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Discussion in 'Off The Beaten Track' started by pixie cut, Sep 21, 2012.
Is anyone else excited for season two?
I loved season one and I'm ready for more.
I am! When does it start?
Last weekend I watched season 1, episode 2 on free on-demand. I had watched season 1, episode 1 last year when it was available free on demand. Finally seeing episode 2 led me to order the first season DVD. I love Damian Lewis! I suppose I'll have to wait a while to see season 2, given that I do not have Showtime.
It debuts on Sept. 30.
Do get season one on DVD. It's well worth watching.
Damian Lewis is superb.
Great show - really looking forward to Season 2.
It is schedule for delivery on Monday.
Glad I started this thread. Now we have a chance to discuss as season two unfolds.
One of the very best shows on TV. Claire Danes and Damien Lewis are awesome.
It (or Breaking Bad) would get my vote for Best Drama series at the Emmys.
Season 1 was one of the best seasons of tv ever. I can't wait for season 2.
Glad to have a discussion set for the season. Great show, wonderful acting!
It is my fave drama on TV. Glad it showed up to replace Lost and The Tudors for me.
Watching season one I just fnsihed episode five. Changed my cable service today from HBO to Showtime. Best darn show on TV, love it.
Damien Lewis and Clare Danes are superb.
I liked Homeland, even though it's got a darker shadow over it than my usual cup of tea.
I'm so upset for how seson one ended: is Claire Danes' character going to remember about the killed kid? No, of course, she probably won't.
Who has the memory card that Brody recorded before going on suicide mission? The father of the kid, I'm assuming. When will he pull it out? Cause he will, eventually.
Will the Claire character still be in love with Brody? So much for a troubled relationship.
Overall, I wished they'd wrapped it up in one season, while I'm really bummed NBC didn't renew The Firm - without even a proper closure.
And don't forget Mandy Patinkin... HOLLA!
Seriously, I'm ready to jump back in - let's Season 2 begin!
I'm definitely excited for the season premiere tonight. Love this show!
What did everyone think?
I thought it was a solid start. They obviously had to come down from the climax of season one. You slowly see Carrie getting her fire back. Claire Danes is so .
I'm ready for next week.
Great start. I am so glad I rewatched the last episode this weekend. Setting up the season so far for ep 1. Love Brody and Dana!
Loved the look of joy on Carrie's face when she escaped the guy in the market. She is back!
I enjoyed the Brody and Dana scenes too.
My heart was breaking for Carrie's sister. This is the worst thing that could happen for Carrie's mental health.
Think I could find previous seasons on Netflix? I'm in Seattle by the way not that it makes any difference.
Season one is on DVD, so it should also be on Netflix.
I finished Season 1. Brody is something else, evil incarnate. Poor Carrie the last few episodes she got so beaten down not only by her disease but by Brody. I dislike his character here just as much as I did in the Forsyth Woman. lol.
Loving Saul hope he stays around.
Brody's daughter better be careful snooping around, we know how easily Brody kills.
I will watch the Season 2 episode 1 on demand tonight. Not sure where season 2 will take us because the story line for Brody being a suicide bomber can't go on forever.
I don't think Brodie is evil. He was in a terrible place and was treated kindly by someone. He reacted to that kindness. Right now, I think he's confused. Sort of a Stockholm situation, but not an obvious one. He wants to do the right thing. He just doesn't know what "right" is. I think the show did a good job trying to portray him as conflicted as Carrie is with her mental problems. Now, if he kills his wife or his kids, that would be evil. Otherwise, I see him as a tortured soul. I don't think he killed the other captive easily.
I don't see Brody as evil at all. He's a tortured soul. He was physically tortured, mentally abused and then utterly manipulated. His personal pain is overwhelming and Damian Lewis plays it to perfection.
Carrie was dead-on in her instincts about him being a potential terrorist, but she did exceed all boundaries by sleeping with him. I think she's drawn to his inner torment because she's also tormented.
If Brody was just evil people wouldn't be so engrossed by the show. It's the complexity of the situations that makes it so compelling.
As for Saul, don't be so sure he's the good guy. There have been many indications that there's a traitor inside the CIA. Clues have been dropped several times that it could be Saul -- such as when he failed his first polygraph and attributed it to being emotionally charged due to a crisis. I don't know whether the writers will ultimately go down that path, but it's definitely been presented as a possibility.
None of the central characters are all good or all evil.
I agree with pixiecut and r fisher - Brody is a product of what happened to him, is tortured. I don't think he can be all evil, as then his character would not last long.
One thought I had - maybe over time he will turn and then work with the CIA to reveal all of the network he meets? Just a thought after that reporter came to see him.
Interesting thought about Saul!
It would be easy to justify Brody's actions as someone who is a victim that's being manipulated. But I don't see Brody as completely brainwashed and helpless against his conditioning. He's aware of what he's doing. But nor do I see him as a sociopath that can charm his way through life while carrying out some anti-U.S. agenda.
He's clearly not completely brainwashed or he wouldn't have stopped short of blowing up the holding room with the VP and other government officials. Carrie was right on when she told the daughter to call him and talk him down.
If he was totally set in his focus he wouldn't be so conflicted. He's aware of what he's doing, but the more time he spends with his family he clearly feels a push back toward his old beliefs.
The whole point is to show that no one is all good or all bad. Let's not forget what a big liar the vice president is depicted as.
And, Carrie's boss dismissed Brodie's comments about the drones and there being thousands of them which struck at the heart of the dead child. Every double agent is essentially a traitor to their country or people. They betray them for money or ideology. Brodie's ideology is conflicted. I agree that the show is so compelling because the audience doesn't know what he'll do. Will he kill his fellow country men? Will he take his finger off the trigger at the last minute? You just don't know. The acting is so good on Homeland. I just hope the writers continue to give them excellent material.
