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Locations: 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Boulder; 1898 Flatiron Court, Boulder
Founded: 2008
Core beers: Pale Ale, India Pale Ale, Brown Ale, Craft Lager
Brewhouses: 7-barrel system at Lee Hill and 30-barrel system at Flatiron Court
Production in 2012: 5,600 barrels
Expected production in 2013: 9,000 to 10,000 barrels
New brewery cost: $1.5 million
New brewery square-footage: 17,000 square feet
There was only so much patching Upslope Brewing Co. could do at its north Boulder brewery.
Since Upslope opened its doors in a 2,200-square-foot unit at 1501 Lee Hill Drive in the winter of 2008, demand for the canned craft beers quickly resulted in a fortunate problem for the upstart brewer: Production needed to grow.
More equipment was added and the brewing system's capabilities were bolstered with hand-crafted fixes and welded scrap metal. Two years after Upslope opened, the brewer expanded into the adjacent warehouse space, doubling its footprint to 4,400 square feet.
By the end of last year, Upslope somehow squeezed 5,600 barrels of beer from its 7-barrel brewhouse.
Upslope hit capacity.
"A year ago last August, we're sitting at Lee Hill and realized that the existing space was not going to be adequate for our future plans," said Matt Cutter, an Upslope co-founder.
Nearly 21 months later, Upslope has its solution.
Upslope Brewing last week opened its second brewery, a 17,000-square-foot facility with a 30-barrel brewhouse at 1898 S. Flatiron Court in east Boulder.
The new operation signals the culmination of an arduous process for Upslope and also serves as another example of the local effects from the craft beer industry's boom.
In Boulder County, not only are new breweries popping up, but established brewers also are looking for ways to salve surges in demand by expanding their operations or opening new breweries.
Longmont-based Oskar Blues recently opened a brewery in North Carolina, Avery Brewing Co. has plans to build a $27 million brewery and restaurant in Gunbarrel and Upslope opted to complement its original Lee Hill brewhouse with a second facility in town.
"Some are definitely taking advantage of the opportunity to grow right now," said Steve Kurowski, marketing manager for the Colorado Brewers Guild. "You see places like Avery and Breckenridge opening new breweries to significantly expand their capacity. You see breweries who are continually adding tanks and getting almost to the point where they're going to be hitting their capacity soon."
In 2012, the craft beer industry notched $10.2 billion in sales, up from $8.7 billion in 2011, according to the Brewers Association, a Boulder-based trade association representing the industry that's classified as small and independent brewers.
The sector's sales share of the overall beer industry climbed to 6.5 percent by volume and 10.2 percent by dollars.
Complex beginnings
Upslope's second brewery has been a year and nine months in the making. Finding a suitable space, planning the layout, financing the effort, securing equipment and building the brewery were "incredibly laborious," Cutter said.
"It's the most complex thing I've ever done in my entire life," he said.
That's not to say Upslope's beginnings were free of challenges.
The bootstrapped operation consisted of 18-hour days and co-founder Dany Pagés hand-crafting "just about everything" that served as the guts of the brewing facility, said Henry Wood, Upslope's director of sales and marketing.
Months away from opening, Upslope's owners hit a huge snag: They couldn't get hops.
As the industry dealt with a hop shortage, the new brewer on the block did not have the leverage or contracts to secure the lifeblood for its recipes.
Fortunately, Pagés' former brewery in Argentina emerged as a savior. After months of phone calls, five boxes of Patagonian Cascade hops arrived in Boulder.
The Southern Hemisphere hops carried spicier and earthier undertones than the sharp citrus and piney North American Cascades.
"What bailed us out in the beginning has become kind of a unique signature for our Pale Ale and India Pale Ale today," Cutter said.
Eye on the future
The $1.5 million build-out of the new facility included plenty of planning for the future. The infrastructure and equipment is there to support 50,000 barrels, Upslope would just need to add fermenters and brite tanks, Cutter said.
"We've been patching and patching at Lee Hill for four years now and we don't want to outgrow any facet of this facility too quickly," he said.
Upslope's east Boulder brewery, as currently outfitted, is capable of producing 12,000 barrels -- roughly 165,000 cases -- of beer a year.
Upslope is targeting between 9,000 and 10,000 barrels this year, Cutter said. The increase in scale could allow the brewer to fill out its distribution in Colorado and perhaps consider expanding out of state, Cutter added.
The new facility also includes an upgrade to the canning process. Upslope got its hands on a former canning machine used by Longmont's Oskar Blues Brewery.
Now, Upslope is able to fill 100 cans per minute, more than double the 40-cans-per-minute rate it was operating at before.
If the new machine's really humming, Cutter estimated Upslope could fill 160 cans per minute.
The new taproom was modeled off the Lee Hill space, a TV-free taproom with a "laid-back pub atmosphere" and 24 taps dedicated to Upslope's beers, Cutter said.
Upslope's brewery and taproom in north Boulder will remain operational, but the plans are to downscale the brewhouse and focus solely on specialty beers and innovation.
"We've always wanted to do that more than we had in the past, but production always trumped experimentation," Cutter said.
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An influx of specialty drugs has made its way to this dynamic market, alongside successors to the existing respiratory blockbusters for asthma and COPD. Noah Pines on how big pharma aspires to sustain sales, and how the biotech entrants have started to make inroads in the war on wheezing
The respiratory sector, long buoyed by sales from big pharma and mass-market brands, is seeing an influx of specialty drugs, alongside successors to existing blockbusters. The new entrants, some already approved and some moving through the pipeline, have started to open up new progress in the war on wheezing.
One of the most lucrative disease areas for drug makers has been chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The current respiratory leaders include two COPD therapies: the once-daily, long-acting anticholinergic (LAMA) Spiriva, co-promoted by Boehringer Ingelheim and Pfizer, and GlaxoSmithKline's twice-daily Advair, which combines a long-acting beta-2 agonist (LABA) with an inhaled-corticosteroid (ICS) to attack asthma and COPD.
Spiriva had been the sole once-daily bronchodilator in the US until the 2011 launch of Novartis' once-daily LABA Arcapta Neohaler. BI is now studying a new once-daily LABA, olodaterol.
In February, an FDA advisory committee voted 15-1 to approve olodaterol as monotherapy, and it looks poised for a green light, although the FDA doesn't always follow the advice of its advisors. BI is also testing the new med in a fixed-dose combination with Spiriva, but other companies' LAMA/LABA combos could beat it to the punch.
GSK, which saw a key Advair patent take its last gasp in 2011, is also seeking to breathe new life into its portfolio with a new ICS/LABA co-formulation called Breo. (At press time, its March ad-com vote had been postponed.) Delivered via Theravance's inhaler Ellipta, the successor promises more convenient once-a-day dosing than Advair, which is known as Seretide abroad.
Despite the more than 10 approved therapies in the US, "In COPD, there is widespread under-treatment," observes BI's Tunde Otulana, MD, VP of clinical development and medical affairs, respiratory. "One possible reason may be because physicians don't have a sufficient number of options…to tackle the disease."
Better breathing through biology
But most of the marketed products do not address the biological cause of their diseases. Whether asthma, COPD or pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), "We need a better understanding," adds Dr. Mani Kavuru, a pulmonologist at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, "so the search goes on for new targets and new biomarkers."
From that standpoint, cystic fibrosis (CF) is furthest along. Example: Two of the first three of the 21 applicants to get FDA's newly minted breakthrough status designation are Vertex Pharmaceuticals' CF drugs Kalydeco (ivacaftor), an orphan med which won FDA approval last year, and the experimental combination regimen of lumacaftor (VX-809) + Kalydeco.
