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Karin Bakker's 'Tattoo' pictorial gives viewers a glimpse into what getting a tattoo actually looks like. Sure, we've all seen the finished product, but unless you've watched a friend get inked or have ink in a place on your body that allowed you to watch the process, this isn't usually something we'd see.
Check out some of our most viral tattoo features below.
Implications - The new-found mainstream status of tattoos has given new meaning to the art form. Instead of just wanting to look tough and badass, consumers are now aware of the fact that there's a story behind the ink that occupies people's bodies. The positivity of this culture has transitioned into mainstream brands, but with the intention of looking to capitalize on the "cool" factor of tattoos.
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55 Bizarre, Unique and Unusual Tattoo Designs
29 Number and Texttoos
Tattooed Spreads
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Karin Bakker's 'Tattoo' Captures the Process of Getting Inked
- By: Marissa BrassfieldJun 4, 2009 Updated: May 30 2011
References: karinbakkerfotografie.nl & behance.net
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GeoFocus, established December 2007 is owned and operated out of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. GeoFocus' foundation is to provide quality Topographic and Orthophoto products, using photogrammetric principles. GeoFocus is a leader in the specialized field of Environmental Mapping, specifically Watershed, Riparian, Soils and Vegetation reclamation capture.
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Man who killed would-be rapist attacking his wife walks free after intervention by attacker's family
Family of would-be rapist writes letter to court asking for charges to be dropped against his killer
A man who killed a criminal who was attempting to rape his wife has been freed without charge, after a surprise intervention by the attacker's family.
Mamadou Diallo, a 61-year-old taxi driver, rushed to save his wife Nenegale after Earl Nash broke into their apartment in the Bronx district of New York City, before allegedly beating the intruder to death with a tire iron.
Security footage shown to the court in the Bronx captured Nash attempting to rape Mrs Diallo before her husband entered and chased the attacker into the building's lift, where he administered the fatal beating.
However, a letter sent to the court by Nash's relatives asked for the charges against Mr Diallo to be dropped, stating that the family did not want to see him go to prison for defending his wife.
"We truly believe that both the Nash and the Diallo family have suffered a great deal of pain as a result of [the attack]," Earl Nash's relatives wrote. "As a family we pray that Mrs Diallo and family may recover from the unfortunate trauma they've experienced.
"While we cannot undo the damage that was done that evening, we hope to bring some closure not only to our family but to the Diallo family as well. As such, we wholeheartedly recommend… you dismiss all charges against Mamadou Diallo."
Judge Marc Whiten duly dismissed the assault charges against Mr Diallo.
As the couple left the courthouse, Mrs Diallo commented, "[the family] did the right thing because he was defending me".
The medical examiner ruled Nash had died from "cardiorespiratory complications" caused by the beating but exacerbated by heart disease and his addiction to cocaine, according to New York Daily News.
Nash was a career criminal known to New York police, who was recorded as having severe schizophrenia and several drug dependencies.
The district attorney confirmed that the decision not to pursue an indictment against Mr Diallo was made after lengthy discussions with Nash's family.
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METRO BRIEFING | NEW YORK; Plainview: More Patients Alerted
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Published: December 13, 2007
About 8,500 additional patients of a Long Island doctor will be advised to get tested for blood-borne diseases as an inquiry into his practice expands, the state's Department of Health says. The agency initially told 628 patients of the doctor, Harvey S. Finkelstein, an anesthesiologist with a practice in Plainview, that they might be at risk for hepatitis and H.I.V. Health officials have said he dipped syringes more than once into vials of medicine, contaminating the drugs and infecting at least one person with hepatitis. Dr. Finkelstein says he has changed his technique.


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Physical Change when Improving Flexibility
So my education in physiology and anatomy was never in depth and now even my old biology education has gotten, well, old. My web searching has brought up some very technical stuff so.. here goes:
What physically changes internally as you improve flexibility?
Bonus question: How old of material can you trust on these type of physical training questions? Has the field been advancing and everything is out of date quickly or is older stuff I learned still valid?


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Best Buy got another little lump of coal dropped in its holiday stocking this week.
A federal court in California has entered a $27 million judgment against the consumer electronics giant for essentially swiping the idea for its Buy Back Program from a used-electronics seller called TechForward Inc.
Best Buy denied the charge and says it will fight the jury award of $22 million and the $5 million in punitive damages from the judge.
"We vehemently disagree with the size of the award given the facts of this case and intend to vigorously challenge this verdict through all appropriate and available means," Best Buy spokeswoman Paula Baldwin said.
The award isn't large enough to cause material harm to the Richfield-based consumer electronics giant, Morningstar analyst R.J. Hottovy said Thursday, Dec. 6, but it doesn't help Best Buy's reputation.
"They already are struggling in the eyes of the consumer, and something like this certainly doesn't help," he said.
Three days before Black Friday, Best Buy stunned Wall Street with a report that its same-store sales — a key indicator of retail health — had fallen 4.3 percent in the third quarter.
The company swung from a $156 million third-quarter profit last year to a $10 million loss this year, and revenue fell 3.5 percent to $10.8 billion for the quarter ended Nov. 3.
Analysts wonder if Best Buy can compete with online competitors like Amazon.com, and former chairman and founder Richard Schulze is waiting off-stage, deciding what he should offer to buy the company.
Best Buy shares rose 2.3 percent Thursday, or 28 cents, to close at $12.36.
California-based TechForward sued Best Buy in 2011.
TechForward said Best Buy worked with it for several months to implement its Guaranteed Buyback Program in Best Buy stores, but then misappropriated TechForward's trade secrets to launch its own program.
Both programs allow customers to pay for the right to redeem newly bought electronics at a future date in exchange for a store credit. TechForward said other national consumer electronics retailers have implemented the Guaranteed Buyback Program.
Best Buy unveiled its Buy Back Program in February 2011 with a humorous Super Bowl commercial featuring pop star Justin Bieber and a befuddled Ozzy Osbourne.
"We are extremely pleased that the jury recognized Best Buy's misconduct, and we hope this verdict puts large companies on notice that there are real consequences to illegally exploiting start-up businesses like ours," TechForward co-founders Jade Van Doren and Marc Lebovitz said in a statement Wednesday.
Best Buy's Buy Back Program is still in operation but no longer accepts new customers, the store's website says.
It originally covered a variety of consumer electronics categories but was modified in response to customer feedback, Baldwin said.
"What we discovered in the first year of the program was that customers were most enthusiastic about this kind of guaranteed return with mobile phones. So about a year in, we re-evaluated the program and chose to offer what we call Trade-In Plus for mobile devices exclusively," she said.
