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For many of us, making healthier food choices is a way of life. We read labels, we're mindful of our portions, we limit the amount of junk and processed foods we eat, we limit our alcohol intake and we make a concerted effort to eat "clean" and healthy. We put in the time and effort to exercise and create a fit body.
So with this kind of effort, why aren't many of us looking, feeling and living our best?
While healthy eating and exercise are huge steps in the right direction, they're only a piece of the wellness puzzle. Let's take a look at some other important pieces.
Eating When Hungry
Take a look at "why" you eat. Are you eating when your body is hungry or do you eat based on the time, the size of the plate or the event around you?
There's a big difference between hunger and appetite. The body thrives when eating because of hunger, but stores fat when eating because of appetite. Here's how to tell the difference.
Hunger is a physiological response to the body needing food. Your stomach may rumble, you may feel lightheaded and you want food quickly. Often, it doesn't really matter what you eat as long as you get something into your system quickly.
Appetite is triggered by emotions, by something you've just seen, thought about or even by a delicious smell. With appetite, you feel an immediate urge to eat something and typically, it's something specific. Different textures are indicative of certain emotions when driven by appetite. For example, you may want something crunchy when you're angry and something smooth and creamy when you're sad.
Reacting to appetite is a recipe for weight gain because your body doesn't need the food. When that's the case, your body's only option is to convert it to fat and store it for you.
Mindful Eating
With mindless eating, you're taking in much more than you need because you're distracted while eating. Are you eating while cooking, passing food to others, or taking in too much because you're reading or watching TV during a meal? You can take in thousands of excess calories through "mindless munching."
Emotional eating may also be a factor when you eat to soothe, calm, numb and relax from our problems or pain. It's a self-soothing technique where you medicate using food as your drug of choice. Mindless or emotional eating not only cause weight gain, but can waste years as you struggle to maintain a healthy weight.
Shaking It Up
If your body isn't challenged it gets bored. Are you doing the same routine consistently and has it gotten easier over time? If so, it's time to shake things up and create some "muscle confusion."
This could mean varying your pace or throwing in some intervals or bursts of intense plyometric movements to dramatically increase the intensity for a short period of time. It could also mean using weights, resistance bands, machines, trying an organized sport, a new fitness class, DVD or different route to run.
Building Muscle
In addition to cardio routines, building muscle is critical to any fitness plan. This fires up our metabolism, gives us a fit, toned body as well as improving our quality of life by simply making every day tasks easier to perform.
Look at your day and add some activity and muscle building in addition to your workouts. Are you sitting behind a desk for the rest of the day? While workouts are important, they can't make up for an otherwise sedentary lifestyle.
Getting Zzzzzzz
Adequate sleep gives you more clarity, ability to focus, greater concentration, and more energy to get you through the day. Without enough sleep, you'll look for energy through sugar and caffeine; the perfect recipe for weight gain.
The empty calories coming from sugar gives you a temporary energy surge and inevitable crash, which leaves you craving more sugar to pick you up again. This short-lived fuel doesn't sustain or nurture your body and the calories add up quickly.
Also, without enough sleep, certain hormones and chemicals don't have an opportunity to rebalance and replenish themselves. Unfortunately, these chemicals also promote fat storage and increased appetite.
Managing Immunity Suppressing Stress
You can be eating well and exercising but if you're living with chronic, unmanaged stress, you're suppressing your immune system as well as causing physical, mental and emotional wear and tear.
If you're under constant stress and you're an emotional eater, the stress you feel will trigger a binge. You also won't be interested in healthy meal planning, label reading and portion control because you're consumed by your stress. In addition, you may look for comfort foods, which are loaded in fat, sugar and calories.
When stress suppresses your immune system, you're not as able to fight off bacterial and viral invasion so you're more susceptible to illness. Under stress, you're also keeping your bodies tight which leads to muscle aches, pulls, tears, headaches and more.
Chronic stress also affects your digestive, nervous and even reproductive system. Digestive disturbances such as irritable bowel syndrome, ulcers, Chrohn's disease and acid reflux have all been shown to be connected to stress.
Nurturing Relationships
Your relationships are either good or bad for your health.
Supportive, loving, positive and nurturing relationships improve the immune system, flood your body with "feel good" hormones and chemicals while giving you a sense of connectedness.
Negative, critical, judgmental and pessimistic people suppress your immune systems, flood your body with stress hormones and discourage you from being, doing and having more.
Take a look at your relationships and how they are contributing to or undermining your health.
A lack of confidence, low self esteem, poor self image and a belief system that doesn't serve you will prevent you from living the life you want…no matter how well you eat and how much you exercise.
If you feel worthy and deserving of love, health, wellness and success, then your thoughts, behaviors and actions will support those goals. If you feel unworthy of love, health, wellness and success, unfortunately your actions and behaviors will support those beliefs too. True health is being healthy from the inside, out.
Which of these pieces of the health puzzle are you missing?
Begin to put them in place to form a healthy body that thrives from a healthy lifestyle, a healthy mind and a healthy spirit.


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Iron-rich dust fuelled 4 million years of ice ages – environment – 03 August 2011 – New Scientist.
DUST is all that's needed to plunge the world into an ice age. When blown into the sea, the iron it contains can fertilise plankton growth on a scale large enough to cause global temperatures to drop. The finding adds support to the idea of staving off climate change by simulating the effects of dust – perhaps by sprinkling the oceans with iron filings.…
an oceanic desert because it lacks the iron crucial for plankton growth. That changes at the start of ice ages, when a wobble in the planet's orbit causes an initial cooling that dries the continents, generates dust storms – particularly in central Asia – and sends dust onto the surface of the Southern Ocean.
The plankton that then bloom take the carbon they need from the water, causing the oceans to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to compensate. This cools the atmosphere further, creating yet more dust-producing regions, and the cycle continues, sinking Earth into an ice age.
This adds support to the notion of fertilizing the oceans with iron to increase plankton growth and sequestration of carbon (without acidification). Experiments to date haven't produced significant results, but that does not rule out the technique.

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text: Putting you within a 10-minute drive of Riccarton House and Canterbury Museum, Central Park Motor Lodge offers airport drop-off service (available on request) for NZD 20 per person. Freebies like WiFi and self parking are added perks, and guests looking to stay active can check out the nearby mountain biking. Rooms feature bonuses like refrigerators and microwaves.


text: Meta Rate My Team PokéBase - Pokémon Q&A Login Register All Activity Questions Unanswered Tags Users Ask a Question Rules Chat Where are only water Pokemon ? 0 votes 380 views i m at the 5th gym and I need to train my joltik. already thank you. water black-white-2 asked Feb 20, 2013 by gaRchOmp MasTeR Please log in or register to add a comment. Please log in or register to answer this question. 2 Answers 2 votes I would suggest Driftveil Drawbridge. There it is a 100% chance to encounter Ducklett, Lv 23-26, a Water/Flying type. Joltik should have no problem training there. Just look for the dark spots, they apper quite often. Furthermore, you will also have a pretty good chance to get Wings, wich can be used for EV training. Source 1: http://pokemondb.net/location/unova-driftveil-drawbridge Source 2: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Wings Source 3: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Phenomenon#Flying_Pok.C3.A9mon.27s_shadow answered Feb 21, 2013 by Flafpert thanx i have now galvantula level 37 with ducklett commented Feb 22, 2013 by gaRchOmp MasTeR Glad to be able to help. commented Feb 24, 2013 by Flafpert Please log in or register to add a comment. 0 votes Bolded Pokemon cannot be found in the wild. Squirtle Wartortle Blastoise Psyduck Golduck Poliwag Poliwhirl Seel Shellder Krabby Kingler Horsea Seadra Goldeen Seaking Staryu Magikarp Vaporeon Totodile Croconaw Feraligatr Marill Azumarill Politoed Remoraid Octillery Suicune Mudkip Wailmer Wailord Corphish Feebas Milotic Castform-R Clamperl Huntail Gorebyss Luvdisc Kyogre Piplup Prinplup Buizel Floatzel Shellos Shellos-East Finneon Lumineon Phione Manaphy Oshawott Dewott Samurott Panpour Simipour Tympole Basculin Basculin-Blue Alomomola Source answered Feb 20, 2013 by Mewderator he means a place before the fifth gym that has all water pokemon, so that he can train his joltick more easily commented Feb 21, 2013 by Extremespeed Please log in or register to add a comment. Related questions If I beat Elite Four with only water/ground-type Pokemon, will I get both Water and Ground-type Champ medals? Are there any pokemon having the only weakness water? What Grass and Water Pokemon are available before Gym Leader Clay in Black/White 2? Are fire types more powerful than grass and water type Pokemon? Does Lustrous Orb only boost Water and Dragon moves when it is held by Palkia? Special Jellicent in the water? Which will increase Samurott's water moves more? Where are good water types? Useful Meta Posts How to change your username How to add a user avatar Why was my post hidden? The points system Question etiquette Flags vs Downvotes Anime FAQ


