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3 Keys To A Raw Meat Diet, The BARF Diet
This should be a frequent question to ask when making a major diet change for your dog. There really isn't much of a change when switching between heat processed kibble diets because they are all
This should be a frequent question to ask when making a major diet change for your dog. There really isn't much of a change when switching between heat processed kibble diets because they are all produced basically the same. When switching to a raw meat based diet however, you can expect to see some changes occur. The changes will noticeably be connected to the digestion cycle of the dog and with changes in water consumption. The digestion cycle for raw food is noticeably different than consuming a heat processed kibble diet. The raw food diet is absorbed and utilized in the body in about one half the time. This is one of the reasons why there is significantly less toxin buildup when eating the raw food. There is less time to ferment in the GI track and build up toxins and excess gas. The true advantage in this rapid exit from mouth to tail is evident in the stool volume and stool consistency. You can expect to see about a 30% reduction in stool volume, a reduction in stool odor due to a more complete digestion cycle, and a white,dry stool consistency. The color change is due to the fact that all that remains in the stool is the remaining ash and fiber- thus a color change is inevitable.
It is always best to introduce the diet slowly if there is evidence of a previous GI upset, or an immune system challenge that has been triggered by antibiotics, steroids, vaccinations, or similar medical treatments. In the majority of conversions that make the fast conversion (about 90% of our new customers) the switch is made without complications. If the occasional vomiting or diarrhea happens then it is best to back off and restart using the slower conversion method. I usually suggest that a probiotic and enzyme supplement ( BARF PLUS ) be used for the first 30 to 60 days. This will help to regulate the intestinal flora to accept the new raw meat formulation. If your dog has a history if GI complications you will be amazed to see the difference this diet can make in how they process their food internally.
Another major change you can expect to see is the reduction in the consumption of drinking water. The reason for this is because the raw meat diet is 68 to 70% moisture (water) and that means that the animal is consuming and getting the moisture it needs from the food source rather than from his drinking water. This allows for a much better utilization of the water needs and thus requires much less water from outside sources. You will be amazed to see the difference this makes and the result is far less bloat as a result. This is really important in larger breed dogs that require larger volumes of food to get their caloric needs met. This is one reason why we sell a lot of product to the larger breed dogs. It is especially important when trying to satisfy the energy requirements for performing animals that require larger volumes of food.
Many new raw food guardians see an increase in activity levels as well. I think it relates to human food consumption and how we all feel when we have eaten a healthy meal compared to a fast food calorie glut. It again relates to putting the right fuel in the tank in order to get the best performance level.
Therefore, you now have three good reasons to consider a change of diet to a more appropriate feed for your animal.
What is BARF?
"BARF®" is our acronym that means Biologically Appropriate Raw Food. It is a complete and carefully balanced blend of raw meat, fruits, vegetables and bone. Our formula mimics what nature has designed our pet's to thrive on in the wild. The result is a pet free of allergies, digestive problems, and full of life!


