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United Way, UConn launch Sandy Hook programs
A variety of local organizations and others have organized efforts to help the families affected by the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
The United Way of Western Connecticut, in partnership with Newtown Savings Bank, has created the "Sandy Hook School Support Fund" to provide support services to the families and community members.
Check donations may be mailed to:
Sandy Hook School Support Fund, c/o Newtown Savings Bank, 39 Main St., Newtown CT 06470.
Or they may be dropped off at any Newtown Savings Bank branch.
For questions about your check donation within local Newtown Savings Bank branches, please call 800-461-0672. Or, at the United Way, call David Deschenes, 203-792-5330 ext. 239, or Isabel Almeida, 203-792-5330 ext. 106. You can also donate by credit card. Go to: https://newtown.uwwesternct.org/
The University of Connecticut has created a memorial scholarship fund to honor those who died.
The Sandy Hook School Memorial Scholarship Fund at the University of Connecticut will provide financial aid for any students who currently attend the elementary school as well as siblings of those killed in the assault and dependents of teachers and other adults who also lost their lives who are accepted to attend the University in the future.
Donations will be collected through the University of Connecticut Foundation to establish a fund in anticipation of supporting the Sandy Hook Elementary students enrolled in the K-4 grades today who will be of college age beginning in approximately 2021.
UConn's Hall of Fame women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma and his wife, Kathy, have made an $80,000 lead gift to the fund.
For information about the fund and how to donate, go to the University of Connecticut (www.uconn.edu) and UConn Foundation (www.foundation.uconn.edu) websites.
The family of Dawn Hochsprung has established the "Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung Memorial Fund" at the Waterbury Teachers Federal Credit Union. Hochsprung was the principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School who was killed on Dec. 14.
Contributions may be dropped off or mailed to the following:
Waterbury Connecticut Teachers Federal Credit Union, 773 Straits Turnpike, Middlebury, CT 06762; or 24 Rowan Street Extension, Danbury, CT 06811.
For more information, call 203-758-9500 or 800-992-2226.
The Association of Religious Communities of Greater Danbury will be available to assist local families with crisis counseling services.
To request assistance, contact Rev. P.J. Leopold at 203-792-9450, ext. 102 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com
The Family Study Center in Danbury is providing art therapy groups for the students of Sandy Hook School.
These groups will be led by art therapists experienced in traumatic loss work with children and will be provided at no cost to the families.
For more information, contact Ellie Nicol at 203-778-2020, ext. 12.
The Connecticut Society of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, a nonprofit association of licensed acupuncturists, is providing trauma recovery treatment services.
All members of the community are welcome to receive free treatment. Acupressure is available for children.
Volunteers will be available in Sandy Hook beginning Friday, at 4 p.m. for free treatments at 111 Church Hill Road, across from the Newtown United Methodist Church.
Appointments are not necessary. Hours are Friday, 4 to 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Christmas Eve, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Christmas day, noon to 3 p.m. The service will continue through January. Donations are appreciated.
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Welcome to the website of the Latitudinal Gradient Project (LGP), a project that supported scientists in investigations related to the broad theme of ecosystems research.
The LGP was operational in Antarctica from 2002 till its last field season in 2011. Although the project has been officially ended, results that have come from LGP support continue to be published.
The LGP brought together the thoughts and energies of international scientists in a focused way, while maintaining a degree of individual research direction as well as strengthening collaborations between partners in the Ross Sea region.
The LGP was based on the concept that if we place our work related to ecosystems research within a single broad theoretical base (key issue) we can maximise the transfer of information and ideas, utilise large environmental datasets and utilise joint logistic facilities.
The LGP contributes to the SCAR biology programme Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic (EBA).

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During the summer, I run my aeration system all the time. Can I just run it part-time during the winter so the pond will freeze for skating?
Klaus – Columbia, MO
If you're the least inclined to use your pond for ice skating during the winter months, there's only one way to go – and it doesn't involve aeration.
Lots of pond owners choose to keep their aerators up and running during the winter months. It's a logical choice – particularly when the pond is inhabited year 'round by fish – because the aerator prevents the pond from freezing fully, allowing potentially gases produced by organic matter decomposition to escape. But for people who put a premium on ice skating, any aeration is a no-no.
Why? Because aerators keep water moving. And when water is moving, ice has a tough time forming. When it does form on an aerated pond, the ice is extremely porous, and nowhere near as strong as the solid ice that forms on still water. As a result, an aerated pond is never safe for skating – even if the aeration is sporadic. That's the primary reason we recommend the ready availability of our Taylor Made 20" Life Rings to provide an added measure of safety for anyone who ventures onto the weakened ice.
So, if you choose to skate, it's wise to shut down your aeration system completely. You can leave your airline and plate in the pond, but the cabinet and compressor should be stored indoors to prevent condensation and rusting.
If you love to skate, skate safely. And enjoy your pond with confidence all year long.
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Penny Walton takes advantage of refrigerated pie pastry to fix this sensational main course. Guests dining at her Westerville, Ohio home will find a succulent steak topped with pesto and mushrooms in every flaky bundle.
Total TimePrep: 30 min. Bake: 20 min. + standing
Makes6 servings
- 5 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1/2 cup loosely packed basil leaves and fresh parsley sprigs
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 6 beef tenderloin steaks (6 ounces each)
- 4 tablespoons butter, divided
- 1/2 pound fresh mushrooms, chopped
- 6 sheets refrigerated pie pastry
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1-1/4 cups beef broth
- 1/4 cup dry red wine or additional beef broth
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon browning sauce, optional
- For pesto, in a food processor, combine 3 tablespoons oil, basil, parsley, Parmesan cheese and salt. Cover and process until smooth; set aside.
- In a large skillet, brown steaks in 2 tablespoons butter and remaining oil for 5-6 minutes on each side or until meat reaches desired doneness (for medium-rare, a thermometer should read 135°; medium, 140°; medium-well, 145°). Remove and keep warm. In the same skillet, saute mushrooms until liquid is absorbed.
- Cut each pastry sheet into an 8-in. square (discard scraps or save for another use). Place a steak on each square. Spread steak with about 1 tablespoon of pesto; top with mushrooms.
- Bring opposite corners of pastry over steak and pinch seams to seal tightly. Place in a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. brush egg over pastry.
- Bake at 450° for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
- For gravy, melt remaining butter in the same skillet; stir in flour until smooth. Gradually stir in the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with the beef bundles.
