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My husband and I are conscious of our monthly budget and how expensive our kids' clothes and toys can be. We've frequently used Craigslist to buy and sell items. We have sold two of our cars on Craigslist and have bought entire loads of clothing that outfitted our son for a year for less than $40.
About six months ago, I started noticing that my mommy friends were joining groups on Facebook with names like "Chicago Moms" or "Shop My Daughter's Closet." Intrigued, I sent a request to join a group in my area. I discovered that some moms were using Facebook as a place to buy and sell items at deeply discounted prices. The group I joined has more than 3,000 members.
How these groups work
Sellers post photos and descriptions of items on the group's wall. Some items are free, while others are listed at a certain price. Most sites are not set up for auctions, like eBay, so if you're the first to claim an item for the price listed, it's yours. Moms communicate via private message, or PM, to arrange pickup. Most groups require that buyers pay cash at pickup time, and group pages are moderated by administrators — usually moms who volunteer to keep the pages safe and friendly. These groups can save you a lot of time by helping you get rid of items immediately, instead of waiting until summer to host a garage sale. And you can pick up some extra cash without having to label every item with a price tag. One of my friends has made about $400 in the past six months. But before you jump on Facebook and try to sell all your baby shoes, keep these things in mind:
Location, location, location
When you think about joining a group, consider how far you are willing to drive. If you can get a gently used high chair for $5, but you have to drive an hour to get it, you might want to take into account the cost of gas and the value of your time when deciding whether it's still a good deal. I live in the Chicago area, where visiting adjacent suburbs can still require a 30-minute car trip. So I chose to join a group that is for my town's residents only.
Safety first
In my group, most of the moms meet in public places for the exchange of goods and money. If you are willing to have a buyer come to your home to pick up an item, make sure you aren't home alone. And if you go to someone's home to pick something up, don't go alone.
Price smart
If you choose to sell items rather than give them away, set reasonable prices. You might have fond memories attached to your child's stroller, but your buyers don't. Don't let nostalgia drive your price so high that no one buys from you, but don't underprice, either. Scan your group's postings for similar items to see what's the going rate, so you can get the item out of your house quickly but still receive a fair price.
Ditch the drama
Some people get quite emotional about buying and selling. Don't let the drama queens ruin your fun! I suggest turning off Facebook notifications for each new post or reply. Instead, just go to the site when you want to buy or sell something. It not only will decrease your exposure to negative comments or situations, but also will keep your newsfeed from clogging up with items for sale.

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Reports, Responses, and Requests on the June 16, 2014 Cambridge City Council Agenda
This week's agenda is dominated by a long list of reports from the City Manager. Of the 36 items on "Awaiting Report", we can now scratch off 15 of them. The City Council will, of course, continue to pile on more requests before they vacate for much of the summer.
Manager's Agenda #1. Transmitting communication from Richard C. Rossi, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 14-47, regarding a report on enforcement of ICE detainers against persons who may be wanted for immigration purposes.
After all the impassioned testimony at the meeting when this Order was introduced, Commissioner Haas' words say it best: "In many respects, the practices of the Department go beyond the scope of the City Council Order…"
Manager's Agenda #4. Transmitting communication from Richard C. Rossi, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 14-21, regarding a report on the implementation of a city-wide job fair for Cambridge residents.
This was a great initiative from Vice Mayor Benzan. The event is scheduled for Wed, Oct 8, 2014 from 10:00am to 1:00pm at the IBM Innovation Center, 1 Rogers Street at Charles Park.
Manager's Agenda #6. Transmitting communication from Richard C. Rossi, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 14-41, regarding the feasibility of push cart vendors and local artists both at Carl Barron Plaza and similar places in Central Square.
It never ceases to amaze me just how complicated it can become to carry out an otherwise simple initiative. Perhaps the most unsatisfying aspect of the proposed pilot program is that no food vendors will be permitted "due to limits on Peddler Licenses within 300 ft of a Common Victualer License and the Fast Order Food Cap in Central Square." I was really looking forward to picking up a pretzel or a hot dog smothered in sauerkraut and mustard on the street in Central Square. Regulations be damned!
Manager's Agenda #9. Transmitting communication from Richard C. Rossi, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 14-42, regarding a report on relocating the Planning Board hearing on the Sullivan Courthouse redevelopment to a site in East Cambridge.
The Planning Board public hearing for 40 Thorndike Street will be held in East Cambridge, but the date and location has not yet been determined. The word at a recent meeting of the new Neighborhood Assn. of E. Cambridge was that the likely date would be July 15. [Note: During the City Council meeting, Iram Farooq from CDD suggested that July 29 is the likely date, but this has not been finalized.] The remaining prisoners in the jail are expected to leave (rather than escape) in the next week or two and it is anticipated that the transfer of the property from the Commonwealth and the designated developer Leggat McCall will be completed immediately following the closing of the jail. Though many have argued that the Commonwealth should have assumed greater responsibility for the environmental remediation of the property and possibly even the demolition of the existing building, it would appear that state involvement will cease with the transfer of the property. After that it will all be in the hands of the developers, the Planning Board, the various neighborhood groups, and the courts.
Manager's Agenda #18. Transmitting communication from Richard C. Rossi, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 14-50, regarding a report on an update of the City's composting pilot program.
Some highlights: Total collected to date, almost 30,000 lbs, (after week 9) averaging 3,270 lbs/wk (1.7 tons) over 555 participating households. From the pre-pilot trash run, the average household had 18.75 lbs/wk of trash. Composting reduces that ~33% to 12.1 lbs/wk. 64% of households now produce one bag of trash or less per week. 78% noticed they have less trash, 50% say their trash weighs less and 45% say that their trash smells better. So far, so good.
Manager's Agenda #19. Transmitting communication from Richard C. Rossi, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 14-37, regarding a report on the feasibility of painting green all designated bike lanes on all major streets.
The Bottom Line: "Our current policy is to install colored pavement markings at locations where it may be necessary for a vehicle or pedestrian to cross a bicycle facility. We believe reserving these special colored markings for conflict zones really emphasizes the importance of the location and indicates to all users that they need to give this area greater attention and proceed with caution. If all lanes were colored – we would lose the opportunity to differentiate these special locations of heightened importance." Makes a lot of sense.
Manager's Agenda #21. Transmitting communication from Richard C. Rossi, City Manager, relative to to Awaiting Report Item Number 14-46, regarding an analysis and assessment of the position of Aide to the City Council.
The manager is recommending that the salary for these positions be increase by $3200, effective in FY14 (the current fiscal year). The original Order called for making these full-time positions, but the Manager's response only speaks of a salary increase. The committee report on this matter called for analysis of these positions but was not sufficiently explicit about what analysis should take place – even though the issue of the legality of the fundamentally patronage jobs was questioned at the hearing.
A message circulated by Councillor Kelley summarizes things rather well: "If one believes that Councillors should have personal assistants (often former campaign managers, donors, neighbors or other campaign supporters) then this pay raise may make sense. If you believe, as I do, that this extra layer of expensive bureaucracy gets in the way of Councillor-to-Councillor communication, has no professional standards or requirements in hiring, results in confusion as more political appointees get involved in issues and gives incumbents a massive City-funded leg up on challengers, you may wish to oppose the suggestion that assistants get a $3200/year pay raise, bringing the compensation for this part-time job up into the 50K range."
Manager's Agenda #22. Transmitting communication from Richard C. Rossi, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 14-54, regarding the feasibility of installing a large screen television to show the World Cup Matches.
Look for a large screen television showing the World Cup Matches to appear in the Lafayette Square area around Sat, June 28 and continue through the final round which ends on Sun, July 13. It should be a fun time in Central Square – unless the wrong team loses or the right team wins in which case let's hope the police are ready to manage the crowds.
Charter Right #2. That the City Manager is requested to confer with the Law Department to determine the legality and if feasible, the institution of a fifteen dollar an hour minimum wage ordinance for the City of Cambridge, with special provisions for small businesses. [Charter Right exercised by Mayor Maher on Amended Order Number Seven of June 9, 2014.]
As I stated last week, it seems perfectly clear that without enabling legislation from the state legislature, the City of Cambridge does not have the authority to institute its own minimum wage law. It also seems pretty certain that any Home Rule authority granted by the legislature would most likely require approval by local voters. This initiative has more to do with political organizing than anything else. Meanwhile the state is proceeding with what will likely be a successful enactment of a revised state minimum wage law (with some exceptions) somewhere around $11 per hour.
Resolution #12. Congratulations to Katherine Watkins on being appointed as City Engineer/Assistant Commissioner for Engineering for the City of Cambridge. Councillor Cheung
Excellent choice of a well-deserving and thoroughly qualified engineer and a wonderful person. We are really lucky to have people like this working for the City of Cambridge.
Order #5. That the City Council go on the record in opposition to any type of casino project in the Greater Boston area whether constructed and managed by Mohegan Sun or Wynn Resorts. Councillor Mazen
It's not our call and I seriously doubt whether anyone charged with making the decisions will take this Order seriously.
Order #6. That the City Manager is requested to confer with all appropriate city departments on the feasibility of allowing zoning data such as special permits, variances, and building permits to be available on the City's Open Data Portal. Councillor Cheung
This is a good idea and it reminds me of an Order from Councillor Kelley some time ago calling for the tagging of all data relating to a given property across various City databases so that a person could get a complete picture. It's probably also worth saying that now that we have the City's Open Data Portal we will likely get another request every week for something else that should be included in the publicly accessible data. This will likely keep a lot of people busy for a long time.
Communications & Reports from City Officers #1. A communication was received from Donna P. Lopez, City Clerk transmitting a communication from Councillor Nadeem Mazen requesting the approval of the City Council to attend the 10th Annual International Fab Lab Conference in Barcelona, Spain.
It's interesting that the conference that Councillor Mazen wishes to attend with City support just happens to overlap substantially with what he does in his own personal business/employment. Perhaps this will start a trend. Councillor Simmons can have the City pay for her attendance at a conference of independent insurance brokers because, well, Cantabrigians need insurance. Councillor McGovern can attend a conference of social workers because, well, there's a need for social work in Cambridge. Councillor Carlone can attend a conference of architects on the City dime because, well, we have a lot of nice architecture in Cambridge. You get the picture. – Robert Winters


