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The greater Kitsap Peninsula is home to three Native American Tribes; the Suquamish, the Port Gamble S'Kallam, and the Skokomish.
The Skokomish reservation, 5,000 acres, is located at the southern end of the Peninsula, on Hood Canal, near Union and on the Olympic Peninsula.
Today all three tribes operate casinos and other local enterprises, including seafood processing, fish hatcheries, fireworks stands, gas station/convenience stores and more.
Many of the local tribal celebrations are open to the public to participate or watch including Chief Seattle Days, the third weekend of August in Suquamish. Check our Calendar of Events, or the tribal web pages for more information.
Click here to shop for books on Native Americans in the Puget Sound Region.


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Maybe you've noticed things are looking a little different around here? No? Well then you must be new!
This is what my old header used to look like:
This is what my old header used to look like:
And before that, I had this one:
And I think this was my original header:
I make all my own graphics mostly with picmonkey.com because it's free and very user friendly. My watermark and some of my earliest graphics (like my first green header) were created with my photo editing software, Paint Shop Pro: Ultimate Photo X2. PSP is a little too complicated for me with all the vectors and rasta layers and whatnot. However, I eventually figured out how to make a watermark with a transparent background thanks to many trials and errors via PSP. Don't ask me how I did it now though!
I made all my new graphics with a digital scrapbooking program called My Memories. You can visit their website HERE. If you'd like to try it out, I have a coupon code that will give you a $10 discount, STMMMS47859. Feel free to use the code and share it with your friends. The code has no expiration date.
What is digital scrapbooking? It's simple to explain. You abandon all the glue, scissors, paper, stamps, etc. and do everything on your computer. When you're done with an album, you can print it out or email it to your friends and family or put it on a disc and view it as a slideshow. Some nifty features are that you can add audio and interactive buttons to your digital albums. It's similar to Window's slideshow program, PowerPoint, but soooo much fancier!
Why use a digital scrapbooking program to do my blog graphics?
- I know what I like when I see it, but I have a hard time coming up with stuff on my own. In other words, I'm not great at picking a whole theme with color schemes, fonts, layouts, etc. The My Memories program provides many cool and original themes or looks to choose from. I just browsed through the themes until I found one that spoke to me. Under the category "vintage" I found a group of digital papers, tags, ribbons, journaling boxes, button, beads, flowers, etc. Everything coordinated and the look was totally "me."
- I love the realistic look of the design elements. Paper looks like paper--you can see the texture and even add shadows to make it pop off the screen. Buttons look like real buttons! Notice the button on my menu bar? It leads to my grab-a-button page, and I love how it looks like an actual button!
- Picmonkey just offered me a "free trial" of the premium services they offer. Meaning, I won't get all that cool stuff for free for much longer. Premium Picnik (the program before Picmonkey) was $20 a year. Not too much. My Memories is a similar price with the coupon code, but it's a one time fee. Plus, I don't need the internet to use it.
I have been totally happy with My Memories and consider it a sound investment. Besides blog graphics, I'm using it to make Christmas cards as well. The holiday graphics are really cool. I'll post a card when it gets closer to Christmas.
Have you ever considered digital scrapbooking? Or even dabbled in traditional scrapbooking?
Happy crafting and big hugs from snowy Montana,
Before you click away, I'd like to invite you to join in my current sewing/craft challenge.

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In a Spring tradition that was started almost 30 years ago, a team from what is now part of the Cake Network jumped the pond and headed to Dublin, Ireland to compete against the best and brightest of the Irish poker players. And now it's time to see if you have what it takes to join Team Cake in the annual battle at the 2011 Irish Open.
Located within walking distance of downtown Dublin, the 2011 Irish Open will be held at The Burlington Hotel from April 22nd to April 25th, 2011. Featuring a €3,500 buy-in for main event, the Open will include players from all over the world. The prize pool has yet to be disclosed, but if last year was any indication, we're looking at well over €2,200,000 in prizes. Most players will have paid handsomely for their spot, you can go for as little as $1.10 through Cake Poker's satellite tournaments.
Starting on January 3, 2011, Cake Poker has been running daily satellites with fees as low as $1.10! Go to Cake's Events tab in the tournament lobby to register. Don't wait–the last day to claim a seat is Sunday, March 27th.
Players that win will be awarded a $7,000 prize package which includes all tournament entry fees, a 5-night stay, $1,500 in travel cash, and Irish Open gear.


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Martin, who was appointed FCC chairman two weeks ago, spoke Tuesday during a session at the 2005 National Show, a cable conference and exposition being held here.
Asked about whether the FCC would extend indecency rules to the cable industry, Martin responded that the U.S. Congress, and not the FCC, must decide whether the rules governing broadcast TV should be broadened. He did not say whether he supports including cable under indecency rules.
But the cable industry has a responsibility to respond to growing concerns from viewers and parents about indecency in programming, Martin said. Martin has served as a commissioner since 2001, and he said that the number of indecency complaints reaching the FCC has risen during that time from a few hundred a year to millions a year.
"This is an opportunity for the cable industry to address [indecency]," Martin said.
Indecency regulation has become a growing issue in the cable industry. Just last month, Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, proposed applying broadcast indecency rules to cable.
Former FCC chairman Michael Powell also oversaw an FCC that levied a series of high-profile fines last year against broadcasters in the wake of Congressional indecency hearings that followed singer Janet Jacksons breast-baring during the Super Bowl.
As for regulation, Martin offered the cable industry a glimpse into his philosophy as a regulator. Much like his predecessor, Martin said he would err on the side of supporting the marketplace and competition rather than seeking more regulation.
"When I talk about being a regulator, my personal vantage point is that the marketplace is much more important than regulation," Martin said. "But that doesnt mean the government doesnt have a role to play in [ensuring] fair competition."
Martin provided few details about the communications issues and technologies he expects to focus on as FCC chairman. When asked about the issue he first is dealing with in his new role, Martin referred to the personnel changes that typically follow a change in FCC leadership.


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Just recently I celebrated my 21st birthday, from which I visited London for the day. Whilst in London I managed to stop by the huge Lush store that is famously located on Oxford Street and pick up a few of the in-store exclusives that I am very happily sharing with you all in this post!
In the huge store the array of popular Lush products are spread out across three different floor levels; with the ground floor holding: soaps, cosmetics, shower gels, and creams (etc.), to the level above housing a mass collection of bath bombs, bubble bars, fun, lip products and bath oils. Then situated on the bottom (underground level) is the gorilla perfume gallery and where the pampering of Lush messages is held. Of course once the store had opened I walked (fairly briskly) up the stairs and headed straight over to the bath products.
Firstly can I just say WOW! The collection and presentation of each and every bath bomb or bubble bar in this store is amazing! There are so many gorgeous colours and designs placed around, with then the also intoxicating scent as you first walk into the store; it really is quite breathtaking.
Here are the products that I managed to pick up:
Bubblegum Lip Scrub
Products that definitely aren't exclusive to the Lush Oxford Street store are the lip scrubs; which come in a variety of different flavours & scents. As I was having a good mooch around in the huge store I decided it was about time that I tried one of these for myself, so I picked up the bubblegum flavoured lip scrub for £5.50.
Showder's – Candy Floss & Lemon Sherbet
The two products shown above are definitely ones that I personally have never seen before. As I did spot them on the shelf a Lush member of staff came over to me and gave me a demonstration of the candy floss showder in action with him also telling me that these were exclusives to the Oxford Street store and you can't buy these anywhere else – (since then I noticed these on Lush's UK website, so who knows?). Basically you poor a small handful of the almost soap powder looking substance into your hand, add a slight hint of water and rub into your skin – where the first granule powder turns to a creamy foamy soap. The gimmick of these alone was an excuse for me to place these in my basket but I love sweet (quite sickly) scented things and if anyone knows Lush then you'll know their candy floss scented products are divine, and these smell exactly like the flavouring that they are suppose to!!
Lemon Sherbet literally smells like a freshly opened bag of sherbet lemon sweeties and candy floss smells just like a sweet stall at the circus!
and now for (the best part) the bath bombs & bubble bars:
When it came to choosing bath bombs and bubble bars it's fair to say that I may have gone slightly overboard, but I mean I went all the way to London with birthday money in my purse, so why not!
Starting top; left – right:
Windmill bubble bar • Spring bunny bath bomb • Lava lamp bath bomb • Down the rabbit hole bubble bar
The smells: in my opinion…
Windmill bubble bar – This to me smells incredibly ginger'y but mixed with a hint of menthol.
Spring bunny bath bomb – This smells very citrusy, with that being in particularly lemon.
Lava lamp bath bomb – This smells very orangey, with that being a mix of mandarin and tangerine.
Down the rabbit hole bubble bar – This again smells very citrusy, with orange being very dominant.
Of course I first chose the 'somewhere over the rainbow' bath bomb because of how pretty it looks, however since watching a few videos about this bath bomb I discovered that this apparently creates a really gorgeous foamy bath!
Starting top; left – right:
Cherry blossom bubble bar • Big bang bubble bar • Sacred lotus bath bomb • Somewhere over the rainbow bath bomb
The smells: in my opinion…
Cherry blossom bubble bar – Living up to it's name this smells like a mixture of flowers and sweet cherry.
Big bang bubble bar – To me grapefruit and lemon come across mostly in the smell of this bubble bar.
Sacred lotus bath bomb – The smell of this isn't my favourite, as it does have a very strong scent of jasmine.
Somewhere over the rainbow bath bomb – This smells very citrusy, with it also containing the ingredients of Sicilian mandarin and neroli.
How cute is Tweet?!
Starting top; left – right:
Yuzu & cocoa bubbleroon • Tweet bubble bar • Brightside bubble bar • Reusable Mum tulip bubble bar
The smells: in my opinion…
Yuzu & cocoa bubbleroon – This smells to me to be quite a mild sweet lemon, with a mix of shea butter.
Tweet bubble bar – For such a small bubble bar this really does have a strong lemon with orange scent, that really is sooo lovely! Brightside bubble bar – This has a gorgeous sweet orange scent.
Mum tulip bubble bar – As expected this smells like tulips and flowers, and just like spring time!
The scent of Fizzbanger is really quite a real lemon flavour, it isn't particularly sweet however it isn't strong neither..
The very last thing I purchased was at the tills and that was a small tin of hand & body lotion that cost £1.00. This £1 tiny tin has been created for the purpose of donating all the money to charity, so honestly how could I say no.
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EOS Dark Ice Violet 2 Tones Circle Lens REVIEW ~ LensVillage Sponsor Post*
Today I'm doing a circle lens review on the Brand EOS, the dark ice violet, with 2 tones! I got these lenses from Lens Village! They have a large selection of brands, colors, and designs to choose from!
I love the purple shades because they automatically give you an anime look :3
When I received the package, these are the things that came with it: Two vials of circle lenses safely wrapped, a contact lens case and their business cards!
So the designs of these lenses are mostly on the outer part of the lenses like a ring. Lenses like these are my favs because they show up really well. The enlargement shows more since the diameter extends from your natural eyes, with these being 14.8mm in diameter. These lenses, specifically, are awesome because they create what I call the 'halo' affect!
Here's a photo of my eyes looking away to show the affect:
Here are some more selfies lol These I took these photos in natural lighting near a window!
In terms of comfort, the brand EOS is usually my to go. I never had a problem with EOS, until I have it for a while and its time for a new pair. But other than that, I never get irritation right away wearing these as long as I take care and disinfect them each time I wear them!
Comfort: Best comfort for me
Size: 14.8 is the largest I'd go before I look like an alien so perfect size if we were to speak of enlargement
Design and Color: Great design. Love the effect and look it gives me!
Totally check them out here: http://www.lensvillage.com
Take care~ Chuy <3


