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(SportsNetwork.com) - Two of the NBA's very best hook up on Tuesday night as
Northwest powers, the Portland Trail Blazers visit the Oklahoma City Thunder
at Chesapeake Energy Arena.
The two teams sit tied atop the Northwest Division and just a game behind the
San Antonio Spurs for the best record in the Western Conference.
The Blazers head into Tuesday's tilt after a rough outing in Houston on
Monday. Portland got pummeled, 126-113, to halt an impressive five-game
winning streak.
"It's one of those games where they're an explosive team and they made their
3's tonight," said Portland coach Terry Stotts. "Some of that was on us, but I
give Houston credit. They did what they do very well. They got to the rim,
they got out in transition, they hit their 3's and Dwight (Howard) was great
in the paint. When they're playing like that, they are a dynamic offensive
The Rockets established a season-high with 126 points, shot 52 percent from
the field and 48 percent from long range. The Blazers got creamed on the
glass, losing the rebound margin by 15.
LaMarcus Aldridge scored 27 points and pulled down 20 boards, outrebounding
the rest of his team by three. It was his third game of 20-plus points and
rebounds. No other player in the league has more than one.
Damian Lillard poured in 24 points and his 131 made 3-pointers are the most by
a player at the halfway point of his season in NBA history.
Wesley Matthews finished with 18 for the Trail Blazers and Robin Lopez added
13. Nicolas Batum injured his finger and his availability for Tuesday is
The Thunder wait for the Blazers well-rested having not played since a 108-93
home win Sunday against the Sacramento Kings.
Kevin Durant tallied 30 points and nine assists en route to winning Western
Conference Player of the Week honors. Durant shot 10-of-15 from the floor and
added six rebounds and four steals as an encore to his career-best 54 points
in Friday's win over Golden State.
The 25-year-old has picked up his play of late with Russell Westbrook
sidelined, averaging a league-high 36.1 points in the month of January. Durant
has scored 30-plus in seven straight and the Thunder are now 8-5 since
Westbrook underwent knee surgery.
"KD is a special player," said Thunder head coach Scott Brooks. "Some nights
he's going to have a high-scoring game. I just like the way he thinks. He
thinks about the team. He had nine assists tonight. He took 15 great shots and
made 10 of them."
Serge Ibaka donated 20 points in the Thunder's third straight victory. Reggie
Jackson scored 16 points, while Thabo Sefolosha, Nick Collison and Jeremy Lamb
all had 10.
The Blazers have won both of this season's matchups, including one in Oklahoma
City on New Year's Eve. The Thunder had won seven in a row and 10 of 12 prior
to this season.
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Before you even consider using steroids, you need to read this.
In fact- read it a couple of times.
While "steroids" have gotten a bad wrap from the media and pansies, they are actually fairly safe compounds- PROVIDED THE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
If you'd like to know more about anabolic steroids, I encourage you to check out this surprisingly impartial documentary from HBO.
Legally speaking, I have to tell you get your doctor's approval before you use steroids, believe it not- some doctors willing have a open dialogue about anabolic steroids. I also have to tell you to only use steroids if they are prescribed by your physician and do not use exceed the directed dose or be in a country where steroids are not illegal for personal use. Whether you actually do this- is up to you. :)
Please view our Medical Disclaimer, this is not medical advice and I'm not responsible if you fuck your shit up. But you won't do that. You're smart and it's NOT hard to learn how to use steroids safely.
Educate yourself. Get Informed before you Get Juiced.
If you are interested in adding performance enhancement into your fitness lifestyle then you need to make sure you have training and diet down first, steroids alone will not give you the body you want. Steroids will allow you get the results you want in half the time (actually less than that) and also allow you to go beyond genetic potential. You must know that it's a combination of everything that you do on a daily basis that gets you results. It's your lifestyle. You don't want to run crazy cycles when you are just starting out, you need to build your way up. You don't want to go crazy unless you are crazy actually, I don't know how safe it is to go heavy on doses. You get the results you want with hard work and being consistent with it all day in and day out.
If you want to start your first cycle of steroids you need to keep it simple.
Testosterone should be in all cycles from bulking to cutting, doses depending on your goals. If you are trying to build some muscle then you can use more testosterone than if you were cutting. You have to remember that your natural testosterone is shut down if you take steroids in doses large enough to shut you down and you need to at least supplement it when going on steroids. Testosterone in high-normal ranges is needed to keep a man healthy and today normal is around 800-1000 Nano grams per deciliter. Keep in mind that when you are shut down that your balls will get smaller. When you get off they will grow back after time but there is a medication called HCG that will keep them from shrinking. HCG should be used at 250iu every day for 2 weeks on 2 off or 3 on 3 off and repeat until the last 3 weeks of your cycle if you choose.
Good Looking Loser says: I have used HCG 2-3 times a week for the past 7 years. My balls are just fine, in fact, they are just wonderful. HCG increases your sperm count and your cum volume, it's not surprising it's popular in the adult film industry. The 2-3x/wk protocol is the one suggested by Dr. John Crisler (known to some of us as 'Swale').
When you take testosterone or other steroids in high doses you can have unhealthy side effects. Testosterone will convert into estrogen and DHT and if you take it in high doses you will have higher estrogen and DHT levels.
Estrogen will give you a feminine physique, fat gains on the hips and breast tissue (gynocomastia).
Some of the side effects you should look for when estrogen is high are edema, sensitive or sore nipples, feminine fat gains.
DHT will cause acne and accelerate male pattern baldness (if you are prone to it) and can also be bad for the prostate in large amounts.
Some side effects from DHT to look for are acne, oily skin, and male pattern baldness.
You can use aromasin or arimidex as the anti-estrogen to eliminate the estrogen-related side effects. The usual dose of aromasin is 12.5mg-25mg every day and the doses for arimidex is .5mg-1mg every other day, the doses will depend on you.
To lower DHT you can take finasteride, the usual dose is .25mg-1mg every day but it can vary.
On top of that you can use minoxidil and azelaic acid to reduce scalp DHT. Saw palmetto can be a good supplement for some people to block low-moderate levels of DHT. You can also add in a multivitamin and B complex to encourage hair growth, although testosterone alone will certainly do that. DHT will also destroy some of the estrogen. DHT is not your number one enemy but neither is estrogen. Just keep them around normal ranges, play with the doses. Get blood work if you can and have a doctor prescribe you the medication you need. Be on the look out for side effects.
It will vary from person-to-person on how prone they are to estrogen/DHT side effects.
You will need to keep in mind that steroids will lower good cholesterol (HDL) and raise bad cholesterol (LDL), even testosterone in doses of 500mg a week. You can keep cholesterol in check by following a good diet but taking niacin and b vitamins and omega 3 fatty acids may be helpful as well. Niacin is one of the few supplements that is clinically proven to increase HDL. If you are taking fish oil then make sure it is of good quality because you don't want to risk mercury poisoning when taking large doses of around 5 grams a day or more. There are a few cholesterol medications you can ask your doctor for if it gets out of hand. Don't go crazy and you won't have to worry about cholesterol medications.
Steroids can raise your blood pressure and the higher your doses the higher your blood pressure can rise. Steroids can increase red blood cells and water retention increasing blood pressure. You can keep this in check by eating a healthy diet (low-moderate sodium) and doing cardiovascular exercise. There are a few supplements out there that will help too but the first step is to make sure you have a diet consisting of whole foods with lots of fruits and vegetables and drink 1-1.5 gallons of water every single day. Adjust your salt to potassium levels by lowering sodium and raising potassium. Don't smoke or drink alcohol. Relax. Try not to stress yourself out. There are some medications you can take if it gets out of hand but keep doses reasonable and you won't need to worry about this.