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Making Magical Experiences
...while finding the perfect design Solutions at the happiest job on earth!
The Walt Disney Company
...is a part of American history; it's a company chock-full of art and design culture deeply rooted in Walt's timeless values and visionary ideas that inspire everyone to this day.
Walt always said that he wanted the magic of his parks to continually grow over time and improve as the years progressed. He knew the power of innovative thinking and I get to harness that culture every day at my desk. He said, "You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality."
As Principle UX Designer, I have been honored to direct workflow and front-end design for multiple company-wide projects and applications. I work with the world's best engineers and business analysts to produce novel design solutions that answer the question, "How can we make this experience more magical?"
As Principle UX Designer for Launchpad and the new OneID onboarding process, I designed applications that fundamentally changed the way that Disney Business Units onboard to OneID and that tie them all together via Disney One ID including Playmation, ABC, ESPN, Marvel, Star Wars, and Disney Parks and Recreation.
Launchpad provides onboarding product teams a clear, more independent path for new and future products and the means totailor standard registration information as part of the Disney ID experience for every guest, viewer and Fan.
The mission:
To automate and streamline a manual process of documentation and hand-coding individual Client ID configuration in order to onboard a product.
The Disney Clients handle all of the configurations for our Guest Login experience and thus have literally hundreds of thousands of possible combinations when accounting for Business Units, Age, Localized Rules, Geolocation, Permission requirements, Legal requirements, et al.
When a Disney Business Unit was looking to release a product they were looking at a process that was:
- 3 months to onboard
- 9 days to get a Client ID
- Costly
- Confusing
- With High dependencies
- Lengthy & complex
- One size DOESN'T fit all
- A single source of truth for ALL client configurations
- A way to generate a configuration without the need for engineers
- A way to track the progress no matter the role
- Approvals built into the workflow
- Configurations that are available for testing immediately
The Problem
Business Units are forced to wait for engineers to code a client configuration for any given product that is needed. The configuration must go through legal channels and therefore takes weeks or months before a test configuration can be used to develop a product causing delays for the product launch, sometimes by up to three months.
By understanding the roles involved in building a configuration that was ultimately tied to a Disney product I could break the workflow into 5 distinct parts and allow the Business Units to begin working on their product without being blocked by test configurations. A study and creation of personas was needed and applied to each part of the workflow, effectively breaking down the UI into 5 areas, Create a new Product, Create a product Client ID, Edit the configuration, Approve the configuration, and Submit/Launch Configuration.
The Work
Creating a workflow that's divided into five interaction points, I needed to understand each workflow both independently according to each role using the features, but I also needed to keep in mind all of the integration points between the multiple workflows.
Information Architecture and Visual Design Solutions:
Prototyping and Usability Testing
Interaction Design Solutions:
When Disney ID became ONE ID the mission to onboard as many products as possible and the mandate was made to make Launchpad the source for all Disney onboardings from that point forward. Now Launchpad is being restructured as a platform to launch all onboarding for a variety of Disney services in order to save time and money in all Disney internal areas.
- Onboarding:
in as little as 3 days, not 3 months. Resulting in more than 90% adoption company-wide by all BUs.
- Integrate with staging:
less than 20 minutes, not 9 days
- Cost savings: Total onboarding in Production
~46% on average
- Ensures compliance with Brand and Legal
- Quicker turnaround times
- Data collection visibility and reporting
- Increase internal efficiencies
- Empowers BUs – informs stakeholders
Governance and Guidelines
Marvel-ous Technology
I worked one-on-one with developers to produce a unique, 100% functional authoring tool to be used as a connected-toy story-writing tool and to be utilized alongside other development tools such as Sublime and Webstorm.
To support the tool I designed and built a branded color specification system based upon popular Disney color palettes to be used throughout all related documentation, design and authoring environments, including a custom XML color scheme for Sublime and an importable color palette for Apple and Adobe products.
Codenamed "EMagine", I led all Interaction and Visual Design for the Playmation project by utilizing research, gathering user data via usability testing, and determining final UI solutions based upon existing Disney UI standards. In addition, I built a reusable CSS3 framework using modularized SCSS which utilizes the Marvel and Star Wars color specification system.
Guerilla Usability Testing
Part of my responsibility for the main projects we have been building is to determine areas of success and failure in the interfaces and prototypes we build. Not just inside the UI, but also inside the workflows. Because of the rapid nature of our work, it has been necessary to find ways to test on-the-fly. We decided on Silverback and Usabilla to screen capture both user interactions and click-throughs. My methodology emerged as the following:
In order to highlight areas of UI success
- Establish patterns
- Insinuate new patterns from existing UI
- Isolate UI pieces to modularize
In order to pinpoint UI failures
- Understand how different users affect expectations of the UI
- Understand the micro-interactions that lead up to a failure
- Determine whether there are anti-patterns causing failure
- Determine missing functionality that causes failures
Usability Test Types:
- Linked Tests/Funnel Test
- Label Tests
- Screen Capture
I produced multiple documents based upon the Screen Capture Testing, which I then organized into areas of quantitative data.
Organized as:
- Key takeaways
- Highlighted user comments from testing
- Suggested areas of improvement
- Minor takeaways
Then I organized the Screen Capture Testing alongside Usabilla Linked and Label Testing in order to correlate user comments with actual collected click-through data.
Disney User Experience:
Working to unite our design family
I have had the opportunity to work with the world's best designers and artists, who took me under their wing and asked for my contribution to the Disney User Experience (DUX) initiative. Starting from day one, I worked closely with veteran Disney UX cast members to extend existing UX patterns and standards, as well as propose novel solutions for integration into the Disney ecosystem.
While working on UX standards, I led all Interaction and Visual Design for a high-profile, unannounced project by utilizing research, gathering user data via usability testing, and determining final UI solutions based upon existing Marvel and Disney UI standards.
Part of this work was establishing a unified visual language using both an existing glyph system (Font Awesome) plus create additional iconography, fully integrated into Mac OSX.
Along with this I supported the front-end development team by building a reusable CSS3 framework from scratch using modularized SCSS which utilizes the color specification system, in order to further support standards by code extension.