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Catarzi Fedora / FAIIINT Asymmetric Dress / Kasun Vampire Heart Necklace * / Rick Owens Wedges / Balenciaga City Bag
All photos by Rosemary Pitts at Creatures
A couple of weeks ago I met up with the incredibly lovely Rosemary from Creatures for a coffee & to shoot some outfit photos to go along with an interview for her blog. I know I'm always saying this, but meeting other like minded people really is one of the best things about blogging & this is such a good example of that. Rosemary is also from my home town of Leicester, but if it hadn't have been for her stumbling across my piece about the city with Grazia online & getting in touch, we would never have met & that would have been a real shame, as we got along famously! There's nothing nicer than meeting someone new that you instantly click with & I'm sure we'll be hanging out again soon.
I've been wearing this asymmetric dress from my capsule collection so much recently, the fine cotton lawn & floaty skirt make it super comfortable and cool to wear in the summer heat. The only downside is I that couldn't bear to stand getting sweaty & iron it properly before I left, sorry about the creases! This is also the outfit I wore to Hyper Japan, for those that wondered what I'd wore or if I dressed up. As I'm sure you imagined, I was pretty much a floaty black shadow amongst the sea of pinks & rainbow colours! I had a few glances from people who I suspect were wondering who I was supposed to be at the event, and then later a woman on the tube home told me she liked our costumes, to which I replied that I always dress like this. She gave a very awkward giggle & then pretended to read the newspaper!
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I am inspired by Anna at Absolutely Beautiful Things who is starting an online sale to clear the decks tomorrow. Like her I am such a hoarder so it's time to start moving some things on!
Check it out here as there will be some wonderful bargains to be had!
So I am thinking of a what a little sale of all my pre-loved things would look like…..
Supermarket Sarah is another wonderful idea! The Sarah behind Supermarket Sarah started out creating shopping "walls" in her living room to portray her online goods. Enjoy the images below that each represent one of Sarah's walls, and her site is set up so that you can hover over any item for sale to get all the details and a price.
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LUFC - Telfer left for the good of the club
Paul Telfer was quick to say how much he enjoyed his time at Elland Road following his departure on Monday.
The 37 year old signed for old manager Gary McAllister in the summer but has not featured for new boss Simon Grayson since he arrived at the club in December.
The experienced defender made 18 starts during his short spell at United but couldn`t wait to sign for the club when the offer came along in the summer, speaking in the YEP Telfer said 'If I'd said no to Leeds at the age of 36 then I'd have seriously questioned whether I had any ambition left as a player.
When you get to my age you see every game and every season as a bonus and I counted myself lucky to get an offer from Leeds. Obviously I haven't seen the deal through but that doesn't mean I'm any less grateful for the chance"
Telfer agreed to terminate his contract at the start of the week has he felt he had no future at Elland Road and didn`t want to get in the new managers way.
He still has no regrets about signing for Leeds and now understands exactly what it means to play for the Whites, continuing he said 'The attention on every game and every piece of news is amazing and the loyalty of the fans is pretty unique. We went to Peterborough in October and took more than 4,000 of our own supporters and, with respect, it'll be a long time before Peterborough see a crowd like that again. That was a one-off for them"
Even though Leeds are in League One he understands why people still refer to United has a 'big club` continuing Telfer said 'It's the done thing to call Leeds a big club but you can't understand what that means until you're in there and part of it. It's a special place.'
It`s good to see that a player at Elland Road shows the dignity to leave the club when he can see he`s got no future with them.
Maybe a few more should follow his example.
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The site is regularly updated with news and views regarding all the current events at Elland Road, alongside a fully interactive message forum and regularly looks at the clubs past. Vital Leeds offers everything that a Leeds United supporter could wish for. If you can think of something and suggest it, we`ll put it on the website!
With news and views, along with a forum, polls and article comments, everything you need in a fans site is right here!
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Sultry Mexican singer and actress Eiza Gonzalez might be the one blamed for breaking up Miley Cyrus' engagement to Liam Hemsworth, but she's not the one responsible. According to Carole Lieberman, M.D., psychiatrist and author of Bad Girls: Why Men Love Them & How Good Girls Can Learn Their Secrets, Cyrus and Hemsworth just grew up — and things changed.
"Miley and Liam outgrew each other a long time ago but kept hanging in there, hoping the other would change," Dr. Lieberman told SheKnows. "They met on the set of The Last Song, and they originally saw each other through rose-colored glasses, overlooking their incompatibilities and trying to make their real-life romance turn out to have a happy ending. But they've both changed since then."
How so? Well, Hemsworth's career took off, and he didn't need the Cyrus boost to make a name for himself.
"Liam's success threatened Miley, who became more fearful that she would lose him," Dr. Lieberman added. "Her parents' on-again, off-again divorce made her feel insecure, as well. He put up with a lot of immature behavior from Miley over the years until her fears of losing him, which caused her to keep testing him, finally pushed him past his limit."
It's unfortunate, but many relationships — both famous and non — end up this way. How can you stop it from happening to you? You need to realize that you can't make a commitment until you understand yourself.
"Though Miley and Liam seemed like the perfect couple at the beginning of their relationship, they grew apart," said Dr. Lieberman. "Other young couples should learn from this that it's hard to commit to marriage when you haven't found your own identity yet and haven't had enough experience to appreciate the other person's love."
And don't jump into a big commitment so quickly, no matter your age.
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Rock solid, with a great selection of tunes you can count on! Indeed, the MARBLE show swirls and whirls us through just the right mix to keep your day on the edge. Cuts from Little Boys Blue, Gretta Ziller, Robert Finley, Mike Zito, Black Mountain Prophet, Kai Strauss, Taj Mahal, Allman Brothers, Buddy Miller, Raised By Eagles, Tess McKenna, Annette Peacock, Robert Randolph, Rod Stewart, Ryley Walker, Jeffery Foucault, John Kennedy, Coco Montoya, Sonny Landreth, Little Feat, Dayna Kurtz, Chuck Prophet, James Van Cooper.
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The White House's continual attempts to circumvent or constrain news media from reporting on subjects it wants to keep out of the spotlight have been the basis for much discussion, pro and con.
One of the latest to weight in is Geoffrey R. Stone, a former U.S. Supreme Court law clerk and currently a law professor at the University of Chicago. He is the author of "Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime From the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism," which won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for 2005 and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for 2004.
In a commentary written for The New York Times, Stone notes:
"Although the threats of the White House are largely bluster, they must nonetheless be taken seriously. Not because newspapers are really in danger of being prosecuted, but because such intimidation is the latest step in this administration's relentless campaign to control the press and keep the American people in the dark."


