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As a bit of disclosure, I'll admit that I'm a satellite radio fanatic. So it saddens me to hear that the numbers for December are significantly down. How significant? How about 37.5-percent significant, for, you know, the biggest shopping month of the year. Note that this number is specifically retail, so it only includes all of the aftermarket receivers purchased and suction-cupped to a windshield. So what's with the drop in satellite radio receiver sales?
Well, there are a few culprits worthy of nose thumbing. People are nixing satellite radio in favor of other options like MP3 players, HD Radio and other entertainment packages; people are getting their satellite radio fix from factory-installed units, because it is hard to find a vehicle without the option to have either XM or Sirius integrated; and the common folk are still waiting out the Sirius and XM merger.
I guess what I'm getting at is simple: Don't give up on satellite radio yet. Give it a chance.[Orbitcast

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Demi Lovato: 'X Factor' Finalist Party Pretty
Demi Lovato is ravishing in red as she arrives at the X Factor Finalists Party held at The Bazaar at the SLS Hotel Beverly Hills on Monday night (November 5) in Los Angeles.
The 20-year-old musician recently spoke about working alongside Simon Cowell as a judge/mentor on the popular program.
"I love messing with him," she shared. "He's really funny and I have a lot of fun working with him. But someone has to put him in his place. I mean – you can't come to the United States from England and make fun of all of us! I have to stand up for my country."
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This first trailer for FX series The Americans has us scratching our heads. That's a lot of good and a lot of bad crammed into one 30 second spot. The good news is, it's starring Keri Russell (Felicity) and set in the 1980s, so that should be fun. The bad news is, it kind of feels like Homeland for idiots.
The show was created by Joe Weisberg and centers around KGB spies pretending to be a family. Matthew Rhys is Russell's spy hubby, and apparently their children have no idea their folks are secret Russian spies. So there's that. But we'll have to wait to see more for further judgement. Could be the next new Alias, could be "Oh no, Timmy's homework got switched out for our secret KGB spy files." The Americans will premiere on FX this January.


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This Desert Ironwood Fusion FlexBall shaving handle was handturned in my shop. FlexBall is the newest product in shaving technology, so if you want the latest and greatest then the FlexBall is what you are looking for. The Fusion FlexBall shaving head swivels left and right over your facial contours so you never miss a spot. The handle with Fusion blade attached is 6 1/4" long. The handle pictured is the one you will receive.
The shaving razor's finish (Cyanoacrylate--i.e., Superglue) is durable, highly polished and cannot be penetrated by water. When using the razor, you can get the handle as wet as you want during use and not worry about the wood being damaged. To maintain the finish you just need to wipe it dry after each use. Don't buy a handmade razor unless you know exactly what is used for the finish. I make hundreds of custom razors each year and this is the only finish that will last for years in the tough shaving environment.
The handle on this Fusion razor is solid wood. Many of the Fusions sold on-line are craft kits that use a hollow brass tube for the mass of the handle with only a thin layer of material covering the hollow tube. These kit Fusions are easy to spot because the head mechanism is clearly not an original Gillette product. Before buying a handmade Fusion razor, make sure you know what you are buying.
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I just CANNOT get over Kevin Durant's humility. After Sam Smith said he may be better than LeBron yesterday, Durant tweeted, "MAN Y PEOPLE KEEP SAYIN THAT..IM NOT NOWHERE NEAR AS GOOD AS LEBRON MAN." And this morning he said, "STOP COMPARING ME TO BRON…HES ON ANOTHER LEVEL!! CMON PEOPLE..BE SERIOUS." That just blows me away. Before you just take that for granted, think about it for a second. How many professional athletes would say stuff like that and not jump all over someone calling him the best? Not many, right? I need a tattoo on my face that says, "I heart KD."
Darnell Mayberry's take on it: "I chalk up Durant's response as yet another sign of his humbleness and respect for the league and one of the game's best. Also, I think Durant attacks his forthcoming ascent in a very practical manner. He realizes he has the gifts to develop into one of the most unique players the league has ever seen. But he's more focused on the work it will take to earn having his name mentioned in the same breath of LeBron rather than simply accepting the acclaim with which media and fans already want to anoint upon him."
Patrick Cassidy of Dime on it: "Naturally, my first reaction was "Sam, GTFOH." There is part of me though, that gets what he's saying. KD is a beast, and all signs point to him being an absolute monster this season as the best player on one of the League's rising young squads. The fact that he's 6-10, has range for days, and can play multiple positions makes him a serious weapon – but he's not the athlete that LeBron is, he's nowhere near as explosive or powerful, and struggles guarding smaller, faster players."
Mayberry also looked at KD's upcoming contract situation: "In short, players like Durant just don't walk after their rookie contracts. Whether we believe Durant will do what he's repeatedly said he wants to do — remain with the Thunder for as long as possible — is up to us at this point. It's certainly understandable how fans and media types have revoked the benefit of the doubt from athletes and coaches. There are far too many examples of a player or coach insisting his or her heart is somewhere only to jump ship weeks later. But if Durant's good old-fashioned word isn't enough, let's examine history. Out of 70 top 10 picks from 1999-2005, 40 players went on to sign an extension with the team that drafted them or the club that traded for them."
Kyle Weaver had successful surgery on his thumb. He should be ready for camp this fall.
Scott Howard-Cooper of SI with some nice things to say about the Thunder and James Harden: "Slowly, but absolutely surely, the Thunder continue to gain on the pack in the West, now with a new reason to be very encouraged about the future. That's in case it isn't enough that Kevin Durant is beginning to touch stardom, that Russell Westbrook needs months, rather than years, to become a starting point guard and the Thunder establishing themselves as one of the best rebounding teams in the league. The post-summer league scouting report from one opposing personnel boss is that "James Harden is as solid as they get. He's got 20-point scorer written all over him." Said another: "NBA skills and NBA mind." Meaning the No. 3 pick in the June draft, a shooting guard from Arizona State, is tracking toward an immediate and significant contribution despite flying under the radar of the likes of Blake Griffin, Hasheem Thabeet, Tyreke Evans, Jonny Flynn and Rubio. As the others have been praised and dissected, Harden quietly has established a game that is much more a statement on dependability than flash. He was always one of the most NBA-ready players available and just happened to be a perfect position fit for the Thunder. Playing next to Westbrook, Harden should offer Oklahoma City a secondary ball handler capable of scoring at a level to make him a perfect complementary threat for Durant and deliver the offensive boost the Thunder needs."
The Pacers officially signed Earl Watson and evidently it's a one-year, $2.8M deal. Good for Earl.
The Thunder's got bids in for the new practice facility and they've narrowed it down to 11: "According to City Manager Jim Couch, Atlas Construction was the low bid ($10.1 million), far below the city's estimated $15 million cost. Atlas' bid must still be approved by the City Council at a meeting in August."
There's still free agents out there and here's a good tracker in case, well, you've lost track.
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It has been billed as a native forest restoration project unlike any ever seen, aimed at promoting biological diversity and preventing catastrophic wildfires while improving the health and appearance of the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest.
