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Vetreria Artistica Colleoni In the end of the 13th century the furnaces concentrated themselves in Murano making this island become the most important glass centre from where the venetian merchants carried things of any shape


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Moris: Beautiful Landscape 7: beatings, hard bread and cold-water baths
MCASD - Downtown 1001 Kettner Blvd., San Diego, California 92101
In his Hermoso Paisaje series, Moris creates makeshift shelters and furniture using found materials such as garbage, tarps, and cardboard. These installations are made from the material remains of the urban landscape they recreate. Informed by art history, ethnography, and activism, the artist's works are almost portraits of the city, capturing their wastefulness. In this site-specific work created for the MCASD exhibition Viva la Revolución in 2011, Moris references the utilitarian recycling of societies where inhabitants are forced to reuse materials due to unsustainable growth and eroding infrastructure. Moris draws on tarps by erasing and washing away dirt and soot to reveal various cultural and architectural images. Moris: Beautiful Landscape 7: beatings, hard bread and cold-water baths is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and made possible by proceeds from the 2016 Biennial Art Auction. Institutional support of MCASD is provided by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture and the County of San Diego Community Enhancement Fund.
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The Virtual Magnetospheric Observatory (VMO) is a distributed data environment with a web-accessible graphical user interface and application programming interface that provides unified data discovery and retrieval. Magnetospheric mission data are publicly available from a diverse group of geographically dispersed service providers whose capabilities range from simple FTP service to HTTP-based, query-enabled sites; from single instrument data services to large, multi-spacecraft data archives. The diversity of mission data services is expected to further increase with time. Therefore, it is desireable to establish a data environment that connects the data services and allows user access to them via a common interface.


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"We could clearly demonstrate how a quickly installed round Lindab Safe system, equipped with EPDM rubber seals, would eliminate the manual sealing work using glue and tape." Says Nate Slauson. A Lindab Safe solution would provide fewer duct parts and therefore fewer connections, so altogether, the working time could be cut by approximately 12 %. On top of this, of course, there is the lower energy consumption and much more attractive appearance of the duct system." Today, the ventilation in Hy Vee Hall, Wells Fargo Arena and the Veterans Memorial Auditorium has Lindab Safe throughout. By switching to Lindab Safe, the budget could be kept and give Iowa Events Center a considerably better system. Quality pays, it's as simple as that!
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The Federal and State hazardous waste regulations require certain Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste generators, as well as, facilities that treat, store or dispose of RCRA and/or State hazardous waste, to report their hazardous waste activities. The information collected will:
No fees are required for completing this report. However, failure to comply with Federal and State regulations regarding Annual/Biennial reports may result in fines and penalties.
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I just bought one of these on impulse, coz it was so cheap and found out it was designed by Dave Smith! (Correct me if I'm wrong). I think the whole vector thing is really neglected and really cool - realtime morphing from one oscillator to another. And i don't care about the low quality sound - grainy low-fi heaven is what I think.
Anyway - do these synths deserve their low reputation? Or are they the forgotten work of a synth genius?


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By Shawn Langlois
Good morning.
The Dow industrials put the finishing touches on a fourth-straight year of gains, culminating with a record performance on Monday that helped the blue-chip gauge double where it stood during its 2009 lows.
And thanks to the results of what had to be a dud of a New Year's party in Washington — one that may or may not have included the House Speaker playing the part of the drunk uncle and flinging expletives at the Senate Majority Leader — the bulls are on parade across the global markets to start 2013.
But there's always some wet blanket to pull the lampshade off your head, so don't get too fixated on the fireworks display, warns Saxo Bank's Steen Jakobsen. He says it's time to cut back on stocks and turn your attention to Treasury Inflation Protected Securities and commodities.
Key market gauges: Good luck finding red ink this morning. Indexes in Europe /quotes/zigman/2380150 XX:SXXP are surging, the Hang Seng /quotes/zigman/2622475 HK:HSI already led Asia deep into the green, and futures on the Dow /quotes/zigman/9049316 YMH3 and the S&P /quotes/zigman/8751039 ESH3 portend a massive follow-up to the previous session.
Barry Ritholtz from The Big Picture blog says that we're in "full melt-up mode" as the pros put their cash back to work and that we should "expect much of the panicky selling that was in anticipation of much higher capital gains and dividend taxes to also be redeployed back into equities."
The economy: The post-mortem on the fiscal-cliff deal is well underway, and while there's a pervasive sense of relief on Wall Street, there's plenty of healthy skepticism as well. "Now that the clowns have left the tent," Pragmatic Capitalism's Cullen Roche says, it's clear that "no one really won here. Congress is totally dysfunctional."
As far as data, the Markit U.S. PMI Manufacturing Index flash, the ISM Manufacturing Index for December, construction spending for November and December U.S. car sales are all on the docket for the trading day.
The buzz: While the markets are setting up for a strong rally, the latest sentiment reading from Ticker Sense this week showed a whipsaw shift to bearish, with 48% of financial bloggers expecting a tough stretch, compared with just 26% in the week following Christmas. Bullish sentiment dropped to 40% from 52%.
Microsoft is among the top-trending tickers, joined by Intel /quotes/zigman/20392 /quotes/nls/intc INTC , NetEase /quotes/zigman/83280 /quotes/nls/ntes NTES and Synergy Pharmaceuticals /quotes/zigman/7549651 /quotes/nls/sgyp SGYP .
