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Used 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS in Edmond, OK
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Used 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS
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1961 was the first year for the new Impala SS, they continued until 1964 but in mid 1961 (about 453 were built) in a new high power motor was offered with the 409. This was based on a bored and stroked 348 that debuted in 1958. Only 142 of the 453 examples of the SS were built with the 409 and only a handful of those were convertibles.
Motor trend tested a 1962 SS with a 409 and ran 0 to 60 in 6.3 seconds and completed a quarter-mile in 14.9 seconds.
No actual numbers are available to show if the car was actually order with this engine.
Better than new with. Correct material and piping to make it look better than new, even the salt and pepper carpet was installed. The correct four-speed that is new not rebuilt makes his car drives like new.
The paint is in excellent condition with replacement insignias, new stainless steel trim and a mirror black finish. New floor pans were installed during restoration. All the glass is good with no haze or discoloration. All the rubbers have been replaced and the doors close solid.
The 409 engine has the correct date code block and heads, the 380 hp motor has all correct clamps, hoses, and even the correct battery in this plate tags. Sounds strong with no smoke. Engine bay is clean and detail to original specs.
Suspension and Chassis:
The car was an obvious frame off restoration with cleaned and painted chassis and all new suspension parts. New body mounts and bushings, no leaks or worn parts.
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Published on 09-30-2016 by the NANP!
Greetings Everyone:
The North American National Party is a republic type National Party. This means that the party members do not believe in any type of Socialist, Communist, dictatorship, or any other type of Government other than a republic.
The NANP believes that the authority for Government emanates from the people as read in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights under Title 21:
(3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.
This does not mean that the party will gather members and then switch the party platform. A communist regime is nothing more than a virus that will die in 50 years. It has happened over and over in history.
Socialism lasts as long as the other guy has money and quickly dies out.
The NANP recognizes the threat of oppression of sharia law and the danger that it poses to a free society.
The North American National Party has gone through two elections where everyone voted and their votes counted.
The North American National Party is dedicated to its platform and will expose communists and socialists that refuse to follow the rule of law.
The Law of Nations is the basis of constitutions that are upright and valid. Human rights are the basis of maintaining the life of a Government.
The NANP is open for membership and does have a unique structure that allows various States to vote within their own elections without subjecting themselves to the National Government known as the Government of The United States of America. The NANP is divided into chapters which is one chapter for each State.
Join the North American National Party to learn independence, free thinking, open markets, interest free debt free currency, claiming a Nationality, Human Rights compliant drivers licenses and premium free surety bond, access to a Government Judicial System that recognizes human rights, social assistance program, natural and medical health center, right to keep and bear arms regardless of type, 30 natural human rights, not just ten, patents and trademark registration, foreign disaster relief program with interest free loans, Nationality credentials, and many more benefits of joining the NANP.
The NANP strives to solve problems with real solutions and not empty promises. The NANP has solved the income tax problem, the traffic court human rights violations, the privacy problems, limited National Government issues and many more too numerous to mention here.
Anyone that joins are not forced to remain a member, anyone can come and go as they desire. The NANP does not place its constituency's property up for collateral to borrow fictitious debt against it thereby subjecting its members to foreign creditors.
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With about 800,000 gallons of water you could grow an acre of cotton, brew over 500 barrels of beer, or supply seven NHL playoff games. If that number seems a bit high for an ice hockey match, know that the NHL thinks so too, which is why NHL Green, the National Hockey League's sustainability initiative, is collaborating with the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) for the NHL Water Restoration Project.
As reported in the New York Times, BEF, based in Oregon, aims to conserve water in the Pacific Northwest, though it is looking to expand to Washington, California, Colorado, and New Mexico in the future. The organization encourages water conservation with "water certificates." Each certificate is "divided into 1,000-gallon increments, assigned serial numbers and sold to companies and individuals. Each credit retails for one dollar. Bonneville then pays water-rights holders to conserve water."
The NHL has gotten involved with the organization and its water certificates for its recently hosted 2011 Stanley Cup Finals, the first "water neutral" series in NHL history. The water conservation effort is useful as hosting a playoff game involves water output in the form of ice, concessions, fountains, faucets, toilets, and resurfacing the ice.
With this program the NHL will use their water certificate credits to restore nearly one million gallons to the Deschutes River, which is between Lake Billy Chinook and Bend, Oregon.
"It is a scenic gem with the potential to support world-class recreation and functioning aquatic ecosystems," the NHL stated in a press release. "However, water rights holders, individuals who in addition to property ownership possess a legal right to remove river water for 'beneficial economic use', divert most of the river's water at Bend. These disruptions of stream flow have degraded habitats, resulting in poor water quality and a decline in the overall health of the river. The NHL Water Restoration Project will help return the Middle Deschutes to the vibrant watercourse it once was."
The NHL is now the first major sports organization to participate in the BEF's water certificate program and also the first to make such a large push towards water conservation. It notes that many of its players first got started playing on ice ponds, so it's imperative that they set an environmental standard for the future and for the future of ice hockey.


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Sensei Enterprises, Inc.
Your trusted Managed Service Provider for Information Technology Support, Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics.
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Sensei Enterprises, Inc. is a nationally-known digital forensics, managed information technology and cybersecurity small business, founded in 1997 by Sharon Nelson, a practicing attorney and John Simek, vice president. Sensei provides information technology to hundreds of businesses locally in the DC Metro area. Sensei provides digital forensics and cybersecurity services nationwide.
Sensei strives to provide quality Information Technology support and managed services to businesses in the DC Metro area. Sensei provides cost-effective virtualization and cloud computing services, secure backup and monitoring solutions, hosted e-mail, spam filtering, both onsite and remote support and supplemental IT support to companies that just wish to have projects completed by experienced and certified IT consultants. Sensei provides Microsoft Financing for larger projects that includes hardware and software purchases as well as consulting hours so that businesses can budget for their IT projects. Sensei offers a free site survey to customers that wish to get started with Sensei's premier services.
