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7th Day of Christmas: New Year's Eve!Posted by Fredric Koeppel under 12 Days of Christmas , California , Champagne , Chardonnay , France , Italy , Pinot noir , Sonoma County , Spain , Sparkling Wine
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Tonight is the Big Eve, the occasion upon which one year abruptly terminates and another quickly takes its place; the night for which all forms of sparkling wine were invented. Believe me, you'll need that glass of bubbly at midnight when you're standing in a packed room singing "Auld Lang Syne" with a bunch of people you only see once a decade.
Let me offer you, My Readers, four examples of different sorts of sparkling wines, available at different prices and appropriate for different events. They hail from Spain, Italy, Sonoma County's Russian River Valley and Champagne, as in France. With the exception of the Fourny Brut Rosé, these were samples for review.
Did you invite a mob over tonight? Say the Chilean miners and their wives as well as the combined contestants of Survivor: Surface of the Sun, American Idolatry and The Biggest Loser in History? No need to drop a bundle on your bubbly. Hie thyself tothe nearest wine and liquor store and snap up several cases of the Segura Viudas Brut Reserva, a CAVA sparkling wine from Spain that's as amazing for its quality as it is for its price, or vice versa. This is a typical CAVA blend of 50 percent macabeo grapes, 35 percent parellada and 15 percent xarel-lo, hands downs my favorite grape name. The color is pale straw-blond. Bubbles are prolific, though the ones that cling to the inside of the glass are slightly larger than the teensy ones that froth up through the middle. It's a stones and bones sparkler, trifling with sweetness at the entry but immediately segueing into vibrant, crisp dryness buoyed by scintillating limestone. Roasted lemon and lemon balm, hints of tangerine and orange zest, a faint pass at a floral element: all of these qualities add up to lovely charm and delicacy. Very Good. About $10 or $11, but often discounted around the country to $8 or $9.
Imported by Freixenet USA, Sonoma, Cal.
Nino Franco Rustico is consistently one of my favorite prosecco sparkling wines. The grape is called prosecco and so is the product, which is made in the Veneto region in Northeast Italy. Rather than being made in the champagne method of seccond fermentation in the bottle, prosecco is made in the Charmat process in which the second fermentation, which produces the bubbles, occurs in large tanks. The pale straw-gold Nino Franco Rustico is a lightly yet persistently sparkling wine that's delicate and elegant, but a little earthy, bursting with almond blossom and citrus notes, and lemon-pear flavors resting on a vigorous bed of limestone. Charming, yet with gratifying character. Very Good+. About $17 to $20.
Imported by VinDivino, Chicago.
Let's say first that the J Brut Rosé, Russian River Valley, is not just effervescent but exhilarating; at the same time, it embodies a sense of engaging elegance and suavity. This is a blend of 56 percent pinot noir and 44 percent chardonnay. The color is pale strawberry-blond; the bouquet exudes subtle scents of smoky peach, strawberry and dried red currants permeated by fresh biscuits, lightly buttered cinnamon toast and the skins of roasted almonds (think of a slim nuance of sweet, bitter and nutty), all backed by clean fresh limestone-like minerality. This is ripe and fleshy in the mouth, an almost thrilling amalgam of tangerine, spiced peach and lime peel supervised rather smartly by crisp acidity and that ever-present limestone element. The finish is long, balanced and lively. We were drinking the J Brut Rosé while snacking on a Spanish cocktail mix that included almonds, dried chickpeas, dried favas and dried corn, with lots of salt and spice. Yeah, that was good. Excellent. About $35.
Champagne Rosé Premier Cru de Vve Fourny et Fils Vertus Brut — to give its full name — is my new favorite Champagne. I had a sip at a tasting, and when I left I went promptly to a store and bought a bottle. Fourny is a small, family-owned house, founded in 1856, in the village of Vertus; its products are made only from Premier Cru vineyards. The color is very pale sunset peach with a shimmering core of lightly tarnished silver; the bubbles surge upward in a constant tempest of glinting froth. Except for a dollop of chardonnay, this is all pinot noir. The typical elements of a brut rosé Champagne are present — strawberry, dried red currants, orange zest — but packed with roasted lemon, cloves, lilac, crystallized ginger and spiced quince jam, this attractive array subdued, however, to a higher purpose of purity, intensity and elegance. You know how it is with some wines, of whatever type –still, sparkling; red, white — they just flat-out look and smell and feel great, exuding impeccable tone, integrity and confidence, as well as pleasure and delight; that's the case with this. Excellent. I paid about $55; prices on the Internet range from about $45 to $60.
Imported by Kermit Lynch, Berkeley, Cal.
Whoa, My Readers, I just realized that this is the last post of 2010. Please have a safe, happy and festive New Year's Eve and don't forget to fire up the pot for your blackeyed peas, hog jowl and turnip greens tomorrow.


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Donald Westlake was nothing if not thorough. In fact, there's a very strong case to be made that he was a bit OCD, if not for the countervailing case to be made out of the disorder of his filing system. Suffice it to say, the things he cared about received detailed attention and the things he didn't care for… um… what were we talking about?
Among the things he cared about was keeping a record of his publishing exploits, in detail. Don always maintained a library of his own work, segregated from the rest of his rather immense collection of books by other authors. When the last of the kids moved out of his home in New York City, he converted one of the empty rooms into his personal library of all things Westlake. This part may be fairly typical of most authors with a significant body of work. What makes Don's library special, and oh, so useful for our purposes, is that he kept a chronological record of every first copy of every book, and every edition, ever published and sent to him by the publisher.
Covering most of five shelves across three ten-foot walls is a physical, and chronological, record of everything Don has ever put in print, or at least every edition that the publisher sent to him. It's possible that some publishers lapsed on that detail from time to time but unlikely to be a regular occurrence. I have made it my long-term mission to chronicle each and every one of these books and editions for posterity, and the eventual definitive Westlake bibliography, which nobody has quite nailed down yet.
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A good letter from a reader:
I appreciated your calling the movie "27 Dresses" on its unrealistic
depiction of newspaper work. I'm a university professor, and I have
learned that I simply cannot go to see movies about university life or
teaching in general. Whoever I'm with gets mad at me for yelling at
the screen.
Typical motifs in movies about teachers: veteran pros always are
revealed as inept morons while the movie's heroine, an amateur
unsullied by any training, easily gets all her students into Harvard;
inevitably there's some hanky panky between the teacher and one or
more students; no one ever seems to be in class; indeed, the actual
classroom time that is depicted is shown to be boring and irrelevant,
a barrier to the students' real educations.
Perhaps my actual experience of teaching is just too humdrum: like all
professions, you get better at it the longer you do it. Training and
mentoring from veteran teachers are essential for professional growth.