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OCC Bulletin 2012-35| October 31, 2012
Retail Foreign Exchange Transactions: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks, Federal Savings Associations, and Federal Branches and Agencies of Foreign Banks; Department and Division Heads, All Examining Personnel, and Other Interested Parties
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) proposes to amend its retail foreign exchange rule for transactions with collective investment funds (CIF) and insurance company separate accounts. The OCC also proposes in this rule to incorporate recent guidance from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and make technical corrections. The proposal was published in the Federal Register on October 12, 2012.
National banks, federal branches and agencies of foreign banks, and federal savings associations (collectively, federal depository institutions) may engage in certain off-exchange transactions in foreign currency with retail customers (retail forex transactions) only pursuant to the OCC's retail forex rule, 12 CFR 48. As of December 31, 2012, a CFTC and SEC rule under the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 1 changes who is considered a retail customer for purposes of the retail forex rule. Certain investment pools are to be considered retail customers if any of their investors are retail customers. Some investment pools, including mutual funds, pension plans, and certain hedge funds are not affected.
The treatment of CIFs and insurance company separate accounts, however, is not clear. The OCC preliminarily believes that CIFs and separate accounts should not be treated as retail customers because these funds are prudentially regulated, have prudentially regulated sponsors (namely, federal depository institutions or insurance companies), and do not cater to retail investors. The OCC is therefore proposing to treat CIFs and separate accounts as if they were not retail customers under the retail forex rule. The OCC believes doing so mitigates disruption to federal depository institutions' forex business with CIFs and separate accounts.
In addition, the CFTC and SEC rule contains relevant guidance that the OCC proposes to incorporate into its retail forex rule. First, the rule offers guidance regarding how a regulated entity can determine whether a given counterparty is a retail customer. The guidance generally allows the entity to rely on the counterparty's representation that it is not a retail customer. Second, the rule offers guidance on how a regulated entity can determine whether a foreign fund is a retail customer. The guidance, in general, states that a foreign fund should not be treated as a retail customer if it is operated by a non-U.S. person and all of its investors are non-U.S. persons.
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Please contact Securities and Corporate Practices Division, at (202) 649-6360.
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While the Israeli-Palestinian peace process takes a long, undue nap, Israel's military continues to refine the capacity of its all-weather missile interceptor system, dubbed Iron Dome (Golden Dome was deemed too ostentatious). Developed by Rafael Advanced defence Systems, the network is comprised of forward deployed missile batteries, which work in conjunction with a rapid response control centre and radar tracker
to eliminate Qassam and Grad rockets, as well as artillery shells fired from the Gaza Strip.
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Unlike the large scale missile shield that has been under development by the U.S. and NATO, which requires a long list of regional agreements in order to place interceptor missile batteries capable of bringing down longer range missiles, Israel's Iron Dome is specifically designed to take care of the short range (up to 70km) missiles that might be fired into populated areas in Israel. Also, unlike higher technology systems, such as the now defunct U.S.-Israeli Nautilus laser defence, Iron Dome relies on a combination of proven and fairly conventional technology.
The relative predictability of launch sites, along with the limitations of the missiles themselves (Qassam and Grad) no doubt play a large part in the accuracy of the system, which by one estimation successfully eliminated 90% of rockets as of March, 2012. Of course, that has not prevented militants from diversifying their tactics, by concentrating on targets not currently serviced by Iron Dome's batteries, and by firing a larger volley of missiles all at once. As such, the system has become a hotly sought after commodity by regional Israeli governments, and the IDF has fast tracked both the production of equipment, along with its operational deployment.
Nonetheless, the system already faces limitations, one of which is in service regions that are in extreme proximity to launch sites, which drastically reduces the amount of potential reaction time. Moreover,
Iron Dome has been criticised domestically for its high cost vs. the comparatively cheap rockets lobbed by Hamas – that's somewhere in the neighbourhood of 50 times the cost of a low-tech Qassam rocket versus
the current interceptor missile, and the system generally fires two per rocket. As Israel inevitably deploys more batteries, Hamas is sure to counter by modifying its tactics, and seeking higher range, higher yield rocket variants – taking into account the developing situation in Egypt (the Gaza/Egyptian border being a primary traffic point for weapons into the territory) it's easy to see how the situation could potentially escalate.
Financially, the system will not be cheap to develop for a country the size of Israel. Budget constrains in the U.S. – as one might guess, the primary donor nation – has led Rafael to further refine the system and operate with fewer total batteries (10 to 15); as of FY 2013, $680 million have been earmarked by the U.S. government to help fund the system, on the condition that technology is shared. U.S. defence contractor Raytheon is already working with Rafael to jointly market and develop the system, as well.
As recently as this week, Iron Dome successfully intercepted a number of rockets fired towards the vicinity of Ashkelon (some 120 were fired from Gaza this week) With the ebb and flow of tensions along the Gaza border, along with political instability in Lebanon, expect to hear a lot more about Iron Dome in the coming years.
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THE Jason Gillespie farewell tour started in Southampton yesterday, two days after it was announced that the Yorkshire first team coach is to leave the club at the end of the season.
One half-expected to see T-shirts on sale to that effect, along with the usual scorecards, as the crowd arrived at the Ageas Bowl.
While Yorkshire are keen to draw a line under Gillespie's departure, insisting they want to focus solely on their remaining four Championship games, it is inevitable that the issue will bubble in the background.
The Australian spent the day looking down from the dressing room balcony in trademark blue tracksuit and reflective sunglasses, as the champions continued their quest for a hat-trick of titles that would give him the perfect send-off.
The opening date of the farewell tour, however, was not one on which Yorkshire always hit the right notes.
They closed day one on 275-9 after choosing to bat, a total which was by no means poor given that the ball moved around beneath mainly cloudy skies, but which was not totally convincing either given that there were a number of soft dismissals and starts for several players who failed to go on.
It was, in many ways, a curious day: Yorkshire, at one stage 57-3, recovered to 216-5 and then fell to 234-9 before Jack Brooks and Ryan Sidebottom combined in a last-wicket stand of 41 before bad light ended play with 11 overs left.
However, given that Yorkshire are second in the table, and Hampshire second-bottom, and with the champions' strength residing in their bowling, it felt as though Yorkshire have their noses in front.
"To get to 275 after losing a few wickets in clumps was a pretty decent effort," said Gillespie, who is returning to Australia at the end of the season.