Sensei's consultants are certified with the latest technologies including Microsoft, Cisco, Novell, VMware and Citrix. To learn more about Sensei's quality IT support services please fill out the contact form located on this page and we will schedule a free site survey with your business today!
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Sensei's digital forensics team serves clients throughout the United States. With our unparalleled reputation for total discretion and extensive experience, you can be assured that your case will be handled with the care and attention it deserves. We have veteran testifying professionals and highly certified examiners to provide expert testimony. We accept criminal defense work as well as civil matters for your digital forensics and electronic discovery needs. Do you need deleted text messages recovered from a mobile device? Internet search terms? An activity timeline from a former employee who has departed with your company's data or data recovery? Perhaps you need a data breach investigated? Sensei's experts are here to help you.
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Sensei Enterprises offers data security and incident response services using certified security professionals with years of industry experience. Sensei's Information Security Assessment provides a complete analysis of your organization's security. Security and network audits, along with security awareness training for employees, are an important part of any ongoing program of infrastructure maintenance. They help you to determine the state of your network's security and to identify any areas of vulnerability that you need to remediate. In today's world, you can't just put up walls and keep the bad guys out – you have to be prepared to "detect and respond" as well. Let us show you how.
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As an editor, you're often tasked with creating effects for most every production. If you're like me, you like to stay within the editing application for creating these effects as often as possible. Though I love Adobe After Effects (and other specialty compositing apps), it is often simpler to create a video effect within Premiere Pro. The advantages are numerous, but the most salient one is that it's often faster to create an effect in Premiere Pro than to jump to a dedicated compositing application. Many editors are not familiar with the powerful compositing and effects capability within Premiere Pro, so getting some guidance in creating effects within the application is really important.
In Maxim Jago's latest training series by video2brain, "Premiere Pro CS6 FX Workshop: Advanced Effects Made Simple," you'll get the help and information you need to create beautiful and complex effect within Premiere Pro. In these video tutorials, learn such things as how to apply color correction, work with slow motion, stabilize shaky footage, apply blurs, and develop important skills for video effects work. You'll also learn about After Effects CS6, both as a standalone tool for effects creation, and how to work with it in concert with Premiere Pro CS6.
Here are some free video tutorial samples to get you started:
Adjustment Layers
Combining Transition Effects
Time Remapping
The Cell Pattern Effect
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Chiropractic Care During Pregnancy for Back and Pelvic Pain
Published on under Back Pain
Low back pain (LBP) and posterior pelvic pain (PPP) are very common complaints during pregnancy. In fact, current estimates show that two-thirds of expectant mothers will experience back pain during pregnancy and one in five will report pelvic pain. These afflictions can have a significant impact on a woman's quality of life and her ability [..]


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Can you be ethical and also a babe? YES - according to Annabella Asvik
Annabella Asvik is a TV producer and has hosted numerous TV shows and series such as A&E Network's Bio Channel and Full Frontal Fashion on the Sundance Channel. She loves fashion and beauty, but wants to be stylish and sexy without hurting the Earth or the creatures that live on it. Annabella hunts down products that make her feel good inside and out, and hopes to inspire others to make beautiful choices too!
Recently, Annabella has discovered Lavera products and has created an number of video blogs at, EthicalBella.com, that we want to share with you. Her videos are extra special as she has a number of professional make up tips that you will find useful. Annabella's latest blog demonstrates how to create a summer signature look using Lavera's easy-to-apply shimmery eye shadows and eyeliners. Your eyes will shine and your tan come alive. View Annabella's makeup tutorial using Lavera eye products. You can watch now by clicking on this video!
We have packaged these eye makeup products from Annabelle's tutorial as a new product called "ECO BEAUTY: Sexy, Shimmery Eyes!"
ECO BEAUTY: Sexy, Shimmery Eyes!
Includes the following products:
- Beautiful Mineral Eyeshadow - Golden Beige #2
- Beautiful Mineral Eyeshadow - Chocolate Brown #8
- Liquid Eyeliner - Black
- Double Black Mascara - Black
- Eyeliner No. 1 black
Customer Feedback:
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Cetearyl Alcohol
What: Cetearyl Alcohol is a mixture of fatty alcohols consisting predominantly of cetyl and stearyl alcohols found in plants, like Coconut and Palm oils (Wiki).
Cetearyl Alcohol is used in cosmetics as a stabilizer to thicken an emulsion and keep it from separating, and as a foaming agent. Cetearyl Alcohol also contains emollient properties which leave skin soft and smooth.
Origin: Cetearyl Alcohol is made by combining fatty alcohols from such vegetable sources as coconut fatty alcohol.
Products Found In: facial creams and lotions, body creams and lotions, hair conditioners, ointments, body butters, salt scrubs.
Alternate Names: Cetostearyl alcohol, cetylstearyl alcohol.
Toxicity: Cetearyl Alcohol is generally classified as being of no to low hazard or toxicity (EWG).


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2 tablespoons cocoa
1 tablespoon dried pili pili chiles, chopped
1/2 tablespoon smoked paprika
1/2 tablespoon ground chipotle
1/2 tablespoon smoked sea salt
4 thick cut boneless pork chops
olive oil
Rub the spice rub into both sides of each chop. Allow to sit for 10 minutes. Heat a bit of oil in a nonstick pan. Place the chops in the pan. Cover and cook for about 5 minutes, then flip each chop and recover to cook for a few more minutes. Remove the cover and continue to cook (flipping as needed) until the pork is thoroughly cooked.