I don't have any sympathy for Brody's actions. There were to many instances where he lies and manipulates. He does not want his wife to know he is a practicing Muslim, he asks his daughter to keep it a secret, he knows Carrie is on to him so he reports her not to Saul but to her boss. He uses people too, like when he asked Steve to talk to his wife about entering politics. When the bomb did not work he went into the bathroom and tried to get it working. The conversation he had with his daughter while he was in the safe room was telling to me also. Did he go home and realize what he almost done and have second thoughts about carrying out this plan, no he contacted Azir (sp) to hatch up a new plan for destruction. Maybe Azir is the evil one in this story but imo Brody is not far behind. His actions do not solicit sympathy from me even though he may be brainwashed.
But hey that is just my opinion. The writing is so excellent, the acting riveting and the storyline to me is very realistic, it is almost easy to forget that I am watching fiction.
Another good episode with a definite kaboom of an ending.


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If the Emirates is the Citadel of the Gooner faithful, pubs across America are the fortresses on the frontier. And at 6AM in the heart of San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood, Gooners began gathering for an 8AM kick-off.
Although far from London, the Arsenal American brigade is ever present.
Maggie McGarry's Irish Pub is the official meeting place of Arsenal America's San Francisco Branch -- AKA the Bay Area Gooners. One glance says it all: Arsenal kits pack the bar; the Bay Area Gooners flag rises above the crowd, hung proudly before every game; and pictures of the Bay Area Gooners plaster the back wall.
This is our home, this is our time. Although it might be early on this Sunday morning, the tap is open, Arsenal chants rise and fall and all things Arsenal are being discussed.
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Thanks to the Internet, visiting fans find us on the Arsenal America website. Our fellow Gooners peer into the pub with wide eyes and smiles on their faces, and transform from tourists to long-lost cousins with a single sip from a pint glass.
This time we inducted a couple from London and another from Mongolia -- yes, MONGOLIA! Both, of course, in their Arsenal shirts.
But if making new friends was easy, the game was a bit more challenging. After a first half stalemate, a 10-man Liverpool squad left the pub buzzing with possibility. Victory seemed to be assured. But nothing joins a nation together as much as shared pain -- and joy.
Sunday's game was no different. The early goal to start the second half tested our fears, although not our belief. The red card to Koscielny brought howls of pain. And with time ticking down, we willed the team forward, chanting in a bar over 5,000 miles away from the ruckus in Anfield.
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There is a pile of granite chunks in the back pasture. I found a huge orange racer there a few weeks ago. I see it every once in a while. I love finding the little baby garters, they are so cute & skin so soft! I've seen blue, red & yellow racers also. Haven't seen any other type of snake right around here though. We don't have poisonous ones on this side of the mtns. We have a big pile of rocks from putting in the new house & the garters hibernate in it. I made it hard for the neighbor kids to get in there anymore so they can't torture em. :-D
Joelin, not all water snakes are "moccasins"> Most are harmelss but agressive snakes. They have an anticogulant contained w/in their saliva and a bite bleeds alot, but barelt breaks skin . The common water snake is a viscious, non-venmous snake that is often found where you describe it. They love eating fish and frogs, mice too. Hers a link w/ pictures of the brown water snake and common southern water snakehttp://www.southalley.com/album_nerodia.html
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Talking with GossipCenter at the event, Cooper dished about his recent experience filming in the City of Brotherly Love. Of this, the big screen heartthrob said, "Robert [DeNiro] had my uncle read the script out loud so he could get the accent," adding, "Jackie Weaver hung out with my mother a lot. 'Limitless' was shot in Philly for New York, this was a great chance to shoot in Philly for Philly and that meant all the colloquialisms that come along with it and the behavior and the people, and the neighborhoods. I felt very close to home."
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I got these in the blue. I love these shoes. I've bought at least 10 pair of Fluevogs and these are some of the best. Easy to break in. And I found they ran true to size for me.Very sexy and fun at the same time. And I love the color. Beats the heck out of black or brown.
My third pair of Fluevogs. I was looking for a more 'everyday' pair of shoes, and I wanted something nicer than Blundstone. I'm usually a size 10 - 10.5, but for some reason 11 was the proper fit for me in this style. I was hoping to find a black pair, but no more were in stock. I'd settled on the blue, with the intention of dying them, but after wearing them out the colour grew on me, and I've received a lot of compliments on them since.
As always, these were very comfortable right out of the box.
As always, these were very comfortable right out of the box.
an instant classic
these are ridiculously comfortable & required no break in period at all. the leather is very soft & molds to the foot but also retains it's shape. the colour is beautiful & surprisingly goes with many things & can act as a fun neutral. these boots are also versatile enough to be dressed up or down. i did find that they do run a little big however, i usually wear a size 11 but went down to a 10.


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Almost broke my decrepit desk. Thank god it didn't. Just got a second, brand new monitor ;-;
Almost broke my decrepit desk. Thank god it didn't. Just got a second, brand new monitor ;-;
Apparently, Prince William County, Virginia sustained the most damage.
Nothing happened to my house though.
Actually, that's not true. Papers fell down, cracks appeared in my driveway, and my cat pissed on the carpet.
Can't you just let us smoke our crack in peace.
National Cathedral damaged.
someone please tell me that tomorrow everything will be back to nomral
North Anna Nuclear Plant in Virginia shut down. Both reactors have tripped.
Second hand source, by icon trusted.
New Jersey is literally only a state for like... voting reasons now.
It's actually more like 2 areas, and those two areas are just slightly crappier extensions of Penn and NY.
My desk and monitors were shaking. I'm spooked.
:foxnews: BREAKING NEWS: Democrats shake Capital Hill to get donations. More at 11.
south jersey is actually really beautiful and a nice place to live
Haha, reading all these first times in an earthquake is p. funny. I live by the San Andreas fault line so we get a good amount of earthquakes.
I'm only like 70 miles east of the epicenter, shook my whole fuckin house. Weird, never felt an earthquake and I've been living here for 15 years.