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Wish your friends and loved ones a happy All Hallows' Eve with this spooky Halloween card! You can almost hear the witch cackling as she rides her broom across the sky in front of a glowing, yellow moon. In the forefront of the Halloween card, a ghostly black cat stares through the window. Boo! Bats, a spider, and an owl complete the spectral look of this awesome card.
Send shivers down their spine and give your friends a spooky adventure this year! This spooky pumpkin is ready to enjoy your fear. The bats flying in are ready to swarm and suck your blood. But never fear, the moon is bright to light your path as you flee! Your friends will enjoy the experience this of Halloween card brings them on Halloween!
Save your friends from terror with this Halloween card! Ghosts are restless spirits, and this one is wandering the earth looking for revenge. His cries are chilling and the bats are his spies, searching for the one he seeks. Being is haunted is terrifying and dangerous, so send this Halloween card to your friends as a warning. Be aware and be safe!
Send your friend some spooky cheer this year! With a grin this big, this pumpkin attracts only the best people. Jack-o-lanterns are used to welcome human visitor and scare away the spirits, so this Halloween card will make sure your friends only celebrate with those who mean them no harm. Encourage them to go out and have fun with this cheerful Halloween card!
The bats, ghosts, and ghoul pumpkins are on full display, as the fog drifts across a deserted cemetery…a trick? Or setting the stage for this frighteningly fun treat! Don't be afraid though…they are only stopping by to help you wish that special someone a very Happy Halloween!
As a huge Harvest Moon rises over a field lit only by the eerily glowing eyes and smiles of curiously carved Jack-o-Lanterns, squeaking bats are quickly winging their way to join the party…and to wish your loved one a spook-tacular Happy Halloween!
Wish someone a spooktacular day with this awesome pumpkin Happy Halloween card! It looks just fabulous with its various shades of purple, glowing moon, scary pumpkins and creative lettering! It all makes for the perfect Halloween card that can be sent to anyone you know on this fun holiday. So get out your friend list and start wishing everyone a Happy Halloween before the clock strikes midnight!
It's that time of the year again! Time for full moons, glowing pumpkins, and of course, a time for sending fun Halloween cards! This spooky ecard showcases amazing pumpkins whose reflections are cast by the beautiful full moon! It also features amazing colors of bright orange, cool blue, and smokey gray. So, if you would like to send a great Halloween card that you know someone will just love, this is it!
This Halloween puppy looks fabulous and he can't wait to meet the person you are thinking of today. He's sporting his cute orange and black Halloween hat, and sitting patiently next to his little pumpkin that says Happy Halloween. Plus, festive confetti falls upon the words Trick or Treat, giving it a fantastic look! Send this adorable puppy out today to wish someone a Happy Halloween!
If you are looking for a super cute Halloween card with lots of adorable characters, you have just found it! This outstanding ecard showcases a little spider, a friendly ghost, two glowing Halloween pumpkins, a smiling bat, and of course, a black cat wearing a hat. As you can see, this ecard contains everything you would need to wish someone a Happy Halloween in style!
This Halloween card is must-send! These irresistible cookies are in the shape of classic Halloween characters – ghosts, pumpkins, black cats, along with a witches hat too! The Halloween colors look fantastic and the message is cute, clever, and ready to be sent to someone you are thinking about on this exceptionally spooky day. Sending out cookies will certainly make you a popular person on Halloween day!
Halloween is supposed to be the scariest day of the year, which means it's time to wish someone an extra spooky day! This Halloween card will do just that, along with wish them a fun and exciting day! Plus, glowing decorations add to the festive Halloween mood. You can spot brightly lite pumpkins, a lantern, as well as colorful string lights. They all surround a fabulous wooden sign that features the words Happy Halloween! Sitting atop this awesome sign is a witches hat and broom. It doesn't get any better than this!
These Halloween pumpkin drinks look yummy! They feature delicious whipped cream with a pumpkin spice topping, along with cute pumpkin face glasses! Real pumpkins can be seen in the background of this impressive Halloween card, plus, a few pretzels and candy corns! The bright orange lettering with a splash of green makes this Halloween card a must-send – it looks fantastic! Get these two pumpkin spice drinks over to your friends, family, members, and coworkers before they're gone!
Do you know someone who loves cats? If so, then this is the Halloween card to send! It will instantly put a smile on the face of anyone who sees it. This sweet black cat knows she looks adorable resting on this vibrant orange pumpkin! Outstanding streamers, complete with confetti, bats, and elaborate spider webs, fill the page and give it a festive Halloween look! Send this bright-eyed cat over to meet someone special without delay on this very spooky day!
These puppies look adorable! Especially when they are sitting next to bright orange pumpkins. These fluffy white puppies are so excited that it's Halloween that they made sure to all fit on the bench together so you will send them to see the people you are thinking of this Halloween day! Also, the creative lettering and special message give this Happy Halloween card a nice touch. Be sure to send these puppies out today to meet everyone on Halloween day!
Do you have a friend who goes full-on Martha Stewart when it comes to decorating for the holidays—Halloween included? Then hold onto your costume jewelry pearls, we've got the perfect card for you to send them! Four glittery pumpkins stand in a row, painted with cute Jack-O-Lantern faces. Wish your friend, coworker, neighbor, or family member a balanced blend of spooky and sweet!
A wonderful witch, a marvelous mummy, a vivacious vampire, and a daring devil all dance happily on the front of this lighthearted, autumnal card. Send the Costume Party Halloween Card to get your friend and family members in the mood for some dress up! Dust off your best costumes, buy some new candy, hang some fake spiderwebs, and most importantly—have fun!
Do you know someone whose favorite part of Halloween is the delicious treats aka candy? Send that snack-loving, sweet-toothed friend the Leftover Candy Happy Halloween Card to let them know you're available to help out on candy consumption! Decorated with a picture of those classic Jack-O-Lantern pails you likely recall from your childhood. Chocolates, caramels, nougats, candy corn, gummies, and taffy galore! Suck on some sour candies, then have a few more!
Five little balloons decorate this charming card. Urging the recipient to get out the ghosts, bust out the skeletons, and carve up some pumpkins into grinning Jack-O-Lanterns! Send the Ghosts, Skeletons, Jack-O-Lanterns Card to wish a dear friend or loved one a very Happy Halloween. Decorating is part of the fun of the season, and this card is sure to get them in the spirit!
This card gives the popular tongue-twisting phrase "she sells seashells down by the seashore" a run for its money by challenging the receiver to try saying "spooky cookie" five times fast! We tried it ourselves—it's tough! Send the Spooky Cookie Happy Halloween Card to put a big, Jack-O-Lantern smile on all your friends' faces. They'll be sure to collapse into fits of giggles when they try out that tongue twister!
For the friend who loves the creepier side of Halloween, we've designed this spooky Zombie Hand Happy Halloween Card! A hand bursts through the dirt of a grave beneath a full moon, suggesting an undead entity is on the rise! To make things a little less scary and keep it fun the card jokes that the hand is just "popping up" to wish the recipient well.
Looking for an adorable card to send your equally adorable friend? Why not send the Ghostly Decorator Happy Halloween Card? It's all but guaranteed to make someone say "awwww." The sweet, little ghost floats at the top of this cheerfully orange card holding up a banner bearing the word "BOO." We don't know about you, but we're feeling inspired to decorate!
An impressively-costumed family pulls their best faux horror faces for this heartwarming photo card. Perfect for a family well-known for going all-out on Halloween. A family that frequently wins costume or Jack-O-Lantern carving contests. A family that bakes the tastiest pumpkin bars and hands out the best candy! Send the Hauntingly Good Time Happy Halloween Card to wish your favorite spooky family a dark and twisted day—just how they like it!
This fall, put a big ol'Jack-O-Lantern grin on all your friends' faces by sending out seasonal, themed cards! Send the Laughing Jack-O-Lantern Happy Halloween Card to wish all your nearest and dearest a day full of pumpkin-spiced fun and shenanigans! This excuse to party with friends and wear outrageous costumes only comes around once a year, so feel free to go all out!
Need an extra special card to send out to your favorite people this season? Might we suggest some lighthearted poetry over a black and orange background full of doodles of bats, skull 'n bones, ghosts, spiders with their webs, jack-o-lanterns, candy wrappers, and witches hats? Send the Spooky Poem Happy Halloween Card to wish all your friends a hauntingly good day!
This little Halloween cat is doing his best to look scary! But what he really wants is to look his best so you will send him out on Halloween day. He sits atop wonderful bright orange pumpkins with creatively carved faces. The full moon shines bright as tiny bats fly about. The Happy Halloween lettering looks extra frightening and it all comes together to create the best Halloween card ever!
These adorable doggies are begging for some Halloween treats...and don't they deserve them? After all, he is in his best costume! Anyone who loves getting into the fun of this haunted holiday will be howling when they get such a doggone cute card to help wish them a Happy Halloween!
This adorable bulldog isn't clowning around when it comes to his candy! Send this fun Halloween card to anyone who takes their trick-or-treating just as seriously. Perfect for ghosts & ghouls of any age, it will definitely put a smile on their face, especially if they can't get enough cute pups in their life.
Who's that hanging around on this Halloween card? A bunch of bats who "just dropped by" to send some spooky Halloween wishes to someone who "drives you batty in a good way!" What a fun & festive greeting to help them celebrate the holiday while making them smile!
We've concocted the perfect potion for this Halloween card! Both silly and spooky, the eyeballs in this ghoulish cocktail are sure to brew up plenty of "frightening good fun" for anyone you're planning to send it to. Cheers.
No matter how old we get, we're all still kids on Halloween! Nothing captures the haunted holiday more than this cute card, featuring a very festive reveler accompanied by a signature jack-o'-lantern. Decorated in orange and black, it's got a sentimental quality that will bring out big smiles when you send it to someone who loves getting into the spirit of Halloween.
Oh no, this mummy is feeling a little crummy! Maybe that's because he wrapped himself a little too tight for Halloween! With its bold, comic colors, this card will bring plenty of chuckles to family and friends who love getting wrapped up themselves in all the fun of this spooky holiday brings.
No matter how old you are, everybody can appreciate a little "mischief and mayhem" on Halloween! This adorably funny card with have family and friends in stitches in the most bewitching way, reminding them that there's plenty of fun to be had.
We all associate black cats with Halloween, but these cute little kitty wants to have a little fun as well! Sitting pretty with their pumpkins, the silly pair on this Halloween card are ready to scare up plenty of smiles for the people in your life (cat lovers especially)!
If you're planning on spending Halloween with your sweetheart, then this Halloween card would be perfect! It's fun, colorful, and lets the one you love know the two of you will have a frighteningly good time! This Halloween card features a couple dressed for Halloween; a cute witch and a sharply dressed Dracula. It also includes party lights, a pumpkin, and a skeleton wearing a hat! So fun!
This little bat would like to give the one you love a flower to show your affection for them. So cute! This Halloween card has all the important Halloween icons, a bat, pumpkin, and fancy spider webs, as well as orange and black coloring! All these elements come together to make a great card to send to the one you love this Halloween day. So send this little guy on his way, he is eager to meet your sweetheart today.
Say Happy Halloween to your sweetheart with this vibrantly colored Halloween card! It features all your Halloween favorites, a pumpkin, bat, candy, and more! Its bright colors will grab the attention of the one you love and put a smile on their face. They will think it was very sweet of you to think of them this Halloween. Get this great Halloween card over to them so their day will be off to a good start.
Do you look for excuses to take images of you and your sweetheart? Who doesn't! Halloween, plus you and the one you love, must mean it's time to take some photos! The two pumpkins are framed perfectly within the phone, such a great photo! Now it's your turn. Let the one you love know what's in store for him or her, which is capturing memories this Halloween!
This beautiful Happy Halloween card will surely brighten the day of the love of your life. Not only will the happy sparkling image and vibrant colors put them in a great mood, the message that reminds them of your love will warm his or her heart. This exceptional Halloween card will truly add joy to the day of the one you care about so much. So send a little sparkle their way so they can have the best Halloween day!
If you and the one you love have a sense of humor, then this would be the Halloween card to send! Scary hands coming out of the graveyard are used to prove you love your sweetheart, pretty funny! This Halloween card features traditional Halloween images and displays dark colors of the night, only to be brightened by the lighthearted joke within the message. Give the one you care about a good laugh, send this Halloween card out to them soon!