"There were a couple of indifferent shots, if we're being totally honest, and also a couple of cracking deliveries.
"There's a little bit there for the bowlers if you bowl a good line and length, so we're hoping that if we can add to what we've got now and push on towards 300, and then get bowling our lines and lengths, we should make it tough work. Brooksy and Siddy put on some vital runs there at the end, and, with runs on the board, we're massively in the game."
Yorkshire were architects of their own difficulties in a morning session that belonged to Hampshire.
Adam Lyth and Alex Lees looked in little trouble before Lees fell to the penultimate delivery of the 10th over, reaching for a drive off Brad Wheal that flew to Will Smith at backward-point.
Smith took an even better catch in the same position to get rid of Lyth off Ryan McLaren, the fielder pulling off a spectacular one-handed effort after Lyth cracked a fierce cut.
Gary Ballance was twice dropped by James Vince at third slip before being smartly caught by wicketkeeper Lewis McManus, moving to his left off Gareth Berg, which left Yorkshire 57-3 in the 21st over.
As so often happens, however, Yorkshire rallied after losing early wickets.
Jake Lehmann added 62 in 16 overs with his captain, Andrew Gale, who chipped in with 26 before playing back to a rising delivery from McLaren that claimed the edge.
Lehmann played stand-and-deliver cricket on his way to 58 from 73 balls with 10 fours, his maiden County Championship half-century, and it took a terrific catch to get rid of him by Jimmy Adams, who flew to his left at second slip after Berg got the edge.
Berg, the former Middlesex all-rounder, seemed hell-bent on doing his former county a favour, with Middlesex going into this round of games just five points ahead of Yorkshire at the top.
After Tim Bresnan and Andrew Hodd added 73 for the sixth-wicket in 25 overs, Berg swung the pendulum back in Hampshire's favour with three wickets in eight balls just after tea.
Bresnan had his leg stump knocked back after a fighting 56 from 113 balls, Hodd also had his stumps disturbed, and Azeem Rafiq was the victim of a devilish delivery and a catch behind.
When Mason Crane, the 19-year-old leg-spinner, got in on the act by having Steve Patterson caught from a prod to short-leg, Yorkshire were nine-down with only one point in the bag.
However, an unbeaten 29 from Brooks, who not for the first time displayed genuine batting prowess, and an undefeated eight from Sidebottom secured a second point and kept Hampshire at bay.
"Brooksy keeps trying to get up the order and is always hounding me that he should be batting higher," said Gillespie.
"He played nice and positive, and that stand with Siddy could prove to be really important as the match wears on."


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Those little bright lights belong to yacarés—caiman latirostris. They are broad-snouted caimans, crocodilian reptiles typical of eastern and central South America. Why do their eyes shine in such a pretty way?
It's the crystals inside their retina, inside a layer called tapetum. This tissue reflects light in such a way that makes these yacarés and the rest of the crocodiles have night vision. Oh, little crocodiles, you are so pretty!
These were photographed by Daniel Fox at the Yacaré Pora farm in Ituzaingo, Argentina. He probably thought they were too pretty to ignore. Lewis Carroll agrees:
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Saudi Arabia: Risk Assessment
Country Risk Rating
Business Climate Rating
- One quarter of world oil reserves and leading producer in OPEC
- Major regional economic and political player
- Increasing economic diversification advanced by Saudi Vision 2030 programme
- Solid financial situation thanks to low debt levels and sizeable assets
- Solid banking system
- Level of dependence on oil and gas sector, poor job creator, and growing domestic energy demand
- High unemployment rate of local population
- Governance failings undermining business climate
- Unstable geopolitical context
- Low rate of participation of women in labor market
- Economy dependent on public spending
Current Trends
Weak Recovery in 2018
The combined effects of reduced oil production oil, as a result of the OPEC agreement, and budgetary consolidation drove the Saudi economy into recession in 2017. Saudi Arabia agreed in November 2016 to reduce its oil production by 400,000 barrels, as defined in the Vienna Agreement. This latter, covering both OPEC member and non-member countries, is expected to be renewed in 2018 applying the same quotas. This means that there will only very limited growth in the volume of production from the Kingdom. In the context of the challenges facing the Saudi economy, the Heir Apparent, Prince Mohamed Ben Salman, launched the Saudi Vision 2030 programme in 2016, which started to bear fruit in 2017. This huge modernization programme has three major elements: the creation of a Public Investment Fund (PIF) financed with the privatization of state-owned companies, including 5% of Aramco, the national oil company; the National Transformation Plan (NTP); and the 2020 Budget Adjustment Plan. This latter includes a freeze on bonuses and wages for government employees (67% of the Saudi workforce), reduced energy subsidies and cuts to public investments. These measures have had a negative impact on demand. Despite an inflation rate hovering around zero, those sectors linked with household consumption, such as retail and leisure (8% of GDP) and those dependent on public expenditure (construction: 4.7% of GDP) recorded negative performances. Although the reintroduction of bonuses for the public sector had only a limited impact in boosting consumption in the second half of the year, they should prove more useful in 2018 as purchasing power increases. Whilst the increase in oil prices will give the authorities more room for maneuver for a more expansionary budget policy, the rise in inflation following the imposition of value added tax will work to limit the positive effects of increased public spending on the level of activity. The recovery in the non-oil economy is expected to continue gradually in 2018, at the same time as certain sectors, such as construction, should quickly start feeling the benefits of the restarting of investment projects. Measures aimed at boosting employment among the Saudi population should help bring down the unemployment rate from its level of 12.8% in 2017. Credit will be less constrained by the contraction in liquidity in the money markets with the slowing of public debt issues on the domestic market. The improvement in financing terms will help boost the weak recovery in the private sector.
Continued Budget Consolidation and Return to Current Account Surplus
Given the scale of the public deficit since 2014, the Saudis authorities launched a major budget consolidation programme in 2017. Its aim was to restore budget equilibrium within a three-year target with a focus on three elements: a rationalization of public spending, the gradual removal of subsidies and increasing non-oil budget revenues. Although it resulted in a significant reduction in the size of the large deficit, the negative effects of the measures in terms of economic activity forced the authorities to revise their strategy for 2018. The application of VAT across all countries in the GCC and the widening of the tax base are nevertheless likely to be enforced. The reduction in subsidies will, however, become more gradual with an objective of 100% of the prices indexed against world market prices in 2023. Spending linked to the wage bill and investment is likely to rise. The financing of the public debt is likely to continue in the form of bond issues in the international market in order to avoid the soaking up of all liquidity within the banking system and slow the fall in the reserves of the SAMA.