But for Island conservationist Robert Woodruff, several key issues need to be addressed before the first tree is felled in the new plan to clear away more than 500 acres of dead and dying pine trees from the heart of the Vineyard.
"This is our forest, and we should have some input into how it is managed," Mr. Woodruff said yesterday. "There are a lot of concerns over exactly what and how much of it should go, and the state hasn't even brought their plan to the Island community. If the state wants to move on this project, then why not come down and talk to the people who use the forest," he added.
The new plan for massive clearing in the state forest was confirmed by state environmental officials last week.
Mr. Woodruff, an 11-year former executive director of the Vineyard Conservation Society and also a former chairman of the advisory committee for the state forest, agreed that the plan to clear the dead and dying red pine plantations is important, and long overdue. But he questioned the proposed plan to remove healthy spruce and white pines, calling it unnecessary and potentially detrimental to a host of rare species. Among other things, Mr. Woodruff cited the migration of the morning warbler as an indication of good forest health.
"It's a rare thing when a nonnative bird has sought out what it feels as home," he said, adding: "We need to examine the vitality of that habitat.
"I think they are rushing the project, there's just no urgency out there."
While Mr. Woodruff opposes the outright removal of the white pine plantation, he said he does advocate thinning the cluster to preserve the health of the species. If properly managed, Mr. Woodruff said the harvested trees could be used for a variety of uses.
"What about implementing a wood-fired boiler at the high school, where students could harvest the wood themselves in their own backyard?" he asked. "The kids could learn about energy utilization and ecology at the same time. And while I know there is not enough to supply the entire Island community, surely some of the wood could be used in the marketplace.
"I do believe there are options," he added.
State environmental officials say the white pines are vulnerable to the heavy winds that come with northeasters and hurricanes, but Mr. Woodruff looked to the last 13 years as proof of their durability.
"What has happened since Hurricane Bob in 1991 is astounding," he said. "Some of the white pine stands have grown over 20 feet since then. You can't manage a forest based on storms that may or may not happen."
While arguing against clear-cutting as a form of forest management, Mr. Woodruff endorsed the concept of returning part of the forest to a sandplain habitat, which he said would embrace a wider range of lesser habitats, or micro-habitats, once the red pine was extracted.
"Red pines never worked here, and there is no use for them," Mr. Woodruff said. "Most of them are dead anyway, so it's a nonissue. A sandplain habitat would encourage a return to more native ecology, including pitch pine barrens and scrub oak stands. I think that has its own merit."
Mr. Woodruff said more public dialogue is in order before the logging trucks begin to rumble into the state forest.
"This is a major resource for the Island," he said, concluding: "There are 12 miles of bike path and it is a habitat to many important species of plants and animals. To put this project out to bid without local input is not becoming of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts."


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Senate President Therese Murray convened the committee earlier this year in response to the increasing number of drug-related deaths throughout the state and region.
PLYMOUTH – The stories of addiction were both heartbreaking and frightening.
A young mother-to-be in Pembroke admitted she'd try to be careful but would also never quit using heroin until it killed her.
A juror saved from a heroin overdose by another juror who happened to have a lifesaving antidote in her purse.
Inmates smuggling heroin substitutes into jail by sewing it into their clothing and weaving it into their hair.
The young mother who died of a heroin overdose just days after her overdose in court went unnoticed.
A special legislative panel heard these sad tales and more recently at the Plymouth Public Library while gathering evidence on the scope of the region's heroin problem.
But in addition to the horror stories, members of the Special Senate Committee on Drug Abuse and Treatment Options heard stories of success as well, along with recommendations on how to combat the growing problems on a statewide basis.
Senate President Therese Murray convened the committee earlier this year in response to the increasing number of drug-related deaths throughout the state and region.
Murray raised the call to action for curing the heroin epidemic as the first witness in the recent local hearing.
"If this was a flu epidemic, the swine flu, you'd see every public health official not only in the commonwealth but across the country coming together to say how do we stop this, what are the signs, how do we prevent it," Murray said. "Instead, we have this epidemic of mostly young people dying, and nobody is doing much to stop it."
Murray said a multi-faceted approach will be needed to attack the problem, noting that education has to start earlier to prevent people from getting addicted in the first place, and that treatment options must expand for those already in the grip of addiction.
Murray said the state must increase treatment options for addicts and also needs to find options to keep addicts alive until they can be cured.
She recognized Narcan, a nasal spray used to counter the deadly effects of heroin, as a major weapon in the fight, suggesting all first responders should be carrying it. Local firefighters and paramedics carry the antidote, but police still do not.
A virtual who's who of regional public safety and health officials testified as well, identifying ways the Legislature might help.
District Attorney Timothy Cruz said the region's drug woes are likely worsening but that it is difficult to get a grip on the actual numbers because it takes so long for toxicology tests to confirm that people are dying of heroin overdoses.
Testing thus far has found no evidence of highly lethal fentanyl-laced heroin anywhere in Plymouth County, Cruz said. But especially pure forms of heroin are flooding the area and are catching users unprepared for the deadly high.
Officials warned that Zohyrdo, a new opiate about to hit the market, will only make the drug problems worse.
Probation officials said patients in treatment for opiate addiction are already abusing substitute drugs meant to help their recovery.
Many people are selling their 30-day suboxone prescriptions to make money to buy cheaper heroin. The drug is its own form of currency behind bars and needs to be better regulated. Doctors can currently prescribe the drug without insisting that patients attend counseling.
Officials said the state should also consider tightening regulation of so-called sober houses, where addicts in recovery ease back into the community. Witnesses cited abuses with drug treatment programs in some unregulated programs.
The aunt and parental guardian of a 22-year-old woman who died only two weeks ago gave the Senate panel a cold dose of reality.
Christine Saunders said her niece might be alive if court officers intervened when the young mother overdosed while visiting the local courthouse a week before she died earlier this month of another overdose.
The state needs to toughen penalties for drug dealers, she said, and should do more to give people access to drugs like Vivitrol, which block the narcotic effects of heroin and are injected once a month.
Saunders said the state should work with insurance providers to improve availability of treatment programs.
The Senate panel will continue holding regional hearings on the state's drug problem through next month and will make preliminary recommendations in advance of the state's next budget.
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NEA's president is Dennis Van Roekel, a 23-year teaching veteran and longtime activist and advocate for children and public education. Lily Eskelsen is NEA's vice president, and Rebecca Pringle is secretary-treasurer. John Wilson is NEA's executive director.
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The hosts and analysts on MSNBC sunk to a new low on Friday, trashing the late Charlton Heston as somehow responsible for attempted ricin attacks on Michael Bloomberg and Barack Obama. After Now anchor Alex Wagner read excerpts from letters allegedly written by the man responsible for the poisonous mailings, guest David Corn snarled, "When you were quoting the letters that were sent, I was thinking, it sounds like Charlton Heston wrote these." [See video below. MP3 audio here.]
Speaking of the National Rifle Association, Corn impugned, "It doesn't surprise me that some unhinged individuals out there start to take [NRA speeches] literally and believe that now is the time to rebel and to strike out with violent means."