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Colorado Rockies: Todd Helton Quietly Reaches Notable MilestoneApril 27, 2012
Recently, Colorado Rockies star first baseman Todd Helton met an impressive milestone: He whacked his 350th career home run.
It saddened me to see that his mark did not receive much coverage, so I thought I would give it a few words.
Jump back almost a week, to April 21. The Rockies were playing the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park and it was a comfortable 64 degrees in that dome.
It had not been a great game for the Rockies—despite a strong start from rookie pitcher Drew Pomeranz, their bullpen imploded and allowed seven earned runs. When the top of the ninth rolled around, they were losing 9-3.
Then in stepped Helton to start the frame. Facing Brewers reliever Tim Dillard, Helton became embroiled in a battle—he fought his way to a 3-2 count and on the tenth pitch of the at-bat, he won. One-handing the toss, he knocked the throw over the right field fence for a solo home run.
Unfortunately, the nascent rally he started was quickly quashed. The next three batters grounded out, struck out and grounded out, respectively. The Rockies lost 9-4.
Despite the loss, Helton's hit was important—it was the 350th home run of his career. He is now one of only 14 active players to have reached that mark and, perhaps most importantly, one of only two members of that group to have hit all of his home runs with one team.*
*Technically, the group consists of three players: Helton, Chipper Jones and Albert Pujols. Pujols, who has yet to hit a dinger with the Los Angeles Angels, will hit one inevitably.
Helton stands as the Rockies' career leader in home runs by a long shot—the next closest player, Larry Walker, is nearly 100 away at 258.
Not only that, his dinger has certainly bolstered his Hall of Fame argument. Though he is still a long shot, it will be hard for voters to ignore his high batting average, 2,300-plus hits, 350 home runs and excellent walk-to-strikeout ratio.
His case will grow even stronger as he reaches other milestones, like 1,500 runs scored and 1,500 RBI, which are both within striking distance.
All in all, 350 home runs is a truly impressive total for a consistently solid player.
Welcome to the club, Todd!


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Dream of a Nation aims to actively engage students and teachers in civic activity that leads to real change in the community. By exploring varying issues and the organizations involved in tackling critical issues, our aim is to elevate awareness and inspire action.
Education is as much a creative endeavor as it is practice in communication; we recognize that at Dream of a Nation and have designed classroom strategies that leave room for teacher creativity. Use these tools as a starting point for implementing the Dream of a Nation curriculum, but don't stop there. Feel free to make changes and differentiate these tools based on your personal teaching style, classroom and community.


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BOSTON (AP)- A former state transportation official is proposing widening Route 3 south of Boston by creating a public-private partnership that would be paid for by tolls.
Former Massachusetts deputy transportation secretary Ned Corcoran cites as a model the Virginia Department of Transportation's newly opened high-speed toll lanes on the Capital Beltway that can be used by single-occupancy vehicles that can use them for a toll based on the time of day and traffic volume. Buses and carpools are allowed to use the lanes for free.
Corcoran tells The Boston Globe it's a way to address infrastructure needs that otherwise might not get dealt with for decades.
Frank DePaola, highway administrator for the state Department of Transportation, recently met with Corcoran's team and called the proposal "intriguing," although he said there are no plans to widen Route 3.
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Today I can easily talk about the difference between story hours and story points, but it wasn't always this way.
12/20/2016 by Alex DiPasquale
'Tis the season to wonder: Is Santa Claus Agile?
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Sprint retrospectives are important — but they can become boring. Here I list some of my favorite visualization techniques for use in retrospectives.
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What's the best way to run a team that is big enough for Scrum but too small for scaled frameworks?
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The Greek philosopher Plato once said, "The beginning is the most important part of the work." As an Agile coach, I emphasize the same point repeatedly with every new team I help start.
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We have all heard an old fable about project management. Here I reenvision it for an Agile team.
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I have observations and questions about using Agile to implement enterprise resource planning applications.
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You know that team member who is done at day 3 or 4 of the 10-day sprint. . . .


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Captain Ko'gar is both my Klingon and Pirate Persona, and Grinning Ogre is the brand name I came up with for my site.
The previous incarnations of my web-page: The Hand of Feklar, Yeti of the North and Chainmaille Accents have since been retired.
This page will be expanded as I come up with more ideas to place here.
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This is Cheryl's snake and farm page.
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text: Possibly one of the wildest fashion shows or events I've experienced. In celebration of the Calvin Klein's growing presence in Asia, #CalvinKleinLive was held at the defunct – Old Kallang Airport where they had architectural installations and some crazy pool party amongst the models towards the end of the evening. Here's some pics I shot that evening.


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Reaching out at Roswell
For the first time, "Roswaliens" get to hear the evolution connection
Published: 14 July 2009 (GMT+10)
Roswell, New Mexico (USA) is generally regarded as the UFO capital of the world.
This is because in June 1947 rancher Mac Brazel found debris of an unknown origin on the property he was managing. In early July he took some of the pieces into town to the local sheriff who, thinking they might have some military significance, duly forwarded them to the local Army Air Base.
Then on July 8 a sensation occurred when the front page of the local Roswell Daily Record newspaper reported that a "flying disk" had been found. Although the newspaper later reportedly retracted the claim that it was a flying saucer, it was too late to retract the imaginations of readers. News spread around the world, and subsequently many people suspected a military coverup of the facts.
Things remained quiet for many years, but in 1980, a book called The Roswell Incident seemingly blew the lid off what really happened at Roswell. With its heavy conspiratorial overtones and claims that the government had captured alien bodies from the wreckage, it helped change the dynamic of this small town forever.
Every July 4 weekend, the town of Roswell gets invaded by aliens. Not the little green men type, but by people from all over the world as they come to celebrate the time that they believe benevolent visitors from another planet met their demise in the deserts of New Mexico. These annual visitors have become known as "Roswaliens". Although the UFO phenomenon has been around for many years, most people, and in particular the church at large, seem unaware that this is a rapidly growing phenomenon. Quite simply, it's not going away! The so called "loopy" claims of the tens of millions of people who have seen strange objects in the sky, or even the claims that up to 4 million Americans have been abducted by aliens,1 is increasingly being given seeming scientific validity.
Beliefs in evolution occurring all over the alleged 14 billion year old universe have led to extrapolations that older (on the evolutionary scale), wiser and therefore more technologically advanced aliens have been visiting the earth for possibly millennia in their hyperdrive spaceships and so on. The sheer weight of claims would indeed suggest something is going on and indeed there is, although it is not extraterrestrial in nature.