Also, watch for hourly rental-car firm Zipcar /quotes/zigman/118544 /quotes/nls/zip ZIP to remain on the radar throughout much of the morning with its stock charging 48% higher premarket on word of a buyout from Avis Budget /quotes/zigman/2380077 /quotes/nls/car CAR .
Facebook /quotes/zigman/9962609 /quotes/nls/fb FB shares are up almost 3% ahead of the bell, rallying after J.P. Morgan ramped up its estimates and raised its price target on the stock to $35 from $29. Analyst Doug Anmuth cited the potential of the social networking giant's mobile advertising business as a key driver.
The chart of the day: Here's a look at the magnitude of tax hikes relative to GDP dating back to 1940, courtesy of The Washington Post's Wonkblog. We haven't seen these kinds of hikes in a LONG time. Read a full breakdown on the deal.
The call of the day: Eddy Elfenbein of the Crossing Wall Street blog has released his 2013 buy list, which takes a theoretical $1 million and spreads it out evenly over 20 stocks. His list has been around for seven years and has beaten the market six years in a row, including last year with a 14.6% return vs. 13.4% on the S&P.
For 2013, he added five new stocks, including Cognizant /quotes/zigman/70561 /quotes/nls/ctsh CTSH , FactSet Research Systems /quotes/zigman/161468 /quotes/nls/fds FDS , Microsoft /quotes/zigman/20493 /quotes/nls/msft MSFT , Ross Stores /quotes/zigman/77604 /quotes/nls/rost ROST and Wells Fargo /quotes/zigman/239557 /quotes/nls/wfc WFC .
Only four stocks have remained on the list since the start: Aflac /quotes/zigman/216779 /quotes/nls/afl AFL , Bed Bath & Beyond /quotes/zigman/68991 /quotes/nls/bbby BBBY , Fiserv /quotes/zigman/72191 /quotes/nls/fisv FISV and Medtronic /quotes/zigman/233680 /quotes/nls/mdt MDT .
Random reads: A great round-up from Joshua Brown on some lessons learned last year from various voices, including his own source of inspiration, that "a chubby Korean guy with a dream could ride his invisible horse to international stardom." Yes, that's more than one billion page views.
Here's what Todd Harrison of Minyanville learned.
"The Keynesian Model no longer works; it is counter-productive and destructive," writes Charles Hugh Smith in his Of Two Minds blog. Read more about the "dangerous blindspots of clueless Keynesians."
Butterfinger celebrates its "90ish years" since its debut. In other news, Butterfinger has been around for 90 years?
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February 17, 2011
Won't Get Fooled Again
Author: Colette Shaw (Division of Student Affairs)
Won't Get Fooled Again, by Colette Shaw, an instructor for RIT's First-Year Enrichment Program in the student affairs division, is a fictional novel that tells the story of business executive Suzanne Curtis, caught in the middle of a love affair with a mystery man who has the potential to destroy her career and uncover personal secrets. When Shaw wrote the novel, she was balancing her life as a college dean with her hobby—following the band KISS. "Neither world made sense to the other, and the dichotomy made no sense to me," Shaw says. "I created a fictional character—and a suspense/romance plot—to see if she could find the internal resolution I sought."


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Merit badge requirements
- 1. Study a hive of bees. Remove the combs. Find the queen. Figure the amount of the brood, number of queen cells. figure the amount of honey in the hive.
- 2. Show the differences among the drones, workers, eggs, larvas, and pupae at different stages. Tell the differences among honey, wax, pollen, and propolis. Tell how bees make honey. Tell where wax comes from. Explain the part played in the life of the hive by the queen, the drones and the workers.
- 3. Hive a swarm or divide at least one colony. Explain how a hive is made.
- 4. Put foundations in sections or frames. Fill supers with frames or sections. Take off filled frames or sections. Take off filled supers from the hive. Fix the honey for market.
- 5. Write in not more than 200 words how and why the honeybee is used in pollinating farm crops. Name five crops in your area pollinated by honeybees.
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Every year produces one of those wild games where the box scores that scrawl down a quarter of the way down the paper and leaves the manager scratching his head for immediate solutions.
This day in 1986 generated one of those games in a 6-3 victory at Cincinnati in 14 innings. Gary Carter wound up at third base and both Jesse Orosco and Roger McDowell playing right field. McDowell also briefly played left field.
Manager Davey Johnson shuffled Orosco and McDowell, depending on the Reds' hitter, in the 10th through the 13th innings. In fact, Orosco and McDowell batted back-to-back in the 14th inning.
The Mets won it on Howard Johnson's three-run homer off Ted Power. Scoring ahead of him was Orosco, who had walked.


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April 05, 2013
The United States is engaging in a major debate over the appropriate size of the Defense Department. JINSA Visiting Fellow Peter Huessy argues in the words of George Washington that "to be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace."
February 08, 2013
JINSA Visiting Fellow Peter Huessy explains why Americans are justified in their concern that a terror sponsoring state such as Iran or North Korea, in cooperation with a terrorist group, might seek to detonate a nuclear device in an American city.