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Balloon Boy Hoax? Falcon Heene Busts Parentsby Free Britney at . Comments
Call us crazy, but before reporting our six-year-old was missing (or had up and floated away in a balloon), we might first look around our damn house.
That seems like a logical way to make sure the little guy were really on the thing before reporting it and sparking an insane, expensive media frenzy.
Immediately after Falcon Heene, a.k.a. Balloon Boy, turned up in the attic rather than inside a homemade balloon, rumors of a hoax began circulating.
Possibly for good reason!
Last night, Falc and family were on CNN, where he was asked why he didn't come out of hiding as parents searched for him (as they claim they were).
"You guys said that we did this for the show," he said.
His dad responded by saying "Man," his mom adding "No."
The Heene family: Richard, Mayumi, Ryan, Falcon and Bradford. Falcon Heene would be Balloon Boy. They were once on Wife Swap. Was the saga of Balloon Boy a hoax?
Wolf Blitzer either didn't hear what Balloon Boy said, didn't put it together or just didn't want to go there. Either way, he moved on to the next question.
The family appeared on the ABC show Wife Swap in March.
The Larimer County Sheriff's Dept. who told us they are aware of Falcon Heene's comments on "Larry King Live" tonight - and are "investigating the situation."
Cops also say they've been inundated with calls from tipsters who want to give them a heads up on the 6-year-old's "We did this for the show" quote on CNN.
Here's the video of Balloon Boy busting his parents ...


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Singer brings donuts to work to celebrate some big news...find out what it is! Congratulations to Taylor Swift!
The Grammy winning singer's latest single Trouble just hit number 1 in both the US and the UK and today, she's celebrating with carbs.
"Trouble is #1 on US and UK radio so I brought donuts to work. As donuts and #1s both make me very happy," she Instagrammed.
How sweet of her! Taylor's former boyfriend Harry Styles has been celebrating recently as well, in a very different way.
He got a lap dance from a stripper during his birthday party!
It's good to see Taylor's staying out of trouble even while toasting to it, right?


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One of the features that didn't make it to iOS 5 was the ability to make FaceTime – Apple's video calling feature over 3G.
However, it is possible to enable it on iPhone 4 by hacking one of the system files.
One of the features that didn't make it to iOS 5 was the ability to make FaceTime – Apple's video calling feature over 3G.
However, it is possible to enable it on iPhone 4 by hacking one of the system files.
Wired video mirroring was first unleashed on the iPad 2 with iOS 4.3.x, but starting from iOS 5 beta, Mirroring went cables free via AirPlay but had certain limitations and didn't work in some apps such as FaceTime.
Now starting from iOS 5 beta 3, you can mirror your FaceTime video calls via AirPlay on your Apple TV 2G hooked up to your gigantic TV! Yes you read that right, whenever you're in a FaceTime call and feel a bit closed in on your iPhone's small 3.5 inch screen, you can take a huge leap onto your TV via AirPlay Mirroring, isn't that awesome?! Continue reading »
After a lengthy four-month beta trial, Apple's decided that it's about time to make FaceTime for Mac available to the masses, meaning any Mac user can finally do video chat with other Mac or iOS users. Unlike the app's free iOS counterpart, though, you'll have to chip in $0.99 on the Mac App Store for some enlarged video chat sessions. But hey, it's totally worth it, especially if you have a 27-inch screen to play with.
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All signs have been pointing to this release for a few days now, but we'll admit: we expected Skype to wait until CES next week to pull the covers off what could become its crown jewel service over the coming months. Skype's official iOS client has finally sprouted the ability to make video calls, allowing iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and fourth-generation iPod touch users to share real-time video amongst each other and users of Skype's Windows, Mac, and Linux clients along with the ASUS Videophone (obviously, 3GS users won't have the convenience of a front-facing camera, but they'll still be able to broadcast video from the rear-facing one). Additionally, you'll be able to receive video from others if you're using an iPad or a third-generation iPod touch. The service is free and works over both WiFi and 3G — and considering Skype's existing PC footprint, we'd argue this stands a very real chance of putting the hurt on FaceTimeusage. No word on when Skype will be making video-capable clients available for Android or other mobile platforms, but Skype says that there'll be "plenty more" announcements in Vegas next week, so we wouldn't be surprised.
Steve Jobs has just announced at today's Back to Mac event that FaceTime – Apple's video calling feature that was first introduced on iPhone 4 and later on the new iPod Touch 4G will be available for Mac users.
This means that now Mac users will be able to make FaceTime video calls to iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4G and other Mac users. FaceTime for Mac is very easy to setup just like FaceTime on iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G. Continue reading »
As you might be already aware, FaceTime is disabled on iPhone 4's sold officially in countries like UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
However, folks over at iRamadah are reporting that FaceTime works fine on the new iPod Touch 4G in the Middle East.
While it was earlier speculated that Apple decided to drop the feature as some of these countries have banned certain VoIP services in the past, it is now obvious that this ban is more of a carrier centric one. If you've bought the iPod Touch 4G then you can follow the instructions provided below. Continue reading »


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I wrote short game. It was not ready, but i decided to run it on browser, to check if everything is OK.
It wasn't. Images didn't appear.
What was really strange, because on RealJ they appeard.
I tried to solve problem on my own, got mad and just copied code form here:
Oracle Image Tutorial
And the code
Again, on RealJ everything works fine, on browser images don't even appear.
I have updated java twice, i used jdk1.7.0_40 and just jdk1.7.0 which i downloaded earlier. Still no images
In case it was RealJ fault, i compiled it via cmd. The same problem.
Even... applets compiled earlier doesn't show images!
Suprisingly, applet on Oracle Image Tutorial works properly.
Soo... this bug is a real mystery for me. Have any clues?
Ah... english is not my native language, so please could you write in simpler worlds? I would be very greateful
EDIT: I forgot to write, that i created 'examples' folder and putted image there


