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4 planets square the Nodes
Jan 12, 2011, 01:43 AM »
Is there anything particular that I would need to understand more fully, if a chart has 4 planets, including Pluto, square to the nodes? I mean, is this extraordinary or unique in some way? - because I know I have never seen this many planets square the nodes before. (Although I have only seen limited number of charts thus far on my astrology path.)
I would assume the the NodaL Axis itself is highly charged with flip-flopping back and forth... but I have a sense that there may be something else I might need to understand? Is this quite rare?
There is also a Mystic Rectangle formed with Saturn, which is one of the planets square the Nodes. That shape is rare itself.
I would truly appreciate any comments.
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Jan 12, 2011, 10:07 AM »
Hi Dhyana,
It is not COMMON to find such a pattern. In the case that you are dealing with the core clue as to why that Soul has this pattern of skipped steps is deep, unresolved, traumas that have been quite severe. If you can unravel what the nature of those traumas have been you will then be able to understand the nature of the skipped steps, and why.
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Jan 12, 2011, 10:39 AM »
Dhyana I have a very similar chart with the same 4 planets plus Chiron square the same nodes. I would be happy to look further into the chart with you if you like.
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Jan 12, 2011, 01:47 PM »
Hi Rad, Wendy,
Thanks for responding. I have just recently sent the woman a few more questions in order to get more tuned into her and hence the nature of the trauma. I do sense from her that there are strong control issues, especially around her children and health, as well as how she and her children appear or show up in society. Now I have to find out WHY. I am hoping the questions I posed to her shed some more light on the core issue. I will describe what I sense further, after I hear back from her. I feel she is late 3rd individuated moving into 1st stage spiritual, or perhaps in first stage spiritual already.
She was raised Roman Catholic and is aware the she is carrying a lot of conditioned guilt from patriarchal religious conditioning. She is seeking a more natural spirituality now, and she has become a rieki practitioner. She is also aware of her overly active analytical and critical mind. (Pluto in 3 Virgo). I also feel the inflation of the Leo Archetype quite strong in her.
Wendy, Sure, anything you might want to share based on you having these skipped steps(with the same Nodes even!)would be truly helpful.
Thanks --more later,
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Jan 12, 2011, 05:40 PM »
Rad, or whomever,
In regards to the chart I have posted here- is it correct to say that the North Node in the 11th Gemini, is the Node that last formed the conjunction to Pluto, Uranus and Mars, therefore Mercury in the
in Aries (correction of house in purple) is the way to resolve those skipped steps?
...the Node that last formed the conjunction to Saturn and Chiron is the South Node in Sagittarius H5, and therefore Jupiter in Gemini, would be the way to resolution for both Saturn and Chiron skipped steps?
Am I following this correctly?
Thank you for your any support, feedback about the natal chart in question, and confirmation on the above.
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Jan 12, 2011, 05:57 PM »
Hi Rad, (and others)
RAD SAID: "Hi Dhyana,
It is not COMMON to find such a pattern. In the case that you are dealing with the core clue as to why that Soul has this pattern of skipped steps is deep, unresolved, traumas that have been quite severe. If you can unravel what the nature of those traumas have been you will then be able to understand the nature of the skipped steps, and why.
God Bless, Rad
In following up with what you said in your reply to me above--
After speaking with this woman again, I feel that there is trauma in these areas -
ADDED LATER Please note however that when I asked her if there were any trauma in her life or traumatic themes, she said there wasn't , then she asked if I would consider ("count") #3 below as traumatic.
1.) With
-- feeling overwhelmed by them, not understanding them or their needs, concerned about they way the children (as a reflection of herself) "show up" in society. And all this going on, at the same time, she is fearing for their well being --hence (with all that) feeling the need to control.
2.) Trauma related to her
values and her self worth
outwardly seeks approval of authority (described herself as a "brown-noser" in her youth) and then feels like she cannot live up to it. She feels she is still doing this on some level in her adult life.
3.) Trauma related to her
individual creative self expression
She mentioned that she really had no traumatic events in her early childhood, but she said "does this (the following)count?" --when she was 13 she was going to be sent off to Cananda School of Dance to become a ballerina, but she had a back injury right before she was scheduled to go and her "career" and "dream of being a famous ballerina" was ruined. She said after this, she began to get involved with the wrong crowd, began a drinking habit and gave up on her own creative self expression.
Does this follow with what your pointing to in regards to the nature of the traumas? What might I look to in order to move more deeply into these traumas? ...and the WHY of the soul (intention).
I am contemplating her Pluto and PPP to go deeper into this.... it is still not all "clicking" yet~
Thank you for any help in this direction.
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Jan 12, 2011, 06:51 PM »
Well,I've been contemplating a little on the WHY of it...
... a Pluto in Virgo soul creates crisis in order to facilitate critical self analysis. There is a humbling in that, that occurs. This is to perhaps humble the inflation of the Leo Archetype (5th SN) so that it can get more of a sense that it is not all powerful? To become less self involved, less dramatic -- "the world does not revolve around me" and thus cultivate more objectivity (Aquarius / 11th NN). To get some space from it's own bubble. Ultimately to bring it's gifts to society, but in a way that isnt about "showing off" but "showing up".
( Yes??, am I on the right track?)
So in essence, the squares to the nodes are inviting her to embrace the traumas related to these things (1,2,3 listed). Looking inside to the hidden agendas she has for those dynamics to be in place to begin with (listed in 1,2,3,)
Instead of continually trying to persue them (gaining approval, having perfect children,being "a star", etc -- unconciously, thus creating more of the same cycle.
Of course, I know there is more that will unravel here, but this is where I am with this chart for starters.
Does this follow along well with what the chart shows as far as skipped steps?
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Jan 12, 2011, 07:31 PM »
A few days ago, I had an image come to me about this woman. I have no idea if I was just conjuring this image up (from one too many movies), or if there is some validity to it? I feel akward bringing it up, (but I will anyhow because I just am tired of being concerned with things like that in realtion to an image of myself.) --just in case there is something to it.
I had this image of a classroom, or a one room schoolhouse, set back in like the 1800's or something. And she was a teacher there. She was responsible for all of these kids, and then something went wrong and these children were all screaming and crying and she could not control what was happening. There was violence, and deaths ... and ultimately, she blamed herself for it.
Well, that was the imagery /story I had seen in my minds eye late one night before bed.
A day or two later after I had this image, she had told me that her father in this life, was a school teacher. (i might be reading too far into that --i don't know?)
I just thought I would mention it here on this board because I feel it is a safe place to check out things like this...
Thanks for being a place such as this.