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When Jill Frederick found out she was pregnant for the first time in August, 2006, it was the happiest day of her life. Hearing her baby's heartbeat brought tears to her eyes, she said.
When Jill Frederick found out she was pregnant for the first time in August, 2006, it was the happiest day of her life. Hearing her baby's heartbeat brought tears to her eyes, she said.
Her pregnancy seemed on track, though she had severe morning sickness. During her fourth month, she went for a routine blood test and found out devastating news: Peyton, her baby, tested positive for Down syndrome.
Doctors told them not to worry, that the test yields many false positives. They were scheduled for a more advanced ultrasound.
At 20 weeks pregnant, Ms. Frederick underwent the test and was shocked to discover there was no heartbeat. Her doctor induced labor.
"Having to experience contractions and go through labor with no baby at the end was the hardest thing I have ever had to experience," said Ms. Frederick, a 1995 graduate of Monroe High School and a post office worker in Petersburg. "Due to additional complications, I also had to have an emergency (dilation and curettage) and didn't think I was going to survive."
Ms. Frederick not only survived, but has turned her tragedy into something positive. In memory of Peyton, the daughter she lost, she now raises money for March of Dimes, a nonprofit agency that researches the problems that threaten babies, such as early birth and birth defects.
The agency is holding its largest fundraising event "March for Babies" on April 22. Ms. Frederick and her team of friends and family, called "Walking for Peyton," will raise money for the event in Peyton's memory at Sterling State Park. It's their fifth year.
"I just get chills every time I think of (Peyton). They have found a way to make it work for their family," said Enna Whitted, March of Dimes division director. "It was kind of raw at first. Once she realized what March of Dimes was doing, she realized this was what she needed to do."
The next couple of months after losing Peyton were the hardest for her, Mrs. Frederick said. But out of the darkness came what she calls her "rainbow" baby.
"Despite a few scares, I was blessed with a 9-pound baby boy," said Ms. Frederick, who just recently graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a bachelor's degree in social work. "Brady has given us back hope and joy, which was lost when we lost Peyton."
Brady Wehrs was born two weeks early and is now 4 years old. His mother said he knows his baby sister is in heaven.
"There were clouds and darkness but something good came out of it — a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow," Ms. Frederick said. "... I hope my story helps others who are going through the same thing."


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The Cactus League
Get up close and personal with Major League Baseball! Fifteen teams—half of all Major League clubs—practice and play in ten beautiful stadiums in Central Arizona during spring training. Some of America's most beloved teams square off in a league of their own: the Cactus League! The Los Angeles Dodgers, the Colorado Rockies, the Texas Rangers, both Chicago teams, and more prepare for the summer season in beautiful weather and a relaxed atmosphere. Off-season games are a favorite pastime during March and April. Many fans even got a chance to meet the players.
Baseball has never been more popular in the Valley of the Sun. Over the past decade, the League has nearly doubled in size from eight to fifteen teams. The 2011 opening of the Salt River Fields at Talking Stick provided a state-of-the art facility for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona's own Diamondbacks. This expansion has spiked interest in baseball, drawing a record 1.59 million residents and tourists to the 233 game run in 2011. The 2010 and 2011 economic impact reached just over $357 million.
This rapid evolution generates a few growing pains. Stadium construction and renovation is a major expense for cities. Ticket prices are rising, along with the cost of favorite baseball munchies. Yet new fans appear every day. Game attendance was up by 200,000 in 2011, soaring above the record highs of 2010.
Arizona's popularity as a spring training venue springs from innovative planning that helps turn our gorgeous winter climate into a resource for revenue and entertainment. The story of the Cactus League shows how Arizona took advantage of our natural features to build a multimillion dollar enterprise around the national pastime.
Cactus Roots
The Cactus League established its Arizona roots in 1947 when the Cleveland Indians and New York Giants set up training bases in Arizona. However, its history started much earlier. Teams began pre-season trips around the turn of the century. Most sources agree that the first organized spring training began when the Chicago White Stockings went to Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1886.
In the early 1900s, spring training consisted of a couple weeks practice at a spring training site followed by a series of exhibition games en route home in time to start the season. California's famous warm climate drew teams to train in the "Orange League" as early as 1903, and the practice continued for five decades. Train routes determined the location of most game stops. Yuma, Bisbee and Tucson became popular stops for clubs training in California as they made their way back home. The first of these exhibition games occurred in 1909 when the Chicago White Sox, who trained in San Francisco, played in Yuma and Tucson. (That same year, the Warren Ballpark was constructed in Bisbee.) When the train connected Phoenix to the coast, it too became a stop on the spring training circuit. Throughout the decades, the White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Athletics, New York Giants and St. Louis Browns all stopped in Arizona for spring exhibitions.
Some say the signing of legendary hitter Larry Doby from the Negro National League to the Cleveland Indians established the Cactus League in Arizona. In 1946, Bill Veeck, owner of the Cleveland Indians, purchased a home near Tucson. The Indians began training in Phoenix upon Veeck's assertion that Arizona was more open to integration than other locations. Veeck convinced Giants owner Horace Stoneham, who also had a home in Arizona, to move Giants spring training to Phoenix. In 1947, Indians and Giants became members of the Orange League to play exhibition games. From those two teams sprouted the Cactus League. Their first game was played in March 8, 1947 at Tucson's Randolph Park (later renamed Hi Corbett Field). That spring, fifteen games were played in Phoenix and Tucson. It was start of the longest running spring rivalry in baseball, which would see 500 games before the tradition was broken.
In 1952 the Pacific Coast League (PCL), the West Coast's minor league, became a quasi major league when they were granted open classification, and began to limit access to big league teams. After the enactment of new rules prohibited Major League games in PCL cities the week before the coast league season started, the Orange League fell apart. The Cubs moved to Mesa, Arizona in 1952, followed by the Browns, who became the Baltimore Orioles, to Yuma in 1954. (The Pirates and the White Sox fled to Florida.) By 1954, all sixteen teams were training in either Florida or Arizona.
Westward Expansion
Throughout the next decades, Arizona hosted the Orioles, Red Sox, Yankees, (Mickey Mantle's spring training started in Arizona), and the Houston Colt .45s. These teams would relocate after a few years, despite the construction of new facilities. In 1967, the Cactus League seemed to be on the verge of collapse. However, western expansion of the Major League created four new teams, two of which (Seattle Pilots and the San Diego Padres) chose Arizona to train. Suddenly, the Cactus League was larger than it had ever been! Ground broke on Hohokam Park in Mesa in 1976.
By the 1980's, spring training had become a multi-million dollar industry. A special task force created by Governor Rose Mofford found that the Cactus League provided $160 million to the Arizona economy. Governor Mofford set up public-private partnerships between state, county and city governments and private participation. These ventures gave facelifts to aging facilities and enticed more teams to Arizona. Opening in 1992, the Scottsdale Stadium was a product of such partnerships.
The strategy worked, stabilizing the Cactus League to eight teams, and opened it to the possibility of rapid expansion. Since 1994, seven additional teams have chosen to train in the Phoenix area, sparking facility improvement, construction of new facilities, and the expansion of Central Arizona's enjoyment of the official national pastime!
Information summarized from the article "From Dust to Diamonds: The Evolution of the Cactus League" by Rodney Johnson. Visit the virtual museum at the Play Ball Experience for the comprehensive story of the Cactus League.