Oral steroids can be liver toxic if taken in high doses for long periods of time. The toxicity is extremely overrated but keep the doses low and exposure time minimal just to be safe, 4-8 weeks and then take a break. If your skin and eyes start turning yellow then you need to drop orals. You can take 600mg milk thistle and 200mg alpha-lipoic acid every day while on orals. Make sure to eat your greens to help lower liver enzymes. Do not drink alcohol or take NSAIDs especially when taking orals, they are bad for the liver and gains. Generally the people that run into liver issues had prior-existing liver dysfunction or were combining oral steroids with alcohol and/or NSAID pain-relievers (Tylenol, etc.).
When you come off steroids or are nearly off of them you will need to start a post-cycle therapy (PCT). Before starting PCT make sure to taper your dose of testosterone down so that your body slowly adjusts to normal levels of testosterone to avoid a crash. PCT will help you recover natural testosterone quicker so you can keep as much muscle as possible. There are many levels of PCT but for simple cycles Clomid and Nolvadex are used for a month or two. The usual doses would be 2-4 weeks with 100mg of Clomid and 40mg of Nolvadex every day and 2-4 weeks with 50mg of Clomid and 20mg Nolvadex every day.
The best way to transition from cycle to PCT is to taper testosterone down to a TRT dose (~250mg) and then start PCT and continue to taper testosterone down to 25mg for a week and then drop it but continue to stay on PCT . If you were using HCG then stop once you get to TRT dose of testosterone a week. If you can afford HGH then include it into your PCT at 4 iu a day for a few months to help keep looking ripped. 2 iu in the morning and 2iu before a workout and then spike insulin after your workout. As mentioned before, using HCG during your cycle in small doses can significantly increase your testicular/natural testosterone recovery.
Once you are completely off steroids do not train as long as you normally do when in PCT. Get in the gym and get out fast. You need to focus on doing your basic heavy compound movements, one exercise every other day and never do the same thing twice in a week. Try to avoid cardio and isolation movements until you are recovered because your main goal here is to keep your gains. After your workout you need to spike your insulin with a protein shake mixed with milk and have a big well-balanced meal to put you in an anabolic state. Take naps because you will need them, you will be tired anyways. Make sure you are never in a calorie deflect, who cares if you gain some fat because you want to keep your hard earned muscle. It should take a couple months to fully recover, it may take more or less but it will happen.
Testosterone Enathate (Test E) and Dianabol (Dbol)
Weeks 1-6-250mg Test E every 4th day and Weeks 1-3- 20mg Dbol Weeks 4-6- 40mg Dbol
Weeks 7-12- 500mg Test E every 4th day
Anti-estrogen (recommended since you don't know if you are prone to estrogenic side effects or not)
Weeks 1-6-25mg Aromasin every other day
Weeks 7-12- 25mg Aromasin every day (dose will depend on how sensitive you are to estrogen)
(Recommended taper)
Post Cycle Therapy (as important as the cycle)
Start PCT with 4 iu of HGH every day if possible
(Week 13- 250mg Testosterone Enathate once and 100mg Clomid and 40mg Nolvadex every day)
(Week 14-100mg Test E once and 100mg of Clomid and 40mg of Nolvadex every day)
(Week 15-50mg Test E once and 100mg of Clomid and 40mg of Nolvadex every day)
(Week 16-25mg Test e once and 100mg of Clomid and 40mg of Nolvadex every day)
Weeks 17-18- 100mg Clomid and 40mg Nolvadex every day
Weeks 19-22- 50mg Clomid and 20mg Nolvadex every day
We've only just begun to discuss anabolic steroids on GoodLookingLoser.com, there will be a ton more in the future including, but certainly not limited to- other beginner cycles (oral only), how to stack steroids, Get Strong cycles, Get Ripped cycles, Get Huge cycles, prohormones (precursors) and how to use them for athletics.
If you are looking fitness and diet information, please visit-
You are always welcome to post below. But due to my busy schedule I won't be give you much feedback at this point in time (December-January 2012).
You have the opportunity to learn exclusively from BabyHulk on the Forum: Anabolic Steroids / Get Ripped. I encourage you to do so.
A good body will take you a long way.
You've thought about it long enough.
Clomid isn't avaible on my country. What do you suggest instead of it ? I want to start after a month due to college study.
I'm 21 years old and it has been two years on bodybuilding. I lost 55 pound in a short time (~two months). Unfortunately, I have big boobs situation before and after lost weights. My skin also lost its elasticity.
What's up guys I have been working out for years now, and cannot get any good results . I wanted to know where I can get the gear what site or connect any info would be greatly appreciated. In a big fan of the site, in the help it gives to us guys
Chris, while on trt, (100mg's/week), I have found that after about 3-5 days, I start "coming down" so to speak. I have read on other websites that test prop is also recommended for trt. To my understanding, it is a faster acting ester and has a shorter half life. Any thoughts on this compound?? Better than cyp?
Thanks Chris. I can see by the posts that enthanate is recommended over cyp? Is that just because you retain less water on E or is it something else? Also, is an AI necessary at a trt dose? Seems to be conflicting info out there.
Hey Bob - it doesn't matter which ester you use for HRT - in my opinion. Shorter ones, shot more often are probably better - but it's a pain to poke yourself every 3 days
an AI shouldnt be needed at a TRT dose because your estrogen shouldnt be out of range
Hi I'm 22 years old from london and have gone from 19 stone of of fat to 16 stone of mucle and I'm really happy with my weight loss but I want to get bigger and more ripped and I feel that I need steroids to just give me that last push I need but can't find anyone to sell then as everyone's so cloak and dagger about using them I was wondering if you know any good reliable websites I could buy them off of
Thanks .
They are legal here in the UK to buy, bring into the country and have on ones person, so no idea why everyone where you live is cloak and dagger about it.
If you're looking for a replacement for Dbol on the suggested stack search amazon for superdrol - you can still get it off the UK amazon site (yet again legal in the UK). Google Noble labs and pick your source for test.
Does anyone know what a standard trt dose be for a 38 yr. old? Reason I ask, my t-levels have been coming back low for the last couple years(250-500), and I decided to give trt a shot. Doc put me on 200ml of test cyp every two weeks. Is this standard??
yup thats about standard
have a look at our series on testosterone
Hey Chris, just wondering, I remember you saying on a podcast with Mike from D & P that you decided to stay on (i.e. cruise on test) when you were 24? Correct me if I'm wrong. Now that you've been on TRT for a few years, do you regret it? I'd like to blast and cruise but I'm 23 and I'm still conflicted about the whole thing.
Lovely article brother! I am a South African and I have been following your website for over a year now. Brilliant stuff mate!!
I wanted to ask you for your adivce on actually acquiring anabolics. I have been training for almost 7 years natural now after thinking about this over a year and researching a lot on it...i want to see how my body will manage them. However I live in Spain and it is not clear or evident about getting your hands on them. How do people go about getting illegal drugs you would think that since there are so many "juiced up" guys thats its everywhere but no one here seems to be talking about it (not even the juiced up guys in the gym). any suggestions? online? or do i seriously have to travel to go somewhere just to buy them??
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i've been struggling with this issue for almost a week now and after reading half of the forum, postfix- and amavis-docs i'm finally running out of ideas.
My setup is as follows:
- Linux box on the internet with official MX-records running the mta,antivir,antispam,logger
- Linux box behind firewall in corporate network running mailbox
E-Mail sending and receiving works fine (roughly 1000-3000 emails per day) through web ui as well as pop/imap/smtp from external.