Wagner joined in, lecturing, "The dark, threatening language of the letters is rooted in profound fear over the state of the nation's gun laws and recent attempts to reform them in the name of public safety."
She added, "Stoking fear and warning of impending gun seizures has been part of the NRA's playbook for years." Wagner can't have it both ways. On November 14, 2011, she flat out stated, "Get rid of the Second Amendment." She can't then turn and mock "fears" over gun control.
Considering that liberals often mock conservatives for suggesting a connection between violent movies and violence, it's hypocritical that Corn and Wagner would embrace blaming violence of an isolated individual on an entire political group.
A partial transcript of the May 31 segment is below:
ALEX WAGNER: Is poison by mail a new reality? This week, two letters were discovered containing the lethal poison, ricin. One was sent to New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg and the other to the director of his gun safety group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns. A third, similar letter was addressed to President Obama and was intercepted at an offsite screening facility. Federal authorities are now questioning an Army veteran in Texas who may have information about the letters, all of which were mailed from Shreveport, Louisiana. Late yesterday, the White House confirmed that earlier this month, it had received another letter containing ricin which came from Spokane, Washington, the origin of several other ricin-laced letters that were mailed to a CIA building in D.C., as well as a judge, a military base and a post office in Spokane. Law enforcement does not believe the Spokane letters are connected to the Shreveport letters and warned that coverage of the plots may be spawning copy cats. The bigger question, of course, is why. The Louisiana letter sent to mayor Bloomberg, Mayors Against Illegal Guns and the President appear to be politically motivated. The first two letters are confirmed to read in part "You will have to kill me and my family before you get my guns. Anyone who wants to come to my house will get shot in the face. The right to bear arms is my constitutional God-given right and I will exercise that right until the day I die." The dark, threatening language of the letters is rooted in profound fear over the state of the nation's gun laws and recent attempts to reform them in the name of public safety. Stoking fear and warning of impending gun seizures has been part of the NRA's playbook for years.
WAYNE LAPIERRE: We're in the midst of a once in a generation fight for everything that we care about. We have a chance to secure our freedom for a generation or lose it forever. We must remain vigilant. We must remain ever resolute and steadfastly growing and preparing for even the more critical battles that loom before us.
WAGNER: At last year's NRA convention, Ted Nugent vowed to turn his outrage into violent action.
TED NUGENT: If Barack Obama becomes the president in November, again, I will either be dead or in jail. We are patriots. We are Braveheart. We need to ride into that battlefield and chop their heads off in November.
WAGNER: And while the language has gotten progressively louder and more vitriolic, the sharpening of battle axes is nothing new.
CHARLTON HESTON (July 26, 2000): As we set out this year, to defeat the divisive forces that would take freedom away, I want to say those fighting words, for everyone within the sound of my voice, to hear and to heed and especially for you, Mr. Gore, from my cold, dead hands!
WAGNER: Joining the table now, Washington bureau chief of Mother Jones and an MSNBC political analyst, David Corn. It's not often that you have Charlton Heston as a lead-in.
DAVID CORN: I feel quite honored. But, you know, when you were quoting the letters that were sent, I was thinking, it sounds like Charlton Heston wrote these.
WAGNER: Well, the language–
CORN: It's not by accident, as you noted. You know, the NRA playbook for years, for decades has not to have an honest policy disagreement about gun laws and gun reform, but to be extremely demagogic. And to say Baarack Obama is coming for your guns in black helicopters and he's going to give them to socialist Muslims who will then come for your children and wives and husbands. And it's been to such an excess that it doesn't surprise me that some unhinged individuals out there start to take it literally and believe that now is the time to rebel and to strike out with violent means.
WAGNER: You know, Josh, what was sort of shocking to me as you heard the letter, the language in the letters-- and in given the tenor of the debate and given the vitriol and rhetoric coming from some parts of the gun safety reform argument, it wasn't surprising. I mean, that that language is now part of the discussion.


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The holidays are a stressful time for everyone, so why not do the fine people of New York and Los Angeles a favor and give them the gift of fine SF entertainment in the month of December? The Paley Center is holding a poll to find the five most popular holiday television specials, which they'll then screen at their NY and LA locations between December 10th and 24th, and one of the possible festive treats is the little-seen, much-bootlegged Star Wars Holiday Special. Even if you're not in one of the two metropolises in question, give a little bit of hope this holiday season - and let people see Lumpy, Space Bea Arthur and the first appearance of Boba Fett the way that George Lucas intended- On a big screen, surrounded by lots of other people stunned by how bad it really is. Go and vote here, and celebrate Life Day in your heart as you do so. Yes, we can. (Thanks, Sean.)
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Without Blake Griffin, Clippers fall to Wizards
- Blake Griffin sat out with a strained hamstring as the Clippers fell to the Wizards 98-90
- The Wizards snapped a four-game losing streak
- Jamal Crawford scored a game-high 28 points for the Clippers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers were missing Blake Griffin and Chris Paul. The Washington Wizards won the game.
Tread carefully around Randy Wittman when trying to connect those two thoughts.
"Hey, listen, we played enough games this year without players," the Wizards coach said. "Don't give me the (bull) about who was here and who wasn't here. ... You guys would have printed it a wholly different other way if we had lost. ... Now you're going to print, 'Ah, you won because Blake didn't play.' Give me a break."
To be fair, the outburst was more playful than angry, but the point is well-taken. The Wizards will happily take Monday night's 98-90 win — or any victory for that matter — in a season that was essentially wrecked from the get-go in part because of injuries to John Wall and Nene.
Now it's the Clippers who are close to falling off the rails, having lost seven of nine — including six of eight without Paul. Los Angeles is 1-3 halfway through an eight-game road trip and has fallen 4½ games off the Western Conference lead.
"It's frustrating because we're giving back a lot of what we had built up earlier in the season," Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro said. "But you can't control the injuries, you can't control the schedule, you can't control so many guys being out."
Paul missed his eighth consecutive game and 11th of the last 13 with a bruised right kneecap, while Griffin's streak of 197 consecutive games played ended when he was a last-minute scratch with a strained left hamstring.
"We were walking out (to the court) and he was walking in," Del Negro said.
Del Negro said he knew the hamstring had been bothering Griffin, who leads the Clippers in scoring and rebounding with 18.5 points and 8.6 boards per game. The coach declined to speculate when Griffin would return. The road trip continues against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday.
"We'll see how he feels tomorrow," Del Negro said.
Griffin had started every game since he essentially became an NBA player at the start of the 2010 season, having sat out in 2009-10 with a knee injury after he was drafted No. 1 overall by the Clippers.
Nevertheless, his teammates were in the game until a spate of turnovers and a pair of offensive rebounds by Wizards forward Nene spurred a 7-0 run by Washington late in the fourth quarter.
"When you're a championship-level team, you have high expectations," said Jamal Crawford, who scored 28 points to lead the Clippers. "And we do, no matter who's in and who's out. Obviously we're missing some of our better players, but no excuse."