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Will the Vita Make A Comeback?
I own a PS VITA. And, of course, so do other people. But the problem here is that not many other people own PS VITAs. Some people say that the PS VITA is a product failure.
I personally think that the PS VITA is not a product failure at all. Okay yeah sales aren't that great, but look at the PS3. A rock, which anyone could get for free, would have sold better than a PS3 back when it was first selling.
Look at the PS3, for example. It did not sell well at all for at least a year, but now look at it. Almost everyone I know owns a PS3. If this is how the PS3 started, and is now doing very well, couldn't the Vita all the more come back too?
It annoys me a lot when my Nintendo Fanboy friends talk trash about the Vita. "Oh the Vita games suck, or at least they used to. The launch was a fail and the games sucked!" What games did the 3DS have? Pilotwings.
Now Pilotwings was a good game but that is about all of the good games that the 3DS had at launch except for Street fighter. In my opinion, the PS VITA had one of the best launches of all time.
The problem was what came after, nothing. Nothing really good came out within the launch window. Now if you look at the background, you will see an image of Ragnarok Odyssey. That is probably my favorite game of all time.
It may not be the best, but it is a challenging RPG that isn't too complex. IGN gave the game a 5/10. Their user rating was a 9.3/10. Go with the user rating. Oops got too carried away with this…
But my point of bringing up the Ragnarok image is because if the Vita had games like that following the launch there would be more of an incentive to buy it.
The Vita is more than capable of running good games. Sometimes I make fun of those "Console Quality, On The Go." campaign that Sony runs for the Vita because, sure it is true but they haven't really put in the effort for the Vita. Its got the potential.
If Sony puts in the time and effort the Vita could most definitely become popular and pull in good money.
These 6 things are a good start to a comeback:
- Destination Playstation
- Sony's E3
- New CEO
- CEO's Oath that SONY will make a comeback
- Games like Killzone and Soul Sacrifice, Etc.
- Rumored games like FF 10 HD and Monster Hunter.
In conclusion I think that the Vita comeback is not impossible, it is more than a reality, but it needs some amazing games and a "hook".
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Getting That Spring Garden Up & Running
~Samantha Lewis
It does not matter where you live (even if it is in a still cold, windy place after all this time of a hideous winter). The days that do allow the sunshine to peek through the gray clouds are putting that urge into homeowners who want nothing more than to clean up, erase the winter turmoil, and make a garden that is both beautiful and unforgettable.
Just as it is with reading, spring gardening is a hobby that many take extremely seriously. They love the outdoors – they are sick and tired of sitting inside – and they want to get their home back in shape. While spring cleaning goes on inside the house, that garden is just calling out to be prepared and tended.
Some would call this a way to reconnect with the earth (the earth, that in the East, has not been seen for a while except in the form of snow). People love getting their hands dirty in the garden – not only does it allow for better health because you are exercising, but it also gives people a way to de-stress from a long work week and unwind, feeling good about themselves as they create something wonderful.
So…how to begin? Well, there are plenty of gardening tips that appear in many catalogs and magazines out there in America, but the yard tasks that may be a little more mundane do have to be completed first, before the bulbs and beauty go into place.
Cleaning drainage ditches and removing all the leaves, twigs, etc., must be done first. The spring rains are coming in droves (just check the weather report for this week), and that rain needs good runoff so that nothing harms the house and the water can be used to better tend the soil and grass, bringing it back to life to work well for the items you will be planting.
When it comes to seedlings in springtime, they do far better in soil patches that drain very well, and because this is the time of year for slow growth, it is the prime time to make sure that good runoff is there. And there is no waste where this task is concerned: all cleared items can be used in the compost piles to make them more rich in carbon and better help the plants to grow.
If you are one of those homeowners that have already made a stunning garden in the past, with framework and buildings added to the grounds, now is also the time to fix and repair. The winter has done some devious things this year, and the soil that is extensively wet can bring harm to the raised beds or trellises or other framework that have been placed. If things are bowed or broken, make sure to drive in the new stakes needed to make sure any raised garden beds are set well and will not come apart once planting is complete.
We also have a hard time with those killer weeds that are set so deeply into the ground it feels like we need a forklift to remove them. But because of the spring rains and the melting of the snow, now is the easiest time to pull them up and out…without needing to spend money on massage or chiropractic treatments later on in the week. The roots are shallow at this time of year, and once pulled, the homeowner or gardener can cover any bare spots with mulch or ground cover to halt any new weed growth from coming in and taking over.
And to reduce any rot on the stems of younger plants, as well as fruit trees and seedlings, add mulch to the garden beds and around the base of trees slightly away from the trunk itself. In this way, you are offering protection from weeds, rains, and giving help to stop any little critters who have also come out of winter hiding and are looking for ways to 'dine' on your work.
When the rains finally slow, those garden beds need to have compost or manure added so that you can prepare better for planting, but don't dig quite yet – those nutrients are needed so that Mother Nature can do her side of the gardening job to the best of her ability before you begin.
In the end, put the book down and get outside! Even though the winter months brought you and your property down, that perfect garden is just waiting out there to grow; it is calling out to you to bring Spring in with style!