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Jan 12, 2011, 09:02 PM »
Hi Dhyana,
I'm sure Rad would instantly see what's going on with this chart. However, here are a few of my own insights/ideas. I would be interested to know whether they are on track.
Okay, after examining the "bottom line" Pluto dynamics (the crisis of how to raise her children and what to teach them, especially how to survive in this world) and the PPP (communicating spiritual teachings) - since there are so many skipped steps do we still need to look at these Pluto dynamics or do we go straight to the skipped steps? Separately, the aspects are:
Saturn (9th) opposite Pluto/Uranus/Mars - cataclysmic, sudden, traumatic, extreme, evolutionary change through ideological crisis. Pluto is forcing her to express the spiritual truth of natural laws to her own children (5th, Saturn's ruler is Neptune 5th, Mercury inconjuncts Neptune) which she doesn't feel ready to do, or is making excuses.
Uranus/Mars conjunct Pluto - balsamic - surrender to a higher will, the end of an evolutionary cycle. Perhaps the crisis is: "What shall I teach my own children? - the dictates of a distorted society for survival purposes, or natural laws for which faith and surrender are necessary?" The ruler of Pluto, Uranus and Mars is Mercury/Aries/10th - mental trauma in public to speak the truth, and the failure bringing crisis then self-analysis, purification and change.
Pluto/Uranus/Mars squares the Nodes - she has missed these steps, which are being re-lived and resolved through the Resolution Node, NN Gemini 11th, by learning how to be a member of a group, by using discretion in her choice of communication, by daring to be different, or by allowing her children to express their differentness? Not sure if this makes sense, but could the 11th house group be her own family? Facilitator of the NN is Mercury/Aries/10th which itself is the ruler of Pluto - what she had learned from her father - the resolution to the skipped steps being to stop listening to that old voice of authority, and to express her own unique voice, and to accept the uniqueness of her own children?
Ruler of her 4th house is Venus/Taurus/11th. And ruler of her 2nd house is Sun/Taurus/11th, the Sun showing the main purpose/expression in this life. Ruler of her 5th is Pluto.
Saturn squares the Nodes - skipped steps - resolution node is the SN Sagittarius 5th ruled by Jupiter/Gemini/11th (conjunct NN). She had attempted to resolve these skipped steps but flip-flopped back and forth from the 5th to the 11th. And what are the skipped steps? To communicate the truth of natural law to her own children in a natural intuitive way, and to allow her children free-expression in line with natural law? Lucifer is conjunct Jupiter, does she feel a weakness to actually speak the truth?
So BOTH Nodes are the resolution nodes to the skipped steps of 5 planets (including Pluto and Chiron).
What does Rad say?
(Added later)
Did you notice that all three outer planets, Pluto, Uranus and Neptune are Retrograde? I feel the Mystic Rectangle (made up of Pluto Rx / Uranus Rx / Neptune Rx / Sun / Saturn) really brings all those difficult aspects together whereby she is able to overcome them through the power of this M.R. bringing her endless possibilities for transformation and change, and especially to express her special communication in an authentic manner.
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Jan 12, 2011, 09:17 PM »
Hi Linda,
Thanks for jumping in! I often feel like I am writing into a vacuum (tee hee) ...(but that is a common feeling for me anyhow, not just on a MB of course). So the support you offer is so very appreciated. I sense you are on the right track in many ways!!!
I have more to write,but I am in my car right now so I will have to do it later.
Thanks so much. I will contemplate this that you just shared while I drive --let it all sink in...
Very Grateful,
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Jan 12, 2011, 09:23 PM »
Thanks Dhyana for your support too!
I have dared to submit a few of my own insights (especially after the Solar Eclipse fell smack on my Mercury in Cap!) - and I'm really looking forward to hearing what Rad has to say about this chart. It's a challenging one for sure.
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Jan 13, 2011, 12:28 AM »
I, for one, am very glad that eclipse fell on your Mercury in Cap, making you more daring-- to show up and speak your insights and wisdom.
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Jan 13, 2011, 12:41 AM »
OH, i just found this you added later-
(Added later)
Did you notice that all three outer planets, Pluto, Uranus and Neptune are Retrograde? I feel the Mystic Rectangle (made up of Pluto Rx / Uranus Rx / Neptune Rx / Sun / Saturn) really brings all those difficult aspects together whereby she is able to overcome them through the power of this M.R. bringing her endless possibilities for transformation and change, and especially to express her special communication in an authentic manner.
I actually hadn't noticed the Rx. I was so taken by the four planets plus Chiron squaring the Nodes, I didn't even take notice or ponder the Rx's yet. Does that (rx) help support to overcome? I'm not sure I understand that in relation to the Mystic Rectangle? --but I'd like to understand. I catch an inkling of what your pointing to, but it's a stretch for me to really understand this? Might you say a little more?
On another note, or also, isnt the nature of retrograde function; relive, redo -- hmmm?
Here is something that is perplexing me with her ...I kind of wonder (in my interactions with her) why she feels so bubbly and describes her life as not being at all traumatic if there are three Rx planets, Pluto/ Uranus/ Mars Conjunct opposing Saturn, plus all these skipped steps. She seems so upbeat, positive, jovial and enthusiastic (not saying that is a problem) but she just seems OVERLY positive and overly bubbly sometimes --it's just a feeling I get from her, not sure -hmmm??. I sense she has the ability to glaze over things, and deny or deflect from deeper issues. Well, she does have Neptune Rx opposing the Sun. Or maybe this (the tendency to be overly upbeat, and deny or deflect from deeper issues, that I am sensing) is part of the issue over-top of these skipped steps??? I wonder??? After all, Rad said
"In the case that you are dealing with the core clue as to why that Soul has this pattern of skipped steps is deep, unresolved, traumas that have been quite severe."
Maybe she feels compelled to stay upbeat as to avoid the underlying energy in these skipped steps???
Looking forward to hearing from Rad too.
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Jan 13, 2011, 03:07 AM »
"Not sure if this makes sense, but could the 11th house group be her own family? Facilitator of the NN is Mercury/Aries/10th which itself is the ruler of Pluto - what she had learned from her father - the resolution to the skipped steps being to stop listening to that old voice of authority, and to express her own unique voice, and to accept the uniqueness of her own children?"
This makes a lot of sense to me, given what I (we) know about her dealing/experience with her son (That she just cannot understand why he is so different and rebellous, from the rest of the family.)
I also know from speaking with her that her father adored her when she preformed and he was the one to drive her to all her dance classes and recitals etc. He had a lot of pride in his daughter and her talents, so she expressed to me. He was a school teacher also, and her grades were always wonderful, and her father took a lot of pride in that too.
