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There are many things I love about living in a place with four distinctive seasons.
But one of my favorite activities of the fall-time is to take my kids trick-or-treating.
Growing up my Dad would take us out on Halloween and my Mom would stay at home and pass out candy. She still enjoys being prepared for the passing out of candy.
Since I grew up in the desert, there were only a handful of times that I had to worry about being cold.
I'll never forget that year back in the late 80's when my youngest brother was a California Raisen for Halloween. His costume was a brownish-black garbage bag, some white gloves, and a pair of dark sunglasses. It was awesome!
All that to say, The Raisin looked great, but by the end of the night he was so warm under all that plastic he was glad to take it off.
I was reminded of this two years ago when we were stationed in Almost Mexico (a phrase stolen from Stephanie J!). I took the kids out to trick-or-treat while wearing shorts and a t-shirt.
You can imagine the contrast when I experienced my first Halloween here in North Carolina. I walked in a neighborhood with real leaves crunching under my feet, the chill air blowing gently on my face. The kids were in costumes on top of many layers of clothing. But what surprised me most of all was the smell of fall in the air.
I was shocked that the air actually smelled of fall-time. I love that....
Seriously, its like the books I read when I was young...only I get to walk within the pages. Amazing.
What is you favorite part of the fall season. If fall is not your thing: what was your favorite costume as a kid?
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Hartson hopeful on injured pair
Wales coach John Hartson is confident Gareth Bale and Adam Matthews will both be fit for Friday's World Cup qualifier against Scotland.
Hartson confirmed Tottenham wide man Bale and Celtic defender Matthews - neither of whom had taken part in the Dragons' training session on Tuesday - were nursing heel and ankle problems respectively, but stressed the pair are expected to be available for the Group A clash with the Scots at Cardiff City Stadium.
"Gareth Bale came down to the training ground today and worked with the physio," Hartson said. "We feel he will be okay for Friday. It was just a case of getting him ready."
He added: "Adam Matthews did the same as Gareth, but we feel they will both be fine."
Hartson also revealed Celtic midfielder Joe Ledley, a third player not to feature in Tuesday's session, had taken part in full training on Wednesday.
Wales' recent losing streak has seen the pressure mount on manager Chris Coleman, who has opted to switch his captain from Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey to Swansea skipper Ashley Williams.
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Colorful Cooking: Cool corn lobster salad
Lobsters in Maine are currently $3.99 a pound. There was no sticker shock when the register rang in the pound and a half, live lobsters I recently purchased while there on vacation. My taste buds rejoiced as we steamed, grilled, baked, scrambled, poached, chopped and dipped the tender, chewy meat into melted butter, tarragon and lemon sauces. It was extravagant, filling and fun eating!Simple, steamed lobster with a sauce of equal parts lemon juice, wine and butter is my favorite way to enjoy a lobster feast. At camp, which is what New Englanders call the lake house, we cook the lobsters outside on a gas burner. Fill the water about 6 inches in the pot, salt it and bring to a boil. Once the water is boiling, add lobsters and cook about 12-17 minutes, depending on their sizes. They turn from green to bright red and you have to let them rest for a few minutes before ripping apart. My method is to pull the tail off, let it cool slightly, crack open one of the claws, eat it, eat tail, eat last claw and pick around if still hungry. Leftover lobster is not something I usually have to create recipes for, but with the prices so reasonable and a family that loves to eat well, we actually cracked open all of them and were too full to finish. A breakfast of lobster, scrambled eggs, chives and goat cheese is scrumptious and a wonderful way to kick off a day at the lake. The cool corn lobster salad above was a perfect way to get rid of the leftovers and incorporate some garden-fresh veggies. Any way you crack it, lobster enhances most meals. Lobsters are 10-legged crustaceans that live on either side of the Atlantic Ocean. There are also spiny lobsters that live in warmer water, but they don't have the large, edible claws that Atlantic lobsters are photographed for. The largest lobster caught on record was caught off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, and was 44 pounds and three-and-a-half feet long. They estimated that lobster was 100 years old. On average, a lobsters life span is 50 years. Lobsters shed their shells in order to grow. Sometimes, you will be asked if you want a soft- or hard-shell lobster. If you are shipping a live lobster to Colorado, you want to order hard shell, the soft are more perishable. The soft shells are easy to break into and some argue that they are the sweeter of the two varieties. In my opinion, both hard and soft shelled are delicious and any size tastes great too, just don't overcook them. For more lobster recipes, log on to Colorfulcooking.com. Tracy Miller adds fruits and veggies to all her meals. Log on to Colorfulcooking.com for more healthy recipes. She teaches culinary classes at Colorado Mountain College in Edwards and shares recipes on TV8's Good Morning Vail.