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Home > SPECIAL > SALTARCHIVE_HOME > SALT > Vol. 2000 (2000) > Iss. 3
SALT Equalizer
Carol Chomsky & Margaret Montoya, Presidents' Column, at 1.
Sue Bryant, SALT Teaching Conference, at 1.
Vernellia Randall, SALT Committee Plans Survey to Evaluate Schools' Commitment to Diversity, at 2.
Phoebe Haddon, AALS Task Force on Racial Diversity Seeks to Make Legal Education More Inclusive, at 3.
Eric Yamamoto, Western Law Teachers of Color and Asian American Law Teachers Hold First Joint Conference, at 4.
Kim Dayton, SALT in Cyberspace, at 5.
Martha Chamallas, SALT Expands, at 5.
Carol Chomsky, SALT Testimony Leads to Rethinking of Bar Exam Proposal, at 6.
Linda S. Green, Sylvia Law, Pat Cain, Joyce Saltalamachia, Stephanie Wildman, Phoebe Haddon & Howard Glickstein, A Tribute to Outgoing Equalizer Editor Michael Rooke-Ley, at 8.
First Monday to Focus on Gun Violence – SALT Co-Sponsors Events, at 11.
SALT Mourns the Loss of Long-Time Treasurer Stuart Filler, at 14.
SALT Seeks Nominations for Teaching and Human Rights Awards, at 15.
Publication Citation
SALT Equalizer, Aug. 2000
Recommended Citation
Society of American Law Teachers
"SALT Equalizer, Vol. 2000, Issue 3,"
SALT Equalizer: Vol. 2000
, Article 1.
Available at: https://scholars.law.unlv.edu/salt/vol2000/iss3/1


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Hey there friends, I hope this finds everyone healthy and happy. I haven't been to Reso Nation in a bit and figured I'd drop by and post a little bit of what I've been messing with. This video was actually based on a school project. I'm a jazz piano student at UNCA right now and have really really been enjoying it. Part of what I had to do with this tune was include a variety of 'scales' as sources for some of the improvisation...Octatonic (or half-whole), whole tone, Altered and Mixolydian b9 b13, etc. Sounds kinda fancy if you're unfamiliar with them, but they essentially just highlight the important parts of the melody against what would otherwise be pretty recognizable chords. I'm working on transferring all the piano ideas to the dobro to try and deepen my connection to idiomatic jazz phrasing. I kinda love the melodies more than anything...the way they bounce of the harmonies in the chords is really beautiful in this music. Just like in bluegrass, it all stems from the melody, even though it can get kinda 'out' sounding at times.
And hey, there's music at the 6th and 8th frets :)


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It's safe to say that the predicted swine flu outbreak is here and health experts don't yet know if this is the beginning, the peak, or the end of the epidemic. So with the release of the swine flu vaccine this week, it's time to decide where you stand on the issue.
According to an article a recent Consumer Reports survey, many Americans are worried about swine flu, but even more worried about the vaccine. Issues such as the vaccines actual effectiveness, its effect on children with asthma, and the use of miniscule amounts of mercury as a preservative are feeding the reluctance by as many two-thirds of all US moms and dads to give their children the shot.
The CDC hopes to debunk the myths and fears surrounding the swine flu vaccine -- and do it quickly. CDC director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden recently addressed concerns about the swine flu vaccine, particularly rejecting suggestions that the new vaccine is untested. According to Frieden, the vaccine's seed strain was created, grown and purified in the same slow way as seasonal flu shots. While he conceded that initial cases of swine flu have been reported faster than the vaccine could be ready, he argued that vaccination is not too late. CDC epidemiologists believe that only 5 percent to 10 percent of the population has already been infected with swine flu.
"That leaves 90 to 95 percent of the population still susceptible," said Frieden. "It's too soon to say it's too late. We don't know what the rest of the season will bring."
Still, the resistance to the swine flu vaccine is so strong that many areas report families conducting "flu parties" where parents expose themselves and their children to the flu in an effort to strengthen their immune systems as a sort of natural vaccination. Health experts are hoping that increased transparency about the swine flu vaccine and it's side effects (such as their weekly FluView situation reports) will alleviate concerns quickly and help people become more comfortable with the idea of vaccination.
It's time to decide. Will you and your family get the swine flu vaccine?
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The twelfth episode of Season 3 of the Jersey Shore brought back a little (just a little) of the magic from Seasons 1 and 2.
This season has largely been boring, too much Ronnie and Sam, too little outrageous and hilarious moments, and way too big of heads (not the good kinds) from the guys. There is no doubt that the backlash has begun. The Jersey Shore kids are definitely on their way out. But they did give us one last hurrah.
This episode was full of grenades (the worst ever), sexual innuendo, roommate smack-downs, drunken PHONE CALLS FROM MOTHERS (OMG!), and stalkers. It was classic Jersey Shore and possibly the last good one.
But, um, let's get back to the drunken mother. Because that was the catalyst for the big epiphany of the evening. All this time, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino has been oddly obsessed with Sammi and Ronnie's relationship.
All last season, he was up in their business trying to warn Sam about Ronnie's infidelity. This season, he shared a bedroom with the couple and was involved in all their fights. And then in this episode, he spent half the episode on the phone with Ron's mother trying to convince her that Sam and Ron are bad together.
Last episode he was trying to inform the whole house that Sam was sneaking around behind Ron's back and sending texts to Arvin to meet her just to spite Sam.
What's UP with all this? Last night it occurred to me that all of this goes back to the first season when Sam rejected Mike in favor of Ron. The fact is, Mike is one of the most insecure people ever to be on an MTV reality show. And that is saying a lot. He is classic narcissistic personality disorder. Here are some of the signs, according to PubMed Health:
- React to criticism with rage, shame, or humiliation
- Take advantage of other people to achieve his or her own goals
- Have excessive feelings of self-importance
- Exaggerate achievements and talents
- Be preoccupied with fantasies of success, power, beauty, intelligence, or ideal love
- Have unreasonable expectations of favorable treatment
- Need constant attention and admiration
- Disregard the feelings of others, and have little ability to feel empathy
- Have obsessive self-interest
- Pursue mainly selfish goals
Um, hello?! It has been staring me in the face all along. Sam caused Mike a serious blow to his overweening ego and he wants to make her pay. The boy is clearly off his rocker and needs medication, stat. The world may be reinforcing his delusions of grandeur right now, but it won't forever and then what?
Let's hope he's got a backup plan.
Do you think Mike still wants Sam?
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Today we're checking out a couple of lovely girls, Taylor Reed and Saya Song. Two great girls that I would love to see in any scene. And that's the real problem here for me. I know there's a different perfect scene for every guy out there. There was a time there that the big thing was the CFNM thing that was happening. I didn't understand it the same way that I don't really understand this scene. You have two beautiful women just sitting there. Let's get them naked at some point here. I feel like I'm watching a movie where I'm just waiting for the actress to have a tit scene. It's kind of disheartening.
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As I'm sitting here drinking my beer my fellow pervs. I'm thinking about a funny fucking story of something that happened when I was in the military. The title has something to do with that shit and as you read on you'll see why. It was something that happened when I was in boot camp and it's has something to do with a sock. I still til this day laugh about the shit because it was something you didn't really expect to happen but it did and it's funny as fuck.
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By: The Notorious WANG - Saturday, April 25, 2015
I was having a few beers with some friends at the watering hole when, one of them told me about a guy that they knew that had to go to the hospital after getting a blowjob from a chick. Apparently she took the term "blowjob"Â literally when she did more blowing than sucking sending the poor guy to the hospital with balls about the size of apples. Needless to say he was in a lot of pain and that's because a chick chose to blow more than she was sucking, which I'm sure was a very fucking embarrassing thing because how in the fuck do you explain to the doctor that you got blue balls from getting a blowjob?