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EC: State assembly seats to be in odd numbers
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KCB completes executive shake-up with new hiringsSunday, October 16, 2011 21:27
KCB has made fresh appointments to its executive team to fill vacancies created by reorganisation plan that saw at least nine managers quit as the bank trimmed management to cut reporting layers and increase efficiency.
Business Daily has established that the bank has hired Shalin Gudka as head of Treasury from Standard Bank where he served as regional head of trading and tapped East Africa Breweries Limited (EABL) marketing manager Angela Mwirigi as its marketing director.
The bank was also in the last stages of closing a deal with a senior executive at Bamburi Cement (name withheld) as its chief finance officer in changes that mark the last line of senior management appointments.
"The Bamburi deal is not done yet but Mr Gudka and Ms Mwirigi will officially start work on Monday," said a senior executive at the bank who requested anonymity because he is not the bank's spokesperson.
Martin Oduor-Otieno, the bank's CEO did no return our call or e-mail on the changes but EABL and CFC Stanbic, which is majority owned by Standard Bank, confirmed the exit of Mr Gudka and Ms Mwirigi.
Ms Mwirigi was in charge of EABL's non-alcoholic brands such as Alvaro and her appointment is a signal that KCB is keen on an aggressive marketing onslaught that is associated with beverage firms such as Kenya's top brewer and Coca-Cola.
Mr Gudka is regarded as a top cross-border trader by his peers in Kenya's banking market and is said to hold extensive contacts in Europe, West Africa and South Africa that he gained in the three years he served at Standard Bank.
This is a pointer that KCB is keen to widen its trading desk—which does bond and currency trading—beyond the Eastern Africa market that accounts for its largest share and match multinational players such as Barclays Bank on foreign deals.
The new appointments will shift the bank's focus to the middle level management staff where it's also seeking a lean team after it thinned its top executive team to seven from 22 in May.
It has opened a voluntary retirement plan to reduce low cadre ranks.
In the next two years, KCB intends to cut down on its middle level management, following in the footsteps of other top banks like Barclays who have made similar moves after an aggressive hiring in 2007 aimed at capturing market share.
"We intend to reduce our cost to income ratio to about 50 per cent in the next two years and this will be achieved by growth in income and reduction of costs," Mr Oduor-Otieno said when the lean executive structure was unveiled.
In the Headlines
Uhuru, Magufuli order urgent ministers meeting on uneasy tiesBy LYNET IGADWAH
Kenya Railways insists importers must use SGR to transport cargoBy BONFACE OTIENO
KenGen net profit down 11pc despite rise in power salesBy NEVILLE OTUKI
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Why the autumn/winter gigroll is looking a little bare
Yesterday's announcement that Primal Scream will be playing their magnificent "Screamadelica" album in full at Dublin's O2 on December 29 (tickets €44.05 plus TM fees) had me scurrying to the O2 site to see just how many gigs are booked …
Yesterday's announcement that Primal Scream will be playing their magnificent "Screamadelica" album in full at Dublin's O2 on December 29 (tickets €44.05 plus TM fees) had me scurrying to the O2 site to see just how many gigs are booked into the docklands venue. I pass the place a few times every week and it looks rather quiet to me these days, especially compared to the palaver when it first opened with its branded bells and whistles. There's a grand total of 18 shows in the venue between now and the end of the year, leaving 81 nights yet to be booked. The word you're looking for is "ooops".
Then, there was this morning's missive announcing that dEUS' Dublin show tomorrow night has been moved from the Olympia to the Academy. No reason has been given – not even "unforeseen circumstances", which we seem to have beaten out of promoters – but it doesn't take much detective work to see why a show in the Olympia (big capacity) has been moved to the Academy (lower capacity). Actually, the line in the press release about "all original tickets purchased are valid for the venue change with a limited number of tickets available from Ticketmaster outlets and online" is the clincher. Gig has stiffed, people. We don't want no pesky Belgian rockers who've been around for years and certainly not at €30 (plus TM Fees) a pop.
This may well be the season when live music chickens come home to roost. I don't think I can recall a quieter period for big gigs in the capital or country. Sure, there are plenty of smaller acts touring up and down the land and every Irish band who released an album this year will be on the highways and byways in December to make some cash for the Christmas. But the bigger gigs, the marquee shows, are noticable by their absence.
We have reached a tipping point or, if you like, several tipping points. There's the fact that acts have realised that they can't just tour again and again and again. It used to be common for the same act to play Ireland at least three times in one year but the act, management, agent and promoters know that doing the dog like that just doesn't wash. Acts and their business entourages have to be smarter about making cash from tours and live shows.
There's the fact that promoters have wised up. They're still counting the losses from the summer and know there is no point in having a savage competition with their rivals to get an act when the public just doesn't want to see that act in that venue. Sure, there are shows like Bon Iver, George Michael and Rihanna which are sold out, but the vast bulk are not (including some surprising ones – I though all the tickets for Gillian Welch at Grand Canal Theatre would have been snapped up in a day) and no-one will be making a song and dance about it because unsold-out shows are now the norm. People just don't have the cash to spare for all those live shows like they had in the good times.
Then, there's the fact that the recession has kicked ass with the live music industry's business plan. When the game became about playing live, few imagined that a day would come when punters just could not afford to go to their local live music joint, pay for the ticket at the door and have a good time. There wasn't even a footnote about such a possibility. Now, it's come to pass and, guess what, there's no plan B.
All of the current rumblings will have consequences for the 2012 festival season. Are we going to see even more smaller events next year? Will the big ones still continue to lose audience share and cash? Will the public finally fall out of love with listening to live music in a tent or a field? Eyes peeled, this one is going to get interesting.


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Friday December 3, 2010
True to its moniker, Mincemeat did originally contain meat which was partnered with fruit – a combination favoured through the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries.
Early recipes featured wines and even vinegar, although this was later replaced by the brandy that still features today.
Spices were also added to the mix later on when they became more widespread and popular with increased trade and seafaring.
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Thanks to whom ever had a hand in putting this family together. We balance each other out and we love each other. Thank You xoxoxoxo
May 12, 2012 at 8:00 PM
IDK what to his kid want to be a friend again on FB. I don't like her my SO 20 years older then me, her and I are about 18 months at most apart in age.
May 1, 2012 at 5:19 PM
Rose87 I am sorry but this confused me. :o( May 1, 2012 at 5:23 PM
elijahXmom SO other child and I had a falling out she 18 months younger then me. Now she want to be Facebook friends again May 1, 2012 at 5:28 PM
Someone please find this pain in my body and tell how to make it stop.
April 25, 2012 at 12:12 PM
mommyivy25 Aww what kind of pain are u feeling? April 25, 2012 at 1:49 PM
elijahXmom on my insides obgyn was going to in and take look 4/20 but now it turns out i have clotting disorder. wait on a sugary date. April 26, 2012 at 3:22 PM
He makes me smile...He loves me even when I am crazy... 20 years apart in age we get lot of looks... He is a gift...
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blue52 Great!! Love the pic of happiness!! April 12, 2012 at 3:55 PM
elijahXmom Aww thanks lady's April 12, 2012 at 11:59 PM
ISATS have eli all stressed out. Your smart little boy plus kid they're not going to go on my your permanent record.
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Image via WikipediaA teacher/blogger was not shielded by the First Amendment from a job demotion resulting from her rant against the school district, union and teachers with whom she worked, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled last week in an unpublished Memorandum.
The appellate ruling in Tara L. Richerson v. Jeanne Beckon (No. 08-35310) upheld the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, which granted summary judgment for Beckon, the director of human resources for the Central Kitsap School District, dismissing Richerson's complaint under 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983. Richerson argued that she was wrongly transferred from her position as "curriculum specialist" in July 2007, to a classroom teaching assignment in retaliation for comments made in the personal blog she has maintained since 2004.
On balance, the court accorded more weight to the school district's administrative interests over Richerson's 1st Amendment interests. The court held Richerson's blog posts would erode her relations with co-workers and disrupted the confidential, trusting relationship teachers should exhibit toward one another. Rather than raise issues of public concern, the court found her comments "highly personal and vituperative."


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Clint Eastwood Jokes About Directing THE EXPENDABLES 3
We've heard rumors that Clint Eastwood is wanted for a role in The Expendables 3, along with Wesley Snipes, Nicolas Cage, and Harrison Ford. When Eastwood was asked about it in a recent interview with Extra he said,
I haven't read any material, probably not.
From what I understand the script hasn't even been written yet. A third Expendables film will eventually happen though. As the conversation continued Eastwood went on to say,
I'm probably more apt to direct.... Maybe I'll direct Expendables 3.
He's obviously joking... at least I think he's joking, but it's something that would be pretty freakin' cool to see! I'd love to see what Eastwood would do with a franchise like this. I enjoyed the most recent installment, it was definitely way better than the first film, and I'd be down for a third one. Especially if it was directed by Eastwood, who obviously won't be co-starring in it.
Who else would you like to see direct and star in The Expendables 3?


