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Originally posted by Guyfriday
Originally posted by baileysmom426
I do find it odd that there are other reports of so called "bunker explosions" in other parts of the world withing the past two weeks, Russia, Canada, and Alabama I did notice something interesting about the dates on those from what people have posted on this thread. The Russia and Canada events took place on the 9th and 10th of October the Louisiana and Alabama events on the 15th and 16th the first two are a day apart and a week later the second two are a day apart. Hmm food for thought there.
If you're on to something, well have another explosion on Sunday and Monday (thats the 21st and 22nd of October. 12 days after the first series of events, and 6 days after the second). I'd be checking for news reports out of Mexico*, Algeria*, Lybia*, Egypt*, Saudi Arabia*, Qatar*, Iran*, Pakistan*, or India*.
Thats a big list, and over half of them are having some kind of confict going on, so determining if the explosion was organic in nature (ala the Meteorite theory), or if is a product of war (terrorist attack, super secret weapons, to everything inbetween) will be very daunting. Hopefully some countries won't look at a possible explosion in some of these countries as a nuclear test (that is if it realy is an Organic Event)
*I figure that these countries would be the most likely to have an explosion based off of where in the world the explosions are taking place. Russia and Canada are in the upper ranges of the planet, Louisiana and Alabama are in the lower upper part of the planet. This would logically tell me that if this theory is correct then the next wave of explosions will take place in the upper mid-section of the planet followed by events in the lower midpoint of the planet.
*out of curiosity does anyone know what else was taking place during the 9th and 10th, that also happend on the 15th and 16th (any natural events like solar flares, non-explosion linked earthquakes, skyquakes, or anything)?
Originally posted by Manhater
I think there is more to it. Because there is no way can Nevada, NC and Louisiana all get a so called underground bunker explosion all at the same time.
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) - A contract employee was injured in an explosion on Redstone Arsenal Tuesday morning. The explosion happened just before 8 a.m. in building 5400, the Aviation and Missile Research and Development Center.
Originally posted by Manhater
I think there is more to it. Because there is no way can Nevada, NC and Louisiana all get a so called underground bunker explosion all at the same time.
Originally posted by truthermantwo
It's happening because ive exposed and ruined my connection to what causes voices. The booms and bangs happen near where I live too. But they are not that loud. I have seen so many anomalies it's not funny. Someone, human, ET..I don't know. But it seems human. They can project siren sounds, dogs barking, And something is making strange train horn sounds as well.
Originally posted by Rubicant13
There a few theories out there, such as a secret Iranian strike upon us...
What would concern me more is if a Tunguska styled event took place in Iran (or in many of the Counrties I listed in my OP). An event of that scale would look like a nuclear testing, or attack. This could set up a very bad situation politically.
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Originally posted by Rubicant13
There a few theories out there, such as a secret Iranian strike upon us...
Personally I don't know how anyone could subscribe to this theory. Iran may not like the 'Great Satan', but to strike against it would be total suicide. Maybe someone 'pretending' to be Iran, but not Iran themselves.
But who knows, stranger things have happened, apparently.
I'm Not a believer in the "Hollow Earth" theory, but I do find it odd that Richard Shaver did state that those that dwell within the earth were planning on attacking the surface people. It would be interesting to see what their take is on these events.
Originally posted by littled16
reply to post by Guyfriday
While I am not a believer in the "Hollow Earth" theory, it might be interesting to hear what some of those who subscribe to that particular theory think about it. I have a vivid imagination and think it would be a cool story if someone presented a hypothesis about a war happening inside the earth.
Just a cool thought, or a wicked action movie plot!
Anyone feel shaking around 11 am? My house shook- made noises- one was like a tree cracked(?) for several seconds- I went out and looked around the house- nothing- I'm hearing it was an earthquake WTF?
It happened at night, so I doubt that there is much first hand videos of it (if any). I wouldn't be surprised if any security cameras that did catch the blast didn't already disappear.
Originally posted by hbarker
I am still amazed no one has posted video of the mushroom cloud in Liousiana..
They were several BOOMs .. no Video . just weather radar.
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
There sure are a lot of spectacular views of Meteors ..or something..coming back in at points all over the Northern Hemisphere lately. I've been interested in reading the various English and Scottish reports of things that leave them agape, going overhead in a fiery display.
You know what keeps coming to mind? ..and I can't help it. It's 2012...it's October..and the time frame would damn near fit for what SHOULD be happening.
Basketballs and Volkswagons. Isn't that how the fictional mission control head in Armageddon described the debris coming in far in advanced of the main body of the object in that story? I also can't help but recall how many times we've seen variations of the fact the Government will NOT likely tell anyone a thing if it can be contained for awhile and nothing whatsoever could be gained vs. the outright panic it would cause to say a word.
I'm sure it's all just imagination and anxiety given everything else happening in the world right now and nothing more serious.....right?
There really isn't a realistic way a LARGE (by impact standards) object could come in without being seen at a couple months from arrival...is there?edit on 20-10-2012 by Wrabbit2000 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Bodhi911
I always smile at the idea of wars with aliens... logic suggests that if they are capable of coming here, they are capable of developing weapons that could destroy the entire planet in a few seconds.