Cool Corn Lobster Salad2 cups fresh corn kernels, cooked1 cup raw zucchini, diced1/4-1/2 lb. lobster meat, cooked1 avocado3 Tablespoons cilantro, diced1/4 cup green onion, diced2 limes1/4 teaspoon salt1/8 teaspoon pepper Husk 4-5 ears of corn. Heat a large pot with boiling water. Add corn, cook five minutes. Make a bowl of ice water. Place corn in ice water and let cool for four minutes. Wipe corn dry with paper towels and cut kernels off with a sharp knife. Split avocado, remove seed and cut into cubes. Place corn in bowl, add zucchini, avocado, cilantro, green onion, salt and pepper and stir carefully. Zest 2 teaspoons lime zest, add to salad. Juice both limes and add to salad (about 1/4 cup juice). Slice lobster meat and add to salad. Serve cold. Makes 4 cups.
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So, the volunteering emails are still being forwarded to me - which is fine, I have been picking them up and answering them on a weekly basis as far as possible (although I reckon I am only getting 2-3 per month anways, nbot including the EUS ones, which I have been forwarding to Gaz).
I have had an email from a guy called Andy P, who is 15, and would like to volunteer at the cafe during his free periods. The times he suggests are unsuitable (9-10:20 probably Tues & Thurs - to be confirmed) so the cafe is closed for most of that time. However, he has also indicated that if this is not suitable he would like to come in during his own free time to help out.
Andy is aware that his age limits the jobs he is allowed to do due to health and safety issues, child protection issues. I have had a quick look into the matter and see that, whilst under 16 work legislation does not apply as he would be a volunteer, we do obviously have a duty of care and there is the issue of whether or not our workplace insurance would cover him.
I will send Andy a holding email and would like to be able to encourage him so as not to put him off volunteering. However, I think this is something we need a consensus on as the recommendations are that we get parental permission, ensure that work is suitable, risk assessment for suitable oddjobs, child protection and insurance.
I attach a link to a very useful website. I know this could be a pain, but I am willing to sit with one or two people to look at the matter. If the insurance is ok, this could be a one off project (with later updates and risk assesments when necessary) to set up a process for dealing with under 16 volunteers (perhaps draft letter of consent, list of safe jobs, list of considerations etc.
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we have had young one volunteer in the past and it has never been a problem. some have been avoiding parents school etc so we need to watch for that and sometimes they want to bring friends in and drink and we have to be careful but otherwise i reckon serving and washing is fine and maybe cooking after a few weeks.
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Actor Stephen Baldwin has pleaded guilty to tax evasion.
"The Usual Suspects" star was arrested in New York in December amid charges he owed $350,000 in back taxes to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service for the years 2008, 2009, and 2010.
Baldwin recently reached an agreement with prosecutors to avoid jail time, and on Friday he entered his plea at the Rockland County Court and agreed to pay the outstanding sum, as well as $50,000 in interest and penalties.
According to the judge, the actor has already paid $100,000 in restitution and if he settles the remaining sum in one year, his record will be wiped clean, reports the Associated Press.


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A tractor-trailer hauling debris from Sandy slammed into several cars on a major highway on Long Island in New York on Wednesday afternoon, causing a massive pileup in which one person was killed, police say.
The truck, driven by 42-year-old Raymond Simoneau of Rockingham, Vt., was going eastbound on the Long Island Expressway when it struck several cars near exit 68 in the town of Shirley just before 3 p.m., authorities say.