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Dozens of officers combed the area around two Chesterfield Avenue crime scenes late Monday, afternoon, March 26, as they searched for suspects in a shooting incident.
Officers responded to the 700 block of Chesterfield Avenue at 4:19 p.m. after receiving a 911 call about a fight with shots fired, according to a Lancaster Police Department incident report.
The Lancaster Police Department and Lancaster County EMS responded to a possible shooting along the 700 block of Chesterfield Avenue near 903 Discount Beverage just after 4:15 p.m. Monday. Check back later for updates.
KERSHAW – On Saturday, residents, community leaders and representatives of local businesses participated in the annual Kershaw Freedom Fund Banquet held at the Andrew Jackson Recreation Center.
The banquet, sponsored by the Kershaw branch of the NAACP, was a time to promote goodwill, organizers say.
Habitat for Humanity of Lancaster County is urging people to be aware of possible scam artists posing as Habitat fundraisers.
There have been reports of people selling T-shirts and magazine subscriptions saying the money goes to Habitat for Humanity.
Habitat has not authorized national or local fundraisers of this kind, said Nita Brown, director of Habitat for Humanity of Lancaster County.
A stop at her mailbox ended in the armed robbery of a Lancaster woman early Monday morning.
The 39-year-old victim called 911 at 2:25 a.m. to report she had just been robbed at gunpoint outside her home in the 3400 block of Pageland Highway, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff's Office incident report.
The woman told deputies at the scene she got home about 2:20 a.m. after a trip to Walmart to buy items for her children's school lunches.
KERSHAW – The application has been sent. And now Kershaw officials have to wait to find out if they're selected.
Since last year, the town of Kershaw has been eyeing a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). If awarded, that federal money will pay for the replacement of old water lines in the Springs cotton mill village neighborhood, just north of the town limits.
The town provides water for that area, which includes roads such as First, Second, Third and Fourth streets.
Driving under the influence and possession of marijuana were just some of the 43 charges filed against motorists at several license checkpoints staged in Lancaster County last weekend.
The checkpoints, a joint operation between the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office and the S.C. Highway Patrol, were held Friday night throughout the county.
S.C. Highway Patrol Trooper Billy Elder said the operation was a success, with citations given for several alcohol and drug-related offenses, as well as serveral traffic violations.
A week after a missing Pennsylvania man's body was identified by Lancaster County authorities, a suspect connected to the case was transferred to a local jail to answer a separate charge.
Rico Mandrell Herbert, 31, was moved this week from the Mecklenburg County Jail in Charlotte to the Lancaster County Detention Center to face a probation violation charge from the S.C. Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services.
The first race held at Lancaster Speedway was on Sept. 11, 1954. According to the archives of The Lancaster News, that first race drew a standing-room crowd of more than 6,000 fans. Tommy Washam co-promoted the event with a 27-year-old up-and-comer from Oakboro, N.C., by the name of Bruton Smith.
A case involving unpaid overtime money for several Lancaster County Emergency Medical Services workers has finally been settled – to the tune of $1.5 million.
For the last 17 months, a group of 59 former and current EMS employees have been awaiting the results of a class-action lawsuit they jointly filed against Lancaster County.
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Here in phuket thailand the last few years have seen the return of some wonderful creatures that used to be around all the time and had for some reason left the local waters. Whales, Manta Ray, Orca's, Whale sharks are always in the news. However for those lucky enough to have been in phuket scuba diving 8-10 years ago will be aware that the numbers of Bottle nose Dolphins had almost vanished. The boats when taking people scuba diving in phuket regularly had Dolphins escorting the boats until about 6 years ago when they suddenly vanished.
Unlike the popular book the Dolphins had not left the planet before its destruction but had just moved to a new location. The waters round James Bond Island to the north and Yao Yai became their home. The problem was the amount of boat traffic. Trips to places like bamboo island and many other phuket snorkeling tours combined with the fishing boats both day and night had just become too much for them. Out in thesimilan islands they were seen from time to time too but never with in easy sight of the people staying on phuket.
Then three years ago a small boat started to take people from phuket scuba diving to a small island called Maithon that all the boats used to pass on there way to other places but never stopped or went too close. The island was not too spectacular compared to other locations in the area but it had lots of shallow reef and was close to phuket so was a good location for a 2 dive trip and for those learning scuba diving in phuket.
It soon became clear that the divers were not the biggest things in the water. On only the second trip we could hear the Dolphins and during lunch as we sat there with the engine off sure enough a couple of Dolphins came to investigate from a distance. Then day after day with just small numbers of divers on a small boat the Dolphins got used to us. we could hear them almost every dive and when we we on the boat they came closer and closer. They were still too shy to come close to us underwater. They followed us as we can hear then but just out if sight. At this time we thought there was 12 – 15 of them in the pod.
The following year a pod of Orcas was seen in the similan islands and at the time I did not know this but Orcas are the biggest of the Dolphin family. They are called killer whales as they are a killer of whales and not because they are whales that kill. This pod was the first in many many years and one was even seen in the busiest bay on the island this year.
Patong bay which was full of jet ski, parasailing, long tails and many other craft in the middle of high season had a visit from a full grown Orca.
Back to the ever growing pod on Maithon. Now the numbers were growing and they were seen from Maithon to Koh Doc Mai. Then they followed the boats further and further and can be seen from Phuket all the way toPhi Phi. There area was getting larger and larger as the numbers were growing. During monsoon season as is the case this year they return back to Maithon.
The way things look now id that they have made there home in the water off phuket thailand and are happy here. They are used to boats of people scuba diving in phuket passing them and slowing to look at them. They know the people in phuket scuba diving are no threat and they are as interested in us as we are in them. What is need now is the same trust to be built up by the other small boats as it will only take one aggressive speed boat driver to scare them off. Getting too close when there are young around and they will vanish again.
If these beautiful creatures are allowed to live in peace then their numbers will grow and their area will grow. It wont be long before they let us snorkel with them at places like bamboo island or james bond island. Then if all the people who go to the similan islands on liveaboards each year need another reason. How cool will it be to dive with Manta's and whale sharks then have a quick snorkel with Dolphins too all in the same day.phuket scuba diving is some of the best in the world and also offers amazing phuket snorkeling tours too.phuket thailand really does have it all and it just must be cared for as an island paradise can so easily be lost.


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Premiere Pro: Working with the Adobe Media Encoder: Part One
Choose your options from the Format, Range, then the Preset
The Adobe Media Encoder is a flexible tool that can export your video project to a range of formats, including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, Macromedia Flash Video (FLV), QuickTime, RealMedia, and Windows Media. Though each format has its own peculiarities, the basic workflow is the same for all of them, which is what is covered here. You can export either a work area or an entire sequence, so if you're exporting just a work area, create that first.
1. Choose File > Export > Adobe Media Encoder. The Adobe Media Encoder dialog box will appear. If export is grayed out click the Timeline to select it. If you're working in the Effect Controls panel or Source Monitor, for example, Premiere Pro will deactivate Export._
2. In the Export Settings area located in the upper-right corner of the dialog box, choose the desired format.
3. In the Export Settings dialog box, choose the target range (select either Entire Sequence or Work Area from the Range drop-down menu).
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4. In the Export Settings area, choose the target preset from the Preset drop-down menu. If you have previously created any custom presets, they will appear at the top of the Preset list.
Note — If you're an inexperienced user, you should stick with the presets, lest you change a parameter that renders the file unusable. If you're experienced, continue with Steps 5–9. Note that once you change any parameter, Premiere Pro will force you to save the encoding parameters into a new custom preset.
Read Working with the Adobe Media Encoder: Part Two.
Read Working with the Adobe Media Encoder: Part Three.


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Blond, blissful Karolina Kurkova is on the cover of February's Vogue, wearing white leather, a rose-camouflage mosquito net, and a look of ethereal jubilation. She has good reason to smile; with any luck, the cover model is coming back.
For years, at least since the unwritten Editrices' Decree of 1994, celebrities have replaced models on the covers of beauty, fashion, and even some general interest magazines. (Here's a quick tour of current newsstands. Elle: Madonna. Allure: Catherine Zeta-Jones. InStyle: Jennifer Lopez. Cosmo: Debra Messing. Vanity Fair: Julianne Moore. Talk: Heather Graham.) That shift has dramatically and unexpectedly altered the line economics of running a magazine. Hachette, Condé Nast, and Hearst used to have to pay top dollar for cover models. Now—in theory at least—cover celebrities cost them nothing. Unlike models, movie stars with a New Project will sweat out costume changes and the ministrations of Kevyn Aucoin for little more than mango slices and the satisfaction of doing their contractual part to increase a movie studio's bottom line.
For publishers of magazines like Vogue and Elle, this must have seemed at first like an elegant fix—a square, moneyless deal. And celebrities now seem to regard free covers as part of their star compact; no celebrity has yet echoed Linda Evangelista, whose Bartlett's-quality declaration—"I don't get out of bed for less than $10,000"—must be the only epigram ever attributed to a supermodel.
Still, as New York's tireless celebrity wranglers can attest, the new deal has become a Faustian bargain. Magazines are still paying for their covers; they're just using a different, more expensive currency. Evangelista rates might have been exorbitant, but deals with models were clean payment for professional services. When the model was done, so was the deal. Now the costs are all hidden, and the steepest of them are often paid by readers.
Without good covers, magazines risk low newsstand sales, and the pool of celebrities who qualify for those covers—ones with movies or records coming out—is not, month to month, inexhaustible. The struggle to get the right one is therefore always fierce, requiring foresight about the caprices of stardom, corporate espionage with other magazines, and an often weeks-long compatibility check among the celebrity and the photographer, stylists, and profile writer—not to mention the Versailleslike crossing and double-crossing of PR people.
All that finesse takes finessers: The '80s institution of the special projects editor has been augmented on many mastheads by entertainment editors, credit and location coordinators, and bookings directors, many of whom spend the better part of the production cycle chasing covers. One editor has said that, at times, as much as 30 percent of her magazine's resources have been devoted to getting covers. And that figure doesn't include the editing, writing, and shooting of actual magazine stories—the ones that represent payola to PR agencies for covers (an inside story on a TV teen, for example, in exchange for a titan movie star on a future cover; a small profile of a singer as apology to an agency for an earlier cancelled cover). At worst, the content of magazines becomes a refracted record of cover deals laboriously done or botched.
When mastheads get out of balance, when too much of a magazine's budget is being spent on a single page, when content is in danger of being driven by PR extortion, what counts as a "story" changes, and writers and editors suffer. Because magazines compete for stories and staff, this affects the whole ecosystem of magazines.
But the appearance of Kurkova on the cover of Vogue may be a good sign. She's got the smile of someone who is cashing a check. Let's hope that work for hire is a clean new look for spring.