It knocked shit off my shelves and opened the cabinets in my house.
I thought someone was shaking the car I was in, but no, it was an earthquake.
Ann Coutler gives the full story later this evening
I was in the restroom when this happened. What a great memory for my first earthquake.
Elkridge, Maryland represent
Yeah that was one pussy earthquake though
Felt it here in Richmond, Virginia. Fucking house shook so bad I couldn't walk without falling over for those 30 seconds (well I actually ran... but still).
EArthquakes scared my mirror and broke my mother
Michael J Fox, what have you done
After the earthquake now I have to go pick up all the fallen shit in my yard so the hurricane doesn't throw it into my house. Never thought I'd have to pick up from one natural disaster to prepare for another.
Except I'm not a dirty leaver and kept on playing because fuck you nature
Good thing I live in Brooklyn and not Manhattan so nothing can fall on me
Obviously, I felt it here in Virginia...
Anyway, today and yesterday have been filled with nothing but first time stuff :D
Yesterday - First time driving
Today - First Earth Quake, and First Panoramic display.
Anyway, today and yesterday have been filled with nothing but first time stuff :D
Yesterday - First time driving
Today - First Earth Quake, and First Panoramic display.
The only positive thing I can say about the earthquake is that I've never laughed so much about my cat's reaction to something before.
Felt it in N. Virginia pretty well. My whole house started shaking, but since we're by Quantico Marine Corps base and they do a lot of explosive stuff, I figured it was that, but when my desk really started rattling I knew something was up so I just got my ass outside.
Now I have more sympathy for people who go through this on a yearly basis.


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Clymer & Carol Flint - early members of PCC!
just Clymer :)
Clymer & Carol Flint after their skills review (they are still GOOD!)
George wanted some ice perspectives
lunchtime and waiting for the 1300 draw
sort of "curling" for amateurs?
George also wanted some sweeping shots
George - more sweeping...
hey, skip! SWEEEPPP! :)
just don't ask him to pull your finger! :)
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what a doll! :) and she WAS going to curl like that!
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If statistics are to be believed, software technology changes everyday for the better. There is always a quest to learn new technologies, languages, and methodologies among testers. In such a dynamic environment, often the importance of soft skills is overlooked. This article explores the impact and importance of soft skills in software testing.
Importance of Soft Skills
Broadly speaking, we can view software testers as having two kinds of skills: one set used to perform basic duties at work, and another set of skills used to approach work. The former can be categorized as technical skills and the latter as soft skills. To elaborate more on soft skills, these are the ones that define one's approach towards work, life, problems, etc. Soft skills are people skills. The best part about mastering them is that the application of these skills is not limited to one's profession, but their scope reaches all aspects of life. Technical skills may teach one how to meet the expectations of the job, but soft skills teach one to succeed, and to exceed expectations. It is surprising that we spend our time educating almost exclusively in technical skills.
Having said so much in favor of soft skills, my intention is never to undermine the importance of technical skills. It's nearly impossible for a tester to survive in the profession without sound technical skills. What I intend to challenge here is a popular myth: Technical skills, and only technical skills make a tester a complete professional . I firmly believe that both technical and soft skills compliment each other and the balance between these two is what makes a tester a complete professional. Now, let's have a look at the various soft skills that make up a successful software tester.
Discipline and Perseverance
One obvious aspect of testing is that it can be extremely repetitive and may require a lot of manual effort. Consider the following situations:
- A tester is struck with a bug that is not reproducible at all the instances. In order to reproduce the bug he goes through the whole series of steps again and again.
- As part of a daily routine, a tester has been asked to collect data about test cases executed, bugs logged, etc.
- After discovering a defect, a tester is supposed to write steps to recreate the defect.
There can be numerous examples that prove the reiterative nature of the job. A very predictable reaction to this repetition is to simply get tired of the job. But soft skills include the psychological tools to persevere, and to find ways to make effort more productive and interesting. This attitude difference helps a tester maintain focus and higher levels of quality work. It brings the ability to carry out task at hand in spite of difficulty.
Reading Skills
It may seem odd to classify reading as a skill. But its importance becomes more obvious when we have to deal with large chunks of information every day. As testers, we routinely encounter large quantities of data to read and comprehend. At the requirements review stage, when testers have to review hundreds of pages of requirements, the application of reading as a skill makes a big difference.
Consider this fact about reading: An average person reads at the speed of about 200-250 words per minute. With the structured and scientific approach to reading, the reading speed can be more than 500 words per minute, and with improved retention and concentration. Correlating this with software testing, a requirements specification that would otherwise take a tester eight hours to read and comprehend, would take around four hours with improved reading.
Negative Thinking
Negative thinking can be the useful ally of a tester if it is applied at the right time. For a new product, a tester is working to create a QA plan or a master test plan. While mentioning the risks involved in the project, a tester has to
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Hi Anuj,
Nice article about "Importance of soft skills for Tester".
I want to put one point about Negative thinking of Test Engineer.
Many times a negative scenario causes more damage than any positive one. With my experience many times negative scenarios will take less preference. But a good Tester knows the importance and damage caused a negative scenario.
The only way, good tester can convey "a negative scenario is very much part and parcel of test strategy" is by soft skills.


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Adorable prints! So adorable, I want a top, too. The small-size cover fits my 12.5 lb daughter perfectly. My only complaint is that there are no laundry tabs for the hook-loop fasteners.
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That all looks to be production and casting codes; you need to find the sheetmetal tag that should be attached to the gearbox
CUCA is a casting number; 3351 is a VERY early number, which is surprising. Try and see if the metal tag is attached. Sorry to be a pest.
Here is a TUET10150 tag which is an early Camaro TR6060.
Hi, and thanks for the quick response.