-So yea there is the flavor there... keeping up the family ideology/the family's face in society --making sure her own children, as a reflection of her, "fit the mold" and don't rock the boat, fit the picture (
) in place, so to speak. So this would make a lot of sense what you said, perhaps THE FAMILY BEING THE 11TH HOUSE GROUP.
Everything that you wrote makes a lot of sense to me.
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Jan 13, 2011, 07:50 AM »
Hi Dhyana,
After reading all the input thus far, everything said so far reveals truth about this soul (although I don't know much about rectangle aspects).
My chart is similar in that I have the four planets square the nodes (Venus in instead of Mars) in the same signs (1965). Rad is surely right on, anyone with outer planets conjunct personal Mars square the nodes has had an extraordinary amount of trauma...plus her NN in the 11th, and Uranus in the 2nd.
Everything we have learned on this thread about Virgo, applied to Pluto Uranus conjunct in Virgo is very telling (depth of suffering the Virgo archetype has gone through in Patriarchal times is immense, plus the Pisces need to hide). Those planets in opposition to Saturn (outer-inner authority) which then opposes Mars. First Uranus Pluto in opp to Saturn--an outer authority had dominion over this soul, or this soul used her power (Pluto) to overpower others. My guess is she attempted to utilize her power and was overpowered by an outer authority. Add Mars...violence and war, to the death.
Now...have to look at chart and will return to add more.
Inconjunct Mercury-Neptune (10th-5th)...her challenge is to speak up and teach (9th house Saturn-Chiron) some form of healing-spirituality, or to become an authority on, or attain knowledge of those things, but before she can access her Saturn/Chiron (skipped step), she has to delve deep into her Pluto.
She has done all of this in the past (four planets square the nodes). See if you can find what makes her truly angry, that would reveal her deepest soul passions/desire/resentments (Mars/Pluto/Saturn).
Pluto Uranus retrograde individuals typically either want to goes to any lengths to get in touch with their soul, or they avoid it like the plague (that is my understanding).
Virgo's can be excellent athletes, especially with Mars in Virgo, she was likely to have been an excellent dancer. Trauma to her back just before going away to school....sounds to me like Virgo guilt created/induced the scenario or past life memory of moving into success (2nd house) and suddenly all hell broke loose, so her pysche/body could not support the movement forward.
Taurus Sun conjunct Venus, she is beautiful, in opposition to Neptune, ruler of PPP. Sun could represent her father, Neptune boundaries...they surely have past life connection...he pushed her beyond her physical limitations, beyond her body, and her mother, the moon in Leo very jealous, square to Venus Sun, of their relationship, and not available to meet her daughter's needs, or protect her.
I would venture to say there is sexual/physical abuse--Taurus/Scorpio axis--in this life and past lives. Her joyfilled facade covering up her deeper truth. Expressing her beliefs (Jupiter) via the body (Venus) as a blessing for humanity/children (11th house) brought death/war to her. She knows what it means to be powerful and she knows what it means to be disempowered. Leo Moon 1st house sextile Jupiter, the soul was attempting to discover and radiate her own beliefs, her own truth.
As mentioned before, definitely loss of children, as well as her creative dreams, power, sexuality.
This woman's soul will hide in Pisces until she has the support, from the feminine (Virgo) to come out.
Hope this all makes sense, it's a bit scattered....
Love, Wendy
Also Saturn, missed step, is about taking responsibility for the soul, and it's many experiences and ultimately being empowered through teaching forgiveness, oneness (Pisces-knowing the almighty-the universe-the Goddess is in charge) via the lens of discernment (Virgo) applying the soul's inner knowing, knowledge, intuition and communicating that knowing in a logical, right brained fashion (Gemini), in an 11th house way (radical, awakening, shocking, transformational).
Added later....I would even go as far as saying--this soul, this woman--has brilliance and her knowledge was misused by the collective authorities (or she was one) which brought destruction to the masses! Now she could use her brains and intuition to bring forth healing for her soul especially, as well as many others, if she accesses her trauma and PPP.
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Research Study 'Tunes In' to Marcellus Shale
Through Stage Production
CLEARFIELD, PA – A live performance of a play that attempts to educate the audience on issues surrounding Marcellus Shale is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 25, at the Clearfield County Career and Technology Center.
Modeled after an old fashioned radio show, Marcellus Shale: Living with Risk Can Give You Gas, is part of a Penn State research project that examines how we perceive and understand the risks, rewards and uncertainties in natural gas development. The research is supported by the National Science Foundation. The show will both educate and entertain, as it features songs, sketches and live music, in the format of the classic live radio shows of the past.
"We want to explore how people are responding to information about Marcellus Shale development and how they determine whether to trust that information," said Bill Doan, Penn State professor of theatre.
The evening is also an opportunity for people to engage with several Penn State scientists with expertise in energy development, and with the artists involved in the production.
Marcellus Shale: Living With Risk Can Give You Gas is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact William Doan, at firstname.lastname@example.com, or 814-863-0408. You can also write to firstname.lastname@example.com, or call 814-865-1587.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Marcellus Shale: Living With Risk Can Give You Gas
Research Study 'Tunes In' to Marcellus Shale
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Dinner Delimma
Let's say you have arranged to meet a group of mates for dinner. Just for fun, your friends gave you the date & time in a different time zone… use for your amusement. They are a loyal bunch and unlikely to order before you arrive.
They are all modern, connected, tech savvy people, with multiple means of communication. Mobile phones, Twitter, facebook. You even have the phone number for the restuarant.
1/2 an hour before dinner you realise you aren't going to make it on time, you might be 1/2 an hour late. You aren't sure yet though.
What do you do?
The prearranged time for dinner has arrived and you realise you still haven't made it out the door, you are going to be at least an hour late.
What do you do?
You get out to the car and it won't start and the roadside assistance people tell you they will be there in the next couple of hours.
What do you do?
Bono's got a bad back
Or let's say you are a rock band that has a sold out concert coming up in a weeks time. Although the concert is in another country, you have given US timezome details… let's face it, everyone sets their watch by PDT don't they?
You have access to all the media, TV, radio, Twitter feeds, websites, fan sites.
However the singer has developed a medical problem that makes it unlikely they can go on stage on the night.
What do you do?
The day before the gig it's obvious that the singer can't perform. You know the stadium will be filled with 10,000 eager fans in 24 hours.
What do you do?
The time has come for the gig to start, fans are piled up at the gates wondering why they are inside yet. There is a poster out the front promoting the gig. It confirms the start time as now.