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Seeing Havana with an artist's eye
Local artist Gloria Adrian recently got to take something big off her bucket list—a trip to Cuba.
Not only that but she got to make the journey with a group of fellow artists and have her first experience plein air painting—creating a work of art outside on the streets of Havana.
Adrian, a former woodworker and graphic artist, specializes in portraits but this trip was organized through PleinAir Magazine and most of the 40 artists on the trip were experienced plein air painters.
"It was a little intimidating since many of them were very skilled and very successful," Adrian said. "I'm a studio painter primarily and often paint from photos. This was a completely different experience and out of my usual comfort zone."
Working in a city, rather than an country setting was different as well. Adrian lives on property that borders Willow River State Park so painting in an urban center was a challenge. But music helped.
"There was music, live music, everywhere you went," Adrian said. "There were performers in the hotel all day long and in every restaurant, on the streets, just everywhere. It was wonderful."
Among the places she will remember is the infamous Buena Vista Social Club.
"The performers were older but they could really move and had so much energy. That was a lot of fun," she said.
Adrian said that tourism is the most important industry in Cuba and the musicians and artists along with tour guides and businesses are allowed to be self-employed, paying 25 percent of their tips to the government. Everyone else in the country works for the Cuban government making about $30 a month with some subsidized grocery staples.
Residents also receive free education and free healthcare.
Adrian mentioned the level of poverty of most of Havana's residents.
"I thought they might be resentful of us as American tourists but that wasn't the case at all. They were very friendly, kind and helpful," Adrian said. "Obama's visit was very popular and he was a big hit there."
Adrian said people seemed excited about the burgeoning tourist trade. Along with Americans, tourists come regularly from Europe, Russia and South American. The impact of that trade shows around Havana. Adrian saw a lot of aging buildings being reconstructed. Many of them have started with just the facade with the interior and rear still in various levels of deterioration. The process of rehabilitation after years of neglect will take time but the bones of the city with its five main plazas are visible and attractive.
The island's most prominent commodities continue to be rum and cigars. Adrian enjoyed seeing the iconic 1950s American classic cars, most of which are used as taxis for the tourists. The group hired some so they could paint them.
Adrian found Havana to be very clean. There were lots of cats and dogs around but they are owned, fed and cared for by the city.
"They don't bother with people and definitely don't like to be petted," Adrian said.
She found the local food somewhat disappointing with no "real culinary delights. The meat, chicken and pork primarily, tended to be tough but the rice and beans were plentiful and tasty."
Taking to plein air
Adrian said it was interesting painting on the streets of the city. The artists asked Cubans on the street if they could paint their portraits for a small fee. Pretty soon there was a line of people willing to sit for Adrian and others. Most did not speak English but they were able to "pantomime" to one another.
While it was a little daunting to paint alongside experienced plein air artists, she enjoyed the challenge and appreciated the challenges that style of painting presents. While she enjoyed her time in Havana, Adrian wishes the group had been able to see more of the Cuban countryside and seen more of how people outside of the city live.
Adrian described her Cuban experience as humbling and rewarding. "I love the idea of traveling and doing art. Once I got past my own shyness, it was a great way to really see into a place."


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This Video Shows the Difference Between American and Asian Makeup
We can't get enough of all things K-beauty, but when we go to list off our favorite products, they err on the side of sheet masks, essences, and serums as opposed to foundations and mascara. After all, in Korea, skincare is much more than an assortment of products, it's a way of living. As such, heavy contouring, overlined lips, and gleaming highlighter aren't on the menu du jour for most Korean women—it's the dewy-fresh poreless skin that's the focus.
In contrast, extravagant makeup routines are often favored in the U.S.—just take a scroll through Instagram and you'll see a bevy of makeup artists and non-makeup artists alike applying countless products for one look. Not that intricate cat eyes and perfectly filled in brows should be scoffed at—we're mesmerized by the talent that goes into executing each look—but it's just the nature of the growing makeup culture here in the states.
Recently, PopSugar shared a video that Lisa Eldridge created visually juxtaposing Asian makeup practices with those of Americans, and the differences are palpable. In the video, you'll see much lighter and brighter natural-looking makeup for the Asian beauty tutorial while the American version boasts chiseled cheekbones and dark eye makeup. Now, we'd like to point out that this isn't to generalize that all American and Asian women wear their makeup like it's portrayed in the video, but Eldridge makes valid points about many of the popular styles in each region. Keep scrolling to see the video for yourself!
We're fans of focusing on our skin first and foremost before makeup. To get a glow worthy of praise from Korean beauty experts far and wide, we turn to SK-II Facial Treatment Essence ($205).
What's your signature makeup look? Do you go the natural route, or do you like experimenting with different looks? Please tell us below!


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The Vulcan Bomber is a strategic bomber serving the Royal Air Force for the European Continental Alliance. It is used to deploy the Smart Bomb.
A special strategic variant is employed instead if the Pandora Protocol is researched, which is used to deploy the Neutron Bomb.
After the United States had abandoned their military bases in Europe and put an abrupt end to eight decades of NATO history, the nations of Europe had to restructure their forces from the ground up in order to fill the gap left by their former allies who were now minding their own business on the other side of the Atlantic. The ECA military planners realised that Europe would need its own strategic bombing capabilities in order to play in the same league as the other global superpowers. Showing a sound degree of foresight, the planners decided that the most suitable country to house and operate the assets would be the United Kingdom, which has been regarded as an 'unsinkable aircraft carrier' since the dawn of military aviation. As a result, Bomber Command made a reappearance as a distinct entity within the RAF command structure and a conglomerate of British and European defence contractors provided the necessary aircraft in the form of the Vulcan B.3 bomber. Thanks to its powerful engines, the Vulcan has a very short response time for a bomber of its size. Its main armament is extremely precise Smart Bomb - comically dubbed the '16-ton-weight' by Vulcan crews.
Painted anti-flash white in order to better reflect the immense thermal radiation released by a nuclear explosion, this variant of the Vulcan B.3 bomber is exclusively used to deliver tactical neutron bombs.