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This marks my 600th post about our little homestead and this morning we received a special, rare gift to help us celebrate: a little blue egg from a very old hen. Pearl, an Americana, was part of our original flock of hens that moved into our backyard in 2007. She was at least two years old back then, which makes her at least nine years
January Harvest
It is mighty quiet on the homestead right now and I'm enjoying every chilly moment. It's my one time of year to get ahead of the garden. Most of my chores of late include cleaning out dead leaves, setting up new trellis for maturing vines, and working the compost. But there are a few things to harvest when I look carefully. Our onions are best
Chicken Check Up
Happy new year friends! It's that time of year when we take stock of what we have and dream about what will be. That includes the homestead – is it growing in the right direction and is everyone as happy and healthy as they can be? Today was the perfect time to ask that question about our backyard flock of chickens. We currently have eight hens
Prepping Beds for Winter
The days are growing darker and there is a bite in the morning breeze. Before the first frost hits, which for Portlanders is around November 15th, the homestead needs to be prepped for winter. We have had some fierce rain and wind storms already, so when we had a clear weekend I jumped on my garden to-do list. As we all know, vegetable plants suck
Mixing Chicken Flocks
The new pullets are quickly turning into adult chickens. They are close to four months old now and ready to be mixed with our flock of older chickens. Let the abuse begin… Chickens have a pecking order. Whoever is on top gets to boss everyone around. And when you mix two different flocks, the chickens have to reorganize themselves to determine where everyone falls in
Battling Flies
Having backyard livestock is a joy, but it's not all eggs and sunshine. Chickens, ducks and other backyard livestock can attract flies, mice, rats and other undesirable critters. The rodents love the free food, so keeping poultry feed in a hanging feeder off the ground can help. Dealing with flies, however, is a bit harder to control. Disclaimer: Don't read this post while eating your
How to Use Bantam Eggs
Our new flock has settled in comfortably to life in our city garden. The older chickens are still separated from the younger ones, but that will soon end as we combine the two flocks into one. The young gals are about four months old now, except for the bantam who was fully grown when we got her. The bantam is officially the most productive layer
The New Girls
It was strange and sad not hearing the quacking of ducks outside our living room window when we re-homed them a couple weeks ago. I realize that most people would find quacking outside the living room window incredibly odd, but that just became the new norm here. Our plan was to replace the ducks with more chickens, adding to our existing flock. I am happy
Wintertime Chicken & Duck Care
I am fortunate to live in the mild climate of the Pacific Northwest, but even we have had some pretty chilly days of late. When the temperature dips around or below freezing, the backyard birds need a little extra care. There are water warming trays on the market for backyard livestock, which come in handy in a cold climate. I have never quite gotten around
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Life at its best: Getting out of a rut requires the right mind-set
Oct. 21, 2011 at 5:21 a.m.
By Jim Graff
Around this time of year, I'm reminded of many pleasant childhood memories of hunting with my dad and older brother. I can still feel those cold Pennsylvania mornings and the warm hot chocolate as I sat and waited for that perfect buck to come into view. However, there was one hunting excursion that wasn't quite so pleasant.
It was a rainy afternoon, and my brother and I were headed to hunt on my grandfather's farm not far from where we lived. My brother decided to park in the dirt near the woods instead of parking on the pavement and having to walk half a mile. I didn't think it was such a good idea because of the rain, but since he was 18 and I was only 13, I decided to keep my mouth shut.
Well, you can probably guess what happened. We got stuck in the mud and spent the whole afternoon trying to push the car out of a deep rut. Then, once we were out, we had to take the car home and make sure it was clean enough to pass Dad's inspection. Needless to say, it was not a very enjoyable experience.
The truth is, ruts are never enjoyable experiences. In fact, they are pretty frustrating for all of us. Why do we get into those ruts in life? Sometimes, it's because we feel like a powerless victim. That's how I felt that day as I watched my older, "wiser" brother drive us both into a mess.
Then, sometimes it's because we become a passive observer instead of an active participant to change. As much as I wanted to tell my brother that I thought what he was doing was risky, I didn't. After all, why would he listen to my advice?
It takes the right mind-set to get out of the ruts we find ourselves in. Proverbs 23:7 says, "As we think in our heart, so it becomes." So how should we think to get beyond the where we are? First, we have to realize that God has a sovereign will for each one of us. He has something he wants accomplished on earth through our circumstances and through our lives. We find that sovereign will through His Word and through fellowship with Him.
God also has a moral will, one that will require our obedience to see the outcomes that we desire. We can see this in the story of Cain and Abel in Genesis. God accepted Abel's sacrifice but got angry with Cain over his sacrifice.
Why? Because God required an animal sacrifice and Cain brought vegetables.
Cain brought what he desired instead of what God required. It's when we start doing what God requires that we find his blessing and help in life. Lastly, God's will is personal. Nobody else can do it for us; it takes us personally choosing God's path. So let's do what it takes to get beyond the ruts and into the rewards God has in store!
Jim Graff is the senior pastor of Faith Family Church in Victoria. www.faithfamilyvictoria.com


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Teach English in China!
Teaching English is an awesome way to experience another country as a career break, a way to have a deeper experience of a country during your gap year, to fund long-term travel, or to simply live and work in a new country.
I've had a great time living and working in China for the past year and a half.
I've experienced so many things in that time, from exploring China's sites to living everyday life here – all that I would not have been able to experience without teaching English to bring in the funds.
Living in China I've been able to
– See the Harbin Ice Festival.
– Get off the beaten track to see far-flung Mohe.
– See Cranes fly right above my head.
– Save up and go to North Korea without an expensive flight to Beijing first.
– Try lots of amazing food.
– LIVE in China.
There are so many tiny things that combine to make living in a new country so special, so interesting, so educating but can't really be listed the same as 'The Harbin Ice Festival'.
Little things like having your own breath freeze on your eye lashes. Laughing at your friend who has taken their half full coffee outside in the middle winter – only to have it freeze solid in under 10min.
Blinking at a girl of maybe 5, stripped naked from the waste down being held out of the car door by her mother, so that her ass was hanging outside and she could pee (I won't say 'go to the toilet' because she really wasn't).
Spluttering at my students when I ask them, 'What colour is the sun?' to which they answer 'red!' and then realizing a few days later that the pollution is often so thick that it does actually look red at times.
Ordering chicken on the menu and getting chicken heads.
Trying Baijiu – and being certain that bleach would probably taste similar.
Walking through the markets and trying every mysterious fruit in sight.
Having trouble with the door the first time you open it because you need to pull it up to open and down to shut it.
Talking to locals, being taught Mah-jong, and being told that I won't get sick in winter because it is too cold for the bacteria. Being warned that if I have my hair cut before the beginning of March – my Uncle will die; being warned not to drink too much water, as it will make my eyes puffy.
Being told to not look at computer screens too much when I get pregnant – as they can cause miscarriages. Err?
Searching for my electricity bill on a little bit of green paper glued to the front of my apartment building.
Sending up paper lanterns at the Songhua River.
There are so many little things that combine to form the completely wonderful enriching experience that living in another country is.
There are lots of ways to live and work in another country, and Teaching English is one of the best. It is open to everybody with good English. You also will need a university degree in many countries, but in many others you won't.
And you can live really well as an English Teacher. I studied Genetics at university (completely unrelated) and had no experience teaching, but was easily hired.
Lots of teachers go drinking 4 nights a week. Eat at higher end restaurants 2 or 3 times a week and hire a cleaner. English teachers live well. I never hired a cleaner, or made drinking a habit. I preferred to travel more.
So how do you get into this? How do you get a job teaching English?
Check if the country you want to go to needs a university degree.
Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea, Japan and most Middle Eastern countries do. Cambodia doesn't, a lot of South American countries don't. China doesn't!
Technically the law in China translates as something like 'should have a university degree'. The use of 'should' leads to people interpreting that however they want. I work alongside people with university degrees and people without.
Get a TEFL/TESOL Certificate
Some people do it without a certificate – and in places like China where there is such a high demand for jobs, you can still find some where you won't need it. Generally speaking all the good ones will need it.
You can also work in more off the beaten track countries with no qualification. I hosted a couple through hospitality exchange who had taught English in Mongolia for 6 months. Neither had a TEFL certificate or any sort of teaching experience. One of them was French – and boy was his accent strong.
You can get a degree online or in a classroom setting. Online is generally ok, but I was really happy that I did an in classroom course. If you have previous experience teaching then maybe online would be perfect for you, but really valued the in classroom course.
When deciding what course to choose bear in mind:
– Thailand requires a minimum 100 hour course with another 6 observed teaching hours. That is when you must be teaching a class with someone watching you and giving you feed back, so even if you get an online course you need to make sure that you can do the observed hours locally and get them recognised in your certificate.
– Japan and Korea have a general industry standard of 120 hour courses.
– Some schools in China will require an in classroom course. Many don't, so it is not a must, but it might give you more options.
– A course in your country of choice would give you practice teaching real students, not fake ones, with the same attitudes and difficulties that your future students will have.
Check out reviews of TEFL/TESOL courses before you choose one. TESOL Course Reviews is one place to start. I did the Will-Excel course in Harbin and thought it was pretty good when I did it. (No they are no they are not paying me to say that).
Find a job
Many people get a job from the TEFL course that they take. I got one from a partner school of my TEFL course, so that I could teach English in China. Be wary if they 'guarantee' you a job this will usually mean you are paid less than average. In China the lowest should be about 6000 yuan a month plus a supplied apartment. My school also supplies free lunch and dinner if it is 14 yuan or under. If it is over they will pay the fist 14 yuan. Some places will offer free internet and electricity in the apartment.
Another way to find a job is to look online at Dave's ESL café. This is a great resource for all sorts of things from jobs, from improving your grammar knowledge to finding new games for your class.
Be careful of shady schools and recruiters. The good ones far out weigh the bad ones, but I've heard stories of the bad ones, and they can be bad. Check online reviews of the school; ask for an email address of a teacher that has worked there that you can ask.
If you use a recruiter, the schools will pay. You should not have to pay anything. If they tell you that you should pay – drop them.
Make sure they get you a working visa
This is quite important; I don't recommend trying your luck and teaching illegally. You'll probably get away with it, but just the other week the police raided schools in Harbin and checked everyone's visas. One teacher was even taken to be held in prison because they could not produce their passport while out shopping. Honestly, be legal, and get a working visa. In China this is called a Z visa.
The steps for a Z visa are as follows:
1. Fill out the paper work. Your school should provide all the paper work but in case they don't click here.
You will also need a passport with at least six months validity, two blank pages in said passport, and a recent photo of 2×2 square inches.
2. When you have filled it out over email and sent it away they will start applying for your Letter and Working Permit. This should take about 3 weeks.
3. When you have these two documents, fill out a Z visa application form and take them to a Chinese embassy in your home town.
Officially need to be in your home country to get a visa, but you can also get a visa in Hong Kong or Thailand. I came to China on a tourist visa and left to go to Hong Kong to get a Z visa. Another person did this as well – after they tightened up visa laws in July 2013 and it still worked. Earlier this year another teacher who had been teaching on an extended tourist visa (not recommended) left to go to Bangkok and re-enter to get his work visa.
Other practical points.
My school found an apartment for me, furnished it, and takes care of any issues that come up – like the time the flush on the toilet broke, or when the washing machine broke. That is fairly standard. They should do this.
If they don't – and I've heard that some don't, consider finding a job somewhere else. If you decide to stay, then the school should be able to put you in contact with someone and they should give you an allowance for the apartment on top of your 6000 yuan salary.
Dave's ESL café is the main hub for teachers of ESL.
Another awesome resource that I have found to be brilliant are the blogs TEFL Newbie and Teacher TEFL Training. Anything from the practicalities of moving and teaching to tips on how to teach. Ted has worked in Botswana for Peace Corps and South Korea, Thailand and Saudi Arabia as an ESL teacher.
For my older students I often use Breaking News English and Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom. These are good places to get started for lesson material. Dave's ESL café has lots of games too.
I'm really glad that I decided to teach English in China, it has been a great experience and has opened up lots of opportunities. I honestly found moving over to China to be a lot easier than I thought it would be. It has been really interesting, but I haven't found there to be any huge challenges in living here.
I think most stories that seem alarmist on the internet – are. I thought it would be a lot harder than it was and other expats have been freaked out prior to coming by the weirdest stories ever. "Don't bring your pets to China! They will be kidnapped and eaten!" etc.
Don't let such stories get to you. They are silly and attention grabbing. Either something happened once and no one has been able to let it go, and it has become an urban legend, or someone wanted a more impressive bar story and invented one.
China is a really cool place.
Do you want to work overseas? Where?
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The Great ARTdoors FestivalSaturday, October 15th, 201110am to 5pm The Hambidge Center in Rabun Gap, GA, USA
The Mask by Maja Spasova
The project The Mask deals with the troublesome issues of vigilance, control, lost of privacy. The project raises questions about personality, persona, identity, multiple existences, parallel lives, multi-layering in the psyche. The audience is given a number of realistic half-face masks representing the face of the artist. The audience has a total freedom to act and speak in improvised manner in front of the camera. With a mask on the face, the reserved public persona can be put on one side; the mask releases the inhibitions restraining public behavior. The participants will enter, however briefly, a world apart from the mundane reality of life. Will they adopt an existing stereotype character of an artist/bohemian or will they create totally new characters and new worlds? What happens during the state of anonymity and unrecognizability and without the social and moral bands of the surrounding group/society? The Mask acts as an artistic, sociological and psychological research and will be realized in several locations in Europe and USA.
My Darling by Maja Spasova
With the sound installation My Darling the artist aims to create a magic contemplative landscape in the sign of love. Her inspiration: the songs of the crickets, the city-birds' choirs, Odysseus' journey, Orpheus and Eurydice, the loneliness of modern man. Voices calling on their beloved ones, "my darling", "my love", "I miss you", create a space defined by both sonic parameters and longing.The installation is based on numerous sound spots and each visitor experiences the composition in a unique way depending on the rout chosen and the specific moment. The artist is interested in the hidden and unnoticed places of the given environment, in the dynamic between used and unused rooms and in the possibility of revealing their new dimensions. The recordings for My Darling were made at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, US 2010 and the sound remastered by Mark Russell, London 2011. Participants: Kathleen Markowitz, Mary-Sherman Willis, Luis Hilario Arévalo, George Ellenbogen, Myong Stebbins, Katherine Fahey, Carolyn Ogburn, Richard E. Cytowic, Jeanne Larsen, Susie Hara, Annita Sawyer, Lynn Pauley and others.