Increasingly, some of the world's best-known scientists, struggling to find a naturalistic explanation for the encyclopedias' worth of complex coded information found on the DNA molecule of every living creature on this planet, have even suggested that aliens may have deliberately seeded the earth with life from their own home planets. This is known as directed panspermia.
What was once flaky is now being seriously considered
Indeed, the ardently atheistic Sir Francis Crick, who won a Nobel Prize (along with colleague James Watson) for their discovery of the DNA molecule in 1953, makes such a claim. Also, the world renowned physicist Paul Davies has suggested that our DNA contains hidden messages from aliens and we humans only need to develop the technology via our own evolution to be able to unravel them.
In our rapidly changing culture the belief in "alien creators" is yet another issue, extrapolated from a materialistic worldview with evolution at its foundation. It's one that the church needs to get up to speed with answers for, or it will be increasingly viewed as irrelevant in the shadow of this growing belief system. Many people come to Roswell on this holiday weekend looking for meaning and purpose, trying to find their place in the universe. Such seekers are open to the Gospel message. It is a great opportunity for the church, but so far it has failed to address or embrace this significant group of people.
On our way to Roswell, the miles seemed endless as we drove across the flat New Mexico desert. In the distance we could see a town. As we made our approach it became abundantly clear which town it was. It is like no other. What confronted us seemed incongruous with the dusty and inhospitable desert surroundings, because we were immediately ambushed by modern billboards and advertising hoardings depicting the iconic stylized image of the little "gray" alien (sometimes he was depicted as green too!).
As we drove down the main streets even the streetlamps were dressed up as aliens. The hotels, the fast food chains, including one McDonalds restaurant in the shape of a flying saucer, are all riding the UFO wave that brings millions of dollars to this town each year. Roswell knows only too well that UFOs and aliens means big business. For example, the most popular entertainment genre bar none is science fiction, and polls suggest that 80% of Western populations believe in extraterrestrial life and that it may also be visiting our planet.
As we visited the UFO Museum and Research Centre, it was disturbing to hear the conversations going on with numerous people about their views on UFOs and aliens, and in particular, how they are given over to it. It had become their substitute religion. We certainly felt like the odd ones out in this environment. Even more disturbing was seeing the large numbers of children who were being exposed to the UFO propaganda—their parents blissfully unaware of the potential danger in desensitizing young minds to what is a powerful spiritual deception. Even the UFO mardi gras that takes place down the main street on a Saturday night mixed alien figures with Snow White and other children's characters. It was just more evidence that aliens are now mainstream culture that will cause future generations to just simply accept that ET life exists.
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Yet, in this seemingly impenetrable wave of euphoria (more like "UFOforia") that sweeps over the town, a little known group of Christians has been swimming against the tide for 10 years. Guy Malone and Joe Jordan have many years of experience in dealing with people who believe they have had alien encounters.
I have known Joe Jordan for several years now and his research helped me blow the lid off the abduction phenomenon in my book Alien Intrusion: UFOs and the Evolution Connection. He described himself as a former "crystal-ball-gazing New-Ager", when, a few years ago while working as a field investigator for MUFON2 he (and a former colleague) tried to think "outside the square" when trying to figure out what was really happening to people who were claiming to be abducted by aliens. He discovered something significant. It was that "abductions" were being halted in their tracks by people who called out in the name of Christ. Further investigation also revealed that people who professed to be practicing born-again Christians seemed to be generally immune from such experiences. He noticed that many in MUFON had already realized this, but were ignoring the seeming aberration in their alien hypotheses, because it did not fit in with their preexisting belief that such experiences were of an extraterrestrial nature. Not satisfied, Joe wanted to find out what it was about Christians that "aliens didn't like". After being led to a Bible study as part of his research Joe became a Christian and realized that he was ultimately dealing with a spiritual phenomenon and not an extraterrestrial one. (For the full story of Joe and the abduction phenomena in general read Alien Intrusion: UFOs and the Evolution Connection.)
Guy Malone and his wife Nicole are former "experiencers" (we don't like to use the word "abductee" because this is not what really happens to people). When exposed to the Gospel of Christ their experiences ceased. They now live in Roswell and feel called to help other experiencers realize that they are being seduced by spiritual encounters of the "ungodly" kind. That is, by fallen angels masquerading as glorious "space brothers". Each year with the assistance of Joe, they organize an event utilizing Christian speakers to coincide with the annual Roswell Festival.
The first Christian symposium on the UFO phenomenon
After trying a number of formats over the years, this year they decided to conduct the very first Christian symposium on aliens, inviting speakers from a number of fields (including myself), to reveal the truth behind the UFO phenomenon. In fact, I was privileged to be the "keynote" speaker and I took the opportunity to explain that foundational worldview presuppositions are the key to understanding why significant proportions of the population believe that life evolved on other planets.
By advertizing this as a Christian explanation of the phenomenon and dealing with the subject matter head on, the Christian attendance was the best ever. And the excitement level was palpable. Many had never heard about the problems with evolution theory as I explained that it was really a whole-of-life philosophy that sought to explain the evolution of the cosmos, the geological record and all biological lifeforms whether here on Earth or elsewhere in the universe. Towards the end of my talk I showed evidence for the spiritual nature of the UFO phenomenon and gave a strong challenge to those present to consider their own spiritual fate for the eternity to come.
My wife and daughter accompanied me to the event and manned the large array of creation resources we had on display. At the end of each day (prior to my talk—which was two hours long!) they would mention that many people looked at the titles with bewilderment as they received questions and comments such as, "So you don't believe we came from apes?", or "Are you those people who believe the Earth is only thousands of years old?" The main question that kept popping up was "Couldn't God have created life on other planets?" This same topic was a matter of conjecture among the speakers present, but something that I feel very strongly about because of its implications for the very Gospel of Christ and the potential violation of Scripture. Many interesting discussions ensued after I outlined the problems during my presentation. On a live radio broadcast from Roswell, Joe Jordan commented that "Since he got here, Gary Bates has been like a bulldog on this creation issue and the age of the earth". He also mentioned how my own book had filled in the missing piece of the puzzle and had finally helped him understand the big picture properly.
After my talk, it seems that many wrong beliefs and assumptions were overturned. Indeed, I and my family felt overwhelmed by the numbers of people who warmly expressed their appreciation on how the presentation had helped, including one lady who said that her "thinking had been turned around 180 degrees" on the subject.