The collision set off a chain-reaction pileup, and a total of 35 vehicles smashed into one another, authorities said. The tractor-trailer and two additional vehicles caught fire.
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One driver described the crash unfolding next to him while he was on the freeway.
"All we heard was crashing behind us, it sounded like thunder," said Jimmy Batjley. "Looking back, all I saw was glass and metal, and they went right past us, at least 40 miles per hour."
"If you can imagine all the cars were lined up, and [the tractor-trailer] just came right in and just pushed that entire line," said Batjley. He said the tractor-trailer driver was pulled out before the truck burst into flames.
Aerial footage provided by News12 Long Island showed the trailer partly incinerated at dusk, alongside at least two cars that appeared to be blackened and burned. Multiple other vehicles, including a box truck, were scattered nearby, apparently having collided into one another or the guardrail.
A 68-year-old woman driving a Toyota Camry was killed in the crash, police said. An additional 33 people were injured, including a 57-year-old man who is in serious condition.
Those injured were transported to area hospitals, including Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead, Brookhaven Memorial Hospital in East Patchogue, Stony Brook University Hospital and St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson.
At Peconic Bay, where 18 of the victims were taken, most of the injuries were minor. Three of those hurt were children, and the oldest was 61 years old, according to spokesman Demetrios Kadenas. All but one of the patients were released by Wednesday night.
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Hey there behemoth insurer, American International Group! Allow me to speak for nearly all Americans left, right, and center when I say get f***ed and go f***ing f*** yourself.
Sorry, I usually try to keep such language to a minimum on this blog, but you've really gone out of your way to earn it. You are a special case AIG. As if it wasn't bad enough that I keep seeing these ads of yours on TV--these appalling, clueless, self-serving spots where you talk about how you paid back your bailout money and have suddenly transformed into a public-minded protector of the American people, boasting about helping to rebuild Joplin and Hurricane Sandy damage—otherwise known as fulfilling the obligations of insurance contracts. Then you floated the idea of suing the government for the terms of your federal bailout? Even though you won't join the lawsuit, it is being filed by your former CEO Hank Greenberg on your behalf.
Honestly, guys, our jaws are on the floor. You are one of the great corporate villains of our time—up there with the likes of Enron. To remind readers: AIG is not just the company that eventually got $182 billion in taxpayer bailout money while simultaneously dishing out $165 million in bonuses, including to the people who wrecked the company. It's also the company that perfected the credit default swap, one of the most profitable, dangerous, and useless derivatives ever, and then sold them every which way all over the world.
A credit default swap is basically a bet. When company A buys company B's bonds, Company A can also buy insurance against company B defaulting. The genius is you don't need to have any vested interest in a company, which is called a "naked" credit default swap. It's like if I just started taking out fire insurance on random people's houses. It's like casino gambling for people too rich to go to casinos. The CDS is the product of the deregulatory Commodities Futures Modernization Act of 2000, signed by Bill Clinton and endorsed by Treasury Secretary Larry Summers (who Obama brought back because—well, that's a good question). AIG then didn't need to have any actual money to back up all these meta-bets, so when the bill came due and banks like Goldman Sachs came to collect on their CDS's, the insurance giant was screwed. However, all the banks that had purchased an enormous number of CDS's were also screwed. Instead of money in their vaults, they had a bunch of scraps of paper promises from AIG.
The government had no choice but to rescue you, AIG, lest you bring the entire world financial system down. You underwrote $3 trillion in swaps and had exactly $0 in reserve against potential claims.
You can see why this line of business would be enormously lucrative. It's as if Lehman Brothers had come to college-age Steve Markley, who was bonging beers and throwing cinderblocks around in his backyard and said, "Hey, can we buy insurance against Bear Sterns failing? Let's say $100,000 worth, but if they fail you owe us $10 million."
And I would have said, "Of course! Regulations don't necessitate that I actually have money in my bank account to sign this contract. So please, do fork over that hundy-grand and let's buy some more Natty Light. Bear Sterns will never fail anyway! That's a venerable institution right there."
And I would have gone back to barfing tequila and having no responsibilities, much like AIG did.