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Jesus is God. . . Are You Kidding Me?!
2/25/2014 | Share this article: View CommentsBy WizenedSage (Galen Rose) ~
Atheists get to be non-believers for many reasons, but perhaps the most common is finally getting around to reading the nastier and dumber parts of the Bible. What they find there is an enormous number of outrageous stories, contradictions, and head spinning incoherence.
The guys who pulled these texts together into the "official" canon provided all the evidence anyone should need to know that the Bible is not the work of a perfect god but of primitive men. Had those men done their selecting and editing a little more carefully, they might have fooled a whole lot more of us. But as they stand, those texts, over and over, make the sensible reader want to just scream, "Are you kidding me?!" In this vein, the "Jesus is god" story is one of my favorites.
In standard Christian teaching, Jesus is god. This dogma is expressed in the trinity concept where god, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost are thought to somehow be one entity in a kind of "new math" where 1+1+1=1. There is also support for this Jesus is god concept in several passages of the New Testament. For example, in John 14:9, Jesus says, "Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! So why are you asking me to show him to you?" Also, in John 10:30, Jesus says, "The Father and I are one." Now that statement looks to me to be pretty definitive as to Jesus' opinion on the matter; short and sweet and in unequivocal language. So far, so good.
But, with the Bible it's never that simple of course, so, not surprisingly, there are confounding passages such as Mark 10:17 where Jesus says, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone." Nevertheless, all (or nearly all-) Christian factions insist that Jesus is god. And, if we take them at their word, we get a wonderful "Are you kidding me?!" moment in Matthew 26.
In that chapter, as Jesus is about to be taken into custody, a disciple brandishes a sword, but Jesus tells him to put it away and says, "Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?" So, if Jesus is god, isn't he speaking here of praying to himself?
Then, 3 times in that same chapter Jesus actually prays to god saying he wants to be spared, but he is not spared. So, if Jesus is god, then who is he praying to? And, worse still, didn't Jesus himself guarantee that whatever anyone prays for in his name will be granted? The relevant passages here are Mat 21:22, "And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive," and John 15:7, "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you."
Doesn't all this suggest that Jesus was mistaken, and perhaps delusional? He says things that are obviously not true about prayers being answered, and even proves them to be false when his prayers don't even work for himself. Yet, he is supposed to BE god himself! The alternative is that those guys who wrote those texts did so without any godly assistance and screwed up badly in sending mixed messages. Either way, the Bible is utterly incoherent when it comes to the question of whether Jesus is god!
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ONGC rode on Yusa Katsumi's late goal to beat heavyweights East Bengal 1-0 and pull off their second major upset of the season, in a 15th round I-League encounter at the Ambedkar stadium in Delhi on Tuesday.
Following the victory, ONGC, who had shocked fancied Dempo 3-0, moved up a rung, to seventh, with 16 points from 14 matches.
East Bengal, who suffered their third defeat this season, stay third, with 27 points from 14 outings.
Katsumi, who was by far the best player on the pitch, broke free in a scintillating solo effort, cut past East Bengal's Arnab Mondal and unleashed a powerful right-footer that rocketed past a diving Abhijit Mondal.
The fleet-footed Japanese playmaker's spadework was the highlight of an otherwise below par football match in which both the teams spurned a hatful of chances.
As expected, East Bengal were on the offensive from the word go. The runners-up of last season knit together a series of attacks, forcing the hosts to sit back and defend. But the red and gold brigade paid dearly for their strikers' profligacy in front of goal.
While Chidi Edeh was off-colour throughout the 90 minutes, Robin Singh forgot to wear his scoring boots.
Apart from Katsumi's brilliance, the hosts' rearguard needs to be credited too for guarding their citadel with elan. The back four, comprising of Robin Gurung, Hassan Adiola, skipper Sandeep Sanga and Sachin Gawas, completely bottled up the likes of Chidi and Penn Orji for long spells.
Goalkeeper Rehenesh T P was at it too, saving a Lalrindika Ralte shot from close range in the 12th minute.
Sporting Clube, Lajong in goalless draw
Sporting Clube de Goa and Shillong Lajong settled for a point each after their ended goalless at the Duler stadium in Mapusa, Goa.
In a lacklustrre affair, devoid of goalmouth action, Lajong saw more of the ball in the first session, while Sporting did well to take control in the second session.
Image: Man of the Match Yusa Katsumi with FIFA Regional Development Officer for South Asia Shaji Prabhakaran and honorary secretary of Delhi Soccer Association Sayeed Saheen.
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Systematic Evaluation and Mechanistic Investigation of Antioxidant Activity of Fullerenols Using β-Carotene Bleaching Assay
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Journal of Nanomaterials - Volume 2014 2014, Article ID 802596, 7 pages -
Research ArticleDivision of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka Prefecture 565-0871, Japan
Received 27 June 2014; Accepted 12 August 2014; Published 28 August 2014
Academic Editor: Naoki Kishi
Copyright © 2014 Hiroshi Ueno et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Antioxidant activity of hydroxylated fullerenes, so-called fullerenols, against lipid peroxyl radical was evaluated by β-carotene bleaching assay. All samples showed moderate to high antioxidant activity %AOA, especially for C60OH12 70.1 and C60OH44 66.0 as compared with 8, 24, 26, and 36 hydroxylated ones 31.7–62.8. The detection of the possible products was conducted in the model reaction of both fullerenols and C60 with methyl linoleate by MALDI-TOF-MS. These results suggested that the two possible mechanisms, such as C-addition to double bonds and H-abstraction from –OH groups, are involved in the present radical scavenging reaction.
Autor: Hiroshi Ueno, Shizuka Yamakura, Riya S. Arastoo, Takumi Oshima, and Ken Kokubo
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Bea and Bob's Place
By Virginia Butterfield
ON A QUIET STREET just off Sunset Cliffs Boulevard in Point Loma, neighbors have watched a small wooden bungalow grow into a showcase home. The lot has the same configuration shared by most cottages near the ocean: extremely narrow but gloriously deep. How to expand—maybe even go up two stories to capture a view—and still keep the interior from looking like a stacked railroad flat?
Bea and Bob Roppe solved the problem by turning the entire front cottage into a bedroom suite. Then they created a vaulted entry that leads to the back half of the lot, opening out on a two-story living/dining/kitchen space—a "great room" almost as wide as the lot. A soaring ceiling hovers over two loft bedrooms and another bath.
The house, blending modern with mission architecture, is a couple of blocks from the ocean and has been under construction for six years—longer than most people would have the patience to endure the upset.
"It's unusual in that the owners never had to move out," says Regina Kurtz, ASID, who designed the interior. The Roppes ("really all Bob," says Bea) did the work themselves with the help of a few experts.
Bob Roppe, a battalion chief with the San Diego Fire Department, loves carpentry and operates, like most firemen, on a flexible schedule. According to Bea, he apprenticed himself to everyone he hired—the electrician, the tile-setter, the concrete-pourer. "He was everybody's assistant," says Bea. "Some things that he did alone, he shouldn't have. Like the roof." No, Bob never fell off—but Bea thought that task was an overly ambitious enterprise.
"The whole thing was a giant undertaking," says Kurtz.
"We pulled the permit seven years ago," Bea admits. Then they hired architect Andrew Welsh and explained to him their plans and dreams. The idea was to demolish the front cottage—but not before constructing enough of the two-story addition so they could live in the rear during the renovation. Bea feels uncomfortable with her inability to visualize spaces ("Just something I can't do. Everybody's different," she says). So Welsh not only drew the plans but constructed a model.
As it turns out, there was probably no other way a client could have visualized the final product. High ceilings, rooms askew from the normal right angles, walls diagonal to the furniture groupings, a kitchen that juts into the living space, a bridge leading to loft sleeping quarters. And the entire original cottage converted into a spacious bedroom with glass-bricked bath and enormous red-brick fireplace. (The fireplace, an unusual design that spreads across the entire room, was built by hand by Bob. Bea is now debating painting it white. Bob disagrees.)
The wonder of this home is that despite the stark architectural design, the overall feeling is one of cozy, livable informality. "They didn't want a separate dining room," says Kurtz. "Most of their entertaining is informal, with food served from a buffet. We kept the background neutral. There are no carpets—just hardwood floors with a few rugs. There are no window treatments, except here and there soft pleated shades to control the light. Bea has allergies to dust, so we had to be careful of fabrics. The French doors give it an airy feeling."
The loft of the "great room" is where the Roppes lived for five years while the cottage was being demolished, rebuilt and joined to the enlarged quarters at the back.
"How did you manage, with the new kitchen and everything else taking so long to be built?" we ask.
"We lived in the two new bedrooms of the addition (now twin offices/guest rooms), and Bob hiked a refrigerator up those stairs and we had a burner," Bea answers.
"For five years?
She pauses. "I would be lying if I told you all was roses. I was cranky some of the time," Bea confesses. "But we love what we have done." Because the closets aren't finished, her clothes still are hanging under dust cloths in the upstairs section, quite a distance from the present master bedroom. "That comes next," she says.
But despite the inconvenience, the time passed. And as Bob worked three days at a time on construction, Bea spent many hours at her own job as project manager for Collaborative SABER, a social-service provider for Latinas and families in the Sherman Heights area.
Bea's mother was Mexico-born, and Bea's heart is with Mexican culture—clearly apparent from the artwork in her home. Trips to Mexico produce sculptures and paintings by famous Mexican artists, which she displays in every room. "We are surrounded by saints," laughs Bea as she surveys the work of so many santeros (Mexican sculptors whose subject is the saints).
As we tour the home, we are accompanied by two frisky puppies, Ginger and Sydney. Sydney is an Australian sheepherder, sort of, and Ginger was proclaimed by the vet to be of no discernible breed, probably "the original dog." The Roppes acquired them when their dogs of 15 years died in the same year. When not tussling with one another, or making off with a strip of wicker worked off a chair or a slipper from a closet, the dogs snuggle in a cabinet under the kitchen counter.
"Regina thought of this," says Bea. "She knew we loved dogs. And this way, they can be with us when we have company and still not be in the way."
The Roppes met Regina Kurtz during an open-studio design tour on Morena Boulevard. "It was friendship at first sight," says Bea. "When she handed us her card, she said two very important things: 'I am reasonable, and I work well with people.' I've seen what happens when women think they can do their own designs. Just because you like pretty things doesn't mean you can put them together. I don't do brain surgery on myself, and I don't fix my own teeth. I'm not an artist. I rely on experts. The architect gave us our structure and the movement from room to room—the grand aesthetic. Regina did everything else."
Kurtz calls the Roppes "two of the nicest people I've ever worked with. Sometimes I wouldn't hear from them for a year. Then Bea or Bob would call and say they were ready for the next step."
When you're doing all the work yourself, what does an interior designer do? Kurtz consulted at every step. She reworked the kitchen and the bathrooms, tweaking the architect's design to fit the needs of the owners. She helped pick finishing materials—cabinets, hardware, tiles. She designed the sofas and chairs and chose rugs and fabrics. And she introduced lighting soffits to break up the immense height of the walls—also to provide ledges to display Bea's treasures from Mexico. Furnishings and artwork in sharp, primary colors enliven the basic off-white of the surrounding environment.
If patience and tenacity can produce miracles, a miracle certainly occurred on this street in Point Loma. "Call it Ocean Beach," suggests Bea. "It sounds less pretentious. We're officially in Point Loma, but we go to Ocean Beach for everything—shopping, the library. We've always lived in Ocean Beach, one way or another."
Or just call it Bea and Bob's place. Unpretentious, but oh, such a special feeling to this ultradramatic, warm and welcoming home.