Because so many people had so many differing views about so many different aspects of the UFO phenomenon, conversations, discussions and debates were prolific. I took exception to one older man who was clearly an evangelist for the UFO cause as he went around the gathered throng handing out literature encouraging people to "channel" alien entities. I challenged him about his beliefs in evolution and although he claimed to be a Christian, he revealed that at least 3 times a week he believes that he is in contact with alien beings who told him that there is truth about the space gods in all the great religions and that Jesus Christ is really an advanced extraterrestrial. Robust discussion ensued as I felt it necessary to challenge the illogic of his statements. He avoided answering the questions that would cause his answers to obviously undermine his own foundational assumptions, and he eventually left. It is incredibly tragic that such blatant spiritual deception is going on around us. The area of spiritual warfare is something that really should be "bread and butter" for the church. I was disappointed to find out that not a single church in Roswell (and there are over 70) makes an effort to engage or reach the tens of thousands who visit Roswell each year.
Exhausted and excited
It is no exaggeration to say we were literally exhausted after the event due to all the interactions. It was thrilling to present the creation message and truth that Jesus Christ is the King of the Universe to such a fertile audience (the expression "like a kid in a candy store" comes to mind). It was simply exhilarating. I am also incredibly excited at the potential to reach significant numbers of people in Roswell who are very open and looking for the truth.
I commend the efforts of Guy Malone and Joe Jordan in trying to do what they can to uncover the deception behind the UFO phenomenon and bring the Gospel to those who desperately need it. They need the support of the wider church and as much help as they can get. Next year, the Lord willing, I have committed CMI to assist them in lifting the profile of their Christian symposiums to be held in Roswell each year. Hopefully, together we can educate and equip the church with answers and show that there is nothing to be scared of in confronting this phenomenon and embracing many of the seekers who are following it.
If you think you can make it to Roswell next year to attend the lectures and help your own church understand the UFO culture, and to also assist in some local outreach (like handing out brochures to promote the symposium during the weekend of the festival), then please send me an email via the contact us section on this site. I'll forward it to Guy and Joe. You can also sign up to our free Infobytes to be alerted about next year's event.
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- Bates, G., Alien Intrusion: UFOs and the Evolution Connection. Master Books, Greenforest, pp. 252–253, 2005. Return to text.
- MUFON is an acronym for Mutual UFO Network, the world's largest clearing house for UFO investigations and reports based in the US. Return to text.
A brilliant article. Well done Gary for this report and your work at Roswell.
Excellent article. Thanks for all your efforts! God bless all you guys!
Congratulations! I commend you for both coming up with the ideas that worked AND for having the courage to deliver the message. Good job!
One thing that I noticed in your article that wasn't mentioned is the enemy's propensity to use partial truths as a way of gathering his followers. Satan is a master at the partial truth. We see examples of it every time he is mentioned in Scripture.
The thing I noticed about the Roswell gathering is how close he has gotten to the real truth. In a manner of speaking, there ARE aliens (demons, according to your book any any amount of non-deluded common sense). They truly ARE "extra-terrestrial", since they are spirt-beings.
In fact, there really COULD be some hidden "code" in our DNA that might have been left there by the Designer, but note that I've capitalized "Designer": The Triune God!
They're so close to the truth, but missing the mark by what is still are large margin.
Some day, I think you should write a follow-up book to "Alien Intrusion", and specifically deal with the half-truths, how they are used to twist reality (in the minds of those willing to accept it), etc.
Satan's mastery of the half-truth is second-to-none. He knows full well that extremely wacky concepts will quickly be discarded, so he will gain only a few from them. But, a half-truth, now THAT is a lot less likely to be probed, especially if people are already pushing away from God anyhow.
Similar half-truths exist all over the issue of Biblical authority. For example, evolution itself is fundamentally a half-truth: Things DO change over time (a common definition), they just change in the wrong direction.
Thanks for the good work! Keep it up! (And, I may try to add Roswell to my vacation plans next year! :)
Is it possible that this aliens visitation are demons making contact with humans … and in doing so make mankind becoming more familiar with them.
Hi. Thank you for your very interesting article. I have always wondered where the alien bodies that were found at Roswell came from. It didn't make any sense. Because I knew they weren't aliens. Nice to find out that there never were any bodies at all. And that the whole thing was just a big misunderstanding! Most Christians don't realize how serious the situation is. We know that Satan is going to fake the second coming and more than likely will stage some kind of alien invasion where he will impersonate Christ along with performing miracles. The Bible says that most will be deceived. This is very dangerous stuff.
Blessings and more empowerment to Gary and family, Joe, Guy and Nicole, and others who supported/participated, for being faithful and loving enough to reach out to 'blinded' but searching people, with the TRUTH in CHRIST.
This article has helped me to see that we, the church, must reach out in His Spirit and Truth in love to harvest those searching, without regard to the "differentness" of their beliefs, nor to our own pride, insecurity, or comfort.
Thank you CMI workers and supporters for equipping us and our families with the knowledge of and answers to questions that unbelievers may have, so that we may be prepared to have an answer for our faith in Christ.
Dear Gary,
Joe Jordan was not kidding when he said your presentation was the best of such a great great group of inspired Christians this past July at Roswell.
I just had the opportunity to see your presentation, and speaking as a former teacher who prided himself in always being professionally prepared, I can honestly say that that was the best God-centered talk I ever had heard over close to two hours-with non-stop Biblical references, and "cute" little visuals to make one salient point: WE ARE GOD'S SPECIAL CREATION AND HE SO DESIRES FOR US TO JOIN HIM FOR ALL ETERNITY THAT HE DID NOT EVEN SPARE HIS ONLY SON TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOT COMMA,,,,,,,,,, BUT period!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My hat goes off to you in the way that you so professionally honored God and most likely changed a few prejudicial minds out there:-)
With the deepest respect,
Byron LeBeau


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There are certain areas in Portland--not including downtown, of course--that have been perfectly put together (with grocery stores, restaurants, coffee shops, and even libraries). These are the neighborhoods that have the highest "walkability" scores. (These are the neighborhoods that I want to live in.) And the really good ones (like Belmont, Mississippi, Alberta, and even Stark) have multiple establishments offering happy hour so that you can go from one to another if it's too crowded, not offering your favorite flavors, or--if you happen to write a happy hour food blog--you just really want to hit three happy hours in one night.
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Circa 33 was our first stop of the evening and turned out to be my favorite. They have a pretty substantial happy hour menu, including discounts on both food and drinks. Service is beyond exceptional. But it's the alley that really makes this place stand out. It runs the length of the building and stretches out around the corner offering outdoor seating for those who want shade and those who want sun.