The rise in the value of exports thanks to oil prices and the reduction in imports and foreign worker remittances as a result of the slowing in economic activity led to a significant fall in the size of the current account deficit in 2017 with a diminishing in the risk linked with the pegging of the rial to the dollar. The continuation of these elements in 2018 should help return the accounts to surplus.
Emergence of New Strongman
Palace revolution or structural transformation of the regime, 2017 was a turning point in Saudi political history. Mohamed Ben Salman was designated on 21 June 2017 as first in the line of succession by King Salman and the royal family's Allegiance Council to replace his cousin Mohammed ben Nayef. This nomination with the heir apparent holding power in all economic and security matters since 2015 highlights the profound transformations taking place in the Kingdom's political configuration from an adelphic monarchy to a hereditary regime. The fight against corruption that led to the arrest of more than 200 people including businessmen and members of the royal family sent a strong signal to Saudi society as well as to the opposition, whether tribal, clerical or business. In terms of foreign policy, the recent rapprochement with the United States has encouraged the Kingdom in playing a more active role in regional politics and in particular its opposition to the Iranian Republic. Tensions between the two countries are constantly increasing with repercussions throughout the region, working to undermine the fragile political equilibrium of the whole of the Middle-East.


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Lol! Yeah, I don't hate or fear them, I don't trust them. They are up to something....:)ReplyDelete
lol, i would pick up a praying mantis no prob, i dont like spiders and cockroaches and i am 110% TERRIFIED of christmas beatles. i swear they want to make nests in my hair! :(ReplyDelete
My cats and dogs usually eat most spiders and moths etc but I keep a plastic container under the sink which I use to catch the insect and release outside. The exception is ticks which get washed down the sink or flushed.ReplyDelete
Geez, can't a mantis pray in peace? ;)ReplyDelete
Ha ha!ReplyDelete
I have a nifty bug catcher that allows me to catch the bug in inside it and then re-open the lid to let it out outside.
Wasps are pure evil and sting for the fun of it... I usually squish them.
- Anonymous15 April 2009 at 13:40
I hate bugsssss I was held hostage outside of my own room yesterday for a few hours because a lizard decided to take up residence in front of it, luckily like you I have a boyfriend that likes any and every animal on earth especially bugs lolReplyDelete
hahaha! i just went through the same little charade in MY bedroom when i watched a grossly disgusting stinkbug crawl across my wall.. it was dark and all i could see what this moving.. spot. (omg it's giving me the willies just telling you!) i played the little sneak-up-behind-it game and trapped it in a starbucks paper coffee cup, shook it up against the wall a few times as to stun it so it wouldnt creep out and then IMMEDIATELY flushed it down the toilet. still alive. hoping maybe that would get the message across to any..."friends." haha!ReplyDelete
ewww I'm a freak about spiders! I don't like them at all. One night I heard banging and things moving at like midnight in my sisters room. I went down opened the door and she had her softball bat and her dresser moved away from the wall! and she was on a mission to find this spider bc she wouldn't fall asleep with it still living.ReplyDelete
Eck! I grab the vacuum and suck 'em up!ReplyDelete
Let me preface this by saying I am dreadfully terrified of insects of all kinds (except earthworms for some reason)ReplyDelete
My tactic involves:
1. Thinking I am going to die
2. Screaming
3. Bursting into tears
4. Calling in Hubs
5. Telling him to stop laughing at me
6. Getting the Doom myself because Hubs fails to see the danger in keeping said insect in the house...
My strategy is to lose it. Completely.ReplyDelete
I once put a hole in the bathroom wall by smashing a spider to death with my shampoo bottle.
- Anonymous15 April 2009 at 14:22
The plan of action depends on the size of the bug.ReplyDelete
If it's small I squish it. I have no remorse.
If it's big and will make a smushy sound when I kill it I scream hysterically for J to come and save me.
After, I request a small glass of sugar water because I am THAT afraid of bugs.
haha!!! that's cute - glad you lived to tell the tale!ReplyDelete
I don't mind bugs,and actually really like a praying mantis.But don't bring any type of rodent near me.Unless you want the roof raised.ReplyDelete
Finding a mantis inside is actually supposed to be good luck. :-)ReplyDelete
I have a very serious fear of spiders, but it's not irrational cause they're all out to get me! Vacuum cleaner with a handful of coarse sand and half a bottle of doom does the trick on those very nicely.
i try to catch them and throw them outside, but it depends. the grossest bug story i have is when i was living in the woods for a summer, i caught a wolf spider on the wall by my pillow, and i had to catch it in a cup and throw it outside.ReplyDelete
i had nightmares for weeks. bugs i'm ok with, but i don't do spiders.
You're too funny. You desribe things so well , I could hear the mantis! The only 2 bugs that bug me are cockroaches and mosquitoes, those I take GREAT delight in killing.ReplyDelete
Snakes, lizards, beetles, spiders.. any other creepy crawly I will save and put outside before my husband finds them
I've NEVER considered a chat.ReplyDelete
I'll try it next time.
You cracked me up...;)
I'm pretty much the worst person ever. I cover them with something and leave it there until I think they're dead.ReplyDelete
Okay, I've only done that once. But I felt *really* bad about it, so now I try and shoo them outside.
Except now that's B's job. Thank goodness for boobs!
- Anonymous15 April 2009 at 17:04
It depends on the size of the bug. I don't mind a Praying Mantis, but other insects are summarily killed. I have three different cans of Doom...each with a different speciality. Spiders, however, are Hubby's problem. I curl into a ball and cry until he kills whichever spider has crawled into my vicinity.ReplyDelete
I HATE praying mantises. They are by far the creepiest living thing ever. Well, at least equal to bats. Eew! My tactic would have included squealing like a little girl, & making the hubs deal with it. Then, I would have probably fumigated my entire room, just in case Mr. Couch Potato fibbed & didn't really remove the invader.ReplyDelete
When I was in Cambodia, at the amazing Angkor Wat Temple Complex, I ran across a praying mantis... I spent a few minutes amazed, watching the little thing "taunt" me. Is it funny that I found this little buy more entertaining than the architectural wonders behind me.ReplyDelete
When I was a teen, I slept over at a friend's house. She saw a spider on the wall and freaked out. She grabbed her mom's hair spray and doused that poor spider til it was stiffer than a board. lol!ReplyDelete
I don't deal with bugs...I have 5 brothers and a boyfriend for that.
