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|Starrcade '98 - MCI Center - 12.27.98
Things started out okay with a double Cruiserweight Title match. First it was Billy Kidman vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Juventud Guerrera in a crazy fun opening match. Kidman and Mysterio attempted to stay allied but that was short-lived. Guerrera had recently joined Eddy's LWO (Yet another nWo offshoot - Christ) so he was a cocky heel here. Lots of high-risk moves and innovative pin attempts. All three guys did a great job of selling exhaustion by the end to make the Cruiserweight offense mean something. Eddy got involved toward the finish but his interference backfired and Kidman retained. Once again the Cruiserweights got more time than any other match, which is pretty shocking.
|The Cruisers continued to be the one bright spot in WCW.
They followed up this match by having Eddy challenge Kidman to a bonus Title match, and Kidman accepted (What a dumb move). This was a decent followup match but it lacked a proper first act since Kidman was selling the effects of the previous bout. Rey and Juvi each tried to help their guy. Eventually both guys got crotched on the top rope thanks to their respective enemies, Eddy fell to the mat, and Kidman hit the shooting star press to retain. This was a solid pair of Cruiserweight matches to kick off the show.
The next four bouts really had no business on the biggest show of the year. Norman Smiley vs. Prince Iaukea was a pretty nice display of fluid European wrestling, and Smiley's silly dance bit was fairly over. But the crowd didn't care about the match itself and there was nothing at stake. I guess this was just a Smiley showcase, but it went longer than it should have given its role on the card. This got more time than the main event for God's sake!
What followed was a bevy of throwaway free TV matches. Perry Saturn vs. Ernest Miller was heavy on comedy and not much to look at. I'm not sure who thought Miller was a good in-ring talent. Brian Adams and Scott Norton vs. Fit Finlay and Jerry Flynn was dull and instantly forgettable. Chris Jericho vs. Konnan for the TV Title never got out of first gear except for a couple of decent high spots. Jericho already looked fed up and ready to leave WCW, and I was never all that impressed with Konnan. Oddly WWE overdubbed Jericho's WWF entrance theme here.
Ric Flair vs. Eric Bischoff was reasonably entertaining and certainly an improvement over Bischoff's 1997 match. Flair mostly beat the tar out of Eric except for a brief stretch in the middle which of course included a Flair blade job. Flair had the match won with the Figure Four until Curt Hennig handed Bischoff a set of knux. This wasn't a good match but sadly it's one of the highlights of this calamity of a show. Also, in what universe is a Bischoff win good booking here?
Diamond Dallas Page vs. The Giant was almost a carbon copy of Luger vs. Giant from SC'96, except Paul Wight was a hundred pounds heavier and not at all motivated this time (I believe this was Wight's final WCW PPV). This was pretty excruciating to sit through. Just full of plodding offense and miscues, including a twisting DDT spot the guys messed up on the first try and immediately went for again. DDP at one point had Giant covered and actually placed Giant's hand under his own chest for a power kickout. Bret Hart unsuccessfully attempted to help The Giant but it backfired when DDP ducked a chair shot. Why in God's name would they not have booked DDP vs. Bret for this show?? Ya know, since Bret was the US Champion?
Now for the half-assed main event. Amazingly Goldberg's music for this show on the WWE Network is the original WCW version. I swear they overdubbed it for Starrcade '97. This match reminded me of Goldberg-Rock in 2003 where almost nothing happened in 13 minutes. There was a lot of posturing and not much actual wrestling. Things started to pick up near the end when Goldie hit all his big moves (minus the spear/jackhammer), and then everything got ruined by multiple run-ins, followed by Scott Hall's infamous cattle prod spot. All this nonsense allowed Nash to hit the powerbomb for the win, the WCW Title, and the end of Goldberg's streak. To be fair, the crowd went apeshit for Nash's win, which shocked me. That stupid Wolfpac faction was way over I guess. But long-term this was horrid booking. Goldberg was the company's biggest homegrown draw by far - the only guy they had as hot as Steve Austin - and they unceremoniously cut short his streak and Title run, damaging him irreparably. Like Sting the year before, Goldberg's aura was never the same after this, and the company insanely never gave him another WCW Title run. Once again egos got in the way of good business.
|Of all the people to end Goldberg's streak. Christ....
The following week of course was the Fingerpoke of Doom episode of Nitro, during which Tony Shiavone spoiled Mick Foley's WWF Title win, leading to about 400,000 viewers switching over to RAW. Nitro would never beat RAW again. Watching Starrcade '98, I wonder if the announcers could sense that the company was going off the rails. After the Halloween Havoc overrun fiasco there must've been some sense of an impending fall. Sure it took two more years for the company to die, but WCW was really beginning to come apart at the seams. Like SC'97 this show illustrated how badly mismanaged WCW was, except by the end of 1998 they were losing in the ratings more often than not. There's almost nothing on this show worth going out of your way to see.
Best Match: Billy Kidman vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Juventud Guerrera
Worst Match: Brian Adams & Scott Norton vs. Fit Finlay & Jerry Flynn - What was this doing on a Starrcade show??
What I'd Change: Christ, where was half the locker room? No Sting, no Luger, no Savage, no Bret, no Booker T, no Scott Steiner. The roster on this show was bizarrely thin. Other than that, the main event of this show should've been Hogan dropping the Title to Goldberg after months of building to that. Goldie's Title run was a sloppy mess.
Most Disappointing Match: Goldberg vs. Kevin Nash
Most Pleasant Surprise: I guess that Flair vs. Bischoff wasn't totally unwatchable
Overall Rating: 2.5/10
|Starrcade '99 - MCI Center - 12.19.99
It should be noted this was the third consecutive Starrcade held at the MCI Center, and their attendance dropped from 17,500 in 1997 to 16,000 in 1998 to 8600 in 1999 (to 6600 in 2000). Yeesh.
The Mamalukes faced Disco Inferno & Lash Leroux in a watchable tag match to open the show. Vito and Johnny the Bull had pretty crisp offense, but their mob gimmick was pretty goofy. This was inoffensive, which is more than I can say for basically the rest of the show.
The next ten matches were assorted piles of puke, starting with Madusa vs. Evan Karagias for the Cruiserweight Title. This was in the era when intergender matches were fairly common, and watching them now is pretty uncomfortable. Madusa won in 3:30 after Evan's valet Spice turned on him.
Next was the Hardcore Title match between Norman Smiley and Meng. Late '99 WCW involved numerous attempts by Vince Russo to out-WWF the WWF, and the newly formed Hardcore division was one of those. Sadly WCW's HC division consisted almost entirely of comedy matches. This was mildly amusing but ultimately pointless. Smiley retained after Fit Finlay and Brian Knobbs knocked Meng out with a lead pipe.
|One good match out of thirteen. What are the odds?
Shane Douglas's Revolution stable was next, against Jim Duggan and three mystery partners, who turned out to be the reformed Varsity Club. Yes, in 1999 WCW trotted out a midcard stable from a decade earlier. This match was wretched (as was Shane's over-the-top commentary) and ended with the Varsity Club turning on Duggan, allowing the injured Douglas to get the pin. However the VC continued beating up members of Revolution all the same. Ok then....
More bad comedy followed as Vampiro took on Steve Williams, with Oklahoma (you remember, Ed Ferrara doing a tasteless one-joke Jim Ross impression) locked in a cage. If Vampiro won, he'd get five minutes with Okie. Williams got himself disqualified after five minutes of brawling, leading to a three-minute Vampiro-Oklahoma match that was apparently No DQ? They oddly gave Okie a lot of offense in this match (Oh wait, Ferrara was one of the bookers, of course), until The Misfits (yes, the punk band) got involved. This was crap.
And so was our next match, Curt Hennig and Creative Control (Don & Ron Harris) vs. Booker T and Midnight. This was supposed to be a six-man tag but Booker and Stevie Ray were about to start feuding, so Stevie mostly sat this one out. The match was shite regardless. Also it was sad how far out of their way WCW went to take cheapshots at the WWF during this period. The Harris brothers were renamed Patrick and Gerald, and the former Virgil went from being called Vincent to Shane. Methinks Russo should've spent more time trying to make WCW watchable and less time making fun of his former company, who at this point was kicking WCW's ass on a weekly basis.
Jeff Jarrett wrestled the first of two matches against Dustin Rhodes in a Bunkhouse Stampede (read: Hardcore Match) that saw Curt Hennig interfere repeatedly. Since Jarrett was billed as "The Chosen One," ordained by the as-yet-unseen authority figure as WCW's next big star, the announcers mentioned "The Powers That Be" (Vince Russo's unofficial name) about 700 times during this bout. Jeezus H. Christ. Oh, also the announcers kept talking about Dustin going by his real name instead of using the Seven "gimmick." Hey dickheads, we know wrestling's fake, but you're not supposed to actually present it as a work. If the announcers and the wrestlers all acknowledge on-air that it's fake, why are they all fighting each other? This amounted to eleven laborious minutes of forgettable, generic brawling.