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Apple continued to rally 5/16 to close at 59 1/2 on high volume of 5 million shares for the eighth day in a row.
Yesterday, an ON24 audio report said Salomon Smith Barney analyst Richard Gardner, after meeting with Appleis management, reiterated his buy rating on Apple, with a price target of $70 per share. Gardner said the company is one of his top picks in the PC industry. Salomon Smith Barney concluded by advising investors to be aggressive buyers of Apple before the September earnings announcement.
The Nasdaq climbed 21 points (0.53%) to close at 4103 on strong volume of 1.5 billion shares. The Nasdaq intraday range has shrunk from a 158-point average in the first half of the year to an 86-point average range so far in the second half and even lower than that in recent weeks. Todayis range was 50 points, yesterdayis was 37 points. The Nasdaqis most volatile day was April 4th, 2000 when the index experienced a 634 point intraday range.
Biotech Index (.BTK) climbed 1.76% to 748 and is now with in 50 points of its all time high. The B2B sector also rallied strongly today.
The Dow fell 112 points (-1.00%) to close at 11103 on volume of 817 million shares. Crude oil (CLVo) continued to rise above recent highs, closing today at $33.25 per barrel.
The S&P 500 dropped 7.25 points (-0.48%) to close at 1502.59.
In Apple related businesses: Akamai climbed 6 3/16 to 72 1/2. Universe Music Group is teaming with Akamai to explore ways to bring original music to end users via broadband streaming media. Meanwhile, PSINet Inc. said it will expand its relationship with Akamai that was first established in January.
Adobe fell 2 1/16 to 129 9/16. Earthlink broke out of its funk, rallying 1 7/16 to 11 1/2. Motorola slipped 11/16 to 35 1/16. IBM lost momentum after a seven session rally to fall 2 11/16 to 130 3/16.
Appleis competitors: Gateway was higher by 0.15 to 65.85. (GTW is one of a hand full of stocks that began trading in decimals this week on the NYSE) Compaq gave back 5/8 to 33 1/4. Intel fell 9/16 to 73 1/2.
Reuters reported, "A California judge allowed a class action suit to proceed against Microsoft, the first such case to go to trial over charges that the software giant harmed consumers through its alleged monopolistic practices." Shares of Microsoft lost 15/16 to 70 dollars.
Dell fell 5/8 to 39 15/16. Dell said it cut prices for some desktop PCs after its parts costs fell.
In economic news: The Conference Board reported the index of leading indicators lost 0.1% in July to 105.8 as expected by economists. The index tracks ten economic statistics in order to gauge whether the economy is expanding or slowing.
Conference Board economist Ken Goldstein said, "The small but consistent decreases in the past three-month period certainly point to a second-half economic performance less robust than in the first half of 2000."
Tomorrow look for Augustis Chicago PMI and Julyis factory orders. The unemployment report on Friday, if it is in variance with expectations, could cause some volatility as traders prepare for the long weekend.
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With Maggie and Sarah off exploring Stonehenge etc, I set out early armed with my London Pass and soon arrived at Hampton Court, favourite home of Henry VIII and his various wives and children. It is still a pretty impressive place, a d with the 500th anniversary of Henry's reign this year, its been specially decked out for daily re-enactments of his last wedding to Katherine Parr (but right at the end of the day so I didn't stick around for that).
Toured Henry's apartments including the great hall and beautiful royal chapel, the extensive royal kitchens and an exhibition on the young Henry and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, as well as the more recent parts of the palace from the reign of William III and Mary II. The gardens, which are huge and perfectly manicured feature the world's oldest and longest grape vine which was pretty cool to see.
Back into the city to another royal home, Kensington Palace on the edge of Hyde Park. As well as a display of some of Princess Diana's dresses (she used to live in the palace but her apartments aren't open to the public) and an interesting exhibition on debutants, I saw the room where Queen Victoria lived until she ascended the throne and many of the elaborately decorated rooms used by previous royals who lived here.
Headed out to explore Hyde Park ust as it really started to rain but still managed to find the Princess Diana memorial fountain, a simple stone cirle of running water, and the considerably more elaborate Albert memorial (opposite the Royal Albert Hall) before wandering past Harrods and onto the tube.
With th weather still not improving I figured I may as well head underground, so went to the War Cabinet Rooms, the underground bunker from which Churchill and his staff worked during WWII. Many of the rooms, including the cabinet room and the map room were left just as they were when abandoned at the end of the war (with the addition of a few mannequins to add a touch of reality of course), while others which had been used as storage in the interim have been meticulously restored from old photos. Accompanied by the excellent audio guide, it made for a fascinating look at the workings of the government during the Blitz.
In the middle of the war rooms is the modern and interactive Churchill museum, full of belongings, quotes, movies, sound bytes and photos depicting the complete life and work of Winston Churchill which made for a nice bit of modern history to round out the day before reuniting with Sarah and Maggie for a huge pub meal.