Here the numbers I found on this gearbox
is that the TR-6060 or am mistaken!?!, it was taken out of car with SRT8 engine, but nit sure what is the car cuz they don't have it.
and for sure getting fresh build gearbox will be the best idea, but as I told you, I live very far from USA the shipping would cost me the gearbox price, while I got this gearbox with redeculas low price.
The T56 Magnum is an 'over the counter' version of the TR6060. For all intents and purposes it IS a 6060. All modern Tremec transmissions have a build number stamped on a tag. For a TR6060/T56 Magnum it will look something like this "TUET1648" This will tell us what its internals are in terms of double/triple cone synchronisers, and the gear ratios. I suggest before you buy it, you verify the tag number. I would avoid the earlier T56 due to parts availability for you. The company I work for sells Tremec parts and back orders for us are in the 45-90 day territory or longer on T56 parts (TR6060 and T56 Mag are a bit easier to get but more expensive). If you get this gearbox, and it breaks something, expect there to be delays on parts for 30-60 days and be pleasantly surprised if one of us has it in stock.
You may be better off buying a newly built unit from someone like D&D Performance, Tick Performance, RPM Transmissions or The Gear Box. At least what you're getting will be newly built with Tremec parts and it will be exactly what you need, instead of some mystery box.
Tremec tr-6060 on BMW
this is my second post here regarding my setup, and hope that you help me here again
Small intro about my BMW engine for people who are not familer with BMW engines:
Engine : m50b25 (2.5L) stroked with forged internals to reach 3.0L, this engine have straight six cylinders with 84mm piston bore and 24 valves head, I boosted my engine with kind of big turbo, the power goal is to reach around 800hp.
I solved the clutch flywheel issue by getting ready made one.
Now, I want to place stronger transmission, BMW have good manual transmissions, but not rated for a high HP and torque numbers, I searched around and found Tremec tr-6060 with a very good price, I searched around for that gearbox, and found very contradicted information and looking for your help here guys.
I read that tr-6060 have the same internals of T56 Magnum, is that right?
The most important thing I read that it's rated for around 800ft/lbs of torque , and someone said it's ok to exceed that number as long as you don't power shift it!! for me I have after market ECU that enables me to perform WOT shifting, it will cut/retard the spark and enrich the fuel mixture, this way will be very easy on the gearbox and driveline while you are power shifting, so will the TR-6060 survive if I did this and had higher torque number? plus am welling to run Hoosier 8x26", so a burnout and hard start using launch control will be made.
For the fitting, yes, I will be able to fit it, but lots of fabrication will be needed, I have to replace the bell housing and make more room for the tr-6060 to fit.
So do you recommend it or what? know that I will not be able to get T56 or even T56 Magnum, cuz am living far from US, and the shipping for such things will be crazy insane.
Thanks in advance guys.
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"Shell" Shocked
Right now, a "Triple Threat" is about to tear the
financial heart out of America
But there's a way to turn catastrophe into profits...
for investors who see it coming
INSIDE:The Casey Research Energy Team introduces a bold new "Energy Dividend" so you can harness the coming energy crisis and multiply your money in only 18 months
Dear Investor,
If we could give you just one piece of advice, it's this...
Don't allow yourself to be lulled into a false sense of security.
Sure, prices at the pump have dipped a bit.
Back in January, we predicted oil prices would take a breather. We saw a mostly sideways trend for 2011... before an inevitable climb upward.
Make no mistake, $5 gasoline is coming – whether it's by year's end, as some experts predict, or next year. The time to prepare is now.
In fact, we could be paying $350 per barrel by 2013 – pushing gas to a whopping $10 a gallon.
Just imagine coughing up $225 to fill up your Ford Explorer.
Scary, I know. And to make matters worse...
In a shocking admission, the well-respected International Energy Agency (IEA) projected that conventional crude oil production will "never regain its all-time peak of 70 million barrels per day (mb/d) reached in 2006."
In other words, according to the IEA, the world actually crossed over the point of "peak oil production" five years ago!
So the world's supply of conventional oil was on a downward slope – even before the ground-shaking events in the Middle East and Japan.
There's just no going back to the days of cheap oil...
You've got China, India and Brazil ... using more and more energy as their economies advance: [says] President Obama."
–Business Week
In fact, a menacing "Triple Threat" has quietly gained momentum. And it's kicking in – with devastating effects for the average American.
- THREAT #1China, India, and other emerging nations are sucking up every drop of oil they can find to power their rapidly expanding industries (and their burgeoning middle classes who are hungry for a comfortable lifestyle like ours in the West.). China's energy needs are already growing seven times faster than America's –
and a further 150% rise is expected by 2020.
- THREAT #2The U.S. dollar (once the king of currencies) is losing value almost by the day. This chart says it all...
And if that's not enough, out-of-control government spending is adding further pressure to the dollar and our middle-class lifestyle.
The government already reached its debt ceiling limit of $14.3 trillion in mid-May. Now Congress has approved a further $2.4 trillion increase – enough to enable the government to continue borrowing through to 2013.
Plus, Standard & Poor's has officially downgraded the U.S. credit rating. This downgrade is the first ever by a major rating agency and highlights the weakened fiscal situation of America's economy – the world's largest.
China, the world's second-largest economy and biggest holder of U.S. debt has called for "international supervision over the issue of U.S. dollars" and for the U.S. to "live within its means," adding "the days when the debt-ridden Uncle Sam could leisurely squander unlimited overseas borrowing appear to be numbered."
- THREAT #3Powerful forces are swirling in world markets – not least among them, fear.
While no one could have foreseen the nuclear crisis in Japan and unrest in the Middle East, both could send the price of crude oil soaring for months – and years – to come.
Sure, earlier hot spots in the Mideast have settled. But worry remains that contagion will spill over to major producers like Saudi Arabia (pumping 12% of the world's oil) or Iran. The looming threat became crystal clear when, on March 2, Brent crude surged to US$116.35, its highest mark since August 2008.