Still it was a masterpiece compared to the DDP vs. David Flair Crowbar on a Pole Match (Russo apparently loved anything hanging from a pole, because this era was full of dumb crap like this). Flair whacked Page with the crowbar before the bell to at least give himself a chance, but DDP wrapped this one up in just under four minutes.
Somehow WCW even managed to botch a Sting vs. Lex Luger match on this show. Luger had been officially and inexplicably renamed The Total Package even though everyone already knew him as Lex Luger (That'd be like Triple H being rebranded The Cerebral Assassin). The whole point of this match was that Elizabeth had dumped Luger and joined Sting, but tried to screw Sting over anyway. Sting caught her and ordered her out of the ring, but instead she cracked him with a baseball bat to draw a DQ at 5:31. Luger then beat the tar out of him and left. Absolute crap-o-rama.
Things kept going from bad to worse, as WCW rekindled one of the worst-drawing feuds in WWF history, Kevin Nash vs. Sid Vicious. Their Powerbomb match featured seven minutes of poor wrestling which ended after the ref got bumped (thereby missing Sid's powerbomb on Nash), after which Jeff Jarrett ran down and broke a cardboardy guitar over Sid's head, after which Nash woke the referee and simply told him he'd powerbombed Sid. The ref took Nash's word for it and called for the bell. What is going on??
In spite of WCW's best efforts a decent match broke out in the semi-main slot, as Jeff Jarrett answered Chris Benoit's US Title Open Challenge (Scott Hall was the scheduled opponent but was out with an injury). While this was a tad repetitive, Benoit and Jarrett made the most of their allotted ten minutes and delivered a solid free-TV quality Ladder Match. Benoit won after a diving headbutt off the ladder. The announcers called this a Match of the Year candidate, which made me laugh.
The main event pitted WCW Champion Bret Hart against frenemy Goldberg. Sigh.....Watching this match again actually hurt my brain with how preposterous it was. I'm beginning to think Vince Russo actually hated the pro wrestling industry and did everything in his power to kill it. This match went okay for about three minutes and then there was a ref bump on the outside. Then a few minutes later there was another ref bump on the secondary official. Then a third official ran in, and he got bumped a few minutes after that. Finally the scheduled guest referee Roddy Piper sauntered to the ring, watched Bret apply the Sharpshooter, and instantaneously called for the bell, recreating the Montreal Screwjob (because that finish is so goddamn satisfying). Both Bret and Goldie sold outrage as Piper took the WCW Title and walked out of the ring with it. Yup, the referee prematurely called a submission and then attempted to steal the Championship, apparently. Bret followed Piper to the entranceway and Piper reluctantly handed him the strap. Then the show ended. I wish I could've sat in on the booking meeting for this show. God for-fucking-bid we just have a wrestling match on a wrestling PPV. Fuckin' hell....
|The kick that killed a career
Best Match: Chris Benoit vs. Jeff Jarrett
Worst Match: Take your pick. I'll go with the Revolution-Team Duggan debacle
What I'd Change: Slip some eyedrops into Vince Russo's coffee so he'd be on the bathroom floor all night in a fetal position and someone with an iota of competence could book this show. Also, where was Eddy Guerrero?
Most Disappointing Match: Bret Hart vs. Goldberg
Most Pleasant Surprise: Ya got me...
Overall Rating: 1/10
|Starrcade 2000 - MCI Center - 12.17.00
Considering it was their biggest show of the year (and they were featured on the poster) I'm not sure why Sting and Booker T were omitted from the show, or why Jindrak & O'Haire, the company's best tag team, didn't get a match.
The announce team consisted of Tony Schiavone, Scott Hudson, and the intolerable Mark Madden. How anyone thought swapping Bobby Heenan for Madden was a sound move is beyond me. Madden ranks right below Don West on the Annoying Commentator Scale, and he's a verrrrry close second.
The opener here was WCW's attempt to recreate the magic of the WWF's TLC matches, except that three teams were competing for a shot at the singles Cruiserweight Title (held by Chavo Guerrero). That meant that even though these guys were teaming up during the match, only one guy could actually win. Ummm, ok. The participants were Shane Helms & Shannon Moore vs. The Jung Dragons vs. Jaime Noble & Evan Karagias. Aside from some repeated sloppy spots early on this was a fun watch. Obviously nowhere near the level of the Dudleyz/Hardyz/E&C matches, but still entertaining. Shane Helms and Shannon Moore defied the rules and pulled the contract down simultaneously. I'm not sure how that played out but I know Helms got a match against Guerrero the following month at Sin.
|I know TLC. I've watched TLC. This match is no TLC.
Next up was Lance Storm vs. Ernest Miller. This actually featured some decent mat wrestling until the outside-the-ring tomfoolery took over, with Major Gunns, Elix Skipper, Ms. Jones, and even Jim Duggan getting involved. Had they resisted the urge to make this yet another Russo-esque clusterfuck this would've been pretty good. I will say it's sad WWE couldn't ever figure out what to do with Lance Storm, given that the cosmically inept WCW team actually used him well.
Crowbar next defended the Hardcore Title against Terry Funk, in a match that began in the backstage area and eventually worked its way to the ring. This featured some fairly alright hardcore action until Funk handcuffed Crowbar and went to town on him with a chair, in an obvious callback to the Rock-Mankind I Quit match. Only problem was Crowbar's hands were cuffed in front of him, so he could've blocked the chair shots at any time. Dolts. Eventually Funk piledrove Crowbar on a car door (not sure what that was doing there) for the win. Aside from the logic-defying handcuffs bit this was perfectly watchable.
Fourth was Kronik vs. Big Vito and Reno, and the story involved something about Vito's sister Marie allegedly paying Kronik to beat up her brother, which she denied. Adams & Clark actually looked pretty motivated here, in contrast to their horrifyingly bad WWF match against Taker & Kane. Unfortunately the insipid booking got in the way, and Reno turned against Vito, hitting his neckbreaker finisher on him. Kronik then forced the referee to make the count despite Reno pinning his own partner. Turned out everyone except Vito and Marie were in cahoots with Mike Sanders' Natural Born Thrillers stable. Whatever....
Mike Awesome vs. Bam Bam Bigelow was next in what was apparently the first-ever Ambulance Match. I didn't realize that was a WCW creation. The brawling here was pretty generic, and this show overall was a little disturbing in terms of how badly WCW was attempting to emulate the WWF Attitude style. The finish was idiotic - both guys were on top of the ambulance and Awesome bashed Bigelow with the flashing lights, causing Bam Bam to fall THROUGH the roof of the vehicle. I'm not expert on emergency vehicles but I'm pretty sure those roofs are designed to withstand a 350-pound guy gently falling on them.
Speaking of generic, a totally phoned-in US Title match broke out between General Rection (Hugh G. Rection - get it?) and Shane Douglas. Douglas got DQd when Rection ally Chavo Guerrero seemed to betray Rection by throwing Douglas a chain, which he had dropped, but then Chavo alerted the referee to the chain, drawing the disqualification. Wait, I thought Chavo was a heel going into this show. Jeezus, this stuff is confusing.
A mildly entertaining garbage match was next - Jeff Jarrett and the Harris Twins vs. Rey Mysterio, Billy Kidman and Konnan. Oddly they started out using all kinds of weapons (with the announcers throwing out insider terms like "props" and "gimmicks," and calling a big move a "spot." Fuck off, jerks.), and once all those were broken the match settled into a traditional six-man. Very strange. On a better show this would've been considered pretty bad, but on a late-2000 WCW PPV this was a highlight.
The WCW Tag Titles were on the line in the eighth slot, as Chuck Palumbo and Shawn Stasiak defended against Kevin Nash and Diamond Dallas Page. DDP did his best to pull a decent match out of the other three but could only do so much. This would've been a lot stronger had Jindrak & O'Haire been the Champs.
|This could've been good if either guy cared.
In what should've been a pretty engaging Battle of the Bulls semi-main, Goldberg and Lex Luger just sorta went through the motions for about seven minutes. Goldberg dominated a rather puffy-looking Luger until Luger rammed him into the ring post. Almost immediately after Luger took over, "The Sarge" from the WCW Power Plant (whom Luger had attacked earlier that night) walked down to ringside with Buff Bagwell trying to talk him down. I'm not sure why WCW felt the need to have a run-in or the threat of a run-in during literally every match. Bagwell "accidentally" hit Goldie with the Blockbuster for a near-fall in a spot that looked totally mistimed, but Goldie eventually came back anyway to win. Then Bagwell attacked him with a chair. So I guess Bagwell's earlier interference wasn't accidental. Why the ruse then?