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The video was produced by German television as an experiment to see how far and how fast it would spread online. I'm not sure how clever an experiment this is — it sounds like an attempt to demonstrate that chocolate chip cookies are delicious. You know, like we already know the answer.
Of course, the flip side of this is that it makes us all ponder how easy it would have been for Michael Jackson to fake his death…
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The Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood contains an astonishing number of architecturally, historically and culturally significant structures, including rowhouses, mansions, religious buildings, and schools dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Although there are currently two designated historic districts in the area, the vast majority of Bedford Stuyvesant's architectural splendor is unprotected. The recently-formed Bedford Stuyvesant Society for Historic Preservation, a coalition of concerned neighborhood block associations, and the landmarks committee of Brooklyn Community Board 3 are working to correct that and will be on hand to answer questions about their campaign.


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My co-writer Nearmiss sent me some news that made me chuckle out loud. Last I heard in late spring, Marior had shot unsalvageable footage in the production of our "Time and Space" short. Turns out, he's not done.
He wants to finish all shooting, like a seventh-hour marathoner determined to cross the finish line. He has three scenes left to shoot, and although he had it scheduled it ages ago, the lead actor walked away. So he's going to try to finish with a look-alike. And, perhaps, continue to make me laugh.
I told Nearmiss we should next collaborate on a new script: "The Making of Time and Space". She'd been thinking the same thing. Maybe we will. I like working with her. We complement each others strengths.
I have a writer's group meeting tonight. And I need to call Robert the director and pro screenwriter/airplane buff/practical next-door neighbour Shane for a meeting. Shane and I have two degrees of separation three ways: through Alex; through my evil step-sister Victoria; and through Kathy, Shane's wife.
Bonus Irrational League update:
I watched last night's Greg Maddux gem on ESPN. I don't know how he does it. Of course, sometimes he doesn't…. My pitching started to wake up last week, with five wins, three saves, a WHIP of 1.00 and an ERA of 2.74. That leaves me solidly in third, three points back of Frank in first. I'm not hopeful of moving up, but I am confident I can hold a show in the money.
.293 batting average (1st)
208 HR (2nd)
776 RBI (1st)
82 SB (tied 9th)
4.57 ERA (7th)
1.35 WHIP (4th)
58 wins (3rd)
22 saves (6th)
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Unemployment compensation benefits can alleviate some financial stress if you lose your job through no fault of your own. The temporary benefits won't replace your income, but they could keep you afloat while searching for a new job. Although each state administers a separate unemployment program, the federal government sets the general guidelines.
Do You Have to Pay Back Unemployment Benefits?
The benefits are there to help you get back on your feet, so no, the state does not expect you to pay it back. The only time you'll need to repay anything is if you got them while you were ineligible or you got too much. For instance, if get a new job, you're no longer eligible for unemployment. If you keep taking the state checks, the state will demand that money back and may fine you too.
What Percentage of Unemployment Benefits Are Deducted From Taxes?
Employers pay state and federal taxes to help fund unemployment. As of 2012, the Federal rate was 6 percent of the first $7,000 paid each year to the employee. State unemployment tax rates vary. Newly established employers pay a set rate until they earn an experience rating based on paid unemployment claims and taxable payroll. In New York, for example, new employers pay 4.1 percent on $8,500 of each employee's earnings. The rates for established employers vary from 1.425 percent to 9.825 percent. Most employees don't pay unemployment taxes, unless they work in Alaska, New Jersey or Pennsylvania. As of 2012, those are the only three states that take an unemployment tax out of every worker's pay.
What Percent of Unemployment Benefits Must Be Paid for Federal Taxes?
Unemployment benefits count as taxable income on your federal and state returns. You can choose to have taxes withheld, typically 10 percent of your check. To avoid a hefty tax bill, you can pay quarterly estimated taxes on the unemployment income. If you don't take anything out, the government will take its chunk at the end of the year.
How Much Money Do You Get From Unemployment Benefits?
Unemployment benefits will never match your former paycheck. Each state uses its own method to get at a final figure, but it's a portion of what you previously earned. At the time of publication, the national average weekly unemployment check was around $300. In Montana, the benefits replace 42.5 percent of wages, with an average weekly benefit of $272. In Mississippi, benefits were 29.7 percent of earnings. The state average is only $190. As of 2012, Hawaii had the highest percentage of wage replacement at 54.3 percent. The average weekly benefit was $416.
How Long Does It Take to Process State Unemployment Benefits?
In most states, it takes two to three weeks for the claim to go through and the first check to get to you. Some states, including Illinois and Florida, have a one-week, unpaid waiting period. On the other hand, in California claims are processed the week they're filed.
- IRS: Topic 418 - Unemployment Compensation
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- New York State: Unemployment Insurance - Current Employer Tax Rates
- Biz Filings: Employer Liability for Unemployment Tax
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- Daily Finance: The 10 Best States for Unemployment Benefits -- and the 10 Worst
- Illinois Department of Employment Security: I Filed My Claim - What Happens Now?
- Employment Development Department of California: Frequently Asked Questions and Helpful Tips for Filing for Unemployment Insurance Benefit
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|Just arrived
|The shopping streets of Pettah
|Tut-tuks - Manning Market
Our home for the next few nights were two restored colonial bungalows separated by a small swimming pool and some fishponds. The gardens were overflowing with plants more usually found indoors in the UK as well as bananas and many unfamiliar trees. A wonderful smell of cinnamon pervaded the whole place. The further bungalow had tables and chairs outside and in, as well as rooms the Havelock has a good restaurant serving an eclectic mix of Asian and European food - Sri Lankan chilli beef fry, strogonoff or pasta with lots of seafood featured. The rich coffee was served with hot milk and there were huge pots of Ceylon tea for one - both available at almost anytime! Homemade jams and marmalade can be purchased by the pot if the breakfast portions whetted your appetite. And the homemade ice-cream was to die for - it literally was frozen clotted cream with fruit or ginger.
|Redonions and potatoes - Manning market
|Police biker - love the shopping bag!
|This street sold only plastic flowers!
|The slightly quieter FOSE (Federation of Self-Employed) Market
|Cool calm elegance of the Dutch Hospital