Unhappily, after a varying amount of time the "deferred" queue starts filling up. The amount of emails being deferred varies - sometimes only 1-2, sometimes a few hundreds within a few hours.
here's the output from zimbra.log on such an occasion:
Nov 10 00:55:13 vs151138 postfix/smtp[14237]: C4B246600956: to=
, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1], delay=315, status=deferred (conversation with 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1] timed out while sending RCPT TO)
In the message queue view in the admin-ui the deferred emails are listed properly.
When I requeue the deferred emails or simply flush, they are being delivered properly but as mentioned above, after some time - varying from minutes to hours - they usually start being deferred again. In the admin-ui, the column "content-filter" always contains "smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024".
Here's what i've tried so far:
- zmcontrol stop / start
- rebooted the box
- reinstalled zimbra on the box on the net
- increased the maxproc for amavis in postfix master.cf
I don't understand:
a) why they are being deferred at all
b) why they aren't reprocessed after 1000s since I have neither changed the postfix minimal_backoff_time nor the queue_run_delay - anyway they aren't even reprocessed after 8 hours.
Any hints are highly appreciated, this is a real pain for us right now.
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North County Exchange: 500-plus insurance adjusters register to assist fire victims
The one-mile run/walk is organized by Carlsbad-based In Motion Inc., a full-service management firm. The event was recognized for its positive impact on fitness levels and the well-being of California youths.
The 2008 Keebler Kids Marathon Mile will be held Jan. 18. Go to http://www.inmotionevents.com or call (760) 692-2900.
Target makes donation to Friends of Carrillo Ranch - Target Stores has awarded $1,000 to the Friends of Carrillo Ranch for its California History & Art program for fourth-graders in Carlsbad.
Now in its 11th year, the Friends project brings professional art instruction into the classroom for an intense half-day session on the use of oil pastels as a medium for graphic expression. Go to http://www.carrillo-ranch.org .
Klang & Associates wins SAM Award - Carlsbad-based design firm Klang & Associates earned a SAM Award from the Sales and Marketing Council of the Building Industry Association of San Diegofor its model-home interior designs at Terracotta, a new-home community developed by McMillin Homes.
The firm earned the top award for Best Model Home Interior for a detached home with an average price of $500,000 and under. Klang & Associates also was a finalist in the category for attached homes priced $500,000 and over for its work at Barratt American's Aragon community in La Mesa and its Seahaus community in La Jolla.
KTGY Group receives honors - KTGY Group Inc., Architecture and Planning, announced that five of its residential projects have received industry accolades.
At the 27th annual Builder's Choice Awards in Washington, D.C., KTGY won the Builder's Choice Grand Award in the Single Family Detached Product category for its Royal Court project in Morgan Hill. The company also won Merit Awards for its Nuevo Amanecer Apartments in Pajaro and its Lofts at Playa Vista.
The Building Industry Association of San Diego County and its Sales and Marketing Council recognized the firm for its downtown Escondido project City Square by Barratt American of Carlsbad. The project earned three awards, including the Grand SAM Award as San Diego's Best Overall Project and the Best Community Priced Under $700,000.
Also honored: City Square Plan 1, Best Attached Housing Product $500,000 and Under; City Square Plan 3, Best Attached Housing Product $500,001 and Over; City Square Plan 2, a runner-up in the Best Attached Housing Product $500,000 and Under category.
City Square also has been honored by the Downtown Business Association of Escondido with a 2007 People's Choice Award.
The San Diego County BIA and its Sales and Marketing Council also recognized KTGY's Sunset Cove Plan 3, San Elijo in San Diego, by William Lyon Homes of Newport Beach as a finalist in the Best Attached Housing Product $500,001 and Over category.
Sharp Rees-Stealy tops in California-- Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group has been named California's top-performing physician group in Blue Cross of California's 2006 HMO Quality Scorecard program.
The award recognizes the group's performance among 176 participating medical groups in the state in clinical quality, patient satisfaction, utilization management and information technology.
Sharp Rees-Stealy has 16 locations throughout San Diego County.
Continuous Computing part of group - Continuous Computing, a San Diego-based global provider of platform solutions, is a full member of the IMS Forum, an association dedicated to IP Multimedia Subsystem application and service interoperability certification.
State lottery honors supermarket in Temecula - A ceremony that honored a Stater Bros. supermarket in Temecula as the California State Lottery's Retailer of the Year for 2007 was recently held.
The ceremony was led by Pat Finn, host of the California Lottery's "The Big Spin" show.
The Stater Bros. store, at 31813 Highway 79 in Temecula, has been a Lottery retailer since August 1999. Its total sales have totaled more than $4 million, and as a result have contributed more than $1.3 million to California public schools.
The store makes regular in-kind community donations to Great Oak High School and Red Hawk Elementary School, and also conducts regular blood drives for local blood banks.
Local farming-nursery company joins nonprofit - US Farms Inc., a commercial farming and nursery grower that has operations in North County, announced that it has become a member of the Imperial Valley Farm Bureau.
The Farm Bureau of Imperial Valley County is a nonprofit organization. Established in 1918, it serves the needs of the agriculture community through public relations, education and public policy advocacy.


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The Coldest Place in the World
Dec. 10, 2013
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Earth-orbiting satellites have found the coldest place on Earth. No surprise: It's in Antarctica. The coldest of the cold temperatures dropped to minus 135.8 F (minus 93.2 C) -- several degrees below the previous record.
What Happened to Comet ISON?
Dec. 4, 2013
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In full view of the NASA-ESA solar physics fleet, Comet ISON disintegrated when it flew through the sun's atmosphere on Thanksgiving Day. Researchers are still marveling at the images and the scientific data they contain.
Rock Comet Sprouts a Tail
Nov. 27, 2013
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"Rock comet" 3200 Phaethon has sprouted a tail, confirming that the mysterious object is the source of the annual Geminid meteor shower.
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Researchers working with magnetic fluids on the International Space Station are taking "smart materials" to the next level. With proper coaxing, molecules in microgravity can assemble themselves into "genius materials" with surprising properties. This is opening a new frontier in material science.
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Nov. 24, 2013
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On Nov. 28th. Comet ISON will have a perilous close encounter with the Sun. In today's story from Science@NASA, experts discuss what might happen if the comet gets hit by a solar storm at point-blank range.
Two Comets to Fly By Mercury
Nov. 15, 2013
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Consider it a cosmic coincidence: On Nov. 18-19, two comets (ISON and Encke) are going to fly by the planet Mercury in quick succession. NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft will have a front-row seat for the rare double flyby.
Comet ISON: What's Next?
Nov. 14, 2013
Science@NASA Headline News — 2013
Comet ISON is plunging toward the sun for a perilous pass through the solar atmosphere on Thanksgiving (Nov. 28th). In today's story from Science@NASA, a leading expert lays out some possible outcomes for the sundiving comet--from premature disintegration to spectacular survival.
Spectacular New View of Saturn and Earth
Nov. 13, 2013
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NASA has released a natural-color image of Saturn from space, the first in which Saturn, its moons and rings, and Earth, Venus and Mars, all are visible.
What Happened to Mars? A Planetary Mystery
Nov. 12, 2013
Science@NASA Headline News — 2013
Mars was once on track to become a thriving Earth-like planet, yet today it is an apparently lifeless wasteland. A NASA spacecraft named MAVEN will soon journey to Mars to find out what went wrong on the Red Planet.
Hubble Sees an Asteroid with Six Comet-like Tails
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The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a strange asteroid spewing six comet-like tails of dust. This could be a sign that the asteroid is breaking apart.


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March 29, 2011 09:00 AM by Lisa Princ
This week on NBC's America's Next Great Restaurant we said goodbye to Alex Terranova and his taco bar concept. In a post elimination interview with NBC, Alex shares his experience on the show!