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Rocks Box Review #6 and $10.00 Discount
Rocks Box is a jewelry subscription service that sends 3 pieces of jewelry a month for $19.00 a month. You fill out a style profile on their website and Rocks Box will send pieces that fit the profile. All three pieces of jewelry are worth over $200.00. You can return the jewelry as often as you want. If you decide you really want to keep the pieces, you can buy them for 20% off retail. This is my 6th Rocks Box and every box gets better than the last.
Your Rocks Box comes in a little white box and is packaged in a white envelope. You also get another white envelope to send your box back in with free shipping.
Rocks Box sends an information list with all the companies and the member price for each item. You also have a space to fill out if you dislike, like, love or want to buy each item. You also have an online account and can fill out this information online.
Rocks Box sends a white envelope to mail your Rocks Box back in. Shipping is free both ways, so you can get multiple Rocks Box a month, if you send each box back fast enough.
CC Skye Mini Spike Gold Bracelet Retail Price: $110.00 (Member Price: $88.00) This is a really cool spiked bracelet that would go great with my new spiked purse from Socialbliss. I really like this bracelet and I don't know if I just want to use it for a date night or keep it. It is a bit over my price limit. so I may just enjoy it a date night.
Gorjana Pristine Circle Stud Earrings Retail Value $45.00 (Member Price $36.00) These are really beautiful round gold and rhinestone earrings. I like that they are flat, because it makes them look different than other studded earrings.
Urban Gem Fractal Heart Pendant with Sterling Silver Retail Value $100.00 (Member Price $80.00) I love Sterling Silver and this necklace is really unique. It is a different geometric heart. It is simple but also unique. I don't think I will pay $80.00 for it, but I will enjoy wearing it, before I send it back.
Final Thought: This box was some of my favorite pieces so far. I would love to keep everything, but I may only keep one piece. I love wearing pieces and sending them back for new items. My jewelry box is full and this is a great way to look like a have a huge selection of jewelry, without the added space. If you want to try RocksBox, click HERE and save $10.00 on your first box!
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Originally posted by scrapple
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by OrionStars
22 years with a major US airline, so I believe I have a little bit of credibility.
HI Weedwacker,
Could you help then inform us back of the bussers under what circumstances you would let someone other than the flight crew into the cockpit?
Originally posted by scrapple
reply to post by weedwhacker
Great thanks for the answer,
So you could say then with some assurance that the mace got into the cockpit?
- oh and one more thing, do most of those doors open into the cabin and not the cockpit due to space issues?
-and if the attendant crew could not get into the cockpit (they seemed to indicate that it was locked on this tape right) so the door must have been in decent shape?
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-and if the attendant crew could not get into the cockpit (they seemed to indicate that it was locked on this tape right) so the door must have been in decent shape?
I know nothing about mace. Do you assert it was snuck through Security in Boston? First I've heard of that...
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by scrapple
Um....doors were not 'opened' to hijackers!! See, this is the kind of disinfo that thrives and needs to be better understood as bunk.
IN those days, a couple determined hard kicks would get through. A Flight Deck door then was hardly sturdier than a lavatory door. Basically an aluminum honey-comb with insulation for rigidity, and some thin decorative laminates for decor.
NOW...things are different, and procedures are different and awareness is enhanced. Techniques that were not in place 6 years ago are used today, stuff I will certainly not talk about.
The official story says there was mace, so it doesn't really matter if/how it was snuck in.
The point is that in reality the presence of mace is not really believable, if you look at the details of the hijack call.