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Zack Parker's Scalene has been getting attention recently from horror web sites like Dread Central and Bloody Disgusting, which is somewhat confusing since it is not a horror film at all. What Scalene actually is, however, is considerably more difficult to define. While not quite as graphically violent as Simon Rumley's recent Red, White & Blue, Scalene almost inevitably calls that film to mind with its three-character focus and depiction of extremely unusual and unpleasant human behavior. While Rumley's film was about dismantling the concept of the revenge film, Scalene examines both the fallout from and the events leading up to an irrational act that changes the lives of everyone involved. This is definitely not a fun movie.
As the film opens, Janice (Margo Martindale) shows up at the home of Paige (Hanna Hall), forces her way in, and attacks Paige. From here, the film works backwards to show Janice's life falling apart and the events leading up to her attacking Paige. Janice is the mother of Jakob (Adam Scarimbolo), a young man who suffers from brain damage that prevents him from speaking or communicating with anyone. The audience is clued in early that something has happened between Jakob and Paige, who has been acting as Jakob's part-time caregiver, and the film runs on a parallel track back to that event as well.
The structure of the film is explained by its title: a "scalene" is a triangle of three unequal sides. The three principal characters each have a section of the film in which their story is told, and each story is structured differently. To say much more would spoil the film's many surprises, but the film definitely demands careful attention to be paid. Some events happen differently in different sections of the film, which may reflect the characters' state of mind or suggest that they may be an unreliable narrator. Scalene also seems to suggest that in situations like the one depicted in the film, perhaps there is no such thing as a "reliable narrator."
The fact remains, though, that at its center Scalene hinges on an act so unbelievably bizarre and irrational that any motive the surrounding story may provide is insufficient to explain it. It is, in fact, so outlandish that it is possible that it is derived from a true story in that it is often impossible to imagine what could drive a person to do things that are completely insane to anyone other than the person responsible. The attempt at depicting the situations and events that could lead a person to this kind of behavior is at the heart of Scalene, but this may be a case in which the filmmakers have simply taken a shot at the impossible: explaining that which is truly, fundamentally inexplicable.
The film's structure is certainly unique and ambitious, and luckily the film's three leads are all excellent. Margo Martindale is devastating as Janice, the harried mother who desperately loves her son and cares for him at the expense of her own personal life. Honestly, she is often difficult to watch as Janice has more and more difficulties and misery piled on her already awful situation. Hanna Hall is excellent as Paige, and she has some traumatic scenes that she makes genuinely uncomfortable. Adam Scarimbolo has the unenviable task of making Jakob an actual character without using any dialogue, which he handles deftly. To his credit, director Zack Parker has unquestionably created a provocative, difficult, and unique film in Scalene. It's certainly not for everyone, but for anyone looking for a film that gives them plenty to think about after it's over, Scalene is worth seeking out.
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Residents who live near the recently opened Silver Eagle Raceway are displeased by the noise levels at the track.
They say the decibel levels are higher than what is allowed by the rezoning ordinance the Columbia County Commission approved last year. County officials aren't so certain.
Frank Spears, chairman of the Development and Environmental Services Commission, citing data from the Augusta firm that monitors noise levels during races, says that some of the noises being complained about - planes, trains, etc. - boost the decibels, but the speedway shouldn't be blamed for that.
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What does invulnerable mean?
Definitions for invulnerableɪnˈvʌl nər ə bəl
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word invulnerable.
Princeton's WordNet
immune to attack; impregnable
"gunners raked the beach from invulnerable positions on the cliffs"
Incapable of being wounded, or of receiving injury; not vulnerable.
Unanswerable; irrefutable; unable to be damaged by an attack or convinced; as, an invulnerable argument.
Origin: From invulnerabilis, from vulnerabilis, from vulnero, from vulnus.
Webster Dictionary
incapable of being wounded, or of receiving injury
unanswerable; irrefutable; that can not be refuted or convinced; as, an invulnerable argument
Origin: [L. invulnerabilis: cf. F. invulnrable. See In- not, and Vulnerable.]
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in-vul′nėr-a-bl, adj. that cannot be wounded.—ns. Invulnerabil′ity, Invul′nerableness.—adv. Invul′nerably.
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of invulnerable in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
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The numerical value of invulnerable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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The killer feels invulnerable. In this, he is vulnerable. (Le tueur se croit invulnérable. En cela, il est vulnérable)
When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
I am the happiest man alive. I have that in me that can convert poverty into riches, adversity to prosperity, and I am more invulnerable than Achilles; fortune hath not one place to hit me.
The invulnerable, matchless and exclusive live a life like dazzling fish in a scintillating seascape behind glass. Everybody may admire them, nobody can touch them and there is no fear or guilt in overexposing opulence and fortune.( "Keeping up with the Joneses")
I live in a world in which characters can come back frequently, dC has been really flexible about characters who we in the canon know, 'They survive, because they have to do X later.' Those characters, as we'll see going forward, even in this season, they are not invulnerable. Some of those characters who everyone will expect to survive will not survive, which will make things exciting because all the characters have a target on their back.
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Stephanie Lake is a multi award-winning choreographer and dancer. Her major works including Double Blind, DUAL, A Small Prometheus, AORTA and Mix Tape (both commissioned through Chunky Move's Next Move program) have been presented by Melbourne International Arts Festival, Sydney Festival, Dance Massive, Sydney Opera House, Theatre National de Chaillot (Paris), Theater im Pfalzbau (Germany), Dublin Dance Festival, Tramway (Glasgow), Frontier Danceland (Singapore) and Aarhus Festival (Denmark) among others.
Lake has won the Helpmann Award (2014), Australian Dance Award (2014) and Green Room Award (2011) for Best Choreography. In 2013 she was appointed inaugural Resident Director of Lucy Guerin Inc, which included working as Guerin's choreographic assistant at Lyon Opera Ballet. She received a prestigious Sidney Myer Fellowship in the same year as well as the Dame Peggy Van Praagh Choreographic Fellowship in 2012.
Lake has been commissioned by Sydney Dance Company, Chunky Move, Tasdance, Stompin, Frontier Danceland (Singapore), Sydney Symphony the Victorian College of the Arts and was Assistant Choreographer for Chunky Move's Assembly. She regularly collaborates with artists across art-forms including audiovisual, theatre, film, music video and sculpture. Lake has been a performer for over fifteen years, working with some of Australia's leading companies and choreographers including Chunky Move (Gideon Obarzanek's Connected, Two Faced Bastard, Tense Dave, Wanted: Ballet for a Contemporary Democracy, Clear Pale Skin, Export File and Anouk Van Dijk 's Act of Now), Lucy Guerin, Antony Hamilton & Byron Perry and Phillip Adams' Balletlab, touring extensively across Australia, North America, Europe and Asia.
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The U.S. believes Col. Moammar Gadhafi has solidified control in parts of Libya, creating a stalemate with rebels and raising the stakes in the Obama administration's internal debate about whether to take military action to help the opposition, officials said.
Pro-regime forces pressed into the rebel-held city of Zawiya, near the capital, and appeared to have halted the opposition's momentum to the east in fighting Tuesday.
With the struggle appearing to settle into a standoff, the Obama administration, working with allies, looked into options for intervention, while the European Union prepared to announce broader sanctions on the Libyan government, including an asset freeze.
Rebels in their base in the eastern city of Benghazi, after first suggesting they had made an amnesty offer to the Libyan leader, denied any back-channel negotiations were under way.
After days of attacks and counterattacks, the opposing forces appeared to dig in east of the capital Tuesday, with rebels clinging to the oil-refinery town of Ras Lanuf and Mr. Gadhafi's forces solidifying their hold on the small town of Bin Jawad just to the west.
Rebels have taken heavy losses in their repeated attempts to take Bin Jawad. On Tuesday, Libyan state television broadcast images of dozens of bound men lying face down on the ground. It claimed they were captured rebel fighters.
Libyan government forces appear more cohesive and have been able to regroup, a senior U.S. official said.
"What we're looking at right now—and things can change on a dime in these kinds of fluid conflicts—is basically a stalemate in certain parts of Libya," another U.S. official said. "Gadhafi has solidified his control of some areas while the rebels have the upper hand in other places."
Pro-Gadhafi forces continued to launch airstrikes on Ras Lanuf, with at least four more strikes reported on Tuesday, according to witnesses.
Col. Gadhafi's loyalists also launched an attack on Zawiya, the rebel-held city closest to Tripoli and the sole rebel redoubt in western Libya, the Associated Press reported, citing a witness. Col. Gadhafi's tanks and fighting vehicles were roaming the city and firing randomly at homes, the witness said.
Rebels had held the center of Zawiya, 30 miles west of the capital, while government forces controlled the outskirts. There were no clear reports, however, that government forces had retaken the city following a counteroffensive that began Monday.
"The city is in ruins," the witness told the AP. "Some buildings have been entirely destroyed and everyone on the street is shot on sight. There are many wounded, but the hospitals are running out of supplies," he said.
The new assessment of Col. Gadhafi's gains come as Pentagon planning swung into high gear on a range of humanitarian and military options to curb the fighting in Libya, reflecting growing concern about deteriorating living conditions for refugees and Col. Gadhafi's use of air power against rebel forces.
The U.S. has said it wants Gadhafi to leave now and for the Libyan people to sort out what comes next.
In Tripoli, Libyan officials, promising access to Col.Gadhafi at an impromptu media briefing, succeeded in corraling most of the estimated 150 international journalists in the capital inside a luxury hotel from around 2 p.m. until midnight. Many journalists weren't allowed to leave the compound while waiting for the promised briefing, which never materialized.
At around 11 p.m., journalists got a brief glimpse of the leader sweeping into the hotel to a closed room where he conducted private interviews with Turkish and French television channels.
Col. Gadhafi told the interviewers that the United Nations Security Council couldn't endorse the imposition of a no-fly zone over Libya without first sending a fact-finding mission, a Libyan official said.
The Libyan leader also repeated his accusation that the unrest was engineered by al Qaeda, and denied that security forces have used indiscriminate force. "He was in a very good mood," the official said.
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Puppet Makin
Puppet Makin a video by CopyCatFilms on Flickr.
I've been working away on some 2D animation puppets for a few projects. I realized that I will need lots of expressions, fortunately…I've gott'em.
Hilarious project. I highly recommend making a puppet of yourself…
We can all use to laugh at ourselves a little more–maybe I should a little less. Ha.