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At any given time, there are several doubles vendors selling this popular, local fast food item on the pavements in St James. As is usual, each vendor may have as many as ten persons waiting to be served. Logistically, we are talking about fifty persons crowding the area around each vendor. Move this scenario to the St James fish market and we have a problem�a huge problem.
Realistically, one could assume that the smell of fish would not be a drawing card, regardless how hungry. The doubles vendors will automatically lose patrons, and the fish and vegetable vendors are going to be crowded out of their long-established places in the market. At present, the doubles vendors have placed themselves at varying intervals along the Western Main Road, each enjoying his own turf.
Visitors to T&T enjoy the laid-back way of living that is synonymous with St James. They are looking for "atmosphere" and the "quaintness" of small-island life. Food malls belong to "foreign". Spending a lot of money to see what is a common sight out there in "foreign" is not what their holiday is about.
The coconut vendors and their donkey carts have been "killed off" in Port of Spain and around the Savannah. Give the doubles vendors in St James a chance.
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Trainer Nick Gonzalez (River Seven): "It's quite a thrill. This is my first stakes win at Gulfstream. It was an impressive performance – a track record.
"I was wanting to get him back on the dirt from the time he ran (second) in the Prince of Wales at Fort Erie. That option was over in Canada because all we had was Polytrack and turf. We got him on turf and he was a rock star on turf so we couldn't take him off that.
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Registering for an Account With mol.usmc.mil
By going to mol.usmc.mil, you will be able to have access on the US Government Information System, which is specifically intended for the users of this US Government web portal. The page will inform you that the US government could monitor and intercept within the communications on the Information System on this website in order to prevent any personal misconduct relating to the network operations of the website, as well as on the law enforcement and defense.
The interception is also to prevent penetration testing by some fraudulent users and to avoid any interruption on the counterintelligence investigation. Basically, the information you will provide on mol.usmc.mil is not private and might be subjected to interception, monitoring and search and must be disclosed only for the authorized use of the website. So here's a guide on using the web portal.
Using the Marine Corps Official Website
First of all, you need to access the website by typing in the URL mol.usmc.mil on your browser's address bar. You will immediately be taken to a page about the terms and agreement of using the website and as soon as you click on the accept button, you will be taken to the login page of the site. On this page, you will be asked to enter your username and your password to be able to access the features of the site and make use of all the functions of the web portal.
Registering for an Account
If you do not have any account with mol.usmc.mil yet, you will be asked to register. In order to register, you will just click on the link that says "Register here". You will then be taken to the registration page of the site and you will have to provide your personal information on the fields, such as your first name and last name. For those who have "Sr.", "Jr." and II, they will need to provide this generational qualifier beside their last name. After that, you will have to provide your Social Security Number (SSN) on the space provided. Take note that there should not be any hyphens or spaces in between your SSN. After you have provided your SSN and other important details, you will also be asked to provide your birth date before you could finally register for an account at mol.usmc.mil.
Other Information Needed
Before you can fully register for an account, you will first be asked to key in your pay entry base date as well as your primary military occupational specialty. You will also be asked to enter your phone number, and make sure that you give them a valid contact number because they will use this to contact you if ever you will encounter any problems and other difficulties while registering for an account at mol.usmc.mil.
The final part in registering for an account on the web portal is to provide a unique password which you will be asked to re-enter in order to verify. At the bottom of the page, you will be asked to choose a security question so in case you forget your password, you will still be able to retrieve it. And finally, hit the submit button and you are now registered at the mol.usmc.mil.


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January 11, 1945 - October 13, 2013
James W. Nichols, age 68, a resident of Sterling Heights passed away on Sunday, Oct 13th at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Clinton Township. He was born on January 11, 1945 in Detroit. He was an army veteran of the Vietnam War and was employed by Michigan Bell. Beloved husband of Kathy. Dear father of Matthew (Bessie), Joseph (Dawn), Rebecca (Jim) Munson and Steven Zawicki. Loving grandfather of Samantha, Jonathon, Ryan, Haley, Ashley, Zachary, Brian and Patty. Brother of the late Cynthia (Charles) Harkaway. Visitation Thursday 3-9 with a 7pm rosary service at the Kaul Funeral Home, 35201 Garfield Road, Clinton Township. In state Friday 9am until 9:30am, the time of the funeral mass at St. Paul of Tarsus Church, Clinton Township. Interment Great Lakes National Cemetery, Holly Michigan. Memorials honoring the memory of Mr. Nichols may be directed to cancer research.
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Champion surfer was seconds from death
Champion surfer Joel Parkinson says he was seconds from death after his leg rope got caught on submerged rocks at the weekend.
The former world champion has told of being trapped under water in northern NSW and the moment he began to think he wouldn't survive.
Parkinson, who has ridden some of the world's biggest waves, got his leg rope caught after being knocked off his board and thrown into the water.
He says he was trapped underwater for what seemed like an eternity until the rope finally came loose.
"I couldn't get up," Parkinson has told The Gold Coast Bulletin.
"I only had about 10 seconds of air left. It scared the absolute bejesus out of me.
"I didn't think I was going to get back up. It was a close call. Finally the leash gave way."
In fact, the incident spooked the father-of-two so much he didn't even tell his wife Monica.
"The only person I told was my dad," he said.
Parkinson wouldn't say exactly where the scare happened, wanting to protect the spot from hoards of other surfers.
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Fran specializes in probate litigation, including will contests and family law matters, as well as estate and trust planning and administration, state and federal taxation, commercial and residential real estate matters, the purchase and sale of businesses, and general corporate matters. He has practiced with the firm since 1981.
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Sim on a Stick Means Everyone Can Have Their Own Grid
I came across the Sim on a Stick idea on the iliveSL blog several months ago. The idea intrigued me and I filed it away in my head. Now I'm ready to take the plunge. For those educators who have a bit of technical mojo, I think this could be a great way to give […] Continue reading


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University of Greenwich
Course Introduction
The programme provides students who may not have a 1st degree in business with a grounding in business management, followed by specialised international business modules and an independent specialist project; the aims of the programme are: to provide students with the knowledge and competencies relevant to operate in global business environment; to facilitate the advanced study of international business organisations and their management, while enabling students to systematically and creatively analyse, critique and apply knowledge and understanding of complex international business and management issues; to build interpersonal skills to be able to interact effectively with a range of specialists and to implement solutions effectively and efficiently.
Course Modules
Modules include: Foundations of scholarship; financial and management accounting global business; sustainable investment and trade; research methods; foundations of scholarship; financial and management accounting; global business; sustainable investment and trade; research methods; international business risk management and the international economy; branding strategy in international business; managing internationalisation with data analysis and interpretation; innovation, entrepreneurship and marketing and export strategies of SMEs; corporate clusters and knowledge; managing internationalisation with decision support systems.