Martell Webster scored 21 points, Nene and Garrett Temple had 15 points apiece, Emeka Okafor grabbed 14 rebounds, and Wall had 13 points and eight assists for the Wizards, who broke a four-game losing streak and moved a game ahead of the league-worst Charlotte Bobcats.
DeAndre Jordan had a career-high 22 rebounds for the Clippers. Eric Bledsoe, going toe-to-toe with Wall in a duel between former Kentucky teammates, had 17 points and nine assists.
The game turned when Nene grabbed a high-bouncing rebound off of his own missed free throw to set up a 3-pointer by Trevor Ariza, then corralled another offensive board on the next possession and fed Temple for a jump shot that gave the Wizards an 87-79 lead with 3:53 remaining.
Still, the finish was too close for comfort for Wittman, especially after the Wizards had scored 51 points in the first half.
"It wasn't all artistic for us," Wittman said. "We still had ups and downs from an offensive standpoint. ... We seem to forget how we scored the 51. If my forehead's red, (it's from) banging the wall."


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With the moratorium on Internet taxes set to expire on November 1, the US Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held hearings today on whether or not to further extend the ban. The ban went into effect in October 1998 and exempted Internet access and "other services as part of a package of services offered to consumers" from taxation. It was renewed in 2004, although VoIP access was made taxable for the first time.
At the beginning of the hearing, Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI), the chairman of the Commerce Committee, urged a cautious approach. "It is essential that we carefully examine the ambiguities existing in current law, in the hope of avoiding unintended consequences," said Sen. Inouye.
For some of the people testifying at the committee, there was little question that the moratorium should be made permanent. Verizon VP of State Tax Policy Annabelle Canning testified that her company supported a permanent extension of the moratorium. "At a time when state and local economic development experts are touting broadband as critical to economic competitiveness, new taxes on Internet access could have a chilling effect on broadband investment," said Canning. Canning further argued that the tax moratorium has been a crucial factor in spurring industry investment in infrastructure, including Verizon's high-speed FiOS network.
The National Taxpayers Union—to no one's surprise—also supports making the tax moratorium permanent. Jeff Dircksen, NTU's director of congressional analysis, said that he believed taxpayers would be better served by "low-tax, pro-free-market policies that encourage economic growth and innovation in the telecommunications sector." He also pointed out that consumers were already heavily taxed on other communications services. Dircksen cited a study carried out by the Heartland Institute that found that on average, consumers faced a 13.52 percent tax rate for phone (both wireline and cellular) and cable TV access and said that greenlighting the taxation of 'Net access might put the brakes on broadband adoption in the US.
If Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) get their way, the ban would remain in place for a while longer. The two of them are cosponsoring the Internet Tax Freedom Extension Act of 2007 (the text of the bill is not yet available from the Library of Congress), which would extend the moratorium through October 2011. The ITFEA would also tighten the ban a bit further so that only the "connection between a consumer and the Internet Service Provider" would remain tax-free.


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We've seen Charlie Pace's infamous last words scribbled on hundreds of hands (including our own) but we have never seen anything like this. Lost superfan Tom Moretti got "Not Penny's Boat" tattooed on his hand. Take a look.
Taken from Moretti's twitter here's a picture of the ink. And if you don't believe him, he posted a few more. That's Lost love right there.
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Egg Salad and Bacon Sandwich
Total TimePrep: 25 min. + chilling
Makes8 servings
- 4 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons minced chives
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 10 hard-boiled large eggs, chopped
- 8 lettuce leaves
- 8 croissants, split
- In a large bowl, combine the first seven ingredients. Add eggs and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Serve on lettuce-lined croissants.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 470 calories, 32g fat (13g saturated fat), 327mg cholesterol, 727mg sodium, 28g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 2g fiber), 16g protein.
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Halved the recipe and made with fat free sour cream, turkey bacon, and fresh garlic chives. Served on homemade bread. Tastes like my mom's Fake-Eggs' Benedict in a salad form. Quite tasty.
Apr 16, 2013
Making egg salad sandwiches for a light supper tonight; husband down with **flu**, and these sound good to him. Serving soup alongside. He generally has a hearty appetite and loves most everything. Am blessed with a man who is not **picky**. Growing up, my older brother was as picky as they come and my Mom had hard time satisfying him sometimes.
Apr 26, 2011
I made this after Easter to use up Easter Eggs. I'm not really an Egg Salad Fan, but I loved this version.
Dec 29, 2010
I made these sandwiches for a Sunday School picnic, and they were a big hit! Will definitely make again!
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Made these for 'supper' last night and are they ever delicious!! My husband was highly impressed. Had soup with them.


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Hall of Fame is now a consolidated subsidiary of Central Wireless, Inc. (US.CWIR.PK), which is under the aegis of The Hudson and Grande Organization. By its affiliation with Central Wireless, the Company will be able to develop its brands and enter into new fields of business that can only be offered by and through its affiliation with Central Wireless. Through Central's totally held subsidiary, FNB Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Colorado corporation, Central will engage in the business of manufacturing, packaging, and distributing cannabis and cannabis-related food and beverage products in the United States and in certain international markets. The Company's senior executive management and board of directors remain committed to the Company's restructuring and reorganization, which should be completed by the end of 2014. The Company expects to begin the introduction of its product lines to qualified retail and wholesale locations in early 2015.
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hi all,
I need your help.. I have successfully writing a program to read smart card (pcsc compliance) in java program. Suddenly i got an idea to port all the code to JavaFX because the GUI is very good and clean. Unfortunately i got stuck when try to port in into javafX. In order to resolve this problem i had strip down all the code and only left minimum code. Below is the final code which is not working.
package mykadapplet;
import com.linuxnet.jpcsc.Context;
public class test {
private Context ctx ;
public test(){
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public void Start()
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The error occur when it execute ctx= new Context();
First command to initiate library in pcsc before do connection to the hardware.
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From the Toes Up
So I found a cute outfit from Top 2 Toe (thanks Gabby). And while I planned to blog that as the lead, I couldn't resist opening with the picture of these HUGE shuz from Shiny Things. I went over for a look see as they are so gorgeous in the ads. And you know what? They are just as great in person -- maybe better! And of the available colors, I think tan goes the best with the outfit below -- just in case you're wondering (wink).
Visit Top 2 Toe and pick up a cute and very versatile set called April. The dollarbie is in shades of tan but of course other colors are available at regular price. The set includes some very nice jewelry and lots of ways to wear your new duds.
The browns are light enough and colorful enough --- yes I think brown is a color -- to work for Spring. The skirt is luxurious, the capri pants have trimmed edges.
Shown here is a new release from Dark Mouse called Krystina. This brown hair texture is SO yummy. I love it. So many layers of color, I feel like I just came from the salon (wink).
Poses by LAP.
RFyre for Guys
It's not often that there is a lucky chair GUY watch, so when I heard about the new outfit from RFyre for guys (thanks Winter) I convinced Wonder to go watch for awhile. Admittedly that 60 minute chair can stall no matter how many folks stop by. So, after an hour he gave up. We can only expect so much from our friends after all, so I'm not upset. Since he has been living in his Firefall outfit (and I might add looking very scrumptious - don't tell him I said so), I doubt he has much enthusiasm for anything else.