text: The enterprising spy photographers of Auto Express have caught the new drop-top 2009 Ferrari California with said top, dropped. While we're expecting to see the California go topless in the privacy of the exhibit halls of the Paris Motor Show to show off that beautiful leather interior, we didn't expect to see it do the same out in the open. Jeez, you'd think the California would have a bit more shame — especially considering the nude-friendly Bassona Beach is merely an hour and a half East of Maranello. Some Italian GT super cars, right? [Auto Express]


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The spirited child—often called "difficult" or "strong willed"—possesses traits we value in adults yet find challenging in children. Research shows that spirited children are wired to be "more"; by temperament, they are more intense, sensitive, perceptive, persistent, and more uncomfortable with change than the average child. In this newly revised third edition of the award-winning classic, Dr. Mary Sheedy Kurcinka provides vivid examples of real-life challenges and a refreshingly positive viewpoint. Within these pages you will find:
New strategies for managing intensity levels—not just the spirited child's, but yours too A simple, four-step program for peaceful bedtimes, mealtimes, holidays, and many other commonly challenging situations A focus on your child's strengths Steps for teaching your child how to be a problem solver and how to work with others Updated guidance on establishing clear limits And more!
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Random Thoughts
Monday, March 12, 2007
Beautiful Day
Another gorgeous day here in Tucson with temperatures approaching the mid 80s. Sounds like we could be playing ball in Chicago as well.
Oh, My
Jim Thome absolutely crushed two balls today. His first home run sailed over the 50-foot high batter's eye in center field where the fence sits 405 feet way. The second went just to the right of the first and one-hopped the cyclone fence that surrounds the ballpark block. Two massive shots.
Trip to Peoria
Yesterday's successful trip to Peoria to face the Mariners luckily fell on a weekend so traffic was minimal. We left on the two-hour trip at 10 am (the team bus left the complex at 8 am) and arrived home at 7:40 pm. A tiring day of riding in the car, watching baseball and then riding in the car. Tough job, but someone has to do it. Props to all the White Sox fans who showed up in Peoria. The crowd seemed to be almost half Sox fans. As we got gas at a local station before the game, a black pick-up truck nearby had a Sox logo in the back window and an Arizona license plate that read, WSOXFAN.
Jim Parque
Good to see Jim Parque yesterday, and we wish him luck on his comeback attempt after sitting out two seasons. Plans are for him to go to AAA and build up arm strength.
Bobby's Hair
Following this morning's workout, Bobby Jenks followed through on his pledge to support the St. Balderick's Foundation's efforts to cure childhood cancer and shaved his head in front of WFLD cameras. Bullpen mates Andrew Sisco and Sean Tracey learned of Bobby's gesture and shaved their own heads in support. Heath Phillips helped in the clipping, but since the left-hander is already bald, he couldn't join in the team gesture.
Podsednik BP
Nice to see Scott Podsednik taking live batting practice on the backs fields before today's game. It had to feel good for him, too.
A.J. Pierzynski and Herm Schneider watched yesterday's game on AJ's computer from the Tucson trainer's room thanks to Pierzynski's slingbox. Cool technology.
Each day at 8 am, the staff (baseball operations and coaching staffs) have a meeting to review the previous day's game (what went right, what went wrong), discuss the plan for the day ahead and evaluate individual players and their progress. Early in the year, the meetings are relatively quick, 15 minutes or so. As it gets later in the spring, the meetings can last an hour or more.
Bad Hop
It took two innings for the first bad hop single of the spring. Roger Bossard, our world reknown grounds keeper (and good friend), comes down in early February each spring to get the fields ready for the team. It seems like as soon as Roger leaves, and he flew back to Chicago this afternoon, the fields start to show the wear and tear of the spring.
How do you think minor-leaguer Clayton Richard felt when his errant throw hit Bobby Jenks in the side of the neck yesterday. Richard, a former quarterback at Michigan, sailed one into the big right-hander as the team warmed up prior to a B Game in Tucson. Stunned, Jenks took a couple of steps toward Richard before he realized it was an accident. "Bobby was going for the first sack of the spring," quipped pitching coach Don Cooper.
AJ's Picks
Count on AJ to finish his NCAA basketball pool by having Florida face the Ohio State Buckeyes. The Gator fan's guess at the score? 41-14, the same score of the national championship football game.
Family Time
Looking forward to the arrival of the Reifert family tomorrow night. It will be great to see my wife and kids. They are looking forward to swimming, hiking, warm weather and Sakura.
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Wow, no posts today. I guess everyone is on spring break. I live in Bloomington, IN and I'm a big IU bball fan. But, I think Gonzaga will beat IU in the first round. They only won 3 road games all year. I hope that will help you win your office pool.
Here's a post…I have a dream that one day, a White Sox starting pitcher will actually toss three or four or five innings without giving up a run.
I also figure that sooner or later the guy the Sox got from the Cubs will have a good performance. The way he's been throwing this spring, he's cutting his own throat.
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i am getting sick of the white sox pitchers excuses on why they have been terrible this spring. garland needs to shut up already. im a big garland fan but come on! ive never heard so much whining. vazquez same thing. contreras sounded good today though thats nice. aardsma should be cut.
you gave up a run,,,,you're outa here!. miss the cutoff man,,, off with your head!! don't move the runner up?,,,hang him from the highest tree!!!let's all agree to give up on the season NOW and concentrate on something else instead, like knitting or something! We can't win and if we do win, something else is wrong with us!!!! i'm tired already and the season is still three weeks away. What's a White Sox fan to do? i will accept suggestions until noon central time on saturday…. oh, yeah,,, happy St. Patty's day to you …… j.k. enjoying the spring and waiting for the season to start….. i feel better now…..
"you've never heard so much whining?" kenwo…. do you ever listen to YOURSELF? Sorry for the little jab, but I have carpet burns from rolling on the rug after reading that one.
I'm back in Chicago now. I brought the Tucson weather home with me, for those who are wondering why have a beautiful 70 degree day in the forecast. (I just may golf here, too!)