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Icon Ultima
The only published game in its genre. [More]
To download this game for your Linux/Mac installation, enter this on your command line:
DreamDownload byond://Enigmaster2002.IconUltima##version=117Emulator users, in the BYOND pager go to File | Open Location and enter this URL:
24119 downloads
Only Windows users can play this game. If you have an emulator, you can join the waiting list to be informed when a new server is ready to play.
The Tibbius server that hosted the 24/7 shell server is gone.
Wiznet will no longer work and all of the extraneous features like Confucious and bug reporting will not work.
The hosting files are still available at a different address.
However, given the direction BYOND was going when I more or less stopped coming here, it's likely the game won't even run on newer versions of Dream Maker because the BYOND developers went full sellout and stuck ads in the software. Last I heard, there was going to be a mandatory minimum version number to prevent people from simply not updating to the spyware versions. Make sure you blame the correct party if IU stops working.
The source files for Icon Ultima will never be distributed, in part or in whole, either for free or any material exchange, including but not limited to any representation of monetary holdings, or any intellectual property under any license. Anyone selling, giving away, in possession of, or engaged in distribution of any piece or the entirety of Icon Ultima's source files is in possession of stolen material.
Icon Ultima and all of its' related indicia are exclusive property of Benjamin "Mobius Evalon" Rothe.
Copyright 2003+ "Mobius Evalon"
Please support BYOND through Membership or a donation!
Petercullen: (Jan 20, 10:59 pm)
Best game ever!
Mobius Evalon: (Jul 21 2016, 10:10 am)
Dropbox direct link to the host files, since the pager can't seem to manage it for some reason: https://dl.dropbox.com/s/yc8hm6gp57v2qhn/IU.zip
Mobius Evalon: (Mar 1 2016, 4:28 am)
I just moved the host files to a Dropbox, so they should be available for download from the hub page again.
Ryan659: (Sep 27 2015, 12:42 pm)
Host files can be found here, now that the tibbius.com domain that hosted them is gone:
https://drive.google.com/ open?id=0BxefdGvWZBPhSEhYMURTTWJ2VkU
Luna Celestia: (Aug 31 2015, 1:27 pm)
R.I.P. Icon Ultima
2004 - 2015
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Why toilets matter
Open defecation in urban India is declining very slowly, with over 5 million people in Indian cities still defecating outside. Could this be because the urban middle class monopolises the existing basic services like water supply and sanitation and therefore does not impel change, asks Kalpana Sharma
At the recent G8 meeting in Japan, world leaders discussed oil prices and climate change. They did not, however, address what is being called a "development emergency" in some countries -- the chronic absence of improved sanitation among large sections of the population, particularly in poor communities, that is contributing to the spread of disease.
Even as countries like India boast of a consistently high rate of economic growth, they cannot hide the abject failure to tackle the consistently low rate of growth in access to improved sanitation.
Year after year, while the number of those getting access to safe water climbs, the equivalent figures for sanitation remain stubbornly low. This is a constant reminder of the failure of many governments to evaluate the importance of improved sanitation and to put enough political will and investment into bridging this deficit.
One of the more unsavoury facts that the government in India would most certainly not want advertised is the fact that one out of every two people in the world who are forced to defecate out in the open is an Indian.
According to a recent report of the Joint Monitoring Project on Drinking Water and Sanitation of Unicef and the World Health Organisation, 18% of the world's population, or 1.2 billion people, still have no access to sanitation and are compelled to defecate out in the open. Of these, an astounding 665 million live in India.
What is even more depressing is that the rate at which this situation is changing, in India, is slow. Overall, the rate of open defecation has declined from 73% in 1990 to 58% in 2006. However, while in rural India the rate of open defecation has declined from 89% in 1990 to 74% in 2006, in urban India it has gone down by only 10% in 16 years, from 28% in 1990 to 18% in 2006. This means that even today, over 5 million people in Indian cities defecate out in the open. If evidence of this were needed, one has only to take an early morning suburban train in Mumbai to witness the spectacle of people using the open spaces around railway tracks as a vast open-air toilet.
This is the extreme end of the spectrum. What sanitation is available by way of toilets is also generally far from satisfactory. Shared toilets, or community toilets, are generally poorly maintained, leading to contamination of soil and water sources. The problem is exacerbated in urban areas as the settlements where the urban poor live are tightly packed, with few open spaces. In such conditions, open defecation and leaking toilets greatly enhance the danger of contamination and the spread of waterborne diseases.
The link between sanitation and health hardly needs to be emphasised. Yet, although progress has been made in the realm of supplying drinking water, for some reason provision of adequate sanitation continues to lag behind in India. As of now, India is not on target to meet the Millennium Development Goal of providing 46% of its population ply with adequate sanitation by 2015.
The international charity Water Aid put together data on this issue for the recent G8 meeting and emphasised yet again the need to renew commitment and investment in sanitation. According to its report, 40% of the world's population lacks access to improved sanitation and this, in turn, kills more children than malaria, HIV/AIDS and measles put together.
Water Aid also suggests that as many as 910,000 child deaths from diarrhoea could be avoided each year through the provision of improved sanitation. An estimated 85% of the 1.6 million deaths due to diarrhoea each year can be linked to poor sanitation and unsafe drinking water, it says. Also, the underlying cause of the 5 million child deaths each year is chronic malnutrition. Recurring bouts of diarrhoea in children already malnourished means that nutritional supplements have no impact on their chances of survival, as their weakened digestive systems simply cannot absorb them.
The key input to enhancing child survival is not necessarily more and better food or medical interventions but conditions of living that ensure that children do not get ill. There is simply no shortcut to providing sanitary living conditions and an adequate supply of potable water. Such interventions do not provide instant results that are demonstrable. But they are a long-term investment that pays enormous health dividends for all, poor and rich.
The cost of poor sanitation and unsafe water is borne disproportionately by the poor living in urban or rural areas. However, sometimes the health status of urban poor communities is worse than their counterparts in rural areas.
'Our cities, our health, our future', a report to the WHO commission on Social Determinants of Health (the final report is due to be released worldwide in August this year) by the Knowledge Network on Urban Settings, illustrates this point with data from Kenya. The infant mortality rate (IMR) in Kenya is 74 per 1,000 live births -- 76 in rural areas and 57 in urban areas excluding Nairobi. But in the country's capital city, while the IMR in high-income areas in likely to be under 10, in the slums of Kibera and Embakasi it is 106 and 164 respectively. In Nairobi as a whole, it is 39. This clearly shows that the health status of the urban poor, living in wretched conditions, is much worse than the status of those in rural areas who also live in poverty.
In India too, the data shows that the health status of the urban poor is either the same or worse than that of people in rural areas. For instance, the percentage of underweight children in the urban poor population is 47.1%, compared to 45.6% in the rural population, and stunting is seen in 54.2% of urban poor children, compared to 50.7% of rural children (according to NFHS-3 data). Apart from children, women in poor urban communities are almost as badly off as their rural sisters, with 58.8% of women between the ages of 15-49 years being anaemic, compared to 57.4% of rural women. NFHS-3 data also reveals that there is little difference in the figures for the number of children with diarrhoea in urban poor communities and those in rural communities. This data merely underlines the reality that while urban areas as a whole might have better medical facilities and piped water and sewerage, these facilities do not extend to the urban poor.
In fact, urbanisation should lead to better health for all. That is the lesson drawn not just from richer countries like Japan, Sweden and the Netherlands but also countries like Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea. Here, healthy urban living conditions that include provision of housing, water and sanitation have changed the health statistics quite dramatically.
Susan E Chaplin, who did her doctoral thesis on 'Cities, Services and the State: The Politics of Sanitation in India' from La Trobe University, Australia, draws a comparison between sanitation in post-Industrial Revolution England and Indian cities, in an essay in the journal Environment and Urbanisation (April, 1999). She looks at the policies pursued in mid-19th century England and now in India, and brings out several useful points.
Sanitary reform in Britain really took off only in the 19th century when the spectre of disease haunted the entire population, rich and poor. Conditions in industrial cities like Liverpool and Manchester were not very different from those that prevail in the slums of Kolkata or Mumbai today. Chaplin quotes Friedrich Engles on these English cities. He wrote that they had "...streets (that) are generally unpaved, rough, dirty, filled with vegetable and animal refuse, without sewers or gutters but supplied with foul, stagnant pools instead".
The pattern of urbanisation in the two countries has also been similar, with the advent of work and industrialisation drawing in the poor from villages. But in England, Chaplin writes, three factors contributed to sanitary reform. "These were the campaigns by medical practitioners along with reform of local government, advances in science and engineering, and the presence of a 'threat from below', in terms of diseases and organised labour."
Chaplin argues that in India the urban middle class has not been interested in bringing about any change in conditions because it has successfully monopolised the existing basic services like water supply and sanitation. The British built sewers only in areas they inhabited; the native towns were left to manage with the scavenger system that, shockingly, persists in some of the smaller towns. The better-off Indians today live in areas that have benefited from the colonial sewerage systems, while the poor mostly live in unserviced plots.
Furthermore, science and medicine have reduced the possibility of the spread of disease 'from below'. And the rich really do not need to fear any revolution 'from below', as did the rich in England, because the urban poor are mostly unorganised. As a result the urban middle class, and one might add the policymakers, can continue to be indifferent to the conditions of the poor. Combine this with an ineffective local government and you have the situation we see in most Indian cities today.
In England too, the rich were initially not interested in reform that would benefit all classes. The single factor that altered this situation was the prospect of their getting cholera. An epidemic in the 19th century established the link between sanitation and health as nothing else could have done.
Also, the militancy of the working classes prompted the rich to accept that providing them with basic services was a wiser proposition than risking the disruption that would inevitably follow an attempt to overthrow the hold of the ruling classes.
Between 1880 and 1891, urban authorities in many cities in Britain provided sewerage and clean water supply under the Sanitation Act of 1866. This step benefited all citizens, not just the rich.
In India, the provision of improved sanitation, especially for the urban poor population that is estimated to grow at an annual rate of 5-7%, requires similar action and political will. Already, one-third of the country's population lives in cities and towns. Of this, anywhere between a quarter and a half live in slums and informal housing with inadequate provision of water and sanitation. Health parameters of the urban poor are uniformly worse than those in formal housing, for the obvious reason that, besides poverty, overcrowding and unsanitary conditions expose this population to ill health. Compounding the situation is inadequate and affordable healthcare.
Health data in India has shown that the poor turn to private healthcare wherever the public health system is inadequate. In urban areas, the absence of adequate public health outposts in slums and the presence of private practitioners guarantee that people turn to the latter rather than seek free healthcare from the public system. The pressure on the budgets of people living on the margins is enormous and often unbearable. For instance, a 2003 study of 850 households in Dhaka, Bangladesh, found that increased expenditure on healthcare due to illness had forced many families to take loans, sell assets and even resort to begging to meet the costs of ill health. This pattern is evident in most developing countries with large populations of urban poor, including India.
"Lack of investment in sanitation reveals a blind spot in development policy: a failure to recognise sanitation's integral role in reducing poverty," the Water Aid report rightly points out.
In these times of political turmoil, such issues are not high on India's priority list. Nor is the media interested in highlighting them. Yet, economic growth cannot be sustained if almost half the country's population lacks access to something as basic as sanitation. Boasts of being an economic power -- or even a nuclear weapons state -- seem quite hollow against this ugly reality.
(Kalpana Sharma is a journalist and writer based in Mumbai. She is the author of Rediscovering Dharavi: Stories from Asia's Largest Slum)
InfoChange News & Features, July 2008