'Twas a sad state of affairs that the final match of this once-great PPV series pitted the immobile WCW Champion Scott Steiner vs. the equally immobile Sid Vicious. Picture the Royal Rumble 2003 Triple H-Steiner match. Remember how bad that was? Now take away Triple H's natural ability and mind for putting together wrestling matches, add more pointless run-ins and ref bumps, and you have this. Ten minutes of some of the most ponderously dull offense you'll ever see. How far the Starrcade brand had fallen; we went from Flair vs. Race to Steiner vs. Sid. Yeesh. Steiner eventually got the win with the Steiner Recliner (One of the worst finishers of all time - how do you screw up a Camel Clutch?) when Sid passed out.
|What an embarrassing finisher. And main event.
And thus ended the original series of wrestling supercards. The Starrcade brand went out with a whimper, on the back of a quickly-sinking ship. While this wasn't train-wreck bad like Starrcade '99, it was far from a good show. The product was still a jumbled, overbooked mess, Mark Madden's constant yelling was grating beyond belief, and anyone on the roster over the age of 35 clearly just didn't care anymore. It's actually depressing to watch the end of WCW now, like looking at a crippled old animal just begging to be put down. This show and the pre-Turner Starrcades seem like they took place on different planets. So strange. And sad.
Best Match: 3 Count vs. Jung Dragons vs. Noble/Karagias
Worst Match: General Rection vs. Shane Douglas
What I'd Change: I certainly wouldn't have put Steiner or Sid in any main events. I would've used Jindrak and O'Haire, and Sting, and Booker T.
Most Disappointing Match: Goldberg vs. Lex Luger
Most Pleasant Surprise: Crowbar vs. Terry Funk
Overall Rating: 3/10
And there's the history of Starrcade in a nutshell. Before I go though, my list of Top Ten Starrcade events, followed by my Top 20 Starrcade matches of all time.
Top Ten Starrcades
10. 1986
9. 1993
8. 1995
7. 1996
6. 1985
5. 1992
4. 1989
3. 1983
2. 1987
1. 1988
Top 20 Starrcade Matches
20. Koloffs vs. Rock n' Roll Express - SC85
19. Road Warriors vs. Steiners - SC89
18. Eddy Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko - SC97
17. Nikita Koloff vs. Terry Taylor - SC87
16. Barry Windham vs. Bam Bam Bigelow - SC88
15. Ric Flair vs. Nikita Koloff - SC86
14. Rey Mysterio vs. Jushin Thunder Liger - SC96
13. Eddy Guerrero vs. Shinjiro Otani - SC95
12. Vader vs. Ric Flair - SC93
11. Sting vs. Great Muta - SC89
10. Roddy Piper vs. Greg Valentine - SC83
9. Tully Blanchard vs. Magnum T.A. - SC85
8. Ricky Steamboat/Shane Douglas vs. Barry Windham/Brian Pillman - SC92
7. Ric Flair vs. Sting - SC89
6. Midnight Express vs. Original Midnight Express - SC88
5. Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger - SC88
4. Harley Race vs. Ric Flair - SC83
3. Anderson/Blanchard vs. Road Warriors - SC87
2. Ron Garvin vs. Ric Flair - SC87
1. Sting vs. Vader - SC92
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Part 5


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There is no doubt from the start of Losing Our Religion that this entire podcast is about people and their stories. It seems that as the podcast grows and goes on, it has become less and less about religion and more and more about people. To this end, we take this 100th episode and devote it to people.
In this episode, we share clips from a handful of popular and most downloaded episodes. Shows that you gave us the most feedback on. We also take the time to thank the Losers and producers as well as receive thanks from Losers. There are behind the scenes stories and some shared tears.

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Today, we are excited to meet our friends Prof.Etienne Burdet from London Imperial College, United Kingdom and his fellow students from National Technological University and National University of Singapore.
Imperial is consistently ranked among the top universities in the world, it was ranked 5th in the world (and 3rd in Europe) in the 2013 QS World University Rankings .
Dr.Yeong from CR2 team was one of the PhD graduate from London Imperial College. His supervisor, Prof.Etienne; who is one of the well-known professors in human robotics. We are happy to meet them again here in Malaysia. They visited CR2 laboratory in Faculty of Biosciences and Medical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). They tested on three of our latest robot, which are CR2-Reaching, CR2-Haptic and CR2-Motion.
There are a lot more potential robot can be developed to help the stroke community. We also discussed on the robot improvement as well as the future potential collaboration in rehabilitation robot.
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Another year, another Open Week at Northforeland Golf Club. For the past 21 years in the month of June Northforeland have hosted their open week which is usually a week packed full of good golf and even better weather, a certain player even losing his shoes due to the heat (pictured below)
Hi-Way Services sponsored and hosted the fifth day of the week, Wednesday 21st with Team Medley being the format of choice for the event. This turned out to be one of the best days of the week in regard to the weather with the sun firmly beating down all day with the added bonus of the course being in immaculate condition – a massive well done must go to the green keeping staff for the tremendous effort and success in getting the course in such amazing condition.
With the good weather came great scoring with very low scores being posted from most of the field, none however, could get close enough to the eventual winners who posted an unbelievable score of 17 under par, hats off to Christine Chapman, Cindy Penney, Carol Childs & Rachel Wadey.
All in all it was a great day and we can't wait for next year!


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Camels With Hammers pares down the first 5 hours of the twitter feed of visitors to the Creation Museum and offers you the highlights. Start reading from the bottom of the thread for chronological flow and then join the real time discussion at #cregozerg. Once you've read this thread be sure to check out my follow up thread highlighting the many high quality photos and tweets from 1:30-6:30pm.
And please stick around and check out my regular Camels With Hammers posts on philosophy, ethics, and atheism! On the right hand of the top of the screen, you'll find a long list of original remarks.
With no further ado, this morning's liveblogging proceedings recapped in reverse chronological order:
antangil #creozerg it's not that they gave silly explanations for things. It's more like they simply decided not to bother explaining at all.
cyberlizard @pzmyers That was a surprise?!? #creozerg
nojesusnopeas @KittyBroadway: Ham sez Greeks are evolutionists, Jews are creationists, so Paul had easier time preaching to Jews #creozerg
pzmyers Rodger's shirt said "there probably is no god, so stop worrying and enjoy your life"
pzmyers You didn't miss anything–the only surprise was how intellectually dead the place was #creozerg
Scrabcake #creozerg @ymberlenis I'm surprised they didn't censor out the word "lesbians" suppose intimation is whatever follows can't be nonoffensive.
holydust *rolls eyes at how Ham totally stepped around the "you're not alone" bus ad issue* So smug… #CreoZerg
ymberlenis Huh. "masturbating w/ bibles" is offensive. Who knew? RT @vkamutzki Hey, #CreoZerg folks! AiG is on to you…! http://bit.ly/FdnyY
cj_wood #creozerg Ken Ham is praying for me! Don't think too hard, Ken…you'll get a wrinkle! http://bit.ly/FdnyY
adhominin Oh, so *that's* why it rains… #creozerg http://yfrog.com/5fsiyoj (via @hemantmehta) God must really hate the Irish.
WongoWoman Although… we do have the Holy Land Experience in Orlando. A theme park with tax exemption! hmmm I sense a plan brewing… #creozerg
nunezalejandro @rtpt Ok, this is evil: Eating a Cuttlefish Bacon Sandwich with Holy Crackers #CreoZerg
nojesusnopeas Argh, AiG responds to PZs post about the Iowa bus ad and completely misses the point. It's like they don't even read! #creozerg
303dk to the sky fairy or the jew zombie? RT @vkamutzki Hey, #CreoZerg folks! AiG is on to you, and they're praying for you! http://bit.ly/FdnyY
antangil #creozerg back in the car with the laptop; photo-spamming soon to come.
waterballoonist Adam Sinned T-Shirt http://snipu.com/1v7 #creozerg
Scrabcake #creozerg. That page from AiG….the stupid. it burns. My eyes are numb.
Kimbo_Jones what I've learned so far: the ice age had no ice in it, plants before sun, and the word "museum" needs to be used more sparingly #creozerg
WongoWoman This is the first time I've ever wished I was in KY #creozerg
Scrabcake #creozerg I thought that sin entered through a woman and that's why we can't have equal pay! You mean they've lied to me all this time?
RickGehlhaus PZ is wearing a tie with CrocoDuck! http://twitpic.com/d140y
OldCola don't push the button! http://img22.imageshack.us/i/v5p.jpg/ #creozerg
rtpt http://bit.ly/pin4k #creozerg …Bacon, bacon, bacon…IT'S BACON!