I'm with you. I don't like any bugs except lady bugs. When I was in grade school I tried hard to not let the other guys know I was scared of grasshoppers or they would have made my life miserable.ReplyDelete
We've had an invasion of "stink bugs" in our neck of the woods this winter. You can't kill them, 'cause they release this funny odor upon their demise...ReplyDelete
As much as I would have hated to do it, that bug would have got the book. They freak me out. But I do feel bad for killing them.ReplyDelete
Just squish them........ReplyDelete
And tell Earth Child I captured them then set them free outside..
(Like that's gonna happen)
You can't squish praying mantises, they're so big and meaty I bet they make a terrible crunching noise and leave lots of guts on the floor! Ew! Also, they're harmless!ReplyDelete
Small bugs, though, I smash. =-D
I mostly try to coax them out the door or window. However, there was a spider on my bedspread last night as I was going to sleep. He got the axe.ReplyDelete
I had the most god-awful experience the other night: In my sleep I felt something crawl down the nape of my neck and over my shoulder. I thought I was just dreaming, but then I woke up and it was a cockroach - slimy, scheming, gross, gigantic demon of a bug! Needless to say I backhanded it across the room and squashed it against the opposite wall, but it was still...twitching...ReplyDelete
Mantids are adorable! Which is probably why people call me whenever they have an insect 'problem'ReplyDelete
I'll never forget when one of my students wanted to catch a praying manis for her insect collection, but she was terrified of touching it, so she kind of stomped backwards around the room wielding a jar at the poor thing...
Lady I am sooo with you. I am a total baby when it comes to bugs. I developed arachnophobia some time last year... I think you'll enjoy these posts...:ReplyDelete
I suck them up with the vacuum cleaner. Using the nice long handle.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous16 April 2009 at 19:05
I avoid them if possible, but can deal with them if there is no one else around. I am a smasher...gross, I know. My boyfriend traps them in a platic cup and slides an envelope underneath and takes them outside. Unless it's winter time and he's feeling lazy, then he will just cover it up with a cup, leave it on the counter with the intentions of taking it outside next time he goes, but really forgets about it. Actually, this only happened once...but I haven't let him live it down since it was I who was cleaning up and discovered it there...and it scurried away. :)ReplyDelete
I hate all bugs and I deal with them based on their size. With one exception - roaches - I spray them to death! I've been known to use 1/2 can of Raid on one roach.ReplyDelete
I have used your plastic container approach several times - even on small lizards when I was living in Florida. Then I wait for someone braver to come along and take care of removing the creature.
And if a bug is small enough I either step on it or smash it with something (book, newspaper). I believe all bugs should be killed. I know, I'm heartless.
Just so you know, I found that spider on my bedspread this morning while I was making the bed. Um, ew.ReplyDelete
My hubby is a biology teacher...bugs are his friends. I don't want them in the house. I once killed a spider, and left it's remains on the walls as a warning to others. (and because I didn't want to go near it dead either) :-)ReplyDelete
Great blog, visiting via Sass's page.
Praying mantises are THE creepiest things. Several years ago, there must've been a bumper crop of them. The lighted doorbell by my back door attracted them and they camped there for weeks. I was too chicken to use my key in the lock. One got into the house and played music on my measuring spoons thanging on a rack. That same year, a friend caught one in a mason jar--it was the same length as the jar!! He had caught it sitting on the front bumper of his car.ReplyDelete
EWE...just creepy. Gave me nightmares.
Yeah, I have "issues" with bugs. One held me captive in my apartment for almost a week!! before I regained my freedom. Just in case you might think about calling the police for help....they don't consider Entimology Emergencies a 9-1-1 matter. Not that I called or anything, but that's what I hear.....ReplyDelete
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Ok, I'm late to this, but I have to say: "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" How could you even think of squashing a praying mantis? They are the most adorable insects! Oh man, I'm not kidding, I LOVE those little guys. I think their little faces are just the cutest things! And the way they rub they front feet together...so sweet! Seriously.ReplyDelete
HOWever, if you want to squish a parktown prawn for me, bring it on! Those things are vile. I've also lately been infested by these creepy things that look like crickets with no shell...yuckadoo. Squish squish squish. I'm not adverse to killing spiders, either, but I don't mind wall flatties and daddy-long-legs, because they can't hurt you. Rain spiders freak me out but they're too big to squash without a mess, yuck. Oh and just to reiterate: Kill Parktown Prawns! They must DIE!!!!!
My cat brings in various beasties, usually the dreaded parktown prawns, lizards, rats and birds. The birds I just feel sorry for and they usually die of fright anyway. The lizards I'm A-ok with - I love lizards - so I pick them up and they go outside. My only issue with rats and mice is that they move like the very wind and are hard to catch in my house of mess. But I would take anything over a P-Prawn.
That's so crazy!! And a praying mantis too... Realised that's what my bug was in the end, not a grasshopper. Shows how much I know about insects. Thank goodness for Google!!!ReplyDelete
Ah, yours at least got a chat out of you before being trapped. You're kind to bugs!!
Love bugs, definitely stop to have a chat! :)ReplyDelete


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An old ex is getting married this weekend. We aren't still friends and haven't talked in over 10 years. But his impending marriage made me remember a mixed CD that he had made for me. My first year of college I loved that CD. I couldn't really remember what songs were on it, but thought I remembered seeing it in the basement not to long ago. I went and dug it out and put it in my CD player. At the time when the ex made the CD, we had been together off and on for almost a year. Most of the songs were love songs, but as I kept listening one song really stuck out in my mind- U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". HELLO!!! What?!?!
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A statement on the Zombie Bait Edition that apparently offended some people.
You are buying a game about chopping zombies. What do you expect? Cake and pie?
Yeah, I really hate that sort of thinking. Oh, this game about killing zombies has now taken it too far because of such a silly thing.
I'm hoping the Deep Silver PR team will give these out to sites for give-aways. I think people would like them here in the states.
Because we're all sensitive flowers that wilt every time we see something "civilized" society has deemed bad. Deep Silver should be ashamed /s/s/s/s/s/s/s/s
Im offended that some offended idiots will sto me from getting this
Like when people complain about sex in a game that is all about brutally maiming people or killing them violently...I just don't know what to say to these people.