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Why you shouldn't buy GTA for your 7 year old…
This is some damn good parenting.
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Regretful Submission – The latina who needed hygiene'a
Age (at the time): Early 20's
Profession (at the time): DirecTV Rep
Location: So Cal
So I'd just gotten out of school, and still trying to figure out what the hell I was going to use my degree for. Wound up getting a job selling DirecTV (aka the shit sales job). It's easy, basically, people would call you and ask questions, you'd answer them and proceed to hook them up with the most expensive package known to man. It was commission-based anyway, so besides hooking my friends up with $8.99 single satellite systems, I'd basically to do my best to make sure you wound up with everything I could sell you. This was particularly easy among females because I have a really deep voice, and when it comes to me eating and you losing money, #1 wins every time.
This couldn't be more accurate…
We've all been in these shoes. Beer goggles are one of the things that inspired me to make this site.
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Walk of Shame – The Lingerie Stumble
One morning I woke up at the frat house ready to leave, when I realized that all I had on was lingerie (the night before it had been a lingerie party). Shiiiiiit! I couldn't walk home in that. Mind you I walked to the frat house wearing that (but it was dark and I was drunk) so that doesn't count. So I wake up the guy I had stayed with and asked him if I could borrow clothes. He throws me a pair of sweats. So I put them on and head out the door.
Regretful Submission – Fat Girl = New Bed
This story comes to us from a guy who has done 2 tours in Iraq. Ooooorah!
Name: J.W.
Age (at the time): Early 20's
Profession (at the time): Student
Ok so here is one for all you jerkoffs that go around saying that they would never fuck a fat chick. Here I am in 2003 freshman in college, and fresh out of a tour in Iraq. I am fucking everything that I can get remotely close to my meat stick, and up to this point they have all been worthy of stuffing my cock in.
Well on the night of this incident I was out with some buddies who are some champion pussy ropers. We go out to this bar for some karaoke and just some general good times to start the night, with no intention of pulling anything out of this bar.
If you were to see this bar you would understand why. I will paint a picture for ya. Imagine a bar that was built about 70 years ago and has not been renovated or built onto since. Loggers in full logger garb from the nearby lumber mill are the main clientele. So you can imagine the type of chicks that hang in here. Thus, a good reason not to hook up with any of them.
Here I am (a few shots and 8 or so beers along) when this chick starts looking my way. She looks pretty good in the low light from where I am standing. Of course she is sitting down so I cant really tell how big this chick is. Well a few more shots and a couple beers later she decides to come over and ask me for a light. I light her up and she starts up a conversation.
One thing leads to another and the next thing I know I am playing a game of pool with her. Now I have a thing for big tits…luv em, and she keeps bending over and these things are about to jump out of whatever slutty shirt she was wearing.
Well to kinda hurry this along my buddies see what filthy things are about to happen to me so they take off and leave me at the mercy of this fat ass. She was about 5ft 9in and pushing about 180.
So the bar closes down, I pile into my car, and we head to my house. Yeah yeah I know never bring a fat chick to your own house. I was drunk what can I say. We get upstairs and I start in on this bitch. I feel like one of the old time buffalo hunters skinning a prize kill.
So as I am piling this girl up on my old ass bed when mid stroke, the fucking bed breaks. No shit the mattress goes right through the frame on one side. Now a lesser man may have stopped right there, but not this fuckin champ. I kept going on this lopsided bed until I had finished.
I woke up in the morning wondering what the fuck happened to my bed the night before, and then it hits me. So I tell this filthy whore (who had not left) that I have to go work out, and that she needs to get her fat ass out from under my covers and into my car so I can drop her off.
During the drive I brought up the thought of her buying me a new bed frame…..(that didn't go over so well) So I had to buy a new one myself. Hey I needed a new bed anyway right?
I think the Moral here is: When you need to buy a need bed, have a fat filthy sloth completely break your old one first?
And this years Darwin award goes to…
Riding a Wheelie = ballsy
Riding a Wheelie going fast as fuck = very ballsy
Riding a Wheelie fast as fuck into oncoming traffic = me laughing and pointing at my monitor
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Walk of Shame – Twins in the Tub
This one is from Megs. You're a filthy girl, and I owe you breakfast.
My roommate and I were dating two guys who were twins. One night after a football game we all went back to their house for some drinks and hot tubbing. It was actually their parents house but they were out of town so we decided to make the most of it.
I had no idea that drinking in a hot tub can make you incoherent after about 30 minutes. My roommate Beth got out after about 45 minutes and her boyfriend Mike followed her. My boyfriend Justin and I stayed in a bit longer. He was all over me and I really didn't know why. We had already slept together earlier that night, so I was surprised that he was ready to go again…
One thing lead to another and we end up going for it right there in the dark. I was exhausted so I grabbed my towel and headed inside. Here's where things get crazy…
Mike and Justin are identical twins but you can always tell them apart easily (even if you don't know them) by the clothes they wear. Justin always walks around in these brown shredded Birkenstocks and Mike is more of a tennis shoe type of guy. So when I see Beth (who is barely awake) and Mike sitting on opposite ends of the couch I immediately look down.
You guessed it, I see the Birkenstocks…
Did I just…Yes I did. Just as I was feeling my gut sink I hear the door open again.
"You owe me 20 bucks bro, she went for it!"
Long story short, Beth and I are no longer dating the twins. Assholes.
Regretful Submission – Ping Pong Pus…
Name: Jacob
Age (at the time): 22
Profession (at the time): student
Location: Thailand
Set the scene. Strip club in Thailand
My girlfriend and I were taking a trip to Thailand for vacation. We were supposed to meet up with some friends that we knew once we got there. If you have never been to Thailand, you need to make the trip at least once. I would recommend that you do not bring your girlfriend though.
Let me start by saying; this is something that I witnessed, not something that happened to me directly.
After a few days of site seeing we met up with my buddy Sven and his sister. Sven and I really wanted to check out some of those famous Thai strip clubs that we've heard so much about. We soon realized that this was going to be much harder than we anticipated. I was not about to ask my girlfriend to enter a whore house and Sven did not live in a trailer park. So him asking his sister to convince my girlfriend to go, was also out of the picture.
On our last night in Thailand the 4 of us went out to dinner. After dinner the girls were tired and wanted to call it a night. Sven and I saw this as a perfect opportunity to have one last hurrah before we left.
The 4 of us headed back to the hotel where Sven then said "Hey Jacob I'm not quite tired yet, do you want to walk around for awhile". I looked at my girlfriend to get her reaction. Her gaze was blank so I said "Ya man you don't wanna be walking around here at night by yourself."
The following sequence of events are a bit blurry, but I do remember that we ended up in a pretty filthy strip club/whore house type of place. The girls who got up on stage did not do the typical song and dance when it was their turn. This was more like a talent show combined with front seat peep n' greet.
Then a girl hops up on stage who could not have passed the height test at a Magic Mountain roller coaster. Next to her was a small cup with about 5 ping pong balls inside.
This dirty birdy proceeded to place ping pong balls in her fun hole, whilst spread eagle, and launch them across the stage. This made me howl with laughter and clap. She then pointed her high powered cooter in our direction and blasted a ball our way. Sven was going crazy. "Again Again!" he kept saying. Right as he leans for his drink, the circus freak blasted a ball right toward him.
POW! Direct hit. Sven took a ping pong ball right to the face. We were losing it. After a fun filled night we headed back to the motel for some zzzzz's.
The next day at breakfast Sven looked like he had been in a fist fight. His eye was red and he could not stop rubbing it. We suspected that he may have picked up pink eye so we kept our distance.
Two weeks later we are all back home. Sven still had the red eye, and decided to see a doctor. From what I understand, the doctor said that Sven somehow got Herpes in his eye.
This was almost 8 years ago and I don't talk to Sven anymore. What I do know is that he now has herpes in his fucking eye, and he got it from a filthy Thai snatch that could projectile ping pong balls.
Yes Thailand was cool but I would recommend you strap on a set of ski goggles before entering the whore houses.
Walk of Shame – The Greek Circle
I'd like to take this time to personally salute another mistress of morning mayham.
Ok so this frathouse I stayed the night at is in a coldisac area with like 4 others. So when you leave you walk past all of the other houses… Yeah, you can see where this is going.
So I am leaving one morning, while trying to fix the hair and avoid eye contact with anyone as I walk through Greek circle.
In the morning the guys sit out on the balconies and drink and chat (picture animal house). So I am trying to walk as quickly as possible, when it happens. I trip over my own flip flop (don't ask) and fall face first to the ground. Crap! I hear the laughter. So I stand up and try and shake it off. I look down at my now bleeding knees and that's when I see it. I BROKE MY FLIP FLOP! Fuuuuuck. So I pick it up and hobble, bleeding knees and all, back to my dorm.
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Now, I just love this delicate flower.
After all the Christmas was put away, I needed something. And I think baby's breath is the perfect flower for all seasons...reminds me of snow, in a way.
And its beautiful in the spring and summer too.
It's just what my home needed to get through the rest of the dreary winter.
And it's inexpensive too, look for some in your supermarket.