Only a vanishingly small minority of teachers is stupid enough to
"cross the ethical boundary" with students. I know–too boring for
words. The problem is that my actual experience of teaching is
anything but boring. The classroom is a crucible, a site of the most
amazing growth and drama, for all involved. Great movies and TV shows
could be made about the real goings-on of actual good classrooms.
I bet that most professions are thus mistreated in mainstream
entertainment. What's your theory as to why movies and TV shows miss
the really great stories about work in their headlong efforts to
retell the same stupid falsehoods, in so doing dismissing the
honorable labor of millions?
Actually, movies get newspaper work so wrong that it makes me wonder if maybe they got it wrong in those movies from the 1930s, with all the guys wearing hats and screaming into telephones. I'd hate to think that.
Anyway, that's the question for today. Is Hollywood getting your job wrong? And if you have an answer to the reader's question, take a shot. I have no explanation for this phenomenon.


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Celebrity couples usually are the target of gossip mongers, and other nasty people who continue to stalk them and spread rumours about them, which may ultimately lead to breakups as well. On the flip side, they make a hell lot of money and their combined worth is usually staggering.
Jay-Z and Beyonce together earned $122 million between June 2008 and June 2009, which makes them the only couple to have earned that much in entertainment in a particular year. Beyonce and Jay-Z have attached their names to Budweiser, American Express and a lot of other brands. The coolest part is, Beyonce earned $87 million where as Jay-z earned a flimsy $35 million.
Beyonce sure knows what to do with her money, with all the charity and other works that she has enrolled herself in. Interestingly, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie earned a net amount of $55 million. Calista Flockhart and Harrison Ford earned $69 million, which is quite cool too especially since they are both quite unattractive. One must wait and watch if anybody is going to break the record of Beyonce and Jay-Z yet. Way to go Beyonce!
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Improving gas mileage...not just for the 80s anymore??
There is a thread over on MUD about ways to improve the fuel mileage in an 80. Initially it was just a couple of folks (including Rick / Landtank) talking about some ideas...
Then a person by the name of SS_Storm claiming he knows of a technology that will provide an improvement of 50% or greater in fuel mileage, on ANY vehicle...
Color me suspicious BUT I'm following along and watching...Anyway, SS-Storm posted up a link to this page that has information on the technology. There are two components....The HAFC which is supposedly available now and which will take advantage of the PICC which is to be available later...We'll see
Anyone heard of this or is it just more snake oil?
Idea seems like it could work. I'll let others be the guinea pigs though. if it does, I'd do it in a heart beat.
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I hear that this is a great idea for a better mileage :hill:
But seriously: I am lucky to get 15mpgs right now with the correct wind. So a 50% increase puts me at 22.5 mpgs. For that amount of improvement, I would rather go diesel and run bio then mess with a new invention.
Its really not a new idea, and from what I hear it should actually work. Well at least the part that is avail. now. Basically what that part mostly does is split an h2o molecule dump the o2 and feed the H into your intake. Thus you have kind of a hybrid fuel cell vehicle. A buddy of mine has a home made version of this on his DD and he went from around 22 mpg to 60 mpg. The technology has been there for years, the oil companies just didn't want you to know about it untill now.
Ok, so how much is the thing? $100? $1000? I'm in for a group purchase of one if it's at all reasonable.. Corsair we'll slap it on one of your trucks then you see how it does. If it bites, we get our money back. If it works, you'd be a fool not to pay the rest of us our shares and keep the thing. Then we all rush out and buy one. win-win, right? :)
edit: ok I just found the mud post http://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-te...-tuning-2.html. So $1000 for the thing, then a "professional" install? I'm a little fuzzy there, I'm not sure my mechanic has been to this seminar yet. Anyway, I'm in for a bill if 9 of you other guys are, let's put one in Jeff's LX.
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Sorry, I didn't link to the thread 'cuz I was hoping the poster will start up a dedicated thread. I'm always skeptical of this crap but the poster seems to be gung-ho on it and plans to install it in his 80 and provide test data...We'll see. He "claims" to have installed it in other vehicles already. It would be :cool: to get a 50% increase in gas mileage. It would be even :cool:er to get a 100%+ increase like some of the claims state. I was going to watch from the sidelines to see what happens.
Honestly, my annual mileage is so low that it would take me 2+ years at the current gas prices to cover just the cost of the kit. I put together a quick and dirty spreadsheet that lets you input your MPG and fuel price figures for comparison (see below).
Cost as I understand it is the $1000 + installation. The guy said you can install it yourself but if you do the $$ back guarantee is voided. Guess they plan on certifying places to do the installs or something :confused:. Maybe Robbie would be interested? Maybe Christo could get Slee certified :D.
As for putting one in the LX...No can do. I have 18 months or so left on the extended warranty (yeah, shoot me but I had HG paranoia at time of purchase) and I'm pretty sure they'd probably frown on me doing this :rolleyes:.
Now I do have a '97 FZJ80 we could experiment on though :hill:. Just don't tell the :Princess:
Would it work on a 4BT cummins? I could use 30-40mpg. And what would happen with running greasel?
Water cracking for fuel, eh? I can't quite put my finger on what's bugging me about this.
Hydrogen by aqueous electrolysis:
H2O + 447 kJ/mol → H2 + 0.5 O2
Breaking water into its elements takes about 120 watt-hours to split 1 mol of water. This reaction is quite endothermic. BTW, creating 1kg of H2 from water takes about 60,000 watt-hours by electrolysis and the general rule of thumb is 1kg of hydrogen is the same energy equivalent as 1 gallon of gas. If you assume it costs $0.25 per kw-hr from the power company, creating the energy equivalent of 1 gallon of gasoline by breaking water into hydrogen would cost about $15 for that 60 kw-hr.
Creating hydrogen by carbon monoxide and water through inorganic gas-water shift reaction:
CO + H2O → CO2 + H2 + 40.4 kJ/mol
Now this reaction is slightly exothermic, but has to be done at high temperatures, at least 130 degrees C. Something strikes me wrong about this, just not sure what. It's often considered non-economical because of the high heat required for the reaction, but I just dunno. Also this already happens in the catalytic converter, so you'd have to change that and the EPA and CARB isn't gonna like not having the nitrogen oxides converted into N2 and O2. Hmmm, what am I missing? Regretting that I slept through chem in summer session, too.
Interesting stuff, I did respond to the Mechanics for install ad. I will see what is intailed to become a install and possiably a "tuner". Maybe it is snake oil, maybe not. I will spend more time on this later and give you feed back as time rolls on. I know If I got better Fuel milage from the cruiser, I would drive it more than I do now. For now, it is the Saab.