What do you do?
The gig was meant to start 3 hours before hand. The loyal fans are still at the gates. They've read the posters at the front gate, checked the date and time on their portable devices just to make sure they aren't hours, a day even a month early. They check the official sites from their browser enabled phones hoping for some indication of what's going on, yet there is nothing.
What do you do?
Blizzards got a patch
You give people 24 hours warning that there is going to be downtime, extended downtime in fact, which itself will last 24 hours.
It's not obvious to a large percentage of the players when this downtime is for, because although many of the servers run on a different timezone an in fact these servers are allocated for people that live in a different timezone, you don't bother to at the very least mention the times for those servers.
You have a variety of communication methods at your disposal, from the designated downtime forums, to realm specific forums, to Twitter and even mobile applications that could carry updates directly to those effected.
Server maintenance is occuring, however something doesn't look right. There is a good chance that you won't meet the advertised uptime.
What do you do?
The advertised uptime arrives and you still aren't sure when the servers will be up. It could be in 5 minutes, but past experience has shown that when working with computers 5 minutes expected = 30 minutes actual.
What do you do?
An hour has gone by and you still aren't sure whether you can get the servers up any time soon. You note the forums are filling with queries about the situation.
What do you do?
2 hours past advertised uptime and things stilldont look good. Maybe it was the spilt coffee, maybe it was the corrupted data restore. Whatever it was, it's obvious you won't have the servers up immediately.
Meanwhile the gentle queries on the forums have been replaced with hate messages and statements along the lines of:
What do you expect from this company?
What do you do?
3 hours have gone by and you have had some success. You have many of the servers undergoing extended maintenance up now… With the minor exception of a world region – the region that is now in prime playing time.
They are becoming feral in the forums, afterall, this is further evidence that the company doesn't care. Promised local servers – didn't deliver. Gave local "labelled" servers but provde info in US terms. Execute all maintenance during primetime hours – sure they pay for 7 days a week access, same as everyone else, but let's give them 6 days for their money.
Now, apparently guinea pigs for a expansion install, they are left to lose two primetime session for the week.
You could tell them, but…
What would you do?
My guesses and answers.
Dinner – you may not tell them immediately, after all, what's 1/2 an hour (I have mates that will kill you for that half hour without warning, but whatever). I dare say most people would at least drop a short "I'm running late" to someone.
When it's apparent that you are going to be really late, I expect most people will call to apologise and arrange another occasion.
Worst case, assuming you can't contact individuals, you might call the restaurant (well, I would).
Bono's Back – you annouced it ASAP, most of the time you do. You may not cancel it immediately, but you let people know it could happen.
Worst case, you utilize the media to get the word out that the gig is cancelled, aplogize and offer an alternative date (or indicate if there will be one).
All this long before anyone is standing at the gates.
Bastard Blizzard – FUCK YOU! We don't have to tell you nothing!
- You can sit by your login screen for the next 4 hours and suffer.
- We will not allow you to make alternative plans for the evening.
- We will not allow you to contact your guildies to tell them the nights raid is off.
- We will screw you and love every minute of it.
The forums?
Ha! Deadshits. Haven't you realized yet we don't give a toss about the forums. We just give them to you so you can piss each other off. We want todo the same, so rather than updating the downtime forum, or answering realm forums, well just let's you rip each others heads off.
As for doing something like listing the server times for downtime?
You fucking stupid?
Why would one of us look up the World Clock, or even refer to the server time when we can get tens… No hundreds of thousands of you to do it yourself?
We have enjoyed our RMT experiments, are loving that you will pay $3 more a month for a crappy AH interface, know we can gouge you for extra character slots, but there was one more thing we needed to know.
How much server bullshit will you put up with when we release untested crap on half arsed servers?
Gnomer and Out!
Shame post 700 is such a rant, but after losing 4 hours of my life (that could have been used better is I had just known) waiting for an indication of when servers would come online… I'm a little pissed off.
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I have always heard that 'See you in the funny papers' was started by Walt Kelly, creator of the Pogo Comic strip series. He often included special 'hellos' to friends in the strip often by naming the boat, street signs, etc. after his friends.
I just remember it from "It's A Wonderful Life": 'See you in the funny papers! Hee Haw!' :)
Eloise Rochelle:
When Fiorello LaGuardia was mayor of New York City, from 1934 to 1945, he took to the radio on Sunday mornings and read the funny papers to listeners.
I still remember how his voice sounded.
Very New York-y.
Steve Proctor:
Phase originated before TV. People looked forward to sunday paper funny pages.
In my opinion you used the term in a sense that they were looking forward to seeing you again and that they enjoy your company just like looking forward to seeing the funny papers!
Very famous saying…Sayings today have come along way. Kids change the slang all the time.. Very new york indead.
Short Review: Robopocalypse, by Daniel Wilson | Third Point of Singularity:
[…] papers". Wow. What person living in the 21st century uses a phrase with an etymology that dates back to the 1930s? Robopocalypse is full of howlers of this sort– especially of the macho action film […]
My mom was born in 1923. She always said that to me when I was saying goodbye, even when I was very young. I say it to my kids too…
We used to reply to each other by saying not if I see you first.
Jay Benedict:
I "found a wealth of fun reading everything!" Thank You!
My late dad, who would be 100 this year, used to use the phrase. When I first used it around some of my friends, near 50, they stared at me like I was from Mars. Yet, it has caught on and we now commonly use "see you in the funny papers" as a way to say goodbye. ????
"One reason that "See you in the funny papers" sounds so dated to us today is because "funny papers/pages/sheets" was eventually largely replaced by the term "comics" for that part of the newspaper, a process that probably began in the 1940s and was complete by the 1960s."
Uh, I was just coming of age in the 60s, and we always called that section the "funny paper", or more often just "the funnies" — NEVER the comics. I don't remember even seeing them referred to as "comics" until recently. To us, "comics" were the bound collections of various funnies sold for a nickle in the local five-and-dime stores.
So "fun" to join this discussion. I'm 48 and my father always said goodnight to us by saying "see you in the funny papers". He also called a station wagon a beach wagon, the refrigerator an ice box, and coca cola, etc. he called tonic not soda. And yes, we called them The Funnies, never the comics.
The Info Serf:
So far, I've not seen anyone refer to the classic line being uttered in the movie, "O' Brother, Where Art Thou?" by John Goodman's character, after delivering a sound thrashing to George Clooney's character, and then stealing his already-stolen car.
I believe the term originates as a friendly farewell with a bit of wit along the lines of "not if I see you first". I think the term means "I will see you (or your likeness) when I read the funny papers, as you are a bit of a cartoon-y character".