January 04, 2013
Over a decade ago, the legendary head of the Northern Alliance, Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the primary force that defeated the Soviets in Afghanistan, said: "Al Qaeda...was just one element in a 'poisonous coalition.' JINSA Visiting Fellow Peter Huessy explains that this coalition, that has now expanded to include state sponsors of terrorism, is alive and well.
September 04, 2012
Peter Huessy is President of GeoStrategic Analysis, founded in 1981, and the senior defense consultant at the Air Force Association and National Security Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council. For the past three decades, he has hosted the Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series on Capitol Hill. He specializes in securing support for key defense policy initiatives. From 1981-2011, Mr. Huessy helped the U.S. Air Force with strategic assessments of the threats facing the U.S. He has lectured at the U.S. Naval Academy, the Joint Military Intelligence College, U.S. National War College, Johns Hopkins SAIS, the Institute of World Politics, and the University of Maryland.
Mr. Huessy has served as a consultant monitoring budget and policy developments on missile defense, nuclear deterrence, terrorism and a wide range of proliferation, arms control and homeland security issue. He has written for National Review, Human Events, National Interest, Family Security Matters, Big Peace, Fox Forum and Stonegate Institute, and has appeared frequently on television and radio discussing key national security issues.
August 02, 2012
JINSA Visiting Fellow Peter Huessy examines the recently released report by Global Zero calling for steep reductions in the U.S. nuclear arsenal. If adopted, this force structure would make the world a far more dangerous place and highly unstable, Huessy contends.
July 30, 2012
The security of the United States, its NATO allies and its friends in the Middle East — especially Israel — remains significantly dependent on America's ability to provide a robust defense for its own territory and that of its allies. In the post-Cold War era, this may seem an anachronism, but recent events highlight the need for America's military strength.
June 22, 2012
JINSA Visiting Fellow Peter Huessy on the proposed U.S. missile defense initiative in Europe and why the Russians are demanding that we stop while they assist Iran in building the very missiles that threaten NATO.
April 26, 2012
JINSA Visiting Fellow Peter Huessy makes the case that missile defense supports diplomacy, complicates the plans of attackers and terrorists, and saves lives. So, he asks, why is it again under attack?
April 11, 2012
JINSA Visiting Fellow Peter Huessy explains why the United States may not be in the strongest of positions to strike a cooperative deal with Russia on missile defense.
March 14, 2012
JINSA Visiting Fellow Peter Huessy argues that the reason for an unclear Iran policy stems from the myriad of views on the Iranian quest for a nuclear weapon and the fact that none of these views show an understanding of the true nature of the Iranian regime.
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How very fucking cute. I just spent half an hour debugging connectivity problems on my neighbours computer — she could access the (HTTP) login page in our network, and all other types of traffic, but any HTTP connection to the outside would just die without any explanation. I went through the usual routine of gutting Norton's Internet Shit, to no avail, then went to diagnose network connections, which wasn't exactly helped by the fact it'd crash every time I got near the network properties capplet (yay Vista).
I went into the safe mode (with networking) boot, where I could access the network properties, but the network did fuck all. Finally, thanks to her telling me (up front) that she installed MSN yesterday to be able to talk with someone, coupled with a ridiculous (and obviously unlabelled, that's be too easy) popup after one reboot, stating:
The Family Safety service has been disabled. Please ask the adminitstrator of this computer to enable it. Until it's enabled, you will not be able to browse the internet. [The fuck!?]
I was able to track it down to this brilliant MS service. I have no fucking clue what it's supposed to do, but I know what does — kills your internet without any way to turn it back on. Thankfully you can uninstall that piece of crap, which of course restored law and order. Well fucking done, MS, that's exactly how your non-technical users are best served. Twatmonkeys.


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Is India over its snub in the last U.S. presidential debate, when neither candidate mentioned the world's largest democracy and a crucial regional partner? Maybe not, if the last few days at the World Economic Forum (WEF) outside New Delhi is any indication. Neither the news of President Obama's re-election nor the opening of China's Communist Party Congress generated much buzz at the meeting of Indian minds this week, and what little comment there has been has come at the prodding of panel moderators reporters looking for soundbytes. "We congratulate Mr. Obama on his reelection," Anand Sharma, India's trade minister, said after being asked about it by a moderator. "Given the challenging the background [in the world today]…. expectations of people from their leaders are very high."
That's equally true in India, and that's probably a much better explanation for why other country's affairs haven't come up much in the past few days. India's gathered business leaders, NGO heads and a handful of politicos have had other things on their mind, like India's sliding growth, endemic corruption, anemic infrastructure, inefficient bureaucracy, scarcity of good jobs, growing censorship, lack of clear policy and glaring gender inequity, to name a few of the problems that have surfaced. Despite the recent spate of government reforms and reshuffles intended to disperse the pall that has hung over India this year, the discussions have consistently veered back to the question of why, exactly, India has strayed from the path of seemingly inevitable greater prosperity, and more importantly, who's to blame. "I am a very proud Indian, but I am a very unhappy Indian today," said Rahul Bajaj, head of Bajaj Auto, on Wednesday. "We are skilled and motivated workers, entrepreneurs and farmers who are raring to go," he said, but "nothing is happening."