Anyhow, thanks Dave for showing how much energy it takes to break down water into it componets.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 21st Apr 2010 19:33 UTC, submitted by ozonehole
Yes, even more copyright and intellectual property stuff. We have several stories on this one today, so I figured I'd throw them all together. First and foremost, ACTA has finally been dragged out of the shadows and into the light (thanks to the EU parliament), so we can take a look at what's in there. Is it really as bad as everyone thinks it is? Short answer: yes. Long answer: Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees.
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text: This isn't a truck but some of you might know what's up. My buddy calls me and says he was at a red light and ground a gear trying to push it into 1st to take off (clutch in). Then he says he was having a really hard time getting it into any gear but third gear. He parked it and asked if I would take a look. My first thought when he was explaining this was maybe the slave cylinder, but when I looked at it today the thing wouldn't come out of reverse when the clutch was in, and it wouldn't shift either when the engine was shut off…so I know it's not the slave. We rocked the car and when I was rocking the car he was able to get it out of gear but he couldn't get it into any others unless I rocked it, except third, it went into third fine. Also when the car is in gear and you let off the clutch the car doesn't move at all, it doesn't budge, almost like the transmission is completely frozen…I told him to get it towed to a tranny shop…the car is a Mazda 626 I think, any ideas?


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Texas will face Georgetown in the first game of the Jimmy V Men's Basketball Classic, Dec. 4 at Madison Square Garden in New York. School officials announced the contest Wednesday. The game will tip off at 6 p.m. on ESPN. Texas will be making its third appearance in the Jimmy V Classic, which benefits cancer research.
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Woods or no Woods it's still the Masters, says McIlroy
World number seven says absence of Tiger a shame but Augusta National event not diminished
Rory McIlroy: surprised Tiger Woods' back injury was serious enough to warrant surgery. Photograph: Larry W Smith/EPA
Any sense that the appeal of this year's Masters has been instantly reduced by news of Tiger Woods's absence has been contradicted by another of the event's top attractions, Rory McIlroy.
The Northern Irishman, who has a bit to go before reaching Woods's status but can reasonably claim to be the second best in the sport although currently ranked No7 in the world, said: "Look, it's a shame for him, a shame for the Masters and a shame for golf. But the Masters will still be the Masters even though he won't be there."
McIlroy was not surprised by Tuesday's confirmation that Woods, who is undergoing rehabilitation following back surgery carried out in Utah on Monday, will miss the Masters for the first time since 1995. The 24-year-old two-times major winner did, however, raise an eyebrow at the fact that Woods's condition had been so acute that he had required an operation for a pinched nerve.
"It [the withdrawal] didn't come as a shock," McIlroy said. "He has been struggling since the back end of last year. I didn't expect him to play the Masters knowing how he has been struggling but I was surprised to see that he needed to have an operation. I didn't know it was that bad. But at the end of the day this is golf, his health is much more important, he has to sort that out."
Further comment concerning Woods has hardly been lacking. Tom Watson, who will captain the United States in the Ryder Cup against Europe at Gleneagles in September, all but assured Woods of a wildcard pick in the likely event that the 14-times major winner fails to qualify automatically. "I just hope he's healthy enough to be able to play," Watson said.
Hank Haney, Woods's former coach, has been critical of the world No1's approach in recent times. He believes the player he tutored from 2004 to 2010 will have to alter his swing to manage back issues.
"Knowing the way he thinks and reacts, he's going to find the easiest way that he can to swing with his back, which will probably mean he makes some changes to his swing," Haney said.
"He'll make adjustments. He's good at that. He's not scared to change. He's not scared to try something different. The real question is, will he have the desire to practise, put in the work, and will his body allow him to do it? I think those are the two issues.
"If he gets out there and he has the ability to practise and he does put in the time, I don't have any doubt that he's going to continue to play great golf. When I didn't hear that he was practising, then I thought the Masters wasn't looking too good no matter what. But obviously this is a much bigger setback than one tournament."
McIlroy arrived in Texas on Tuesday night for the Houston Open, an event which may well be disrupted over the weekend by bad weather, after a three-week break from competition during which he worked with his swing and fitness coaches, Michael Bannon and Steve McGregor.
"Last week we had a really good, hard week, doing all our final prep work for the Masters," McIlroy said. "So I feel good and excited that the majors are about to begin again. It feels like a long time since the last one but I feel like I'm in great shape going into them this time."
McIlroy spent the early part of this week at Augusta National, where a notable topic has been the removal of the famous Eisenhower Tree on the 17th hole after it was severely damaged by a storm.
"The drive on 17th is now much easier," said McIlroy. "They haven't done anything about [replacing] the tree. Not that it is a different shot but you don't have that massive tree looking at you and so it's not as intimidating visually and an easier hole as a result.
"Of course being Augusta, if you didn't know about the tree, you'd just think nothing had ever been there." –
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She was born in San Leandro. She lived in Oakland, Castro Valley, Oakdale and Pleasanton.
She lived a wonderful life until stricken with Alzheimer's.
Mrs. Migliore was a homemaker who was devoted to her family. She enjoyed nothing better than cooking Sunday and holiday dinners for her beloved family. Her favorite recreation was going out for burgers and to the movies with her husband.
She will be so missed and never forgotten.
She is survived by her three sons, Steve, Richard (Fran) and Greg (Gail); three loving grandchildren, Susan, Shirley, Jeffrey; and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 53 years, Benjamin; brother, Albert; and sisters, Vincentina and Amelia.
A funeral was held May 7.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that remembrances be made to the Bruns House Hospice, 2849 Miranda Ave., Alamo, CA 94507.
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YW Theme – Hand Sanitizer
We have all seen this idea used in a hand soap with a pump, but I decided why not make one for our YW for Back to School. By using a small bottle of Hand Sanitizer it can go with them to school. I found this small bottles at the Dollar store, 2 for a $1.00.
I have seen packs of 3 for a $1.00 but they didnt have them this time.
I went to buy more transparency sheets, and all Staples had was a pack of 50 for $50.00
3M Universal Transparency Film –
There was no way I was going to buy that for 3 sheets, so I asked the print shop in there if they could sale me some transparency sheets, and she did for $0.99 each (the cost as if she printed on it)
Anyway I came home and went to make a "subway art" for this project, doing this kind of thing takes A LONG time, and I was not in the mood, so I went looking for one done, and the great news is I found on that was kinda long like I needs (notice the bottles are taller then wide) I found the image at Mormonshare. You can find it here http://www.mormonshare.com/lds-clipart/young-women-theme-subway-art-style, I did still have to fingure out the right size for this bottle, so I have uploaded that file for you here
yw theme insert for hand sanitzer.pdf1.66 MB
PRINTING LABELS: PRINT USING A LASERPRINTER, inkjet will smear, you can have htem printed at a printshop if you do not have a laser printer.