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Print a Test Page Once a Week to Avoid Clogged Ink Nozzles
Printer ink is expensive, y'all. More expensive per milliliter than champagne. The good champagne. And every time you have to run one of those head cleaning routines, you're wasting a ton of it. However, like in most things in life, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Here's some easy ink nozzle maintenance for your inkjet printer.
The ink nozzles of your inkjet printer can get clogged up from a lack of use. If some wayward ink settles in the nozzle, it will dry over that idle period, blocking the ink behind it from getting through when you need it.
When this happens, you'll probably turn to your inkjet printer's head cleaning function, which blasts ink through each of your printer heads. You might only have a problem with the blank inkjet head, but you'll end up wasting ink from all your colors.
The good news is you can totally prevent this. Lifehacker suggests that the easiest way to prevent clogged inkjet heads is to print regularly and keep the ink nozzles moist.
That means for those of us whose at-home inkjet printer use is sporadic at best, we should stick to a regular printing routine. Make it a point to print off a colorful page each Sunday of a week where you've let your printer go unused—one that'll make use of each of your inkjet's colors (cyan, magenta, yellow and black), like the image of the records above. This simple image worked well for us.
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Arab MenThis post is extremely racist, I admit, but I love Arab men :P
I do too! Middle Eastern and S.E asian guys. Seen and know some pretty hot ones ;)
well.... i`m available XDD
Arabic is a language not a race. The race is caucasian. And to Americans caucasian is not the same as Northern European.
i lov arabs too,.,.,.,dey are cool...they may have their own distinct ways n traditions..different from the world but it desnt make them bad or weird...n dey re also drop dead gud looking.
Good luck with that.
On average I've found them to be pigs, (I'm sure I just am meeting the bad ones) Also they supposedly do not treat women well. Good luck with Women's rights (a concept incompatible with some arab ideals. Supposedly under some muslim law a man can kill his wife for any reason. (I hope that's a myth)
very rude of u to call dem pigs...
maybe im just not smart enough to understand that but in my eyes it is not in any way racist to love arab men wouldnt it be racist only if you hated a certain race?
I think ab overly manly Arab men ki baari hai...;P
(pervy) ;)
I think you're a perv :p ;)
I like Omar Sharif. Not like that, though...Although, he's Egyptian, he plays an Arab a lot...Does that count?
Oh, well he was born in Egypt, lol!
lol Omer Sharif..:P
Hey it just occurred to me! Arab men could be overly manly men and note that I said "could be" lol but they are NOT white, how the hell do you like them! They are not OMWM!
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH You are crazy but I totally agree on the beard thing, it is totally charming! But of course I am talking about nice light beards!
I like Asain men.
LOL Jet Li fan... he looks so tasty!
You know my beard is as good as any of them, and the best on EP. Can I be your EP Arab man? :)
wait wait wait..!! i have the best beard over here...xD
No you don't
hell yeah i have..!!
Iam known for my beard.....its hard rugged and shinning jet black....
totally awesome..!!
i haven't seen yr tho.....if i found it better than mine then Iam the one who'll be admiring it with envy..:P
Mine is a full beard that reaches way below my chest, how long is yours?
look at my profile picture..:))
You're ugly. ;p
thats the worst pick up line uncle ;P
Awww but it don't mean I can't love yer ;)
wer going off topic...mine is short and cute and manly at the same time...:P
yrs might be long and fuzzy but mine has its own charm...;P
Mine is like a Muslim, just like Chica likes ;)
and I am a Muslim.....just like Chica prefers...;P
But your beard is like an ''Amish'' I think you must live in the Bible Belt.
Hell no..!! its not like Amish uncle...!
and i live in Karachi......city of Warm blooded animals...:P
I live in Australia country of hot blooded racists. o.O
thats why you are overcooked...;P
ok ok i respect seniors...your beard is the best sir...and im gunna break yr record when i grew old...:P
I am not Australian, I am being oppressed in Australia.
I also have respect for you.
Emm, lets not take it to far Chica, I like women ;)
abay hat..!!
I guess everyone likes the people who are different from them! Maybe if you were Arab you wouldn't say I like Arab men, I am not saying that Arab women do not like them lol but it is always like this, we are attracted to the people who are harder to get, I mean harder to get in terms of difference etc.. that makes commitment more likely to be difficult so it makes one attracted.
I don't like them much, it is not like I hate them or something but I am not that attracted, I prefer other races! So, same story here lol!
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH As if we are white? No we don't, only racist Arabs do.
LOL! That's funny, I am honestly not trying to defend Arabs here, but I think what you are saying is not common, I have never seen any people around me discriminating against Pakistanis or so "because of colour" now yes there are Arabs who think they are above (Indians and Pakistanis) but colour isn't the reason, they are just cocky and think less of others and I will also add here, these kinds of people probably also think less of anyone who is not from their country even if they are Arab, so they are simply racist and self-centred but as for the colour thing I have never heard about that because as I said we are not white either, maybe lighter, but .. big deal? lol!
Ps. I know lots of Indians, Pakistanis and of course Arabs and we are all amazingly connected and there is no space for this hatred!
Yeah there are some who think like this and say racist comments in Arabic, can't deny it! But pls don't generalise!


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When to fly to Bangkok
Peak Season:
The best time to take airline tickets to Bangkok is between November and March. Temperatures are in the mid 20s (Celsius) and humidity is at its lowest. At this time, hotels are often fully booked and rates can be double those during the off season.
Off Season:
If you don't mind it hot, humid and rainy visit in May, June, and September. Flights and hotels can be cheaper.
The shiny new Suvarnabhumi Airport is a fantastic introduction to Thailand's capital city. Colourful terminals, pieces of traditional Thai art in distinctive red and gold, cutting-edge architecture, excellent restaurants and stores and friendly people, it is a microcosm of Bangkok itself.
In the bustling city outside, Western commercialism and Eastern Buddhist traditions exist side by side. To really take the pulse of the city visitors would need to book cheap flights to Bangkok year after year, but a taster visit would take in the east side of the Chao Phraya where most of the major sights are: Grand Palace, Wat Po and National Museum.
To sample the Bangkok night-life revellers are not restricted to Patpong, the red-light district. The Khao San Road, where backpackers throng, is home to lively bars and clubs, and the central area has world-class clubs and bars. Thai boxing, with its Wai Khru ritual and Ram Muay dance, is the national sport and matches are popular with Thais and visitors alike.