I think a cooler idea would have been a torso and head bust, with the torso relatively unblemished and human looking, while the head is horrifically zombified. But maybe that's just me.
A severed, bloodied torso with big tits says 'serial killer with creepy fetish' more than 'fan of Dead Island' imo. I don't know, it just seems in really bad taste. Especially after all the controversy surrounding violent video games lately. This is like a great big red target for media outlets, groups, and politicians who are waiting for something controversial to point the finger at and scrutinize.
Without starting a political debate on here, I strongly disagree with this being in bad taste.
Yeah there's something really sinister and sexist / misogynistic about making a bust of a maimed woman and selling it as a collectors item. Am I supposed to think it's cool and display it on my mantlepiece?
Not only does it literally objectivise women as busty, bikini models, it also mutilates the female body. Not exactly very subtle anyway. Also, I think it's in poor taste given the recent events in Delhi.
Dead Island is a reasonably popular game, best to not let it contribute to the cultivation of disrespect towards women.
Plus it's just weird, I don't wanna know what some sickos would do with it.
@-Gespenst- First, in what way is it portraying a hatred or distrust of women? Because that's what misogyny is. Second, I'm assuming it wouldn't have been a problem if it were the bust of a zombified man?
@above, nope it wouldn't. If it was a figure of a man with perfectly sculpted abs and muscle tone, it would have been perfectly fine.
Just like its okay to have characters like Kratos running around, but give Lara Croft big boobs and an athletic body and all hell breaks loose. Double standards suck. You want respect or want to whine about something, then treat both sides the SAME.
Overall just remember one simple things..... THEY ARE VIDEO GAMES! Fantasy!
@Soldierone: Couldn't have said it any better. +Bubbles.
Exactly what I was thinking, had it been a man, no one would even touch on this point...
@Back on topic...
About the zommbified ripped torso (despite its gender) it's not the first time I heard people saying this kind of stuff is done in bad taste... I noticed most people repeat that without even realizing it means jack s**t! Taste is subjective and, in no way what so ever, should dictate what should or not be done. I know Pozzle is not saying that they should remove it or not do it or whatever (the way he uses it is just irrelevant), but that's exactly the same point media uses to bash on things (basing arguments on somthing that's not there, the way they use it is just stupid): "in bad taste", "immoral", "offensive", "a sin"... Well, none of this terms really mean nothing, as all those stuff are highly conceptual, being that even when one consider it exists (concept valid), it's still subjective.
Also, if you are getting that limited statue, you are buying a game where you can slice human bodies for fun, why the hell should we consider you any less or more of a psycopath just 'cause you don't have the statue? Yeah, well, just because you want to decapitate some pixels doesn't mean you are necesssarily trying to evade reality or fulfill underlying wishes, but still ripping some heads off yourself, even if they are virtual, are way worse than buying an ugly statue that happens to have no head. And does't really matter which part of this the media will use to scrutinize games, they have been doing this for the whole generation with ot without the uggly torso in bedroom argument... Not that any mentally healthy person even listen to the media like that anymore.
In fact you could have a complete zombie statue (arms, legs, smell and everything), and it wouldn't make you look any less of a creepy and an easy target for media. Additionaly, it would feel much more generic 'Zombie fan' than 'Dead Island fan'.
With all that said, would I buy one? Hell no, it's uglier than a hippo giving birth plus I don't buy action figures or any other collectibles to fill my desk (I don't even like random paper in my desk, I like it clean and functional)... But hey, I'm not going to pretend I'm offended or that I think it's wrong or any other crap about a plastic figure that don't affect me in anywa if I don't plan on buying.
while I don't feel offended by this. I think it's weird to sexualize a dead body
Yea, I mean, I'm not offended or anything by it all, but I mean, honestly? I would of liked a really cool zombie looking statue over a sexualized dead body.
However, the only people I can see getting offended by this are people that think Deep Silver is just trying to use boobs and all to attract gamers with no social lives and stare at animated breasts for their entertainment.
I wish they'd release this version in the US, I'd buy it and add to my collections.
Exactly. If someone put me on the cover with massive arms and a huge package busting out of my shorts i would expect you all to make it your coffee table centerpiece.
I saw the pic and thought 'that best not be what the complaint was about' and it was, unbelievable. So every film with violence, every game with violence all need banning now then? Some of the stuff you can do in some games, some of the scenes, no, some of the legendary scenes from movies (Evil Dead 2 chainsaw/woman scene) and people complain about THIS! Sad, sad people. Personally I want one.
The film Dead Girl was pretty bad though.
I can see your point, and I can also see why some might be offended. It is pretty gruesome. But still, I can see your point. The question I want answered, however, is...
... why the hell would you even want this?
I'm more offended by the fact that the statue is based on a woman with fake breasts. I would have preferred a torso with natural breasts.
I'm stunned and shocked and appalled, etc, etc..
The pieces were too big for my taste i prefer my torsos more diced up, so there for i am deeply offended, outraged, sickened and turned on.....
i want this edition, i think its great. I hope its still available for import
grow a freaking backbone and get over it
Better yet, grow a pair of mutilated breasts /s
How big is this 'bust'? Reminds me of Duke nukem 'wall boobs'. To avoid controversy, they should have included a male one as well, wearing either trunks (not the dbz guy) or board shorts.
If the size is right, I'd like to stick the helmet from the killzone 3 Helghast edition on it. Look pretty awesome.
How is this offensive?
Guns for everyone in a country that's NOT going to change their law about it... Yeah it's pretty ironic...
I think people should look al themselfs first
Really people? This is freaking stupid now. Everyone is so PC over the littlest thing now. If this had been a bloody man's torso it wouldn't have raised an issue. How about a bloody man's junk flopping around in a collector's edition? This is absolutely ridiculous now.
I don't see how this is sexualized. Riptide and Dead Island are set on a resort island, where women wear bikinis. A female body in a bikini is suddenly sexualized?
It's the focus on the large fake boobs that make it seem sexualized. There's no head, no face, no limbs. Just a torso with two great big melons right in the center of it.
Why not give her smaller boobs? Or give her a one piece bathing suit? Or make a male torso instead? Because they wouldn't sell as well as a big breasted female.
It's "just a torso" because the limbs are ripped off....
plus plenty of busts put emphasis on boobs, just like they put emphasis on muscles for a male figure....