BigMama247 @OldCola = According to Rom. 5:12, sin entered through a man, so the original is still good! #creozerg
OldCola Eve sinned for the T-shirt with bacon RT @hbflyte RT @CRVW1607: "Adam sinned so I could enjoy bacon." I want that on a t-shirt.
vkamutzki Hey, #CreoZerg folks! AiG is on to you, and they're praying for you! http://bit.ly/FdnyY Keep up the great live blogs. (Grr.Typos.) #atheist
Safias Wow people are saying my bacon comment should be a shirt, though changing one word. #creozerg
BigDumbChimp Is patiently waiting for a blow by blow description (hopefully with pics and vid) of the Squid / Dino epic battle
AndromedasWake @cj_wood Marvelous, thanks! I want more blurry iphone pics damnit! #creozerg
RickGehlhaus "Adam sinned so I could enjoy bacon." Now i am extremely hungry for bacon. Thanks Devil!
foolfodder "Adam sinned so I could enjoy bacon." : Apple goes with pork. More evidence of creation?
nondescriptdave @S_M_Iggs Simple, they all have rickets! Or was that the fossils…
S_M_Iggs Ok Ok, you can explain hail.. but how about PYGMIES + DWARFS!!?!
WongoWoman RT @cj_wood: @WongoWoman "How do they explain hail?" The water canopy collapsing, duh… ||Duh indeed…
rtpt RT @bdbdbdbd @WongoWoman how do you think volcanos erupt? || global warming theorists who eat bacon?
rtpt RT @bdbdbdbd @WongoWoman how do you think volcanos erupt? || global warming theorists who eat bacon?
Tanukun #creozerg So if Adam's fall led to bacon consumption, does that make (Ken) Ham anti-ham?
CRVW1607 "Adam sinned so I could enjoy bacon." I want that on a t-shirt. #creozerg
rtpt RT @WongoWoman @hemantmehta How do they explain hail? || the philosophy of homosexual Greeks eating bacon … #creozerg
@DoubtingFoo: @WongoWoman I thought hail was where I was going when I die? #creozerg|| only if you're from the South – the deeeep South!
1:13PM: http://twitpic.com/d1rgg – I would so much love to see this!! #CreoZerg
1:12pm: otakursed lol, latest meme to assist in spreading thanks to #creozerg: Adam sinned so I could enjoy bacon.
1:12pm: camelshammers #creozerg Evangelicals blame philosophy, specifically Greek philosophy for screwing up our way of seeing the world, making it theoretical
1:11pm Tanukun Re the "Greeks to Jews" book: a brief explanation: http://tiny.cc/RUNFD starts halfway down the page. Warning: pro-creation blog!
1:07 hemantmehta: O, so *that's* y it rains… #creozerg http://yfrog.com/5fsiyoj | y have any attempt at science? rains cuz god likes it wet
1;11pm: nojesusnopeas Hamm sez Greeks believe in evolution, Jews believed in Genesis – so turn "Greeks" into "Jews" = disprove evolution #creozerg
1:11pm: atheistyogi @Az_: #creozerg It comes from Cor 1:23 … http://bit.ly/iNWYB //Yay I was right 🙂 No fundy can say I don't know my Bible.
1:11pm: RickettsAM More details on the shirt, anyone? Btw, epic so far, keep it up. 😀
1:08pm: Magnifica The effective evangelism text is online : #creozerg http://is.gd/26IZW
1:03pm: NeuroPunk ! Hassled and 1 kicked out?? the fundie's patience is starting to wear thin??
1:03pm: Tanukun @hemantmehta Not just an Ice Age – a GREAT ice age! Bring the kids!
1:02pm: justncase80 @pzmyers They probably have Jesus towers blocking communications devices with magic.
1:02pm: BenKball @RickGehlhaus Didn't the dinosaur adventure land get shut down? Owners owned on tax evasion lol
1:02pm: bronwynm23 @hemantmehta That's how they suck you in; get out of there! #creozerg
1:01pm: atheistyogi @hemantmehta I think the "greeks" and "jews" thing could probably a reference to 1 Corintians 1:20-25, but I'm not for sure…
1:01pm: the_sun_and_i Did they convince you of the righteousness of their cause, PZ? 😉
1:01pm: hemantmehta What's wrong with this book cover in the museum gift shop…? #creozerg http://yfrog.com/0u4d5j
1:00pm: limadean RT @hemantmehta: Can someone please explain this title in the museum gift shop? #creozerg http://yfrog.com/0meclj
1:00pm: pzmyers Derek Rodgers hassled for his shirt
1:00pm: AtheistinWA @pzmyers welcome back to reality 🙂
1:00pm: AnthonyPKarosas AnthonyPKarosas @pzmyers On the 7th day, God created the Faraday Cage? You guys have chutzpah.
12:59pm: hemantmehta Anyone else find some of the Creationists here attractive? I get why they have 17 babies, that's all I'm saying. Just me?
12:59pm:ricklend Since the CM exists, the Bible must be a great science text. What are you learning?
12:59pm: ketsuban @AndromedasWake Spawn more Overlords.
12:56pm: cafewitteveen Petting zoo is a grand time. #creozerg http://twitpic.com/d1pqk
12:55pm: jennifurret someone with a video camera just got kicked out #creozerg
12:56pm: pzmyers Aaargh! No phone reception inside museum…out now.
12:56pm: samiahurst A great example of memetic reproduction, isn't it? RT @MichelPoisson #creozerg Creationists not creative? They have evolved as parrots.
12:55pm: didaclopez #CreoZerg. You evolutionists in the Creation Museum. Be prepared to see how hyperevolution worked just after the Flood splitting all baramin
12:53pm: iSylvan Loving all the brilliant #CreoZerg posts. "Go forth, and research Carapace!" <– LOL (via @AndromedasWake)
12:53pm: samiahurst Ooops, plants came before DNA…no creator is perfect RT @OldCola RT @tmtek: http://twitpic.com/d1asf
12:46pm:mephikristiles #creozerg #cmtour Quote Jen: "It's beautiful [outside at the museum]. Scary. But beautiful.
12:43pm: threeminus23 Hooray for the Secular Student Alliance and PZ! Have fun storming the castle, boys.
12:42pm: NeuroPunk @ymberlenis I know, but creationists not very "creative"…
12:41pm: nunezalejandro @RobsterFCD Maybe they think "God Blocked the phone signals" instead of "this buiding is a Faraday Cage"
12:39pm: CRVW1607 The reason why no one was tweeting – @RobsterFCD said the building interfered with reception.
12:38: KristinMuH Wish I were there! You're a real horde now. *glows with pride*
12:37pm: LaughingMan42 So did God give them different teeth for the lulz, or did the teeth change after Adams sin? http://twitpic.com/d1en7
12:36pm samiahurst It seems that God ALWAYS hated lettuce!
12:37pm: samiahurst Look at the breakdown by age! RT @ymberlenis #creozerg RT @pewresearch evolution through natural selection http://tinyurl.com/n777r6
12:37pm: RobertFCD Eating at Dino cafe. Brought lunch. Make sure you send SSA your stupidity sequestration credits.
12:35pm: tekhiun @RobsterFCD no no no they lost their feathers after adam ate the apple, get your facts straight =p
12:37pm: RobsterFCD The Dino with saddle is Here! But reserved for 12 and under. Does shoe size count?
12:35pm: johnjsal Saddled dino is unfortunately not there: http://is.gd/26H10
12:32pm: RobsterFCD Everyone is well behaved. To the concern trolls, noted and dismissed.
12:31pm Niall142 I wish I was going on this trip! DAMN YOU, ATLANTIC OCEAN!!
12:29pm RobsterFCD None of the theropods had feathers! That's what you get for buying secondhand dinos.
12:28pm RobsterFCD The men in white movie was histerical. The creos have nothing new. It's all old lies. Salt in ocean. Helium in zircon.
12:28pm johnjsal @BigDumbChimp This article says you can photograph kids/post pics: http://alturl.com/37ur Note they CANNOT take your pictures away
12:27pm EigenAuction Curiously apropos #CreoZerg – RT @pewresearch: 87% of scientists say humans evolved, 32% of the USA public agrees. http://bit.ly/yzuk5
12:27pm hemantmehta Just thought you'd all like to know: we surpassed 300 people in our group!
12:23pm: DaibhidhF #creozerg and then they suddenly realise why they're so good at chasing things, stop hunting cabbage and start eating gazelles.
12:23pm: vonkrieger @DaibhidhF #creozerg They were just biding their time, waiting for the all clear from the Big G to start chomping.
12:23pm: tekhiun @DaibhidhF and did they just stopped eating it or did it take some time to pass that memo around ?