Gordon Hoffman:
I work at a corporatized hospital that implements procedures that are counter intuitive like ones that one might find in a Dilbert comic; as if the comic was an instructional manual. I am not sure which character might represent me, but I feel like I can see me and my coworkers in the Funny Papers.
Barbara Morgan:
"See you in the funnies" means 'we'll share a laugh when I catch up with you later'. I've used this expression for years and consider it my signature Bye-Bye equivalent.
Old Trooper:
I accidentally found my way here when my wife and I used the term "funny papers." I realized that I must be getting old as I don't hear that term used anymore. The term, "funny papers" appears to date to circa 1918. We just used some "funny papers" as packaging material for a package to an APO where some "funny papers" may help lighten the mood.
What a great explanation! I use this expression a lot (and a lot of other antiquated expressions).
I've been going online to find out the history or origins of all these goofy expressions, because half of them, I don't know their meaning! (and my younger friends look at me with big question marks on their faces.) I think I learned them from my grandparents… and old cartoons.
thanks for your post!
I always felt that "see you in the funny papers" meant to imply (beyond its obvious meaning) that life is somewhat absurd and to survive it, and more importantly to thrive, one must first understand that very simple, yet vital truth.
But, maybe, I was projecting :)
Andy McClure:
I remember it from my youth (born 1955) and think its a fun way to say good bye, maybe causing someone to ponder. It also reflects my approach to life that I do not take myself, or life, too seriously. After all, the funny papers are about all of us.
Andy McClure:
And by the way, I like very much what Sharee had to say.
See you in the funny papers.
Keith Davis:
I'm 73 and heard & used the phrase all my life. I thought it was from 'The Wizard of Oz' film. In SF we also had a mayor reading the Sunday (Chronicle/Examiner) funnies on the radio – pre-TV. Late 40s early 50s. Another quip I still use (but only old men w/ mechanical bent would understand) is "I'm not hitting on all 8 today…" Have fun w/ that one, but I know from whence it came… kpd
Holmes morton:
As mentioned, used by John Goodman in "o, Brother…". Ray McKinnon also starred in that film and is now creator of "Rectify" on Sundance Channel. The main character uttered the phrase as the last line spoken on the season 3 finale. Coincidence?
Connie Mctasney:
When I was growing up this saying was frequently used in my family, but ours was a little bit different. We always said, "See you in the funny papers on the monkey side." Wondering where 'the monkey' came from.
Gregory Fouss:
when I was little at bed time my father would always say " see you in the funny papers" something that always stuck with me.
I am nearly 50 and my grandmother always said it to us grandchildren when we went to bed. I love this phrase and the reaction I get when I use it.
I asked my grandmother once what it means… she said goodnight and I will see you in your dreams. Hearing it used other ways it seems that it was always a very friendly goodbye.
In this list Suzie shows it to mean goodnight. I am curious if we are from a similar area of the US.
wade watson:
it is the last thing my mother said to me as she was dying.
I've heard that "see you in the funny papers" was an indication of the deaths you find in the newspapers. Or it's another phrase for someone who plans on taking there life.
Kerry McCollough:
Used the phrase for many years much like 'later, alligator'; 'in awhile, crocodile. As a small child, they were the funny papers. Then they became the funnies. Comic books…Mad Magazine…*what?…dreaming of another reality
not really:
The movie "It's a Wonderful Life"(see below) was released in 1946. The comic strip Pogo didn't begin until 1948. So the phrase existed before the strip, and was very common in the early 1940s.
Jim Harper:
I's 50+ and I remember it from the TV show MASH. I believe it was Hawkeye who said it.
The fact that the description of a newspaper is being overlooked in this comment section is an affront to the internet. That's the funniest part of the article. lol
It was used in the 1934 MGM film Fugitive Lovers, for what that's worth.
Procter Smith:
Born 1951. Started reading the "Funnies" or "Sunday Funnies" by the late 50s. My father would hoard the rest of the Sunday paper but would read the Sports Section first so that I could have it when I was finished with the Funnies. JDn is spot on in his commentary, and, lest anyone dismiss him or her as a son or daughter of a South that had not yet entered the Modern Age, I grew up in the North (New Jersey, just outside New York City). My father, born 1925, also in NJ, always called them the "Funnies," so of course I did, too – and not to be confused with the "bound collections of various funnies" that I started collecting by 1960. Thanks for setting the record straight, JDn!
My parents were born just after WW1 in Pennsylvania. "See ya in the funny papers" was a phrase my siblings and I knew to mean "see ya later" but we never heard it from our parents. We did call the comics "the funny pages" and on Sunday they came in color so they were called "the Sunday funnies". I came to this website after spontaneously using the phrase a few hours ago to say farewell on a family Zoom call and then becoming curious about its origins.


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5-10-2010 PNC Park
It was another great day at PNC Park for me.
There wasn't a very big crowd, so there was plenty of room to run around during batting practice.
I would snag five balls during the Pirates portion of batting practice.
Ball #1 was off the bat of Andy LaRoche. It was a ground rule double that I snagged on the hop.
My second and third balls were off the bat of Lastings Milledge. The second ball was a home run that I snagged after it bounced off a handicap seat, and the third was a ground rule double that bounced over the fence right next to the foul pole.
There was no pitchers in the outfield today, which was good. They see the regulars get many home run balls and refuse to toss balls to us. Delwyn Young was patrolling left field today, and I got him to toss me ball #4.
That was it for me. I should've stayed as Ronny Cedeno hit a home run that bounced onto the lowest rung of the Left Field Rotunda. I would've defi
nitely snagged that ball, as I'm used to running up the ramp from my experience in batting practice.
There was probably less than 5,000 people that actually attended the game as there was a Penguins playoff game.
Here's today's baseballs:
And the sweet spots:
Game: 11 balls (8 hit, 2 thrown, 1 found)
Season: 113 balls (69 hit, 23 thrown, 10 device, 12 found)
Games: 15 games
Average: 7.53 balls per game
2010 Game Balls: 3
Career: 691 balls
Streak: 111 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
Attendance: 9,045


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In the Media
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| 2007 |
December 19, 2007
Climate Change , Seen Through the Eyes of Scientist and Poet
December 11, 2007
Red Cross ed Crescent Join With Climate Institute to Forecast Disasters
December 07, 2007
Supporting Conservation in Latin America
December 07, 2007
Lamont Scientists Present Findings on Hidden Dangers of Climate Change, Natural Hazards
December 04, 2007
Geochemistry Building Will Expand Knowledge of Earth
December 03, 2007
Toll of Climate Change on World Food Supply Could Be Worse Than Thought
November 29, 2007
Water Expert Wins Presidential Award
November 13, 2007
New Research Ship Will Look Deep Under Oceans
October 12, 2007
Earth Institute Colleagues Share in the Nobel Peace Prize
Climate Swings Have Brought Great CO2 Pulses Up From the Deep Sea
A study released on May 11, 2007 provides some of the first solid evidence that warming-induced changes in ocean circulation at the end of the last Ice Age caused vast quantities of ancient carbon dioxide to belch from the deep sea into the atmosphere. Scientists believe the carbon dioxide (CO2) releases helped propel the world into further warming.