BUT, there is a good twist to the story as he had a friend he TPed in to sit and HE got the coveted prize. Happily he was willing to pose for me. I had to get him over to IZUMIYA to get some free guy poses as he had none. Some guys aren't all that fashion conscious ya know.
Anyway -- the outfit comes with both black and white shirts and two lengths of coattails. It comes with a top hat but that didn't seem to work so well.
So guys, get down there if this is your style or if you think you might want to try out the style! Beware that rezzing will take awhile. Just head toward the green dots. The round lucky chair is in a corner and not too far from the landing point.
Have fun!
Peaches and Pinks
Jetdoll is a fun place. I hadn't been there before, but I saw a post that it was their anniversary and they had a gift, so I wandered over. A retro airline terminal greeted me as well as a cake and prezzie. This cute little stewardess hat (it's OK to say stewardess if it is a retro shop) is perfect for a bit of role playing if you know what I mean (wink). And while I was there the lucky chair was generous too. This shiny peach dress was the prize. There are two chairs -- one ten minutes and one at least 30 so check them both.
Shown with Maitreya hair and one of the new line of Dutch Touch skins from the recent hunt.
When I visited IZUMIYA awhile back it was so laggy I couldn't see anything. This time was SO much better - yeah! A friend tipped me off about a cute waist scarf in the lucky board. It is indeed cute and I was indeed lucky as it only took two brief trips to garner this great accessory. A couple of my cronnies got them too. We are all happy gals. The scarf comes in two sizes which you can mix and match to make fit. Styles with and without chain are included in the 10 minute board.
Right next to the upstairs lucky board is a wall of free pose vendors -- for gals and guys so stock up as some are very nice.
The rest of my outfit includes the top and very cute headphones from the latest Jill group gift, some old but often worn jeans from Adam and Eve and some super cute pink wedgie sandals from Neko Yo. Yes, they have "paw print" decorations on the toes, but to me they just look like a design, hence they work with more basic styles. They are TRANSFER and a buck and also come in a black version. There are some cute looking kid sized unisex tennies for your young friends also for a linden.
Hair by Catbird. Earrings by Primagine.
Top pose by LAP, others IZUMIYA.
Late Night Victorian
Posted by Chic Aeon in freebies on Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Just a quick post to let you know that Chemical Kisses has this full outfit (including hat with veil and hair -- and shoes) for $1 for 24 hours. It's difficult to tell when those hours started so the sooner the better for tripping if this is your style. The dress is named Hermione. Watch carefully, it comes with a fairly anorexic shape included :D
This isn't my normal garb, but I do like it. I feel SO much the lady. There are lots of things in the store at very reasonable (lest I say cheap) prices, so do a bit of perusing if you drop by.
Bed time for me.
Mashooka and Friends
Mashooka has a new sim and with it comes a grand opening hunt -- now until the 3rd. There are nineteen TINY mint green boxes to pick up in the sim. They aren't hidden, but you'll need your spectacles on to see them. Find them mostly in the walkways and near the store openings. I found most of them and we know I am not the best hunter, so you can do it (wink).
Gifts (all are $0 except for the couples pose balls) range from this traditional dress, to the mini above and even pants and coordinating shirt.
While this is the very beginning of the hunt, there were plenty of folks with their magnifying glasses out looking far and wide (wink). Still the sim stayed pretty stable and not too laggy -- certainly an unexpected pleasure. The build itself is lovely: I tried to give you a small taste of the ambiance. You'll need to come see for yourself though.
My new little friend here is from Sway's Creations. Their is a small shop in the courtyard. S.LOVES has a shop here too with four gifts (two couple's pose sets and two girl poses). So journey over and help celebrate. There are some festivities planned too.
Poses by LAP. Hair by Hair Solutions.
Coveting - SL Discovery Hunt
Coveting -- we'll I definitely covet this garden layout from Belle Belle. I went by to check the Midnight board (now filled with the chair lounger -- part of the great living room group soon to decorate my new abode) and saw THIS. It is so cute -- definitely the nicest garden layout I have seen and I have been looking.
Now I have no place for this and no prims for it either. I have no idea what the prim count is, but if you have to ask? You got it. Still, it was so fun to see and play. It even comes with a gardening animation in case you miss those good old camping days. Happily I do not (wink).
And the cute little jumpsuit is part of a three ways to wear new release from Pout. It's called Fusion and comes in a total of eight colors.
This is the Pout outfit with one of the skirts. The fabric is lovely. OK, maybe a bit dressy for gardening, but I am a classy broad (wink). Worn with jewelry from Primagine. Watch that Midnight board. I suspect this will show up as a prize sometime in the not too distant future!
I'm going to work in that "covet" mention in my title once more. The Covet dress from Pout in lilac will be the gift for the SL discovery hunt. This starts May 1 with well over 500 stores and lasting two months. I'm not planning on "doing" the hunt -- too big for me, but I am sure that I'll be places and find that magnifying glass by accident. So I'll have a few reports for you.
And -- in that vein, the unbelievably nice barbecue set I am posing with (and I think it comes with the benches and umbrella not actually in the shot) is the SL Discovery prize from Belle Belle. So there are going to be some great gifts to be found. Get your sneakers spiffied up!
Poses by Vain, Vago and LAP.
A Morning of Gossip
The GossipGirl sims have been around for awhile now, but I only explored them long ago. I went over this morning to check them out again. I did indeed find a group of folks from all over the world (guys too) gossiping in this cafe. So, should you feel in the need to chat cattily, this is the place for you. Actually everyone seemed quite friendly and interested in each other :D
There aren't many shops in GossipGirl. It is mostly a facade town with only a few actual places to visit. But while you are there you might want to pick up a few free goodies. The top photo has a Gossipgirl gift from Kataonik with some shoes by Juicy. The second outfit came from the Costume Depot. I got in trouble wearing the bullets (oh dear) so don't try it on in the PG sim. Worn with boots from DD Style. Pose by LAP.
You can pick up a free phone and GossipGirl hud so you can find out what people might be saying about you. It's in the main welcome lobby.
My personal favorite gathered gift of the day is from Nicky Ree. Made for Spring, it definitely fits my mood. Jewelry from Primagine, shoes by Adam and Eve, pose by Lap.
And, just in case you were wondering about the new hair, it is a limited time (20 minute camp) item at Little Heaven. There are three colors to choose from and lots of camp chairs. Waiting to sit shouldn't be a problem. If you haven't been to Little Heaven, go through the entry room with the mess on the floor, down the hall and turn left. That will get you to the hair department :D.
Blue Monday - Not so Blue
Posted by Chic Aeon in freebies on Monday, April 27, 2009
Prim and Pixel Paradise has an oh-so-Springlike outfit as a gift to chase away those Monday morning blues. It's called the Monday Summer is Coming outfit and comes with some great matching shoes, a cute bracelet and a fantastic hat. Love the hat! It takes awhile for PPP to rez so have some patience. There is a lot in the store. Find this gift in the back on a large vendor fairly close to a cute rocking chair. As you wander back there be sure and notice all the fun things in the store including pets and shoes :D. This is a MONDAY ONLY gift, so don't procrastinate!