12:23pm: textsavvy This is too funny. Do they know that there's a difference between a vegetarian and an herbivore? (http://twitpic.com/d1en7)
12:15pm: BigDumbChimp @cafewitteveen The kids pic thing is a load of Dino Dung. http://bit.ly/odHz3
12:15pm: nunezalejandro @pzmyers After you all leave the "Museum", those guys will wipe the floor with "Holy Bleach" to clean the science odor.
12:14pm vonkrieger I've been waiting all morning for someone to say kekekekekekekeke in #creozerg
PZ Myers hasn't tweeted in a long while so BigMama speculates: 12:14pm: BigMama247 I'm thinking @pzmyers must have ridden off into the sunset on the saddled dino
12:12pm Safias RT from many at #creozerg http://twitpic.com/d1en7 – Adam sinned so one day I could love bacon.
12:11pm artemis47 Vegetarianism for the win! RT @cazlab: This is brilliant. http://twitpic.com/d1en7 #creozerg – (That's truly awesome!)
12:07pm tmtek RT @NQbass7 http://twitpic.com/d1en7 #creozerg (so eating meat is a sin afterall?)
12:07 cafewitteveen Security told me that if pictures I take of children at museum turn up online it's a fellony
Poor Blaghag: 12:07pm: jennifurret nooo didnt get into the 'ultimate proof of creation'!
12pm SheepNutz #CreoZerg is about to be on the news: @Local12
11:59am DaibhidhF #creozerg. Better descriptions pls! I can't imagine WTF they have in a creation 'museum'. Bits of when the earth was void and without form?
11:57am hemantmehta In line for the "Ultimate Proof of Creation" talk. Don't think I'll get in. Too many atheists in front of me.
11:56 am ymberlenis @rasp55 and a whole lot of innocent people in between #creozerg
11:53am lizditz RT @PozzSka: RT @sciencemama http://twitpic.com/d1b0p – how did adam have absolutely no body hair, but that EPIC beard?? #creozerg
11:52am rasp55 @ymberlenis – first his son, now his trees
11:50am ymberlenis @antangil http://twitpic.com/d1eew – So many of God's trees died for that nonsense…
11:46am jbcrail Finished the tour. No incidents as expected. Everyone was well-behaved. Can't wait to see commentaries from biologists.
11:34am gooddrlaura RT @sciencemama: plants then sun – To be fair, plants can live 24 hours without sun. Gives moral superiority over day-agers.
BigMama247 Hubby suggests new name of "Hebrew Mythology Museum" #creozerg
11:28am ymberlenis Of course, I suppose the major flaw is that we are on the only habitable planet in the universe… right?
11:27 ymberlenis Wow: exoplanet search strategy flawed, since habitable planets are created w/o a sun:
11:23 BlagHag: "That's what she said":
11:24am: sciencemama http://twitpic.com/d1asf plants first,then sun:
^—-11:27 ymberlenis Wow: exoplanet search strategy flawed, since habitable planets are created w/o a sun
11:24am antangil http://twitpic.com/d1eew #creozerg saddest pic of the whole visit:
chomskyinthesky About 300 atheists in a Creation Museum. Check Adam out, God either created him without body hair or he shaves his armpits. Tsk!
a3maniac Does anyone know what an Evolution Museum is called? That's right… a Museum.
11:17 BlagHag:
"My new friend!"
idmillington @jbcrail: "Humans and dinosaurs together" #CreoZerg — If that's not a metaphor for scientists visiting a creation museum!
11:12 lerogue RT @jbcrail: Humans and dinosaurs together– Mass hysteria. (No, really.)
11:07 PaulToronto Proof that Adam and Eve were White! RT @jbcrail: World's first shower scene
cyberlizard @BigMama247 Because man-boobs are pleasing to god? #CreoZerg
11:15 BigMama247 RT @jbcrail: World's first shower scene : Trying to figure out why God didn't create Adam with firmer pecs
11:04 jbcrail World's first shower scene:
10:37 From Hemant Mehta, Friendly Atheist
lerogue RT @jennifurret http://twitpic.com/d18b3 – Science is hard! #creozerg
10:24 am from BlagHag:
jennifurret http://twitpic.com/d174l – God was a caps lock troll #creozerg
10:08 from LibEvo
10:07 BlagHag
jennifurret http://twitpic.com/d174l – God was a caps lock troll #creozerg
9:39: jbcrail Spotted a "Carl Sagan is my homeboy" shirt #CreoZerg 13 minutes ago from TwitterFon
9:36: mephikristiles #CreoZerg #CMTour Only passed 1 "Hell is Real" sign on way to creation museum so far. Should I be disappointed or pleased. 14 minutes ago from PockeTwit


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Watershed Voice
Summer 2011
Beyond Books
Hope for Bay Oysters and Blue Crabs?
By Emmy Nicklin, CBF Staff
The Little Oyster that Could
A DNR study released earlier this year showed higher levels of oyster reproduction and a lower mortality rate for the Chesapeake Bay oyster, reaffirming CBF's extensive restoration efforts.
Photo credit: Tom Pelton/CBF Staff
The Algonquin Indians who gave our Chesapeake its name (meaning "great shellfish Bay"), would be saddened today. Since colonial times, the Chesapeake has lost more than 98 percent of its oysters. Gone are the days when oyster reefs posed navigational hazards to Chesapeake Bay explorers or watermen pulled 17 million bushels of oysters each year. In the past 30 years alone, Maryland and Virginia watermen and the seafood industry have lost $4 billion in income. But as recent studies find, all hope is not lost.
A two-month Maryland Department of Natural Resources survey conducted earlier this year revealed higher levels of oyster reproduction and a lower mortality rate. In fact, Chesapeake Bay oysters seem to be growing heartier and more robust. Given that each adult oyster filters and cleans up to 50 gallons of water per day���gobbling up algae, and removing dirt and nitrogen pollution���that's good news for the health of the Chesapeake Bay and for us.
After a devastating bout with disease in the mid 1980s combined with decades of overharvesting, habitat destruction, and water pollution, the oyster was hanging on by a thread. "That was a turning point really," says CBF Fisheries Director Bill Goldsborough, "because up until then for the previous 100 years, oysters had supported the most valuable fishery in the Chesapeake Bay."
Now, thanks to increased awareness, extensive restoration efforts, and preventing the introduction of a non-native oyster species, there is hope for the mighty oyster yet.
For more information on CBF's oyster restoration efforts, visit cbf.org/oysters.
Beautiful Survivors
Because of restrictions placed on the Bay's blue crab harvest in 2008, this year's dredge survey revealed a total of 460 million crabs in the Bay���the second highest recording since 1997. The results show that for the first time since the early '90s, the crab population has remained at sustainable levels for three straight years.
Photo credit: Damon Fodge
Perhaps the same hopeful future holds true for the Chesapeake Bay blue crab. Also known as "beautiful swimmer," the blue crab is inextricably linked to the oyster. With the drastic decline of the Bay's oysters in the 1980s, watermen focused more and more on the blue crab. A decade later, the fishery neared collapse. Not only was the blue crab itself threatened, but so too were the oyster reefs and underwater grasses that provide it with food, shelter, and oxygen.
It took bi-state restrictions on catching female crabs in 2008 to bring the beautiful swimmers back. The 2010 winter dredge survey conducted at 1,500 random sites throughout the Bay revealed promising news: The number of blue crabs had doubled from the previous year.
This year's dredge survey counted a total of 460 million blue crabs in the Bay���the second highest recording since 1997. Though down from last year (mostly due to weather), the results still show that for the first time since the early 90s, the crab population has remained at sustainable levels for three straight years. That's good news for the blue crab, the Bay, and the people that depend on it. However, Goldsborough still cautions: "We can't declare victory yet. Mother Nature is telling us that even our hardiest Bay critter still needs a helping hand, so we must stay the course."


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I found a tutorial that explains step-by-step how to give your pics a more vintage look.
Will update with link tomorrow. I the mean time, what do you think?
Posted in Blogging, NaBloPoMo, Odds and ends, tagged editing. NaBloPoMo, photoshop CS, pics on 15 November 2010| 2 Comments »
I found a tutorial that explains step-by-step how to give your pics a more vintage look.
Will update with link tomorrow. I the mean time, what do you think?
Posted in Postcrossing Thursday, Theme rhymes with Meme, tagged Finland, Germany, meme, pics, Postcards, postcrossing, Russia, snail mail, stamp, Thailand, Theme rhymes with Meme, USA on 8 July 2010| 2 Comments »
This has got to be the BIGGEST {actual} postcard I've recieved so far. The in fo on the back is all in Russian, but I'll trust that this is the fish's zoological name: Chaetodon auriga.
I think this view of Koli is breathtaking! It's so open, and you almost wonder which is sky and which is water.
This back view is bigger cause I want to show you all the stunning stamps that Nuch used. The one on the left is almost half the wifth of the card!