Researchers From Around the World Converge on New York to Link Climate Change Science with Urban Policymaking Efforts
As cities around the world confront the urgent challenge of climate change, there is growing recognition that effective mitigation and adaptation policies must rely on sound scientific research and data. In an effort to facilitate and build the connections between science and policy, experts from academic and research institutions around the world have formed the Urban Climate Change Research Network, which will be officially launched at an international symposium held on May 10-11 at Columbia University.
First Successful Demonstration of Carbon Dioxide Air Capture Technology Achieved by Columbia University Scientist and Private Company
Global Research Technologies, LLC (GRT), a technology research and development company, and Klaus Lackner from Columbia University have achieved the successful demonstration of a bold new technology to capture carbon from the air. The "air extraction" prototype has successfully demonstrated that indeed carbon dioxide (CO2) can be captured from the atmosphere. This is GRT's first step toward a commercially viable air capture device.
Earth Institute Announces 2007-2008 Marie Tharp Fellows
The Earth Institute at Columbia University is pleased to announce the 2007-2008 Marie Tharp Fellows -- four women who are making noteworthy contributions to the study of the natural world.
New Study Shows Climate Change Likely to Lead to Periods of Extreme Drought in Southwest North America
The findings of a new study, appearing in Science, show that there is a broad consensus amongst climate models that the Southwest will dry significantly in the 21st Century and that the transition to a more arid climate may already be underway. If these models are correct, the levels of aridity of the recent multiyear drought, or the Dust Bowl and 1950s droughts, will, within the coming years to decades, become the new climatology of the American Southwest.
New Research Analyzes Countries at Greatest Risk from Climate Change Impacts
The first global study to identify populations at greatest risk from rising sea levels and more intense cyclones as a result of climate change will be published in the peer-reviewed journal Environment and Urbanization. The study was conducted by scientists at the Center for International Earth Science Information Network and the International Institute for Environment and Development.
Gore, Sachs Address Way Forward on Climate Change
On February 20, 2007, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore spoke to a packed house in Columbia's Low Library Rotunda to address the next steps needed to mitigate the global climate crisis.
Companies Lay Out Global Framework to Fight Climate Change
As a significant step toward tackling climate change, an unprecedented group of companies and organizations from around the world have endorsed a bold post-Kyoto framework for affecting change at the levels of policy and industry, particularly in regard to creating sustainable energy systems necessary for achieving economic growth.
Climate Information Can Be Used to Improve Livelihoods in Vulnerable Populations, Says New Publication
In Africa, millions are affected by climate variability and its role in agriculture, disease and economic development, yet climate information often fails to reach them. The partners behind a new publication would like to change this.
Mapping Poverty for Better Development Planning
Although Latin America has generally low infant mortality rates (which is a widely-used measure of poverty), this map shows the incidences are unevenly distributed throughout the region, exposing the relationship between patterns of human well-being and broader geographic constraints.
January 29, 2007
University Launches New Climate Center
Q&A with Akong Charles Ndika, M.A. in Climate and Society Alumnus
A former energy and policy journalist from Cameroon talks about the impacts of climate on development and poverty alleviation, and how the M.A. program in Climate and Society at Columbia University became the best academic experience in his life
Sachs Visits Uganda With UK's Shadow Chancellor as Tories Pledge $1bn/year to Wipe Out Malaria
According to an article in the Guardian (UK), the Conservatives in the United Kingdom's government will unveil plans to spend $1bn a year on malaria treatment until the disease is eradicated worldwide. George Osborne, the UK's shadow chancellor, delivered the pledge at the end of his three-day visit to Uganda with Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of the Earth Institute and leading development economist.


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Broward County voters who chose not to re-elect Sheriff al Lamberti had no way to predict how much he would cost them as he left office.
Lamberti's parting shot? A generous payout to himself and his top lieutenants, even as he cut pay to rank-and-file officers.
As Local 10's Bob Norman reported this week, Lamberti dispensed to his top lieutenants almost $5 million in unused sick and vacation pay. He took some $56,000 for himself. He handed just one of his colonels $344,000.
Lamberti says he had the discretion to give his guys 100 percent of their unused sick time.
But records show reality: Officers typically lose three out of four of those days as they retire. So much for leaving with dignity.
Lamberti did a golden parachute grab at taxpayers' expense.
That's our take on things.
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Bill seeks stricter enforcement of video game ratings
A House bill introduced earlier this week seeks to apply stiffer penalties to retailers who sell or rent adult-rated video games to minors.
The Video Games Ratings Enforcement Act submitted by House Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah) would require ratings labels on all video games and ban the sale of video games rated Mature or Adults Only to minors.
Any violators would face a $5,000 fine.
According to the ESRB, the video game ratings system is voluntarily, but nearly all video games sold in stores carry an ESRB rating. "Many U.S. retailers, including most major chains, have policies to only stock or sell games that carry an ESRB rating, and console manufacturers require games that are published on their systems in the U.S. and Canada to be rated by ESRB," reads a FAQ on the ESRB website.
And the video game industry seems most aggressive in enforcing its ratings. According to a 2011 survey by the Federal Trade Commission, the video game business was best at enforcing ratings on entertainment purchases.
The FTC survey found only 13% of minors were allowed to buy a game rated M for Mature or higher at a retailer. By comparison, 38% of minors were able to purchase a R-rated DVD, 33% could buy a ticket to a R-rated movie and 64% bought a CD with a "Parental Advisory Label."
The ratings bill is one of several pieces of legislation considered as the debate over violent video games following the shooting in Newtown, Conn. presses forward. A state bill introduced in Missouri urges a sales tax on all video games rated Teen or higher by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB), while other federal lawmakers such as Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) are pushing legislation to explore the affects of violent video games.
On Wednesday, President Obama urged Congress to fund research exploring the impact violent video games have on children. "We don't benefit from ignorance," said Obama in a speech unveiling a broader gun control plan. We don't benefit from not knowing the science of this epidemic of violence."