America's Next Great Restaurant contestant Alex Terranova was confident right off the bat that he was going to be in the finale, so needless to say it was no surprise that Alex was actually shocked that he was eliminated so early in the competition. In a post elimination interview with NBC, Alex said "Being eliminated so early kinda blew my mind. Even though my concept isn't really fast casual, as it's much more of a bar and restaurant, it's still a 100, maybe even 1000 times better than 98% of the other concepts in the room. Some of my competitors' ideas have either been done, or are just flat-out bad ideas. Some of them didn't even have a grasp on what their idea actually was. So not making it into at least the top was pretty shocking."
Alex Terranova goes on to share that he found his calling apparently as he stated "Even through it was short-lived, it was the most fun I've ever had in my life. I loved every moment of the experience. Meeting Greg, Suds and Krystal was pretty awesome as well. We will be friends for years to come. Prior to the experience, I thought I wanted to be on and or host food and restaurant shows. Through this experience, I learned that's exactly what I was meant to do. I love the experience of talking about food on camera, being on camera and cooking on camera. It just all felt so natural to me." Lookout, maybe we will see Alex sometime soon on Food Network!
To read Alex's full interview, check out NBC's Alex Terranova Exit Interview and then be sure to tune in Sunday for a brand new episode of America's Next Great Restaurant on NBC!
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AnGanesh wrote:
> Dear All,
> I am working for a product based company. For DB setup for our
> product, we are currently using the dump file to generate all the
> required tables and initial data. As part of initial data setup, we
> have both static/lookup data loading and test data loading as well
> (nearly 130 tables have data setup).
> During development, we are facing great challenge in the dump file
> generation.... to even make small changes to data and test the same,
> we have to go through the complete process of dump file preparation
> and checking in the same. To avoid this one of the suggestion is to
> move away from dump file and have scripts for tables/views/sp creation
> and load initial data using sql loader. Concern with this approach is
> my installation process becomes bulkier (will take more time to create
> tables and then the sqlloder lot of log files). Number of log files
> to skim through to see whether installation is successful or not etc.
> Any suggestions or sharing your experience on this will be of great
> help !!!
> Thanks
> Ganesh
I have never worked on any project where an export/import was considered appropriate for installation of a production application. Either go with a script or a combination of a script and transportable tablespaces. You will note that Oracle's EXAMPLES tablespace is a TTS attached during the installation process. You can find the original at $ORACLE_HOME/assistants/dbca/templates as an example.
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Obviously, it's now winter. But apart from the Lawrence Bike Club, where the average speed is 20mph+, are there any other active groups? Would love to get more people together to ride on a regular basis, especially starting in spring.
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Heh, heh, heh...I think I broke about 8 of the commandments:
10 Things Husbands Should Never Do - Love + Sex on Shine
1. Offer to "babysit" your own kids.
2. Imply that office work is harder than housework.
3. Give a home appliance as a gift.
Forgive us if we can't work it up for this one. A new washing machine? Really? Can we get you some new snow tires?
4. Buy us the "cougar" perfume.
5. Brag about your driving.
6. Be unimpressed by a meal that took a lot of time and trouble.
7. Buy clothes without trying them on.
8. Know it all, especially in public.
9. Say anything remotely critical about our new haircut.
10. Expect a medal for doing a little housework
"We are first and foremost an educational institution that values integrity, honesty and treating others with fairness and respect".
-ISU President Gregory Geoffroy; circa May 2003.
1. Not putting the seat down on the toilet.
2. Breaking wind while she is spooning.
The opposite list is to long. It's a top 100. Things women do that men don't give a crap about and they try to tell us about.
Nobody but HB knows for sure. You pretty much know nothing....like Knownothing would like to say.
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1. Not putting the seat down on the toilet.
2. Breaking wind while she is spooning.
I seriously just spit my pop on my keyboard... thank you, but hilarious
Use the toilet while she is in the shower (in the same bathroom)
Don't ask me how I know.
32 years later and I am still riding on the back.
I don't sweat the petty things,... I pet the sweaty things
Finish first.
Originally Posted by Cydkar
Finish first.
Ask for sex
Originally Posted by Stewo
beat me to it.
Are you a member?
Originally Posted by 4429 mcc
Ask for sex
You ask?
baby - sit ... I'm sitting with the baby ... its the words, whats so bad about that?
I never try on clothes because I know what size I am and which brands fit me. The trick is I never go clothes shopping with my wife.
As for the breaking wind thing my wife was the first to do that when we started dating so its been fair game ever since.
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1. Not putting the seat down on the toilet.
2. Breaking wind while she is spooning.
Looks like the mods are a little slow today. Funny as hell for me not for her.
I guess I should be in the dog house since I got her a dust buster for our anniversary and a steam vac for Christmas.
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This week Google and IBM announced an initiative to promote the open standards and new software methods that will drive the growth of the next generation of the Internet. The initiative aims to help students and researchers address the challenges of internet-scale applications in the future.
The objective of this initiative is to help students build advanced skills and tools to develop next-generation computing infrastructure and applications to drive the Internet's next phase of growth. Google and IBM have built a virtual IT lab based on the Cloud Computing model and released a complete suite of open source-based development tools for writing massively parallel applications. IBM and Google are teaming up to provide hardware, software and services to augment university curricula and expand research horizons. With their combined resources, the companies hope to lower the financial and logistical barriers for the academic community to explore this emerging model of computing.
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This week I'm down in Orlando, FL for the WebSphere Portal Technical Conference. This is my first time attending this conference and I'm very impressed. Coming down from Boston, this is real treat for me as the weather has been great. The opening session with Larry Bowden and Chris Crummy set the stage for the week as we are going to see how the newly announced IBM Accelerators were going to accelerate the time to value across the Lotus portfolio of products.
The current set of IBM Accelerators consist of:
IBM Dashboard Accelerator
IBM Self-Service Accelerator
IBM Content Accelerator
IBM Collaboration Accelerator
IBM Enterprise Suite Accelerator
For me, I'm more focused on the IBM Collaboration Accelerator which consists of Sametime 7.5, Quickr, and Lotus Connections. I've already presented one session on "Delivering the Value of Social Software to Portal Users with Lotus Connections" and hosted a BoF on "Social Networking: Will it work in your organization?" Both were well attended and I was extremely surprised to see how many Portal customers wanted to bring social software solutions into their Portal environment. Many saw great value in using the content in Lotus Connections to build out personalization. For example, one customer had plans deploy Lotus Connections and use the personalization builder to better target employee content.
For example, John is an sales rep at Renovations. Currently when he logs into Portal, he receives sales related content. However, John is a sales rep that only focuses on kitchen designs. John uses Lotus Connections to blog about ideas and projects he has worked on related to kitchens. He also bookmarks may URL's related to kitchen renovations, has created a community related to that topic, and tagged himself with kitchen redesign. Using the personalization builder, Portal can now get more information about John so now when he logs into Portal, he receives sales related information related to kitchen redesigns.
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Throughout that last 2 or 3 years, you have probably seen a shift in focus on user experience and simplification from the Lotus portfolio of products. I think it first started with the 6.5.1 product releases. This is when Lotus aligned many of the products in the portfolio and provided seamless integration between the products. I was fortunate enough to work on an IBM Redbook about installing, configuring, and integrating Release 6.5.1 of IBM Lotus Domino and the Extended Products. They are no longer extended products, but instead enterprise ready software solutions that fits into our Lotus product strategy. This brings me to the point of this blog which is tight integration between Lotus products. Click on the image below to hear from the Lotus VP of Development and view a live demo from our Lotus Executive Evangelist.