(MORE: Open for Business? Why Indian Entrepreneurs Need a Hand)
The dearth of government figures at the conference — Prime Minister Manmohan Singh opened the forum in 2009; this year it was Canada's Stephen Harper — hasn't helped counter concerns that the public sector in particular could be doing more to alleviate India's gravest social ills. "The scale of the problems require the state to take ownership," said Ramesh Ramanathan, chairman of Janalakshmi Financial Services (JFS). "This is ours to lose… What is frankly disappointing is that we don't see [enough] leadership in the political class today." Not surprisingly, that sentiment has been countered by the public officials in attendance. "We need to do things better. We cannot claim victory," acknowledged Arvind Mayaram, secretary of the finance ministry's Department of Economic Affairs, during a TIME debate on how to create more inclusiveness in India. But overall, he added, "I do not see any cause for pessimism as far as India is concerned."
Though many here would disagree, a few clear exceptions to the gloomy vibe have emerged. The conference kicked off on Tuesday with a group of high-profile Indian companies, including Bajaj, Infosys, Godrej Industries, and Genpact, signing onto a WEF-sponsored anti-corruption initiative with the pledge to battle corruption in their businesses and supply chains. And while it had the whiff of some highly symbiotic p.r., it could also reflect what some here are saying: that civil society-led anti-corruption drives of the last two years are starting to pay off, if not by stemming the problem than at least by getting people to acknowledge it's happening. "What I see in the last few months is a definite awareness by government that there are things that need to get done," said Zia Mody, a Mumbai-based lawyer, during the TIME debate.
(PHOTOS: Nationwide Strike Hits India's Teeming Cities)
Another thread to surface is how technology can help get India to where it wants and needs to go. Though India's global tech expertise developed with an eye on the international market, players in both the public and private sectors are figuring out how to put those skills to work in everything from the fight against corruption with web sites like ipaidabribe.com, to getting teachers to show up to work in rural schools. "India is known for tech," Neel Ratan, executive director of PricewaterhouseCoopers India, which has helped the government design several e-governance programs, said on Thursday. "Can we solve our problems with these skills?"
The work they've done so far is encouraging: For instance, an online program where people can file their income taxes has both helped taxpayers get automated returns in a timely manner and freed up thousands of civil servants to chase individuals who aren't filing, a major problem in South Asia. It's an example of the kind of public-private partnership that could help improve services to hundreds of millions of Indians living in parts of the country where the public sector is not as robust as it could be. "Information technology and some of the current developments in IT are an enormous opportunity in addressing some of [India's] problems," said David Thomlinson, the global head of geographic strategy and operations of Accenture, in TIME's debate.
Getting broadband to the countryside won't solve everything, but but the fact that no one actor can — and that civil society, government, business, and voters all have to do their part — is something that everybody here could agree on. "One model is not sufficient given the size of the problem," Kris Gopalakrishnan, the executive co-chairman of Infosys, said on Thursday. "We need to try to different things… How can we all work together to make this happen?"
Watch TIME's panel, moderated by Time Asia's editor Zoher Abdoolcarim "Growth Beyond Numbers: How Can India Shining Be a Story for All?":


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"Created almost 2,000 years ago, Frascati is one of the world's oldest wines, and Fontana Candida Frascati is the most popular Frascati in the world. The grapes for this dry, clean wine are grown in the porous, volcanic soils located in the Frascati commune near Rome. Rich in potassium, this soil produces plump, flavorful grapes. Fontana Candida is the only Frascati producer that uses cold filtration and cold bottling to preserve the wine's flavor and clarity."
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I've used Pocomail, then Barca Pro for many years (10+). BP works fine with every RSS I've tried, except one... Feedburner.
For whatever reason, I get a "Socket Error #10053" if I don't "Enable Secure Connection" or a "Connection Closed Gracefully", i.e., it simply timed out, if I do "Enable Secure Connection".
I am unable to determine if the problem is the port number or if Feedburner uses a newer RSS protocal that BP isn't using.
Any suggestions, comments or head slaps?


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This has been a horrible week for Connecticut and America. Not that it would ever be okay, but to have such a disgusting act of violence occur right before Christmas is even more devastating.
My heart is broken and I am sickened by what the world has come to.
I cannot possibly complain about anything or make fun of anyone when such a grave tragedy has come upon us.
I will say however that more than ever, I feel so grateful for my life and my family and friends.
I will also say that I think we should be sure to keep children's lives happy, carefree and filled with joy as much as we can.
They will grow up soon enough and have to endure this world and all of its vile atrocities and tortures.
When I was reflecting about this idea today, I thought back to one of my blog posts about the parents that decided to tell their little sweet innocent 2-year-old that there was no such thing as Santa, so that he would know that his parents were the ones actually buying him gifts.
Every time I think of this I get newly furious with these morons.
This post is read quite regularly, because one of the most common phrases googled by people, which brings them to my blog, is "SANTA GIVING THE FINGER."
Go figure.
I thought today would be a good day to repost this – so we can take a minute and really think about what stupid bullshit we waste or time and energy focusing on…instead of enjoying life and our children.
Tomorrow I will announce the winner of the Laura Mercier Caviar Stick, in the meantime enjoy this tale of holiday asshattery:
Jingle Hell
So – I signed up a while ago to a service in town – where moms could receive emails regarding pertinent information about children, parenting etc. Some reasonable uses of the service would be say – "Does anyone know the best pediatric dentist in town?" or "Where is a good place to go for piano lessons?" or "Has anyone ever been to the indoor water park in Waterbury?"