My yield for AZ games was 2-3. Sure, they looked a little rough out there at times, but I'll wait until May (at the earliest) before I get concerned. For now, I'll mention two highlights:
– Meeting John Klein and his family was a real treat. JK is as kind in person as he is in the blog, and not once did he laugh during my miserable golf game. (Well, not out loud, at least.) And truth be told, only one of us played "horribly". I hope he and his wife Pat can make it up north for our next bloggers night so that everyone else will enjoy the opportunity to get to know them.
– Brian Anderson was a gem, on the field and pre-game. I was one of the 7 people who purchased his "44" jersey last year, and when I asked him to sign the relic, he gladly obliged. Thanks, BA! During Sunday's game, the fans sang "Happy Birthday" when Brian came to bat. Let me say, it wasn't just a few people. It was a coming from all over the ballpark. Pretty cool.
Summing it up, going to spring training was a real joy. The atmosphere at Tucson Electric Park is very comfortable, friendly and personal. I'm not sure how else to describe it, but the fans there seem to be interconnected… kinda like family. I strongly recommend a trip before the camp moves to Glendale. And I hope the Sox organization can help maintain that same feel in the new location.
Sorry for the length of my post, but I'm jazzed up. Only 20 days 'til the opener. Let's go Sox!
Maria, I couldn't have said it better myself =) Glad you had a good time, and it's great to see two fans getting a chance to meet in the warm AZ sun. (Thanks for the weather, by the way..at least for a day or so). I'm a huge BA fan, and hold out hope for him to realize his potential. I may have been sleeping, but why the change in his jersey number??
Bring on the real baseball!! I'm SOOOO ready!
Dawn, he gave his number 44 to Toby Hall.
Thanks, Marie! One more reason to like BA =)


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Duane 'Dog' Chapman Shares Wife Beth's Final Words Before 'Unexpected' Death
Beth Chapman's final words to her husband Duane "Dog" Chapman were words of consolation. Although the Dog the Bounty Hunter star never accepted death, she recognized that her family was afraid for her.
Duane Chapman spoke to reporters in Hawaii for about 10 minutes on Wednesday, providing numerous details about his wife's final days and hours, her outlook in recent weeks and news that there will be a memorial service that is open to the public. The 66-year-old remained composed as he graciously offered insight and answered a few questions, including one about his wife's final words to him.
Beth Chapman died at age 51 on Wednesday morning (June 26), ending a two-year battle with cancer.
"When she had an attack I didn't know anything to do but to say 'in Jesus' name' and hold her," Chapman told reporters, including Hawaii News Now, "and when I said 'in Jesus' name' she said, 'Say it again, say it more. And then she told the girls and everybody, with her mouth — she came out of it a couple times — 'I love you' and 'Are you guys all okay? Don't worry,' but she never accepted it."
Beth Chapman's Final Words Were Gracious, Caring:
Duane Chapman says the family knew the day would come when Beth would lose her battle to cancer, but she never fully accepted that truth. Even after the breathing episode that sent her to the hospital over the weekend, the family expected she'd recover enough to live another day. They didn't prepare for the end to come so quickly.
"It's terrible, the most terrible time in someone's life," Dog says in a press conference video embed available at Hawaii News Now. "You kind of try to remember that you're celebrating life, but right now we're mourning the death, so it's not good."
Chapman's daughters stood alongside him, and at one point daughter Lyssa revealed they didn't have details about upcoming memorials in both Hawaii and Colorado, reiterating that they just were not prepared.
The Chapmans had two children together and several from previous relationships. Dog wanted mourners and fans to know they have not authorized any public memorial funds and won't be doing so, adding that they don't need money. The reminder came as a warning that online fundraisers are most likely a scam.
"Please save your money and send flowers," he says.
The Chapmans rose to fame in the 2000s thanks to their A&E reality show, Dog the Bounty Hunter, which chronicled Dog's work chasing fugitives, with Beth as his business partner. The show aired from 2004 until 2012.
A first Dog the Bounty Hunter spin-off, Dog and Beth: On the Hunt, aired on CMT for three seasons. Another spin-off, Dog's Most Wanted, is in production for WGN; according to Us Weekly, filming began earlier this year, with Beth Chapman's cancer battle as a prominent storyline.
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Pretty sure that's the first time I have seen anybody argue to keep something more difficult than necessary :p
While there are a multitude of nuances that make textures great, removing tessellation artefacts, getting the lighting right etc does not mean that the terrain painting system should be difficult for an average dev to make good terrains for.
Despite duions valiant attempts to tell the world that his terrain textures are the best terrain textures in the world, it is obvious that those textures do not actually work with torque.
The blending artefacts displayed in jeffs images exist everywhere regardless, to such an extent that even the so called best textures ever look shite, I even downloaded the latest ubergame to see how duion does it to make them look good, I figured there were just some settings I was missing. but they look shite in ubergame too.


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ANALYSIS: Can gay Catholics find a home in the Catholic Church?
NEW YORK (RNS) When Cardinal Timothy Dolan used the morning talk shows on Easter Sunday to say the Catholic Church could do a better job of welcoming gays and lesbians, his remarks were hailed by one activist as an "Easter miracle" and by another as an encouraging "first step."
But two months later, it's still not clear what the second step in this fraught process might be, or even if there is a second step. And there are signs that things may only get more complicated.
Since Easter, three more states have passed same-sex marriage laws, and next month the U.S. Supreme Court will hand down a gay marriage ruling that will again spotlight the bishops' full-throated opposition to a whole host of civil protections for gays and lesbians, particularly marriage.
Moreover, as Americans -- and American Catholics -- grow increasingly accepting of homosexuality, and as foes of gay rights grow increasingly determined, conflict at the parish level seems inevitable. The uneasy "Don't Ask/Don't Tell" policy that once allowed gay and lesbian Catholics to take church positions is clashing with their increasing visibility in the form of marriage licenses or wedding announcements.