And Japan? The scope of the tragedy at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima is still unfolding. But one thing is clear: It has reawakened the public's distrust of nuclear power. And whatever your personal views, less nuclear power increases our reliance on oil... sending prices even higher.
Not only the hard numbers rebuilding Japan, but a reduction in nuclear power plants around the globe will eventually lead to millions more barrels of oil consumed on a daily basis."
– New York Times
Closer to home, the Obama administration just issued the first deep-water drilling permit in the Gulf of Mexico since the BP oil spill. Unfortunately, no one has implemented a redesign of the blowout preventer that failed.
So, now that oil sits well above the $100-a-barrel mark – a level we expect to hold firm before its inevitable climb upward – you'd better prepare to feel the pinch in unexpected places.
After all, it's not just our cars that suck up precious petroleum.
For example...
The ever-increasing cost of shipping food across the USA will inevitably drive up your grocery bill.
... Expect to pay more for your all-American bowl of Cheerios.
And that trip you've been planning?
Book it ASAP since airlines are adding surcharges fast and furiously (they've raised fares four times since the start of 2011, according to the New York Times).
Even your bottle of Coca-Cola isn't immune to "oil price shock." Check this out...
Terephthalic acid, a main ingredient in the production of plastic bottles, has jumped 60% in four months alone due to the oil price surge!
Let's face it. America is addicted to cheap oil.
Every penny upward impacts your standard of living. What it costs to put clothes on your back, furnish your house – even produce scents that make you smell nice.
But our goal isn't to depress you. Quite the opposite.
Today we're introducing you to a limited-time opportunity to siphon your share of profits from oil's massive surge.
As you'll see, the next 12-18 months will separate the winners from the losers.
Here's where it gets really interesting. You see, we're equal opportunity investors.
We'll put you on the coattails of companies poised to reach new highs when oil surges to $150 per barrel and beyond, while at the same time setting you up for a massive "energy dividend" as cleaner and cheaper power sources gain critical mass.
So how does this "energy dividend" work? Simple – by getting positioned in the right energy companies, you could reap major stock price gains as geothermal, solar, and wind energy continue their ascent.
Recently, The Street predicted clean energy is set to form a major portion of global energy supply in the future. And the United Nations Panel on Climate Change reports that renewable energies could meet 80% of the world's energy needs by 2050.
Plus, don't be surprised if natural gas helps fill the energy void... before nuclear makes an eventual comeback (which we feel is just a matter of time).
The bottom line is you're covered either way. Big Oil + New Energy. You don't have to put all your money in one pot...
While the rest of America pays through the nose, you could turn the "Triple Threat" on its head and enjoy massive rewards as a power titan shareholder.
Perhaps one of these:
- Have you heard about "oil sands?" These heavy oil and bitumen deposits are increasing in value by the day thanks to the surge in oil price.
Get this. One of the world's largest deposits, in Alberta, is the size of Wisconsin and may hold two trillion barrels of oil – eight times the reserves of Saudi Arabia. (One of the our current picks is a company proving up an extraction method that's both more efficient and easier on the environment... a future winner if we've ever seen one.)
- We're bullish on a Bermuda-based offshore driller with 36 drilling units (including 8 under construction that will start contributing to profits soon). Its stock is already up 32% this past calendar year... and investors are spoiled with the fourth highest dividend yield in this segment.
- If you're looking for a blue-chip stock in the geothermal industry, we've found it. This gem designs, builds, and sells geothermal equipment to other producers. Working both sides has earned it a place at the top of the industry. We predict a major rise in its stock price.
Those who ACT NOW stand to reap substantial rewards.
And those who sit on the sidelines? Who wait for CNBC or the Wall Street Journal to tell them where to invest their hard-earned money?
We're sorry, but they'll have missed the boat... again!
Why investing in energy NOW is like
getting into gold 10 years ago...
Are you among the lucky investors who bought into gold ten years ago?
From a low of $255.95 in April 2001, the precious metal surged to $1,540 today.
A tidy 501% return for savvy investors who used gold to anchor their portfolio as the market lurched from one crisis to another...
Now, let us make this clear. We at Casey Research are still very bullish on gold. We believe it has a long way to climb. (After all, a weaker dollar nearly always goes hand in hand with higher oil, food, and gold prices.)
But here's our point. You need not worry if you missed jumping into gold back in 2001.
Today, you get a second chance to realize mouthwatering returns.
Just like buying gold and leading large-cap gold stocks back in 2001, a new door has swung open.
In today's uncertain world, we're convinced of one thing:
You'll soon look back and realize that today – right NOW – was the perfect time to get positioned in oil and "New Energy" stocks with explosive potential.
Because the long-term trend is undeniable... and perhaps unavoidable.
The "easy" oil that's been keeping prices low for decades is disappearing fast.
What's replacing it is a lot harder to find, harder to pump out, and harder to refine into the products that power our everyday lives.
Japan's nuclear crisis and turmoil in the Middle East are only accelerating the inevitable.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS! Oil shocks will come and go. But America's challenge to find a successor to Big Oil is, by far, the biggest investment story of the next ten years.
Those who get invested NOW stand the best chance of latching their portfolios to the next big "money machine"...
"Consider me a permanent member...""Keep up the great work and consider me to be a permanent member. In fifteen years around the investing communities, this is unique from a newsletter service. There is no way in my right mind that I would go elsewhere."
- Gilles L.
The new "Energy Bull Market" –
getting positioned early means
getting started NOW
We truly believe energy is your gateway to immense profit potential – perhaps today's best sector for runaway returns.
Who knows? We could even see blockbusters that rival how gold company stocks performed between 2001 and 2010.
For example, Royal Gold jumped 1,770% in that period... while Randgold rewarded investors with an incredible 2,185% rise.
Of course, we can't promise those kinds of returns. But here's our point: Back then, very few people expected those companies to reach those heights, either.