Essentially, the designation, which took effect in 2012, is meant to get breakthroughs to patients more quickly. "We look for preliminary clinical evidence that the drug represents a very substantial improvement over existing therapy," Janet Woodcock, MD, director of FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, tells MM&M by e-mail.
Adds Woodcock, "We will work very closely with sponsors to determine how much data is needed for NDA filing, and how to scale up manufacturing, etc. The earlier the development program (in the clinic) probably the more helpful the designation will be."
Products in the respiratory area, like Kalydeco, are blazing a trail along this pathway. The drug is the first oral agent that treats the underlying mechanism of CF. "The biggest substantial change is that we are now treating CF and not just the symptoms," says Julie Hoggatt, principal at Source Healthcare's inThought Research.
"Vertex pushed the envelope with Kalydeco; in the respiratory space, nothing remotely comes close to what is happening in CF," adds Barclays senior pharmaceutical analyst Tony Butler, PhD.
Essentially it works by fixing a defective protein product, cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), which results from a faulty gene. The defect is responsible for the formation of thick mucus that builds up in the lungs, digestive tract and other parts of the body leading to the severe respiratory and digestive symptoms.
If Kalydeco has an Achilles' heel, it's that usage is limited to a small subset of people—those with the G551D mutation of CF, ages 6 and older. In the US, about 1,200 people, or 4% of the 30,000 people living with CF, have the G551D mutation. Vertex says that most of these eligible patients already are receiving Kalydeco. Worldwide, there are estimated to be approximately 70,000 people living with CF.
Next, Vertex is seeking to amplify Kalydeco's utility by combining it with lumacaftor (VX-809). Lumacaftor is thought to hoist the defective protein to the cell surface so that Kalydeco can debug it.
And by virtue of covering a wider span of mutations—people with two copies of the F508del mutation in the CFTR, which constitutes about 50% of cystic fibrosis patients—this booster has the potential to hike the number of CF patients treated.
At press time, the biotech had planned to initiate a Phase III development program for a combination regimen of lumacaftor and ivacaftor in people with CF ages 12 and older who have two copies of the F508del mutation by the end of the first quarter of 2013. Vertex has another CF mid-stage asset, VX-661, which some analysts say could widen the audience even further if successful.
According to an inThought forecast, lumacaftor could be approved and launched in 2016, with the analysts projecting total US revenue of $436 million in the first year, with $890 million in worldwide revenue by 2017 as it reaches other markets.
InThought anticipates VX-661 to follow in 2018 and to generate $717 million in revenue in its launch year, tacking on another $857 million in 2019. VX-661 may cannibalize lumacaftor, since both are used in the same capacity, but this depends on genotype overlaps that will present themselves with further study, the analysts say.
PAH—basically high blood pressure in the lungs—is another arena of orphan drug innovation in the respiratory diseases sector. The dominant players include the re-tasked PDE5s: Pfizer's Revatio (sildenafil) and Eli Lilly's Adcirca (tadalafil); oral endothelin receptor antagonists (ERAs) like Actelion's Tracleer (bosentan) and Gilead Sciences' Letairis (ambrisentan); and several intravenous and subcutaneous medications, with United Therapeutics' Remodulin/Tyvaso the most prominent. Jeffries' analysts estimate that there are approximately 30,000 treated PAH patients in the US, with the number growing by 10% annually.
PAH treatment has made great strides, says Kavuru, the Jefferson pulmonologist. "There has been palpable improvement. If you look at the number of patients transplanted, that has declined a lot over the last 10-15 years, and I would attribute that to the better medical therapy. What we need now has more to do with 'tweaking' things—side effects, the need to check liver functions, even cost."
With patents expiring and blockbusters hard to replicate, pharma labs industry-wide are turning to targeted approaches. The situation is no different for firms developing treatments for diseases of the airways.
But to develop more personalized therapies for asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cystic fibrosis (CF), researchers need to identify biomarkers earlier in clinical trials. Global CRO Quintiles thinks it has a more systematic and rational process.
It's based on measuring and analyzing sputum, which is among a new crop of indices being incorporated into respiratory trials, says Graham Clarke, PhD, who is based in the CRO's London facility where he directs respiratory and inflammation research.
Sputum can help spot patients who might produce a change in a biomarker. If it can predict a drug's safety and efficacy, sputum can cut the time it takes for a company to make a go/no-go decision on a respiratory therapy, Clarke says.
To harness this potential, Clarke's team developed an initiative called BioSpit. New for 2013, it is designed to harmonize methodologies in sputum analysis across data-collaboration centers. Clarke says it's the first of its kind to be introduced by a CRO.
"Since January," he adds, "we have two companies working on a proposal to incorporate the BioSpit initiative to [differentiate between phenotypes] in asthma and COPD." Clarke's facility will be a central hub to analyze the sputum data coming from these sites, he notes, adding that BioSpit "moves us in the direction where pharma is going."
Where does Clarke see the most promise for phenotyping in respiratory research? "CF has such huge potential for tailored medicine due to the heterogeneity of the disease group with DNA or coding approaches," he says, and "differences between CF phenotypes."
Identifying relevant biomarkers is a need at the start of trials. Later, there's a call for sponsors to be more efficient and timely. According to global benchmarks compiled by IMS Health's Clinical Trial Optimization Solutions group, the US is on par with Western Europe but lags behind Latin America, Asia and Eastern Europe in terms of the speed at which subjects are randomized for respiratory trials.
The US also leads the world in the number of weeks (18.6) it takes to get sites up and running to conduct trials for respiratory drugs. Substantial cost differences are apparent, with median cost per patient and cost per visit higher in the western markets, says IMS.
Trial sponsors also need better ways to keep trial sites engaged (i.e., to figure out which ones are good at coordinating their studies and maintaining enrollment). One company is applying principles of marketing research to get a better handle on some of these variables.
C-Score, developed by the firm Clinical SCORE, surveys people who manage the day-to-day clinical trial operations in physician offices (like clinical study coordinators) to offer visibility into how pharma firms stack up in their eyes on a range of image and efficiency dimensions.
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'American Idol' is down to the final four!
Last night's elimination show started off quickly, with the remaining five contestants performing 'So Happy Together.' After the mandatory Ford commercial, judge Jennifer Lopez took to the stage to sing her hit single 'On the Floor,' before contestants were quickly divided into two groups, where Jacob Lusk and Lauren Alaina found themselves in the bottom two.
Unlike the past few elimination shows, Ryan Seacrest made no hint of a shocking elimination, saying only that viewers might be surprised. But when Jacob Lusk's name was ultimately revealed, many felt as if it was his time to go.
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The Entertainment Software Association wants to spare video games the scourge of government regulation, and it has been using its Video Game Voters Network (VGVN) to rally gamers to the cause. Today, the ESA announced that 100,000 Americans of voting age have joined the VGVN.
Is their goal to administer brutal headshots to any politician with the temerity to suggest that gamers shouldn't roleplay as hooker-beating, cop-killing psychopaths? Er, not quite. The goal, it turns out, sounds pretty tame: create a "collaborative and productive partnership to educate caregivers about how to ensure that the games their children enjoy are parent-approved." With a pitch that exciting, it's no wonder 100,000 gamers have signed on the dotted line.