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William Dunlop Brackenridge
I am seeking information about the family connections of William Dunlop Brackenridge (1810-1893) who, as a nurseryman in Philadelphia in 1841, was hired on an a civilian horticulturalist with the Wilkes Expedition into the Pacific Northwest, the first maritime expedition sponsored by the government.The ships set out in 1841 and returned in 1844, after almost four years at sea.During the overland portion of this Expedition in early October, 1841, William Brackenridge discovered the California Pitcher Plant (Darlingtonia californica) at the base of Castle Crags near Mt. Shasta.He was the first botanist to cross over the slopes of Mt. Shasta and his discovery of a plant new to science was considered the greatest botanical find of the entire four year Wilkes' Expedition.Brackenridge Passage in Puget Sound was named for him.
Returning to Washington, D.C. in 1844, Brackenridge set up a greenhouse.His dried plants became the nucleus of the collection of the Division of Plants of the United States National Museum (the Botanical Gardens).
Records show that William and his wife Isobel were members of the F Street Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. from sometime prior to 1845 until June 25, 1855.Four children were baptized at this church: Agnes Brackenridge (1846), Robert Buist Brackenridge (1847), William D. Brackenridge (1850), and Jane Henderson Brackenridge (1854).


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Boston, Cleveland, and Orlando comprise the top 3 in the East -the order is unsure, but seeing those 3 at the top of the standings in April is a safe bet. Beyond that though, and the East gets murky. James and I conferred, and we came up with some tiers and he has some thoughts on each -why they could be better than the Charlotte Bobcats and why they may not be.
Tier 1: Playoff bound -We believe these teams are most likely to see bonus basketball…but that does not mean there are not flaws.
Atlanta Hawks
Why better: This team just has more talent than the Bobcats and after the big three in the east I believe they're on the next tier with Washington. They're deeper after adding Jamal Crawford as a 6th man combo guard type, which is the best position for him. Marvin Williams continues to get better as does Al Horford, although it's clear they're nearing a plateau in their development. Rookie Jeff Teague and veteran Joe Smith were added to provide a solid bench capable of shouldering the burden of an injury or two to the starters. 50 wins is an optimistic but real possibility for this squad.
Why worse: The only way this team would be worse than Charlotte this season is the blowup/turmoil factor but trust me there are plenty ingredients here to make that work. A coach who could be fired in season after a rough start? Check. A starter who the team depends on who has a long history of being at odds with said coach (see Smith, Josh)? Check. A star player who will be a free agent and could use that as leverage to force a trade to a contender for pennies on the dollar (see Johnson, Joe)? Check. A city full of fans with a history for apathy that could turn on the team because they're expectations may be too high expectations thanks to some impressive but somewhat fortunate playoff runs. Check.
Washington Wizards
Why Better: Everyone is healthy(editor's note -they were when this was written -Sorry, Antawn Jamison). The best case scenario for this team is to gel with one of the most underrated coaches of the last decade, Flip Saunders, and make East's Big 3 a Big 4 steamrolling teams with a devastating offense. They'll need an average defense to do so but with Brendan Haywood patrolling the paint that's possible. More likely is a 45-50 win season with a second round playoff exit. Our swap tool shows about about a 9 win gain with Mike Miller and Randy Foye being major upgrades over Deshawn Stevenson and Mike James respectively so as long as Arenas gives this team 70 games at decent production the Wiz can punch their playoff tickets.
Why Worse: I don't say this as a cop out but injuries. Both Gilbert Arenas and Randy Foye haven't been the picture of health in their NBA careers so it's not out of the question that these guys could both miss extended time which would mean another year of Deshawn Stevenson and Nick Young masquerading as point guards which would make for an ugly offense and a 39 win season. Again if Charlotte finished with a better record than these guys it will be quite a success story here in the Queen City and a likely playoff spot to boot.
And those are the only 2 we feel are near locks for the playoffs…Tier 2 (or Tier 3 after the elite) is up and those are the contenders for the final spots in the playoffs.
Miami Heat
Why Better: Dwayne Wade. That is all. The guy is one of the few legit challengers to Lebron for best player in the game status right now and seems fully recovered from the injuries of years past. Also don't sleep on Michael Beasley his per minute numbers were very impressive and if he is committed to being a more mature, professional player a breakout year could be in order. I'm also a fan of Mario Chalmers who was quite a 2nd round steal by the Heat.
Why Worse: Dwayne Wade. Although he's back to 100 percent healthy it only takes one nasty fall to relegate this team to lottery status and given his attacking style of play that remains a possibility. Also if it becomes clear that Wade will not resign with the Heat at any point this season there is a chance for a pennies on the dollar trade so the heat can get some return on the investment albeit with a hit to the coming season's win total.
Chicago Bulls
Why Better: Derrick Rose should make another leap to stardom this season and with the way Brad Miller and John Salmons played after the trade this team could likely challenge for the 5th spot in the east. Luol Deng will be back and should make up for Ben Gordon's loss and Vinny Del Negro has all those rookie head coach mistakes behind him.
Why worse: This team could really take a step back. There were whispers of unhappiness from players about Del Negro and his draconian coaching rules like no eating in the locker room. Over a year later the Del Negro hire still looks really questionable despite their thrilling 7-game series with Boston. There's plenty of data out there that shows Ben Gordon was really valuable to this Bulls team and the way they played and that style may not be as accommodating to Deng.
Philadephia 76ers
Why Better: This is basically the same team that gave the eventual Eastern Conference Champs quite a scare in the first round the plays, plus a healthy Elton Brand. They've been to the playoffs the last two years and while there are certainly some question marks this season there is no reason to expect them to miss the postseason.
Why Worse: I don't think Louis Williams is a point guard and our swap tool shows that Philly will be 7 losses worse with him playing Andre Miller's minutes maybe Eddie Jordan's offense can shift plenty of those duties to Andre Iguodala but I think that's not a good use of all his talents despite his point forward abilities. Samuel Dalembert isn't getting any better and I don't think Elton Brand is a good fit for a team without a reliable point guard who can stroke it from deep. Still if Charlotte is to outperform this bunch it will probably be because the Bobcats performed way above expectations, because even if Philly takes a step back at least 35 wins are likely.
Detroit Pistons
Why better: Our swap tool shows Detroit coming out even to slightly ahead in wins replacing Rasheed Wallace and Allen Iverson with Charlie Villanueva and Ben Gordon respectively. Gordon's efficient offense basically made up for Charlie's subpar defense so even if Detroit doesn't get much better you're still talking about a 40 win team which is pretty close to the best case scenario for Charlotte. Austin Daye is a player and will help their depth and as long as the productive Jason Maxiell sees more time than last season this team is likely in the playoffs.