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Suzuki Kizashi Tops 200 MPH Mark at Bonneville
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Suzuki Kizashi Tops 200 MPH Mark, Breaks Land Speed Record At Booneville
Suzuki sport sedan and Road & Track's Sam Mitani rewrite record books in Blown Gas Coupe (F-BGC) category.
WENDOVER, Utah – Aug. 18, 2010 – Piloting American Suzuki Motor Corporation's (ASMC) modified 2010 Suzuki Kizashi Bonneville Special, Road & Track's Sam Mitani injected the Kizashi into the record books (and himself in the 200 mph club) with his 203.720 mph run at this year's Bonneville Speed Week, exceeding the previous record of 202.301 mph. Despite a multitude of records – and record attempts – achieved by Suzuki motorcycle riders, this was the first official crack at the Bonneville Salt Flats by American Suzuki's automotive arm.
Conditions for the Kizashi's record-setting Bonneville run were exactly as the build team, Advanced Product Engineering's Richard Holdener, Tom Habrzyk and Scott Bailey, expected. With temperatures topping 100 degrees, the Kizashi was running at a density altitude on the flats of 6,303 feet. After passing inspection, the 2010 Kizashi provided Mitani, Road & Track's international editor, a perfect platform for qualifying with the Southern California Timing Association (SCTA), the sanctioning club for all Bonneville records. The 203.720 mph record was achieved by calculating the average of a two-way pass at 8:40 a.m. MT on August 18, 2010.
2010 Suzuki Kizashi Bonneville Special
Beginning with interior safety and instrument modifications, the Suzuki Kizashi Bonneville Special underwent additional refinements to make it salt-ready. Once the work was completed, the team installed the SCTA-approved roll cage, an aluminum bulkhead in the rear, racing seat, seat harnesses and window net. Next, it was time to take a look under the hood. The motor was disassembled to confirm the stock measurements, while the cylinder head was flowed and ported. The Kizashi Bonneville racer benefits from a new intake manifold, a tuned 'long tube' header and forged rods and pistons for high rpm endurance.
The Kizashi platform – and its Nurburgring heritage – is morphed into a salt-specific recipe with new coilovers, steel wheels seam welded, and speed-specific 15×7-inch Goodyear Front Runner® rubber. An air dam keeps the Kizashi's nose planted, window straps and hood pins ensure the hood and glass stay in place, and a parachute can bring the high speed show to a controlled and shortened stop. Finally, a dual fire system provides the extra assurance so important for Mitani, with more than 500 boosted horses but only a few feet in front of his high-speed capsule. (More about 2010 Suzuki Bonneville Kizashi)
2010 Suzuki Kizashi at Bonneville Photos
Technical Specifications – 2010 Suzuki Kizashi Bonneville Special
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Things have been quiet on the Red Sonja front for a while. A few posters were released last year, but then producer Robert Rodriguez and Rose McGowan split. Then they got back together, and now McGowan has taken to her Twitter account to give an update on what's happening:
To clarify press reports: Red Sonja is delayed. I pulled out of doing it in '09. Not permanently. Hopefully will follow Conan.
I am still contracted to do Red Sonja. Hopefully Filming in '10 not '09
I'll take a guess that she pulled out because of the split, however Filmonic isn't a gossip site so I'll leave it at that. Back in June producer Joe Gatta also said that it would probably start filming next year:
"Because of certain issues and the economy, we had to change our plan a bit," executive producer Joe Gatta told Empire Magazine . "It's frustrating because we thought we'd make the movie last year, before Conan."
Even last month, Gatta explained that Sonja was going to have to wait until after production on "Conan." As he explained to Empire: "I would say though the emphasis is on Conan [rather than Red Sonja]. It's our crown jewel here at the company and that will be the leader. Red Sonja probably won't happen until next year, as far as making it goes. So we want to launch Conan and reinvent the franchise."
Out of the two i'm not exactly eager to see either film, however I'd probably take Conan over Red Sonja. I also think there are better actresses who could play the character (forget what I said about Filmonic not being a gossip site. McGown only got the part because she's hooked up with Robert Rodriguez).


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There continue to be many books written about time management. Some of them are very good and others not so much or at least they did not ring true to me. I have determined a few things and attempt to apply to my life.
Time manages itself; you must manage your use of it
I frequently wonder why we think we can manage time. Time has been around since, well the beginning of time and it got along for billions of years without anyone managing it. Do we decide to call it "time management" as opposed to "life management" or "priority management" because "time management" appears to place the blame on time instead of us? "I have a time management issue" is less threatening to our self-esteem than "I have a life management issue".
I have only one life
I do not have a life compartmentalized into neat buckets of work, family, spiritual, self/personal, etc. I am composed of my entire life. During the day, I may put a higher priority on work than family and in the evening, that priority will shift the other way. My spirituality needs to remain constant if I am to remain true to myself and to God. Personal time should be higher on my priority list. As my children grow, I am able to make more time for myself.
Slow consistency wins most of the time
The human condition resists large, sudden changes. Think marathon running and losing a great deal of weight. Accomplishing either of them for the long term does not happen quickly. The way to make changes in your life and the way you manage it is to:
- Make small, consistent changes in the way you approach planning and doing.
- Journal frequently to monitor both progress and your feelings about the progress. Talking to a trusted friend or mentor is a good idea too.
- Remember that setbacks will happen. A setback does not have to mean complete failure. The only way you make zero mistakes is to do nothing.
I wish you the best in making the changes in your life you desire. Feel free to contact me if you would like to share your wins or if you need assistance in moving forward.
Originally posted 2012-07-27 21:03:42. Republished by Blog Post Promoter


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Hello folks I hope someone here can help me. I have been using Linux Mint for a little over 2 years now and have gotten used to it. However because of some kernel and compatibility problems I had to install Xubuntu 11.10.
Now my problem is that I need to install blender 2.63a which is the latest. I have downloaded it and unpacked it to my home folder as I have always done in Mint. But on Xubuntu 11.10 blender will not open. Clicking on the blender shortcut does nothing and running it from the terminal gives me this error.
Installing from the repo is not an option for me since the one on it is a very very old version. Due to some new features that I need it has to be 2.63a.Code:geo@geo-HP:~/blender-2.63a$ ./blender ./blender: error while loading shared libraries: libSDL-1.2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Also I know there are some 3rd party ppas out there but those only seem to install nightly builds which is also not an option for me as I cannot risk using nightly build stuff that breaks often on this production machine.
If anyone can help me it would be greatly appreciated.