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John Aiello, Chairman of the Board, The SAVO Group
John co-founded The SAVO Group in 1999 and served as the company's Chief Executive Officer from 1999 to October 2010. His passion for improving sales/marketing effectiveness helped pioneer and evangelize the Sales Enablement category. Prior to founding SAVO, John served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Sundance Homes, and as Brand Manager for the Miller Brewing company.
John received his BA from the University of Illinois. He also holds an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management, where he is currently serving as an adjunct professor focused on entrepreneurship. In 2009, he and SAVO co-founder Drew Larsen were inducted into the Chicago Entrepreneur Hall of Fame. He has previously served on the Boards of the Adler Planetarium, the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center. He currently serves on the Boards of several software companies as well as several non-profit organizations. He and his wife Carla live in the suburbs of Chicago with their two sons.
Steve Collins, Independent Board Member
Steve is the former Chief Financial Officer of digital marketing pioneer ExactTarget and has more than 20 years of experience leading the finance teams of high growth market leaders. While at ExactTarget, Steve served as a key leader in driving the company's rapid growth and its successful IPO through to its acquisition by salesforce.com for $2.5 billion. Prior to ExactTarget, Steve served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NAVTEQ Corporation, a leading Chicago-based digital mapping provider with more than $1 billion in annual revenue. Prior to NAVTEQ, Steve co-founded a venture capital firm and held several financial leadership positions with The Walt Disney Company. Steve earned a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from Iowa State University and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
David Graham, Vice President, Sterling Partners
David Graham is a member of the investment team at Sterling Partners, a growth-oriented middle market private equity firm. In addition to overseeing the SAVO investment, David is responsible for managing Sterling's relationships with third-party capital providers, arranging financing for new and existing portfolio companies and management and oversight of the active portfolio. Prior to Sterling Partners in 2015, David worked in the private placement group at Lincoln International, a middle market investment bank, and also worked at The Northern Trust Company and DRW Trading group. David holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BS in Accounting and Finance from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.
Doug Higgins, Managing Director, Sapphire Ventures
At Sapphire Ventures, Doug manages the firm's investments in LinkedIn, Endeca (acquired by Oracle), Black Duck Software, Imprivata, iYogi, Return Path, SAVO, Spring Mobile Solutions and Convercent. Prior to Sapphire Ventures, Doug ran worldwide business development and strategic partnerships at CollabNet. He also launched the business development group for Lucasfilm, where he created strategic partnerships for Star Wars prequels. Doug started his career in investment banking, with a focus on technology, at Robertson Stephens. More recently, he managed the Intel 64 Fund at Intel Capital. Doug graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University and a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Jason Liu, Chief Executive Officer, SAVO
Jason's extensive technology background includes decades of executive experience within software, mobile and cloud systems management industries. With strong experience in general, strategic and operational management, he has a proven track record of leading companies through substantial revenue and valuation growth. Prior to joining SAVO, Jason was an operating affiliate with Vector Capital and interim CEO of Allegro. During his tenure, Jason was responsible for leading the company through significant growth and profitability.
Immediately prior, Jason was the CEO of Automic Software (formerly named UC4 Software), a global leader in IT process automation. He successfully led the company through significant accelerated growth and eventual sale to EQT Funds. Other senior executive experience includes CEO of Univa and Intrinsic Technologies, and serving as chief financial officer for Ravisent Technologies, where he led the seed-stage company's dramatic growth and its distinction as the "9th Fastest Growing Company in the United States from 1994 to 1998 (Deloitte & Touche/Forbes).
Jason holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Washington University.
Michael McGinn, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing
Michael is the co-head of Private Capital Investing, which specializes in non-control private equity investments. He is a member of the Americas Special Situation Group's (AmSSG) Illiquid Investment Committee. Prior to assuming his current role, Mike worked in AmSSG's Multi-Strategy Investment Group and its Specialty Lending Group. Earlier in his career, Mike was an analyst in Global Investment Research. Michael joined Goldman Sachs in 2004 as an analyst. He was named managing director in 2013. Prior to joining the firm, Michael worked at The Vanguard Group for two years.
Michael serves on the boards of U.S. Development Group, LLC, Renal Ventures Management, LLC and Regulatory DataCorp. He graduated magna cum laude from The University of Notre Dame in 2002 with a BBA in Finance and Business Economics.
Danny Rosenberg, Managing Director, Sterling Partners
At Sterling Partners, Danny manages the firm's investments in First Choice Emergency Room, Meritas and SAVO. Prior to joining Sterling Partners in 1999, Danny worked at Vector Securities International and Heitman Financial. Danny is a founding member, former Chairman and current Board Member of the Illinois Venture Capital Association. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University and a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Holger Staude, Investor, Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing
Holger Staude works in the Private Capital Investing team, part of Goldman, Sachs & Co.'s Americas Special Situations Group. In that capacity, Holger invests in private, middle market companies throughout North America in the technology and healthcare sectors. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Holger worked at Allen & Company. Investments include: AFS Technologies, Clarizen, Renal Ventures Management, Resolute Anesthesia and Pain Solutions, and SugarCRM. Holger holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Princeton University.


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EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — Maybe the move is more symbolic than anything else, but eliminating the offices of state treasurer and secretary of state might give taxpayers some faith that we the people actually can eliminate a government program or office.
The best way to keep the growth of government under control is to avoid adding new programs and positions unless it is clear they are badly needed to serve the public. Experience shows it's a lot harder to get rid of a government program or position than it is to create it. And that's understandable — who ever wants to see anyone laid off?
But the proposed constitutional amendment to eliminate the offices of secretary of state and state treasurer are overdue. In fact, State Treasurer Kurt Schuller's main campaign pledge was to eliminate the office. And it seems Gov. Scott Walker is on the same page — in the just-passed state budget Walker moved the authority of the state's unclaimed property program from the treasurer's office to another department.
The actual number-crunching of state government occurs in the Department of Revenue, which according to the 2011-12 Wisconsin Blue Book had 1,114.43 employees. It seems whatever keeps the 14.7 employees in the state treasurer's office busy could easily be absorbed by the legions of folks in the revenue office and perhaps save a little of the treasurer's office's $13.4 million budget to boot.
As for the secretary of state's office, headed by Douglas La Follette, there's not as much savings to be had: Its 2009-11 budget was $1.45 million, and there were only 7.5 employees.
The Blue Book in defining the role of the secretary of state's office makes its own case for eliminating it: "Wisconsin's Constitution requires the secretary of state to maintain the official acts of the Legislature and governor, and to keep the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin and affix it to all official acts of the governor."
Hardly seems like full-time work, much less the need for a statewide election every four years to pick someone to handle this less-than-arduous task. La Follette has held the job for more than 30 years, so he could ease into retirement, and Schuller wants his office eliminated. La Follette is a Democrat and Schuller is a Republican, so neither of the sniping political camps can whine that this would be a net loss of political power for their party. Besides, other than providing a job for a party loyalist, there isn't much political power wielded by either official.
Reps. Michael Schraa, R- Oshkosh, and Tyler August, R-Lake Geneva, have proposed amending the state constitution to eliminate both posts. To be successful, the Legislature would have to pass the measure in consecutive sessions, and voters then would have to approve the downsizing in a statewide referendum.
The savings might not be huge, but the action would make taxpayers feel better knowing that someone in Madison is smart enough to realize that just because a job may have made sense in 1848 doesn't mean it still does.
— The Leader-Telegram, Eau Claire, Wis.


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Daddy, is this Heaven? by Qtkeri19 ()
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This may not be significant to you and you may think it's quite amateur, but I was on a plane and in the row behind me a little boy and his father were sitting and looking out the window. The little boy said to his father, "Is this heaven Daddy? Because if it is I really want to see mommy and tell her I miss her... can we do that?" His father leaned over and hugged him and said, "You just did, son."
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that is so nice i lost my father when i was 17 and always and still now look to the sky on a nice and say word so no i really dont think it amateur at all if anything i thinks it very professional and brings many a word of love to mind and to heart 5+ from me i only wish i could give you more for this and wish more ppl could post images like this images with heart and soul so nice i love
AWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!! What a beautiful moment you experienced. Thank you for sharing it with us. #:o) When i was a little boy i thought this factory in our town that manufacturs paper also manufactured the clouds....somehow i confused the smoke coming up from the chimney with clouds. #:o/ Beautiful presentation of your shot btw...that big fat white frame is perfect. Have a great day. #:o)


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That's how Flapjack42 began, as soon as I asked her to write about these animal hero movies she'd been watching. No, Flapjack42 isn't a glutton for B-movie punishment–she is a connoisseur of all westerns, whether they be . . . → Read More: Animals Can So Be Heroes, Too; or An Epic Cowboylands Top 10 Guest Post


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Silicon Valley was chosen as one of four locations to get a new satellite patent office, as part of the America Invents Act of 2011, signed into law by President last fall. Congress required the patent office to set up regional offices as part of a modernization effort.
The administration caused itself some embarrassment by establishing the first satellite office in Detroit, arguing that Motown was hard-hit by the recession, while ignoring such invention hotbeds as the Bay Area.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose, was pushing hard for the Silicon Valley office, arguing that a quarter of all patents originate in Silicon Valley.
"Right now there is a backlog of 620,000 pending patents with as many as 500,000 new patents filed every year, so inventors can face a three year processing wait," Lofgren said in a statement. "By having a patent office in San Jose, enterprising startups and global technology leaders alike will benefit from direct access to services that currently are only available across the country in Washington. This means products can be brought from the drawing board to the marketplace faster and easier, creating a more direct path to economic growth and the job creation that comes from it."
David Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said Dallas and Denver were also chosen as sites for new satellite patent offices.
Other Bay Area Democrats also signed a letter to Obama urging that the Bay Area get an office.The letter said California is first in the nation in patent applications, submitting 30,080 of the total 121,179 patents in 2010, and also ranks top in patent approvals.