Many people for one reason or another ask inappropriate questions and what I consider inappropriate requests to a community of unknown mothers in town. The constant stream of ridiculous emails is enough to send you off the deep end – see below for the latest offense this week (and for those of you who still think I make this stuff up – this is word-for-word!!)
Subject: Advice
You all have been great in giving advice in the past that I thought I'd run something by you. What do you tell a 2-yr old about Santa? I would like for him to believe in Santa but my husband says that there's no reason for him to. That he should know that we buy his gifts because we love him. Has anyone else made the decision to tell their kids that Santa isn't real? What did you say and what was the outcome?
Also…does anyone know where I can get K-Cups (for a Keurig coffee maker) for a cheaper price? At the grocery store they're $8.99 for a box of 12 and I was informed today that they're going up.
Thanks in advance! You all are awesome! Love, Jenny
Hi Jenny – Thanks for calling us all awesome!!
You know who is not awesome?
Just so you know – it's September!! And Christmas is not really top on everyone's to-do list but since you asked……
Many families were grappling last week with remembering the loss of loved ones on September 11th, and probably thinking about one day explaining this horrible day to their children.
In this economy, I know many families who are struggling with telling their kids that they might not have any presents at Christmas because their mom or dad (or both) have lost their job.
Nationwide – parents will be figuring out where Christmas will be this year because their home was washed away in a flood or hurricane or lost in a foreclosure.
But your husband is right!!
You should totally shower your 2-year-old child with "gifts of love" and then tell him they are all from you!!
We live in a nation that at the 10-year anniversary of September 11, 2001 is still at war, close to 10 percent of our nation is unemployed, millions don't have access to healthcare while facing deadly incurable diseases like cancer and AIDS, 1 out of 110 children are diagnosed with autism and global warming is destroying or ending people's lives all over the world.
That being said – I can totally see why what little happiness your child might have before facing the harsh realities of adulthood, should be ripped away from him – all so he can properly thank your husband for the $200 of Little Tykes crap he bought at the Toys R' Us.
I mean really – why should Santa get all of the credit?
And by the way your husband sounds like a real peach! Wherever did you find him? It's so rare to find a good man who is not an ego-maniac!! Lucky!!
He also sounds super-intelligent and super in-touch with childhood development. Does he have a PhD in this subject?
I know that he is so looking forward to the day when he can announce to a group of people that he has chosen to
ruin his child's life tell his child that there is no such thing as Santa – so that everyone knows that he is "above" such silly rituals.
Oops – small problem – Jenny! Your
douche-bag super-awesome hubby – failed to read the chapter in his PhD textbook that discussed the fact that 2 -year- olds…..(and I quote from a real medical textbook on childhood development)
pg. 201- "Don't give two flying fucks who gave them the Little Tykes crap."
They don't even get the concept of receiving a gift yet – so when you have this all-important convo to break the bad news…..guess what?
You will have the same convo next Christmas when he's three – and then probably again when he's four.
He will not even remember your "love gifts" – let alone who gave them to him.
Oh – and Jenny – one more thing – when you have this sit-down – could you do us a favor and let him know that you 2 are the only ass-hats that are doing this?
The rest of us quite enjoy lying to our kids and letting them experience little emotions called "joy" and "wonderment" and don't need you and your tortured child ruining it.
Thanks!! That would be super-awesome!
In closing – I see you had a little question about coffee cups! Who doesn't right? LOL!
Well – I notice that you sent your email via Blackberry – which means that you're savvy enough to use modern technology – but what you might not realize is that there is this little thing called a newspaper.
Inside it – usually once a week – you will find something called a circular! Each store actually lists their sale items using photos as well as extra-large bold text that will state the sale price – like $1.99!!!!!
Oh – by the way – I had a sec – and I googled Keurig sale – and it said there were about 1,200,700 results you dumb bitch…….
It is super-easy to read and very user-friendly – maybe even more so than your Blackberry!
If you feel like you still cannot find a good price for your Keurig coffee cups – don't hesitate to shoot us another email. We will all stop what we are doing (you know because we are all stupid morons that believe in Santa) and find the best price for your coffee!!
Hope this helps!
Your friend – LADY GOO GOO GAGA
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There have been rumblings that Van Halen might be playing the 2013 Super Bowl halftime show. In a USA Today interview last month, Eddie Van Halen said, "So in November, we'll hit Japan, and in the new year, we'll possibly do something special, but I can't talk about it." Could that 'something special' be the Super Bowl halftime show?
David Lee Roth addressed that subject in an open letter. He said as of now, the band is not scheduled to play the halftime show at the Super Bowl. "First of all let me say this — be still my pigskin heart. That honor has not been bestowed upon us at this time though it is one we would accept in a NY minute."
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AuGRES — Neither AuGres-Sims, nor Posen, could get on the scoreboard through most of Friday's North Star League girls basketball showdown. But in the fourth quarter, the Vikings broke the offensive stalemate and pulled away to take a key early-season 38-27 victory on the Wolverines' home floor.