The Edersee is a large reservoir created by the construction, from 1908 to 1914, of a rock and concrete dam across the Eder river, near the small town of Waldeck in northern Hesse, Germany, to generate hydropower and regulate water levels for shipping on the Weser river. It lies at the northern edge of the Kellerwald.
George Washington Carver was an American scientist, botanist, educator, and inventor.Much of Carver's fame is based on his research into and promotion of alternative crops to cotton, such as peanuts and sweet potatoes. He wanted poor farmers to grow alternative crops both as a source of their own food and as a source of other products to improve their quality of life.
Posted in Postcrossing Thursday, Theme rhymes with Meme, tagged castles, France, Luxembourg, meme, pics, Postcards, postcrossing, snail mail, stamp, Theme rhymes with Meme on 1 July 2010| Leave a Comment »
From France. It's not all about Paris and the Eiffel Tower now is it? It's about catsles and bridges and rivers and more castles.
My first card from Luxembourg! Love the Soccer stamp on the back
Posted in Postcrossing Thursday, Theme rhymes with Meme, tagged Berne, Ireland, kittens, meme, Newgrange, pics, Postcards, postcrossing, snail mail, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Theme rhymes with Meme on 24 June 2010| Leave a Comment »
Right, I learned a valuable lesson. The more cards I send, the more I will receive. I don't think I'll ever have a Postcrossing {Fortnight} Thursday due to lack of cards again.
Sandra writes that she couldn't put a special stamp on the card as there are only certain ones that she can use for international postcards. I never knew this until I started with Postcrossing. I thought I could just slap any old stamp on as long as the total value is the cost to send it. Nope. I have to use special stamps. Where I live it's all flowers of Namakwaland. Pretty for received, but I've gone through 6 leaves of them already and would like some more choices. While visiting in Gauteng in January, I bought some 3D Dinosaur stamps that were for international postcards. Maybe each province has it's own set of stamps? Will have to make a plan and get hold of some of those then.
Standing high above the fertile valley of the Boyne, Newgrange is the most important and impressive stone ago tomb in Europe. It is best known for the illumination of its passage and chamber by the winter solstice sunrise. Admission to the Newgrange chamber for the Winter Solstice sunrise is by lottery. In September each year, 50 names are drawn with 2 places are awarded to each name drawn. Newgrange is also a UNESCO WHS.
Berne is the Capital of Switzerland. Honestly, when I first saw the card I was more interested at the snow on the cars, especially the one standing perpendicular to the road, than the actual Zeitclocken Tower. The tower clock was the first gate in the west of the Capital of Switzerland around 1191 – 1256 and formed the boundary of the first city extension.Caspar Brunner created this very interesting ornate astronomical calendar clock in 1530.
It displays…
While reading up a bit on Berne, I came across this pic (left)… reminds me a heck of a lot of Ankh-Morpork(right)
Posted in Postcrossing Thursday, Theme rhymes with Meme, tagged Finland, meme, Norway, pics, Postcards, postcrossing, snail mail, Theme rhymes with Meme on 17 June 2010| Leave a Comment »
First one reminded me of Slartibartfast from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He constructed the coastlines of planets, in particular the fjords. He won an award for his work on Norway.
Henk says he wouldn't mind being on one of those cruise ships.
Apparently Norway, or Officially the Kingdom of Norway, It is one of the most sparsely populated countries in Europe.
Ok, now this I really didn't know: Artist, Edvard Munch, most popular for his painting The Scream, was Norwegian. In my first year at technicon I painted a bad replica of The Scream on a T-shirt. I wore it at least once a week – I loved it so! (Funny that in Norwegian the title is Skrik; In Afrikaans the word skrik means the have a fright.)
And lastly we have another cat card, or rather, adorable little kittens.
I love the stamp though. A sparkly fairy swinging on a leaf, surrounded by butterflies.
Posted in Postcrossing Thursday, Theme rhymes with Meme, tagged Germany, Japan, meme, pics, Postcards, postcrossing, snail mail, Spain, Theme rhymes with Meme, UNESCO on 10 June 2010| 1 Comment »
It's Thursday again; the eve of the kickoff to the FIFA 2010 Soccer world cup! And I also have 3 lovely postcards to share with you.
This one came from Spain. I was instrigued by the castle at the harbour mouth since it resembles our own in Cape Town. (First time I saw ours I realised that not all castles look like the Disney ones 🙂 ). This is The Castle of San Antón (Castillo de San Antón) in Coruña. This old fortress was built between the 16th and the 17th century, in a small island of the Bay of La Coruña, to defend the city against attacks coming from the sea. During the English assault by Francis Drake in 1589, the castle effectively served to defend the entrance to the city.
This is Himjei Castle; In 1992 Himeji Castle was recognised by UNESCO as a building of world significance and was added to the World Heritage list. Himeji Castle is an excellent example of a Japanese castle with its traditional wooden architecture and its stone walls with their white plastered walls have been well maintained. In 1333 Norimura Akamatsu, the ruler of Harima District, built a fort where the Himeji Castle now stands. ln 1346 his son, Sadanori further expanded the fort.In the 16th century the fort was removed and a three story castle was built in its place by Hideyoshi Hasiba. This is the basic structure that is seen today.
This is my second UNESCO world heritage site card!
Now I finally know what to call this style: German Rococo Architexture. This is Sanssouci Palace (without worries) in Berlin. In 1744, King Friedrich II – later known as Friedrich the Great, commissioned architect Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff to build a summer palace.
Posted in Postcrossing Thursday, Theme rhymes with Meme, tagged cat, Finland, Germany, Grannies, Inge Löök, meme, Netherlands, pics, Postcards, postcrossing, snail mail, stamps, Theme rhymes with Meme on 3 June 2010| Leave a Comment »
Bit of a rush today. Received these 3 lovelies this week. Had a head scratch moment at the cat card, but then I remembered that I updated my profile that I LOOOOOVE kitties.
And since no month is complete with at least 5 cards from Finland 😉 I've updated that I would like some Grannies cards by Inge Löök (Of course I had to receive this one first to decide that I actually wanted to start collecting them) I think they're cute, but their joke might be wasted on me… still trying to figure this one out 😕
Happy Postcrossing!


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Hugh Johnstone
Managing Director
Growing up around construction sites it would have seemed inevitable that Hugh would head into the industry himself. However, he very nearly didn't when he headed down to Canterbury intent on pursuing a career in farming. After a year of 4am starts on a dairy farm in Rakaia he realised it was the building aspects of the job he loved and headed back to Auckland to study engineering and a cadetship with Fulton Hogan.
Hugh discovered that he hadn't left the early starts behind as he worked at Fulton Hogan gaining experience in a variety of construction disciplines. He even found himself the literal poster boy for their recruitment campaign. Eventually the family business came calling and Hugh moved into a project management role at 'JCL', apprenticing Malcolm for five years, before taking over leadership of the company now known as Johnstone Construction in 2013.
Hugh enjoys the challenges of construction project management and often applies lessons learnt from his time in the New Zealand Army Reserve Forces - leading multi-disciplined teams towards specific objectives and making sure everyone gets across the line safely is true of both his construction and army roles.
Growing the skills and experience of his team, providing them opportunities to take ownership and learn new things is very important to Hugh. He knows that you are only as good as the people you have around you and, like his father, makes sure to find the very best and ensure they have the very best experience working with him.


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"I had that feeing you get - there is no word for this feeling - when you are simultaneously happy and sad and angry and grateful and accepting and appaled and every other possible emotion, all smashed together and amplified. Why is there no word for this feeling?" -Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things
The ocean does this for me, I love it and hate it and need it; so I was happy to find myself there, feeling my proverbial currents, with the person who understands me best. We took this salad and a few other snacks to our favorite picnic spot. I've talked about it here, multiple times, but when I am feeling frazzeled and a bit out of control, I need to look out at the huge expanse of ocean and box up my worry in the face of perspective. The unrest is powerless against that dark blue horizon. Maybe more later. Maybe not. Had a few sharp comments around here lately which makes me want to write less. I keep thinking about Kelsey's post about how with blogs, you only get part of the story, not the full picture, but through inviting people into part of the picture, they take liberties to critque your "pride" or "perfect life." Let's just keep in mind that for anyone, blog author or not, you're only getting glimpses into the tangled and complicated workings of hearts. Practice grace.
I'm teaching a class this afternoon - talking about eating real food, my book, and serving a few appetizers. I prepped a few things yesterday and wanted to quickly share this salad with you. It's an adaptation of one of the recipes in our cookbook. I do love the printed photo with large, stacked beefsteak tomatoes. I typically don't love tomatoes, but I will eat a ripe summer tomato from our local farm when they're ready. Exceptions to every rule, even the self imposed ones. The presentation in the book makes a gorgeous starter for a dinner party, but I needed something I could plate easily for 20 people. This preparation makes the salad more portable, adds even more greens to the picture, and makes it perfect for family style summer meals. Hope you have fun plans for the weekend and some of it involves eating outside with good company. THE best.