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Another sign of the times, where the rest of the world is coming tounderstand what we've known all along - collaboration is important! Iwonder if it was a cultural or generational barrier that prevented suchwidespread adoption of collaborative technologies. In the early days,we used to talk about how to incent employees to share information, howto roll out Notes to organizations most effectively. You had toconvince C-level execs that there really was businessvalue in collaboration - improve the productivity of employees andimprove your bottom line; stop reinventing the wheel; start...
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The area of Blue Jay got its beginnings when William Caley operated his
sawmill there in the 1860s and 70s.
Art and Nora Wixom operated a store and a few rental cabins there in the early 1900s. The area was then known as Wixom Corner. In 1934 Stoney DeMent leased Wixom Corner and re-named the area Blue Jay. The DeMent family later owned most of the town when in 1978 H.R. Rick Kaufman of Pioneer Chicken fame purchased the DeMent holdings for $3,000,000.00. During his tenure as owner, the Ice Castle and Cinema were constructed.
Adjacent to Blue Jay on State Highway 189 is the small community of Agua Fria.
The Pacific Electric Camp was once located there. The camp was located on the east of State Highway 189 and original remains are still visible today. Quoting from John W. Robinsons The San Bernardinos, Less than a mile northeast of Strawberry Flats, along the headwaters of Little Bear Creek, the Pacific Electric Company built a vacation camp for its employees in 1917. PE families lived in tent houses and enjoyed the benefits of a dining room, social hall, swimming pool, and various sports activities. By 1920, as many as 150 people per week were living under canvas and participating in recreational activities.
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|Caleys Saw Mill. Depicted here is William Caleys Little Bear Valley Sawmill which was located near the center of todays Blue Jay. The image depicted here is circa 1872. The mill operated during the 1860s and 70s.
|Early Cabin. This image is quite typical of the early cabins that were once common in our local mountains. If you look closely you can see the name Blue Jay over the arched entrance to the deck. Cabins like this were made wholly out of local timber and branches.
|Pacific Electric Camp. This photo is from the cover of the Pacific Electric Magazine from July 10, 1927. The picture is captioned, The Portal to the Happy Land the Pacific Electric Camp. The camp was located in Agua Fria on State Highway 189.
|Agua Fria Café. Smarts Café advertised Home Cooking: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Hamburgers, Sandwiches, Chili, Ice Cream, Malts and Home Made Pies. Smarts is now the hardware store in Agua Fria.
|Blue Jay Outdoor Ice Skating Rink. This ice rink started as a seasonal rink in the 1930s. By the 1940s it became a year-round phenomenon. The rink was a popular gathering place for over 50 years. The Rite-Aid is now located where this rink once stood.
|Blue Jay Stables. The stables were once located near where McDonalds restaurant now stands. There are no longer any public stables in the Blue Jay area.
|Blue Jay Circa 1950. The building in the foreground on the right is now Bills Villager Coffee Shop and Bettys General Store. The 76 station was moved further down the road; Tips Printing and the library are now located there. Across the street where Jensens once was located, is now Coldwell Banker. The building next to Coldwell Banker was the fire station.
|Blue Jay Ice Castle. The Ice Castle opened in June of 1983. The gala opening ceremonies entitled Symphony on Skates raised over $310,000 for the Mountain Community Hospitals Intensive Care Unit. The rink, also known as the Ice Castle International Training Center, is where Michelle Kwan once trained.
|Entrance To Ice Castle. A group of happy skaters pose at the entrance to the Ice Castle. The rink, once open to the public for skating or lessons, is now gone. It is the location of a commercial building, but the entrance pillars still remain.
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ArtWorks, the region's masters of public art, employed 12 high school and college students (called "apprentices" because they're paid) to work with local design and advertising firms to create 30 large pieces of art around the theme of "Green." The artwork has been transferred to canvas and is being displayed at Mount Airy Forest.
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LTC Eric Patterson graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY, in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science in International Relations, and was commissioned as an Infantry officer. He served as a rifle platoon leader, support platoon leader, scout platoon leader, and assistant operations officer and was deployed to both Somalia and Haiti as a platoon leader in combat.
In 1996, LTC Patterson re-branched to Special Forces. He spent the next four years periodically deployed across western and northern Africa. Following attendance at the Naval Postgraduate School, where he earned his Master of Science in Defense Analysis, he was then attended the Army's Command and General Staff College.
Returning to Fort Bragg, NC, he served as the Personnel Recovery Branch Chief, the commander of the Army's SERE school, the Battalion Executive Officer at Camp Mackall, and as the Training Group Operations Officer.
In June 2007, he was assigned to the John Carroll 'Wolfpack' Battalion as the Professor of Military Science. He spent his final year in the Army deployed overseas, again to Africa. He officially retired from the Army on June 1st, 2011.
His top awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal and the Valorous Unit Award. His badges include the Master Parachutist Badge, the Air Assault Badge, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Ranger tab, and the Special Forces Tab.
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ACTION ALERT: Tell Rep. Brown That Rape Survivors Need Care and Support, Not a Felony Charge
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Victims need care not a felony charge or blame.
Rep Brown,
Bill 206, what exactly is your AGENDA with this cruel and unnecessary ridiculous bill? To make rape victims suffer several times over? Or as I suspect, make abortion providers afraid to perform this legal procedure? I am a retired RN. "Tampering with evidence" is 5th grade logic. Rape kits do their job quite efficiently. No need to stick your judgemental government arm inside this victim's vagina. This bill shows such a lack of empathy, I have to question, just a wee bit, psychopathy. Bob Hare has a check list if you want to take a peek. I will be keeping an eye on this, and helping whatever organization decides to fight it if you do not reclaim your senses and throw this heinous piece of terrorist control order out. When is your now lost re-election? 2014? Bad move there.


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The table below provides the location of all of the public parks within the Monmouth City limits.
Recreational Vehicles welcome.
10 sites available with water and electricity
10 sites available with sewer, water, and electricity
Camping Fees:
Bathroom facilities with hot showers available.
For Reservations or Questions from April 15 to October 1 contact the Campground Manager at 309-734-6924.
Contact City Hall (309-734-2141) for questions/reservations before April 15 and after October 1.
Reservation Policy
Reservations will be accepted for:
Reservation preference for specified camp sites will be given in the following order:
Preferably any Seasonal reservations for specific sites will be made by April 1st of the current Season, otherwise a specific site cannot be guaranteed.
Anyone who refers someone who stays at our campground will receive a free night's stay during the current season.
Campground Regulations:
Located on the west edge of Monmouth, IL at the intersection of Highway 34/67 Bypass and Highway 164.
Fishing & Lake Regulations:
General Park Regulations:
6,362 yards, Par 71
Slope 114 - USGA Rating: 68.9
Golf Pro: Randy Briggs, with over 12 years at the course. PGA Assistant Professional. Cell (309) 221-3280.
Golf Course Superintendent: Chad Brelsfoard, (217) 377-5991
All golfers, including those holding season passes must register in the club house prior to playing.
TEE TIMES: Saturdays, Sundays, & Holidays Call up to 7 days in advance 734-9968
6:00 AM until 4:00 PM. May 8th through Sep. 30th. 3 or more foursomes can block in tee times, anytime in advance. Golfers should plan to arrive at course 20 minutes in advance. Fivesomes may play, but only with riding carts.
Snack Bar – sandwiches, beer, liquor, soft drinks
Cash, Check, VISA, MasterCard
Questions? Call (309) 734-9968
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Located at 1321 N. 11th Street, Monmouth, IL
Picnic shelters, Playground equipment, Baseball diamond, Tennis courts, Basketball courts, Restrooms
Gazebo area available for weddings, ceremonies
Monmouth Park Manager: Mark Romano, (309) 734-7790
Contact Monmouth Park District
12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Daily
Evening Rentals available for birthday parties, class reunions, and team parties
Wading Pool, small water slide, diving board, concession stand
Municipal Pool Manager Phone number 309-734-4069. Located at 100 Citizens Lake, Monmouth, IL
Pool Open the months of June – mid-August and is dependent upon the weather.