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"We just shot horribly," said AGS coach Gordie Ostrander. "Neither team could hit a shot, but that 3-pointer after our miss really hurt.
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The Owls led 13-8 after the first quarter, but AGS held a 45-31 advantage the rest of the way.
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The Wolverines shot 25-of-53 from the floor (47 percent), but hurt themselves with a 1-of-10 performance at the free throw line.
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There are many ways to abuse people. I would like to see how many ways we atheists feel we have been abused by the religious people. If anything, we can use these stories to show what theists do to those who disagree with them.
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I feel much like you do, but I have to point out that some of us have suffered more than others. I am a strong Atheist and I have not been abused because of my Atheism. I think we all (or maybe just most of us) agree that religion leads to abuse and hatred. Can we not get angry because we were lucky enough to not be abused? Things like the civil rights movement, woman suffrage, and the civil war have made things bearable for the minorities such as Blacks, Gays, Non-Christians, and Women. But it is far from acceptable. I contend that due to these events in history, you have been lucky enough not to have been abused. We need to get angry like the Blacks did, like the Gays did, and channel our anger to attack the religious leaders because if religion gets even more control of the society, your luck may run out.
If I may be so bold, I'd like to propose a different closing to what you said:
"...because if religion gets even more control of the society, your luck may run out."
I would propose instead, "...because if religion goes back to getting the control over the society it once had, your luck may run out."
Let's recall that even at the time of American independence, the freethinkers who founded this country were obliged to call themselves "deists" because an outright rejection of the "God" thesis was still a capital offense in many jurisdictions.
We haven't been out of the woods that long, the wolves are still drooling and the danger is still very real. Some introspection tells me that was one of the reasons I felt so obsessed to write ...But the Girl Didn't Believe It, to wake people up to the real, tangible dangers religion--and especially Christianity--poses to the world.
Hey Paul, I clicked on your link ...But the Girl Didn't Believe It. It took me to amazon.com where I could read the first 6 chapters. I bet you're dying to find out what I think. Well here goes my humble opinion:
It is an easy read. It kept me interested all the way through. I didn't relate to any of your characters because I never went to church while I was growing up. But, if your future reviews of the book from your readers show many people relating to it, it would lend a sort of authority to your descriptions of the characters. I don't know if your characters are based on real situations and feelings. If they are, I think this book is a good one.
Now on to my humble opinion of your improvement to my last sentence somewhere above.
...it once had... Three little words that open such a can of worms! It begs the questions: How much did it have? How much does it have now? How do the two compare?
I would have to write a novel to explain what I believe is true about all that. But since you seem to be an accomplished writer, I invite you to use any of my writings up till now as your own anywhere on the internet that you can find. That sounds like I am not so humble. Maybe I am not, but you will see for yourself if that "humbleness" is earned.
Cain, just my opinion, but most people rarely hear directly from Atheists, hence they don't have the opportunity to 'abuse' us. If we had the letter 'A' branded on our forheads, i think it would be different. it's easier to publicly abuse minorities like African Americans or Jews b/c things like skin color or yamaka's (sp?) are easy to see. we're a silent, disguised minority. we are abused by public misconceptions, by a collective fear of our beliefs on society, and by public opinion of our group. it's more of a macro abuse than any specific micro instances. sure, personal stories would lend credence to the macro view of discrimination against Atheists, but i would speculate that these occurences are rare.
now, i've never been to an Atheist event or rally or anything like it, and i would imagine there would be a vocal opposition at such events. i would be interested to know from others who have attended an Atheist event what that is like.
I agree with your opinion. But that begs the question: Why don't most people hear directly from Atheists? The truest thing that can be said about atheists is that they don't agree on much within the minority. But, just my opinion, most Atheists do not voice their opinions about religion and god in public for fear of retribution.
Living in fear is not one of the inalienable rights protected by the Constitution, right?
In my opinion, we Atheists need to voice our beliefs in "micro instances"! We, all US Atheists as a group, should meet at all government meetings that start with Christian prayer and denounce the praying as a violation of the constitution as these Hawaii folks did at one of their state capital's meetings:
for many reasons that i can imagine. for one, most Atheists are anti hypicrocy. we hate it when others push their beliefs on us, so we do our best to avoid doing the same. i can't imagine many Atheists going door to door to spread the word of non-belief.
second, there is justifiable fear amongst us. i have a friend that is a financial advisor. he is not an atheist, but what if he was, and made it clear through facebook, etc? his clients likely google him before signing up with him. if they found him to be an atheist they would probably take their money elsewhere. it can have serious financial ramifications to be an 'out' Atheist. would his firm even allow him to be public with Atheistic beliefs? i can't imagine they would be too happy with him as it's not good for business.
Third, as most of us know, it can be a frustrating practice of futility to openly debate with close minded, hardcore theists. many of us have decided it's not a worthwhile endeavor. i am not in agreement there, but i can see how this can happen.
I could be wrong, but it seems to me this is changing. Slowly. The information age is making it easier for Atheists to spread their message, become informed, and become better debaters. Men like Dawkins and Hitchens (for starters) have lent credibility to Atheists through modern science and philosophy. There are leaders among us - strong and determined leaders who give a legitimate voice to rather non-vocal minority. I hope we can piggy-back on their efforts and ride them to respectibility.