ARUGULA CAPRESE SALAD WITH KALE PESTO // Serves 6
Adapted from The Sprouted Kitchen Cookbook
This will make more kale pesto than you'll need to dress this salad. It is excellent on eggs, as a sandwich spread, an alternative to pizza sauce, tossed in with some noodles or as a dip. Baby tomatoes are up at the farmers market, I love the sweet 100's, but any ripe baby tomato is just fine here.
- 1 small bunch Tuscan/lacinato kale
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1/2 cup lightly toasted walnuts
- handful fresh basil leaves
- 1/3 cup fresh grated parmesan cheese
- pinch of red pepper flakes
- juice of one lemon
- 3 Tbsp. water
- sea salt and pepper
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 3/4 lb. baby tomatoes
- 8 oz. small mozzarella balls (bocconcini or pearline)
- 3 cups baby arugula
- flaked sea salt, optional
For the kale pesto, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cut the tough stems from the kale and roughly chop the leaves. Blanch the kale leaves for about 30 seconds, transfer to a strainer and run cold water over them to stop the cooking. Once the kale is cool, squeeze out the excess moisture. This should yield about 1 1/2 cups blanched kale.
In a food processor, combine the garlic, walnuts and pulse to chop. Add the kale, basil, parmesan, red pepper flakes, water, lemon juice, 1/2 tsp. each salt and pepper and pulse to combine. Turn the processor on and drizzle in the olive oil until you get the consistency you like. Thin with a bit more lemon juice and a splash of water for a more dressing-like consistency. Taste and adjust as needed.
Slice the baby tomatoes and mozzarella balls in half and collect them in a large mixing bowl. Add a few spoonfuls of the kale pesto and toss gently to coat, adding desired amount of dressing. Toss in your arugula, add a pinch of flaky sea salt and serve.
Make ahead tip: The tomatoes and mozzarella can be dressed hours in advance and kept covered in the fridge, I actually recommend that they marinate in the pesto for better flavor. Just leave the mix at room temperature for awhile so the pesto dressing will distribute easily. Add arugula just before serving.


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This is what you'll soon be able to read on the sides of buses trundling around the UK.
Apparently that PROBABLY was inserted to keep the advertising standards authorities quiet, like the "probably" in a famous Carlsberg lager advert, though a lot of the British Humanist Association who support this anti-God campaign would have preferred to leave the word out. Personally I rather like the inclusion of PROBABLY because it allows room for open minds. It's that NOW that bothers me, giving the command a bossy tone which is bound to alienate some of the very people at whom it's aimed. People can't be converted by nagging at them—that's a fact of life, and bad psychology.
The Humanists came up with the slogan in response to a rival campaign, as seen on the back of London buses in the months leading up to this face-off:
is there more to life than this?
explore the meaning of life
starting soon at a church near you
(sic) Maybe the Queen's English Society should have been the ones to organise a counter-campaign. The ALPHA COURSE organisers obviously wanted to appear trendy by minimising punctuation and capital letters and being lax with their syntax. The other side certainly has a better grasp of English, but that's by the way.
It's interesting to see the strength of feeling revealed by people's comments on the donation page for the NO GOD initiative. A hell (!) of a lot of people obviously loathe and detest Christian evangelists. I can't say I'm very keen on them myself, either, though "probably" not for the same reasons.
STOP WORRYING ... ? I wasn't worrying, actually, nor do I need to be reminded to enjoy my one and only life. When I'm dead, I expect to stay dead, although I hope and believe there's something essential within me and apart from me that will continue beyond my death in the lives of the people who love me. The concept of a Hell or Heaven after death is a red herring. It has always seemed to me that there's a Heaven and Hell in this world, never mind the next. That's what we should be WORRYING about. But I don't suppose the Humanists' slogan is aimed at people like me. The poor souls who usually fall prey to religious fundamentalism are almost invariably the sort who need emotional support to fill some empty space in their lives, and if you then take their acquired beliefs from them I'm afraid you pull the rug from beneath their feet. You can have great fun baiting such people with logical argument and snide remarks, and I've done it myself, but I can't help feeling this pastime is rather cruel.
What my opinion boils down to is that we should keep quiet about whatever it is we each mean or don't mean by GOD. Western thinking came a long way between the supreme confidence of Luther's Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott, and Proposition 7 of Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus:
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen.
But there does seem to be a perennial urge in human beings to say the unsayable. In Goethe's Faust, poor Gretchen asks him a nervous question: "So you don't believe in God?" and Faust answers her in overwhelming poetry, which is the only possible way to talk about such things:
... Name ist Schall und Rauch,
Umnebelnd Himmelsglut.
Anyway there's far more to life than thou art 'ware of, Horatio, and more to our appreciation of life than having a nice day. Sometimes we come to the "edge of doom" and look over it with horror. Sometimes we look over the "Doors of Bliss" (as Samuel Palmer did) and marvel at what dwarfs us. I for one refuse to have all this reduced to a trite catchphrase, so I have not sent the Humanists any contribution.


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Eat like a kid again! Easy and delicious twists to the old-fashioned grilled cheese and tomato soup combo create a custom-made treat for grownups.
The outside
As a kid, you probably went with the plain old white bread that mom bought at the store. One simple but powerful way to dress up a standard grilled cheese is to experiment with bread (especially when it's fresh from the bakery). Play with pumpernickel, marbled rye bread or a hearty San Francisco sourdough variety for a flavor component that plain packaged bread just can't deliver.
Do you typically spread both sides of the bread with butter when making your grilled cheese? Adding some herbs and garlic to your butter will deliver a grilled cheese taste you definitely never had as a kid.
To create the herb butter, combine garlic powder, chopped oregano and basil (fresh, if possible), and a couple tablespoons of butter; spread on the bread and cook as you typically would. Or, spread light mayonnaise on the bread as a zesty alternative to plain butter.
The inside
Of course, cheese is the anchor of a grilled cheese sandwich. If you're ready to stray from the traditional American or Cheddar varieties, experiment with sharper, more flavorful cheese like Havarti, Muenster or Swiss.
Add a fresh sliced tomato, thinly sliced onion, chopped jalapeños, sautéed mushrooms or fresh basil for additional flavor combinations. Love salt? Sliced dill pickles tucked inside the grilled cheese for the last minute of cooking add a whole new take on the traditional classic.
If you're feeling extra adventurous, experiment with brie and sliced figs for a grilled cheese of the sweeter variety.
The soup
Canned tomato soup will quickly go from tasting less like it came from the pantry and more from a gourmet restaurant with a few easy additions: Add chopped, fresh basil and oregano with a few dollops of room temperature, reduced-fat cream cheese for a creamy and flavorful soup that tastes completely grown-up.
Or flash sauté chopped garlic and a teaspoon of hot chili flakes in a dash of olive oil for two minutes, until you start to smell the heat and flavors cooking.
Pour the soup into a pot, and transfer the flakes and oregano to the soup until it's heated through. Or, simply sprinkle in some garlic powder and dried oregano to the soup while cooking.
To get add an extra serving of vegetables to the soup, toss in frozen mixed vegetables (boil in water first to cook), and then add to the tomato soup as it heats. Peas, corn and carrots all work well. A splash of Worcestershire or hot sauce also adds a zesty but subtle tang to traditional tomato soup.
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I'm trying to create a dd image which contains two partition. The first is a ext3,(19MB) the 2nd is fat32.(16MB)
I use one 512M usb stick to create image. And use
dd if=/dev/sdc of=image.dd bs=1M count=35 # 35=19+16
I tried to put it on another 2G usb stick by
dd if=image.dd of=/dev/sdb bs=1M
Then I try to use gparted to view the partition on /dev/sdb. The ext3 partition is OK. But the fat32 partition failed. I've compared the MBR between sda & sdb they are same.
dd if=/dev/sdb of=image2.dd bs=1M
diff image.dd image2.dd Binary files sdb.dd and sdc.dd differ
It is very strange, even when I just read the written image, it is different.
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Diary of a Disaster: New Life Emerges From Haiyan Wreckage
By Mitsuru Obe and Shibani Mahtani
TACLOBAN CITY, the Philippines--Bethany Hospital in downtown Tacloban, like many other structures in a city largely destroyed by typhoon Haiyan, is almost completely deserted. Patients there before the storm have been evacuated and corridors now smell of mold, rotting food and bedpans left unattended since Haiyan roared through on Nov. 8.
Amid the wreckage, however, doctors worked hard Sunday to bring new life – and a glimmer of hope – to this community, delivering a healthy baby boy on a plastic bench at the hospital's entrance.