Why Worse: John Kuester is a first time head coach in the NBA and a few Pistons have a reputation of giving coaches like that a hard time. While Ben Gordon will be okay with being a 50 million dollar 6th man I don't know how Rip will respond with the likely reduction in minutes. Basically this could blow up and be really bad for everyone including Joe Dumars if things don't work out. But the other concern is the Pistons slide back to the back in the defense standings. This team is pretty average defensively now and with Wallace now gone they really don't have a frontcourt defensive ace and Kuester himself is know for his work on offense not defense. I expect a season with 40 wins but if the number slides to 35 I wouldn't be surprised.
Toronto Raptors
Why Better: This could really work. On paper Toronto looks like a devastating offensive team with shooters at every position able to make shots all over the court. Chris Bosh seems to be excited about the season with the team spending 50 million on Hedo Turkoglu. Hedo should make things easier for both Bosh and Bargnani who each are very effective pick and pop players. Reggie Evans and Amir Johnson can provide some toughness off the bench or with sporadic starts. This offense could be both entertaining and deadly effective.
Why Worse: Two words defense and rebounding. Other than Bosh there isn't a player on the starting five that's known for their defense. Two seasons ago with Bosh out the Bobcats set an NBA record by out scoring the Toronto 32-0 in second chance points. Not much has changed from the roster back then to now especially up front and if opposing teams can play volleyball with their misses it could be a long season north of the border. And I hate to mention this but if Bosh starts to sour early there could be an in-season trade since I heard he is a free agent and the word is there are no state taxes in Miami.
Time for the last tier -Tier 3: The lottery locks.
Milwaukee Bucks
Why Better: Bobcats fans need to be concerned about this team because Scott Skiles can coach and this team looked like a playoff team before Andrew Bogut and Michael Redd went out with injuries and they went off the rails. Our swap tool says the underrated Haik Warrick should be able to make up for Charlie Villanueva's offense and improve on his questionable defense.
Why worse: They have plenty of questions at point guard after letting go of Ramon Session and electing to go with a Brandon Jennings and Roko Ukic combo. While Luke Ridnour might not kill you he misses about 14 games a season so Jennings and Ukic will get plenty of opportunities to frustrate Skiles. While Villanueva has a replacement Richard Jefferson doesn't and handing those minutes to Charlie Bell and Carlos Delfino won't make up the difference.
Indiana Pacers
Why better: Danny Granger became an All-Star and there are areas in his game that he can continue to grow. Bumping his assists up some would help out some of his lesser talented teammates as he draws plenty of attention. TJ Ford can play better than he did last season and with Jarrett Jack gone he really doesn't need to worry about someone else stealing his minutes so if that translates into more team friendly play then that'll make the Pacers better.
Why worse: Not a bunch of offseason moves here. And acquiring Dahntay Jones in place of Marquis Daniels actually make their defense worse according to our player swap tool, while the Earl Watson signing to take Jarrett Jacks minutes downgrades their offense. Also the Pacers have two guys starting off the season hurt with Mike Dunleavy's knee still on the mend and Tyler Hansborough dealing with a shin injury that has him out indefinitely. Not good omens.
New York Knicks
Why better: This season is not about this season, everyone knows that. I don't think Lebron or Wade is coming next season, but if they come it will because of the potential that the current roster shows this season. Danilo Gallinari can really shoot when healthy and his plus/minus numbers are surprisingly positive, Mike D'Antoni can really coach and does Darko Milicic really still have some potential? Maybe.
Why worse: Everyone knows this is a cellar dweller team and it would not surprise anyone if the Knicks had the worst record in the conference, although I think D'Antoni will be able to coach them up enough to avoid that fate. But with trades likely to be a factor this season where the Knicks sell off over-paid talent for an expiring contract and spare parts it's likely that this roster is strip mined over the course of the season for the free agent bonanza of next summer.
New Jersey Nets
Why better: This hodgepodge of talent includes an NBA All-Star, a young and talented Center who could have been the rookie of the year and a few intriguing pieces. Lawrence Frank is a solid coach and he could get these guys to play hard for him. But
Why worse: There is a lot of transition with the Nets, they're in-between a relocation, in-between a sale, and in-between a roster rebuild. Those situations rarely equal a playoff spot or even a record north of 35 wins. This team has worst in the conference written all over it.Click here to comment/view comments for this post.


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Alex Ovechkin has now played 337 games in the NHL. Looking at his ten-game segments, what is striking is his remarkable scoring consistency. The breakdown, from his first ten-game segment to his most recent:
337 games (through October 31, 2009) games -- 233 goals, 210 assists, 443 points . . . Through 130 games, he was a metronome -- 13 points every ten games, like clockwork. There was a 40-game spell during which he "slumped" a bit (20-12-32). But in his next seven full ten-game segments, he was never been below 10 points. He is currently on a nine-segment streak in which he scored at least ten points.
Oh, and Alex was named a first-team all-star for the fourth time on the heels of his 2008-2009 season. He is the only player in NHL history to be named a first team all star in each of his first four seasons in the league.
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A*STAR Scientists Make Groundbreaking Discovery of Cell Nucleus Structure Crucial to Understanding Diseases
Published: Feb 08, 2013
For hundreds of years before this discovery, scientists were puzzled by why heterochromatin clustered at the edge of the nucleus and how it was relevant to normal cell function. This recent discovery will enable scientists to gain a better understanding of the diseases of the heart and muscles, and find cures for them in the future.
The findings by Audrey Wang and Colin Stewart of A*STAR's Institute of Medical Biology and Irina Solovei, Boris Joffe and Heinrich Leonhardt of the Ludwig Maximillian University in Munich, Germany, were recently published in the prestigious journal Cell(2).
The nucleus - the brain of the cell - carries all the information, in the form of chromatin necessary to help a cell grow, thrive, and reproduce, in the form of DNA packed into chromatin. Hence, understanding how chromatin is organised in the nucleus is important to understanding disease and normal processes such as ageing. The scientists showed that the two proteins lamin A and lamin B receptor are important to the organisation of chromatin in the nucleus. Using mouse models, they demonstrated that in the absence of the two proteins, heterochromatin collapsed into the nuclear centre. This disrupted gene expression and affected skeletal muscle development, resulting in muscle failure.
Professor Stewart, Research and Assistant Director of IMB, said, "These findings will provide new insights into how diseases arise and may help explain how mutations in lamin proteins result in a variety of different syndromes. In particular, we are extending these findings to explore how changes in chromatin position may contribute to heart failure. Moving forward, we will collaborate with cardiologists and vascular clinicians at SGH and NUHS to translate these findings to benefit patients."