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On November 14, 2013 Shades by Gal held a photo shoot of the new color collection on location in downtown Los Angeles at 800 McCrary St. Studio #431.
Photographer Gary Westby and a crew of celebrity Models including Kate Boyer and celebrity make-up artists Miik3y Starr and Tiffany Garlic held a meet and greet with Shades by Gal founder Grace Ann Long.
Interview opportunities with the staff of Shades by Gal complete with a private instruction performed by the make-up artists.
Attendees went home with a goody bag of treats that included toners, makeup, lipstick and other cosmetics from the line.
About Shades by Gal: Founder Grace Ann Long is proud to be a Jamaican and representing ALL SHADES of women throughout the world, Shades by Gal is a new cosmetics and skin care line to hit the shelves. This past year Shades has been featured at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, BET Awards, NYC Powerhouse, International EMMY Awards, and many other events throughout the United States.
Entire product line is hypoallergenic, paraben-free, and all lipstick is edible. Shades by Gal skincare was inspired by the benefits of papaya and a precious blend of citrus fruit acids, allowing the skin to increase moisture retention while leaving a radiant finish.
Shades By Gal is planning a busy season of publicity to introduce their new brand to the beauty, fashion and celebrity communities. Their mission is to bridge the ethnicity gap with a product that can be enjoyed by everyone.
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I have seen these people drive the Marbelle in Bohan, but i assume it's a bug. Seeing as how I'm too lazy to ask a real forum, I'll ask here: Do the Spanish Lords drive black Marbelles? Montybrady 07:46, September 4, 2010 (UTC)
- No. They usually drive red vehicles (usually a Cavalcade) with gold rims. MAINEiac4434 00:24, October 3, 2010 (UTC)
Shirt Flags
I've only ever seen them wear the Puerto Rican flag. No DR or Colombian.
Folk/People Nation
I may be wrong here. But do they really have crowns/pitchfork tattoo's etc? And if they do, where does the game or the GTA series as a whole even relate this to real-life gang affiliations (people/folk)? Again, i may be wrong but this may be false information by relating a fake video game gang to a reallife gang with no basis?
HardCheeseSensei27 (talk) 22:41, August 27, 2012 (UTC)
RE: Spanish Lords in GTAV?
Hi, I was re-watching Trevor's trailer and I spotted a spanish flag, and I was wondering whether it was them or a new gang altogether.. I'll let you decide :) Instulent (talk) 17:46, May 9, 2013 (UTC)
- It could just be a normal flag. Like the portuguese ones in Leftwood (Alderney) in GTA IV.
- They don't necessarily mean gang territory. But we'll check it out when GTA V is on our hands.
- Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 21:38, May 9, 2013 (UTC)
- The Spanish Lords are a Puerto Rican gang, not actually Spanish. They rep The Puerto Rican flag not the flag of Spain. And that's not a Spanish flag, the colors just happened to resemble one. K-Malo94 (talk) 03:11, November 29, 2013 (UTC)
Gang Type
Shouldn't their gang type be Puerto Rican Street Gang instead of just generic Hispanic Street Gang? I'm pretty sure it's been confirmed that all members are of Puerto Rican decsent. K-Malo94 (talk) 03:22, November 29, 2013 (UTC)


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(This post is a part of a series entitled "Kate's Favorite Sabre Competition" in which I am choosing my 2007/08 favorite Sabre by process of elimination. Each and every Sabre is a hero, but in the end, there can be only one favorite.)
There has been an incredible response to my request for Favorite Sabre candidates. Buffalo is a city full of rabid hockey fans, and I'll admit, I was somewhat concerned that the boys would not feel the need to clamor for my affection. Luckily, my loyal scribe, Tim Laudner (Original Favorite Player) wrote the Sabres an especially poignant letter, and his impassioned plea seems to have struck a chord with the young team. I have in fact, received applications from all of the Sabres except for two: Ryan Miller and Dmitri Kalinin. I suspect Ryan is playing hard to get, and Dimitri, well….the poor dear is dreadfully shy. Hopefully, with gentle coaxing from his life coaches, he can overcome his crippling fear, and eventually apply for the job.
Tim and I have been hard at work sifting through the Sabres resumes and headshots. We are at a severe disadvantage because between us, we still know very little about hockey. Tim is a former Minnesota Twins baseball player, and I am a very new hockey fan. With so little experience to draw from, we have found ourselves somewhat befuddled by the daunting task of choosing a new Favorite Sabre.
In order to lubricate this process, I have decided that the best approach is to start with the easiest players to eliminate. While I appreciate each Sabre's contribution on the ice, not every man can be my favorite, and there are several players who can be immediately removed from further consideration. I present three such men now.
Jaroslav Spacek #6
I may not be the most seasoned fan, but I do have eyes and ears. My ears have told me that everyone in Buffalo loves to hate Jaroslav Spacek. My eyes have told me…well, let's just say he is not doing himself any favors with that anvil-shaped head. It seems Jaro has failed expectations on nearly every level as a Sabre. He played very well as a member of the Edmonton Oilers, so I have not given up on him entirely, but his current role as "fan punching bag" makes him an unlikely candidate for "Kate's Favorite Sabre". It's entirely possible that someday I will opt to champion an unlikely favorite, but in my very first year as a fan, I can't go out on a limb for a guy like Jaroslav Spacek. I wish him nothing but the best this coming season, and as always, my heart remains open to each and every Sabre.
Ales Kotalik #12
Pookie once suggested that Ales Kotalik looks like he should be wearing a large red sash, and a formal jacket adorned with military medals. I have to say, I agree. Al may be a great guy, but until I need a date to an 18th century Viennese ball, he and I will have to remain "just friends". I do appreciate his funny little beard and the jaunty gleam in his eye, so while he is not my Favorite Sabre, I will think of Ales with great affection.
Jocelyn Thibault #TBA
Okay, Jocelyn Thibault turned out to be a real shocker. I put him on this list without thinking twice because I figured that his newness, combined with the name "Jocelyn", combined with his role as a back-up goaltender would all add up to certain disqualification from the competition. Imagine my surprise when I went to the Sabres website and found this guy! He's delightful! So cute! Not only is he cute, but he's 32, and I appreciate having a new, age-appropriate crush on our fresh-faced Sabres team. Plus, his name (which I initially foresaw as a problem) lends itself extremely well to the nickname "T-Bone". (I think his last name is pronounced TEE-Bogh.) T-Bone is a stellar nickname. All-in-all, Jocelyn is off to a great start with me. While I still feel it's unwise to choose a back-up goaltender for the important role of Favorite Sabre, Jocelyn Thibault may very well end up with the title of "Favorite Sabre To Watch Joshing Around On the Bench." We'll see.
So there you have it; the first round of cuts is complete. The role of Kate's Favorite Sabre is still up for grabs, and you can assume that Tim and I will be hard at work in the coming weeks, weighing and re-weighing each young man's qualifications. As always, I appreciate any and all contributions from my readers, so please feel free to chime in in support of your favorite Sabre.


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Jim Kelly makes surprise visit to Bills practice; recovering from sinus cancer treatments
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly felt strong enough to huddle up and visit his former team Thursday, making a surprise appearance at the Buffalo Bills' practice.
Kelly made his way to the sideline as players warmed up for their final practice until training camp.
Coach Doug Marrone gathered his team at midfield before introducing Kelly, who spoke to the team in a brief, two-minute address.
Kelly thanked the team for its encouragement throughout his battle with jaw and sinus cancer and said he was touched by the outpouring of support from both the Bills and the Buffalo community.
"One thing I noticed about Buffalo, New York, was how everybody comes together," Kelly said. "If somebody's struggling, there's always somebody there to pull them together whether it's on the football field, whether it's after a tough year or whether it's when I was in the hospital, they always seem to rally."
The former quarterback also said he was impressed with the amount of skill on Buffalo's offence and urged the team to come together and end Buffalo's 14-year post-season drought, the longest in the NFL.
"From everybody I've talked to, this is a very special team," Kelly said. "Let's get this thing back on the road, let's start playing games in January."
Wearing jeans, a black jacket and a white baseball hat, Kelly then watched the start of practice in a chair by the 35-yard line.
He chatted with Bills president Russ Brandon, long-time trainer Bud Carpenter and Hall of Fame teammate Thurman Thomas.
Kelly's appearance was unexpected, but certainly welcome in the eyes of Bills coaches and players.
"It means a lot for him to come out and support us in the state that he's in," Bills centre Eric Wood said. "That was a special moment. You talk to Jim all the time. He's been around over the years and I've become pretty close to him. But for him to come out and address the team in the state he's in was pretty powerful."
Kelly left one hour into the practice session after receiving hugs from Brandon and Thomas.
"Obviously, it was very emotional," Brandon told The Associated Press. "Jim means everything to this team, this community, his fans all over the world.
"To see him out here today was really a great way to cap off a really good minicamp and all the work these guys have put in and see one of the greatest players of all time coming out here and being a part of it. It's really special."
Kelly has spent the past 10 days recovering at home after spending much of the spring receiving radiation and chemotherapy treatments for sinus cancer.
"We're with him, we're fighting through this just like he's been there with us trying to fight through what we're going through," Marrone said. "We support him and it was great for him to get out there and be among the team."