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Snow, other wild wintry weather springs up
- Blizzard warnings in effect in Colorado and Utah
- 20 million people are at risk of severe weather on Tuesday
- Four tornadoes were reported Monday
A ferocious storm that dumped heavy snow across parts of the Rockies and northern Plains on Tuesday could bring tornadoes and severe weather to portions of the central and southern Plains on Wednesday.
Winter storm warnings were in effect from New Mexico to Wisconsin, and portions of Utah were under blizzard warnings.
Eastbound Interstate 80 from Cheyenne, Wyo., to Big Springs, Neb., was closed Tuesday night, and it could be midday Wednesday before the Nebraska stretch reopens.
The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) reported that Oklahoma City and Wichita Falls, Texas, were under the greatest threat for tornadoes and big hailstorms later Tuesday and into Wednesday. Dallas, Tulsa, Wichita and the Kansas City area also could see severe weather.
Much of the central and southern Plains were under a "slight" risk for severe weather by the SPC. The SPC has three levels of severe weather risk: slight, moderate and high. In all, about 20 million people were at risk of severe weather Tuesday night.
On Monday, four tornadoes were reported in northeastern Colorado. No injuries were reported. Farther west, wild winds from the storm lashed portions of California and Arizona, knocking out power to thousands and fanning wildfires.
In Denver, about 6.5 inches of snow came with a shocking temperature drop: The city reached 71 degrees Monday afternoon, but it was 15 degrees by Tuesday afternoon, AccuWeather reported.
As forecasters predicted 6 to 11 inches of snow, Denver Public Schools closed all schools and offices Tuesday. Colorado's largest school district, Jeffco Public Schools, also canceled classes.
Snow in Denver in April isn't that unusual, according to the National Weather Service. The city usually averages just under 7 inches of snow each April. However, the frigid temperatures are far below average.
Denver International Airport reported more than 500 canceled flights early Tuesday and warned travelers to be ready for delays while planes were de-iced. About half of the cancellations were commuter flights, airport officials said.
Flights bound for Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, meanwhile, were being delayed an average of nearly four hours because of dense fog.
In Wyoming, a 100-mile stretch of Interstate 25 between Cheyenne and Douglas was closed Tuesday as well as a 125-mile section of I-80 between Laramie and Rawlins. Between 18 and 29 inches of snow was reported in Lander, Wyo., while 14 inches were reported in Casper, AccuWeather reported.
Snowdrifts of up to 9 feet high were reported in Scotts Bluff County, Neb., AccuWeather said.
Snow was forecast throughout the day Tuesday across the mountains of Utah, much of Colorado and Wyoming, and into western, central, and northeastern portions of South Dakota, according to the Weather Channel.
Freezing rain and ice was reported in eastern portions of South Dakota. AccuWeather reported that up to one inch of ice had accumulated on trees and power lines in the Sioux Falls area.
An icy mix of sleet and freezing rain was likely Tuesday night for eastern Nebraska, far northwest Iowa, southeast South Dakota, and much of southern Minnesota, the Weather Channel said. Southeast South Dakota and southern Minnesota were at the greatest risk for significant ice accumulation.
The precipitation was welcomed by farmers and ranchers across the parched Plains, but it could not have come at a worse time: Cows and sheep are giving birth to this year's herds, and farmers and ranchers are struggling to keep the babies alive in below-zero wind chill and heavy snow conditions.
"It makes for a lot of work but no one is complaining about the moisture," said Leanne Kennedy, who has ranched with her husband, Mick, for 40 years near Faith, S.D. Despite precautions, the Kennedys lost four calves overnight Monday because of the cold, Leanne Kennedy said.
About 22% of the nation's 5.35 million sheep are in Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska and South Dakota, according to USDA statistics. That area of the country was slammed Tuesday by snow and high winds. Lambing season has been underway in those states for weeks, said Peter Orwick, executive director of the American Sheep Industry Association. He said it will be days before it's known how bad this storm affected the birthing process.
It has been so dry in central South Dakota that "I will readily accept this weather," said Holabird, S.D., cattle producer Nick Nemec.
The Weather Channel named the storm Winter Storm Walda as part of its winter storm-naming system, though neither private weather services nor the National Weather Service referred to it by that name.
As for why it's called a "winter" storm – even though it's spring – that's how storms with snow, sleet and freezing rain are referred to by the weather service.
More severe weather is forecast from the storm in the Mississippi Valley on Wednesday.
Contributing: Chuck Raasch, USA TODAY; Associated Press


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Note to readers – Sauk Valley Media reprints editorials and articles from the past as a regular Monday feature. The following items appeared in the Gazette on Dec. 26, 1863.
The next
It is rather early to begin president making for the next term; but that work is so far commenced as to indicate an immense feeling in favor of the re-election of Mr. Lincoln.
The following paragraph has been extensively copied without credit, and therefore adopted by all papers that have published it. We do the same:
The signs of the times indicate that Abraham Lincoln will be the candidate of the Unionists for president. We cordially endorse the movement. In our estimation, it would be suicidal to experiment with new men while the rebellion exists.
Mr. Lincoln has done well – much better than any man in the country could have done under the circumstances. He has proven himself a most remarkable man, who sincerely desires the peace and happiness of the people.
The rebellion was inaugurated on his assuming the reins of government, and he should hold them until every vestige of the rebellion is eradicated and our country is blessed with peace. The most hardened rebel sympathizer has not dared to impugn his motives and honesty of purpose, and we cannot in this emergency point to a more competent standard bearer for the flag of the Union, than Abraham Lincoln.
President Lincoln
on a second term
Recently a gentleman hinted to President Lincoln that it was deemed quite settled among many friends that he would accept a renomination for the presidency.
This "reminded" Father Abraham of what old Jesse Dubois, out of Illinois, once said to an itinerant preacher.
Jesse, as state auditor, had charge of the State House at Springfield. The preacher asked the use of it for a lecture.
"On what subject?" asked Jesse.
"On the second coming of our Saviour," answered the long faced Millerite.
"O, bosh," retorted Uncle Jesse, testily. "I guess if our Saviour had ever been in Springfield and had got away with his life, he'd be too everlasting smart to think of coming here again."
This, said Lincoln, was very much his case about the succession.
for president
The national convention of the never-to-be-sneezed-at Conservatives met in Philadelphia on Thursday last, and nominated Gen. G.B. (Great Blow) McClellan for president in 1864, and Judge Campbell, of Pennsylvania, for vice president.