ESA head Michael Gallagher mustered up a bit more passion when he said in a statement, "Politicians who think easy political points can be scored at the First Amendment's expense have to know that such efforts will be aggressively opposed." To encourage more of this aggressive opposition, the ESA has released a purposely over-the-top video that parodies action movie trailers (complete with The Voice). Surprisingly for this sort of thing, it's enjoyable.
VGVN's stand is that video games should not be regulated any differently from movies, books, and music, and the site makes it easy for gamers to contact their representatives in Congress about the issue. That might be easier for gamers in Guam, as they learned this week that Ray Tenorio, the Majority Leader in the 28th Guam Legislature, also moonlights as a Level 70 dwarf priest in World of Warcraft. Those living on the mainland get to deal with Hillary Clinton and Joe Lieberman instead... and we're quite sure that neither one of them has yet make it past Level 30.
Despite the periodic legislative flareups around the issue of video game violence, few "adult"-themed games are actually sold. And with the ESRB cracking down on developers in the wake of the Hot Coffee scandal, the ratings on the boxes have come to mean more and retailers are doing a better job of enforcing them. Perhaps the threat of regulation has been enough to scare the industry into making some changes. If so, it raises an interesting question: would the rating and retail enforcement problems have been cleaned up without this threat being made? Discuss.


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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
The year of 2010 has been a great and fun year for The You Go Genealogy Girls. During this past year we have been able to pursue our love of genealogy in many different ways and were privileged to get to meet so many new friends along our well traveled roads. We got to meet and make lots of new friends this year while we attended some great Family History Expos and during our annual research trip to Salt Lake. Every museum, library and even some of the cemeteries we visited brought wonderful new discoveries and we even made new friends in each of these places too! Thanks to everyone who helped make our year such great fun and for adding to our list of "new best friends". We love you one and all and thank you for being our friends and faithful readers. We hope to see you all again soon and to have the opportunity to meet many new friends too.
The Lord willing, us sisters-in-law (also known as the You Go Genealogy Girls) will be on the road again in 2011 to pursue finding even more treasures and knowledge. We feel so lucky to be able to do what we really love and being able to do it as a team surely does make it even more enjoyable. Those newly discovered ancestors should appreciate the excitement and love that two of us at a time exhibit when we manage to bring them into the light. Two silly old Grannies jumping for joy in the dark recesses of a court house or library must be quite a site as we have been known to celebrate and exhibit unruly behavior. We may have to tone it down a bit in 2011 and act more our age......or maybe not!
Our wishes are that each and every one of you will have a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year with your loved ones. This is such a special time to make new memories and also to remember those awesome people who went before us and provided us all with the opportunities we have in this world.
We will resume writing in 2011 and see you all very soon!
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End-of-term exams, marathon Christmas shopping, the hamster wheel of everyday life: what wouldn't you give for a little extra energy? But chugging down cans of it may not be the best solution.
Red Bull, Full Throttle and Rockstar number among the numerous energy drinks jostling for our attention on store shelves. Boasting that they were developed for periods of increased mental and physical exertion and promising to heighten wakefulness, they are packed with sugar and caffeine. Both ingredients are good at briefly re-igniting your get-up-and-go, but can have serious health effects.
With obesity and diabetes surging across North America, downing even more sugar isn't the healthiest choice. The high levels of caffeine in energy drinks, meanwhile, have been associated with a cavalcade of adverse reactions — from anxiety and nausea to seizures and cardiac irregularities — following heavy consumption.
Health Canada says healthy adults shouldn't consume more than 400 milligrams of caffeine a day. Children, 10 to 12, should be limited to 85 mg a day, and younger children even less.
A 250-mL bottle of Coca-Cola has 26 mg of caffeine, and a cup of coffee between 80 and 150 mg. The energy drink, Rockstar Burner, contains 160 mg of caffeine per 500 mL, while a 75-mL bottle of Rockstar Energy Shot packs 200 mg of caffeine. Some drinks contain much less caffeine.
Labels on energy drinks warn that children and pregnant or breast-feeding women should avoid them, while others should consume no more than one or two cans a day.
Dr. Ahmed El-Sohemy, a professor in the University of Toronto's department of nutritional sciences and an expert on the body's processing of caffeine, says insufficient evidence makes it difficult to pinpoint the dangers of over-consuming energy drinks.
"There's anecdotal evidence linked to death in some teens who consumed it and engaged in rigorous physical activity shortly after, but that's just anecdotal. There is evidence that caffeine may trigger a heart attack in . . . individuals who have an impaired caffeine metabolism (so-called "slow" caffeine metabolizers) based on their genetics."
El-Sohemy says that the long-term effects of heavy caffeine consumption are unknown, but that caffeine withdrawal effects such as headaches are common. When combined with sugar, that could lead to "a form of dependency."
He also points out that in Canada, energy drinks fall under Natural Health Product regulations. But he adds that there is no limit to caffeine content, which companies must list on the can.
Ontario's Ministry of Health, meanwhile, says that while moderate use of energy drinks by adults is safe, the long-term effects of taurine, a common ingredient said to enhance alertness, is unknown. Moreover, there's no scientific evidence to support claims that herbal ingredients, like ginseng and gingko biloba, improve performance.
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Chevy LUV Floored! And More - Junkyard Jewel
With much of the heavy fab on the Chevy LUV done, we had no choice but to finally get to work on some of the areas that we quite honestly just didn't really want to do. For some reason, the floor of the cab was one of those areas. After some time spent sitting on the creeper seat contemplating the problems of the world and we finally decided on a starting point. The larger pieces of the transmission and drive shaft tunnel were used as a place to start, and sometimes using some of the old bits and pieces are more of a pain in the butt than anything else. In this case, however, we were quite happy with how it all worked out. The two large pieces were mocked into position based on clearance for the transmission, driveshaft, and exhaust to run through then temporarily held in place with some sheetmetal screws. Cardboard templates were transferred onto some 16-gauge sheet and rear portion of the tunnel was once again rejoined permanently to the cab. Although larger filler pieces take bigger bites out of the work to be done, we found the same approach didn't quite work for the front part of the tunnel, mostly due to the compound bends and curves, so we tried a different plan of attack. The front portion of the floor was finished up by taking smaller bites and simply puzzled together with smaller, more manageable pieces.
Eventually, we were left with two major pieces of the floor -- the front portion of the transmission tunnel and the channels for the frame rails. We had our buddy Mike bend up some C-channels that were real time savers when it came to capping the frame. The Chevy LUV floor was simply trimmed to match the width of the new pieces and we fit them into place. We were able to complete each rail with two large pieces of the channel.
Finishing up the front portion of the trans tunnel required a bit more creative thinking, the rough shape and size was transferred to some cardboard then cut out of our sheetmetal. Some 2x3-inch square tube was used along with a workbench to build a makeshift brake to give a nice bend in the sheetmetal. To match the curve of the bell housing, the new filler piece was clamped down in a makeshift buck (a buck is essentially some type of structure to give support to the areas that you don't want to move), allowing you to bend and shape the areas that you do want to move. For this, we used some 2x3-inch tubing, a bunch of clamps to our workbench, and an old brake drum as a swing press to give the shape that was required. MacGyver would be proud!
The floor is once again a solid piece. The bare metal was sealed up with some etch primer, and all the seams and welds were seam sealed before getting a couple coats of black paint. The firewall and radiator supports were cleaned up by removing any and all unused brackets and tabs. Holes were welded up, and everything was sanded down, primed and painted. Slowly but surely things are getting checked off that big ol' "to-do" list!
1-2: We used two large chunks of the original trans/driveshaft tunnel as our starting point and puzzled the rest with smaller pieces.