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If you like snakes, Bollywood, and director Jennifer Lynch, then you're in luck! The first set of posters for Lynch's upcoming horror flick "Hisss" have been released online. A movie about a snake woman's quest for revenge? You already know I'll be all over this one.
Yoshihiro Nishimura, the mastermind behind "Mutant Girls Squad" and "Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl", has begun production on his latest gore-soaked endeavor "Hell Driver". The plot: Japanese schoolgirls battle the undead in Tokyo. Life just got a little bit sweeter.
Speaking of quirky Japanese horror flicks, the trailer for "Neck", a film about a guy forced to watch a horror movie generated by his own mind, is ready for worldwide consumption. And people wonder why I spend so much time watching foreign horror movies.
Have you secretly wished for a horror flick featuring a killer tire? Me, too! Magnet Releasing has apparently acquired US distribution rights for "Rubber", a film about a murderous tire with telekinetic powers. This has been an awesome week for people with bizarre taste in cinema.


text: Share Smaller TextLarger TextPrint Don't run away By Douglas Winslow Cooper Dec 04, 2012 0 Comments "Don't run away," she said to me. She pierced my heart. That night, I had stopped in at my wife's bedroom to see how she was. Quadriplegic and ventilator-dependent, Tina Su Cooper has outlived medical expectations, thank God. We are still very much in love after 28 years of marriage, another blessing. When I am at home and awake, I check on her almost hourly. Often she is asleep, unaware that I had looked in. That night, she was seemingly engrossed in a romantic movie, I was pleased to note. Commercials began. I asked her how she was doing, gave her a quick update on myself. We restated our love for each other. Commercial break over, the movie restarted, and I headed out of the bedroom. "Don't run away," Tina said. "I'm not running away. Your movie is back on. I've got things to do." "What things?" "Among others, finishing the payroll receipts and checks for the nurses." I could have added that I wanted to catch up on some email correspondence and to read more of Stephen King's On Writing,which I had just begun. This conversation between the cared-for and the care-giver is like many others of a similar pattern: the request, the refusal, the questioning with its implied accusation, the defense with its underlying guilt. Both sides have merit. Both have legitimate needs or desires. Each cares about the other. Neither wants to be a burden or to feel burdened. I sat back down beside her. We spent a few more minutes together. When her eyes wandered back to the movie on the TV screen, I knew I could go without disappointing her, and so I did. The next morning, I still felt a bit guilty that she had to ask me to stay longer. I don't want her to have to ask. She doesn't want to have to ask, either. That's just the situation we find ourselves in. Our brief interaction is a microcosm of a distressing phenomenon: well spouses deserting their disabled mates. I wrote about such a desertion in my memoir, Ting and I. Perhaps there are "two sides to every story." Perhaps the departing spouse has a defensible position. Leaving certainly seems to violate the wedding promise of staying together "in sickness and in health." Where is one running to? Can one be proud of having left? Can one outrun the memory of someone abandoned? Tina cannot run away … and I will not. Douglas Winslow Cooper, PhD Douglas Winslow Cooper, PhD, a retired environmental physicist, lives in southern New York State with his beloved wife, Tina Su Cooper, a former editor at the Encyclopedia Britannica and mother of two. Tina was first diagnosed with MS in 1981 at the age of 37, and she has been quadriplegic and ventilator-dependent at home for almost eight years. Tina is the central figure in Dr. Cooper's book, Ting and I: A Memoir of Love, Courage, and Devotion, available from Amazon. Barnes and Noble, or their website, tingandi.com.


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Try going for a day without the internet. Try not being able to IM friends, post on Facebook, update your twitter, do research for essays, search for a job, read this excellent blog, transfer money between bank accounts, get hold of vital government services, and more. Not easy, is it?
Yes, the internet is important to daily life. It's also vital to our security. As Iran is currently finding out. Welcome Iran, to the world of cyberwarfare.


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The DKMU is an international autonomous collective, but more appropriately, an artist's union with roots in occult study. The type of art movement the DKMU practices in writing, music and the visual arts is one which no doubt has roots in Dadaism, and utilizes absurdity, mess, disorder, or simply the antithesis of the expected given the circumstances of the creation (as in, if one would expect disorder, the result would be order for the sake of breaking expectation. Likewise, if this "rule" of opposition might be anticipated, it would be broken as well - the end result is a continuous, positive change on the part of the artist), and also makes frequent use of iconoclasm in all forms. For the DKMU member, one's psyche itself is treated as an ongoing work of art, and stranger realities are sought & considered superior to mundane ones (granted they are beneficial in some way) simply because they are more interesting to live, "a more intense mode of existence". The DKMU consists of two titles in one, respectively. DKMU is best known for representing the union of the two occult groups, Domus Kaotica & Marauder Underground. The DKMU is a self-styled group consisting of members from various schools of thought, with occult, psychedelic, artistic, scientific, and philosophic overtones. The original logo consists of a grinning human skull with wings on either side, containing Nothing (zero) in the left eye, and Everything (infinity) in the right. A snake is seen protruding out from within the skull, or brain area. This symbolism in whole could take on a variety of meanings. The two MU & DK icons are usually seen in conjunction with the skull, Ellis (The Linking Sigil) on the left, and the Atomosphere (Infinite nothing star of chaos and finite everything [the atom]) on the right.
Operation: Virus
Operation: Virus is a continual activity present within DKMU whereby members tag and leave markings of their presence throughout the world (and internet) alike for the purpose of "artistic proliferation". Before the union of DK and MU, the Marauder Underground has been credited with this activity of tagging the LS sigil, and it can now be found in the catacombs of Paris, the streets of Germany, [including the bunker where Hitler & Eva Braun had allegedly committed suicide, and the spot where Stalin & Churchill met] and throughout varying locations in the world.
Global Rituals
Global rituals are said to be one of the activities of group work, and the practitioner may only be involved in international rituals via his or her membership in DKMU.
Coded Language: Big Toe
In the DKMU, there is the supposed practice of a hidden language which capitalizes on nonsense and expressionism for means of encryption between members. The so-called "Big Toe" is a mock-language of whichever the dialect of origin may be, taking the route of continuous metaphor and symbolism for a coded language. It is maintained that only those with an in-depth knowledge of history, mythology, occult absurdity, and a matured sense of psychological creativity will be able to decipher "Big Toe".
A DKMU Internet-based Flier:
DKMU Group Structure
The DKMU operates as a group consisting of members from various schools of thought. It has been described as a very loose and artistic structure. Although the DKMU consists of hundreds of members (unsigned to forums or official list), the only official member list is held within the DK (Domus Kaotica) chapter of DKMU.
DK Official Member List: [1]
Frater Alysyrose had described the DKMU in an interview as;
"GP: I would say so. Are there any leaders or officials in DKMU?''
Alysy: Everyone expects there to be, but there's really not. I may be one of the better known personalities within it, along with some others, and being a founder of the DK, people tend to look to you for some answers, but it's a far stretch to say that I or any of the other council members in the DK ranks actually "lead" the group. We're more or less a completely autonomous organization. I really wouldn't have it any other way.
GP: Interesting. Not many groups survive using that system. Isn't it anarchy, in a sense?
Alysy: You say that like it's a bad thing.
GP: I didn't mean it like that (laughs). It's just when there's no central voice of a group it seems to just stumble along and soon disband. Off the top of my head I don't recall any occult group or current for that matter that pulled it off successfully who we can still easily name. Or maybe I'm confusing leadership with dogma?
Alysy: Perhaps, and we have neither. If I were to give a real description of the thing as it exists, I would say that DKMU operates via a kind of a sub-culture of artists. You can take artist to mean anything you want, so long as it involves some kind of creative procedure. Those who create more frequently, or create things of a higher worth (but who's to say?) are the ones who gain the respect they deserve, and along that, a sort of leadership and following in their own right. Is it any different from a band with a strong fan-base? I suppose "artist" could also relate, plainly, to the caliber of the innovative, ingenious nature of a person, which is easily noticed in nearly all forms of communication they choose to express themselves in. It's like the free market, without the evil. It's a brutally honest system at its heart, one that I think the so-called "real world" could take a lesson from. In our world, money does not equal power. The caliber and intellect of the individual equals real power. Some older examples of this can be found in the likes of Plato, Lucretius, Buddha, Socrates, Einstein, Jesus, etc. etc. Take your pick."
Books by DKMU
Occultus Conturbo is a book on Khaos Magick and the occult, written by Frater Sheosyrath of the Domus Kaotica.
DKMU Publications (Occultus Conturbo): [2]
The Assault on Reality (A Field Manual for the Strange Psyche) is DKMU's second book. The subjects range over the occult, khaos, activism, revolutionary writing, prose & poetry, to discordian humor. It is also the title of another book released by the Marauder Underground entitled Ellis: The Assault on Reality, written by MU members and edited by Silenced. [further information needed]
Overview for The Assault on Reality: A Field Manual for the Strange Psyche: Within this tome, the gates open wide. Herein lies nothing true, and nothing false. Far from requiring assurance of its own blunders, joyous mistakes make up the entirety of its limbs. It relishes in the thought of changing your mind, of manifesting confusion where there is faith, of invoking wrath where there is quiet content and self-imposed anesthesia. It looks upon you with no eyes; it sees through its own kaleidoscope. It hears you with no ears; thunderstorms make up its resonance. It thinks of you with no mind; its thoughts are made up of all those things which we have left behind in the dark of the wilderness. The drums begin and the heavens thunder wildly as we start to sweat and metamorphose. A voice inside us speaks as we dance, trip, and fall upwards forever into the abyss. DEATH TO THE IMAGE; HAIL THE NEW FLESH.
DKMU Publications (The Assault on Reality: AFMFTSP): [3]
DKMU Forums: [4]