When Evangeline Marteja arrived at Bethany Hospital she was already well into the final stage of labor. A nurse rushed to her aid but she never got beyond the entranceway, and the bench became her bed.
The birth appeared to go smoothly, but Ms. Marteja started to lose blood quickly from hemorrhaging in her stomach and severe tearing of her vagina caused by the delivery.
The wound needed to be sewn up quickly, said Marife Garfin, the chief nurse at Bethany, a large missionary hospital in typhoon-ravaged Tacloban, the capital of Leyte province. Once again, hospital staff came to Ms. Marteja's rescue, and less than two hours after her delivery she was able to cradle her son.
"I wanted to have two kids," said Ms. Marteja, 32, who already has a three-year-old daughter with her husband, Celso. "I want to give an education to my son."
But in a city where much has been destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan, Ms. Marteja holds many worries for the future. Electricity and functional plumbing have not been restored in Tacloban more than a week after the typhoon hit.
Excavators are still clearing wreckage and the carcasses buried among it. Rebuilding efforts, humanitarian workers say, will take months, and residents worry that it will be hard to meet daily needs, with many stores still shuttered and basic goods in short supply. Questions about where to find employment and housing are also starting to emerge as recovery begins and people start thinking of life ahead.
Those worries are shared by many, but the people leading relief efforts and providing life-saving support to the thousands of needy and injured say they have to focus on the work that needs to be done and stay calm.
"You should look relaxed; otherwise the patient will also panic," said Ms. Garfin. "It's part of being in the medical profession."
Bethany Hospital has suffered its share of damage. The ground floor of the two-story structure was completely submerged by a storm surge stirred up by the typhoon, whose gale-force winds ripped the roofs off the building. Most of the medical equipment was destroyed by rain or flood waters.
When fully operational, the hospital has beds for 150 people and employs more than 100 doctors. But on Sunday only five doctors and three nurses were on hand to treat patients. Since the typhoon hit, many families have left Tacloban to stay with relatives in other cities or find shelter elsewhere, while those who have remained have had to focus on caring for their own families and putting their lives back together.
The absence of medical staff and medicines have hampered relief efforts, and posed new threats to mothers and babies in a predominantly Catholic country where the lack of family planning has led to one of the world's highest birth rates.
The United Nations Population Fund, or UNFPA, said in a statement released Monday that 235,000 pregnant women and their newborns are at high risk of infections, injury or death because of a lack of medical services and antibiotics.
"Babies continue to be born even in emergencies like this one, and women have to give birth without access to even the most basic essentials for safe delivery," said Genevieve Ah-sue, acting UNFPA Representative in the Philippines.
Nowhere is that more clear perhaps than in Tacloban. At the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center, the city's largest public hospital, but one where emergency teams from Manila have had to fill in for absent doctors, delivery accounted for 40% of patient admissions from Nov. 9 to Nov. 15. That made up the biggest share of admissions, following by diarrhea (12%), wounds (5%) and pneumonia (5%) – almost all direct results of the typhoon, said Rowena Capistrano, an epidemiologist with the health ministry who is leading a health survey in the city.
Meanwhile, back at Bethany the Martejas share bits of how their life has progressed since the storm. They are rice farmers in Palo, a coastal city eight miles south of Tacloban, said Mr. Martejas, who explained that the family had to evacuate to a relative's home after their own home was destroyed by the storm. When Ms. Marteja went into labor, Celso raced her to Bethany in the side car of his motorbike – their only form of transportation.
But Ms. Martejas said she wasn't worried about making it on time, even if just barely.


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Man dies trying to cross major Sydney road
A 71-year-old man has died after he was hit by a car while trying to cross a motorway in Sydney's northwest.
The man was walking over the M2 at Baulkham Hills about 10.50am on Saturday but was struck by an oncoming vehicle, near the Windsor Road off ramp, and died at the scene, police said.
The male driver, believed to be in his mid-twenties, stopped after the incident and was taken to hospital for follow-up medical tests and checks.
Motorists are asked to allow extra travel time after the crash forced the temporary closure of citybound lanes.
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June Planner Play Workshop
Grab those day planners. We've got another Planner Play Workshop in the books. On Friday, June 23, I'm teaching the last workshop for a bit. (We're going to take July and possibly August off. So if this is something you've been interested, I hope you'll come on down. You won't be disappointed. We're ending this season with a bang!
* BRAND NEW planner prizes
* A well stocked kit of must-have creative planner supplies
* Techniques to try
* Tasty treats to enjoy--YUM!
* New friends
* And more!
Learn more about creative planners, this workshop, and sign up here!
Space is limited, so you'll want to sign up soon. Hope to see you there! <3


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I used to be a huge Ken Jeong fan and this past year he made me a little sad. Jeong (who is a freaking doctor of internal medicine for Pete's sake) played roles meant to be absurd and darkly comic but instead have come off as pathetic and grotesque (seriously, Señor Chang is treated as sub-human by the Community writers) . These may be the roles he's getting offered and the material he has to perform, so perhaps he's creating a better option for himself by producing and starring in The Chung Factor.
Andy Selsor's script (formerly titled The Ex-Factor) landed on the 2005 Black List and according to The Wrap, "is about a nice guy who meets the girl of his dreams after being unlucky in love. But because he's afraid of screwing up the relationship, he takes advice from an offbeat relationship coach, played by Jeong. As it turns out, the coach is actually the woman's ex-boyfriend and is out to sabotage the relationship and win her back." So once again Chung is playing a sneaky and duplicitous character. Hopefully he's found a new way to play this role and hasn't typecast himself.


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Eeek - love new blogs to read.ReplyDelete
Lizzie Dripping
yay i really like when other bloggers do recent reads posts because i can discover new people i hadn't stumbled across before! :DReplyDelete
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I'm so glad you enjoy my blog :) I really am happy to talk about books to everyone (and anyone) and I know the husband and cat are glad I have the blog as an outlet.ReplyDelete
If I were you I would definitely try a new book. If I get stuck on a book it can turn me off the whole reading concept. Pick something that I like to call "the sorbet of books" which is just a massive palette cleanser to get you back into books - when I get in a rut I often pull out some chicklit, its trashy yes but its easy to read and entertaining and that gets me back in the mood to read. Happy reading!!!
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MIAMI (AP) Dwyane Wade scored 29 points and sparked a pivotal run to help the Miami Heat earn their fourth victory in a row Friday by beating the Detroit Pistons 110-88.
The Heat got even for a loss at Detroit on Dec. 28. They improved to 18-3 at home, while the Pistons fell to 4-16 on the road.
After falling behind by nine points, the Heat outscored Detroit 26-4 during a seven-minute stretch in the second quarter to take a 60-47 lead. Wade scored 15 points during the spurt.
LeBron James had 23 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Heat, who shot 56 percent. Over the past two seasons, they're 34-2 when shooting at least 50 percent.
Greg Monroe scored 31 points for Detroit.


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Scout.com reporter Evan Daniels and Jeff Borzello of CBS Sports say a source has confirmed that University of Cincinnati forward Jermaine Lawrence has asked for his release from the program.
UC has not confirmed his transfer and a source close to the situation says the program has not heard from Lawrence.
Lawrence struggled to find his way as a freshman. A top 25 recruit coming out of high school, Lawrence averaged only 2.8 points and 2.9 rebounds this past season. He missed eight games due to a turf toe injury that slowed his development and had a difficult time staying out of foul trouble.
Staying put: Ellis returning, guard Cobb committed to Bearcats
"You lose five weeks of conditioning in the middle of the season and it just destroys your season," UC head coach Mick Cronin said after the season. "He just needs minutes so he can get comfortable on how to attack the defense and how to use his skills."
UC has four signed three players for next year – Quadri Moore, a 6-foot-7, 230-pound forward; Gary Clark, a 6-foot-7, 215-pound forward; Coreontae DeBerry, a 6-foot-10, 270-pound junior college center; and Octavius Ellis, 6-foot-10 forward, spent one year at UC, playing in three games in 2011-12.
The Bearcats will also have 6-foot-10, 270-pound Jamaree Strickland, who was forced to sit out this past season because the NCAA would not accept some of his high school courses, and guard Deshaun Morman, who redshirted after breaking his foot.


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"Female Viagra" Could Be Available By End Of Summer
An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended approval Thursday of what many call the "female Viagra" pill.
The panel voted 18-6 that the FDA grant approval to the drug, flibanseri, which is designed to boost a lack of sexual desire in premenopausal women. However, the panel members who voted yes said full FDA approval should come with certain conditions.
Those conditions include proper warning labels and education about side effects of the drug, which had been twice rejected by the FDA in recent years. Earlier trials of the drug revealed potential side effects such as fainting, nausea, dizziness, sleepiness and low-blood pressure, the Washington Post reported.
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