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Robert Young and Mark Rubinson were just trying to get ahead in this dog-eat-dog world when they decided to have a little fun for once. They gassed up their car, grabbed their good friend Jeffrey Jarrett, and headed out for a night on the town that none of them would ever forget. Well, except maybe Jarrett, because he was dead already. For a month.
Rubinson and Young have been arrested for abusing a corpse, identity theft, and criminal impersonation after they went bar-hopping with their dead friend and used his debit card to pay for their crazy night. It is unknown, though, if they encountered any hitmen or voodoo priests.
"Taking a deceased person in a car, I mean, it just seems totally wrong," said Jarrett's family member.
"I'm horrified, I'm absolutely, I can't even put in to words, I can't imagine anybody thinking that maybe their friend is in trouble and not calling 911," said Jarrett's family member. (Via CBS Denver)
I've included a video of the news report after the jump, but here's a quick rundown:
- Jarrett died a month ago and these guys found his body but never bothered telling anyone about it.
- A month later, they decided to go bar-hopping on Jarrett's debit card, so they picked his dead body up and drove it around in the car with them, as opposed to just taking his card.
- They left his dead body in the car when they went into each bar, which I guess is the smartest thing they did, albeit wholly disappointing.
- They ended their night at Shotgun Willie's strip club, where they withdrew $400 to get freaky.
I guess if you're going to party, party hard.
Also, what's up, Valerie Castro?
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Budget 2013: What are the odds?
Paddy Power has come up with some odds on what will be in this week's budget.
Will adult unemployment assistance be reduced?
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Cate Blanchett is this week's star of "The Many Faces of…". She was born in 1969 in Melbourne, Australia. As she grew up her interest was in acting, did plays and started appearing in TV shows in 1993 (of which I haven't been able to find images). She made the step into movies and has an impressive list of movies to her name. She won an Oscar for her role in the Aviator and was nominated four other times. Looking at her roles she's an actress who can play anything and is able to transform her looks accordingly, reminding me of actor Gary Oldman who is excellent at that as well.
As for picking out my favorite I'll have to go with one of my favourite movies of last year, Hanna.
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"We speak in fabric, color, line, shape and form. We speak in the language of fashion, just as it speaks for us in our daily life." These are the words spoken on Katherine Knight's blog, Fashion Speech.
Katherine Knight, a communication student, started her blog last fall as a hobby.
"I really like to write and it's sort of a way to get me writing outside of class and just to practice," Knight said. "And fashion is something I've always been interested in."
Knight writes about a broad variety of subjects within fashion.
"I don't just want it to be about critiquing clothing or anything like that. I try to tie in how fashion fits into other things that are going on," Knight said. "The most recent post I did was about tobacco and cigarette ads coming back into fashion magazines, and then I related that to the tobacco discussion and everything that's going on on campus."
Knight has recently been tying her blog posts into campus life.
"I'm in the 320 multimedia class, so a lot of the things that I've been writing right now are kind of focusing on UWSP in that way, but previous to that it wasn't really focused on UWSP, it was just for fun," Knight said.
Knight really enjoys the multimedia class because it's forcing her to get out and talk to people. "When I first started writing the blog, it was just myself and what I thought about things. I really like talking to other students about a subject that I'm really interested in and seeing what they have to say," Knight said. "It's just really cool. I interviewed the professor over in the NFAC that does costume and makeup design, and I didn't even know that existed here before. So I really like that part about it."
Fashion is a subject that Knight has always been drawn to.
"I can't remember not being interested in it. I've always loved shopping since I was young," Knight said.
During her freshman year, she took a class where she was able to sew clothing and found that it was something she enjoyed.
"I do like doing that, but to be honest I really haven't had a lot of time for that, especially with being in college and school," Knight said. "When I was in high school though, I liked to make clothes and sew headbands at home and stuff like that, but I don't really see a designer in my future."
When Knight graduates, she hopes to pursue a career in fashion journalism and public relations.
"My dream job would be to work at a fashion publication or something like that, but there are so many things you can do with it," Knight said.
"I am a political science minor as well and I'm also really interested in governmental relations and public relations."
When it comes to her own fashion, Knight usually likes to dress casual and is really into skinny jeans, V-necks and cardigans.
"My sister is a freshman here and has a massive collection of scarves. If I wasn't related to her I would totally do a profile article about her just because she's hugely into scarves," Knight said. "I think people individually, especially if you are kind of a shopper, have their one thing they have a bunch of."
Knight believes that we speak the language of fashion on a daily basis, that we all have a style in which we express ourselves and that first impressions are made within 30 seconds.
"Even if people think that what they're wearing doesn't saysomething about them, I think that it does, regardless of whether you consciously decide in the morning about that or not," Knight said. "I think it's such an interesting topic and it can be related to so many different things."
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2013 Watch List: Linebackers
by Vince Pellegrini (@Vince_MYVS)
The following athletes are players whom you should become aware of entering the 2013 season.
Brendon Baugher, SR/Southington
2012: 94 tackles
…Baugher has compiled 149 tackles over the past two seasons. Brendon racked up 10 defensive stops for a loss last year.
Adrien Brown, SR/Campbell
2012: 84 tackles, 8 sacks
…As a junior, Brown had a stellar season. Adrien totaled 16 tackles for a loss and 2 defensive touchdowns.
Alec Buchenic, SR/Canfield
2012: 51 tackles
…After only managing 3 tackles in limited action as a sophomore – Buchenic finished with 51 tackles (8 for a loss) and an interception.
Joey Clark, SR/Brookfield
2012: 31 tackles, 4 sacks
…Clark was very productive a year ago tallying 4 sacks which was good for third on the team last fall.
Nick Cordova, SR/Boardman
2012: 90 tackles, 5 sacks
…Nick forced 2 fumbles while taking down the opponents' quarterback five times.
T.K. Fortson, SR/Howland
2012: 112 tackles, 19 sacks
…Fortson was every bit as good as he was advertised. He accumulated 19 sacks, 22 tackles for a loss and was named to the First-Team All-Trumbull County team.
Vinnie Giordano, SO/Wellsville
2012: 108 tackles
…As a freshman, Giordano eclipsed the 100-tackle mark (108). Number 41 was able to finish eight games with 10-tackles or more.
Josh Goss, SR/Mineral Ridge
2012: 116 tackles, 5 sacks
…Goss led the Rams in tackles in each of the past two seasons.
Damon Green, JR/Ursuline
2012: 45 tackles
…Green is the Irish's leading returning tackler (45) following the graduation of Shannon Hightower and Tramain Thigpen.
Justin Journey, SR/Lakeview (OH)
2012: 93 tackles, 8 sacks
…Lakeview returns their leading tackler from 2012 (93), Justin finished with 5 tackles for a loss of negative 67 yards.
Daulton, Linton, SR/Hickory
2012: 96 tackles
…Number 50 forced 3 fumbles and compiled a quarterback sack in 2012.
Eric Lucich, JR/West Middlesex
2012: 79 tackles, 2 sacks
…As a freshman, Lucich closed out 2011 with 37 tackles and 5 quarterback takedowns.
Zach Miller, SR/Greenville
2012: 139 tackles
…Zach led the Trojans in tackles a year ago.
Alex Mosora, SR/Hubbard
2012: 120 tackles, 2 sacks
…Alex has topped 160 tackles over the last two seasons. Mosora was the Eagles' leader in tackles (120) in 2012.
Nick Sanchez, SR/Niles
2012: 105 tackles, 6 sacks
…The All-AAC selection tackled 15 opponents behind the line of scrimmage last fall.
Logan Taylor, SR/Salem
2012: 118 tackles, 4 sacks
…Not many linebackers in the state had a better season than Logan Taylor. He accumulated 118 tackles, 22 of which were for a loss, 4 forced fumbles, and 6 blocked extra points.
Zach Van Giesen, SR/Leetonia
2012: 41 tackles, 6 sacks
…Van Giesen recovered 2 fumbles and stopped 16 ball carriers before they were able to get to the line.


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The experience of millions of Americans has disproved President Obama's promise that they will be able to keep their health care plan under Obamacare.
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On the web page dedicated to explaining Obamacare, and under the tab titled "About the new law," it reads:
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Tennessee Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander pointed it out today at a health care hearing. To administration officials, he said, "Your own website as of this morning still quotes the president saying, 'If you like your plan you can keep it and you don't have to change a thing due to the health care law.' "Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I was recently sponsored by the University at Buffalo Libraries to attend the CIT 2008 conference held at Genesee Community College in Batavia. From Wednesday to Friday, various faculty and staff converge to present their experiences with various instructional technology to further learning and education.
See the entire CIT2008 photoset here…
First thing that hit me when we finally reached the conference venue, was how beautiful the community college was. Having no luck finding free coffee in the morning, Ken Fujiuchi and I took to the various scholarly panels, and live-tweeted two particular talks. I'll be sharing the excerpts as published on the twitterstream…
Wed, 28th May, 11.30am (#alexreid)
Alex Reid, Suny Cortland, now presenting "Authorship & Research in Web 2.0 Publication. Nice blog http://alexreid.typepad.com
Gap b/w traditional and Web 2.0 academic publication: 1) process vs. product 2) multiple authors 3) dynamic content 4) longevity
Web 2.0 = open standards. Scholarly publishing suggested to follow Dublin Core Metadata Initiative http://dublincore.org
Our job as scholars is to study culture and to connect with broader public about it. Web 2.0 space accessible for that goal.
How? Support for web2.0 scholarship, incorporate into grad work, guidelines from professional org (APA, MLA), Open Access Journals
From Alex's Q&A session: Most faculty here concerned about typical problem of reputation (e.g. print vs. open access journal)
@digitaldigs Hello from @LibraRonin and I. We're live-tweeting your talk on scholarly publication and shift from print to Web 2.0
Wed, 28th May, 1.45pm (#wowedu)
Now livetweeting @ CIT2008: World of Warcraft for education #wowedu http://snipurl.com/2b3l4
Michael Van Etten (State University at Buffalo) presenting cognition and pedagogy within World of Warcraft. How-tos for classroom.
Someone said does Second Life count? Michael says, no narrative, different ludology. Now showing South Park + WOW episode (Pop Culture)
WoW is driven for accomplishing goals, rewards. Can we drive commitment from game to education? Fun over, now Powerpoint…
Stats for WoW subscription. Economics outpaced movie industry. Student growing up with gaming culture. How to include in class?
Defining character elements, NPCs to real-humans. Identity formation, decision-making. What is playing the game?
From Constance Steinkuehler: 5 Interpersonal Elements – Routine Activities, Identities, Enculturation, Literacy Practices, Discourse
Michael now logging into WoW on gigantic projector screen. Demos "routine activity" via quest log, gain exp. WoW gold fucks over US$
Demos "identities", shows multiple charcters. Mike has 8 avatars, 3 x lvl 70, on light and horde side. We want to suspend disbelief.
Mike basically demos the 5 points in WoW. It's quite obvious, so I'll wait till he explains how we could adapt this for teaching 🙂
OK, advancing deeper into Constance's points. You'll want to google for them. Explains Socially & Materially distributed cognition.
Mike cites Brian Sutton Smith's "The Ambiguity of Play" (2001)
Later afternoon, Ken and his colleagues, Mark and Mike (all from Buffalo State College), presented a talk about "Flash drives as textbooks". I've got a video of that which I'll share later. That's all we noted from our first day. Stay tuned for more…


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In the last 15 years, California, Arizona, and Massachusetts have all replaced bilingual education with English immersion programs as a way to address the achievement gap between native and non-native speakers. Statistics show that only 11 percent of California's English learners reached proficiency last year. How to teach new immigrants English has become an increasingly divisive debate in classrooms across the country with politicians like Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich chiming in to show their support of English immersion programs.