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Karl Alzner
Theme: Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work.
-- Peter Marshall
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Karl Alzner was taken with the fifth overall pick in the 2007 draft, and if it seems as if it has taken a long time for him to cement his place in the Caps lineup, it is perhaps a product of his being a fifth overall pick. Call it "high expectations." Alzner was taken on the heels of a fine year with the Calgary Hitmen in the Western Hockey League, and he spent one more year in Calgary after being selected by the Caps. In 2008-2009 he played the majority of his games in Hershey with the AHL Bears, but he did get 30 games with the Caps as injuries hit the blue line. It was a respectable beginning for a 20 year old defenseman (1-4-5, minus-1 in those 30 games), and might have been looked at as a launching pad for the next season.
In 2009-2010, however, Alzner once more spent the majority of his time in Hershey (56 games) with 21 games spent in Washington. Fans might be forgiven for thinking that Alzner was going sideways in his development. But Alzner was putting the finishing touches on his apprenticeship. He was called upon to play in one playoff game for the Caps in 2010 – the Game 7 loss to Montreal in the opening round – and then was returned to Hershey for the Bears' run at a Calder Cup. Alzner played in 20 post season games for the Bears as Hershey repeated as AHL champs. In the process he was 3-7-10, plus-7, including a goal in the Bears' Cup-clinching 4-0 win over the Texas Stars. Not a bad offensive line for a defenseman primarily known for his play in his own end. Here is how he compared to the 2009-2010 season:
That would be the last game Alzner played for the Bears. He played in all 82 games for the Caps in 2010-2011, one of three Caps to play in every game. One would like to say he was consistent over the course of the season, and in a way he was. In his ten game splits he finished on the minus side of the ledger only twice (minus-five in Games 21-30, which included the first four games of the Caps' December eight-game losing streak, and minus-2 in Games 61-70). As if to reinforce the point, Alzner was "only" minus-2 in that eight-game losing streak, and he was "only" plus-2 in a nine-game winning streak the Caps had between February 26th and March 15th.
On the other hand, he seemed to alternate productive and unproductive groups of games, offensively. No points in his first ten games of the season, three in his next ten. None, three, one, three, one, and one followed in his ten-game splits. But even there, it was only the appearance of alternating production. Those three points in his sixth ten-game split – all of them came in Game 58, a 7-6 win over the Anaheim Ducks in which 11 different Caps had points, and six different Caps (including Alzner) had multi-point games. Taking that game into consideration, Alzner's offensive production was largely limited to the first half of the season (2-4-6 in Games 1-40; 0-3-3, not including that three-point game, in Games 41-82). But he was plus-5 in those first 40 games, plus-9 to finish the season. Here is a comparison of his 2010-2011 numbers to those of his 2009-2010 season:
As a practical matter, his offense didn't, well…matter. Alzner was not – and should not have been – counted on to produce a lot of offense from the blue line. He wasn't a big hitter, either (third among Caps defensemen in hits). However, he did have his moments. He recorded 54 of his 98 hits (and 15 of his 28 multi-hit games) in the three ten-game splits corresponding to Games 21-50 on the schedule. He had only 24 hits in the last 32 games of the season, none in his last six. With respect to those Games 21-50, had he extended that performance over the course of the entire season, he would have finished with 159 hits, which would have been second on the team behind the 166 that John Erskine had. Alzner is not known as an especially physical defenseman, but it was a somewhat odd progression through the schedule.
Odd Alzner Fact… Alzner was 2-10-12 for the year, but only one of those points (an assist) was recorded in 24 games against Southeast Division opponents (he assisted on a game-winning overtime goal in a 3-2 win over Florida on March 6th).
Game to Remember… March 6, 2011. In a 7-6 win over the Anaheim Ducks, Alzner had three assists, his career best in assists and points (three) in a game. Two of the helpers came on goals that tied the game, the third on the game-winning goal with 1:47 left.
Game to Forget… February 25, 2011. Alzner was on the ice for three goals in a 6-0 loss to the New York Rangers. In addition, he was credited with no takeaways, no blocked shots, no hits in 20:42 of ice time.
Post season… If you are going to be primarily a defensive defenseman, then you can't be the guy who was on the ice for the most goals against. In nine games and 24 total goals allowed by the Caps, Alzner was on the ice for ten of them (led the team) – five in five games against the Rangers, five in four games against the Lightning. It was Alzner's first extended experience in an NHL playoff setting, and in that respect this spring's performance might be chalked up to "learning."
In the end, for all the waiting Alzner and Caps fans experienced in his getting to the NHL as a permanent fixture, he now has played in more NHL games (133) than any other defenseman in his draft class. He was one half of what became the Caps' best example of a "shutdown" pair (with John Carlson) for much of the season. He averaged 20:00 of ice time a game, almost none of it on the power play, which meant that he spent large chunks of time in that "defensive" role. Even if his ten-game splits suggest a bit of fading late (0-2-2, even in his last two splits), Alzner had a solid year for a player who came into the season with 51 games of regular season and one game of playoff experience.
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Man drugged competition at Dog ShowA Pennsylvania man is accused of drugging a Siberian husky after police found pills in the dogs stomach
By Britni Day - NBCChicago.com
A Pennsylvania man is facing charges of animal cruelty after he allegedly drugged a competitor's Siberian husky at a dog show in Wheaton.
Ralph Ullum, 68 of Claysville, Pa., is accused of feeding Protonix and possibly Benadryl to Pixie, a Siberian Husky, at a Dec. 17 kennel club show at the DuPage County Fairgrounds, according to Wheaton police.
Ullum's girlfriend was competing with her Siberian husky, named Diana, and Ullum had been assisting her at the show.
Pixie's handler, Jessica Plourde of Newark Valley, N.Y., noticed a crushed pink pill near Pixie's cage on the second day of competition, according to reports.