People are to sensitive, i bet if it was a male torso people would be cool with it, those damn sheep.
Not that I think this situation is worth getting upset about, but that's what bikinis are for, sexualizing the female form. The fake boobs only add to it.
So yea, it sexualized in order to sell the CE. Its not that big of a deal considering the context in which its be shown.(meaning, you have to buy a CE of a game about zombies, as opposed to putting in a town square or something.) But over-sensitive people are sensitive.
it's just an freaking image. Them that are up set by this
Need help
rotfl lol ppl are weak... or do they think they will get my little pony game...
people not offended by this prove how sick our society has became
mankind has always been about death and violence since the beginning, nothing new to society, besides it's not like we force people to Colosseum death match like the Romans.
It's a game rated M for mature......Some people like horror movies and like collectables some people like harry poter while others think it's satanic. Yes i know sounds crazy right. Don't pretend to be above it. If it was a guys chest nothing would be said, nothing at all. So many cry babys today.
If it had atleast a head and have been a zombie i wouldnt have said anything
Or people offended by something so little have no real concept of what society really holds. I lived through hell and back and this is by far the least of my worries.
Go spend some time in Liberia then come back and whine about how offensive this is.. Please do.
Who are you to justify what "society" has become? please stare at the computer screen to get offended by this "sexualized act" and go to a porno site right after and fap away punk
No, people that are always more concerned with what other people are doing than what they themselves are doing is whats wrong with society.
No ones forcing anyone to buy this, they're upset because someone else might.
People bring more negative energy into the world by complaining about things that have nothing to do with them than the actual thing they are complaining about.
Why does everyone think they have to be involved in every aspect of everything?
When did we decide everyone had to agree on everything to make it ok?
sounds PR are trying to make it into a controversy to get more sales.
The problem with it is that it looks like a serial killer 'Trophy',someone who's never played dead island would be scared shitless if they saw this in someone's bed room
Yay the titties were saved!
I guess zombies don't like silicon
I don't see why people are offended; while I personally think it's stupid, tasteless, and disgusting, it isn't real and I won't criticize zombie fans for wanting to get their hands on this thing as it is their money, their sense of taste, and their decision.
People really need to get over themselves; if you don't like it, don't buy it and let people who want to have it buy one and let them be happy with THEIR (NOT YOUR) decision.
Well make sure to get your hands on those 'recalled' busts now. Because they will become collectors items :)
Doubtful, rarity doesn't automatically mean it's a collectors item; subject, overall appeal, and how large the market is take presidence over rarity alone. It is likely the majority of gaming collectors won't touch it and who knows if the zombie fandom will result in a zombie collectors market, let alone one big enough for this item to net a decent price tag.
If this item gets recalled i very much expect it to be highly sought after in the future from ps3/xbox collectors and die hard zombie fans alike. And speaking of which i just wrote an article on the value of games. Weird!
who is complaining about this? same girls that got trucker(18 wheels) to take their women off their mud flaps? im more upset that it was not being sold in the USA lol
I don't like it, not because I find it offensive or distasteful, I'd rather have a zombie statue or the owner of the body but zombiefied.
The male equivalent of this is NOT muscles and chiseled abs as neither are a reproductive organ that are typically covered in public. If people want to play the "There wouldn't complaints if it was a man" game then you need to acknowledge the male equivalent is a finely sculpted pelvic section wearing a speedo.
I'm sure the complaints are of an entirely different nature now.
Granted I personally don't see it as sexist, just proposing a level flame field.
I do however see it as silly, and very poorly made. There must be at least one artist on a dev team that could have said "Maybe we should make this not bad".
It's a fucking video game not an episode of I'm a whiny bitch and ile complain about anything because i have literally nothing better to do in my life than wine about everything. The video game industry is being destroyed by these fucking idiots. Anyone that thinks this is wrong needs to just fuck off seriously all the real actual gamers that enjoy the experiences of these games also enjoy a special edition that involves a syringe pen or a lancer gun with a chainsaw but if you don't want it then don't buy it and if you're offended by a decapitated body then why the fuck are you arguing about a game that allows you to cut off heads on a regular basis anyway! No one can argue with me and put up a valid statement about this being a top story on N4G right now its just pussies being pussies that will always be pussies and always come up with some pussy reasons that something like this is enough of a reason to cry about and im fed up to fuck with the same dickheads crying about nothing. So fuck you royally. Keep it real true gamers.
I want to be honest I was at first not offend but not really feeling this collectors edition but to each his own. Like many have said here if you don't like it don't buy it! Period! Like the zombie head for the walking dead collectors edition season two which I didn't like that neither but again everyone has their own opinion on what they think is cool especially when it comes to collectors editions. It makes sense it is a zombie game! Would we get the same reaction If it was a zombie head? Or a chopped off zombie hand? I'm a former graphic design/animation student I believe in expression and I don't think the company or their PR or anyone needs to apologize to anyone! I think a lot of you would agree. Please if you don't like it don't buy it but its things like this that allow the media and government officials or anyone with any sort of opinion and in a position of power to start an issue and say games are to blame with today's society and cause violence. As gamers lets all stick together for the benefit of the games to continue to be awesome!
people get too damn upset over stupid things, we're talking about a game where you cut up zombies..I think it was a brilliant move on Deep Silver's part..and even better..free press for their game. :) I love Dead Island!
This is an awful Collector's Edition anyway, no way in hell I'd keep this around other worthy Collector's Editions needless to say showing others.
This was a clear attempt to get publicity however, everyone knows Dead Island didn't get the best reception so any form of marketing for this other game is good for them.
Oh boy, here we go. Okay, first off, I don't give two shits about this game. Never played the first one, probably never will, same goes for the sequel. But here's my problem with this "controversy". See this? http://www.amazon.com/Walki... This is a special edition for Walking Dead on Blu-Ray where the case is a severed zombie head getting impaled in the eye with a screwdriver. The head then opens up and reveals the actual product. I remember seeing this at Best Buy's and other stores out in the open where anyone could see it, including kids and there was no uproar. But somehow there is for this? Why? Simple, because it's a woman. There was an article on Giant Bomb today condemning this. The author, name I can't remember, responded to some people saying "well if the statue was a man there would be no problem" with the author responding with "it's different". And that's the problem. We would totally be okay with it being a man, but once a pair of breasts are involved then there's a problem. Which tells me one thing, it's not the violence, it's the sexuality people have a problem with. At least in America, we're a country totally okay with violence on TV but once we see some skin we're outraged. It's almost as if we're afraid of the human body. Also, anyone else feel like they went ahead with releasing this despite it being a bad idea because of all the free press their game would get. If that's the case, well played and very smart. Sex and violence sells and so does free publicity.