Professor Birgitte Lane, Executive Director of IMB, said, "I would like to congratulate Colin and the team for this important piece of research. It brings us a step closer to understanding the nucleus and to developing new treatments for common diseases. It could be particularly relevant for Singapore, as we, like other developed nations, are facing an ageing population, and heart failure, vascular disease and muscle wasting all increase with age."
Please see the full press release at http://bit.ly/VKC5pl .
(1) Chromatin is the combination of DNA and proteins that make up the contents of the nucleus of a cell. The structure of chromatin depends on the activity of the genes. Genes are either functional or silent depending on which cell type they are in. Silent genes tend to be packaged as heterochromatin whereas active, functional genes are in euchromatin.
(2) The research findings described in this news release can be found in Cell under the title "LBR and Lamin A/C Sequentially tether Peripheral Heterochromatin and Inversely Regulate Differentiation".
The research findings described in this news release can be found in Cell under the title "LBR and Lamin A/C Sequentially tether Peripheral Heterochromatin and Inversely Regulate Differentiation" by Irina Solovei [1], Audrey S. Wang [2],[3], Katharina Thanisch [1], Christine S. Schmidt [1], Stefan Krebs [4], Monika Zwerger [5], Tatiana V. Cohen [6], Didier Devys [7], Roland Foisner [8], Leo Peichi,[9] Harald Herrmann,[5] Helmut Blum,[4] Dieter Engelkamp,[10] Colin L. Stewart [2],[3],*, Heinrich Leonhardt [1],*, and Boris Joffe1,*. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2013.01.009
[1] Department of Biology II, Center for Integrated Protein Science Munic (CIPSM), Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich
[2] Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore
[3] Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
[4] Laboratory for Functional Genome Analysis (LAFUGA), Gene Center Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich
[5] Department of Molecular Genetics, B065, German Cancer Research Center (DKFC), Germany
[6] Children's National Medical Center, Center for Genetic Medicine, Washington
[7] Institute de Genetique et de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, France
[8] Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
[9] Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany
[10] Transgenic Service Facility, BTE, Franz-Penzoldt-Centre, Freidrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany
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About the Institute of Medical Biology (IMB)
IMB is one of the Biomedical Sciences Institutes of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). It was formed in 2007, the 7th and youngest of the BMRC Research Institutes, with a mission to study mechanisms of human disease in order to discover new and effective therapeutic strategies for improved quality of life. Since 2011, IMB also hosts the inter-research institute Skin Biology Cluster platform. IMB has 20 research teams of international excellence in stem cells, genetic diseases, cancer and skin and epithelial biology, and works closely with clinical collaborators to target the challenging interface between basic science and clinical medicine. Its growing portfolio of strategic research topics is targeted at translational research on the mechanisms of human diseases, with a cell-to-tissue emphasis that can help identify new therapeutic strategies for disease amelioration, cure and eradication. For more information about IMB, please visit www.imb.a-star.edu.sg.
About A*STAR
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) is the lead agency for fostering world-class scientific research and talent for a vibrant knowledge-based and innovation-driven Singapore. A*STAR oversees 14 biomedical sciences and physical sciences and engineering research institutes, and six consortia & centres, located in Biopolis and Fusionopolis as well as their immediate vicinity. A*STAR supports Singapore's key economic clusters by providing intellectual, human and industrial capital to its partners in industry. It also supports extramural research in the universities, and with other local and international partners. For more information about A*STAR, please visit www.a-star.edu.sg .
Source: A*STAR
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Tel: +65 6826 6254 (Office), +65 9733 7434 (Mobile)
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
About A*STAR
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) is Singapore's lead public sector agency that fosters world-class scientific research and talent to drive economic growth and transform Singapore into a vibrant knowledge-based and innovation driven economy. In line with its mission-oriented mandate, A*STAR spearheads research and development in fields that are essential to growing Singapore's manufacturing sector and catalysing new growth industries. A*STAR supports these economic clusters by providing intellectual, human and industrial capital to its partners in industry. A*STAR oversees 20 biomedical sciences and physical sciences and engineering research entities, located in Biopolis and Fusionopolis as well as their vicinity. These two R&D hubs, house a bustling and diverse community of local and international research scientists and engineers from A*STAR's research entities as well as a growing number of corporate laboratories. Please visit www.a-star.edu.sg .
Feb 8, 2013
Source: A*STAR
From the Japan Corporate News Network
Topic: Research and development


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The monument of Stefan Stamobolov was established at some tens of meters from the street where the politician was killed in broad daylight by two assassins in the late 19th century. He was attacked saber and slashed his face.
This is what inspired the disfigured face of the monument project. Widely criticized when it opened there is still no consensus today.
Stefan Stamobolov head, marked by these huge cuts, also recalls the severe weather that gripped the young Bulgarian state after 1880. Political mores were not limited only to verbal jousting and aggression sponsored foreshadowed the color of the political reality to come.


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Charbonneau finally pries testimony out of tight-lipped Mr. Sidewalk
CTV Montreal
Published Thursday, February 21, 2013 10:35AM EST
Last Updated Friday, February 22, 2013 7:55AM EST
MONTREAL—Nicolo Milioto claims he never bribed anyone at city hall, but Quebec's Charbonneau Commission clearly didn't believe him.
"Do you know how many people said things about you; which you claim aren't true?" asked one of the counsels in Quebec's anti-corruption inquiry.
Milioto swears he's telling the truth. His truth.
On Thursday, he was asked about Apex, the company that tried for years to sell its PVC pipes to Montreal. The city agreed to use the pipes because they're more durable than the cast-iron ones it currently uses. But the commission heard last fall the deal mysteriously fell apart when the company refused to pay a $150 000 bribe to Milioto. Hogwash, claims the contractor.
"He made it up!" responded the former construction boss.
That was the tipping point for co-chair Renaud Lachance.
"So you're this total nice guy, you do favours for everyone and you ask nothing in return, you respect everyone?" asked the man sitting to Justice France Charbonneau's right.
"Yet everyone say things about you on television, they must have dreamt it all, and when they have a problem with the government, it's against you. What have; they done to you? Because four people are contradicting you."
Milioto also raised his tone when the topic of Martin Dumont was brought up. He is the discredited campaign manager who claimed Milioto forced him to take cash donations in a bathroom—and later threatened to bury him underneath his sidewalks.
"I don't know Mr. Dumont, I never went in his office, I swear to God I don't know who Mr. Dumont is. Either he's confusing me with someone else, or he's a professional liar!" Milioto responded.
And with that, Milioto ended one of the most fascinating testimonies the commission has heard.