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Just because you are small does not mean you have to be helpless
What most people think of as Self-defense, the physical skills, is what happens when everything else went bad. I'd much rather prevent things from ever reaching that stage. I want to help you develop a lifestyle that offers you maximum self protection. It's all about giving you assurance. Size, age and physical limitations should not be an issue in learning to protect yourself. Classes and Boot Camps available
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
A must get
Here is the book I was talking about a few weeks ago. Finally for sale... kindle version.
Campfire Tales from Hell
Campfire Tales from Hell
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
There's a word you hear a lot lately. But what is it??
Definition is: "It is a process that helps people gain control over their own lives"
So how do you achieve this almighty empowerment?
The greatest empowerment you can ever achieve is not through learning self defense or martial arts or learning how to fight (get a hint when you see a class using this as their prime mean of advertising).
It is not achieved through any external means. It is not something that you get by cracking someone skull open. "Yeah I showed him… I am powerful, I am empowered... I am the greatest". Don't forget to add "I am now in jail". There is a huge difference between assault and self defense.
If you try to get empowered from external sources you might just end up with what Marc MacYoung appropriately calls "bad attitude on steroids".
Empowerment is something you already are capable of doing all by yourself. You need to unlock it.
The greatest empowerment you can ever achieve is to truly know and accept yourself. See yourself for who you truly are, strength and weaknesses, light and dark. Embrace your strengths and work on improving your weaknesses.
This starts by forgiving yourself of any past doings or happenings that you blame yourself for. Un-forgiveness, of yourself or others, is the number one health hazard, mental and physical.
Be smart, stay safe!
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Monday, May 14, 2012
Shelby Cross Warns Women Self-Defense Classes "A Trap"
As funny as this video is, she is actually hitting it on the head.
If your instructor falls into one of these categories
1. Never experienced violence
2. Doesn't understand where and how violence happens
3. Doesn't take time to understand how women function and think, what they are capable of doing
4. Has never experienced the feeling of being completely over powered
5. Is incapable or unwilling to teach you principles vs teaching a specific move for a specific attack
Learning self defense from him is a waste of time. The only thing he will teach you is the answer to a question no one will ever ask.
Her demonstration of violence is actually much more accurate than what the instructor was teaching.
Violence happens more suddenly, faster, harder than you can imagine
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Canada's most expensive, smallest homes
You think some of Canada's largest housing markets are unaffordable?
The average price in Toronto – $916,567 – is nothing compared to the top five most lavish homes for sale in the Great White North.
For those who sill can't afford a high six-figured home, check out the smallest (in size) homes for sale in Canada.
Many of them are far more reasonably priced.
The catch? You have to squeeze into a structure akin to a six-person tent.
Here are Canada's five most expensive and smallest homes for sale right now:
Price: $65 million
Chelster Hall – 1150 Lakeshore Rd. E., Oakville, Ontario
Details: Four floors, eight bathrooms, 6 bedrooms, 12-car garage, 47,000 sq. ft.
Price: $42 million
4351 Erwin Dr., West Vancouver, British Columbia
Details: 150 ft. of beachfront, panoramic ocean views, 7 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms, swimming pool, Jacuzzi spa, 34,194 sq. ft.
Price: $38 million
2106 SW Marine Dr., Vancouver, British Columbia
Details: 4.25 acres, infinity edge pool, private park, two golf greens, Gulf Islands views, 6 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, 10,595 sq. ft.
Price: $30 million
242004 Range Road 32, Calgary, Alta.
Details: 6-vehicle garage, carriage house, greenhouse, outdoor sport court, indoor salt-water swimming pool, enclosed summer kitchen, guest house/staff quarters, 160 acres, 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 11,800 sq. ft.
Price: $26 million
12133 No 3 Road, Richmond, British Columbia
Details: Caretakers residence, tennis court, koi ponds, courtyards, a greenhouse, a barn, 6 car garage plus workshop, fountains, 18.09 acres, 5 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, 12,411 sq. ft.
Size: 300 sq. ft.
40 Route Droken, Cascapédia/Saint-Jules, Gaspésie, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec
Price: $59,000
Size: 334 sq. ft.
515 Centre St., Brooks, Alta.
Price: $95,000
Details: 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, living room and kitchen.
Size: 384 sq. ft.
498 River St. E., Prince Albert, Sask.
Price: $144,900
Details: Riverfront property, with 1 large bedroom and a three-piece bathroom.
Size: 392 sq. ft.
1133 Ave. F N., Saskatoon, Sask.
Price: $149,900
Details: Open living room, dining area, bedroom downstairs is L-shaped.
Size: 415 sq. ft.
13 Blake Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
Price: $54,900
Details: One bedroom, open concept kitchen/living room


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Programming, master planning and design services were provided for the South County court facility, which will serve the residents of South Orange County. The new 207,000 SF courthouse facility, located on a 28-acre site in Laguna Niguel, includes 14 new courtrooms, judicial suites, agency offices, sub-grade judicial parking and holding area. The project includes alterations to the existing four-court courthouse to integrate it to the new facility.
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The land and buildings are listed as assets of Michael D. Stamp, Case #12-10430 and STAMP FARMS, LLC, Case#12-10410, and will be auctioned at the Lawton Community Center,646 N. Nursery Street, Lawton, MI at noon by Miedema Auctioneering.
When Stamp Farms LLC filed for Chapter 11 relief on Nov. 30. court records listed the farm's assets at $10 million to $50 million and its liabilities at $50 million to $100 million.
Most of Stamp Farms's assets were sold at bulk sale, also court-ordered, to Zeeland farmer Dennis Boersen. Sid Miedema, one of the owners of Miedema Auctioneering in Byron Center. said he believes the fate of another Stamp business, North Star Grain in Decatur, is still unresolved.
Interest in Wednesday's auction has been very high, and turnout should be good, Miedema said.
There is no preregistration for the sale, so bidders will be registering as they arrive, beginning at 11 a.m., Miedema said. High bidders must put 10 percent down, in the form of personal check, cashier check or cash.
Because it is a bankruptcy auction, the court has approved minimum opening bids. The balance of each winning bid is due within 30 days, Miedema said."Most of the time we'll have deeds and title work within a few days," ready to close the sale when the owner is, he said.
"There have been inquiries from Texas, New York, all over the country, " as well as Michigan and Indiana, he said.


text: I've been thinking a lot lately about what's called the "Information Gap" — a surprising phenomenon in this age of information overload. Basically, the gap divides the "information haves" — those folks with access to information and the skills to use it, and the "information have-nots", who (for one or more of three reasons) haven't a clue. What's so important about this gap? It's where opportunity resides. And the emerging pet loss profession was born in this gap, and offers amazingly profitable opportunities for funeral professionals because it fills a growing need among pet owners.