Though most of these derivatives got moved on to open exchanges by Frank-Dodd financial reform legislation, there were many exemptions and the CDS remains an insurance policy that isn't regulated like an insurance product. There is still no reserve requirement.
All this to say, we all still hate you, AIG, and hope you choke on all the money you made after we rescued your sorry, worthless asses, you stupid, evil motherf***ers


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Will you join us in Bethesda, Maryland this coming October 30 and 31 to talk about aging research in a new way?
The Trans-NIH Geroscience Interest Group (GSIG), with the support of the Alliance for Aging Research and the Gerontological Society of America, has organized a major meeting on aging as a risk factor for most chronic diseases. We hope you'll be able to attend. The meeting is free and open to the public, but registration closes soon. Please register today to reserve your place!
The Summit on Advances in Geroscience will bring together leading researchers in aging and disease for two days of conversations. We will discuss what we now know in geroscience—a multidisciplinary field that seeks to understand the relationship between aging and chronic disease—and explore where we should be going to translate discovery into health. Together, we hope to identify innovative approaches to improve health while we age. The key point is that the biology of aging and the biology of chronic disease are intimately linked. We hope the discussion will be open, and perhaps even a little provocative.
Summit on Advances in Geroscience: Impact on Healthspan and Chronic Disease—October 30-31, Bethesda, Maryland.
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- To develop potential public/private partnerships through interactions with scientific societies, industry, and other institutions with related interests
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Read more about the group on the GSIG webpage. There are dozens of scientific interest groups at the NIH, many of which host meetings that are open to the public. View a list of NIH interest groups here.
GSIG also hosts Seminars in Geroscience that might also be of interest to you.
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Recent seminars:
- Getting Old Before Our Time: Psychiatric Illness and Accelerated Cell Aging—presented in July 2013 by Dr. Owen Wolkowitz, from the University of California, San Francisco.
- Caloric Restriction Studies in Humans: Future Research Directions—presented in May 2013 by Dr. John Speakman, from the University of Aberdeen.
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Demolition Man - Bashing Brittle Bars
Watch as Colby and Jason debate Sylvester Stallone's bar breaking ability.
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As always, thanks for watching. Please submit your suggestions for future episodes here or in the forums. You can also email us at [email protected].
Anyone up for Taco Bell?
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Sly-as-Willy-Wonka absolutely cracked me up for some reason.
Trying to watch the HTML5 version. It stops playing close to the 3 minute mark. Downloaded a copy and every video player I can find crashes around there. Just so you know. (This is on Ubuntu Linux, FYI, tested with VLC and Totem Player.)
Nice two-fer on the cheeseball action movies today. Man I loved these films.
Speaking of Ahnold, why not explore the possibility of him double wielding a rail gun without injury, or for that matter anyone firing even a single one and surviving the recoil
As usual top notch work
it takes the assuming of impossible things for this to be true, so i still give the premise
with the scene relying on magic for all intents and purposes as physics just wont allow for such
even assuming it's a Bose-Einstein condensate that doesn't give it the ability to absorb
it could be tested by dropping a cube of gas on the ground,( isn't that an odd sentence )
interesting thought!
to the demolition man i say,
have an ice day, ( in hospital ).
Yay, a great goldey oldey!!!!
Always wondered how supercooled steel bars would react to that.
I think he would stick to them, and then his skin (and probably some subcutaneous fat/muscle tissue as well) would rip off as he kept going.
I have to admit I don't actually understand this. So a person at above average speed(or maybe even average running speed since the force is way over what's needed) can run into steel bars and break through?
depends on the temperatures involved, at super low temperatures you'd vaporize tiny amounts of liquid/solid gas that are stuck to the object and it would create a tiny barrier between you and the object, your hand is so hot it's is like touching a soldering iron on an ice cube in this situation.
it's called the 'Leidenfrost Effect'
this is also the reason the bars, and actors are quite safe from a flash freeze in the first place
Only when the bars have been subjected to extremelt low temperatures. Frozen things break very easily.
Is that effect the one that allows you to gargle liquid nitrogen? (but not swallow it)
Interesting, so for a follow-up question: how fast can a person accelerate on ice?
EDIT: whoops, got tabs mixed up.