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OK - this is probably considered board dragging. So please delete this thread if I have violated rules. I just saw this thread at FSU.
It refers to a Wall Street Journal article and a statistical analysis having to do with the pairs event, and the random selection of judges whose scores "count."
I am not a WSJ subscriber, so could not read the whole article. But I would sure be interested your take Mathman, if you can access the article and if this post is not outside of GS rules.
ETA: While I found this topic interesting, I'm not all about "what ifs." Even if ALL judges scores counted, the debate could move to "what if different judges had been selected" etc. So I while I find this interesting, it doesn't fall into the "wuzrobbed" category at all for me.


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Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra Rattles and Creaks
my 2006 trucks engine light started blinking would rev at 2-3 1000 rev then have a rough time moving she was bogging down and the more i drove it the worse it got took it to the shop . they said it was misfirng on 2,4,&6 changed cap ,plugs rotor changed three of the new plugs noticed 2,4,& 6 were black 1,3,& 5 were not mechanic cleaned some oxygen thing by the air filter did not help ..spent day with the mechanic he is stumped ...could this be something we r missing it is eatind gas like crazy he had mentioned that the exhaust coming out smelled foul what ever the means please help .......dont have much money to be throwing darts at a parts list and hoping it fixes the truck .......help me please its getting worse the lower the gas gauge goes
I have only been a member here for a short time and at first thought wow so many people with complete disappointment with their truck's. I have a 2006 silverado, i just bought it on july 14th. It has 58k on it, i thought what could go wrong with it. Well so far it's been in the shop twice and will be going back in tomorrow for more issues. I can't believe that it seems like everyday it's a new something. I have been driving chevys for over 30 year's and never have i been so disappointed in a product from GM.
my 2006 silverado has sixty thousand close to your truck mayb sixty is the number where everything goes to h@ll i thought i treated my truck like a baby
i use it for work so i need to find a solution without breaking my nonexsisting bank account
Ya i hear you on the bank thing, my truck had to be certified and e-tested by the dealer, i picked my truck up on a weds, two days after now friday the engine light came on, i thought how can this be possible it just had an emissions test and passed.
On saturday morning bringing my wife to work the speakers started to stop working one by one, i almost couldn't believe it, Sat afternoon go to pick my wife up from work truck won't run, notice the sterio is completely dead, like no power, Dealer tells me the anti theft has activated, how can that be its been just sitting in my driveway.
To make things worse it starts raining can't put the windows up because the radio controls the power there some how, 2 hours and 15 minutes exactly the radio power comes back on the truck started and i got my windows up.
Now the front brakes sqeek, sounds like the pad warners and i have a rattle in the undercarriage some place.
So now it going back to the shop again, 3 times in 4 weeks, Anyway i,m pretty fed up already, more towards the dealership where i bought it from so much so i filed a complaint with the BBB last night.
the more i am investigating the more i am coming to the conclusion that it might b intake manifold gasket seems like chevy has a lot of problems with that leaking i am going to keep investigating and call my poor mechanic cuz he only charged me twenty dollars for labor yesterday and poor guy was trying to figure it out all day in the nice hot humid ohio weather i think i owe him a couple of beers
gmcustsvc Posts: 4,251Hello Holocker4,
I apologize that your vehicle is having concerns. Has the dealership come up with an answer to your issues yet? Thank you,
Mariah GM Customer Service
after changing everything except the fuel injectors we come to the conclusion that it is the fuel injectors that go to 2 , 4 & 6 .i called the chevy dealership to see if it was possbly under warrenty since it only has sixty thousand miles and of course it was not . :mad: seems they should realize that injectors should not go that early and they should want to help their loyal customers ...maybe ill go to toyota after i fix this up my truck is paid off so everthing would b a proffit and toyota seems like they care about their customers
arhutcheson Posts: 1We have this problem too and they told us to start with it was a control module that is on the gas pedal (Over$300) well after replacing that they now ay we need to order a now throttle body(Over $300) and can you believe that with this happenening so much that there is not a recall, did you ever fix your problem, if so how did you do it.
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Verbal Abuse
I do residential electrical work. While working in a woman's home, I over heard the woman's mother in the next room tearing into the woman's son, probably 10 I would estimate. She was telling him how bad he was, worthless, how it was his own fault he had no friends (though she, the grandmother, was home-schooling him) and he would be a failure in life because of his personal flaws. As he cried louder and louder she kept at him. I've never heard such cruel and deliberate crushing of a person's soul. It was brutal. I think this whole horrid exchange was brought on by his attempts to have friendly conversation with me.
I re-think through this often. I don't know what I should have done or how I would do it differntly if it ever happened again. I didn't intervene. I felt certainly like I had no place to step into their home hired to do construction and dictate how they talk to one another. Lately I've felt haunted by sensing what impact this aweful grandmother had on this outgoing innocent boy.
I go from feeling I should have spoken up and tried to verbaly spar with the grandmother, but I fear when I left things woudl be worse for him. I think I should have mentioned it to the mom, but surely she knows, it didn't seem isolated or hidden. Maybe I should have said, "You're a monster to talk to him like that" and walked out... I think I should have contacted authorities, but despite how crushing and cruel she was, she was still a feeble old lady who didn't lay a hand on him physically. Sometimes I'll have an irrational impulse, that I should have yelled and shoved and made a huge deal out of it, get myself thrown out or have the police called on me for my actions... I still don't know what I should have done but I feel guilty for having done so little. All I did was be friendly back to the boy and I thought I conveyed with a look my understanding of what he was going through.
I'm haunted by my inaction. It was years ago, the grandmother was dying I believe and is probably long dead, and I'm not even a friend of the family, just someone hired to fix a few things around the house...action now is too late. But back then, What should I have done?
I've been in situations like this so many times. I wouldreport it to cnild protective services now but at first I had no idea what to do.
I once read a sign that went something like this... "Never ignore something you can't go a day without thinking about." Look the boy up.
I use to be a sunday school teacher and I really enjoyed being involved our church and it was good for my two boys, at the time I joined I was having problems with my oldest son, he's always been jealous of his younger brother and little has changed with that but he's a great guy now and he's married and has a little girl now. And my youngest son just graduated college and probably will soon be married. My oldest became a Jr. deacon and I've been very proud of my boys, they mowed yards and made money to buy there cars they both played basketball in school. I think it's good to keep them busy,.they don't have time to get into trouble that way.
Don't beat yourself up. You can't fix everything. But maybe you could have asked if he has a father figure in his life, Maybe that's what he needs and if she said no then you could have suggested to come by and take him fishing with you and your son or friends. Maybe like a big brother
I hate it. My best friend has been abused and it tears me apart when I see her the next day or a few days later with bruises and cuts all over her face and body.
What a sad sad story. Ten years ago so now he is . . . 19? If he was raised by a monster like that he is probably still a young man in need of a friend. Look him up.
I am doing my utmost not to be haunted by regrets.

There is one thing you can do for sure and that is to act differently in the future.