Soon after Dolan's comments, for example, Nicholas Coppola went public with his story of being dismissed from his duties at a Long Island parish after an anonymous letter tipped off the local bishop to Coppola's marriage to another man.
In Columbus, Ohio, officials at a Catholic high school prompted an outcry in April by firing a teacher, Carla Hale, after someone pointed out that she listed her lesbian partner's name in her mother's obituary.
"How just is it to fire someone whose life or practices are not in accord with official church teaching?" Francis DeBernardo, head of New Ways Ministry, which advocates for gay and lesbian Catholics, wrote after two men were fired from their parish music director jobs because they were gay.
"Where do you draw the line?" he wondered in a column for National Catholic Reporter. "Do you get fired if you have remarried without an annulment? Do you get fired if you don't attend Mass on Sunday regularly? Do you get fired because you are a Protestant who does not recognize the Catholic hierarchical structure?"
In the year since he wrote those words, DeBernardo noted recently, there have been a dozen similar incidents. Those are are in addition to past episodes in which the children of gay parents have been rejected from Catholic schools, or the case of a gay Catholic who was denied Communion at her mother's funeral.
According to a number of priests, most of whom spoke on background to avoid publicity that could spark protests, the inevitability of such clashes is a growing concern.
"The fact is that it is going to get worse," said the pastor of a large Midwest parish who has had to fend off complaints about a lesbian member of his staff. As critics become more insistent, and as gay and lesbian Catholics become more public, he fears the resulting controversies will take a serious toll on the church.
"We have to come to some kind of pastoral accommodation," he said.
Such an accommodation is also necessary, said DeBernardo, because the flip side of the high-profile dismissals is that more and more parishes are publicly welcoming gays and lesbians and are thus potential lightning rods. A New Ways roster now boasts over 200 gay-friendly parishes, up from 20 a decade ago.
One of those parishes is St. Matthew's in Baltimore, where the pastor, the Rev. Joe Muth, not only started a ministry for gays and lesbians a few years ago but he also supported parishioners who were lobbying for a Maryland referendum last fall that legalized same-sex marriage -- despite strong opposition from the bishops.
Gays and lesbians "just move into the regular life of the church" at St. Matthew's, Muth said, as he believes is perfectly normal.
But he also said they are aware of the "sensitivity" of their presence, so they have made a concerted effort to reach out to other groups in the parish, and the parish has also made sure to include one of Baltimore's bishops in meetings.
That dialogue has been invaluable, he said, and he has received few complaints or protests. But Muth also had to cancel a parish-sponsored forum on the same-sex marriage law last year at the behest of Baltimore Archbishop William Lori.
Muth also said that if some of his gay parishioners get married under the new law and their marriage becomes public, Lori could well remove them from ministry. "I probably wouldn't have too much of a say in it. That's the way things work."
In fact, the patchwork nature of the responses is part of the problem, say gay advocates. "It's not that there is a witch hunt out there," said DeBernardo. "But there are witch hunters. … For the most part I don't think bishops go after these folks. They don't create controversy; they only respond to controversy."
At the moment, there are no guidelines to help pastors and parishioners deal with these issues, and there doesn't seem to be an effort to develop anything comprehensive.
The Rev. Paul Check, head of Courage, a church-approved ministry that encourages gay Catholics to remain celibate, declined to be interviewed. A spokesperson for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said questions would have to be answered by each diocese. Prominent diocesan ministries for gays and lesbians, like Chicago's Archdiocesan Gay and Lesbian Outreach, did not respond to requests for comment.
When ABC's George Stephanopoulos tried to pin down Dolan on exactly how the church could be more welcoming to gay and lesbian Catholics, Dolan confessed that he wasn't sure: "Well, I don't know. We're still – we're – we're trying. We're trying our best to do it. We gotta listen to people."
When Dolan later blogged that all sinners are welcome in the church so long as they wash their "dirty hands" before dinner, a group of gay activists showed up at St. Patrick's Cathedral with ink-stained hands in a bid to test that welcome. They were turned away.
The upshot: Even if such a dialogue does take place, it is not likely to end the controversies. But advocates for gay and lesbian Catholics say it may be the only way forward for now.
"Right now it's a step-by-step process of helping people to be church," said Muth, of St. Matthew's in Baltimore. "That's the way I see it."


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The Colorado Rapids announced today the signing of goalkeeper Ian Joyce. Per club and league policies, financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The Rapids also announced several other roster moves, as the club released forward Facundo Diz and did not offer a contract to 2010 third round MLS SuperDraft pick defender Chad Borak.
The 24-year old goalkeeper and Seton Hall University product has played his entire professional career in England since joining Grays Athletic FC in 2007, then moving to Watford and most recently with Southend United. Joyce spent a brief trial stint with Colorado this preseason in February before signing with the club.
Ian Joyce – Goalkeeper
Height: 6-3
Weight: 200
Date of Birth: July 12, 1985
Hometown: Kinnelon, NJ
College: Seton Hall
Last Club: Southend United (England)
Roster Status: Senior


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Sister Mary Virginette Chlebowska 1959 – 1965
Sister Mary Virginette was the first director of the Immaculate Conception Junior College as Felician College was previously known. She served in this role as a member of the provincial administration of the Felician Sisters and it was one of many other duties related to the education ministry of the Sisters. Sister Virginette held degrees from Fordham and Villanova Universities as well as a graduate degree from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. Sister Virginette was Provincial Minister and then Minister General of the Felician Sisters, serving in each position for 12 years. Noted for her charm, class, and brilliant intellect, she was always in demand as a speaker who was forceful and convincing. Sister Virginette possessed exquisite judgment, a healthy fearlessness, and impressive courage, always with deep faith and trust in the Providence of God. She did many magnificent projects without fanfare but always with élan and sincere dedication. While it is impossible to assess her total legacy to the Felician Sisters, the most significant in the galaxy of her achievements and a lasting monument to her expertise, acumen and foresight is Felician College which expanded from a Normal School into a Junior College and then to a four year liberal arts college under her tenure. Felician College became a reality because of her conviction that a Women's Catholic College had a critical role in the higher education community.