Pose by LOTTA.
Personally my Monday was looking bright already as I finally (FINALLY) found a great apartment with loads of prims and a super view. That's the cupcake diving bed from Jena-ration X Designs that you see through my patio window.
You can try for this great gift once and hour. It's definitely worth going back a few times (and I definitely did). I love the bright colors. You will most likely see more of it in the future -- up close and personal. Meanwhile, just get over there and do the "yummy" with the cupcake (wink).
Animation by Vain.
Every home needs pets, and you can pick up these very loving and well fed kitties at the Rouge Forest. There is a simple hunt going on. The kitties are in one shop and there are clothes in the neighboring shop. You are looking for small brightly colored mushrooms.
EDIT: While the hunt is still going on, there is a central TP point in force now and no way to "show location" -- at least that didn't work for me. So my best advice is to fly straight up and look for the lake. The shops are underwater at the edge of the lake. I am guessing this happened because of LISTS. There was someone there yesterday using one. So good for the shop owners (IMHO). Once you find the shops, finding the mushrooms should be fairly simple (wink). I LOVE my kitties! Still wearing the big one :D
Be careful as there are some tiny mushrooms clumped with larger ones that are NOT gifts (wink). There are five mushrooms in all. One gift includes many colored versions of the mushrooms -- I hope I get to use those someday as they are soooo pretty.
It is DARK in the forest and it took me a long while to figure out I was under water. So there is a bit of a challenge. Both shops have lots of cute items and I may get back over to the forest and pick up a bed for my kitties (wink).
Beach Scenes
Posted by Chic Aeon in freebies on Saturday, April 25, 2009
Cool as the sea and green as the summer hills, Badoura Design has a gift bikini out. Find it under the stairs in a smallish vendor. The colors are especially lovely.
Luckily enough -- from a blogging perspective -- Harlot has some super nice (and matching - oh my) bangles to go with. Theviolet hoop earrings in the box are a bonus.
And speaking of hair, this is from the Hair Solutions freebie wall and a style called Tamesia. You get four colors in the pack.
The top pose is from StAr Poses. I found it along with a few others while looking for the new couples pose that is out. Everyone's asleep in my world so I opted for this singles one :D
While it would have been great to "jet" over to Morocco for another swim, this photo was taken using the Photo Hud from P 3 Designs Midnight board. I went over today and the board has changed, but you might want to check it now and then as many retailers repeat their offerings. It comes with a large assortment of options from curtains to borders to filters. You just wear it on your screen, adjust it as needed and take your photo. Instructions are included. I suspect this is also for sale at the shop. And while you are there, check the camp chair not far from the Midnight board. There are some cute things in there for a 60 minute camp.
Other poses by LAP.
White Magic
Sn@tch has a new gift out and if you think this is the antithesis of Sn@tch you might be right (wink). There are always surprises with Ivey and this fluttery mini was a made for the end of the Diamond Dogs Fashion show. It comes complete with leggings and sculpty prim cuffs, puffed sleeves and gloves.
The feathery skirt makes me wonder if I wasn't a ballerina in another life (very doubtful). Worn with Dark Mouse hair and Alienbear RFL necklace. I've blogged these boots so many times, I'm gonna let you remember if needed (wink). I took off the tops to wear the legging cuffs and that worked well. Find this in a bright pink gift bag somewhere in the store. For the location, join the SOM and look in the notice archives :D
It's difficult to tell where the flowers end and the dress begins with this statement making outfit from Serene Sensations. It comes with a plain short skirt also and you can wear it as a jumpsuit. Lots of options here to make your own personal style. It comes from a 2 minute lucky chair. I have my eye on the pink mini and may venture back a time or two. There are several outfits in the chair, each a completely different style. So stick around a few minutes to see them all. It won't take long at 2 minutes a switch.
Pose by Dela.
Urban Shopper Birthday Bash
A I mentioned at the bottom of my earlier post that Urban Shopper is having a 2nd anniversary party today. There are pretty jewel colored boxes scattered around in many of the stores with great gifts. There is also a big party starting at 4 pm SL time, so you might want to go shake, shake, shake your bootie and perhaps win some lootie (sorry I couldn't help it).
This top is only one of many colors from OuT.Rage! You can wear it with or without the glove layer, and matching pendants come with each color. The shape I am wearing is called Hallie and is also part of the OuT.Rage! gift. It is mod - copy in case you might want to tweak. I think it is lovely as is.
There is also a very beautiful, purple trimmed teal gown by SD Wears. And one of the pendants from OuT.Rage! goes perfectly. Yeah!
There are a lots of gifts for guys too -- including a variety of tee shirts and this suit from Impossible. The color change shoes with prim toes are the ladies gift in the same pack.
Hair by Dark Mouse, Poses by LAP.
Flower Fields and Warm Fires
A partner and a giant prim allowance are both wonderful things. Belle Belle has this amazing chair on their two lucky boards. I went to sign up on the Midnight Mania board for the first piece of the living room set that I may someday have prims for and found a "C" on one of the boards. The chair is completely gorgeous -- all 44 prims worth.
The chair comes with poses for a couple, but with a little bit of AO magic I managed to get a sit pose that worked with the chair. So those of us alone can also use it.
I've been blogging Dark Mouse for what seems like forever, but it was mostly jewelry and shoes - both good things. Well, now Dark Mouse is doing hair. And one of the new styles is free. Just pick out the colors of your choice and buy for 0. I got several colors :D. This is a nice updo that would most likely work with some hats. Classic and ladylike, it is a great addition to your hair cache. The headband is black and white, but I tinted it here to match my top.
The top shown is from Mischief's greedy pack -- greedy and free -- I like that! See my previous post on the cropped hoddies if you missed it. The necklace I am wearing is from Porcelain Decay. I went there trying to start the cupcake hunt, but couldn't find the first cupcake. What I did find was this SL Discovery hunt gift which isn't supposed to be out yet. Go figure (wink).
A thank you goes out to Shayariel at Runway for posting Midnight Mania board finds. I'm not a group gal at heart so I couldn't make myself join the maniac group. This is a great service for us all. And to the very nice fellow I met who gave me the landmark to this photo shoot area, smiles.
Boots by Image Reflections, pants by Vette's.
PS. In case you read my blog directly and skip the feeds, be sure and see this post on Urban Shopper's 2nd anniversary. I'm moving today so doubt I will get there, but I bet "you" should (wink). That's a mighty pretty dress and who knows what else you might find. The area is much larger than it used to be :D
My World Today
I saw Teagan's post this morning -- the daily hair review -- and she looked SO cute, I just had to go over and try it out. I looked cute too and while I don't "buy" much or often, I think you may be seeing me in pigtails sometime soon. The pack includes tons of colors and the $200 price tag goes to good cause (RFL). While I was looking for the the Hannah style at Hair Solutions, I noticed a bunch of gals camping for hair. There are six chairs and several choices of packs to camp for (guy versions also). I picked the one everyone seemed to be camping for simply because if they all liked it, I suspected you might too. You get four colors, black, brown, auburn and blond. I've show you several of the colors in the photos above. Camp time is 200 minutes. These are most likely NOT a new find, but I'm not sure I had ever been to the shop before, so new to me -- and maybe you.