3-5: Mike bent some lengths of channel for us out of some 16-gauge sheetmetal, which we used to quickly and cleanly cap where the frame rails run through the cab. (Be sure to only weld small areas at a time, move on to different areas to weld on, and give adequate time for it all to cool -- this is the tough part. If you weld too much and get it all too hot there's a good chance your doors won't close!)
6-7: Workbench + 2x3-inch square tube + C-clamps = A poor man's sheetmetal brake.
8-9: With a the makeshift brake we made out of the bench and some 2x3-inch metal, we used one of the old brake drums to shape the sheetmetal to clear our bell housing. MacGyver's got nothing on us! Want to see what we can do with an egg and some duct tape?
10-11: A swing press and socket were used to dolly the edges of our filler piece.
12-13: The last piece of the trans tunnel was welded in and cleaned up, along with any bare metal before being sealed up for corrosion protection with etch primer.
14-15: The pinch weld was duplicated on our modified floor panels and also sealed up with the etch primer. All seams were sealed up with a tube of seam sealer before the underside of the floor was given a couple coats of black paint.
16-17: Any unused brackets were removed and cleaned up along with any leftover spot welds. Some body filler was mixed up and we did our best impersonation of a bodyman and smoothed over our firewall.
18-19: The firewall was primed, painted and cleared using nothing more than off-the-shelf rattle can paints. We were more than happy with the results.
20-21: A similar treatment to the firewall was also used to clean up the rad support as well as the inside of the bed. What's that old saying? Do the best you can with what ya got? Yeah, that's the one.


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My dad's family is from Norway and for as long as I can remember we've been eating fish balls, fish puddings, pickled fish, fish in a tube and fish in a can. Most people thought it was a little weird.
But these days, I'm feeling less like an outcast when I bust open a can of fish, especially sardines. I know
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Sardines to the rescue! Sardines (Pacific, wild-caught) are one of the healthiest foods we can consume, according to the health and environmental experts we interviewed for "Sea Change" in our latest magazine issue. These nutritional powerhouses are one of the best sources of omega-3 fats, with a whopping 1,950 mg/per 3 oz. (that's more per serving than salmon, tuna or just about any other food) and they're packed with vitamin D. And because sardines are small and low on the food chain, they don't harbor lots of toxins like bigger fish can.
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If you're trying sardines for the first time, or you just really want to learn to like them, here are a few tips and a few recipes to stoke your sardine love:
For the uninitiated, a good place to start is with a boneless, skinless variety. They come packed in water or olive oil. They're mild, and can be used in recipes in place of canned tuna fish.
Sardines also come smoked, and come packed in sauces like tomato and mustard-give one of these a try. Smear them on a cracker or piece of toast for a snack or light lunch.
For veteran sardine eaters, the sky's the limit! Sardines with bones and skin are delicious, too, and they look awesome on top of a salad or platter. P.S. The bones and skin are both edible. Those tiny bones deliver calcium too!
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The fresh, tangy elements of a Greek salad-tomato, cucumber, feta, olives and lemony vinaigrette-pair well with rich-tasting sardines. Look for sardines with skin and bones (which are edible) as they have more than four times the amount of calcium as skinless, boneless sardines. If you're lucky enough to have fresh sardines available in your supermarket, try them in place of the canned sardines. Lightly dredge them in salt-and-pepper-seasoned flour and saut' them in a little olive oil.
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Orbit Number: 40106 Latitude: -4.7573 Longitude: 131.766 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2010-12-29 14:22
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.


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Storms Patrick needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 34 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
Small board game designer creating a game in a city.
anyone from 7 to 77
The logo must be in a vector file format.
The ratio must be 2½in × 3½in; 63 mm × 88 mm ( with rounded borders ) -> like any playing cards
There must be a text just below the center in a kind of "jumping out letters blocks"
the name is not defined yet but let's imagine something like "City life"
It should be colorfull and cartoon but realistic.
I do not want to give you too much directions but a metal like background (like attached picture) and in the center buildings comming out of a circle would be nice.
Things that can "come out" (like attached picture)
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In a near future I would need the full board designed (in a future contest if I am happy with current results )
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Tom Tom's road to recovery
Escape with Eddie
Anyone who has ever taken care of an ailing pet knows it's a challenge. First of all, animals cannot talk; second, they don't always have the reasoning power of us humans. Well, mostly we're reasonable. From a cat's perspective, reasonable human behavior is giving treats, not medicine. Tom Tom is now convinced I do not have his welfare in mind when I dose him with his liquid dose of Prednisone. There is no understanding of, "This is for your own good," and, "I'm giving you this stuff because I love you and want you to get better."
Cat's are complicated. They have very firm ideas on what constitutes loving, kind, and humane behavior. All three of these definitions include many hours of soft petting, wonderful doses of catnip, and, for the sorely aggrieved cat, lots of kitty treats.
Cats in medical recovery, regardless of the type of surgical intervention, do not suffer infirmity lightly. They make rotten patients. Not only do they protest, yowling at the top of their lungs, but they have teeth which, regardless of dental work, they still use to inflict nips and bites of outrage. Then, of course, as a last resort, toenails, in the case of cats, talons, are used with specific sites of injury in mind. A well aimed claw, as you prepare to pry the jaws open for medicine, usually finds the target.
I am convinced I should have a special rider on my medical insurance that is for treating cat inflicted injury. It is a dicey business being the nurse in the animal recovery zone. I know if Tom Tom could speak, he would insist I try the Prednisone first and see if I like it. No matter how hard I explain that it is for his own good and it will help his mouth heal, he continues to reject the idea of compliance.
Tom Tom would remind me that we humans can disguise pills in chocolate pudding and make them more palatable. I know the last time I had to give the dog medicine, I was able to put it in peanut butter. She thought it was grand. The difference, as any cat would tell you, is that dogs try to please their masters and mistresses, and cats, on the other hand, could give a rip.
Needless to say, Tom Tom is getting special canned food from the vet's clinic; this is to encourage his appetite and to make it easier to chew his food. Do you think the other house cats understand why they aren't getting special treats of soft food? I have heard each of them complaining bitterly that I'm playing favorites. Personally, the canned food hasn't got the greatest aroma for my taste buds, but the feline convention at Wolf Moon Farm is ready to go out on strike for better meals.
My son, Rob, tells me I can buy canned food by Friskies that cats are crazy for and it's only 45 cents a can. The pressure from the cat horde is leading me to believe that to keep peace in the family, I may have to spoil everyone and invest in occasional treats. I just want to have Tom Tom get back in oral shape so we can cut the pampering to a minimum.
And, yes, he is getting better. Now I only have to worry about my scratched and battered fingers from those talons. His Prednisone bottle gives instructions: .7 ml two times a day for 10 days. Then, .7 ml every day for life. Do you think there might be a safer way to administer medicine? I'm open for suggestions.


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Lightships | GEOG36 | Released: 25/03/12
Lightships, the new musical outpost from Gerard Love, release their debut single, the beautiful 'Sweetness In Her Spark' on Monday the 26th of March 2012. Taken from the album 'Electric Cables' (out on Monday the 2nd of April), 'Sweetness In Her Spark' finds the group locking into a relaxed and breezy grove that demands the windows be flung open.
From the outset, Gerard was clear that he wanted to establish a group name for the new record, a name that was evocative and ambiguous, that could somehow place the music within a slightly blurry and imagined context. He didn't want to give the impression that the record was just about him. Having settled on the name, Lightships, he sought out a cast of Glasgow-based friends to play on the record that was starting to take shape in his head; Dave McGowan (guitar, Teenage Fanclub), Brendan O'Hare (drums, from the first incarnation of Teenage Fanclub), Tom Crossley (flute, International Airport and The Pastels) and Bob Kildea (bass, Belle & Sebastian).