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Finding a sitter can prove challenging. Finding one trustworthy is even harder. This often makes going out without the kids seem like an impossible feat. Some parents are lucky enough to have friends and family members available to watch the kids. Don't worry, though, if this is not the case for you as there are plenty of other places to look. Long Island Mamas is here to help by offering a few good local solutions regarding finding and choosing a babysitter who is qualified and reliable.
One of the easiest and most popular ways to find caretakers is through word of mouth from friends and neighbors. Also ask other parents at school, church and elsewhere to share names of sitters they would refer.
Many parents look on websites such as Sittercity or Care.com. Sites such as these help parents find experienced babysitters and nannies in the area. A great feature on both sites are their filters which can narrow down candidates by specific criteria such as First Aid certified, experience working with certain age groups, has a car, non-smoking, and so forth. For additional fees these sites can obtain background checks and references.
Another option is to look for local mom groups via Facebook or MeetUp.com to meet other parents and ask for recommendations. For example, Facebook has a Mt Sinai/Miller Place Moms Group and MeetUp.com offers many parenting groups in both Nassau and Suffolk counties. These groups are full of local moms with tons of resources and ideas among them.
When the local Pennysaver lands on our doorsteps, read through as some babysitters and nannies advertise in there. Also look in the Help Wanted sections. Just make sure to always check references and perform background checks.
One of the best places to find a babysitter is often at your child's school or daycare and even the sitters in the nursery at the local gym. Teachers sometimes will babysit after school and work hours. Have a favorite teacher? Don't be afraid to ask. Teachers often know other sitters if they themselves are not available.
Compile a list of all the sitters found using these resources. Schedule a time meet each sitter for yourself. If possible have your child(ren) there as well to see how they interact.
Care.com has compiled an extensive list of interview questions to ask each potential sitter.
Basic questions:
- Name, phone, address, age, citizenship status
- Availability (e.g., after school, evenings, weekends, short notice)
- Rates (different cities have different rates. For example, the cost for a Chicago Babysitter may be different from the cost of a New York Babysitter. Visit Care.com's Babysitting Pay Calculator to find out the rate in your area)
- References (request name and contact information for 2-3 references)
Conversational questions:
- Tell me about your experience with children (e.g. babysat siblings, has children)? What age ranges do you have experience with, and are you most comfortable with?
- What activities do you like doing with kids? Are you willing to go on short, nearby outings (e.g. park, library)?
- How do you comfort and discipline children? How have you handled crying children or temper tantrums in the past?
- What is your comfort level with cooking and preparing meals for kids?
- Are you comfortable with bathing children and bedtime routines?
- Have you had problems in the past following directives like discipline, development, and daily routines?
- What have been the most challenging and rewarding parts about being a babysitter?
- What was your scariest or most difficult babysitting moment? How did you handle the situation?
- Have you ever had to handle a child emergency? What did you do and what was the outcome? Do you have infant and child CPR certification? Would you be willing to receive such training?
- What do you enjoy doing in your free time?
- For teenage sitters: How are your grades? What do you enjoy doing outside the classroom? Are your parents supportive of your babysitting?
For babysitting needs for just a few hours, click here to check Drop Off Activity Centers on Long Island.
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Greenwood voters on December 10th overwhelmingly approved a quarter-cent tax to fund a new police station.
Unofficial but final results show the tax passed in a 213-74 vote. Early voters cast 140 ballots, favoring the tax by a 97-43 margin. The results remain unofficial until they are certified.
The Greenwood Police Department, with a force of 20 officers, operates out of a 1,000-square-foot room in the back of City Hall. The department requires a building with at least 14,000 square feet based on a needs assessment, Police Chief Will Dawson said in July. The new site of the station will be at the 5,000-square-foot old Post Office building in the center of town.
Dawson expressed relief at the prospect of the new station and thanked the voters for supporting the tax.
"It is humbling that people went out and supported it and I think it speaks of the support we have and of the job we are doing," Dawson said.
The tax, which the Greenwood City Council unanimously approved to put on the ballot at its October meeting, will sunset in 20 years.
The city will receive approximately $2.8 million from a bond on the new tax to use for the acquisition of property and the construction of the new police department as well as for equipment for facilities. The annual bond payment is approximated at around $220,000 while the 1/4 cent sales tax could generate around $270,000. Any extra money generated by the tax will go toward paying off the bonds early. This will also serve to lower the annual payment and could cause the tax to sunset well short of 20 years. Once the bonds are paid off, the tax will cease.
Chief Dawson has several locations in mind for the new police station. The first one on his list is the old Post Office building on Old Hackett Road in the center of town. "We have a plan B and a plan C, but the old postal building is our first choice. I just hope we can get a fair price on it," Chief Dawson explained. Dawson has been granted the authority to negotiate a price on behalf of the city and then go back in front of the City Council for approval. Dawson planned to open with a $270,000 offer. This offer is lower than the asking price, but the building is in disrepair
If the old Post Office becomes the new police station, there will be many things to accomplish before construction can begin, according to Michael Lejong with MAHD Architecture. "I would estimate 4 to 6 months of design time to complete surveys and geo-technical testing, plus civil, structural, electrical and mechanical engineering for the building," Lejong explains. "If the site work is limited, as we are anticipating with the old Post Office site, I believe it will take approximately 10-12 months to renovate the existing building and complete construction of the new addition for the new Police Station."


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Vienna Vienna
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Pop, Race, and the '60s
"Blowin' in the Wind" and "A Change Is Gonna Come"Two iconic protest anthems reveal the deeply interconnected—and interracial—roots of '60s folk, soul, and rock 'n' roll.
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"Son of a Preacher Man" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water"What does it mean to say a record—or a singer—has "soul"?
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The Empire Podcast, Episode 8Slate's TV Club hosts discuss the good parts of this week's refreshing episode of Empire.


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Ava turns three
Ava turned three! How exciting to be able to watch her grow up! I have been photographing Ava since she was born, and I always look forward to her birthday shoot. This year Ava is talking up a storm. Here is a sneak peak of a few shots from this morning. Happy Birthday Ava!


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Tax Man
Date of Joke: Friday, 25th May, 2007
At the end of the tax year, the Tax Office sent an inspector to audit the books of a synagogue. While he was checking the books he turned to the Rabbi and said:
"I notice you buy a lot of candles. What do you do with the candle drippings?"


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Sydney Rovers
Sydney Rovers FC are an Australian Soccer Team that will compete in the
A-League, the top level competition in Australia, bringing the number of clubs to 12. They are a newly
formed A-League franchise that will compete for the first time in Season 7 (2011-2012) of the A-League and will be the second franchise representing the Sydney area.
Proposed Sydney Rovers Home Kit
- http://www.aussiekits.com
A Pictorial History of Australasian Soccer Kits
Sydney Rovers were formed in 2009 and were granted their A-League franchise in 2009 and will compete for first time in Season 7 of the A-League in 2011-12.
They were formed due to the strong following
built up in the Sydney Area by Sydney FC although their
emergence and eventual introduction into the A-League was delayed by Sydney FC's five year exclusivity clause which was put in place
to protect the original 8 A-League sides. There were a number of
bidders for the second Sydney franchise, most of which represented the Western Sydney area. Consortiums from Rugby League heartlands Parramatta and Penrith were eventually beaten out by the Sydney Rovers, which has strong Blacktown City connections even adopting their colours.
Sydney Rovers proposed Away Kit
The Sydney Rovers club badge features a traditional shield-like design divided vertically into three bars of red, white and black. Three white stars are said to represent the north, west, and south of Sydney, thereby leaving the eastern suburbs to Sydney FC. The Rovers' colour scheme, based on the club's badge, is red, white and black, which were historically Blacktown City's club colours and the prototype kit produced on February 2010 is a tri colour, consisting of red white and black thirds.
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