The ticket is a good one; we like it, and hope the Conservatives of the peace persuasion will stick to it. No man in the world could be more peace-able than Little Mac has been, whether as citizen or as commander of the army.
He loves peace and quietness, and the people, at the next election, will give him a free ticket to a peaceful home in some shady nook down in "Jarsey," there to rest, apart from the busy turmoils of this pugilistic world. Good bye, McClellan, good bye, we wish you well in your rural retreat. Be a good boy, George, and you may go to Washington by-and-by to see Old Abe again inaugurated.
Gains and losses
According to the report of General Halleck, general-in-chief, the captures by the Union armies during the year, covered by his statements were as follows: colors, 52; prisoners, 86,783; guns, 266; small arms, 44,829; boats, 158; cattle, 5,643; horses, 1,175. Besides, in one place, "large stores," in another, 4,400 pounds of power and 150,000 rounds of cartridges; and, in another, in the language of General Grant, "arms and munitions of war for an army of sixty thousand men."
Our losses during the same period figure up thus: killed, 10,079; missing, 20,677; wounded, 51,176; guns, 42; small arms, 8,840; and 10,295 men reported under the heads of "our losses," "killed and wounded" or "killed, wounded and missing." This would place our total loss of men at 92,770.
Feeling a draft
Provost Marshal [J.V.] Eustace's letter, published in another column, will be found particularly interesting and suggestive to [Whiteside County] candidates for the coming draft.
By a careful perusal of the marshal's letter, they will find their chances for election by draft into Uncle Sam's service tolerably fair, as but 18 volunteers out of our quota of 300 had been enrolled up to the date of the letter.
The draft will certainly ensue unless the complement is speedily filled, and the question for them to decide is, whether they will volunteer and receive the liberal bounties, and choice of regiment, or go by compulsion, where the government sees fit to place them, at thirteen dollars per month.
Wouldn't touch it
An old lady in Boston, last week, was very anxious to read the president's message, but refused to touch copy of the paper containing it, because she heard that Mr. Lincoln had the small pox and was afraid she would catch it.
No paper
No paper will be issued from this office next week. Sickness, and an accumulation of job work, makes it impossible for us to do otherwise. Taking time by the forelock, we wish our friends, one and all, a Happy New Year.


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This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
Thai cooking frequently makes use of the roots of cilantro; their flavor is more pronounced than that of the leaves.
- 1 1/2 tablespoons tamarind from a pliable block
- 1/2 cup cold water
- 2 small shallots
- 3 garlic cloves
- 2 teaspoons finely chopped cleaned fresh cilantro roots reserved from Thai Ground-Pork Salad with Mint and Cilantro or cilantro stems
- 1 tablespoon Asian fish sauce (preferably naam pla)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil
- two 6-ounce red snapper fillets with skin
- 2 scallions
- 1 medium or 2 small fresh red chiles (1 to 3 inches long; preferably Thai)
- about 2 tablespoons fresh whole Thai basil leaves or small fresh regular basil leaves
- Garnish: fresh basil sprigs
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- Preheat broiler.
- Lightly brush rack of a small broiler pan with oil and on it arrange snapper fillets, skin sides down. Season fish with salt and broil 4 to 5 inches from heat until just cooked through, 7 to 8 minutes. While fish is broiling, thinly slice scallions and, wearing protective gloves, thinly slice chiles diagonally. Stir whole basil leaves into warm sauce just before serving.
- Transfer fish to a platter and pour tamarind sauce over it. Scatter scallions and chiles over fish and garnish with basil sprigs.


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Acorn computer
"We swear by them"
The Acorn Computer Company was founded in 1982 by computer programmer Gerald Acorn. He had been working into the night programming his BBC Micro to repeat the word "boobs" on an infinite loop when he brushed the Break key, erasing weeks of work and almost three lines of BASIC.
In anger, he threw the computer to the floor where it landed on his cat's tail. The cat flew into a rage, throwing Acorn to the floor and punching and kicking him unconscious.
During his long recovery, Acorn worked on a revolutionary new computer. It was just like the BBC Micro of old, with a keyboard based on a baboon's arse, but the new computer had a Graphical User Interface, and no break key. It also pioneered the three button mouse, a device designed to confound Apple users. This computer went on to become known as the Acorn Archimedes, so called because of the large volume of water it displaced as Mr Acorn dropped it into his bath in an abortive suicide attempt.
The Middle[edit]
Acorn computers gained in popularity in the field of educational computing. This is because Acorn were the only computers which did not come bundled with copious amounts of undeleteable pornography.
All computers came with Acorn's own operating system, RISC. It was so named because it would occasionally trick the computer's power supply into pumping a full 240 volts into the CPU, causing the computer to explode violently.
Between 1985 and 1994, over 1,000 children in the UK were killed or seriously injured by school computer explosions. Children bearing the disfiguring shrapnel wounds were often cruelly nicknamed "Acorn Face".Master udon survives deadly bomb by terroist Lickit A. Good in a camel shaped like a plane with boobies and a lumby ladie lump on its crouch...therfore it was the most biggest crouch camel inside her mouth....EPIC WEIRDNESS (fail)
The End[edit]
As Microsoft began to dominate home computing, Acorn attempted numerous innovative new gimmicks. These included the four button mouse, six button mouse and the 64 button mouse, although the latter was merely a keyboard with a mouseball in the bottom. None of these helped reverse the company's decline.
On the 4th May 1998, Acorn Computer ceased trading quietly in its sleep.


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Ideally, I was thinking if i can have a radio button that represents inbound (like stock transfer orders) /outbound orders (customer orders), then a drop down for the warehouse selection, and have a map automatically generate the intensity/bubble map, would be great.
I currently have my raw data in excel, I can pivot the data with the warehouse as a filter, and sum of cases by city & state. Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations of free software that can be used? Thank you!


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NPR / Tell Me More / Feb. 24, 2012
The Oglala Sioux Tribe filed a $500 million lawsuit against brewers and retailers, claiming they're responsible for the reservation's alcohol-related problems. The tribe lives on a dry reservation, but they claim nearby towns unlawfully sell alcohol to residents. Host Michel Martin speaks to a reporter and the tribe's attorney.
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A 51 year-old man has died and a 48 year-old man is injured after they both fell from a ladder earlier this month in Brandon Township, Michigan. The two men were on the ladder as they tried to climb to the roof of a two-story building when the accident occurred.
The 51 year-old man fell and hit several electrical wires, which electrocuted and killed him. His co-worker was shocked by the fall, but he was alert and conscious when emergency crews arrived.
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