I suppose most Atheists don't care who represents Atheists in the public eye. I know that some Atheists have bones to pick with Dawkins. I am not one of them, but they do exist.
So, how many Atheists would have a problem with me becoming a spokesperson for all Atheists?
If I don't do it, someone else will. They may do it out of self preservation, but it will probably be too late by then.
Wow, that video was unbelievable! How old is this video? Do you happen to know what happened to those people who made the video, after all was said and done?
It happened April 29th, 2010. I searched the site called Snopes.com and they have nothing about it, so I assumed it is legitimate, BUT not one US mainstream media source shows up with stories on this assault in the results of a google search. It should have been front page news.
It is very sad and scary when violence by the government against people exercising their right to free speech is not reported by the mainstream media. It is called Free Press, but is it really?
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Everyone, everywhere, who pays property taxes, either directly or indirectly (through rent) is abused by theists if religious organizations are granted exemptions from paying those taxes. (I know of no exceptions in the United States).
This is an easy one to hide, so it does get hidden.
Let's imagine a tax zone consisting of 1 million square meters (or whatever unit or size you want). The taxing authorities need to raise $1 million to fund their budget, so they set an assessment of $1 per square meter. But wait! Of that 1 million m2, 200,000 m2 belongs to churches, and we can't tax those, can we!
Nope, sure can't. OK, get out the calculator again. Now we've got 800,000 m2, but we still need to raise that $1 million so we assess the TAXABLE property at $1.25/m2. You say you own 100 m2 of property? You just DONATED $25 to the churches of your non-choice.
The only place I ever heard of where any religious group expressed any regret or dismay for taking money forcibly from people like this was in Anchorage, Alaska, where the Unitarian/Universalist church made a practice of donating to the city the amount they would have paid in property taxes had they not been exempted.
But try getting something on a ballot somewhere to repeal that exemption sometime. You'll soon hear the voices of reality lecturing to you about your silly ideas of "freedom from religion".
That makes me furious! Oh, wait, I'm unemployed, living in my mom's basement at age 45 so I don't pay rent or the house payment. What am I crying about?
Paul, i very much agree with you (see my blog post http://www.atheistnexus.org/profiles/blogs/taxing-religions), and i like your hypothetical example. That's interesting about the UU Church in Alaska. Why am i not surprised it was a secular church that would do such a wonderful thing?
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1) If you're interested, I have done this image for the DC Game, resized with the official Timeline Size:
2) As far as I'm concerned, I think the years system is not the most easily understandable ... when there is more than two images during a year, you don't have the "date" displayed on-screen when the transition between two years occurs.
Thanks but, I'm going to keep looking for the best image for the game, no offense.
The timeline isn't so much for understanding the present as it is the past. And I will not impose an arbitrary time (Jan-Mar, Year 0, for example) until Miura makes it explicitly clear (as he has before) there is a jump. There really isn't much of a case for arguing that current events seeming to jumble together in the year "0" until he does so.
I'm curious. Should year 0 be when griffith is reincarnated or when he becomes godhand?
Reincarnated, as it says in the timeline.
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Yeah. Thanks for reminding me to update the useless news secton on the front page. Really.
http://www.darktitan.net/bullshit/sk/timeline.phpThe timeline, done in PHP/MySQL.There's no formatting on it, but it would be easy to add your CSS later.I did this in about 10 minutes (mostly debugging HTML output), and if you wanted to use it, I could make a small front end for adding/modifying the data.Enjoy
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Mature in Christ
One of the greatest joys of pastoral ministry is preaching the Word of God to the people of God every Lord's Day, morning and evening. However, it is also one of the greatest challenges of pastoral ministry. The challenge is …Read More
Maturity in Ministry
When the New Testament addresses spiritual maturity, it uses the common Greek word teleios, which means "perfect" or "complete." When it is applied to Christian growth, it indicates spiritual maturity in contrast to childlike immaturity as, for example, in this …Read More
The Marks of the Church
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Living Reasonably in an Unreasonable Age
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Training Pastors
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The Essential Marks of a Preacher
"How shall they hear without a preacher?" (Rom. 10:14). With airtight logic, the Apostle Paul sets forth the indispensable human link in fulfilling the Great Commission—the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ. In so doing, he instructs us in …Read More
Growing in Christ, Serving in Ministry: An Interview with Sinclair Ferguson
Tabletalk: How did you become a Christian, and what brought you to the United States from your native Scotland? Sinclair Ferguson: I was brought up in a close family, with loving parents who tried to get me to keep the …Read More
Ministry in the Capital: An Interview with Mark Dever
Tabletalk: How did Capitol Hill Baptist Church begin, and how were you called to minister there? Mark Dever: In 1867, Celestia Ferris, chief washer-woman at the Bureau of Engraving, started a prayer meeting on Capitol Hill. By 1876, this prayer …Read More
Preaching and Teaching
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Preach It
Some years ago, it was common to see young evangelicals sporting a peculiar fashion accessory: the WWJD bracelet. These bracelets—the initials woven therein standing for "What Would Jesus Do?"—served to remind the wearer to consider the example of Christ in …Read More


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The USC and UCLA rivalry basketball game started with a Twitter war for most sympathy between star starters.
USC center Dewayne Dedmon tweeted a photo of his "day of preparation for (Wednesday's) battle USCvsUCLA" with a picture of his arm attached to an IV for fluids. He had the flu.