And today, it's not just the big institutional players who could walk away happy. A select few stand to cash in. Yourself included – provided you get in early. That means today.
Please don't be distracted by short-term dips and spikes like we've seen with crude oil the past few weeks...
All commodity markets can be volatile. (In fact, using dips to profit is a tactic we like to employ – often with terrific results.)
Here's what to focus on. Already this year, the energy sector of the S&P 500 is up 14%.
But this only hints at a tremendous rise still to come – for our cherry-picked power titans.
As of this writing, we have five Active Buys in our power portfolio. And we are staying plugged in to developments across a range of industries from oil... to solar... to geothermal... to natural gas.
Now here's the thing. The sector is SO big and SO diverse, it's a risk for any one editor to attempt to stay on top of every money-making opportunity.
That's why we built an entire team dedicated to that single mission – day in and day out.
You'll meet us, the Casey Research Energy Team, in just a minute...
Casey Energy Opportunities (or CEO for short) is our only service whose single and exclusive charge is to ferret out today's most exciting mid- to large-cap energy plays.
Companies firmly established in their niche, yet displaying telltale signs of massive profits (and low risk) dead ahead.
We stay clear of small, highly speculative, high-risk exploration companies and giant behemoths with little room for growth.
The middle ground is our "sweet spot" – and could be yours, too.
No, not just oil.
Our team spots pent-up opportunities that are ready to EXPLODE... wherever they may be!
Thanks to the "Triple Threat" hanging over America, a new profit opportunity is emerging in every corner of the energy sector – nearly every day of the week.
Right now, we're waiting to pounce on a slew of new power plays:
- Natural Gas – What's not to like? Natural gas-fired power is clean with no messy spent fuel that needs to be stored for 5,000 years like those at Japan's aged Fukushima nuclear power plant. And with nuclear power facing serious headwinds, devoting a portion of your IRA to natural gas could soon be a wise move.
There's also new infrastructure in the works that may turn natural gas from a regional to a global market. => We're stalking a gas titan perfectly positioned to capitalize. You'll get the nod as soon as its price drops below $20/share.
- Geothermal – It is the only renewable energy that provides the always-on kind of power that utilities need (after all, the sun doesn't always shine nor the wind blow). Yet it's still eligible for the same tax credits as the more popular renewables. And guess what? Geothermal energy is economically viable even without the subsidies. => We're bullish on a Canadian player with a rock-solid balance sheet (and they just made a big, BIG acquisition.)
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Police to charge two children with setting fire in Strafford
What started as a report of a suspicious person quickly evolved into a fire call at 38 Leavitt Lane.An officer arrived at the scene and found one child behind the home.
"The officer entered the home and found the second suspect and took both suspects into custody and placed them in his cruiser," according to police.The officer returned inside in an attempt to extinguish the fire, but it was too late.
Firefighters responded and sounded a second alarm to bring more personnel and water to help fight the fire, according to Fire Chief Scott Whitehouse.Whitehouse said Monday that firefighters were able to get the fire under control within 20 minutes.
Members of Barrington Police and firefighters from Barrington, Barnstead, Candia, Chichester, Epsom, Farmington, Northwood, Nottingham and Rochester responded to the scene.After firefighters arrived, the two children were taken to the police department until their parents arrived.
"Charges will be forthcoming," according to police.
Police, firefighters and members of the New Hampshire Fire Marshal's Office continue to investigate the matter.The owners, who winter in Florida, were not in the area when the fire occurred.
Police said the home was a total loss even though firefighters were able to limit the damage in certain areas of the home. The kitchen, living room and seasonal deck were "gutted," according to Whitehouse.


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Determine what you would like reflected in the Plexiglas. The items posed closest to the surface of the plexi will have the sharpest reflection, and the items further away will have a softer more muted reflection. Darker fabrics will have a deeper reflection.
To capture the best shot of the reflection, you will need to have a large depth of field. This will allow the entire photograph to stay in focus. Use an aperture of at least 9.0. Shoot down on your subject to capture the reflection with lighting from above and/or behind the camera. Crop in close on your image. The beauty of this technique is in the details. If your image is not cropped close enough the reflection will appear as a blur.
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the act of faking your own death because you want to avoid serious personal, financial, or legal problems, and start a new life[countable]
a. someone who fakes their own death because they want to avoid serious personal, financial, or legal problems, and start a new life
'The attraction of pseudocide … The individual who vanishes only to reappear in a different guise is part of a rich tradition.'The Times 7th December 2007
'Pseudocides try to escape their existence; the rest of us buckle down and deal with things … But to try to escape entirely what makes you yourself is surely doomed by definition. It's like Baron Münchausen, lifting himself out of a swamp by his own hair. (He succeeded, but only in fiction.) Or like the pseudocidal efforts of Canoe Man. And look how that worked out …'The Guardian 8th August 2009
fake drowning is thought to be the most common method of pseudocide because it makes the absence of a body seem more plausible
When life throws one too many things at you and the going is really tough, how attractive might it seem to re-invent yourself – to walk away from all your problems and begin a completely different existence? Though most of us wouldn't consider this in our wildest dreams, bravely soldiering on through even the most turbulent of times, there are a small minority of people who do just that – scrunch up the page of life, throw it in the bin and grab a clean sheet of paper. This is the essence of pseudocide.
Pseudocide is the (illegal) act of faking your own death, usually because you want to avoid a difficult situation by inventing a completely new identity for yourself. Fake drowning is thought to be the most common method of pseudocide because it makes the absence of a body seem more plausible. Today however, pseudocide is more difficult than it's ever been, with the paperwork required for bank accounts, loans, or official documents such as passports and driving licences, leaving behind a trail of evidence which is difficult to completely erase.
Among the most notable cases of pseudocide in recent history was the British Labour politician John Stonehouse, who in 1974, leaving his wife, daughter and a mountain of debt, deposited his clothes on a Miami beach and fled to Australia to begin a new life with his mistress, calling himself "John Markham". He was later tracked down and in 1976 jailed for seven years on fraud charges.