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Fentons highlights forthcoming Baby Loss Awareness Week
Baby Loss Awareness Week 2011 will run from 9 October and culminate on 15 October, with International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day.
Rebecca Gilmore, a solicitor at Fentons Solicitors LLP, said: "Having personally experienced the tragedy of baby loss I am very keen to help highlight Baby Loss Awareness Week which aims to promote better understanding of the impact of pregnancy and baby loss among health and social care workers as well as the community at large.
"It is hoped the Baby Loss Awareness Campaign 2011 will give bereaved parents, their families and friends the chance to commemorate the tragically brief lives of their babies and unite people across the UK who have been touched by the loss of a baby during pregnancy or shortly after birth," she added.
17 babies die every day in the UK with the majority born stillborn and the rest dying very shortly after birth. Every hour and a half, a family is devastated by the tragic stillbirth or neonatal death of their baby. This accounts for almost 6,500 babies lost every year in the UK alone.
One baby in every 200 births is born stillborn and stillbirth remains 10 times more common than cot death. The Lancet, the world's leading general medical journal, attributes stillbirths to five main causes: childbirth complications, maternal infections in pregnancy, maternal disorders including diabetes and hypertension, foetal growth restriction and congenital abnormalities. One in four stillbirths however remain 'unexplained,' and 90% of stillborn babies lack any serious abnormalities often born perfectly formed with no discernible reasons as to why they died.
"These statistics are both shocking and incredibly sad as a significant majority of these deaths are preventable," said Rebecca. "While infant and neonatal mortality has declined in the UK over the last 10 years, the stillbirth rate has remained largely unchanged. This simply isn't good enough.
"Stillbirth and early infant death research is woefully under-resourced in the UK," added Rebecca. "Although some stillbirth causes such as pre-eclampsia and preterm labour are well known about and continue to be researched, more funding is desperately needed to research the unexplained causes and how antenatal screening and interventions can be improved to identify at-risk babies."
Rebecca was speaking as herself and members of the London medical negligence team look forward to strengthening ties and sharing medical negligence knowledge and expertise later this month with 'Sands,' the stillbirth and neonatal death charity which provides emotional support, comfort and practical help to anyone affected by the death of a baby during pregnancy or after birth.
"The significance of the invaluable support charities such as Sands offer the thousands of grieving families who go through the heartbreak of losing their babies can never be underestimated," said Rebecca. "Sensitive and thoughtful quality care of this nature can obviously never remove the pain and profound sense of loss bereaved families experience following the loss of a baby, but it may offer a degree of comfort."
As well as providing crucial support to anyone who has lost their baby, Sands also aims to work in partnership with health professionals to improve the quality of care and services offered to grieving families and to promote continued research and changes in clinical practice in an effort to stem the numbers of babies lost each year.
"It is paramount that Sands and other charities continue to pressure the government to make stillbirths a public health priority," said Rebecca, "17 babies dying each day is entirely unacceptable."
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It didn't take long, but Jim Miller took some punishment.
Miller was knocked down when he waked into left hand 40 seconds into the main event of Friday's UFC on FX show at Bridgestone Arena. A knee to the chin slowed him only for an instant as he went for -- and got -- a takedown.
After that, the only time Melvin Guillard touched Miller was when he tapped out due to a rear naked choke at 2:44 of the first round.
"I was really hoping I wouldn't have to find out how hard he hits," Miller said. "He has explosive shots. I don't get knocked down too often.
"I was able to find my home on his back in the scramble and was able to work my arm underneath his neck. I feel pretty good once I get in that position as I can usually work things the way I need to."
The event, the UFC's second in Nashville and the first of the promotion's new television deal with Fox, drew a crowd of 7,228 and featured 10 bouts divided between two networks (FX and Fuel).
In addition to the fact that it was the headliner, the fight between Miller and Guillard was considered one that would position the winner near – or at – the top of the list of challengers for the lightweight title.
"We're the best two [contenders] in the division," Guillard said at the post-fight news conference. "We're the two people guys run away from. Guys aren't lining up to fight us."
Together, they fought from the opening bell.
Guillard failed to take advantage because he was concerned about the possibility of punching himself to the point of fatigue before he actually punched out Miller.
"I had him hurt," Guillard said. "I backed off when I could have probably swarmed him. I don't regret anything I've done."
Miller, who never has been knocked out, did not have a clear recollection of the punch that dropped or even the sequence of events that led to his victory.
"I really don't know how I took his back," Miller said. "Once I did, I wanted to squeeze as hard as I can.
"I train to be dangerous. Tonight, that helped me get out on top. I was still dangerous when I was hurt."
Main Card
• 155: Jim Miller d. Melvin Guillard, submission, first round (2:44).
• 170: Josh Neer d. Duane Ludwig, submission, first round (3:04). Ludwig showed a clear striking advantage through the first part of the round and opened a cut over Neer's left eye. Neer finally got it to the ground, seized an opening and choked out Ludwig quickly after he locked in a guillotine.
"I didn't know how bad the cut was above my eye so I knew I had to finish him and finish quick," Neer said. "I saw an opening and got him. He's probably the hardest puncher I've ever faced."
• 135: Mike Easton d. Jared Papazian, majority decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-29). The third round was – by far – the most entertaining of a fight was a stand-up battle for all but the final minute or so of the second. Neither fighter did much with control along the cage. Easton simply landed more meaningful strikes with both his hands and his feet.
"He came to fight; I came to fight," Easton said. "We talked a little trash and put on a great show."
• Heavyweight: Pat Barry d. Christian Morecraft, KO, first round (3:38). Not long after Barry got out of an arm bar, he sent Morecraft to the ground with a thunderous left, dropped down with a heavy right and continued to deliver punches until referee Herb Dean stepped in.
"I had that killer instinct tonight," Barry said. "I had some very accurate punches on the ground."
Preliminary Card
• 185: Jorge Rivera d. Eric Schafer, TKO-strikes, second round (1:31). The fight turned when Schafer tried held on too long to a single leg. Rivera, who announced his retirement prior to the fight, spun out, delivered a heavy right that was the beginning of the end.
"I won the first round and got stupid in the second," Schafer said. "He dazed me. I got caught underneath him and that was it."
• 155: Khabib Nurmagomedov d. Kamal Shalorus, submission, third round (2:08). Nurmagomedov got a mount after he defended a guillotine choke attempt and executed a rear naked choke not long after that.
"It was my UFC debut and I was being very cautious," Nurmagomedov "But when I mounted him in the 3rd round, I felt I had him and just went for it. "
• 170: Charlie Brenneman d. Daniel Roberts, unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28). The fighters spent the bulk of the time in all three rounds on the ground. Brenneman mostly carried the action from the top but Roberts threatened with submission attempts in the final seconds of the second (leg triangle) and third (kimura).
"I was whipping his butt and he almost got me at the end," Brenneman said. "I got content with my position and he capitalized."
• 155: Fabrício Camões d.. Tommy Hayden, submssion, first round (4:03). Camoes forced Hayden to tap with a rear naked choke after a well-executed grappling sequence.
"We scrambled a bit, then I got the opportunity to get on his back," Camoes said.
• 145: Daniel Pineda d. Pat Schilling, submission, first round (1:37). Pineda got a rear naked choke and forced Schilling to tap out.
"He wanted to stand so I took him down and finished it," Pineda said.
• 135: Nick Denis d. Joseph Sandoval, KO, first round (0:22). Denis ended it with four right elbows from a Muay Thai clinch.
"Couldn't have gone any better," Denis said.
(Each paid a $45,000 bonus)
• Knockout of the night: Denis
• Submission of the night: Miller
• Fight of the night: Berry-Morecraft


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It was readily apparent that Kyle Fuller had the best game of his career in Vanderbilt's overtime victory last Thursday against Xavier.
Monday, the Southeastern Conference, determined it was the best individual performance by any player in the conference last week.
Fuller was named the SEC Player of the Week, and Kevin Bright was named the Freshman of the Week as the Commodores swept the weekly awards for the first time since Jan. 7, 2008. The last two to do it were Shan Foster (Player of the Week) and A.J. Ogilvy (Freshman of the Week).
Fuller, a junior guard, scored a career-high 25 points, including 12 in overtime, as Vanderbilt overcame a 17-point deficit and won 66-64 at Xavier. In addition to his point total, his eight field goals, seven made free throws and three steals also were career-highs.
Bright finished the game with 11 points and 10 rebounds, his second consecutive double-double. He had 12 points and 12 rebounds in a loss to Villanova on Dec. 1.
The last Vanderbilt player with at least 10 points and 10 rebounds in consecutive games was Festus Ezeli (Jan. 19 and 22, 2012). The last freshman to do it was Ogilvy.
Fuller is the Commodores' second-leading scorer at 13.3 points per game, leads the team with three steals per game and is the only player to make more than 70 percent of his free throw attempts. Bright is Vanderbilt's leading rebounder at 7.6 per game and is fourth in scoring at 7.4 points per game.
Vanderbilt's next game is 7 p.m. Saturday against Alabama A&M.