However in this case I doubt there is anything constructive you there you could have done.
There wasn't really anything you could have done. Terrible, but true. You could have contacted the authorities, but absent proof (which is very difficult to establish with verbal/emotional abuse), they couldn't have done anything, and it would have went down as the 2/3rds of CPS cases that are "unsubstantiated". Confronting the woman would have made things worse for the child; it just would have made her more angry/_______(insert whatever would motivate her to treat her child in such a manner).


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At least 12 local and regional experts from various disciplines have signed on to review the Debe to Mon Desir section of the highway to Point Fortin and two more experts were expected to join the team yesterday.
This is according to Dr James Armstrong, head of the independent committee.
In a telephone interview on Thursday, Armstrong said the review had already begun of relevant documents pertaining to the now controversial portion of the multi-billion-dollar highway in a bid to end any further friction between environmental activist Dr Wayne Kublalsingh and the Government.
Kublalsingh, head of the Highway Re-Route Movement (HRM), embarked on a 21-day-long hunger strike from November 15 to December 5, in order to impel such a review.
"Some people started work already," Armstrong said.
He said the information provided by the National Infrastructure Development Company Ltd (Nidco) has been disseminated to the various disciplines electronically. The committee was given 60 days to review the project and produce its findings to the public.
"Sixty days is tight," Armstrong said.
He said the 60-day countdown began when the agreement was signed between the Joint Consultative Council for the construction industry (JCC) and the government on December 5 and up until Thursday he was still getting relevant documents to review.
"I have been reading steadily for the past�several days," he said.
While Armstrong said he has read and digested almost all the provided documents, he has not yet found the social impact assessment or the hydrological study among the documents.
"Some of the documents requested have not been seen. They could be embedded in the EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment). There is some technical stuff embedded there or Nidco may not have provided them to us just yet. But there are a number of specialists who know what they're looking for and social impact assessment people who do this as a profession will know what to look for," he said.
So far, the committee has only reviewed documents and information provided by Nidco but plans are in place to advertise for statements from residents and members of the HRM.
"Some of Nidco's documents include comments and statements from members of the Highway Re-Route and some videos of stakeholder meetings," Armstrong said.
"I have not met with Dr Kublalsingh yet. I believe he's still recuperating, but I will meet with him in due course."
Armstrong said forming the committee was difficult only because it was hard to find people untouched by Kublalsingh's hunger strike.
"The documents and the reading is the easy part. I've read through the largest document, about 286 pages, in one night," he said.
The independent review committee includes Frances Ann Hansen-Lewis as a local consultant for the environmental aspect. She will be joined by fellow Trinidadian Eden Shand and regional consultant Jamaica-based Elinor Jones who heads up Environmental Solution Ltd in Jamaica.
A sub-committee has also been set up for the hydrological, water resources and drainage review headed by Marjorie Critchlow while for planning and settlement issues Grace Le Fouris and Ivan Laughlin will lend their expertise.
With regard to social impact assessment, the independent committee has retained HHB Associates head Louis Bertrand and Barbadian Janice Cumberbatch.
Peter Harries will assist with archaeological issues and Ken Subran with the land valuation. Michael Toney has been retained to assist with economics and the cost benefit analysis.
Armstrong said he approached two other people to help with traffic and transportation but they have not confirmed yet.


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Just came back from a Chinese Hakka joint and got a fortune cookie at the end of the meal. Got me thinking, what would fortune cookies for the current crop of Raptors be. Without further ado:
There's light at the end of the tunnel – Jose Calderon
As Sam elaborated on in his rather optimistic trade options post, he's bound to get traded. The Raptors should get a better return than what they would've gotten a year or two ago, which is odd, but once you consider the stage of his contract and his recent form, it adds up. He's given the proverbial 100% since he's been here and didn't even let the botched Charlotte trade affect his game or attitude. Honestly, how many players could keep their head straight after going through that? Calderon's been patient through the years as the front office unsuccessfully tries to build a winner, while his youth passes away season after season. No worries though, a move to a contender could be what he needs to cement his legacy as a very good point guard. Right now, he's got the "good player on a bad team label", that needs to be shed because overall, barring injury, he's a good player. Period.
One day you'll need to pass, that day is soon – Leandro Barbosa
I find that he adds zero value to the team, not because he's a bad player, but because he's the antithesis of a what a rebuilding team's sixth man should be. Barbosa leads the team in FGA/36MIN with 17.7, a stat that's peaked in his two years in Toronto. The last thing the Raptors need is a one-dimensional player who takes a high volume of shots, has a poor assist rate, and is basically a black hole on offense. His acquisition made sense at the time because the primary objective of the move was to get rid of Hedo Turkoglu. However, after the euphoria of having exterminated Turkoglu wore of, the reality of the Raptors acquiring a player who is best suited on a contender as a niche scorer set in, and here we are now. It's time for him to pack his bags, and for the Raptors to look to add some long-term depth to this position.
Be wary of the invisible defender a the rim – DeMar DeRozan
I was having a do-over of the 2009 draft and even if you view DeRozan in a critical light, here's what I came up with: Blake Griffin, James Harden, Stephen Curry, Ricky Rubio, Tyreke Evans, Jrue Holiday, Brandon Jennings, DeJuan Blair, Ty Lawson, Jeff Teague, Taj Gibson, and DeMar DeRozan. Even if you throw in Darren Collison ahead of him, DeRozan comes out #13 in the draft. He was picked #9. Sometimes I think we need to realign our expectations of the man and see him for the player he is, not what he's portrayed as by the club – a franchise player. We made the same mistake with Bosh, and could be doing it again with DeRozan. He's a player on you wait as long as you can before making a decision on, his qualifying offer is for $3.9M in 2013-14. He's played heavy, pressure-free minutes in his short NBA career, and has been given a great chance to shine, it hasn't happened as brightly as we'd hope.
The skills that you got here aren't the skills that'll take you forward – Amir Johnson
According to 82games.com, he didn't play center at all last year and is playing it consistently this year, the result is a significant reduction in PER and WS/48. Johnson is a very "pluggable" player (at PF) who any team can find a use for – he plays hard, rolls well to the basket, is a career 70% FT shooter (was 79% last season), and accepts his role as a "garbage man". The problem is that the standards for his type of player are rising. If you look at backup PFs around the NBA, they all seem to be able to shoot and score adequately, something Johnson can't still do consistently. Taj Gibson, Brandon Bass, Thaddeus Young, Ryan Anderson, Glen Davis, and Carl Landry immediately pop into mind, as bench players (I know Anderson got promoted this year) who bring more than just the hustle element.
This cookie fouled you, here's your chance for revenge – James Johnson
People seem to hate this guy because he looks like he thinks things are owed to him. Like, after he throws up a brick in the lane, he'll give the ref this look. Your first reaction to seeing this is this. Fair enough reaction, because somebody who is entirely unproven in the NBA should be channeling each call that didn't go his way into motivation to get it right the next time and earn respect, not be petulant about it. Leaving that aside, though, Johnson has been a capable defender, and more importantly, a capable help defender. His offense sucks, pure and simple, but that's not what we necessarily need right now. What is imperative, though, is that he improve his three-point shooting which currently stands at 32.1% for the season (career 29.6%). The Raptors are 19th in three-point shooting (32.7%, better than 31.6% which was dead last the year before) which is still not good enough, and one of the main reasons why the offense is 28th in the league. For a player who clocks 25 minutes a game at a perimeter position, he needs to add something consistent to the offense.