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Lamar Neagle is starting to develop a reputation for having a flair for the dramatic.
While in Arizona the Sounders were trailing the Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2-0 in the second half when Neagle got his head on a corner kick and knocked it in the net to shrink the deficit to 2-1. Seattle went on to win 3-2 to finish off that leg of training camp.
On Friday, as the Sounders were finishing the competition leg of training camp against Norway's SK Brann in the La Manga Cup, they needed a goal again as they waned into the final moments of the match with a scoreless tie. Who else would they turn to but Lamar Neagle?
Peter Vagenas lined up over the kick in the 84th minute, knocking a low toppling ball into the box from the left side. It skipped past Zach Scott at the near post, then Tyson Wahl right in front of the goal, eventually falling to Neagle at the far post, who poked it past the keeper for the 1-0 lead.
"We have our places to go on corner kicks, and I ended up with back post that time. It came right through a bunch of people and finally dribbled to me," Neagle said. "It's good we got the win. It's good for our confidence. Hopefully we can keep it rolling from here."
That held and the Sounders earned a fifth place finish in the La Manga Cup with the 1-0 win.
"He's like Houdini. Every time we get to the end of a camp--and maybe the camp hasn't gone his way--but he finds a way to score, like he did against Vancouver, and he found a way to score today," Sounders FC head coach Sigi Schmid said. "I think we're going to name him Houdini. He pulls out his bag of tricks right at the end there."
The game started with the Sounders FC going on the attack, dramatically outshooting Brann, though they had nothing on the scoreboard to show for it.
One such chance came in the 41st minute when James Riley cracked in a cross and Steve Zakuani crept between two defenders to head a shot toward the net, only to have Brann goalkeeper Hakon Opdahl.
Conversely, Brann got into a scoring possession several times, but late efforts by Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Tyrone Marshall and the rest of the Sounders defense kept any of those threatening possessions from materializing into so much as a shot.
As the second half got underway, the Sounders substitutes started flowing in and by the end of the match 12 changes were made in total. However, that didn't stall their resolve.
The defenders kept goalkeeper Chris Eylander in the clear for much of the second half and former Washington Husky combined with first-half starter Kasey Keller to complete the clean sheet.
The midfielders were also relentless in their pursuit between the boxes. They just couldn't manage solid enough opportunities to put a goal on the board. At least not until Neagle subbed on for Freddie Ljungberg, who played a team-high 71 minutes.
"It's good to get a win again today," Schmid said. "Obviously it makes the team feel better and we end the trip on a win."
All told, the Spain trip was riddled with positives. Not only did Schmid get a great look at some trialists the team had in camp, but he also got a better assessment of the team and their on-field personality.
"I think we identified that our movement off the ball has got to be a lot better. It's good when you play this competition because they play with a lot of movement off the ball. It's good for our guys to see that. They play with a lot of endeavor defensively, close spaces quicker than they do if, say, you were in Argentina," Schmid said. "So from that standpoint it made us address the physical aspects of our game."
Additionally, it gave the players an opportunity to spend time together while working hard toward the common goal.
"It's always great to win, but at the same time these trips are so much more than that," Vagenas said. "It's important, first and foremost, that guys stay healthy. We did a lot of work. Our bodies are absorbing a lot from running and fitness and what not. The most important thing is to build up our fitness and I think we've done that for the most part."
Through all of the positives that emerged from the two-week trip to Spain that followed a stay in Casa Grande, Ariz., one misfortune came when second-half substitute Taylor Graham reaggravated the hamstring injury that kept him from training in full for most of the time spent in Spain. Graham considered the injury just a setback in his recovery program.
"He felt he could go. He went through a couple trainings, felt he was ready to go," said Schmid, who had Graham warm up for the game before making his final decision. "The first time he tried to turn, he could feel it a little bit again, so based on that we got him out early. It's probably a setback for him, but not as far of a setback as the last time he did it."
The win gave the Sounders fifth place and a 2-1 record in the La Manga Cup tournament, putting a winning cap on the traveling portion of their preseason. They will return to Seattle on Saturday evening and are set to resume training on Tuesday before facing the Vancouver Whitecaps Saturday, March 6 at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby, BC. The MLS season begins with First Kick on Thursday, March 25 with the Sounders against the Philadelphia Union at Qwest Field.
Scoring Summary
Seattle - Neagle (Vagenas) 84.
Brann - None
Seattle Sounders FC: Kasey Keller (Chris Eylander 46); James Riley (Zach Scott 67), Tyrone Marshall (Jeff Parke 62), Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (Taylor Graham 67, Jamel Wallace 75), Leo Gonzalez (Tyson Wahl 46); Sanna Nyassi (David Estrada 56), Osvaldo Alonso (Stephen King 67), Nathan Sturgis (Peter Vagenas 62), Steve Zakuani (Michael Fucito 46); Freddie Ljungberg (Lamar Neagle 72) , Fredy Montero (Tye Perdido 67).
SK Brann: Hakon Opdal; Birkir Sevarsson, Rodolph Austin, Yaw Amankwah, Bjarte Haugsdal; Erik Mjelde, Eirik Bakke (Gylfi Einarsson 53), Tijan Jaiteh, Jan Gunnar Solli; Erik Huseklepp, Diego Guastavino (David Nielsen 59).


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Happy Monday dear friends! It's the first Monday of summer vacation and I plan on enjoying every minute of it!!! I have a long list of things to do during the summer month's and celebrating my hubby is one of them! Father's Day is right around the corner and so is my 27th wedding anniversary and I thought it would be fun to create some festive cards with Glitz Designs!
This first card celebrates Dad being a hero, and I tell you what, my husband is worthy of being a hero. He works extremely hard for his family. He is kind, caring and compassionate, and he is funny too! He is the best friend I could ever have, and I am thankful for him. I know the kids will love giving this card to him!
Supplies used:
Glitz Design Distressing Stamp Set 3
Glitz Design "Love Games" Whatnots
Glitz Design "Love Games" Peekaboos
Other supplies: Papertrey Ink: Kraft and Rustic White cardstock, My Hero, My Dad stamps, Button Twine, Spiral Notebook Page Die, and Banner Border die; Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink; Memento Rich Cocoa Ink; Button from an old pair of jeans.
I will give this second card to my hubby on our 27th wedding anniversary on June 16th. I am so happy to say that after all these years, we are more in love today than we were yesterday. We have so much fun together, and we work very hard to keep our love alive! We are very fortunate indeed! I was pretty excited to find a Glitz Design Cardstock Sticker that had the perfect sentiment for this card!! Glitz Designs has it all!
Supplies used:
Glitz Design "Love Games" Glitzers
Glitz Design "Love Games" Paper Layers
Glitz Design "Love Games" Whatnots
Glitz Design "Love Games" Cardstock Stickers Titles
Other Supplies: Papertrey Ink Black and Kraft Cardstock, Woodgrain Impression Plate; Tim Holtz Ideology Hinge Clips.
Thanks for stopping by today!! I look forward to seeing you create a masculine card with your Glitz Goodies!!! I hope you have an absolutely Glitzy Day!!


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Because Bravo knows a good thing when it sees it, last night we were treated to even more madness from the Real Housewives of New Jersey. While the season was supposed to be over after the reunion trilogy (The Hunger Games it was not), the network decided to milk a little bit more out of the women and the viewers. So it is without further ado, I present to you the lost footage from season four. It's actually very telling to see what ended up on the cutting room floor, and what's being revisited in light of the ongoing feud surrounding Teresa Giudice and
everyone else Melissa Gorga. Editing truly is magical!
Narrated by Andy Cohen, the episode takes us behind the scenes of what happened during the season and at the far-too-drawn-out reunion. Buckle up (if you haven't boycotted the show yet!), and enjoy the bumpy ride with Melissa, Teresa, Caroline Manzo, Jacqueline Laurita, and Kathy Wakile. It's truly a sight.
We begin with a lost cause…Andy is trying to convince Juicy Joe (once again) that homophobic slurs are offensive and nasty. Joe is all, Ahhwatdisagain? before turning into a brick wall of Who Cares. By the way, did you know that Joe went on a boat ride with seven guys and one of them was gay? He is not a homophobe. The comments he made about Gregg Bennett were meant to be funny, not mean. He's so sorry Greggy doesn't have a sense of humor! Jacqueline tells Andy that she thinks Joe speaks more out of ignorance than maliciousness. Fair enough.


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Matt Devlin From California In The Starting 5
Part two of the interview will be tomorrow and that will be in the written word form. So make sure to come back and check that out as we talk about J.O, Chris Bosh, Jay Triano and Jose Calderon.Tonight it will be Raptors Rewind of the game Matt will be calling on TSN with Jack Armstrong.
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- AnonymousDecember 29, 2008 at 3:39 PM
I missed the tidbit that Matt gave at the end James. The baseball related one that Matt gave. What did he say again?ReplyDelete
I was just making a joke about the fact he as an announcer can not be traded and he said that it was not true that a baseball announcer had been included in a trade in the past. I forget the name of the announcer but go back and listen I am sure it is there.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2008 at 3:58 PM
haha .... thats awesome .... most right now at RF are asking for Chuck back, so my guess is that some fans would like to make a Chuck for Matt swap. Personally I think we'd be getting the raw end of the deal. ;)ReplyDelete
Great interview man.
Thanks and yeah I think Matt is great I have lost count of how many interviews we have done he is always willing to make time and is a great person I would never trade any of my guests Matt included.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2008 at 5:08 PM
awesome clip! many thanks.ReplyDelete
one suggestion, though? perhaps you could even out the levels?? your levels are much higher than mat's, so it hurts a bit.
could just be me. in any case, nice job getting the interview!
Well this is not high end technology being used. Matt was on a cell as well but we do the best we can.ReplyDelete