I see nothing offensive with this. I guess it'd be "okay" if it were a male figure?
I fail to see how it's at all logically offensive. I do not believe anything was being sexualised. It's a statue of a mutilated corpse, because it's a zombie game, and the corpse is dressed in a bikini because it takes place on an island. What is the problem?
Would people start feeling better if the statue was instead a man's torso?


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For the better part of the Monday evening's game we were not sure there would be much good news to discuss, and by the end of the game . . . we remained convinced that there is not much good news to discuss. Be that as it may, here's our perspective of the latest Ravens-Steelers slugfest.
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- The best news to come out of Pittsburgh last night was that Andre Frazier was on his feet and walking around when the game ended. Any injury is unfortunate but none has the tragic ramifications of a spinal cord injury. Seeing Mr. Frazier driven off the field strapped to a backboard was frightening (not to mention an ominous harbinger of things to come) and we are thankful to our personal God that his injury was not more serious.
- Special teams ~ specifically the kick and punt coverage units ~ turned in another strong performance. In fact, if Mitch Berger continues to perform as he did Monday night (6 punts, net average 39.1 yards, total punt return yards for Baltimore was 7 yards) the Steelers will have a tough decision to make between him and Daniel Sepulveda. As for Jeff Reed, what can we possibly say that hasn't been said? He is as clutch as a kicker can get, and his kickoffs have improved dramatically (i.e. they are routinely sailing into the end zone). At the same time the coverage unit has improved even more dramatically ~ Monday night the Steelers limited the Ravens to 120 return yards on six kicks. So far in 2008 the kick coverage team is limiting opponents to an average of 19.4 yards per return, as compared to an average of 22.6 yards last season ~ an improvement of nearly 15%.
- The best group of linebackers in the NFL, led by their two Pro Bowl caliber outside linebackers (i.e. James Harrison and LaMarr Woodley), delivered the win Monday evening by making 32 tackles, four sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, and one touchdown. Even Lawrence Timmons playd well ~ possibly his best game as a member of the Steelers.
- We dinged Bruce Arians last week, and now we want to hit the point more emphatically ~ Bruce Arians is coaching himself off the Steelers' staff. Early in the game we were pleased to see two "sidecars" in the backfield on passing plays, one of those being Heath Miller who delivered a solid hit on an oncoming rusher before releasing into the flat as a safety valve receiver. We were also heartened to see (in the first quarter) the use of a fullback, even if it was tight end Sean McHugh. These, and other factors, resulted in the Steelers' offense gaining fifty yards during that first quarter.
So imagine our surprise when they moved completely away from that approach during the disastrous second quarter, a quarter in which their ten offensive plays resulted in -4 total yards. Looking at the offensive numbers another way the 38-yard touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes ~ that single play ~ accounted for 16% of the Steelers' total offensive output.
Some will point to injuries as a way of explaining the difficulties the offense is facing; however it is fairly clear already that this offensive unit is not capable of protecting the quarterback much less running the ball on a consistent basis. It's time for Mr. Arians to look at this group, its skills and weaknesses, objectively and begin creating game plans accordingly.
- Related to Mr. Arians, has anyone seen or heard from quarterback coach Ken Anderson lately? Ben Roethlisberger's propensity for holding on to the ball too long is not improving, and either he or his receivers are missing hot reads in blitz situations.
- We love Dick LeBeau ~ who doesn't? At age 71 he looks better than men half his age, not to mention the great work he's done over the years in Pittsburgh. But Monday evening's performance was, overall, somewhat disappointing especially in terms of the zone coverage scheme that was employed. How does Derrick Mason end up with 71.35% of the receiving yards for the Ravens? At times it seemed that the Steelers' defense was more intent on squeezing in as many pre-snap formation shifts as possible than actually stopping the Ravens' offense ~ as evidenced by the Ravens' fourth quarter, 76-yard touchdown drive to tie the game.
- Broken shoulder? Spinal injury? Achilles tendon rupture? Ankle sprain? It was not that long ago that a friend was riding his bike, and during this ride he was hit by a car ~ and ended up in better shape than some of the Steelers did in Monday's game. Wow
- We try to be constructive in our comments, but we are incapable of intelligently expressing our feelings regarding the Steelers offensive line play. The reduction in the number of sacks from the game against Philadelphia to this game is more a testimony to Ben Roethlisberger's strength than it is to any improvement by the linemen. The offensive line has been pummeled two consecutive weeks, and they now look forward to playing Jacksonville.
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This is a wonderful website, thanks for all your work.
The first anniversary of his death is coming up so I imagine there will be a flurry of articles about that.
When do you propose to close this site?
Will it be left up, but not active?
I haven't finished exploring all that is in here.
Thanks again. Are donations still needed?
Tom said...
Thanks for your kind words, Eve.
I'm sure I'll stop posting soon, perhaps at the end of this month. This site will stay online as an archive but more on this later.
Chris Bell said...
I agree. I visit this site most days looking for updates and when one appears my heart skips a beat!
Please do try and keep this site available, it is VERY much appreciated.
If we can help, do let us know...
What Chris Bell said.
If a live site on the Hitch did not exist, one would have to be invented. And this one already exists and is of high quality!
Thanks much for having managed it up to now, and please continue if you can.
I discovered Mr Hitchens via a youtubed Stephen Fry. I devoured the debates and books in equal measure, all the while lamenting the loss only a few months earlier of such an inspirational mammal.
I've enjoyed my time here and offer my graitude and appreciation.
Darren, Cornwall UK
Glen said...
I miss Christopher Hitchens and I never knew him, I wish I did though. I would like to see another person as credible as him fight the Secular cause, I wonder who it will be
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This man fulfilled his life's purpose as stated by him. To be free and to show other people freedom. (i can't recall the exact quote but it was response to the question of the meaning of life). Questions Christopher tackled, from the public eye, quite frequently. We obviously can not and should not have an eye intimately fixated. Meaning i do not claim to know him personally. I only claim to have listened to a great speaker and an even greater proponent of free thinking. My life is better having listened and forced to think by who, I would call, a great man.


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