Sister Mary Justitia Lawniczka 1965 – 1977
Sister Mary Virginette once posited that Sister Mary Justitia, the second president of Felician College, knew where every nail and bolt was in the college buildings. As a member of the Provincial Council, Sister was actively involved in planning the construction and financing of the expansion projects on the Provincial House grounds: Immaculate Conception HS, Angela Hall, Our Lady of Lourdes Infirmary and last, but not least, Felician College and Library. Holding degrees in science from The Catholic University of America and a doctorate in biology from Fordham University, Sister Justitia began her service to Felician College in 1957 as the Dean of the Junior College even while continuing to serve on the provincial administration. Sister Justitia envisioned the expansion of the junior college into a four-year accredited college. Her outstanding talents and prodigious energies brought this dream to reality when in 1967 Felician College was authorized to conduct a full four-year program. Sister was a woman of great resources which saw her through the many struggles in the early days of the College, notwithstanding the historic floods of 1971 and the extensive damage to the campus. In an age of depersonalization and alienation, she helped to create a campus atmosphere in which interpersonal relations were characterized by gospel values, by family spirit, and where students were educated to achieve Christian fulfillment. She challenged the students not just to realize academic excellence, but to attain intellectual pursuits in order to face the moral imperatives of the age.
Sister Mary Hiltrude Koba 1977-1984
Sister Mary Hiltrude had a life-long dedication to education, holding degrees from Seton Hall University and a doctorate in Educational Psychology from Fordham University. Sister held numerous responsibilities at the College beginning her tenure in 1958 as the Registrar and Director of Admissions. When the College became a four-year institution, she was appointed Dean for Academic Affairs. Working closely with Sister Mary Justitia, Sister Mary Firmina Lajewska and Sister Mary Alma Pilarska, she incorporated lay women into what had been a normal school for religious sisters. She guided the Felician College Alumni Association and the College Guild. Her personal scholarly touch marked every aspect of her beloved College as she exhibited unflagging energy and devotion to its expansion in educational offerings in liberal arts, teacher education, nursing and medical laboratory technology. In 1977 Sister Hiltrude was inaugurated as the third president of Felician College, a position she held until 1984. She initiated the College's first capital campaign which resulted in the construction of the Child Care Center and Nursing Skills Laboratory. Continuing involvement in social welfare and civic initiatives exemplified her vibrant and living faith and love for people of all ages. After her presidency, Sister Hiltrude remained at Felician College as the Director of Development, then as a development officer and as a moderator of Older is Better. All told, Sister Hiltrude had had given her leadership gifts and talents to Felician College for 47 years of remarkable success.
Sister Theresa Mary Martin 1984 – 2012
Sister Theresa Mary's 28 years of presidential tenure exceeded those of all her predecessors.
Coming to Felician College in 1975 Sister Theresa first served as the Dean of Student Affairs. Her superb personality, dedication to scholastic achievement, personablness, rapport, and deeply imbued pursuit of academic and cultural heights proved to be catalysts for the student body as well as for the faculty and staff. As President, Sister created a wide range of initiatives: introducing men into what was a women's college, initiating evening and weekend classes, and a capital campaign. The capital campaign resulted in the renovation of the old convent into Kirby Hall. Distance learning education was incorporated into the curriculum and included two fully-online programs. She established off-site programs and initiated graduate education into every academic division. Most significantly, Sister Theresa purchased the former Fairleigh Dickenson College in Rutherford, which added dormitories for residence students, a gymnasium, a little theater and a radio station. The gym provided for the newly established sports program of ten women and men's NCAA, Division II sports. Always a proponent of "Students First," Sister Theresa spurred the faculty to find new and diverse ways to assist all students, but especially those most challenged, to reach their full potential. An enrollment increase from 400 women to almost 2,300 men and women, graduates and undergraduates was a significant part of a professional dynamo whose zeal "Sparked the Divine" in the students as well as in the professional faculty and staff for more than 36 years.


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iTrend necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 171 diseños de 37 diseñadores freelance.
Health company
Individuals who want to lose weight and try a new unique system!
Fun, professional logo needed for health company who is selling a weight loss capsule that uses a very unique and potent form of chocolate extract.
The name of the product is called ChocoBurn -- and the url will be http://www.chocoburn.com
The design for ChocoBurn should be simple and clean, yet we want to convey a sense of health/fitness if possible. The product gives people energy and antioxidants that greatly assist in the weight loss process.
Text within logo should include words 'ChocoBurn' (one word).
The color scheme is purple, dark brown, green, and some black, white and gold can be used. We would like to see mainly sans serif fonts.
The logo itself include no more than three colors, and create a sense of health, vitality, energy or potency.
Important notes:
1. No cartoons. We want a sexier, more energizing and vibrant look.
2. Nothing too fancy or elegant. However, shadowing is okay.
3. The typeface should be clear, simple and bold. We want the text and name of the brand to be clear and stand out.
Final note: The logo will be featured in a variety of places -- on websites, on every single bottle of the nutritional supplement, in the welcome letter, on emails, etc.
Thank you for your effort and we look forward to seeing what you can come up with!
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2014 Mercedes-Benz S550 - 2014 Automobile of the Year Finalist
The 2014 Mercedes-Benz S550 is the latest iteration of the most popular luxury sedan in the world. Although the CLA-class might be the most talked about new Benz, the 2014 S-class is by far the most significant Benz.