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NHL Game Night: 11-6-11 Lightning at Panthers
Can you imagine how good this team would be if they'd play 60 minutes?
Mathieu Garon allowed 3 goals on 12 shots before being lifted for Dwayne Roloson. Roloson bailed him out stopping all 28 shots he faced and all 4 shooters in the penalty shot session for the shootout win.
First Period
FLA Campbell (1), (Versteeg, Fleischmann)(PP), 1:49
FLA Kopecky (2), (Skille, Weaver), 13:05
FLA Santorelli (1), (Kulikov), 15:21
Second Period
TB Malone (4), (Stamkos, Brewer)(PP), 16:20
TB Stamkos (10), (Gilroy, St. Louis), 17:46
Third Period
TB Purcell (5), (Downie, Brewer), 8:11
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Roloson, Steven Stamkos, and Teddy Purcell were the game's three stars.
My three stars would've included Steve Downie, who had the tying goal Kontos'ed from him by Teddy Purcell, and Matt Gilroy, who swooped into the zone late in the second period and then dished the perfect saucer to Stamkos to get the deficit down to 1 goal heading into the final frame.
For those who like to complain about Victor Hedman, I'll refer you to that first period as an example of why you should appreciate the young man. It took 20 minutes for the Lightning to adjust to playing without their bell cow on the backline.
I wish this team would figure out how to play a full 60 minute game. This 30-40 minutes of effort schtick is not going to keep getting them W's. The flat first periods have to stop.
We'll have to see about any potential long-term implications that come from Ryan Malone's injury tonight. The Lightning are off until Wednesday, so I suspect he'll be back, but if not: Carter Ashton?
Brett Connolly had 2 shots and 2 hits in 13:37. He showed really good speed cranking up a 3/4 ice rush that ended up in a wraparound attempt in the third period. It'll be interesting to see that part of his game develop where he carries it more.
Blair Jones had 1 hit in 6:41. He's like an awful cacophony of legs and arms that couldn't avoid hitting you on the forecheck if he tried.
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YEREVAN, MARCH 22, ARMENPRESS. The Traffic Police of Armenia continues taking measures to ensure smooth traffic. ARMENPRESS reports an innovation has been put into operation in one of the crossroads of Yerevan. The Traffic Police have installed an ultrasound sensor at the crossroad of Etchmiadzin highway and the road to the airport that calculates the traffic flow and regulate the crossroad, as a result of which congestions are avoided.
Those devices are a novelty not only in Armenia, but also in the region. The ultrasound sensors are produced in Armenia. Its only a few days the sensors are put into operation, but according to the Police Traffic, positive change is already evident.
The ultrasound sensors do not allow congestions on the crossroads. Within a few seconds the device calculates the number of vehicles and changes the colors of the traffic light.
This is the first smart crossroad in Armenia. The Traffic Police rule out any congestion here.
The Traffic Police are studying other crossroads to install the devices. Soon there will be more smart crossroads without congestions.
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According to Mecklenburg County Black Foot Soldier contacts, controversial Meckleburg BFS Moses Grandy has issued a statement condemning the arrest of thirty two year-old Tyrice Boyd in the six year-old reparations protest of reparations offender Justin Dillon Ervin and his, then, seventeen year old and suspected "nigger word thinker" girl friend who it is believed instigated the alleged assault that led to Ervin's death.
"Our goals for gathering here today are to condemn the arrest of our brother Tyrice Lavar Boyd, to remind brothers and sisters of the importance of seeing so called 'white police' as State commissioned racial terrorists when they find themselves in situations where they might have to defend themselves against white police terror and to remind the County's over 580,000 white reparations offenders that denial of claimed reparations in peaceful reparations protests are considered threats against 'our lives' and to warn local whites that with the arrival of the Ultraviolet light age, they should monitor they're thoughts with great deliberation because, "we hear you devils when you thinking the word 'nigger'!" Grandy reportedly slammed.
Mecklenburg County Soldier soldiers also report they used the gathering as the launch for a membership drive that will be going on throughout the first trimester of 2012.


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2. Buy a new home.
3. Be free of evil and negatives.
4. Raise my children well.
5. Start a catering business.
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Saving to buy a new home.
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Jepsen, Shields make progress
Scot Shields and Kevin Jepsen, two valuable members of the Angels' bullpen, stretched it out on Thursday in the warm sun of Tempe Diablo Stadium and came out of the session feeling ready for the next step toward the mound.
"Shiedsy and l got back for 10 minutes of long toss, and it felt great — for both of us," Jepsen said. "I'm happy. The best part is I felt good after I'd stopped throwing for a while and went back out. No issues at all. This was a very good day."
Shields, rebounding from left knee surgery, and Jepsen, who experienced some shoulder pain early in camp, have been delayed in throwing off the mound.
"I feel like I could throw right now," Shields said, "but I understand them being cautious with me. You've got to look at the big picture."
It was the first day of live batting practice, and starters Ervin Santana, Joel Pineiro and Joe Saunders all threw effectively.
"I was focused on fastball command," Saunders said, "and it really felt good to be out there. The second pitch I threw was a line drive right back at me, but I got out of the way."
First baseman Kendry Morales remained absent as he goes through the final stages of acquiring his work permit. The Cuba native established residency in the Dominican Republic after defecting in 2004. He is expected in camp any day.
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Great news. As Sparky Anderson said, the secret to a good life is good friends and a solid bullpen; not necessarily in that order. I'm trying not to get too excited about the upcoming season, but the little hairs on my forearms are standing up right now.
Did they forget to put February on Morales' calendar? I'm always amazed by delays like this and do NOT blame external forces. Not applying in time is on Morales. How could getting to spring training be a surprise?
Have you never dealt with government bureaucracy before?? Morales could have applied when he was in diapers, if some mid level paper pusher overlooks something, you are screwed cuz they don't care.
I am not sure how this season will end up and so I am holding back on commenting about any of what has happened until I see the whole picture. I would like to believe we can repeat what we did last year, but I am not putting the cart before the horse just yet!


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Harvard Law grad accused in Navy charity scam
CLEVELAND A former fugitive suspected of running a $100 million cross-country scam collecting donations for Navy veterans has been identified as a Harvard-trained attorney wanted on unrelated fraud charges since 1987, authorities said Monday.
U.S. Marshal Pete Elliott said the man who identified himself as Bobby Thompson and signed legal papers as "Mr. X" is really John Donald Cody, 65, whose true identity was uncovered through 1969 military fingerprints that didn't make it into the national crime system.
He is jailed awaiting trial on charges of defrauding donors in 41 states of up to $100 million through a bogus Florida-based charity.
Elliott said at a courthouse news conference in Cleveland that the fingerprint match developed from tips he found last week doing Google searches for information about the suspect, including possible military or fraud backgrounds involving a missing person.
Elliott said he found a wanted poster for a similar-looking pompadour-wearing man who had disappeared after being accused of defrauding a legal client. The FBI searched military fingerprint files and found Cody's prints matched those taken from the suspect when he was arrested this year.
The suspect had served as a captain in U.S. military intelligence, Elliott said.
"This is definitely John Donald Cody," Elliott said. "He's a guy that thought, No. 1, he could never get caught, and No. 2, he would never be identified. And we were able to do both."
Elliott also said the FBI wanted to question Cody about an espionage case but gave no details. There was no immediate comment from the FBI beyond congratulating authorities on his arrest.
According to the marshal, Cody graduated from the University of Virginia in 1969 and Harvard Law School in 1972 and practiced law at several locations around the country. Harvard confirmed a John Cody graduated from its law school in 1972.
During an earlier appearance in court in Cleveland, the suspect had mentioned the possibility of representing himself. He told a judge on May 10 that he wasn't an attorney but wouldn't say if he has a law school background because that related to the issue of identity theft.
His attorney, Joseph Patituce, said he is preparing for a March 11 trial. "We believe that the state has a very weak case against our client, but we look forward to our day in court," he said.
Over the suspect's objections, a judge granted the state's request to take his palm prints and handwriting and DNA genetic samples as authorities tried to identify him.


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|Where did downtown Bogotá go?
|You can glimpse a few of the buildings.
On January first, EcoPetrol, supposedly, began distributing distributing very clean diesel across all of Colombia. The new diesel has only 50 parts per million of sulphur - high quality by developing world standards. Previously, the diesel fuel in Bogotá had 300 ppm of sulphur, and that sold outside the city was much dirtier.
These photos show the view of downtown Bogotá from the window of my apartment above La Candelaria in the morning. Most mornings I can barely distinguish the buildings in downtown thru the grey pall.
|A rare clear day.
EcoPetrol may very well be distributing clean fuel, altho I'd love to see an analysis by an independent laboratory. (Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find a laboratory in Colombia with sufficiently precise equipment that's not connected to EcoPetrol.) But that only demonstrates how much more needs to be done to clear the air.
The city needs to retire older, higly-polluting vehicles and enforce emissions laws on the rest. Even many new cars, especially Chinese and Korean models, leave plumes of smoke behind them.
Where does the smog come from? It's no mystery:
|A TransMilenio bus, the icon of Bogotá, belches smoke.
|This truck was repairing electricity lines along the Circunvular.
|A bus belches its way down Carrera 10.