'Sweetness In Her Spark' will be available on 7" ( GEOG36) and digitally (GEOG36D) and will be backed with a brand new cover of Moondog's 'Do Your Thing'
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Shawnee Outdoors needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 55 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
Shawnee Hills Outdoors
I am an avid hiker and photographer and have been for the last 10 years. I launched a website about 8 months ago dealing with this passion and am ready to take it to the next level. Right now I am focused on exploring the natural areas in Southern Illinois and share my explorations on the website with personal stories, photographs, and videos.
This year I have started changing this hobby into a business and plan to build a brand.
My target audience are mainly people that enjoy the outdoors. Are primary readers are hikers, nature photographers, and nature writers, but plan to expand to people who kayak, canoe, bike, rock climb, and rappel.
I wouldn't say our target audience are "hippies" or "treehuggers", (we do welcome them), but our audience are mainly people with a general love for being outside in nature.
My main audience at this time are men and women 30-55, but will begin to target 18-30 year old.
Uses of Logo:
> Website Header
> T-Shirts & apparel
> other merchandise-ebooks, signage of company vehicle large magnet form
What I am looking for
> something modern, but with a hint of classical rustic look
> integration of rolling hills in logo, maybe trees?
> words within the design, but a logo that can stand alone and have Shawnee Hills Outdoors to the side.
> would prefer maybe an oval design, but not stuck on oval if the design is good
> Looking for Natural Colors, but looking for name to standout, but not with "screaming colors"
> Would like the words "Shawnee Hills" to be larger the the "Outdoors" part, maybe even two separate colors.
> Would be interested in seeing some simple designs and some BOLD designs.
> possible integration of tag line "Exploring the Natural Lands of Southern Illinois"
>psd w/layers
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>I like this logo at http://www.moabadventurecenter.com/
What I do not want
> We do not deal with hunting or fishing, so would like to distinguish that we are about hiking, photography, and recreational activities, but nothing that would stand out (not sure if I want anything in it, like a hiking person or a camera, but am open to your creativity)
> Looking for something a little more complex than say hills, with a line underneath.
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What Will Apple Look Like in 30 Years?
Given how quickly fortunes fall in the tech landscape, does investing in Apple 30-year bonds make sense? Heard on the Street's Rolfe Winkler joins MoneyBeat. Photo: Getty Images.
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Alleged chain saw thief nabbed
TRUMBULL -- An observant neighbor is being credited by local police with bringing about the arrest of a burglary suspect, police said.
The Trumbull center resident saw a man in the vicinity of another home in November toting a Stiehl chainsaw The resident provided a description of the suspect, and the chainsaw was recovered a few days later from a pawn shop.
Police issued a warrant for the suspect who was arrested Wednesay at the Golden Hill Street courthourse in Bridgeport.
The suspect, identified as Wilfredo Matias, 37 of Vine Street in Bridgeport is charged with third-degree burglary, which is a felony, and fifth-degree larceny. He was released from police custody after posting a $500 bond, and is scheduled to be arraigned on the burglary and larceny charge next Thursday at Superior Court in Bridgeport.


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My favourite quote about Katherine Heigl is on the cover of the 27 Dresses DVD:
'Katherine Heigl is the new Bridget Jones'.
What? So you're saying this real person is now a FICTIONAL character? How does that work?
But it's indicative of how sloppy a lot of thinking about chick-flicks can be. I'm a big fan of rom-coms - my friend at the screening last night accurately described my feelings thus: 'You LOVE this shit!' - but there's also a laziness with a lot of criticism surrounding them. Of course, so much of loving this genre is all about familiarity and feelgood. But that shouldn't stop basic things like realism coming into play.
The Ugly Truth plays big on familiarity. Once again (as in Knocked Up), Heigl is a TV producer and once again (as in 27 Dresses) we're meant to believe that despite her stunning looks and shiny, A-list styling, NO MAN WOULD EVER DATE HER.
Such a premise is classic Sandra Bullock. Remember in Miss Congeniality when her cop colleagues photo-shopped a bikini onto a picture of her? Judging by their reaction, this was meant to be THE MOST DISGUSTING IDEA EVER. Balls. Sandy may not be Megan 'The' Fox but she's still all Hollywood glam. Sticking her in a few chunky knits and giving her a cat doesn't make her a minger.
Still, The Ugly Truth travels this well-worn route and we're meant to go with it. After that, the cliches come thick and fast:
1. The love/hate relationship. Heigl and her new sexist presenter (Gerard Butler) hate each other at first but slowly the ice melts. WELL, WHO'D HAVE GUESSED.
2. The playing out of that relationship in front of an audience. The setting of a live television studio offers characters the chance to, out of the blue, reveal their true feelings, watched by thousands of wooping and clapping viewers in their living rooms. Stressed TV execs in the gallery take 'phonecalls, saying things like: 'That was corporate on the line! They love it!' Seriously, it's like Anchorman never happened. THIS IS NOT HOW TV WORKS.
3. The Bedingfield. Has some research been done that says chick-flick consumers are all obsessed with Natasha Bedingfield? That's the only thing that could explain her warbling presence on the soundtracks of...**deep breath**...Miss Congeniality 2, Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants, 27 Dresses, Bride Wars, Confessions Of A Shopaholic and now The Ugly Truth.
I know, like I said, chick-flicks are all about a warm, familiar feeling. But there's a difference between cleverly twisting our expectations (Judd Apatow's speciality) and just churning out the same ol' cack. I predict in interviews Kat and Gerry will say stuff like 'it's a movie like those old Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy films' which it categorically ISN'T. You might as well say 'Prisoner: Cell Block H' is like The Shawshank Redemption.
The Ugly Truth does attempt to stamp its own personality on things by being a bit dirtier. The funniest moment 'comes' when Heigl's character puts on a pair of vibrating knickers (seriously). It's actually not as bad as it sounds because KH really is very good at ditzy rom-com, despite her Exec Prodcuer credit for this film suggesting she's anything but flaky. Gerry Butler and his weird, forced American accent on the other hand...
The Ugly Truth is undemanding and that's no bad thing. It's not that terrible. But as a lover of this genre, I'm getting so tired of lazy portrayals (often of the media) that bear no relation to real life. Film-makers seem to think that's okay because 'hey, it's only a chick flick' (similar things are often said about kids' movies).
But why be half-hearted? Why just coast along? A great rom-com can tick all the boxes you expect (incl. Bedingfield) but can also take us to new places along the way. Meryl Streep's turn in The Devil Wears Prada was a classic of understated mystery. I've watched that film UMPTEEN times and still haven't entirely worked her out. Reese Witherspoon's performance in Legally Blonde was a masterpiece of the tongue-in-cheek, an acting lesson in sending-up a cultural type, making someone utterly vacuous totally lovable. Somehow, The Ugly Truth is directed by the same guy.
And then there was Renee Z in Bridget Jones' Diary, brutally sticking two fingers up to cliche at the same time as being, hopelessly, beautifully romantic, thanks to some cheekily acerbic Richard Curtis one-liners. God bless you Bridget. She's the old Katherine Heigl, don't ya know...
The Ugly Truth is out 7th August.