Positioned as the flagship sedan, it must carry the luxury torch for the Mercedes-Benz brand. To that end, Mercedes is launching a variety of new features on the S-class that will trickle down to other Benz models the in the near future. The most significant new features are Steering Assist, which can steer the big Benz through turns without driver input, and Magic Body Control, which uses stereo cameras to scan the road ahead of the S-class to adjust the suspension before the car reaches pavement imperfections. Other, arguably less useful, options include heated rear armrests and a system that atomizes perfume through the climate control system. As always, the S-class includes every feature you can imagine and a few you never would have dreamt up.
We appreciate the new gadgets, but one can argue all of the bells and whistles actually detract from the car's driving experience. One can also argue the driving experience of an S-class was never supposed to be all that memorable in the first place. The S-class should transport important people to upscale destinations effortlessly, no matter the distance between the start and destination.
Will the 2014 Mercedes-Benz S550's endless array of bells and whistles be enough to put the S-class on top when the votes are tallied? Check back November 16th to find out.
Photos by Patrick Hoey.
We will be releasing our 10 Finalists for the 2014 Automobile of the Year throughout the week leading up to the announcement of the winner on Saturday, November 16. See our other finalists here:


text: Recently I bought some credits via the in-app purchase system on my iphone. But I didn't receive any credits since the system said I could not connected to the server. Later I closed the app and reopen it, entered the store, a message pop up and said my purchase is successfully. But I didn't receive any credits! I tried to purchase again, then I could only get the credits which I purchased second time. I was indeed charged for the credits purchased but didn't receive them. Would please advise how could I get those credits back? Thanks a lot!


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Last month, the FTC announced it intends to enter into a consent agreement with Craig Brittain, the operator of revenge porn site "Is Anybody Down?" Brittain pretended to be a woman on Craigslist to deceive women into sending him nude photos, mocked their pleas to remove the photos, then concocted an 'independent' but fake lawyer — "David Blade III" the "takedown hammer" — to extort them into paying $250 to remove the photos.
Since then, Brittain had the chutzpah to try to use copyright law — the same law he claimed didn't apply to him — to try to get Google to delete references to the proposed settlement.
The FTC is currently soliciting comments from the public as to whether they should vote to accept the consent agreement. They should not. The FTC should proceed with litigation against Brittain for the reasons below. While I am skeptical that the FTC will reverse course — the initial vote was unanimous — additional public pressure may sway the Commission.
These are, briefly, the reasons why the FTC should void the agreement and proceed with litigating its complaint against Brittain — and why you should send a brief comment of your own:
- Brittain's victims are numerous and unlikely to speak up. Comments submitted to the FTC are public. Brittain's scheme was a gamble that victims did not want to be associated with having nude photographs of themselves. It is unlikely that victims will be willing to speak up and make a permanent and public record of that fact.
- Brittain should not be allowed to walk away with extortionate profits, and should instead be required to pay his victims back. Britain claimed to be making upwards of $4,000 per month from his site. He has since claimed that the FTC declined to impose financial penalties because he was able to prove that he wasn't making money from the site and that he is too impoverished to make payments. Yet Brittain also claims to be making "six figures" annually and claims to have recently purchased a luxury BMW to support Gamergate (somehow). Brittain is lying either to the FTC or to the public.
- The FTC's action is likely to deter further justice. Brittain's scheme was successful because he bet that his victims would pay a relatively modest sum in order to avoid the embarrassment of approaching authorities or attorneys. As the FTC has now taken action, it is unlikely that any other agency — state or federal — will be motivated to hold Brittain accountable. Those who copied him, however — including a homeless man — face years in prison.
- The evidence against Brittain is devastating. From the Craigslist catfishing to the "David Blade" extortion scam, the public evidence against Brittain is overwhelming. With little effort, the FTC could seek PayPal and banking records which would likely establish, beyond any standard required by law, that Brittain was the recipient of extortionate payments made to "David Blade", the "takedown lawyer." Brittain's story is impossibly contradictory and continues to unravel.
- The consent agreement will do little to deter revenge porn site operators, and the consent agreement largely requires Brittain to do only what the law already requires him to do. Given victims' fear of public criticism, it is unlikely that few are still willing to step forward to law enforcement, if they can find an agency willing to listen to them at all. While California has taken initiative to target these sites, the vast majority of local, state, and federal law enforcement often view revenge porn sites as outside their jurisdiction — if they have the resources to identify the sites' operators at all. Site operators, in turn, now know that they can continue to extort, shutter their sites, and walk away with the profits — facing, at most, an agreement that they not do what the law already prohibits them from doing.
Public comments may be sent to the FTC up until this Monday, March 2, 2015, and can be sent online by clicking here. If you're at a loss for words, here's some suggested text that you can copy and paste or modify to your leisure:
I oppose the proposed consent agreement in the matter of Craig Brittain. While I applaud the Commission's willingness to address exploitative scams like those perpetrated by Brittain, the proposed agreement permits Brittain to walk away with the profits he procured under fraudulent and extortionate pretenses. Brittain's brazen conduct should be squarely addressed and he should be required to disgorge his profits and return them to those who believed they were hiring an attorney (or independent firm) to remove their nude photos. The proposed consent agreement does not do that. Instead, Brittain is permitted to simply agree not to do what the law already prohibits him from doing while not admitting anything at all and, worse, makes a profit. The Commission should withdraw from the agreement and take the appropriate action.
Or perhaps you disagree and think the FTC's action is the right thing to do. The argument can certainly be made that this ensures that Brittain will not resume his site, and the FTC's argument that the practice was deceptive puts operators on notice. Regardless, you should let the FTC know that this is an important issue.
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