The contractor was always a reluctant witness at the Commission. Earlier in the day, he admitted he had a list of every worksite supervisor working for the city of Montreal, but denied it was use to bribe city employees.
Milioto is the former owner of Mivela Construction and for years he acted as a go between to deliver cash payments for the Mafia—although Milioto says he has no idea what the Mafia is, nor why people always asked him to bring tens of thousands of dollars to Mafia leaders.
On Thursday, after several days of testifying, the Commission asked Milioto to explain how his company won and worked on contracts for the city of Montreal.
Milioto told the commission that as company owner his engineers dealt with city supervisors if contracts had to be changed, and that it was not something he ever did himself, yet he let slip that he had a list of every single supervisor working for the city.
Charbonneau ordered him to produce that list for the inquiry.
"It's all in Italian, and many names have been erased," protested Milioto, but the woman leading the commission said he must bring it forward—without erasing any other names.
Meanwhile, the commission wanted to know more about Milioto's relationship with now disgraced former city engineer Luc Leclerc.
Last November, Luclerc said Milioto was part of a group of conspirators who paid him more than half a million dollars in bribes and that Milioto, whose company dominated sidewalk work in the city, also tried to fix a collusion system in the landscaping business for public parks.
Milioto said he frequently bought lunch for engineers as a way to speed up payments to his company, and also said he once sent a truckload of cement to Leclerc's home as a gesture of goodwill—but said that was not a bribe.
"It's not enough to buy somebody off," said Milioto.
Milioto, known as Mr. Sidewalk, said he did give city engineers bottles of wine, dinner, or tickets to golf tournaments, but said that was solely done out of gratitude, or a way to speed up payment once contracts were completed.
That's when the commission presented phone records indicating Luclerc phoned Milioto many times when contracts were being tendered.
Chief counsel Sonia Lebel suggested Leclerc was phoning because he wanted a bribe, and Milioto took offence.
"You are speaking about envelopes. There is no need to call me 20 times to receive an envelope. Logically, I mean you, you are extrapolating things. If an engineer calls me, if he calls me it's to receive an envelope. That's not what I necessarily said," Milioto testified.
"It's what you said two minutes ago," said Lebel.
"You said he calls me to ask for an envelope, because he calls me ten times. That's what you said and I find that unacceptable Madame," retorted Milioto.
CTV Montreal reporter Stephane Giroux said despite Milioto's lack of forthright answers, his testimony was still valuable.
"Their goal is to expose [members of the construction industry] and show the whole province who these people are and what they control," said Giroux.
"Because mobsters as you know, usually like to work in dark. They don't like to see their names and faces spread all over the papers, so that has a lot to do with it."
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Author Notes: Not your mother's potato salad. Packed with veggies and tossed with green olive pesto, it's a huge party hit. —80twenty
Serves 6-8
Green Olive Pesto
- 1/2 cup toasted pine nuts
- 3/4 cup pitted green olives
- 1.5 cups packed basil leaves
- 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- Salt to taste
- Place the olives in a food processor and process until a coarse paste forms.
- Add in the pine nuts, basil, arugula, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil and process until a fine paste forms. This will be your potato salad dressing so you want it to to still have some texture, but to be thinned out enough that it can be easily distributed over the delicate potatoes and arugula. If it needs more thinning, add olive oil one tablespoon at a time.
- Taste and, only if needed, add salt. Set aside.
Potato Salad
- 2 pounds fingerling potatoes
- 4 cups arugula
- 1 pint grape tomatoes
- 4-6 Scallions or purple bunching onions
- Kosher salt, to taste
- Pepper, to taste
- Cut the potatoes into ½ inch chunks, trying to keep the pieces around the same size.
- Place the potatoes in a large pot and cover by about a couple of inches with cold water. Bring the water to a boil and toss in a generous pinch of kosher salt.
- Turn the heat to just above medium and boil gently. Check the potatoes every 5 minutes for doneness, about 10-5 minutes. You should be able to easily pierce them with a fork, but they shouldn't fall apart. Poor the potatoes into a colander and run cold water over them to stop the cooking process. Set aside to cool.
- When the potatoes have cooled, place them in a large bowl with the remaining arugula, tomatoes, and scallions or bunching onions.
- Spoon in a few generous dollops of the pesto and gently toss the salad together with your hands using your fingers to spread the pesto around.
- Taste and add salt and/or pepper to your liking.
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In Memory of
Duane V. Geis
April 16, 1923 - February 14, 2013
Duane V. Geis, age 89, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather passed away peacefully on Thursday evening, the 14th of February 2013. Duane was born in Okeene, Oklahoma to Harry and Margareth Geis.
Duane served in the US Army during World War II; and, in 1947, he earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 1941, on his first day of school at OSU he met (and later married) Lois May Blakey. He was active in Kappa Sigma and had leadership positions in various campus organizations, including Phi Eta Sigma, Beta Alpha Psi, Phi Kappa Phi and Blue Key. He was the State of Oklahoma's outstanding accounting student for 1947, an award he received from the Oklahoma Society of CPAs.
Following university, he was employed as a sales representative for IBM, a position he held until 1954. From 1954 to 1993, he was an investment advisor and later a partner at the investment firms of Rotan Mosle and Paine Webber.
For 65 years, Duane was a devoted and very active member of South Main Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon and Sunday School teacher. He was a director of Star of Hope Mission for over 25 years, and a member of the President's Council at Houston Baptist University. He was also a Director of the Annuity and Relief Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, and served on the Investment Committee.
Later in life, he also served as an arbitrator for the New York Stock Exchange, an office he discharged with great integrity. He was a Lifetime Member of the Houston Chamber of Commerce. Duane was also a long time member and director of the Coronado Club and a long time member of the Houston Country Club. He maintained a keen interested in sports his entire life. Duane played tennis and golf and was an enthusiastic Rockets fan.
He was a man of great character and kindness who found his greatest joy in helping others.
He was preceded in death by his parents Harry and Margareth. He is survived by his loving wife of 69 years, Lois Blakey Geis; two sons: Duane Gregory Geis of Medina, Texas, and Paul Geoffrey Geis of Houston; daughter in law, Karen Lynn Geis; and seven grandchildren: Jennifer Geis Porter, Geoff Geis, Robin Geis Porter, Catie Geis, Emilie Geis, Blake Geis and Noah Geis. He was also the great grandfather of Geis Edward Porter. In addition, Duane is survived by his beloved sister, Bettie Geis Batt of Marion, Kansas, and by his niece, Shelley Batt Wiest. The family also wishes to acknowledge and express their thanks to Duane's longtime caregivers.
A memorial service is to be conducted at eleven o'clock in the morning on Wednesday, the 20th of February, in the sanctuary of South Main Baptist Church, 4100 Main Street in Houston, where Dr. Steve Wells, Pastor, is to officiate.