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Michael Ferris Jr.: The Bronx Series and Other Works
Michael Ferris Jr.: The Bronx Series and Other Works
Through May 12, 2012
Gallery hours:
Tuesday to Saturday 10 am to 4 pm
Susan Hoeltzel
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+ 1 (718) 960 6991
Lehman College Art Gallery
250 Bedford Park Boulevard West
Bronx, New York 10468-1589
United States
Michael Ferris' intensely patterned, figurative sculptures are portraits based on actual people. This exhibition features recent sculpture, working drawings, and includes his new 'Bronx Series,' based on people in the Morris Park neighborhood, where he has lived and worked for the last seven years. Ferris' visually stunning sculpture is known for elaborate geometric patterning inspired by Middle Eastern inlaid gaming tables, a tradition connected to his Lebanese heritage. He shapes hundreds of small pieces of wood that are applied to the larger wooden surface, something like mosaics, in an overall pattern covering every inch of the surface. The medium is wood intarsia, a technique of inlaid wood or stone, developed in the 7th century in Islamic North Africa that spread throughout the Mediterranean and flourished during the Renaissance. Ferris's approach to the figure is classical and embraces naturalism while his surfaces offer a counterpoint of geometry and color that animates the figure and hints at the persona within. In contrast to the surface cacophony, his subjects display a restrained sang-froid and call to mind the veracity of ancient Roman portrait busts as well as the candor of folk art.
All artists are influenced by the art they see around them and the art they study, and the sources that helped shape Ferris' work are broad. Ferris grew up in Chicago in a home filled with art and crafts – from African masks to Outsider art – and was raised by parents who were also artists. The Chicago artists — the Imagists, the Hairy Who, and the Monster Roster — were a presence internationally as well as regionally, and one Ferris was aware of growing up. Many of these artists were figurative and their styles, often somewhat quirky, drew on surrealism, the comics, outsider art — all of which can be said to be found in Ferris' work.
Michael Ferris begins by making drawings — and, they too, are lush, colorful, and heavily patterned. The drawings also offer a window into Ferris' process from conception to the three-dimensional form. His initial sketches are straight portraits used to capture the subject's likeness, demeanor, and various angles. They are generally developed from photographs that Ferris takes of the subject. Created with layers of transparent and opaque inks, the drawings provide a two–dimensional guide to the modeling of light and shadow on the subject. Later working drawings contain mathematical notations to help render proportions. In some, Ferris superimposes color and pattern on the subjects, providing a reference for possible surface design, but more often they seem a free rein of the imagination.
The sculptures are made from recycled wood – discarded furniture and 'found' lumber – and a colorful grout made from sawdust and wood-glue that is pigmented with acrylic paint. Both the grout and the wood define the palette with bright colors and a range of beiges and browns — the natural tones of the wood. Ferris' process is both additive and subtractive, building the work over a wooden armature that is then shaped with power tools – grinders, routers, sanders — and traditional hand tools. Additional wood pieces are applied with glue (and occasionally nails) then colored grout is added to create the rich patterning. The surfaces are sanded and reshaped, then more additions, in a process that continues. His surface geometry sometimes suggests hair, spinal bones, or musculature; at other times, it is an invention unrelated to the structure below the surface of the skin. The random way the wood is added seems intuitive and unlike the regimentation that geometry implies. For Ferris, there is a freedom to the building of the sculpture at this stage that appears to be pure improvisation, a riff on the rules of portraiture.
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Kershaw goes from spot on to spotty vs. A's
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- After two perfect innings against the A's on Monday, Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw was roughed up for the second time in as many spring starts and again had no explanation.
Kershaw said he was fine physically after allowing all five batters he faced in the third inning to reach base, three on walks, all five scoring, before manager Don Mattingly yanked him. The A's scored seven runs in the inning en route to a 7-3 victory at Phoenix Municipal Stadium.
In his Cactus League debut on Wednesday, Kershaw allowed three runs on five hits in two innings. This time he was charged with five runs in two-plus innings, with three walks, two strikeouts and two hits.
Although he still is in pole position to start for the Dodgers in Australia after making 50 pitches, Kershaw wouldn't get the nod if self-confidence was a prerequisite.
"It's not fun to deal with," said Kershaw, who has an 18.00 ERA. "Physically, I feel great. I don't have any excuses. I don't know, searching for answers right now. I know it's Spring Training, it doesn't matter, but it matters to me."
Mattingly said he wasn't panicking.
"The first two innings were really good, then he got out of rhythm and couldn't find it," Mattingly said. "Good thing is, it's Spring Training, that's why we're here. He had the same kind of spring last year. He has a level of expectation of always being good. I don't have a problem with that. He expects to be in midseason form, and we keep working toward that. He gets frustrated. That's why we love him."
Last year, Kershaw was charged with four earned runs in five innings after two Spring Training starts.
"He just couldn't get the train back on the rails," said A.J. Ellis, who did not catch Kershaw last week. "They did a great job laying off borderline pitches, and he found himself in bad counts.
"Clayton's not one for thinking about a quality work day. He self-judges based on results. The first two innings he was not just good, but dominant. Not finishing the third inning, I know that's going to eat at him. We talked on the ride over. He's a pretty simple guy. He comes to pitch. He's not working on things, he does that in bullpen sessions. In a game situation, for him it's time to compete. Today he had a little hiccup."


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In the final days of the legislative session, families who lost loved ones inside Sandy Hook Elementary are trying to persuade state lawmakers to vote for a bill which would block the release of crime scene photos.
"I am hopeful they will be able to work it out because as a parent this is already incredibly painful," said Nelba Marquez-Greene, whose 6-year-old daughter Ana died in the massacre.
The Greenes and other families were at the State Capitol on Tuesday.
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The day's top national and international news.
The bill, which has been criticized for being put together in secret, is still being crafted. The legislation will not block 911 calls from being made public, but it will block crime scene photos.
"Primarily, we're trying to exclude the photographs of the victims from being disclosed to the public," said Sen. John McKinney, who represents Newtown. "I think right now we're not looking at 911 calls."
Sen. McKinney also indicated that the bill could also include all crimes, not just the mass shooting at Sandy Hook.
The families are concerned if the grisly photos of their loved ones are made public, they could wind up on the Internet.
"We deserve the right as parents to remember Ana as we wish to remember her, without those grisly images out there," Greene said.
Getting the support of fellow lawmakers has not been easy. Some have told NBC Connecticut that they won't vote for the bill because it erodes the Freedom of Information Law.
There are also concerns about the secretive process. The bill did not go through the normal public hearing process.
"I think everyone understands and sympathizes with the situation but there needs to be some public comment and debate," Colleen Murphy, FOI Commission Executive Director, said.
The state's FOI Commission said there are reasons why police records are made public.
"We want to make sure police response was appropriate, and we can judge for ourselves what happened," Murphy said.
The Greene family said they are satisfied with how police responded. They say the photos will only traumatize their family.


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This year April 1st was on a Sunday, which is unfortunate. However, while it was impossible to make a lesson plan for that day, it seems quite OK to make one a week after the day.
April Fools online has provided a wealth of resources that can be exploited at leisure, mostly thanks to the Google guys and their geeky sense of humour. Other geeks have joined in the fun as well. Some of the videos sound more like prophecies than like jokes. Take, for example, the self-driving car and Chrome's "multitasking" function. My favourite remains last year's Google Motion, but this year it has been joined by the equally hilarious Google Really Advanced Search. And I want that fiber bar.
If you don't quite know what I am talking about, here's my collection of this year's online April Fools jokes:
April Fools
As you can see, I have used Storify to create this lesson and the questions for the students are inside. I learnt how to use Storify in Nik Peachey's "Adapting Your Coursebook With Technology" workshop on Seeta.
Storify is a really handy tool. You can search for different media while inside it and it is easy to drag and drop items into your story. That way you can create your own collection of readings and listenings for the students, or they can create their own stories collaboratively. Here's Storify's help page with a collection of screencasts.
Next year, I will be on the lookout for Google April Fools jokes and I might even do a scavenger hunt with my students and ask them to search for online pranks.
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