The Monmouth Park District is its own governmental unit and taxing body. The District is governed by the Park Board Commissioners who are elected to the position.
Office: 203 East Broadway, Monmouth, IL 61462
Secretary: Sylvia Lee, (309) 734-7926
Mark Gladfelter, President, (309) 734-0403, cell (309) 221-2597
Rusty Spence, Vice President, (309) 221-6505
Kevin Murke
Craig Anderson
Dan Nolan
Richard Winbigler
Leila Sloan
Treasurer: Lisa Gavin
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Collapse on demo site kills firm owner
The owner of the Luzerne-based demolition firm that took down the Hotel Sterling was killed Monday morning when a church facade collapsed onto an excavator he was operating.
John Brdaric, 60, owner of Brdaric Excavating Inc. on Miller Street in Luzerne, died of multiple traumatic injuries caused by an industrial accident, acting Luzerne County Coroner Bill Lisman said. No autopsy was planned.
Brdaric's business recently completed the high-profile demolition of the Hotel Sterling in July.
The business was taking down the Holy Name/St. Mary's Church on Shoemaker Street at about 11:30 a.m. when the front section of the building toppled onto an excavator Brdaric was using. Amateur video of the incident shows an excavator working in rubble behind the church facade, which tilts backward and then collapses onto the vehicle.
Church caretaker Phil Bosha, 66, of Wyoming, who was one of many who helped get Brdaric on a gurney and carry him out, said Brdaric was breathing when he was taken to Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Plains Township but that his injuries were serious.
The Rev. Joseph Pisaneschi performed last rites over Brdaric while he was carried to the ambulance on a stretcher, Bosha said.
Swoyersville police Chief Dave Latoski said the accident was widely witnessed and that members of the police, fire and street departments had been on the scene at the time.
Glen Galion, the asbestos abatement officer for the job, said demolition just started Monday morning and the back of the building had already been taken when the accident took place.
Brdaric had been stacking wood so the vehicle could reach higher and was hitting the section of building, which stood about 35 or 40 feet, he said.
"Finally he hit it and the thing crumbled, the whole thing just came right down on him," Galion said.
Latoski said the crew ended up having to cut Brdaric from the rubble before he was transported to the hospital.
"There was a beam on top of him because when the thing came down it was on his chest and head, and stuff like that, so they had to cut him out," Latoski said. "It's hard because everybody knows every worker that's here working on this because it's a local company."
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration was called to the scene to investigate, he said.
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On the red carpet of 'The Hobbit' world premiere
Stars including Martin Freeman, Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis premiere the 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' in Wellington.PT2M46S http://www.smh.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2agwt 620 349 November 29, 2012
"Wellington, what can I say," sneers Andy Serkis as Gollum. "I can say it's nice to be back, isn't it."
Tens of thousands of fans give a rousing cheer on the 500-metre red carpet outside the city's Embassy Theatre for the world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
For a day, Wellington has turned into Orcland.
Walking the red carpet at The Hobbit's world premiere
Peter Jackson arrives at the world premiere with his daughter Katie. Photo: Getty Images
The Middle of Middle-earth, as tourist authorities are calling it, seemed like the middle of everything yesterday.
Like all Lord of the Rings fans, they love Gollum in New Zealand. In high spirits for the launch of Peter Jackson's new Middle-earth saga on a day hot enough to leave your correspondent sunburnt, the crowd loved pretty much anyone connected to the films.
They loved Neil Finn singing the theme song. They loved the flyover by the Air New Zealand Hobbit plane. They loved the staff handing out Gandalf hats and the entertainers dressed up as hobbits.
They loved Martin Freeman, who stars as Bilbo Baggins in An Unexpected Journey. And despite his initial reluctance to relocate to New Zealand for 18 months, and a conflict shooting the second series of Sherlock that threatened his casting, he genuinely seemed to love them back.
The crowd - some dressed up in Middle-earth outfits, many carrying signs and just about all taking snaps on their phones - loved every one of the actors who played the 13 dwarves in the movie, despite the fact most of them were relatively anonymous before getting one of those calls from the Lord of the Rings or Hobbit casting crew that changes lives.
Stephen Hunter, a Kiwi who has been living in Sydney for a decade, admitted telling the filmmakers he was from Auckland on the way to being cast as Bombur, aka the fat dwarf.
Barry Humphries, who plays the Goblin King, had a highly amused expression on his face at a media conference at Te Papa Museum and again on the red carpet.
The veteran comic said he had been coming to New Zealand since the late 1950s, "before most of the people here were born", and likened the day to the premiere of Gone With The Wind in Atlanta.
The crowd especially loved Peter Jackson, of course. And while he looked tired, the Oscar-winning director made a gracious speech in front of a model of Hobbiton and beamed as he was interviewed with his 16-year-old daughter, Katie, who showed an interest in going into the family business.
"It would be fantastic," Jackson said. "She's extremely clever."
As he moved slowly along the carpet, he sent a greeting to Chinese Lord of the Rings fans via a film crew then, 10 metres on, answered, for no doubt the 19th time in the previous hour, what it was like returning to Middle-earth.
For the Hollywood studios behind The Hobbit, the hometown red carpet premiere ramped up the international promotion ahead of premieres in London and New York.
The stars, all genuinely thrilled to work with Jackson on the trilogy, signed autographs, posed for photos and answered media questions in short grabs before being steered away by their minders.
Journalists, directed way too early to an appointed position (a card on the other side of a barricade allowed the talent to read "Garry Maddox, Fairfax Media, Australia"), are asked for who they particularly want to interview. A publicist earnestly writes my preferences on a sheet of paper.
Then, after a long wait, there is suddenly a rolling maul of interviews that bears no relation to those requests. I want to talk to Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving for current and future stories but as they sail past under the direction of their minders, I end up with two dwarves I half recognise then, suddenly, Jackson, James Cameron, who is writing Avatar 2 and 3 after relocating to New Zealand, and Martin Freeman.
For a frenetic 20 minutes, Middle-earth is Muddle-earth.
When the filmmakers and actors head into the cinema to watch the movie, your correspondent asks that common journalist's question ("anywhere with wifi around here?"). Then as workers dismantle barricades, he files a story from the reception area of a Youth Hostel around the corner.
It doesn't always feel like proper journalism but it's never dull.
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Happy Friday, everyone. The Bird of the Day is the American wigeon. Perhaps I'm jumping the gun a bit with this bird, but I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of our duck migrants.
The wigeon is one of the first ducks to pass through southern New England in the fall. As you can see from the above photo, when the leaves turn colors, some of ducks are already arrived. The voice of the wigeon, to me anyway, sounds like that cartoon dog from the 1970s Mumbly.
Wigeons are handsome ducks with the males having a green stripe starting at their eye and sweeping its way down the head. Females are more dully colored. Check flocks of wigeon carefully for any stray Eurasian wigeon, which has rust-colored head with cream-colored strip on top.
Not to rush summer, but it won't be long until our ducks have returned in force. I'll be waiting for them.
Be sure to check out Bird Calls every Saturday from 3 to 4 p.m. on WSTC/WNLK AM1400/1350 (in S. CT and nearby NY) or http://www.wstcwnlk.com from anywhere in the world (where there's Internet access, that is.) Thanks for checking in.


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Gregory Gadson was commissioned as a second lieutenant of Field Artillery in 1989 from the United State Military Academy at West Point. He has served in every major conflict of the past two decades, including Operations Desert Shield/Storm (Kuwait), Operations Joint Forge (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Operation Enduring Freedom(Afghanistan) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq). His awards include the Bronze Star (3), Purple Heart, Meritorious Service Medal and the Army Commendation Medal. He is a graduate of Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and holds a Master's Degree in Information Systems from Webster University and a Master's Degree in Policy Management from Georgetown University.