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Bullshido N00b error codes:
00001 Thread Necromancy
00100 "It's easy to poke fun from the keyboard!"
00101 "You don't back up your words!" {to Omega, of all people!}
03052 Material is less laughable in person
00023 My LEO buddy says it's good...so it must be.
00002 Tang Soo Do
You dredged up a 3 year old thread to tell us, "nuh uh!"??
Why don't you give us a detailed analysis of the course and videos, including your martial arts experience and how his teachings stack up against your own personal combat experiences?
If you do this, we may concede your point, but right now you are basically asking us to take your (noob with no verifiable experience) word for it; in lieu of Omega's (Respected member and participant, proven fighter and instructor with many years experience).
I'm not being pedantic here...you resurrected this monster, we now eagerly await your articulate and relevant rebuttal of Omega's impressions.And lo, Kano looked down upon the field and saw the multitudes. Amongst them were the disciples of Uesheba who were greatly vexed at his sayings. And Kano spake: "Do not be concerned with the mote in thy neighbor's eye, when verily thou hast a massive stick in thine ass".
--Scrolls of Bujutsu: Chapter 5 vs 10-14.
10/23/2007 7:31pm, #32
Don't hold yer breath.
10/24/2007 11:20am, #3300023 My LEO buddy says it's good...so it must be.
10/24/2007 11:27am, #34Originally Posted by CrimsonTiger
10/24/2007 12:40pm, #35Originally Posted by Rivington
I think you'll find it's all in the ass.....
10/24/2007 12:46pm, #36
Clearly since there are no punches, no kicks, no locks, and no throws were are left with only the Headbutt and the Butt-Strike.
Now, where else have I seen a video that involves a bunch of head bobbing and ass thrusting...
10/24/2007 12:53pm, #37Originally Posted by Kintanon
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10/24/2007 12:59pm, #38Originally Posted by Omega the Merciless"To sin by silence when one should protest makes cowards out of men".
~Ella Wheeler
10/24/2007 1:25pm, #39Originally Posted by bassaiWTSDA
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I guess there are some rules I didnt understand though I did read them. According to you Tang Soo Do is a noob rule or something, uh thats good spirit.
As far as thread necro WTF is wrong with that I had found your site cause of the thread I responded to. Sorry.
you say I should inform you of my experience , thats what I did. And I dont ask you to take my word for it I asked you to go see for yourself ,duh,
I gave you my imoression of the class by saying He can do what he says, If you have watched the videos and thats it you wont get it totally, dont tell me you can learn advanced aikido through a video and then totally get the finess and everything it takes to understand and execute the techniques, same with wicks method, you have to learn the basics of the body logic and practice, practice , practice..
please dont take me wrong, I am not a [email protected] stirrer, I just see alot of blind bias,
and how exactly do you get around those noob rules when people do poke fun from the keyboard or,don't back up your words, and why dont you take the advice of a well trained LEO, I understand those things can be thrown around by people tring to talk themselves up but in some cases they are valid.
again sorry for preturbing the omega and the rules.


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So…. I'm starting to take Mandarin classes here in Singapore. And boy do I have to tell you, it is friggin hard. Thank goodness for me I already speak Vietnamese. Both Mandarin and Vietnamese are tonal languages. Meaning the word "Bu" even though it only has two letters and one syllable, has 4 different ways to pronounce it.
There are a few reasons why Mandarin is so difficult. First of all, I don't practice nearly enough. Since English is so prevalently spoken here, it's a crutch that I rely heavily on. Bad Phil. Very bad Phil.
Secondly, most of the people I take my class with are from all different countries. It's difficult to learn the language when the teacher says the word correctly once. Then everyone around you butchers it for the next two minutes. 😉
Finally, once a week is just not enough to learn in a classroom setting. I prefer a regimented setting where we meet two or three times a week. That would help me a lot more.
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I hope they survive the winter here in Belgium.. but they seem to be very hardy?Also bought a white one and a light pink one with single flowers.
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Following the French revolution in 1792 there was a need for a large public space in which to set up a guillotine. The largest square in Paris was chosen for this chore. And in the subsequent two years more than a thousand people were beheaded in this square, including King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. The square now serves a very different purpose and most people who visit it may never know that it was once a public execution site.
This public square is now known as Place de la Concorde. It is between the Louvre's Tuilerie Garden and the beginning of the Champs Elysée. It is the home of the Obelisk of Luxor, a 3200 year old monument from the ruins of a temple in Luxor, Egypt.
The Place de la Concorde is octagon-shaped. At each corner there is a statue that represents a major French city. And near the obelisk there are two fountains.
The two fountains honor river and maritime navigation and the industries that depend on them. The fountains were completed in 1840.
What I like about this photograph is the pattern in the water flowing over the lip of the fountain. And I think the distant French flag helps to complete the setting.
I can still hear the pounding of the water falling from the upper fountain into the basin. It was loud enough to almost drown out the traffic noise of buses and scooters in this busy square.
It seems like everywhere that you walk in Paris you discover another timeless monument, sculpture, fountain, or garden. We haven't read a lot about Paris, well except for Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. But that was fiction and based in another time. Now that we have seen most of the iconic sites, we prefer to walk and discover things and then read about them.
Even though the Metro goes all over Paris, it is easy to walk to most places. Along the way you will stumble upon public art and architecture on small sides streets that most cities would be proud to have. But the thing is that in Paris they are everywhere you look.
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It's crazy that this year is almost half way over! I will graduate this summer and I'm so excited to have a break from school. I had a final and two huge assignments due the weekend of Thanksgiving. That was not fun!
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Senator Nozzolio Announces $534,488 To Protect Waterways In Ontario County
Albany – Senator Michael F. Nozzolio (R-Fayette) today announced $534,488 in State funding for projects in Ontario County that will help farmers protect area lakes, streams and rivers from agricultural runoff. This assistance is awarded through the New York State Agricultural Nonpoint Source Abatement and Control Program (ANSCAP), which serves as a vital component of the Governor's Agricultural Environmental Management (AEM) program.
Senator Nozzolio said, "These grants will provide necessary assistance to area farmers while also ensuring a safe, clean water supply for our residents. This announcement complements our efforts in creating the new Finger Lakes Institute, and continues Governor Pataki's commitment to New York's agricultural industry and the land, lakes and rivers which are so important to the future of our environment."
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Ontario County Soil and Water Conservation District-- $285,423 For the implementation of best management practices on six priority farms in this multi-watershed, multi-county project, designed to help control and abate the sources of pollution from agricultural activities, protect surface and ground water resources and increase the environmental and economic benefit of water resources for fishing, recreation and real property values.
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