Shabazz Muhammad did the same thing, using instagram photos on Twitter with this caption: "Only the strong survives Gametime!!!!!" He had the IV going as well.
Muhammad and Travis Wear (concussion) both played, even though their status was in doubt, as did Dedmon. The week leading up to the game was all about injury reports and questions of who would play.
Perhaps, the Bruins got caught up in that.
UCLA was sick – and not in the good way – from behind the 3-point line, where it missed 17 of 19 shots, and allowed USC to make 50 percent of its attempts from long distance.
USC, playing inspired basketball for interim coach Bob Cantu following the midseason firing of Kevin O'Neill, was sick in a good way.
The Trojans didn't get the memo that Pauley Pavilion was a tough road game.
USC's Jio Fontan scored 15 points and four of the Trojans' five starters were in double figures as USC upset UCLA 75-71 in overtime.
Dedmon had just four points on five shots but was on the floor, and that was a hit with his teammates.
"I knew there was no way Dewayne wouldn't play," Cantu said. "He couldn't get out of bed (Tuesday). He was dizzy. This morning, the medical team did a great job getting him where he needed to be."
UCLA fell behind early, but went on a 21-8 run over the final 10 1/2 minutes of the second half to force overtime.
"That shows we're playing with poise and calmness," Cantu said. "We don't get too high or too low. We maintained our composure."
After the game, Cantu tweeted the final score with "Fight on." Simple and effective to get word out that the Trojans are not out of this conference race. At all.
USC was down by one in overtime when guard Byron Wesley scored for a 72-21 lead, and Muhammad missed a 3-pointer at the other end. Ari Stewart – who lived up to his "Ace" nickname – was fouled and made both free throws with 11 seconds left.
Players were chest-bumping at midcourt and celebrating their first win in the renovated arena. This was not just like football. USC won this time.
"The win makes up for everything," said Dedmon, who still was sniffling after the game.
Muhammad scored 22 points but missed two 3-pointers in the final minute of overtime, perhaps a sign of fatigue. The missed 3-pointers were contagious as five players – none of whom were named Muhammad – combined to go 0 for 13.
The teams staged a fashion duel, with UCLA wearing new blue-out uniforms and requesting its fans participate in a blue-out, too. Head-to-toe blue. You know how that kind of stuff goes in Los Angeles.
This was no blue-out for UCLA. It was a wipe-out.
"We've got some soul-searching to do," UCLA coach Ben Howland said.
USC wore new uniforms as well, consisting of black shirts and shorts, but those were hard to see from the glare of its too-bright yellow shoes, which looked as though they could double as rain shoes.
UCLA, the team that had a 10-game win streak earlier this season, is reeling in the Pac-12. UCLA has six Pac-12 victories but has lost three of its last five.
USC made like the Clippers' bench as it had 24 points and 16 rebounds from its reserves.
UCLA already is looking forward to the rematch next month at the Galen Center.
"I know how I'm going to approach the game, to go out there and kill them," Larry Drew III said. "When we play 'SC again, it's going to be war."
UCLA running back Johnathan Franklin led fans in an eight-clap during a timeout and earned a standing ovation. Franklin didn't employ the throat-slashing gesture he used when UCLA beat USC in football.
UCLA has much to figure out if it will get back to its winning ways. And USC is on the right track.
Maybe there's something to those dreadful, yellow shoes and IV bags after all.


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Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company presents A Chorus Line at the Pittsburgh Playhouse Oct. 21 through Oct. 30. A preview performance is open to the public on Thursday, Oct. 20. A Chorus Line is written by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante with music by Marvin Hamlisch (Point Park University's 2011 distinguished master artist in residence) and lyrics by Edward Kleban; it is directed and choreographed by Danny Herman (a member of the show's original Broadway cast) with music direction by Michael McKelvey.
Drama. Angst. Optimism. Backstage at a Broadway audition, hopefuls bare their souls, songs and dance moves in one of America's most beloved musicals. A Chorus Line first hit the stage in 1975, winning nine Tony awards and a Pulitzer Prize before becoming one of the longest-running shows ever on Broadway.
This special performance, which pays homage to the 1975 original, features the return of Danny Herman, Mike in the original Broadway production, as director and choreographer, as well as Marvin Hamlisch, the show's award-winning composer and distinguished master artist in residence this year at Point Park University. Hamlisch will also be holding various workshops for the students at Point Park later in the year.
Herman is a Pittsburgh native and a well-known Broadway performer. He has appeared in numerous shows including Contact, A Chorus Line (Mike), Leader of the Pack, Song and Dance, Big Bad Burlesque (off-Broadway), and Die Soldaten (NYC Opera). Herman has directed and/or choreographed world premier musicals and Broadway musical classics all over the country.
The Conservatory Theatre Company's production features scenic design by Lindsey B. Mayer, costumes by Michael Montgomery, lighting by Andrew David Ostrowski, and sound by Steve Shapiro.
A Chorus Line opens Friday, Oct. 21 and runs through Sunday, Oct. 30. Performances will be held Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets range in price from $18 to $20 and can be purchased by calling the Pittsburgh Playhouse box office at 412-392-8000 or online at www.pittsburghplayhouse.com.
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