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Have you heard this? Some guys are actually wondering whether watching pornography has "warped" their minds. I mean, if men are wondering this, there's probably something to it. Watching too much porn can impact a man's ability to climax, can set up unrealistic standards, can make it difficult or impossible for men to get aroused by their partner -- in short, can ruin sex, basically. At least, real sex. You know, with someone else.
Part of the problem is the ubiquity of porn these days. Hell, you don't even have to pay for it anymore. You don't have to leave your den or even make sure your kids are in bed. You can watch it at work, on your phone, whatever and wherever. What chance does a real woman have if men are so hopped up on the ridiculous images they see in porn?
Here are 15 signs your man is watching too much porn.
1. He thinks you should start screaming a climax the second he touches you. Anywhere.
2. He thinks your climaxes should be SCREAMING. When you don't SCREAM, he accuses you of not liking sex.
3. He thinks if you can't climax during penetration, there's something wrong with you. Seriously suggests you see a doctor or get therapy.
4. He doesn't understand why your boobs don't jiggle and bounce up and down when you have sex. Keeps staring at them as if something is wrong with them.
5. He is confused as to why your boobs are less than a 40DD. Asks if you've been in a disfiguring accident.
6. He is shocked that you have HAIR down there. Tries to kill the "spider" on your vajay.
7. He is appalled if you fart, go number two, or have any kind of bodily function whatsoever. Thinks you must have eaten something bad. Wants to take you to the hospital.
8. When you ask him about condoms, he looks bewildered.
9. He goes for your butt with no questions asked. Is stunned when you turn him down. Accuses you of not being "open-minded."
10. Has absolutely no idea what is going on when you say, "Not tonight." Brain does not compute.
11. Thinks you'll totally be down for a threesome with him and your best friend. Or any random chick, really.
12. Totally thinks you can give three men a blowjob at the same time. Every woman has done that, right?
13. Doesn't understand what's happening when you show up in bed without makeup and in sweatpants.
14. Thinks you should be able to orgasm 10 times in a row though he's hardly doing anything to you. Accuses you of being frigid if you can't.
15. Says things like, "Yeah, you like it, don't you, you dirty little wh*re, you nasty little b*tch?"
Have you ever been with a guy who watches too much porn?
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WordGirl "Meat with a Side of Cute/Mr. Big Words" Meat with a Side of Cute - Tired of being defeated by WordGirl, the Butcher enlists the unlikely ally of an adorable kitten - hoping to conquer WG with cuteness. Mr. Big Words - WordGirl is busier than ever when Mr Big invents a ray that causes everyone in town to use big, complicated words. D
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Wild Kratts "Stuck On Sharks" Martin and Chris are on a mission to uncover the secret life of the mysterious Great White Shark. They use Aviva's incredible Remora Rocketsub to "stick with" a female shark and soon learn that the giant predator of the sea actually has lots of challenges to contend with and that she could help them discover something that no one has ever seen before - the birth of Great White shark pups. But when Gourmand sniffs around looking for ingredients for his Shark Fin Soup recipe, the Wild Kratts team must help rescue their new friend. D
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Cyberchase "The Secrets of Symmetria" The kids must master the properties of symmetry to stop Hacker from destroying all of cyberspace.G
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Nature "Revealing The Leopard" The world's most numerous big cat is seldom seen although its members live among villages and on the outskirts of cities in Africa and much of Asia. One female leopard allows filmmakers to follow her to her den and film her cubs from their earliest days as she teaches them to survive. Interspersed with the leopard family story are vignettes of leopards from around the world.G
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NOVA "Secrets of Stonehenge" Investigations inside and around Stonehenge and its environs are kicking off a new era of discovery and debate about one of England's best known relics of pre-history. New archaeological finds reveal possible answers as well as more questions. New sites include nearby cremations, remains of a 4,500-year-old village and Bluestonehenge about two miles away along an ancient "boulevard."G
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Secrets of the Dead "China's Terracotta Warriors" When the first emperor of China wanted an extravagant tomb for his journey into the afterlife, he decreed he would be protected by an army. Artisans have less than two years to complete the massive project using the technology of 2,200 years ago to construct 8,000 life-sized, painted figures. Archaeologist Agnes Hsu shows how it might have been done.G
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Hustle "The Fall of Railton FC" Ash is outraged to learn his old football club has gone bust, brought down by the greed of corrupt football agent, Don Coleman. The team wants revenge and launches a high stakes con involving expert salesmanship and fake footballers. But a last minute injury threatens everything.G
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In the back woods of Mississipp, before he went to Nam and she met wealthy Tom Morris, Kinnerly was Luke Carr's beloved. After he returns from Vietnam, Kinnerly remains his obsession. However, though they share illicit moments she accuses him of wanting her only when he desires sexual release. Luke knows all he has in the world is his bow and arrow and Adel the bird dog. However, the simple hit turns into a series of twisted fiascos as Luke struggles ...


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OK, I'll admit that I thought the idea of biodeisel based on human fat was more than a little bit bizarre, but then again, it's a bizarre world we live in. Alert reader, and the Master Po of bike bloggers, Fritz of Cycle-licious, sent me this link.
If Gilligan could have plugged that gaping hole in S.S. Minnow, he may have looked at the skipper in an entirely new light!
FROM HUMAN FAT TO FUEL (excerpt)
Earthrace Skipper undergoes liposuction to fuel his Superboat
11th November 2005, Auckland, New Zealand
The Earthrace is an 80ft superboat currently nearing completion in Auckland New Zealand, and it will attempt the world circumnavigation speed record running 100% renewable, biodiesel fuel. Pete Bethune, Skipper of this amazing vessel, says "that one of the great things about biodiesel is it can be made from so many different sources". And to prove his point, he underwent liposuction yesterday, the fat of which will be converted to fuel to run in his boat.
For more information visit www.earthrace.net
Key Contact: Pete Bethune, project founder, Skipper: email firstname.lastname@example.com, ph +64 21 415 342
For press release archive, go to http://www.earthrace.net/view.asp?webpage=172
I often have the television on as I sit at the computer. It's behind me with the sound turned down low, tuned to CNN, Headline News, or the Weather Channel. An ad for the Sharper Image Personal Cooling System caught my attention. This looks like one of those electronic collars used for training bird dogs. It's the high-zoot version of a wet bandana tied around your neck, but thrity bucks could buy a whole bunch of bandanas!
It's bad enough that Mary expects me to come when called, remain faithfully at her heel at the grocery store, and refrain from sniffing at strange women, but there's no way I'll wear a collar too!
When it's blazingly hot, don't you dread leaving the air-conditioned comfort of your home? Maybe you've tried an ice-soaked towel around your neck — but that's nothing compared to the long-lasting, total-body comfort of our Personal Cooling System™.
...Our wearable invention houses a patented, miniature evaporative-cooling system. Just fill with a few ounces of water, place around your neck and switch it on: A quiet motor drives a tiny fan that creates evaporative cooling; flexible sides hold aluminum cooling plates against your neck — and your entire body enjoys up to four hours of relief. What's more, the fan inside adds even more cooling by directing a gentle breeze over the back of your neck. Comes with 2-oz. water bottle for on-the-go refilling.
Finally, and this isn't bike-related, I changed the filter on the refrigerator water line yesterday. This normally isn't a big deal, but apparently the company that made the filter elements went out of business. I had to use an entirely different filter, a Whirlpool in-line unit promising easy, no-hassle instalation that required a minimum of tools and no plumbing changes. I know better, of course.