The shopping alone is almost reason enough to visit. Bustling street markets such as Chatuchak and sparkling shopping malls and night markets cater for every whim.


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Over at our (soon-to-be) TrueHoop sister site Hardwood Paroxysm–whose analysis is consistently what you'd expect from a blog with "paroxysm" in its name; i.e. smarter than you are–Kyle Soppe rolled up his sleeves and got into Jrue Holiday last week as part of their All-Star profile series.
Remember when we said the 76ers were a nice team, were a cute team, but couldn't be taken seriously because they didn't have a single star when the best teams had two or three? And that was before Andre Iguodala took his talents to Denver in a massive off-season trade, sapping Philadelphia of their lone all star. They came into the season knowing they had some young talent, but who was going to inherit the title of "go-to player"? Jrue Holiday had been a solid point guard, but could the former Gatorade Player of the Year really elevate his game to an All Star level after decreasing in nearly every statistical category last season?
Soppe went on to argue that Holiday has quietly, and with little in the way of help, compiled a campaign that compares favorably not just to the age 23 season of some of the best point guards playing today, but some of the game's all-time greats. As in: Magic Johnson, Bob Cousy, Isiah Thomas, and Steve Nash. He does this convincingly, and with bar graphs.


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A recent investigation by the Guatemalan Peace Archive came to the stunning conclusion that the country's Army stole at least 333 babies and sold them into adoption during the nation's 35-year civil war.
In some cases, parents were killed so that the children could be given to government operated agencies and adopted abroad.
The report's author and director of the Guatemalan Peace Archive, Marco Tulio Alvarez, told CNN, "This was a great abuse by the state."
Guatemala has a long history of adoption for monetary gain, but the civil war, which lasted from 1960 to 1996, made it easier for soldiers to abuse their power and abduct children. Officials began the investigation into adoptions between 1977-89 because peak adoptions occurred during that time period.
"We have to tell the truth about what happened," he said. "Guatemalan society must know what happened and must never allow it to happen again."
Compounding the problem of adoption for income is the poverty level of many families in the Central American nation. Approximately 75 percent of the population lives below the poverty level and many Guatemalan parents cannot provide for their children. President Alvaro Colom recently declared a state of national emergency because so many citizens do not have access to proper food or nutrition.
Guatemala currently has the highest rate per capita of adoption, and about one in 100 children are adopted by parents in the United States, according to the U.S. consulate.


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Tailgating at the Virginia Gold Cup races is a time honored tradition so make the most of the day and participate in the Tailgate Contest. The best tailgates have a theme, decorations and special food and drinks recipes. Reserved tailgating spots are available on the Member's Hill, North Rail and South Rail.
When you reserve a tailgate spot you are eligible to enter the tailgate competition – and it is free! Tailgates are judged by a panel of local food and TV personalities.
If you have reserved a tailgate spot and would like to enter the competition, send your name, contact information, and tailgate spot number to firstname.lastname@example.com by 5pm on Thursday, May 3, 2018. Past prizes have included dinners and hotel stays, airline tickets and gift baskets.
Official drink: The Mint Julep - click here for the recipe and don't forget to use as your mixer!
Once again, we will be holding our popular hat contest on Race Day! Join the fun and excitement at 2:15pm in the paddock. A beautiful or whimsical hat celebrating the tradion of racing and the rites of spring are all that is needed to join! Head to the Paddock around 2:15 to get registered. Contest begins promptly at 2:15.
Categories Judged include:
1. Best Racing Theme
2. Funniest/Most Outrageous
3. Most Glamorous/Elegant
4. Best Child (under 18)
5. Best Men's Showing
If you party is located in either the North or South areas of the course tell them at the gate that you are headed to the hat contest to join in the fun!
The Official Virginia Gold Cup Bus Trip hosted by Lindy Promotions! Seats are selling fast. Book today and join the fun!
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Tag Archives: dating after divorce
the tricky questions of divorce: dating
Written by Jeanne on September 13, 2010 — Leave a Comment
Date? What, do you mean those shriveled up things in the corner of my dark, cold fridge? After my divorce I FELT more like a date than going on one. I was the shriveled up thing in the corner of the room that had gone totally cold on the dating scene. To be honest, the read more…
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Speedy Apple Pie
What a nice weekend I had to start off the holiday week! Husband took me to a Civil War Reenactment here at the Suwannee Music Park and out to dinner. We walked down to the river and around on some of the trails where I found some Indian Pipe mushrooms which I haven't seen in years. After hitting over the sixty mark, I really don't care to celebrate b'days like I used to but it was fun to see the park and and be outdoors on a beautiful day with my favorite man!
Also got a late b'day call from granddaughter yesterday and found out that she and her husband had no plans for Thanksgiving but they do now! For the first time in many moons, we will have both granddaughters here with their significant others and boy do I have a big to-do list during the next couple of days for husband, ha ha! Both girls will be here early to help in the kitchen, something I'm not used to, except for Kenny getting in my way of course! I'm not sure how much I'll get done here this week on our site, so today being Monday, I thought I'd at least get something quick and easy in for you. This pie can be made in just minutes but of course, I have to make a real apple pie or face criminal neglect charges from husband!
- 1 8-inch graham cracker crumb shell, store bought or homemade
- ⅛ teas nutmeg
- ⅛ teas cinnamon
- 2 cups chunky applesauce (sweetened or all natural)
- 1 egg, separated
- Heat applesauce until it is very hot and add the nutmeg and cinnamon.
- Beat egg white until stiff and in a separate bowl, beat egg yolk until lemony in color.
- Fold yolk into the egg white.
- Slowly pour applesauce into the egg mixture, stirring while doing so.
- Pour mixture into graham crust.
- Cool completely before serving.
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I haven't read the document in detail yet, but one thing that should be considered is the choice of the new status code, 102. It collides with the definition in RFC2518, a standards track RFC (see <http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc2518.html#rfc.section.10.1>). Remember: there is an IANA "HTTP Status Code Registry", at <http://www.iana.org/assignments/http-status-codes>, so people should check this registry before choosing new status codes. Not that draft-decroy-http-progress-00.txt necessarily justifies one, of course. -JeffReceived on Tuesday, 6 February 2007 19:32:15 UTC
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Tonight is the first of three Family Nights for Two Gents. Children 12 and under are free with a paid adult admission. A Children's Activity Tent will introduce your kids to the play with arts and crafts that connect to the characters and plot. Show starts at 6pm; grounds open at 4:45pm for picnicking and pre-show entertainment.
Additional Family Nights will be held on Sunday, July 21 and Sunday, July 28.