I told you about the great cowboy boots in Studio M'z , but at the time I didn't know that there were also white boots in a completely different style. These are extremely detailed with lots of delicate chain. So five great gifts to pick up there -- and some fun glasses at the shop near the chairs. Look for the lucky board on the floor.
Love/Hate posted about some great looking boots in the Dare Design chairs, so I went over to see what I could see. I stop in often but it has been a few days. There must have been at least 30 people there and I went back a time or two throughout the day and Divine dropped in (still loving that roller skating outfit) and we never saw any of the new boots come up. No one else there at the time had either. So, by all means go and watch as there are some great things in those four chairs, but I suspect that just like the last new release put in the chairs that I never saw come up, these boots may be scarce - LOL. Still, you might be the lucky one!
The good news is that there is a new set in the Midnight Mania board. So click on that while you are waiting -- well of course you would. The outfit isn't "me" (wink) but it might be you so I wanted you to see it up close and personal.
One of my favorite new gifts of the day is a set of cropped hoodies from Mischief. Three colors come in the pack and of course they are very nicely made. Buy them for zero off the new releases board right near the entrance. You have until Sunday. I'm telling all my gal friends to get there. These will be great for summer.
Poses by Vain.
Closing Gift - Love Chic
I am closing Love Chic for awhile due mostly to sim issues. So no SL Discovery hunt for me (wink). But you can still get my gift from that hunt. If you are a Fashion Consolidated member, just look in the archives; I sent it out to all the thousands of you. If not, you can pick up this new unisex, resizable book belt (two attachment versions) at Love Chic.
This is for three days only. When I am gone, I am gone -- for awhile at least.
Thanks to those thousands of you that bought my bangles. It's still hard to believe how many of those I sold. You kept me in dollarbie money for sure.
Want the other goodies in my outfit? The top is from CS Fandango and part of a huge set that I love and the skirt is a current lucky chair item at M'z.
Pose by Lap. Hair by Amacci.
Changes - Changes
Posted by Chic Aeon in comment on Thursday, April 23, 2009
Computer problems are solved (whew) and I am back in world. But the world changed a lot in a couple of days!
With some real life events moving up on my priority list, I decided yesterday to leave the hunts I had signed up for and also cancel the one I was putting together -- that was sad as I met some wonderful folks. But life marches on.
Then this morning I went outside my shop to find most of the sim for sale. Now there may be a tier increase coming on as I left the land group. The only posts they sent out were invitations to their new bondage island parties (in German which I don't speak - LOL) so I saw no point. And the new bondage island along with the bot farm might have been a bit too much for some people -- ya think? It was lovely when I bought my land, but not so much now. That virtual world pace is awe inspiring at times.
So, when my tier payment is up in a few days I'll be closing Love Chic -- for awhile at least. I'm getting tired of moving so often and it's summer and time to enjoy the real world a bit more.
I'll still be blogging, but most likely not at such a frantic pace. So that's the news in my corner of the world. Just wanted to let you know.
And yes, I do have stuff in my "to be blogged" folder, so it won't be a long rest period. I just need to take a few deep breaths.
Login Issues & Info
Posted by Chic Aeon in comment on Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Well you won't be seeing any posts from me for a bit. My computer is fine, but I can't get in world. This is not handy as I am very busy :D
I also can't post on iheartsl.com -- same problem as the forums. This is definitely a mess!
Taking a break. Hope to be fixed and back soon.
Busy Busy
Posted by Chic Aeon in comment on Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Just a quick note to say I didn't forget to blog today (wink). Very busy with Heat Wave Hunt stuff.
I do have two more styles of boots to show you from M'z in case you didn't get over there. I sort of "camped" there while doing my hunt work.
All is well. Things are good. I promise to give you some new stuff tomorrow!
Outfit Essentials
Everyone needs a pair of country kicking or urban cowboy boots in their wardrobe. If you are missing some, you can get these great boots (resize scripted so for guys too) from Studio M'z. You may have those great red engineer boots from a few months back. If so, you know how nice these boots are.
There are four lucky chairs which contain two colors of boots. The other is a dark taupe color which I love so I'll be venturing back from time to time to check on those chairs. There are also two versions of mini skirts with belts. If you or your fellow are in need of some great boots, tp in from time to time and check those chairs!
I see a lot of green dots there tonight. It was completely empty when I was there this afternoon. So the word is getting out it seems.
Serenity Style has a great new sweater set out. You of course get the sweater (jacket layer) with prim sleeves, but you ALSO get the sweater for wearing tied around your shoulders or waist. I so love these.
This pink version is a 15 minute camp (like almost nothing). I was very lucky this eve and found the newly stocked chair empty AND a "C" on the lucky board right next door. Wooo Weee!
Shirt from Ivalde, purse from LeLutka, jeans Samara Studios, hair HOH. Pose by "the purse" :D
And here's my prize from the lucky board -- the new Moonlight collection. It comes with lots of ways to wear including a long skirt. And the very pretty dark pink shoes come with. The sleeves here are actually the jacket layer so you can wear it with just the bodice or another jacket or whatever! A great prize.
Pose by Diesel Works. Hair by Catbird.
Summer Footwear
Posted by Chic Aeon in freebies on Sunday, April 19, 2009
Just a late night post to alert you to some great white sandals that can go with most everything for Spring and Summer. And they are free from PIXELFASHONS. How wonderful! Find them on the right side of the store behind a model stand (with model when I was there). Click on the GIANT white sandal and you get this great gift.
They come with both walking sounds (you can turn these off or adjust the volume) and sexy walk ( no turning off and it is a higher priority than MY AO anyway). Any way you look at it, this is a super find. So enjoy!
Luscious Patterns
Prim &Pixel Paradise has a gorgeous dress as a gift. It's a little tricky to find so watch the beam or coordinates from my SLURL :D. I love both the colors and the pattern. Hope you do too. It's style is called Dare and the pattern Hummingbird. This same outfit comes in a variety of jewel tone colors. You'll see them right near this smallish poster vendor. Enjoy, I know I will.
And if you aren't into long flowing skirts you can use the second option of plain pants. It's still yummy. EDIT: So people are reporting being dropped at a very different landing point than the SLURL. Not sure why as it is correct (hmm). Sorry. You can cam up, look for the beam and sit on the stool nearby I guess. Wasn't my intention to make this harder (wink).
Pose by LAP. Shoes by Juicy. Hair by HOH (Reese).
And if you are in the mood for something a bit steamier, you can pick up this outfit for $1 this week only at Love Chic. The back scoops dangerously low and the long, open in front skirt flows around the pants. You can of course add your own belt or sash and make this a jumpsuit.
Pose by Vain, Shoes by Juicy, Hair by Candy House.
Period and Fantasy Goodness
Dany French touch in an oh so cute new to me shop has a great outfit for guys. Actually I found two but this one really impressed me so I got a friend to come over and I think he looks fab! And while it looks like it should cost a lot, it is only $1. Woot. The dress I am wearing is also a linden and on the lady's side of the shop.