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Author's Notice:
I'm so excited everyone likes the story so far! This was/is my baby project, and let me tell you, it will be a long, long story. But, hopefully a good one.
I enjoy drama, action, and plenty of twists and turns, so yeah.
Anywho. In this chapter you finally see Auntie Gaz! Enjoy.
"Red Velvet"
'Chapter Seven'
It didn't take too long to make it to the big city, but it did take a while to find parking in close proximity to Gaz's apartment complex. Why she chose to live in the shittiest part of town, Dib hadn't a clue. Walking up the crooked steps and to apartment number seventy-two, Dib kept Cyan closely held against his leg as he knocked on the decrepit door.
In a moment the door had flung open and a very bed-mussed Gaz appeared in the doorway. She was wearing a purple silk robe, tied messily on one side and apparently nothing else.
"Gaz, put some clothes on." Dib said almost automatically, squeamish at the sight of his sister's exposed legs and cleavage.
"Oh yeah, I'm supposed to just be psychic and know you were coming." Gaz rolled her eyes, "Not like I'm ever busy or something."
"Hi auntie." Cyan chirped, smiling up at the woman.
Gaz flicked her gaze in Cyan's direction a moment, a scowl pulling on her lips, "Hey kid." She murmured before tilting her head back up to Dib, "Suppose I'm babysitting?"
Dib slumped a little, "Well, there's a lot of things."
Gaz heaved a sigh, "When isn't there?" She stepped from the doorway, "Fine, come in, but this isn't going to be some therapy session, got it?"
Dib didn't respond, instead just urged Cyan forward and the duo stepped into the living space of the small apartment. Despite the bad neighborhood, Gaz's place didn't look half-bad, the theme of furniture and colors were dark, almost gothic, but it worked for the tiny space.
Gaz double-locked the door and sauntered towards the kitchen, picking up her glass of half-drunk wine before turning back to her brother. Dib arranged Cyan on the couch, set her backpack on the floor, and turned on a cartoon show for his daughter before he stepped over to where his sister stood.
Dib frowned at the glass, "Did you have company or something?"
"What's it to you?"
"I'd like to know the person, especially if Cyan is staying here."
Gaz snorted, "God Dib, you're such a mom."
Dib bristled, "It's about safety."
"Mhm," Gaz sipped her wine, "Don't worry yourself, they don't come around when other people are here."
Dib frowned slightly, but then noticed the half-eaten plated of food on the kitchen table and a matching wine glass off in the corner of the kitchen—empty, but it had a lipstick stain on the rim.
His sister noticed his realization, or at least that he was making some connection in his brain the way his brow furrowed comically but she didn't care to elaborate. Her love life was her own; even though Dib decided to tell her every detail of his life, that wasn't her problem, she wasn't ever going to open up hers. "So, what is all the stuff you were mentioning earlier?" She drawled, merely to get him off his current train of thought.
"Was someone just here?"
Gaz slammed her glass on the table, Cyan's antennae twitched back, "Stop prying."
Dib moved further into the kitchen, nearly bypassing his sister as he stared at the glass across the room—the lipstick was purple, or a lilac, a light obscure shade. "Are you seeing a woman?" He asked, though his tone was hushed, as if it were something taboo.
"Says the man seeing an alien." Gaz snapped, "Get the hell out of my life, alright? You want me to give a shit about you, start talking and stop nosing around, got it?"
Cyan shifted on the couch, turning up the volume on her cartoons. She could barely hear her mother and his sister, but she knew when adults needed to be alone; if that was one thing she learned in her young life, never interfere with fights.
Dib leaned back against the counter, trying to calm himself down. It really wasn't that he cared who Gaz saw, it were just an outlet to ignore what was going on in his life. He used to do it when he was younger, and obviously he hadn't broken the habit. "Sorry." He murmured, pinching the bridge of his nose as he tried to take hold of himself.
Gaz eyed Dib a moment before she was satisfied. She crossed her arms over her chest, "So, spit it out already."
Dib took a deep breath and recalled everything he knew, about Zim, about his plans, about Cyan this evening and how everything smelled so very fishy. Paranoia maybe, but he couldn't help feeling something was wrong, and he vented all his upset and frustration at his sister.
Gaz listened, impatient, the finished glass set in the sink as she leaned up against the counter. "He never does it." She murmured, "Destroy the world, I mean."
"He's serious." Dib blurted out, unable to stop himself, "Somehow, somehow I know he's serious this time." He wanted to ignore it, pray Zim had a little common sense, but he could feel it, feel it in his bones, Zim was going to do it this time.
"Stop him then."
"I can't."
Gaz laughed, it was low and mirthless, "Wasn't that what you wanted to do? In the beginning, before you started fuckin—"
"Gaz!" Dib hissed, waving a hand in the direction of his daughter, but she was no longer paying attention to them, ignoring them like a good little girl.
She rolled her eyes, "Whatever. Can't you just sabotage him? I mean, you live together, how hard could it be?"
Dib rubbed the back of his neck, feeling deflated, nervous, sore, all at the same time. "I'm going to try."
"But, it won't be enough." It wasn't a question.
Dib didn't say anything, the silence spoke for itself, his hands now on the counter, his lanky body leaning forward slightly, his head down.
Gaz clucked her tongue, "He's already got you beat."
Dib flushed, "I don't know what you want from me." He said in an uneven tone, emotional, "What am I supposed to do? Kill him? He's not going to stop."
"Then you'll have to deal with all that guilt." Gaz said easily, as if talking about the weather or something else unimportant, "You know, when everyone dies, it's going to be your fault."
"Thanks for that." Dib said flatly.
"I told you this wasn't going to be a therapy session." Gaz shrugged, "It's true, you know, when it's over, can you deal with that?" It was as close as she'd come to literally asking how he was, how he'd deal, of being concerned for him.
"He's going to put us in danger, Cyan in danger."
Gaz let her gaze fall on the mess of black curls peaking over the couch, "So, there's no way out, huh?" Her tone was quiet.
"I'm going to try, but," Dib sighed, frustrated, "I just know it this time, I know something is going to happen, and I know I won't be able to forgive him—" Dib pushed up his glasses, "I'm going to try and save Earth—"
"To ease your guilt."
Dib swallowed thickly, his sister knew just where to hit him where it hurt. "I'm sorry."
"For what?" Gaz snorted, "For not being a super hero? I knew you'd never win, from the first day you started defending Earth, you'd never win."
Dib's brows furrowed, "How could you know that?"
Gaz lifted her gaze, the amber of her eyes hard and unyielding, "You were always in love with him Dib, maybe not Zim exactly, but aliens, and then one landed right in front of you." She shook her head, "I knew you wouldn't be able to do it."
Dib didn't know if his sister was trying to rile him up on purpose, get him to counter her, get him to fight—
It wasn't working, it just made him feel more useless and weak; she was right, he had already lost.
"So," Gaz said, folding her arms over her chest as she rounded out of the kitchen, near the couch before she turned back to him, "See you tomorrow, then?"
Dib didn't know if he wanted the subject to change so quickly, but he wasn't sure he was strong enough to keep talking about his failure, "Yeah."
Gaz turned her back on him, gaze either on Cyan or the TV, Dib couldn't tell, "Bye."
That was her way of ending a conversation, but Dib stayed put, standing awkwardly in the kitchen until the cartoon was over and the ending credits started to play. "Gaz, will you be alright?"
"Exploding on Earth, or taking care of Cyan?" Gaz snapped back, annoyed, "I'm fine." She finished before her brother could apologize again, before he started sniveling about his problems again; leaving them in some endless loop.
Dib decided it was best not to answer, he leaned over the couch, kissed Cyan, "I'll be back tomorrow, okay?"
Cyan looked up at her mother, her eyes bright and trusting, that look was enough to break Dib's heart all over again. "Okay." She kissed her mother's chin before she focused back on the TV.
Dib took one last lingering look at his sister's apartment, at Gaz's strong back, and Cyan's curly head. Quietly he showed himself out, the door clicking with finality behind him as he started on his way back home.
Now he had to deal with Zim.