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Posted 21 hours ago
Geoff Hobson Editor Bengals.com
AJ McCarron and the Bengals are expected to get the word this week.
The AJ McCarron decision is due by Thursday, but no matter how the arbitrator rules the Bengals are keeping all their options on the table and among them is keeping their coveted backup quarterback of the last three seasons
McCarron has made his case in the hopes of being categorized as an unrestricted free agent. If he's ruled as a restricted free agent, the Bengals would be able tender him a one-year contract offer in order to reserve the right to match any offer when free agency starts March 14.
McCarron has filed a grievance challenging the Bengals' decision to put him on the non-football injury list for his rookie season of 2014. The NFI list is reserved for players who suffered an injury when they aren't with the team and that season doesn't count toward a year of becoming an unrestricted free agent.
The case is apparently going to be decided on whether the Bengals used a proper medical basis to determine that McCarron suffered his shoulder injury elsewhere and was eligible for NFI. That would give McCarron only three accrued seasons, making him a restricted free agent. If the arbitrator rules the injury happened with the Bengals, McCarron's rookie season reverts to the physically unable to perform list (PUP), giving him four accrued seasons and making him an unrestricted free agent.
It's been a pretty amicable disagreement. McCarron has told Bengals president Mike Brown how much he appreciated his effort to trade him last deadline day to Cleveland, a maneuver the Bengals had performed just once in their division in 50 years and not since 1972. Cleveland famously whiffed on the deal at the last minute and the Bengals lost a second- and third-rounder.
Andy Dalton is the unquestioned, clear-cut starter and while McCarron loves the Bengals, he has indicated he'd love even more to start elsewhere.
"Anytime you come into a place where a guy is established like A.D., who's led them to the playoffs however many times and they are paying him that much, it's not going to happen," McCarron said last month as he packed up his locker for what he hoped was the last time. "It's just the way it goes. Like I said, I just want a chance to compete so I'm just waiting on that opportunity."
Complicating matters is the unknown physical status of No. 3 quarterback Jeff Driskel. It's believed Driskel broke his non-throwing arm during the last week of practice and they're not sure when he'll be ready. That capped an extremely difficult year Driskel that began when he shattered his throwing hand in the pre-season finale and was on injured reserve most of the season.
So if McCarron heads into unrestricted free agency, the Bengals figure to go there, too, to possibly replace him. Indications are the Bengals are going to stay interested. McCarron knows the system, he's respected among his teammates and coaches, and even though he's got just four NFL starts, one of them was a near fourth-quarter comeback in the playoffs. If the value of a backup QB wasn't obvious then in that 2015 Wild Card Game against the Steelers, it certainly is now a week after one was named Super Bowl MVP.
Which is why the Bengals figure to be aggressive if McCarron is a restricted free agent. Given what they reportedly had on the table from Cleveland, it figures they would make him a tender offer worthy of a second-round pick in the $3.5-$4 million range. That means if the Bengals don't match an offer, they'd get a second-round pick as compensation. Another RFA option is they can trade him and they showed they're willing to trade McCarron if they think they get a good enough deal.
It's doubtful they'd let McCarron go if they didn't have a No. 2. Against that backdrop is the draft, as well as the free-agent market. The Bengals should have a pretty good idea what they've got before the draft starts April 26. But they don't know anything until the arbitrator rules this week.


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Before becoming vegan, I used to enjoy going to a local yaki-tori restaurant and enjoyed various barbecued meats such as chicken wings, chicken skin and chicken cartilage (which used to be one of my favourites). Another dish which I was often given was chicken, mushroom and rice. The following recipe is a veganized version. In other words, no chicken – and lots more mushrooms!
|Mushrooms and Rice
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Japanese
Author: Andy Cowan
Prep time:
Cook time:
Total time:
Serves: 1
A super simple all-in-one rice cooker recipe
- 1 cup short grain white rice
- 120g mushrooms (I usually use maitake and shimeji)
- 20g dried mushrooms (I use shitake)
- soy sauce (1 tsp)
- Wash the rice as normal (see how to wash rice). Then add water up to level 1 for White Rice.
- Add the dried mushrooms.
- Clean up the raw mushrooms and break/cut into bite size pieces then add to the cooking bowl.
- Add the soy sauce.
- Return the cooking bowl to the rice cooker ensuring the exterior is dry, select the 'white rice' setting and press Start.
Calories: 636.2 kcal Fat: 1.2g Carbohydrates: 142.6g Sodium: 304.1mg Fiber: 9.8g Protein: 14.3g Cholesterol: 0mg


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OS X's kernel isn't strictly Unix-based. It's called XNU, and it's a monolithic (non micro) hybrid of both Mach And BSD kernel components. What's quite interesting is how many people (including myself up until a little while ago) think that OS X has a pure Unix (BSD) kernel.
But that's not the case. In fact, XNU is actually an acronym for "X is Not Unix".
In other words, while Apple's marketing team loves to play the Unix card at every turn, its developers explicitly made a distinction between the OS X's kernel and a true Unix kernel.
Wikipedia goes on to mention, however, that this distinction will become far less dramatic in the event that OS X becomes POSIX compliant in Leopard.


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The LTE industry is growing at a rapid pace worldwide and by 2015 it is estimated that South Eastern Europe Region will have 6.9 Million subscriptions which will represent 1.7% of the worldwide market share. Future developments of LTE networks will be reliant on spectrum re-farming by regulators and also on finalizing the analogue switchover due to a need for digital dividend frequencies. LTE on such frequencies would allow implementation of fast mobile broadband networks with a substantially wider coverage at lower cost and also faster time to market.
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Covering over 13 regional markets and 42 major operators from the Southeast Europe region and written by industry veterans, this report provides answers to these complex questions by providing a detailed assessment of the critical aspects the regional LTE market, which include commercial, trial and pilot LTE deployments, operator commitments, LTE pricing strategies, regional operator reviews, regional regulatory and spectrum strategies and LTE subscription forecasts by country and spectrum from 2011 until 2015.
The report begins by providing a comprehensive assessment of LTE technology from both technical and market perspectives. Firstly presented is a technical assessment including performance metrics, integration with presently deployed 2G, 3G and 3.5 G networks, and the evolution to LTE Advanced, the next generation of LTE technology. The report then studies the key market drivers and barriers towards the adoption of LTE from a global perspective with regional operator observations. The report then presents an assessment of global LTE commercial network deployments and subscriptions for 2011, followed by an assessment of global LTE market share, LTE pricing strategies and opportunities, as well as LTE spectrum strategies from a global perspective.
The subsequent sections individually focus on the Southeast Europe region and provide comprehensive reviews of the regional LTE market outlook from 2011 to 2015, commercial deployments, operator reviews, LTE commitments, pricing opportunities and strategies for each operator, spectrum allocation opportunities and pricing strategies for each country, as well as a market share assessment for each region.
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In 9 days it will be my end-of-chemo anniversary.
In 47 days it will be my 1 year diagnosis anniversary.
In 47 days it will be my 1 year diagnosis anniversary.
Whenever we realize that a whole year has gone by, we remark at how quickly time flies and it does. As I've said, time flies whether its fun or not. This past year has been filled with all kinds of emotions; happy and sad, and my year has flown by but in some ways it's had to stand still. Time didn't wait for me, so maybe I was the one standing still.
I think it's natural to count the days... Having something to look forward to like a vacation overseas, or a happy occasion like a birth, a wedding, or of you're an optimistic person, a birthday!
I no longer count days. I rely completely on calendar apps for that. My iPhone works overtime to keep me on top of carpool schedules with my kids: Hip Hop class, Yoga, piano, ballet, gymnastics, speech therapy, and keeps me on time to all the medical appointments and check ups and tests.
It's probably pretty clear to anyone who reads Mama Blablah that I'm caught between here and there.
I don't really have spare time or the desire to waste it. I choose happiness! Yes, it's true. When I can, I meet with my friends and family and I make sure to hug and kiss all the people that I love and tell them how much I love them. I spend time in nature. I exercise. I jump up out of bed, early and bright. I feed, water, bathe, and care for my children. I keep up on my errands and chores. I follow up with all the medical appointments and on top of managing and juggling my big fat medical file and prescriptions and all that.
Five months.
I've been finished with chemotherapy for almost the amount of time that I was in treatment. I know I need to give myself time but how did all this time go by and what have I accomplished? That's a rhetorical question. Have I been standing still like in those movie clips where the person stands in one place and they speed up the recorded film... Sunrise, sunset. You see cars zooming by and people rushing around... Plants growing, clouds speeding across the screen. Am I that frozen person? I don't want to wake up in a few months time and suddenly realize that I have to go back into treatment and oh-my-gawsh.... Too bad I was frozen in space for all those healthy months. (Insert panic. Anxiety attack. Heart palpitations) I know it happens. I have friends.... New friends that I met on my journey who also had ovarian cancer. For many, OC is a chronic disease that comes and goes. Ok, fine, I can deal with that. And there's the breast cancer too that I need to monitor. Hopefully it won't happen but there's this 70% risk factor for breast cancer dangling over my head that's kind of hard to ignore (according to my personal risk factor - calculated by geneticists at SZ).
I think I need a job.
Maybe it's time to return to the work force... I'm nervous about it. I have a degree in Physical Therapy. I know what I'd really LOVE to be doing is working with people in a helping field, medical, but not sure if that means working in a PT clinic. Something amazing is brewing... I just know it but it's still out there in space. Should I stand here a few more moments? I'm not going to count down to the next anniversary - who knows what that will be?


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When I started blogging, it was in the hopes of using this as a way to get myself, family and home in order for the time when I would go back to work. I'm pleased to say the perfect job fell into my lap! It actually happened almost two years ago and I have been increasing my hours based on my little guy's school schedule. Plus, I only work when the kids are in school, so I have been off all summer.
After a summer away from home, we have a lot to get done. While in away, I did get several projects done, including attempting to help my mom get a few places organized. Sometimes the simplest tricks can be so helpful.
Mom's art space is connected to the bunk room where the kids sleep when we visit. The games have been whittled down to this selection and kept under the sink, but they usually end up in a mess and the boxes fall open, resulting in no room for the towels and other things that fit when it is all put away nicely. A simple shelf made out of scrap wood I found around her house should help. This way instead of one big pile of games, the piles aren't too tall and much easier to put back. Plus I labeled the shelf with a warning "put games back the way they belong on Grammy will get you in your sleep!" Plus, there is room in the front to stack the towel when the kids aren't there. Normally, I wouldn't want to block a space like that, but my nephew is only three and there once a week. This way, if he opens the cabinet and sees towels, he won't get into the games. His toys are kept elsewhere, so hopefully this solution will work!
Ok, now I'm inspired to go get a bit or organizing done in my own home. What projects have you accomplished or plan on doing before school starts?