This thing takes 1/4 inch copper tubing in either end. The easy installation instructions say to simply push the tubing into the filter far enough to engage the compression fittings, the pull back slightly to tighten them. Actually, this would probably work if (1) the line was brand-new rather than nearly 20 years old, (2) it was laser-straight rather than slightly bowed from nearly 20 years of previous filter replacements, and (3) the person doing the installation had the patience of Job. On second thought, I take that back. Job would have used much the same colorful language as I did while water spurted from either end of the filter. It was almost like something from the Three Stooges. I'd get one end to stop dripping only to see water coming from the other one.
My work was supervised by three small kittens equipped with extremely sharp teeth and claws. They were fascinated that an entire human was lying prone in their domain and they investigated every part they could reach. They attack animate and inanimate objects. Nothing is beyond their curiosity. They're brigands and thugs. We are no longer on speaking terms.


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(Ok, written in a car on the way back from NY, so forgive any incoherency!)
So here I am, sat in a car on the way back from New York visiting relatives so I apologise in advance for the potential smelling pisstakes, and general level of pap involved! Anyway, just some thoughts, and bits and bobs I was thinking about earlier. I won't have time to do anything else, so it'll be uploaded as is. I've got about 2 hours to go, so here goes.
1) Why does there have to be a God?
The first is, in my opinion, quite a simple one. Why does there have to be a God? 'm not talking about a personal God, or a deist God, but ANY God. What makes people think that SOMETHING had to have started it? We can look at the argument for causality, or whatever the buggery it is called, but that assumes that there was a finite beginning. Why do we think that way? Is it because we, as organisms on a little blue planet that will, at some point, be frazzled more then my sisters steaks at a summer BBQ? We see that in our existence we have a beginning, therefore everything else needs to have one? The entire problem with the "God did it" argument is that it doesn't actually answer anything. Instead it just transfers that question another place down. You then have to ask yourself "so what created God?" As the religious have already told us that something cannot come from nothing, I wonder if they are as quick to apply it to their own God? Of course they aren't. God lives on some other plane, or another reality. Whilst is may, to them at least, answer the question, you have to ask yourself the simple question,
"How do you know this?"
2) God doesn't actually like us, does he?
So, this one has been spouted by elderly folks and children for many, many years, and whilst it may seem like a somewhat childish argument, it does have a simplistic beauty to it. It's also very difficult for them to argue against, especially since all they do is pray for peace on earth and all that guff.
Why is there so much suffering on earth, and possibly in the rest of the universe? The list of things that are not very nice for frankly any living thing is quite extensive. Just a select few are
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It's not just us humans either. Animals are horrible to each other on a regular basis. Just check out the body count in a regular nature documentary! It would make hitler blush. All the praying in all the world does fuck all to halt the onset of misery for millions, upon millions of critters, be them human, or what we would list as 'other' on the census. It is either a quick, and painful death at the jaws of another creature, or a slow painful death due to disease, or crippling. People killing each other for one reason or another, (ironically religion has it's paws in there too), either on the individual scale, or on a scale that is so big that the human mind cannot quite grasp the numbers.
The little germs, and viruses that God created in all his wisdom, that mean things suffer internal bleeding, paralysis, and all that lovely loving stuff. Where is God during all of this? Why doesn't he just click his fingers, (does he have fingers?), and just magic it away? What exactly is the point of all this suffering? We are made in Gods image... Is god really this much of a shit? Well yes, that will be covered shortly. What exactly is the point of it all? Most freethinkers, atheists, and rationalists have yet to figure out the meaning of life, if there is actually one, which I doubt. The religious think we do have a point, and I'd like to know what that point is?
3) Prayers... Talking to the wall?
So there they are... Billions, upon billions of people, staring skyward, or towards Mecca, etc, all praying, and wishing for this, or that... How much of it actually comes true? What exactly are the effects of praying? Well, I can happily accept that maybe praying, like a placebo, can give a comforting, or psychological effect upon the praying person. That is all very nice, but I don't think it has any supernatural power any more than my nieces blue Teddy bear that she HAS to take to bed with her has. Nor does prayer have any effects beyond that of sugar pills, security blankets. So is it safe to say that whilst prayer might have an effect on the individual, it has no real physical influence on what they are trying to get rid of, be it debt, cancer, or that annoying shit in the apartment upstairs.
What does perplex me somewhat is the notion that this God listens to each and every one of these people, and that for some reason they think that they are special enough to have their special requests heard. Of course, if every person on the face of the earth all prayed at exactly the same time, for the same thing, (say, for example, Dave getting the legs back that were bitten off by one of Gods creations, the crocodile), then what do you think the odds are that Dave will suddenly grow back some lovely legs, and go running off into the sunset, praising the lord type fellow? Well, I wouldn't hold your breathe. In fact, I recall an experiment done by someone, somewhere, involving patients for a certain medical condition. They were split into groups. One knew they were being prayed for, the other did not know they were being prayed for, and the third group were not prayed for at all. It made absolutely no difference what so ever to the treatment they were receiving. Thousands upon thousands of people all praying for these certain people to get better, and alas, nothing happened. Oddly enough those in the group that knew they were being prayed for had more complications post op than the rest. Weird, ain't it! Anyway, prayers... What a load of bollocks. If a child keeps their security blanket past a certain age, they get looked at funny. The religious manage to get away with it.
4) Numpties in the desert -Gods attraction to illiterate peasants.
So there you are, sat on your rump on the sparsely vegetated land somewhere in the Middle East. It was here, ladies and gentlemen, that our great Lord and savious decided he would finally reveal himself to the whorl. What better place to do it than the Middle East. not Chine, Egypt, Greece, or any of the other advanced civilizations of the day. Nope, instead, it will be to goat-herders in one of the more primitive areas of the world. They will have been illiterate, and news of this great revelation would take hundreds of years, if not thousands to reach all corners of the earth. So why do it this way? Well, I think it is quite clear that he didn't. Why would he.. Its not logical.
God could have, and should have gone to the time period in which his message could be carried quicker, and easier, and without interpretation by the people. That would clearly be at least a few thousand years after his original time. He could have taken over satellite TV, HD radio, cinemas, sports events, email, and the Internet. Instead, he told some daft goat herders. Does that really sound like the actions of a normal supreme being? That has at LEAST got to show some form of utter incompetence on his part. Of course, one must also ask yourself the question, why wait until then? Whilst it was pointless revealing himself at that point, he might as well have done it far sooner, when we were coming down from the trees, and spreading out across the African continent. That would have made things a little simpler, even if we were monkeys, (not that God made us out of monkeys).
Nope, god made a huge mistake by not utilizing the Internet, email, and tele sales. For this reason, I think he is a silly God, even if he does exist.
5) Would you let God babysit?
Not on your fucking nelly. I'd rather have Fred West, or Jack the ripper. At least they limited themselves to less than a few hundred. God just doesn't know when to stop. He also doesn't seem to have any qualms whatsoever regarding who he kills off for some petty deed that they may not even have been guilty of perpetrating. The poor kids who happened to be born first in Egypt, for simply being a bit miffed at them. He almost had Abraham kill his son, but stopped him... Which was nice. The same could not be said of poor old Jephthah and his hapless daughter. He promised to sacrifice whatever came to his door after a battle, or a night on the town, or something, and his daughter turned up. Instead of God saying "no, we were drunk, don't worry about it... Say some hail Mary's and a couple of Our Fathers and well be good. Nope, the poor girl was burned alive. He decreed that children who dishonor their parents should be killed, as well as anyone who happened to follow another god. All in all, he comes across as a bit of a petulant child. Jealous, angry, pissed off, and for some reason, he seems obsessed with attention. Does God have ADD?