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If you read my Ticker from earlier in which I went after Marco Rubio and called him a fraud, along with both the Democrat and Republican parties in general (and, incidentally, the Libertarians as well) you were issued a challenge to de-credit-expansion GDP and then apply that to the budget.
Why is this important, you might ask?
It's critically important because it is the only way to figure out the real impact of these programs on the economy ex monetary games.
That is, how they "feel" to you as an ordinary citizen.
You probably didn't want to do the work, even though it only takes minutes.
Here's the "punch line" chart from the previous Ticker, once again:
But this understates the problem — dramatically so — even though the blue line shows the growth in federal medical spending, and makes quite clear exactly how bad that really is.
But notice that the rest of those lines are not really all that scary.
Or are they?
If you read the rest of that Ticker, you know they are, because GDP is not really output. It is a ratio.
That is, the classical GDP equation:
GDP = C + I + G + (x – i)
is not actually a value, because each of the items in the equality are valued in "dollars", and yet GDP is in fact represented to be in an invariant unit!
That is, if GDP[time 1] = $10,000 and GDP[time 2] = $20,000
then the representation made is that
GDP[time2] > GDP[time1]
In order for it to be true since all money is debt and all debts must have both a credit and debit then the above assertion is only of necessity true if:
DEBT[time2] is less than or equal to DEBT[time1]
across the entire economy!
If there is more debt at [time2] than at [time1] then we do not know whether GDP has actually increased in invariant units until we adjust GDP for the destruction or addition in value of each unit of credit and currency that is represented by the addition (or subtraction) to credit in the system.
Remember that money only has "value" because it is scarce in both relative and absolute terms. That is, if I wave a magic wand and double the amount of "money" everyone has, the price of everything in the economy will, on average, immediately double since the value of each unit has been cut in half. This is easily demonstrated; if you could cut each dollar bill in your pocket in half and yet spend it as if it were a whole bill, all merchants would insist that you present both halves to buy what used to be bought with one entire bill. Whether this is done electronically or physically does not matter.
Now some will challenge me, I'm sure, on the premise that credit expands the monetary base and thus the value of money exactly as does emitting actual currency. Anyone who does so is arguing with themselves since virtually everyone has a credit card or three in their wallet.
That credit card spends exactly the same way as does the $20 bill in your wallet and thus it is utter lunacy to argue against the primary point of this Ticker.
So, assuming 1980 as a baseline (and I can cleanly argue that 1980 is entirely too generous, incidentally) what does the percentage of invariant output — that is, actual output of persons and firms in the United States — look like for these government programs when adjusted for credit debasement by both government and private banking interests?
Those four programs consume 42.89% of all productive output in the United States economy today, adjusted for the currency debasement effects of both Federal Deficit Spending and unbacked private credit issuance using 1980 as a baseline — and that date is being generous.
If you want to know why we're utterly screwed it is because almost half of everything the economy produces is instantly sucked up by these four government programs, standing alone.
It's not half the Federal Budget folks, it's nearly half of the entire economy.


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Judge rejects state's request to add evidence to whooper trial
By by Dianna Wray - email@example.com
Dec. 10, 2012 at 6:10 a.m.
Updated Dec. 11, 2012 at 6:11 a.m.
A ruling could come soon on the whooping crane lawsuit after a judge rejected a motion to reopen the case.
Last week, U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack rejected the state's motion to include a report from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, Jim Blackburn, the Houston-based environmental lawyer representing the Aransas Project, said Monday.
The report found fault in the way whooping cranes were being counted by the federal agency and in the assumption that birds missing from their territories had died, calling into question the methods of Tom Stehn, the longtime whooping crane coordinator for Aransas National Wildlife Refuge who retired last year, Blackburn said.
The Aransas Project, an environmental coalition, contends that the state took too much water from the Guadalupe River during the 2009 drought, causing the death of 23 of the endangered birds from the last-known naturally migrating flock of whooping cranes in the world.
Jack heard the case in January but has yet to issue a ruling.
The Aransas Project wants the state to put a water plan in place that will protect the habitat of the cranes.
The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, at the head of the lawsuit for the state, contends that a water plan will take away water from other users.
The two parties had been in settlement negotiations, but negotiations ended, and the state moved for the judge to reopen the case after the study was released in October.
On Wednesday, Jack rejected the request to include the report in evidence and canceled the hearing slated for Jan. 14. Jack stated in a teleconference she will have a ruling soon, Blackburn said.


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A few weeks ago, my family started hospice care for my mother. She had been hospitalized, and when she returned to her assisted living facility, she had great difficulty eating and swallowing—a typical progression of Alzheimer's Disease.
She passed away on Friday, July 4, 2014.
Needless to say, these recent weeks have been a time of reflection, of waiting, of grieving. No matter how anticipated, death comes with a finality for which we are not prepared. It is a new loss, no matter how much we have lost already.
And in the face of death, we turn to memories and stories.
Just before she died, my father, sister and brother were gathered at her bedside. I called, and found them telling family stories—about me, apparently, which is only fair, since I have written about all of them in this blog.
We had a good chuckle about my shenanigans as a toddler. I like to think my mother heard them tell the stories, though she seemed to sleep.
I've been thinking of other stories as I have helped my father find pictures representing my mother's life and plan her funeral service. And I have turned to this blog to jog my memory and to find inspiration.
Here are a few of the posts about my mother I reread in the last few days:
- My Mother's 80th Birthday: The Meaning of Decades and of Days
- Memories in Song and Words
- Family Pictures Capturing History as the Mind Cannot
- Humor Amidst the Tears
- Happy Mother's Day To My Mother the Writer
What helps you when you are grieving?