In British popular culture, one of the most widely-known fictional examples of pseudocide is that of the TV sit-com character Reginald Perrin, played by the late Leonard Rossiter. Reggie is a bored sales executive who lives a stale, suburban life and decides to jack it all in for a more exciting identity. His pseudocide is highlighted in the programme's title sequence where he is seen stripping off his clothes and running into the sea. For many years after the series was broadcast, the act of faking your own death was informally described in British English as doing a Reggie or doing a Reggie Perrin, though this usage has now pretty much disappeared.
The term pseudocide in fact dates back to the early seventies. Though acknowledged in American English for some time, it only came into the radar of British English in late 2007 when amateur canoeist John Darwin, presumed dead after the remains of his canoe washed up on a North Sea shore in 2002, walked into a police station claiming that he had been suffering from amnesia. He was subsequently discovered to have been living in Panama on the spoils of a life insurance payout. Media coverage of the story meant that pseudocide gained currency in British usage, and in 2009 it was beginning to appear in British dictionaries.
Pseudocide is formed from a combination of adjective/prefix pseudo meaning 'not genuine' and suffix -cide, which denotes an act of killing (compare suicide, homicide etc. -cide is derived from Latin -cidium, in turn relating to the verb caedere, meaning 'kill').
Following the pattern of suicide, there is also evidence for a corresponding adjective pseudocidal, and similar collocates such as verb commit and participle adjective attempted.
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Discussion in 'Off The Beaten Track' started by Dr.Siouxs, Mar 16, 2013.
Just curious.
wiseguy eh
Gender = Female
Species = human
I always find it interesting when someone posts about asking if posters are guy/girl, because I always come across posters who I always thought were girls and turn out to be guys (or vice versa!).
Damn...me, too!
Michelle Kwan
I knew I should have made that an option.
A few shockers...I always thought MikiAndofan#1 was male. Ditto Cloudy Gumdrops. :
Buzz is female? I'm surprised ...
Is this a trick question? Men don't like figure skating!
I am woman, hear me ROARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
(slight shout out to a new V/M topic)
After a serious scolding, Peter is officially male. Now stop making that face...you're scaring me!!
Male, if anyone had any doubts on this matter
Can I vote twice?
I don't know if Scott was thinking about Helen Reddy I am woman (hear me roar) too.
I doubt Scott even knows the song. I think his ROAR had more to do with upping the level of the dance -- just another one of those V/M touches. Or maybe it was his time to finally let out some noise after some of the silliness of people trying to run him over in practice. I don't know. Whatever the reason, I loved it.
OK, back to gender stoofs!
Do I have to roar?
No. I was just kind of funning between an old Helen Reddy Song (I am Woman where one of the lines has "hear me roar") and something that Scott Moir did at World's this weekend.
Sorry for the sidetrack.
The uber threads have the backstories...good stuff. (Sorry again) Back to he/she!
Typically, four or five times a week.
Wait, what was the question again?
I forget.
I think so. But I'm not really sure.
I haven't looked lately.
Despite the fact that some posters have sent me PMs addressed to "Mike" believing I am "Mike, MBA" I am a woman. "Mikemba" is a shortened version of an old nickname.


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Okay, so I know this isn't at all Star Wars related, but I thought it a pretty good story to share.
So the SecDef (Secretary of Defense) is coming to Fort Lewis, and since I didn't take leave, I'm one of the lucky guys who gets to be part of a demonstration/display for him. My actual "position" is a Vehicle Commander on one of the new Stryker tactical vehicles, so basically I am signed for/in charge of/100% responsible for a $4mil vehicle.
...now for the humorous part.
My unit went through a huge effort to get us ALL brand new gear right from CIF (Central Issue/Issuance Facility), pouches, ect. all in the exact same spot. Then, for the rehearsal (today) they change it so that vehicle crews are just wearing nomex coveralls/eye pro/CVC (Combat Vehicle Crew member) helmet, and maybe nomex gloves, that's up in the air right now. Now for the freaking great part, they decided to move me to the MGS (Mobile Gun System, Stryker with a 105mm cannon on it) for the display. I am a Vehicle Commander on an ICV (Infantry Carrier/Carrying Vehicle), NOT an MGS, I don't know ANYTHING about an MGS, the only stuff I know is what pertains to the basic Stryker hull, which is modular, so it allows for many varients.
But yeah, throw me on a vehicle that I don't know ANYTHING about. I just hope to God the SecDef doesn't ask me anything about it, and just talks to the Captain that's also on the vehicle, and is an actual tanker/armor guy.


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Black Ops is undoubtedly the best game of its type with perhaps only the exception COD Modern Warfare 1, and from what I've said you can be in no doubt that I recommend it extremely highly, it is a showstopper of a game.
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You've read the hype, well its all that and more providing one of the best storylines and campaign modes of this genre. Its a bit differently constructed from the previous COD series, and, although you still jump between characters the action is mainly focused on the gamer taking the part of a Black Operations commando named, a little uninspiringly, Alex Mason.
The game begins following straight on from the scene displayed on the main menu with Alex sitting in and strapped to an electrical chair type machine for administering electric shock torture. The game relies heavily on suspense and so giving away too much in the review would certainly remove some of this important aspect. But it is not giving away too much to say that a great deal of the story is that of the gamer, in the form of Alex Mason, trawling through his memories trying to recall exactly what got him into the torture chair in the first place.
There are also the usual slow motion actions but they are sensibly spaced and do not detract from the main action. The graphics are an improvement on previous games in the series with particulary impressive explosions. These are hard to describe effectively but are big and colorful to say the least. All other aspects of the visuals are also improved, the vegetation is particulary noticeable in this respect. Animations have also been subjected to better treatment.
