niagara Falls, an incredible sight.
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Posted on 07. Jul, 2011 by Dani.
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The Edible Garden Show and Good Life Live will be returning to its roots at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire on the 11-13 March 2016
The only show dedicated to grow-your-own is easily accessible by car. Please note many road signs still refer to Stoneleigh Park as 'The National Agricultural Centre'.
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Apparently Britain has a childcare crisis less than half of all councils are able to provide adequate help for working parents.
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