A highly decorated soldier, Gadson was Commander of the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery in Iraq when on the evening of May 7, 2007, he was severely wounded by an IED resulting in the loss of both legs above the knee and a severely damaged right arm and hand. Refusing to be defined by the proverbial "hail of bullets," he has since drawn upon the lessons of "Pride, Poise, and Team" learned as a West Point linebacker and applied them to his life, his career and his family.
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Since we last visited SockFixation...
I've got a cat that's absolutely obsessed with socks. If you leave a pair out where she can get them, she'll eventually find them and carry them away. If any of you are even half as interested in socks as she is, you'll probably be pretty intrigued by Sock Fixation. It's a site where hot girls invite you to get up close and personal with their sexy feet.
SockFixation looks good and it's pretty easy to explore. You're presented with its newest content as soon as you sign in and getting to the older stuff couldn't be much easier. Everything is dated, so I can tell you that this is a website that was updating frequently up until very recently. Though things have slowed down as of late, there have still been six new movies in the last 30 days.
There are currently 65 videos to check out. Each is represented by a thumbnail that acts as a preview and takes you to a page where you can stream and download the flick. There are always four downloadable formats, but the 3GP one doesn't seem to work. That leaves you with three MP4 formats. The top one is supposed to be in high-def, but its bit rate isn't high enough. It isn't too shabby, though, as it still offers good-quality playback.
A lot of the movies have a girl or two sitting on a bed or a couch with their sock-covered feet right in the viewer's face. The chicks address those watching directly. Some of them taunt and tease, while others talk dirty. These are rather short. There are longer ones, but they're very different. Give them a peek and you'll see feet-licking, dudes getting footjobs, girl-on-girl action involving lots of leg worship and a thrilling threesome. Most of the material is exclusive.
While there are vid caps to be had, you won't find any photographs. Members get access to some sweet extras, though, like DVDs to stream and 12 bonus sites that are part of the Twisted Females network. Clicking the "home" link will take you right to the network's homepage and you can use the "sites" link to travel to bonus sites like Foot Fetish Fun and Small Penis Disgrace.
Being the sock lover that she is, my cat would likely join this website. Unfortunately, she can't, because she doesn't have a credit card and has no idea how to use a computer. If you don't suffer from the same limitations and also adore fine feet and sexy socks, you should consider joining Foot Fixation.
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Leonardt Ferdinand Kreisle was born on October 22, 1922, in Austin's Seton Infirmary. His parents were Antonie Marianne Leonardt Kreisle and Edwin Clinton Kreisle, a well-known Austin architect, and he was their only child. He was delivered by his uncle, Dr. Matthew Ferdinand Kreisle, Sr. His early childhood was spent in the family's home at 103 East 16th Street, Austin. His father and his uncle, Matthew, had constructed this cottage on a lot adjacent to the home of his grandfather, Loui Henry Kreisle. His first out-of-town trip was a Christmas 1923 visit via the steam-powered train to his maternal grandparents, Anna and Emil Leonardt, in Cuero, Texas. In the spring of 1928, the family moved into a large stucco-and-stone Normandy-English style home at 5 Niles Road, Enfield, in Austin. That summer, with his parents, he took his first airplane trip, flying from Austin to Los Angeles in an American Airlines Ford tri-motor airplane. Leonardt attended Pease elementary school, the University Junior High School, and graduated from Austin High School in 1939 after completing the eleventh grade (normal for the time). He was elected to the National Honor Society and was class salutatorian.
In 1939, he entered The University of Texas School of Architecture, but as a result of his interest in structural design, he transferred to architectural engineering after two years. In September 1941, while maintaining a full course load, he began teaching engineering courses for military personnel. Later he served as an instructor in mechanical drafting, while going to school one-half time. He received the Bachelor of Architectural Engineering Degree in May 1944. While at UT, he was a member and an officer in the Sphynx Association, Tau Beta Pi, Tau Sigma Delta, Chi Epsilon, Phi Eta Sigma, Sons of Alec, Ramshorn Association, and the Freshman Fellowship Club.
In July 1944, Leonardt accepted a position in El Paso as an architectural engineer for Robert E. McKee, General Contractor. He did structural design and construction supervision on the Zia Project (now Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico). In July 1945, Leonardt returned to The University of Texas as an instructor of mechanical engineering (ME) to teach in the mechanical design area. Over the years, he taught many of the courses in the ME curriculum: Thermodynamics, Heat Power Laboratory, Heat Transfer, Mechanisms, Dynamics of Machinery, Vibrations, Machine Shop, Time and Motion Study, and Machine Design.
In 1946, Leonardt was commissioned by the UT Board of Regents to redesign and color render the official seal of The University. A significant decision in the seal design involved selection of the official University colors, eventually being burnt orange and white, with strict specifications for the "Burnt Orange." In 1949, he was promoted to assistant professor of mechanical engineering, while continuing toward his master's degree, which was awarded in May 1951. The title of his thesis was "Bolt Elongations and Loads."
In 1948, Leonardt was initiated into the Masons by University Lodge #1190, Ancient Free & Accepted Masons (AF&AM). Soon thereafter, he became a Scottish Rite Mason, a York Rite Mason, and a member of the Ben Hur Shrine. In October 1998, he received the 50-Year Membership award from the Grand Lodge of Texas.
In September 1953, he enrolled in the doctoral program at Cornell University, where he was also a visiting assistant professor, teaching machine design courses. He was one of the first UT engineering faculty to be encouraged to go elsewhere to pursue the Ph.D. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell in June 1955 with a dissertation topic, "Hydrodynamic Lubrication of Very Short Oil-Lubricated Journal Bearings."
Upon graduation, Leonardt decided to return to his teaching activities at The University of Texas and was promoted to associate professor in 1956. His book, Design of Machine Members, co-authored with Alex Vallance and Venton Doughtie, was published in 1964. His promotion to professor of mechanical engineering came in 1969. He thereafter taught courses mainly in the "design" and "dynamics" areas: Dynamics, Dynamic Systems and Controls, Analytical Basis for Design, Reliability of Engineering Systems and Components, and the senior level Mechanical Engineering Design Projects course. In addition, for several years he taught the department's instructional course for prospective teaching assistants and was active in the University Interscholastic League statewide slide-rule contest. In later years, he was instrumental in developing the DC analog computing and later the digital computing capabilities in the department. During his career, Leonardt was professionally active in both the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), holding national and local offices and publishing technical papers in their journals. Among his major publications were those in the ASEE journal dealing with the development of an effective senior level design course and those in the ASME and other journals reporting research on lubrication and stress analysis. He supervised at least twenty-five M.S. degree candidates and four Ph.D. candidates.
For eleven years (1966-1977), Leonardt was the assistant dean of engineering for academic affairs at the University, and following that, he served one year as undergraduate advisor in mechanical engineering.
Dr. Kreisle is best remembered for the senior level course, ME 366K (Mechanical Engineering Design Projects), which is referred to as "K." The design projects program has received plaudits from The American Society for Engineering Education and The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The student-endowed Leonardt F. Kreisle Machine Design Laboratory was established in his name. He served as the director of the Mechanical Engineering Design Projects Laboratory for a decade before retiring for health reasons from the University in January 1992. The following September, he was designated professor emeritus.