Ranking up is still a large part of the game but now everything comes with a price tag, payable by earning points from kills and mission completions. Other points can be earned by gambling on the outcome of certain contests. Many accessories, from aiming reticules to camoflage designs and face painting, are customizable.
Black Ops is undoubtably the best game of its type with perhaps only the exception COD Modern Warfare 1, and from what I've said you can be in no doubt that I recommend it extremely highly, it is a showstopper of a game.
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in a small percentage of sputum negative patients, they are still able to pass on the disease. there is no way to really know. under any circumstances, TB is not that easy to pass on. the fact that he is sputum neg. does not negate his actions, does it?
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Three with Lee
January 16, 2013 , 11:44 AM by Jeremy Lee
This morning we heard from three artists who've either worked together or inspired each other in some way - they've also, in the case of two of them, been absent from the recording scene for the past ten years.
First up we heard a little of Brian Eno's new album. Eno is, without doubt, one of the music world's great innovators. He's had an incredible career as a musician, producer, and creator of generally odd and fascinating things (such as the 'oblique strategies' cards).
After scrawling his wobbly synthesizer stylings all over Roxy Music's first two albums in the early 1970s, his solo career has seen him flirt with pop, collaborate with all kinds of people, and more or less invent ambient music. The collection of four ambient albums he released in the mid 1970s remain some of the most lovely, calming music (or non music) ever made, and it's a theme he's returned to throughout his career - most recently towards the end of last year when the album 'Lux' appeared.
Subtitled 'The Play of Light', the album consists of four sections, each just under 20 minutes long, which shimmer and float with a range of unstructured sounds and ideas. The composition was originally created for the Great Gallery of the Palace of Venaria in Turin, Italy, and although it might not be prime time radio fodder, it is an album which you can put on and happily listen to or happily ignore and allow to waft in and out of your mind depending on your mood and what you're doing.
There have been some terrible crimes committed in the name of ambient music, but if you're looking for an organic soundscape to accompany long sessions in front of the lava lamp, this could be for you. In our household it's a great Sunday morning record - something to pop on while you're eating breakfast and reading the paper, and a lovely continuation of Eno's previous ambient work.
Back in about 1990, Suede were the next big thing in British independent music - their self titled debut won the Mercury Music prize and their fabulous, elastic take on glam rock had people swooning and copying Brett Anderson's hyper-pronounced singing style (in particular the chorus for 'The Drowners' with it's 'You're taking me o-o-over' refrain).
Things fell apart a bit after their second album when guitarist and co-songwriter Bernard Butler left, but they recruited a new foil for Brett Anderson and continued on through a couple more albums before officially quitting in 2003. Ten years later they've surprised everyone by reforming for a new album and releasing a free song download as a taster. Called 'Barriers', the song recalls much of Suede's trademark style - there are churning guitars, sweeping chord changes, and Brett Anderson still sounding like he did 20 years ago. Their new album called 'Bloodsports' is due out later this year, and if this is anything to go by it sounds like it'll be a great return to form.
Another British artist who's been quiet for the past ten years is David Bowie, but he's also surprised everyone by announcing a new album called 'The Next Day' due out in March. The cover art has intrigued many people - it's the cover for his 1977 album 'Heroes' with the word 'heroes' crossed out and a big white square in the middle of the album covering his face. In the middle of the square are the words 'The Next Day'.
The first single, 'Where are we now' sounds a little like it's playing on the wrong speed (for those who remember the juvenile thrill of playing a 45rpm record at 33rpm), and references many places in Berlin where Bowie recorded 'Heroes' back in the 1970s. There have been suggestions the album may be a follow up to the music he created at that time, or it could be something else altogether... Who knows? Presumably Bowie does, although he certainly sounds a lot older and more fragile on this first taster for the album.
Still, his back catalogue is littered with plenty of great songs and I've always enjoyed his left field pop sensibilities which are once again demonstrated in the feel of this song - the chord changes, the sluggishness, and the brittle melody. As several people have commented, it's good to have him back.
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Michael Reagan falsely claimed Democrats' filibuster of Bush nominees unprecedented
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On Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, nationally syndicated conservative radio host Michael Reagan falsely claimed that Senate Democrats used the filibuster "for the first time ever" against "nominations of the president of the United States of America" in 2003. In fact, Republicans filibustered several of then-President Clinton's ambassadorial and Justice Department appointments in the 1990s and attempted to filibuster some of Clinton's judicial nominees. And after the Republicans gained control of the Senate in 1995, they blocked approximately 60 Clinton judicial nominees, denying them votes on the Senate floor and denying most even a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
From a debate with Democratic strategist Bob Beckel on the March 16 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes:
REAGAN: The reality of it is, yes, the filibuster has 200 years of background to it being used with legislation, not with being used for nominations of the president of the United States of America.
Your [Beckel's] party, for the first time ever, used it in 2003, has been using against nominations. Yes, it's fine to use it against legislation. But don't all of a sudden cross over and pretend that legislation and nominations are the very same thing. Because when it comes down to it, every judge that you're talking about having to do with the Clinton administration, every one of those judges is sitting today on a federal bench.
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Regional newspaper honoured for its "journalistic leadership"
December 04, 2012 , 4:45 PM by Rob Harris
Albury-Wodonga's daily newspaper The Border Mail has been honoured for its campaign - Ending The Suicide Silence - by the journalism industry.
The leading regional newspaper received two Walkley awards on Friday night for its coverage and campaign surrounding mental health issues on the Victoria-NSW border.
The paper was awarded a Walkey for community and regional affairs and was then honoured later in the night with the prestigious leadership in journalism award.
The campaign included a push to establish an office of headspace - Australia's National Youth Mental Health Foundation - on the border.
The Border Mail's editor Di Thomas, who joined Statewide Drive today, said: "To everyone who has shared their story, offered support to others and voiced the need for an Albury-Wodonga headspace... an enormous thank you. We have lifted the veil of silence and we have shown what as one community we can promise to achieve."
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