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are Geographic Information Systems (GIS)?:
Geographic Information
Systems (GIS) have been defined in many ways
depending on their use and the profession they
are being used in. In a thorough sense, a GIS
can be defined as an information system operated
by an individual(s) that incorporates the capturing,
storing, managing, integrating, manipulating,
relating, analyzing, and presenting of geospatially
referenced information. This is done by the
incorporation of a relational database managment
system (RDBMS) and mapping software. All variables
are important for the system to work efficiently.
Amherst is based on an ESRI
software platform. For more information
on GIS please review:
does Amherst use GIS?:
The Town of Amherst
has been using GIS in some manner for over 20
years. We were one of the first communities
in the western new york area to use this technology
in daily work activities. To see basic information
on how this technology is used for Amherst.
can I use GIS?:
If you
have used an online mapping website such as
Google Maps, Microsoft Bing Maps, Mapquest, etc.
then you have used some basic concepts of GIS.
When you search for a street address you are
submitting a question (query) to a hidden database
that then analyzes your request for street names,
addresses, intersections, etc and submits a
response in a spatial format. To use GIS in
answering your spatial questions inside the
bounds of our town, follow the links to your
left for digital PDF and interactive maps. If
you have any questions or mapping topic suggestions
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The reports filed yesterday by both sides of the upcoming bear-baiting ballot question couldn't be more different.
The referendum will ask whether voters favor outlawing the hunting of bears over bait, with hounds or with traps. All three methods are currently used in Maine, with the vast majority of bears taken by hunters each year being shot over bait. Mainers rejected identical ballot measures in 2004, 53 percent to 47 percent.
Proponents of the proposed ban on hunting bears over bait, with traps or with hounds, raised just $3,600 in cash contributions during the first three months of the year, while opponents of the prohibition raised more than $472,000.
Still, the group supporting the band — Mainers for Fair Bear Hunting — are carrying a cash balance of more than $477,000. Meanwhile, opponents, dubbed Maine Wildlife Conservation Council, have more than $411,000 cash on-hand.
The other major difference: The bulk of MFBH's cash has come from one source: The Humane Society of the United States, based in Washington, D.C.
The group has raised some money from other sources, most of them unidentified contributions of $100 or less. But the Humane Society gave the group $700,000 cash in the last quarter of 2013.
Plus, the Humane Society has borne almost $150,000 of direct costs associated with Mainers for Fair Bear Hunting, contributing more than $50,000 worth of staff time, consultation and other goods and services between January 1 and March 31 of this year, and more than $98,000 in the last quarter of 2013.
When you factor in all cash and in-kind contributions, the Humane Society of the United States has funded a whopping 93 percent of the entire Mainers for Fair Bear Hunting campaign.
In comparison, MWCC claims that about half its cash this reporting period came from sources in Maine, with 74 percent total coming from the New England states. Many of those contributions were small pledges from individual supporters and businesses, many of which were unidentified because their contributions were under $100.
That doesn't mean, however, that there weren't some big-money backers for the friends of bear-baiting: The group raised $285,000 of its quarterly contributions from 11 sportsmen groups and businesses that gave more than $5,000 each. The largest contributors were Friends of Maine Sportsmen, which gave $103,000; Maine Trappers Association, which gave more than $52,000; North Maine Woods, a group of individual and corporate landowners, gave $25,000; and the Washington, D.C.-based Ballot Issues Coaltion gave $20,000.
Granted, the source of the money has little to do with the arguments for or against baiting, hounding and trapping. Nor does it mean there aren't passionate supporters of Mainers for Fair Bear Huntings' cause — the group claims that more than 2,000 volunteers all over the state helped gather signatures to get the question on the ballot, and that's not nothing.
But opponents of the proposed ban are indicating that they'll use the out-of-state cash as a campaign cudgel in the upcoming months.
A press release from the Maine Wildlife Conservation Council on Friday made no mention of the hunting practices (it didn't even include the words "bait," "hounds" or "traps"), but took aim squarely at the Humane Society.
"We understand that the group pushing this ballot measure, the Humane Society of the United States, can at any moment [provide] tremendous resources to the campaign," said James Cote, the group's campaign manager. "However, today's report signifies the groundswell of local opposition that we are experiencing."
UPDATE: Katie Hansberry, Humane Society's woman on the ground in Maine and the campaign director for MFBH, said Saturday that opponents of the ban were trying to distract from the real issue of baiting, hounding and trapping, which she called "cruel and inhumane."
She said Mainers should be heartened by the campaign's transparency about its funding sources, and said that while Humane Society of the United States may have an out-of-state address, tens of thousands of Mainers are members of the group, and have pledged their time and support for the initiative.
"Our supports have not only given money, but given so much of themselves during a long, cold winter to gather the [78,000] signatures we delivered to put this question on the ballot," she said.
OK, but what exactly is the issue at the ballot?
Bear baiting is the use of food by hunters to lure bears to a chosen location where they can be easily shot from close range. Hounding involves the use of trained dogs to assist in a bear hunt. Proponents of the ban say the practice is unfair to the bears, dangerous for the dogs, and cruel to both.
But, according to a fact sheet provided by the state Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, baiting, hounding and trapping are essential methods of bear population management. Roughly 80 percent of bears killed in Maine are lured with bait, the state says, while another 11 percent are killed by hounding and 3 percent with traps.
Even with these techniques, the success rate of bear harvesting through baiting and hounding is just 30 percent, according to Inland Fisheries and Wildlife statistics, and just 19 percent for trapping. Only deer hunters have lower success rates.


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I haven't had time to blog in a long time. But I have been doing a lot of writing. Writing can sometimes be very soothing. Other times it gives you a buzz. But right now it is driving me absolutely crazy. Here is a sample:
The measles virus (MV) accessory proteins V and C play important roles in MV replication and pathogenesis. Infection with recombinant MV lacking either V or C causes more cell death than infection with the parental vaccine-equivalent (MVvac) virus, and C-deficient virus grows poorly relative to the parental virus. Here we show that a major effector of the C-phenotype is the RNA-dependent protein kinase PKR. Using human HeLa cells stably deficient in PKR as a result of RNAi-mediated knockdown ("PKRkd cells"), we show that a reduction in PKR partially rescues the growth defect of Cko virus, but has no effect on growth of either WT or Vko viruses. Increased growth of the Cko virus in PKRkd cells correlated with increased viral protein expression, while defective growth and decreased protein expression in PKR-sufficient cells correlated with increased PKR and eIF-2a phosphorylation. Furthermore, infection with WT, Vko, or especially Cko virus caused significantly less apoptosis in PKRkd cells compared to PKR-sufficient cells. Although apoptosis induced by infection of PKR-sufficient cells with the Cko virus was blocked by the caspase antagonist z-VAD-fmk, growth of Cko virus was not rescued by treatment with this pharmacologic inhibitor. Taken together, these results indicate that PKR plays an important antiviral role during MV infection, but that the virus growth restriction by PKR is not dependent upon induction of apoptosis. Furthermore, the results establish that a principal function of the MV C protein is to antagonize the pro-apoptotic and antiviral activities of PKR.
If you made it this far in this post, you're probably thinking two things:
(1) What on earth is z-VAD-fmk?
(2) This girl has got to be crazy.


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About the Game
It's the year 1850, and there are great times ahead! Establish a transport company and be its manager. Build infrastructure such as railways and stations, purchase transportation vehicles and manage lines. Fulfill the people's needs and watch cities evolve dynamically.
Keep damage away from your company and master the vagaries of the historical context. Earn achievements and collect experience points. Build the largest and wealthiest transport empire the world has ever seen!
About Urban Games
Urban Games is a young, dynamic, highly motivated and talented team located in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Team members feature deep knowledge of the genre and expertise in game design and computer graphics. Train Fever was the team's debut title and Transport Fever will be their second game.
Founded in spring 2013, the company developed Train Fever with four employees and shipped the title in September 2014. With more than 140.000 sales the debut title was a big success and enabled the company to double its workforce. After two years of development, Transport Fever, the sequel of Train Fever, will be released in Q3 2016.


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Monday, June 15, 2009
I can almost smell the Developer.
5 comments:
- jodyg said...
Cool!! I have my old SLR tucked away somewhere. I think it'd probably just be a waste of film though. I'm sure I'm that used to just clicking away that I'd end up with a whole roll of the same thing.
- June 15, 2009 at 9:29 PM
- jodyg said...
LOL, I actually came by to thank you for my parcel and forgot!! Doh! So thanks!! I loved the magazine and Jack love the cookie lollipop, it's almost too cute to eat. Thanks again
- June 15, 2009 at 10:18 PM
- Gillian aka Silly Gilly said...
She's gorgeous, Brenda. I can smell that smell too that I remember from high school. That's when my love of SLR came into being.
Have fun re-discovering!
- June 15, 2009 at 11:29 PM
- Elli said...
Ahhh, Miss Micheaux and the darkroom... memories.
I do believe the photo I have of you on FB shows your pink camera in all it's glory (well, partly obscured by a tent pole, but there nonetheless)
- June 18, 2009 at 9:22 PM
- Brenda said...
aaaah, yes, I think it does Elli!!!! Off to check it out.
Yes, Miss Micheaux, who could forget her!
- June 20, 2009 at 8:32 PM