Dr. Kreisle, among many other things, was an inveterate collector of antiques, particularly of "technology," but also of other items. At his residence in West Austin were several buildings filled with a broad menagerie that included several Packard automobiles (including a 1951 Patrician), Model A and Model T Fords, a set of "Icey Balls" (a 19th century absorption freezing device), three hydrogen sulfide refrigerators, a half dozen "Heatrola" furnaces, several phonographs going back to the earliest Edisons and Victrolas, and scores of radios going back to the early 1920s. Beyond technical antiques, he had collections of Hummel porcelain, butterflies, arrowheads, barbwire, and an almost complete set of National Geographic magazines, including the first edition. Also in his collection were many pieces of furniture, some handmade by his father, a master craftsman, and others from an aunt who had obtained them from the estate of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Certainly, this eclectic collection illustrates the breadth of Kreisle's interests.
Leonardt received numerous awards and other recognitions for his teaching, advising, and research, including the following:
- Elected Outstanding National Student Member of Tau Beta Pi (1948).
- Pi Tau Sigma "Teaching Excellence Award," while at Cornell University.
- American Society of Lubrication Engineers "Special Award for Significant Contributions to Understanding the Fundamentals of Lubrication" (1958).
- General Dynamics Corporation "Teaching Excellence Award" (1964).
- University of Texas Student's Society "Teaching Excellence Award" (1965).
- Four-time recipient of The University of Texas at Austin Student Engineering Council "Mechanical Engineering Teaching Excellence Award."
- Two-time recipient of The University of Texas at Austin Student Engineering Council "Distinguished Advisor Award."
- "Order of Alec," for Contributions as Teacher, Friend and Counselor to Students for over Thirty-five Years (1984).
- "Leonardt F. Kreisle Senior Design Projects Laboratory," endowed (1986).
- One of twenty recipients of the first University-wide "Friar Society Commendation for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching" (1986).
- Commendation from the American Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) for "directing the best overall capstone engineering design course currently in American universities."
- The University of Texas at Austin "Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching Award" (1988).
- Fred Merryfeld "Design Award for Excellence in Teaching Engineering Design," given by ASEE (1989).
- The University of Texas at Austin Department of Mechanical Engineering "Outstanding Alumnus Award – for Recognition of his Outstanding Achievements in Engineering Education and Research in the Field of Mechanical Engineering" (1996).
- "Leonardt F. Kriesle Permanent Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin," established through donations from ME Alums to award students for creativity and innovation (1998).
In giving an award to Leonardt Kreisle in 1956, dean of engineering, John McKetta noted, "To Leonardt … who sets the pace by being the best advisor and friend our students ever had." In summary, Leonardt Kreisle is memorable for his long and dedicated service to the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the College of Engineering, The University, and to those thousands of students who took classes from him and were counseled by him during his almost fifty years of service to The University of Texas at Austin. He will be remembered for many things: a teller of stories, a dedicated teacher, and a friend to students.
Whenever there was a break in the everyday work schedule, Leonardt's mastery of creative stories provided entertainment for students and faculty alike. Among his most interesting were these three:
On the family air trip in 1928 (Leonardt was six at the time), the family motored to Yosemite National Park for camping and sightseeing. It was in this scenic setting that he describes meeting and passing the time with Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Luther Burbank, and Ansel Adams.
Leonardt also recounted the story about celebrating after completing his Ph.D. at Cornell. Apparently, Albert Einstein was in the pub where he and his friends were celebrating, and according to the story, Dr. Einstein joined in the drinking and dancing festivities.
As a result of Leonardt's extensive collection of Packards, he described meeting film star Raquel Welch in Los Angeles. Ms. Welch apparently had a great fondness for Packard cars and found that he could provide her with a missing hood ornament for her Packard, which Leonardt presumably presented to her at dinner.
Leonardt Ferdinand Kreisle, a fourth generation member of the Kreisle family, which has been in Austin since the 1870s, passed away June 14, 2004. He is survived by his adopted son Dr. David K. Arctur of Austin, as well as numerous relatives in Texas (Austin, Leander, and Victoria), Nebraska, Tennessee, Idaho, and California. Leonardt is interred in the Kreisle plot at the Oakwood Cemetery Annex in Austin.
Larry R. Faulkner, President
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Tap trouble: After an unknown quantity of 4-methylcyclohexane leaked into the Elk River and a water treatment plant last week, around 300,000 West Virginians are still without safe, clean water to drink, bath in, even wash clothes with. Tests are starting to show the contaminant to be present in less than 1 parts per million at the treatment facility, which means officials will now begin checking the water throughout the state to verify whether the threat has passed. The spill has harmed the local economy by shutting down restaurants, discouraging tourism, and turning Charleston into a ghost town for the last five days. And although the spill is one of the nation's largest in years, the story registered nary a blip on the Sunday news programs. Bloomberg
Lone rancher: People are technically not allowed to live in the evacuation zone surrounding Fukushima, but that hasn't stopped one local man from returning to feed his cows. More than a simple humanitarian mission, Masami Yoshizawa is maintaining his herd as a protest against the government—for its decree that all contaminated cows be rounded up and slaughtered, for the way it failed to protect its people in the aftermath of the meltdown, and for the way it would have everyone pretend that the disaster never happened. In addition to his own herd, Yoshizawa has been saving abandoned cattle from other farms. New York Times
Fight club: The Republican Party has been very clear about its intention to fight a number of President Obama's climate initiatives, like the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to limit carbon pollution. So in anticipation of that showdown, a number of liberal Senate Democrats have decided to band together publicly as climate defenders. Their goals include creating momentum for the EPA, raising the profile of climate issues, and generally saving the world. National Journal
Going once, going twice, gone forever: Only about 4,000 black rhinos remain in the universe, which is why it's kind of strange that Namibia just auctioned off a permit to kill one. So, what's the going rate for an animal on the brink of extinction? The low, low price of $350,000. Namibia and the Dallas Safari Club, the group that hosted the auction, say that all the funds will go toward—wait for it—black rhino conservation, and that the animal is an old male, which would likely die soon anyway. In contrast, conservationists, animal rights activists, and pretty much the rest of the rational world have unilaterally declared the auction a total clustercuss. The FBI is already investigating death threats made against the winner (read: loser) who wishes to remain anonymous. Associated Press
Predator problems: New research shows that three quarters of the world's top carnivores are steadily declining. And when you mess with the tops of food webs, you can throw the whole ecosystem out of whack. For instance, loss of seasonal shore ice, studies show, forces polar bears to eat the eggs of migratory birds rather than hunting seals—a ripple that affects the population of all three species. Los Angeles Times
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Fly Now! The National Air and Space Museum Poster Collection
Throughout their history, posters have been a significant means of mass communication, often with striking visual effect. Wendy Wick Reaves, the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery Curator of Prints and Drawings, comments that "sometimes a pictorial poster is a decorative masterpiece-something I can't walk by without a jolt of aesthetic pleasure. Another might strike me as extremely clever advertising … But collectively, these 'pictures of persuasion,' as we might call them, offer a wealth of art, history, design, and popular culture for us to understand. The poster is a familiar part of our world, and we intuitively understand its role as propaganda, promotion, announcement, or advertisement."
Reaves' observations are especially relevant for the impressive array of aviation posters in the National Air and Space Museum's 1300+ artifact collection. Quite possibly the largest publicly-held collection of its kind in the United States, the National Air and Space Museum's posters focus primarily on advertising for aviation-related products and activities. Among other areas, the collection includes 19th-century ballooning exhibition posters, early 20th-century airplane exhibition and meet posters, and twentieth-century airline advertisements.
The posters in the collection represent printing technologies that include original lithography, silkscreen, photolithography, and computer-generated imagery. The collection is significant both for its aesthetic value and because it is a unique representation of the cultural, commercial and military history of aviation. The collection represents an intense interest in flight, both public and private, during a significant period of its technological and social development.
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