The shop and village neighborhood is so very charming. Be sure and take a stroll. There are other dollarbies here including a nicely made rocking chair with pose (and it does rock - see comment below :D) and outfits I have blogged previously. A lucky chair is also in the tiny shop. Watch your head, the confines make it a bit difficult to get around, but the ambiance is worth it!
The Bunny Hop Hunt is just about over and I took a very quick tour of some stops others had blogged which lead me back to Elv'an Majika who I have blogged a couple of times. Almost free prices and very nice quality make this a must visit for almost everyone. While many styles are in the fantasy vein, there are also more mainstream items. I just checked and the egg is still there. The outfit is a lovely combination of deep green and misty purple. Very glen-like :D. Very pretty.


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Do we really need scientists in the Philippines? A reply to Kim Gargar and Boo Chanco
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Question: Do we really need scientists? (Boo Chanco, Demand and Supply, Philippine Star, 8 Sep 2008)
This is an old article by Boo Chanco, but has resurfaced in Facebook these past few days. To answer this question, we need first to agree on what science is and what being a scientist is. And only after we do these that we propose to answer the question "Do we really need scientists?"
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Swan song en croûte.
A final somewhat selfish fabrication to celebrate and honor the nuptials of 2 cherished, well deserving friends who are straight after all. Tamworth pâté en croûte with heart, tongue, wedding vegetables and mini-mortadella inlay.
After 13 years and a few months, there's no more juice left to squeeze, so fuck it, we're done. There have been countless friends, a reunion with a sister, 5 issues of Gluttony Digest, a dozen freedom BBQ's, suckling pigs, turkey variations, fancy pumpkin, jobs here and there, bars that have expired, bars that have been raised, 2 cats, 2 presidents, legalized pot, statehood not, some competitions, softball, a blog, pictures, trips, broken thumb, brownouts, blackout, heartache, dwindling friends, steeper rents and relentless sirens at all times of the day and night.
My sweetheart, the cats, bric-a-brac and I going out to pasture to become sharecroppers and manage a little slice of country living in Einstein's getaway on the Northern tine of Eastern Long Island nestled between the LI sound, Peconic bay and some shitty vineyards. We'll be living in a 1940's house with an original built-in murphy-bed style ironing board on an organic sheep farm with pigs, chickens and a garden; upstream and closer to the source of food. We'll eventually help open and run a full service butchery & grocer using products grown on the 28 acres outside. What's more, there is a 2 acre garden where we can grow jelly beans, cotton candy and our very own dildo tree. Hurray.
Thank you all for your readership. There are arcane liquor and zoning laws up here, cellphone service is sporadic, there are many spiteful low-watt Trump supporters and public transportation is virtually non-existent save for the occasional single-track diesel train that still runs in 2016. So we are pretty much moving back in time with the rest of you, but the barns and people are charming even if they tawlk funny.


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Q. We powder paint steel machinery structures and have several questions. 1) Which would be the better preparation process: alkaline/IO rinse/iron phosphate/ IO rinse or alkaline/IO rinse/NT1/IO rinse? 2) Which powder paint supplier would you recommend: Valspar or Akzo Nobel? 3) Why is my paint chipping off (peeling)? P.D.
A. Your questions are tough to answer. Iron phosphate vs. NT1 compares a number of companies and their technologies with one specific product and one company. I will compare iron phosphate vs. zirconium oxide and talk about a few pros and cons.
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1. Iron phosphate is a little easier to control and works well on ferrous metal. It can be used in a three-stage washer, and it does not require stainless steel or exceptionally clean water. Zirconium requires somewhat more careful control, better cleaning and better rinsing following the alkaline cleaner. You should have two rinses between an alkaline cleaner and a zirconium bath. Zirconium can be better for multiple metals like aluminum and iron. It requires less maintenance for the plumbing (no sludge), and it does not need heat. It also has little or no phosphate. Zirconium works best in a stainless steel washer that is designed to provide the specific cleaning, rinsing and treatment that work best with transitional metal products. Zirconium oxide may be challenging to convert to if the washer does not have the specific features mentioned. It can also be used with other metals like titanium. Testing is the best way to determine what is best for a given situation.
2. Valspar and Akzo are both good companies, and I would not recommend one over the other. Look at the different products they offer and the applied cost of the material. Evaluate that applied cost and the services they have to offer.
3. Paint chipping off can be caused by a number of things. First check the pretreatment. The parts need to be clean, and you need a roughened surface (sanded, blasted, etc.) or a good conversion coating (phosphate, zirconium, chrome, etc.). You also need to confirm that you have the right cure schedule (time and temperature). Did you pick the right material for the job? Is the paint chipping at sharp edges or on flat areas? If it is at sharp edges, the coating thickness may be inadequate or poor handling may have caused excessive impact. What environment was the product designed to work in, outdoor or indoor? Is it in an environment that is too tough for the pretreatment you used or too tough for the coating you used? Poor pretreatment, inadequate film thickness, voids in the coating or undercure are the most likely causes of chipping.
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Fed Toys with Ratcheting Up the Credit Crunch
When the Basel I accords, mandating higher capital‐asset ratios for banks, were introduced in 1988, they were embraced by the administration of President George H.W. Bush. With higher capital‐asset ratios came a sharp slowdown in the money supply growth rate and—unfortunately for President George H. W. Bush and his re‐election campaign—a mild recession from July 1990 through March 1991.
Now, we have Basel III and its higher capital‐asset ratio requirements being imposed on banks in the middle of a weak, drawn‐out economic recovery. This is one of the major reasons why the recovery is so anemic.
How could this be? Well, banks produce bank money, which accounts for roughly 85% of the total U.S. money supply (M4). Mandated increases in bank capital requirements result in contractions in bank money, and thus in the total money supply.
Here's how it works:
While the higher capital‐asset ratios that are required by Basel III are intended to strengthen banks (and economies), these higher capital requirements destroy money. Under the Basel III regime, banks will have to increase their capital‐asset ratios. They can do this by either boosting capital or shrinking assets. If banks shrink their assets, their deposit liabilities will decline. In consequence, money balances will be destroyed.
So, paradoxically, the drive to deleverage banks and shrink their balance sheets, in the name of making banks safer, destroys money balances. This, in turn, dents company liquidity and asset prices. It also reduces spending relative to where it would have been without higher capital‐asset ratios.
The other way to increase a bank's capital‐asset ratio is by raising new capital. This, too, destroys money. When an investor purchases newly‐issued bank equity, the investor exchanges funds from a bank account for new shares. This reduces deposit liabilities in the banking system and wipes out money.
We now learn that the Fed, using the cover of the Dodd‐Frank legislation, is toying with the idea of forcing foreign banks that operate in the United States to hold billions of dollars of additional capital (read: increase their capital‐asset ratios).
This will make the credit crunch "crunchier" and throw the U.S. economy into an even more vulnerable position. The last thing the Fed should be doing is squeezing the banks and tightening the screws on the production of bank money.