Why is someone allegedly so powerful, so loving, so quick to deal out death and destruction? (cheers Gandalf) it hardly seems like the actions of a loving God, or a God that has a desire for good to come of his flock. If God was a parent, or foster parent, and these things occurred, do you think people would be praising him, or do you think that they would have their kids taken away, and they be locked up in an institute? I don't think that is a difficult question to answer. So rather than being the delightful, caring overseer, he seems he'll bent on trying to be as scary as possible. It's a bit like the school bully. If you ignore them long enough, he will go away. Is God a Hitler type character? He really is a barbaric shit.
6) The odd things...
OK, not all of the god stuff makes too much sense to me. There are some questions that to me don't make sense, (aside from the rest), and I thought I'd pile them into one section.
Ok, so apparently the universe is only 6000 years old. So taking that as truth, what was god doing before that? Assuming that God is infinite, then what, exactly was he doing prior to the creation. What was he doing for the infinite expanse before that? Is he actually a completely lazy git, and his only work is a fairly gash universe, with multitudes of dead planets, and failing stars, complete with life that suffers pain,and all that stuff.
Why do we think he would actually care in the first place? Isn't that a bit like a scientist really caring about the bacteria in a Petrie dish?
Why did he create a perfect garden, and create some nice little humans, and then put a serpent in there? Why didn't he know that the serpent was in there, or what it's plans were? Why make the tree of knowledge in the first place? Why blame them for eating the fruit when it was he that made them the way they were?
Why the difference between the old testament and the new testament? The first thing I think of when comparing is "how can a supreme, all knowing, omnipotent being change his mind?" The fact he changed his mind is, in my opinion, proof that he is in fact not omnipotent, supreme or all knowing. It doesn't make sense. Where did hell come from? It wasn't mentioned in the OT so why the sudden inclusion? Did god change his mind, or was it purely a man made notion added later? It all adds up, in my mind, to the idea that God, and all the writings were man made, and not divinely inspired.
The Devil... Isn't that a bit like a batman letting loose the Riddler, or Joker, just to give himself purpose? Why on earth would he create something that could well cause the downfall of his creation? That makes no sense at all. If it was a plot line in a recognised fictional book, we'd all be pondering what a piss poor story it was. How can a perfect being create something so clearly imperfect, or contrary to the perfect beings wishes? Maybe they are business partners? A bit of a mutually beneficial relationship. A sort of "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" type scenario. What a load of piffle.
7) Things that go bump in the night
Ok, so religion pretty much relies entirely on the notion that the supernatural is an acceptable premise. The only problem with that is that, as the name suggests, it is supernatural. It is beyond what we can see, hear, touch, or detect in any way possible. It is beyond science. As such, science can say nothing about it. A lot of theists seem to get this part all horrible confuddled, and think that because science doesn't actually say anything about God, it is anti-god. It isn't. Far from it. For science to say anything on a subject, it has to have some sort of starting point with which it can formulate even a primitive or initial hypothesis. If there is absolutely no tangible, usable evidence, then that's it. There is nothing more to be said. It can search for possible evidence, but until that has been discovered, then science is utterly devoid of an opinion. Of course, if we did have even the smallest inkling of evidence, then it would not be supernatural, it would be material. Imagine if some sort of physical evidence was found. What exactly would that do for faith? Would it no longer be faith, but a science?
Now many people don't seem able, or willing to place deities in the same category as other supernatural bits and bobs. Unicorns, fairies, hobgoblins, the tooth fairy and Santa Claus. If we are to take the notion of a God seriously, as demanded by religious folks, then surely we should expect the same from everything else with zero evidence? That would, of course, open up the flood gates to reams and reams of made up, nonsensical entities, items, and events. Of course we know that this would not happen, as we already know that one believer of an invisible sky daddy will mock, dismiss, or het downright angry when another entity of equal evidence is brought forward.
So for God to be proven it would have to enter the material world. According to religious folks this happens all the time. For a miracle to occur, or for God to affect our world he MUST interact with the material world, so we should be able to detect him directly or indirectly. Until we can, God is relegated to the silly world of fairies.
8) Dear creationists...
Just want to tell you that it doesn't matter if you disprove DNA, palaeontology, chemistry, the theory of gravity, or than Ted Haggard is not a hypocrite, that does not mean God is true. You see, when you make a claim, in this case "There IS a God" then to prove it you have to actually provide evidence in it's favour. Just disproving an unrelated theory does not work for you. The sooner you realise this, then the sooner we can stop having those ridiculous circus events like the Dover trial, and all that creationist bullshit that you keep peddling. If you only put your resources into proving a God, rather than disproving something else, then maybe you would get somewhere. Oh, and why don't you endeavour to get some of your young earth theories peer reviewed. You keep saying you have evidence, but it's not really forthcoming, is it?
Bah... Home... I might add to this later, or remove it, or something. I don't really have the time to read it through. Have to be up early in the morning.. Booooo!
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I disagree that the fiduciary standard has protected consumers better. Basically, the fiduciary standard looks back and enforces breaches retroactively through SEC enforcement or private lawsuits. The suitability standard looks forward and tries to prevent harm to consumers through ongoing and frequent FINRA and broker-dealer audits and compliance processes.
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30 Rock Season 6 DVD
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Actors: Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski
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DVD Release Date: September 11, 2012
Run Time: 474 minutes
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The sixth season of 30 Rock, an American television comedy series on the NBC network in the United States,30 Rock Season 6 DVD began airing on January 12, 2012. 30 Rock was renewed for a sixth season by NBC on November 15, 2010.The season began airing mid-season to accommodate Tina Fey's pregnancy.On November 14, 2011, NBC announced that 30 Rock would return at the new time of 8:00 pm.
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City of Lincoln
Mayor's Office
2006 Media Releases
Mayor Coleen J. Seng today presented the Mayor's Award of Excellence for May to StarTran Bus Operator Robert Mills with the Public Works and Utilities Department. The monthly award recognizes City employees who consistently provide exemplary service and work that demonstrates personal commitment to the City. The award was presented at the beginning of today's City Council meeting.
Mills has worked for StarTran since August 2000. He was nominated in the category of valor by Transit Manager Larry Worth for his actions on Thursday, March 9, 2006. In the early afternoon, Mills was driving back to the StarTran garage after finishing his regular route. He spotted a man sitting on the top railing of the "K" Street overpass at 7th Street rocking back and forth.
Mills drove his bus into the garage driveway just south of the overpass, approached the man and called up to him, asking if he was okay. At that point, the man threatened to jump off the bridge to commit suicide. Another StarTran employee arrived, and Mills told him to call 911. Mills talked to the man for nearly 30 minutes until police officers were able to get close enough to secure the man.
"Bobby's calm and courageous actions were far above and beyond the call of duty and likely saved the man from serious injury or death," said Mayor Seng.
The other categories in which employees can be nominated are loss prevention, safety, customer relations and productivity. All City employees are eligible for the Mayor's Award of Excellence except for elected officials and some managers. Individuals or teams can be nominated by supervisors, peers, subordinates and the general public. Nomination forms are available from department heads, employee bulletin boards or the Personnel Department, which oversees the awards program.
All nominations are reviewed by the Mayor's Award of Excellence Committee, which includes a representative with each union and a non-union representative appointed by the Mayor. Award winners receive a $100 U.S. savings bond, a day off with pay and a plaque. Monthly winners are eligible to receive the annual award, which comes with a $500 U.S. savings bond, two days off with pay and a plaque.