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Picking up Lv 27 spheal and Lv 23 sunkern.
Dropping off Lv 27 spheal and Lv 23 sunkern.
Picking up Lv 27 spheal and Lv 23 sunkern.
Dropping off Lv 27 spheal and Lv 23 sunkern.
Picking up Level 53 Shedinja and Level 67 Magneton
Dropping off Level 53 Shedinja and Level 67 Magneton
Picking up my Lv. 10 Carvanha and Lv. 8 Misdreavus.
Dropping off my Lv. 10 Carvanha and Lv. 8 Misdreavus.
Picking and dropping lv7 Baltoy and lv20 Alakazam.
Picking up Lv. 38 Gulpin & Lv. 38 Corsola.
Dropping off Lv. 36 Delibird & Lv. 36 Rhyhorn.
Picking up Lv. 32 Geodude and Lv. 24 Jolteon
Dropping off Lv. 32 Geodude and Lv. 24 Jolteon with a Double Daycare Pass
Picking up Level 28 Flaaffy and Level 28 Zangoose.
*Somewhere in there, Flaaffy learned Cotton Spore.*
Dropping off Level 28 Flaaffy and Level 28 Zangoose.
I raised my Zubat here but it appears I miscalculated her level. She was Lv. 39 and I raised her 3 levels so that makes her Lv. 42. Thats what I get for not doin my Monday things for 2 weeks =/
Picking up my Level 42, female Zubat and my Level 46, female Misdeavus
Dropping off my Level 42, female Zubat and my Level 46, female Misdreavus for Double Levels with this Super Pass
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It's tough being a Pokémon trainer. That's why, every Monday, we open our doors to allow you to drop off your Pokémon for us to raise free of charge. The following Monday, you may come back to our facilities, and you will find your Pokémon looking and feeling stronger. This service is especially useful when you are raising Pokémon such as Abra or Magikarp, as they don't learn any damaging moves in their early levels.
Your Pokémon will be given world class food and entertainment while it stays at our facilities, which offer a wide array of training areas, led by trained professionals. Leave your Pokémon with us for only a week, and they will become stronger!
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-You may pick up and drop off your Pokémon only on a Monday.
-Your Pokémon will not be permitted to be taken out in the middle of a week for a trade, etc. You must wait until Monday.
-Your Pokémon will gain one level on the Monday which you pick it up. The level is not recorded until pickup time.
-You may drop off two Pokémon per week.
-You must pick up and then drop off your Pokémon if you wish for them to stay another week.
-You may not drop your Pokémon into your PC. They must be one of the 6 Pokémon on your team. They may not be used anywhere else during the week.
-If you wish for someone else to drop off your Pokémon for you, you must PM me, telling me who will be dropping off your Pokémon and for how long. If you do not send notice, your Pokémon's stay will be denied.
-Clearly state your Pokémon's levels when dropping them off and again when picking them up.
-If your Pokémon gains a level through zones or candy usage, make sure you post a link to where the level was gained.
-If you are picking your Pokémon up from a week prior to last Monday, you are to use the Quote button on that update in order to get the Post Number on the quote. Please edit out any unrelated information in the quote. (ie: All Pokémon not yours.)
-Be sure that you link to any passes which you wish to use or else they will not be honored.
-The Double Daycare Pass will cause your Pokémon to gain two levels for a week stay in the Daycare.
-The Super Pass will have the same effect, but it may also have effects in the other shops.
Confirmed for Single Level pickup on Monday, April 23, 2007.
Arc Angel: Lv. 42 Zubat & Lv. 45 Misdreavus
Centin: Lv. 27 Spheal & Lv. 23 Sunkern
Dae~Maker: Lv. 35 Shedinja & Lv. 35 Noctowl
Dragon 11: Lv. 46 Trapinch & Lv. 46 Swablu
Fangirl: Lv. 12 Azurill & Lv. 12 Mareep
John's Knight: Lv. 7 Baltoy & Lv. 20 Alakazam
Jonouchi: Lv.20 Metang & Lv. 28 Marshtomp
Kakashi-Sharingan Warrior: Lv. 30 Beedrill & Lv. 16 Sneasel
lilbluecorsola: Lv. 36 Delibird and Lv. 36 Rhyhorn
Lonely Wanderer: Lv. 10 Carvahna & Lv. 9 Misdreavus
Missingno. Master: Lv. 15 Dunsparce & Lv. 24 Dustox
Skrusti: Lv. 7 Pichu & Lv. 38 Wynaut
Teehee: Lv. 28 Flaffy & Lv. 28 Zangoose
thed3: Lv. 53 Shedinja & Lv. 67 Magneton
Weebos: Lv. 28 Bayleef & Lv. 7 Torchic
At the end of the week each of your Pokemon will have leveled up by one level each.
Please pick up and drop off at the proper times.
Confirmed for Double Level pickup on Monday, April 23, 2007.
Jon Jen: Lv. 18 Drowzee & Lv. 17 Hoothoot (Easter SP)
Joshua: Lv. 40 Umbreon & Lv. 57 Swampert (Arcade DDCP)
Lee-san: Lv. 32 Geodude & Lv. 24 Jolteon (Arcade DDCP)
At the end of the week each of your Pokemon will have leveled up by two levels each.
Missigno. Master: You added Single Levels for your Pokémon this week and dropped them off with a Super Pass last week. Levels were adjusted accordingly.
picking up Lv. 34 Geodude and Lv. 26 Jolteon
dropping off Lv. 34 Geodude and Lv. 26 Jolteon
Picking up and dropping off Lv. 16 Dunsparce & Lv. 25 Dustox
Picking up my level 21 Metang and my level 29 Marshtomp
Dropping off my level 21 Metang and my Level 29 Mawile
Dropping off Level 44 Female Golduck and Level 15 Female Zangoose.
Picking up Level 54 Shedinja and Level 68 Magneton
Dropping off Level 54 Shedinja and Level 68 Magneton
Picking up Lv.36 [M] Noctowl and Lv.36 [x] Shedinja.
Dropping off Lv.36 [M] Noctowl and Lv.36 [x] Shedinja.
Picking up my Lv. 8 Pichu & Lv. 39 Wynaut.
Dropping 'em back off.
Picking up Lv 28 spheal and Lv 24 sunkern.
Dropping off Lv 28 spheal and Lv 24 sunkern.
Note: My Misdreavus was Lv. 8, not 9, when I dropped her off.
Picking up Lv. 11 Carvanha and Lv. 9 Misdreavus.
Dropping off Lv. 11 Carvanha and Lv. 9 Misdreavus.
Collecting Level 42 Umbreon and Level 59 Swampert.
Dropping off Level 31 Scizor and Level 59 Swampert.
Picking and dropping lv8 Baltoy and lv21 Alakazam.
I used my Super Pass from Easter which was still in date or so I was told. My Misdreavus was also Lv. 46 when I dropped her off not Lv. 45.
So If I'm correct (I do hope so):
Picking up my Level 44, female Zubat and my Level 48, female Misdreavus
Dropping off my Level 44, female Zubat and my Level 48, female Misdreavus
Picking up level 8 Torchic and Level 29 Bayleef and dropping them both back off.
Picking up Lv. 47 Trapinch and Lv. 47 Swablu
Dropping off Lv. 47 Trapinch and Lv. 47 Swablu
Picking up Lv. 37 Delibird & Lv. 37 Rhyhorn.
Dropping off Lv. 35 Zigzagoon & Lv. 35 Furret.


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Spartans' start too much to overcome
Troy can't recover from a 28-point deficit, loses opener to Queensbury
Published 11:57 pm, Saturday, September 7, 2013
Playing from behind against a ball-control offense is a quandary Troy High football coach Jack Burger hoped he would not have to deal with Saturday afternoon. Early miscues put the Flying Horses in a deficit situation in the second quarter.
Queensbury took advantage of some sloppy Troy play and scored the first four touchdowns before fending off a rally to record a 40-22 triumph in Class A crossover action.
"We struggled on offense, we struggled on defense and we struggled in the kicking game," Burger said.
The win by the Spartans was their first against Troy.
"We didn't beat the Little Sisters of the Poor, so I think it means we have some great potential," Queensbury coach John Irion said.
The Flying Horses (0-1) actually enjoyed a 294-234 yardage edge, yet the scoreboard displayed the numbers that mattered most.
Troy missed out on a prime scoring opportunity in the opening quarter when a bad snap on a punt to sophomore Brett Rodriguez set up the Flying Horses at the Queensbury 17.
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Troy 22
Rodriguez and Erik Wetterson, however, each made tackles on third and fourth down that resulted in four-yard losses for the Flying Horses.
The teams traded short drives over the next four series, the last of which ended when Troy junior quarterback Joe Germinerio was sacked and fumbled. The ball was recovered by Queensbury senior defensive lineman Frank Nassivera at the Troy 30.
The Spartans' double wing attack churned out several short runs that culminated with a five-yard touchdown run by Kody Bruno on fourth-and-goal with 2:47 left in the second quarter.
Troy's next series ended badly when punter Isaiah Thomas dropped the snap and was tackled for a 15-yard loss at the 10. Three plays later, Kalen Minott scored on a six-yard run for a 14-0 lead.
"We put ourselves in a bad spot offensively," Burger said. "We didn't get it in when we were (in the red zone) when we ran the speed option and they had us outnumbered, and then we didn't get the punt off. That hurt."
The Flying Horses marched to the Queensbury 6-yard line with 3.3 seconds left before intermission, but an incomplete pass by Germinerio ended the half.
Things went from bad to worse for Troy early in the third quarter. Queensbury proceeded to drive 68 yards in nine plays, including crucial third- and fourth-down conversions, to extend its lead to 22-0 on a five-yard TD run by Phil Wetterson.
"We were still moving (offensive linemen) around midway through the week. To see it all come together like that — and see Troy coming up to the ball huffing and puffing every single play, is what we wanted," Phil Wetterson said.
Troy's next offensive series stalled near midfield and Thomas' punt barely got off the ground. Tyrell Adams scooped up the ground ball and scored on a 51-yard return to help Queensbury grab a 28-0 cushion.
Germinerio helped rally Troy within 34-22 with 8:09 remaining, scoring on a 11-yard run and connecting with Pete Cregut and De'Quann Mosley on scoring passes of 20 and 30 yards, respectively.
"I think we have the kind of kids that are going to battle. We are going to find out just how good we are in the next two weeks," Burger said.
Rodriguez helped seal the victory when Phil Wetterson, on a fourth-and-2, raced 39 yards into the end zone with 4:04 remaining.
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Man wants Tyson to punch him hard
XIE Shuipeng, a trim 48-year-old with a broad smile, dreams that one day Mike Tyson will punch him.
After years working the club circuit, Mr Xie has won fame as China's number one human punchbag, able to withstand a blow of any strength.
He advertises his services to anyone frustrated with life. "If you are upset by your boss or your wife, vent your anger on me. Let society be harmonious," he says on his advertising flier.
On neon-lit stages, Mr Xie offers free drinks to anyone who can hit him so hard that he is forced to step backwards across a yellow line on the ground.
"I tell them only to punch me in the belly, but sometimes they insist on punching me in the chest or even hitting me over the head with a glass bottle," he said.
Now he has his eye on a bigger challenge: the former heavyweight champion of the world.
"Tyson may be able to knock me down. But my stomach will bounce his fist back and there is no way he can hurt me," he said. "If he is worried, we can sign an agreement beforehand that he won't be responsible for any injury."
Mr Xie said he drew his strength from the ancient Chinese tradition of qigong, a system of posture, breathing and meditation. (© Daily Telegraph, London)
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