Although... If you're looking for suggestions, how about analyzing the first time Agent J uses the Noisy Cricket during that chase scene in MIB?
Protip, NEVER gargle encapsulate or contain any super hot or cold substance, give it a way to escape!
that said yes, that's the effect i'm talking about, you are so hot, compared to the object
the host is a well known science buff, so it's well presented.
Ok you lost me with all the math. Did we just conclude that this was plausible?
Pretty much, if the steel bars are cooled to near absolute zero temperature. In fact, he can pretty much pulverize those bars when running at top speed.
Why the hell do they keep showing the column buckling diagrams (Pole with load on top)?
Also, on another note, the welds on bars are already significantly weaker than the bars themselves, and already have brittle properties, freezing them would no doubt make them even easier to snap out.
Burn, imperial system!
Also, I actually giggled a bit at the Fsly and asly.
Keep the show going strong, excellent content.
I'm always amazed by the episodes of this show that actually prove to be plausible
Demolition Man is such a great movie how could anyone have ever even doubted its scientific accuracy?
Wow, this episode was brilliant, by far my favourite yet. I laughed out loud at "What seems to be your boggle", I really need to watch Demolition Man again now and all the references were really funny.
Ugh, and now I need to watch The Running Man again too!
In the movie they don't stick, meaning he probably wouldn't get any burns from the cold. As to would they stick, that depends how wet his skin is. Dry skin won't stick to a frozen pole, but wet skin will. So the question is what is happening to his sweat from all that fighting? is the room cold enough that he is not sweating?
1) Is that what they are showing? one diagram had the pole free at one end, so I imagine they are the correct formulae for the purpose. Now the video of the pole being pulled apart by a machine was incorrect for purpose.
2) I don't see that there were welds, solid bars from floor to ceiling and embedded in concrete. That said, you made me think something else that makes this more plausible - that electric raygun probably did a number on the bars too. Anecdotal, but enough to make me wonder, my uncle put a shovel through a high voltage line and the shovel basically disintegrated under the current. Luckily, dry wooden handle so I still have an uncle. So it seems that electricity has a bad effect on the strength of metals too, perhaps it ruins the tempering.
The pictures show a load applied at the tip, but acting in axial compression, the 4 pictures: 'Pinned-Pinned','Free-Fixed', 'Fixed-Fixed' and 'Pinned-Fixed' are only applicable for buckling problems as they allow you to determine the equivalent length of a collumn. Google 'Euler Buckling' and you will see those pictures everywhere, Google 'Cantilever Beam' if you want to see the pictures they should have used
Simply look at the pictures shown in the video and you can see that the bars are not full roof length, they have flat strips running horizontally every foot or so, unless they are just sitting there (which in the stunt they are...) they would have to be welded in place.
Glad I'm not the only one to notice this.
And the film actually bares this out as the bars do not deform themselves but clearly break at the welds on the cross beam, as you can see in the footage.
Sorry, guys, right conclusion, wrong reasoning.
Okay guys now do a scene from fortress.
Thanks for the video link and explanation! :D
There's something else to consider. This was rapid cooling, not just a steady cooling process like the numbers seen use.
The rapid nature of the process may change the structure and hardness of the steel to a significant degree IF it is high carbon (not mild, mild has around .3-.6% carbon) steel. For example, I worked as a professional blacksmith to get through college. I made blades all day every day that I wasn't in school. Sometimes I would volunteer at the local children's history museums and the kids' favorite lesson was the difference between hardness and strength.
I would heat the end of a bar of high-carbon steel (52/100 is what I had in stock) to an orange glow and then plunge it into the slack tub (water). The process of rapid cooling caused the metal's hardness to increase significantly and then I would shatter the high-carbon steel at room temperature with a hammer and anvil. It was not hard to do.
Now, that being said, I have never had access to magic liquid nitrogen that would transform room-temperature steel instantly into absolute 0. So I do not know if that would create the same kind of impact as bringing hot steel to room temperature too rapidly. But it should impact the crystaline structure of steel in some way.
Mild steel does not react the same way. I can toss a yellow-hot bar of mild steel into the tub all day and not have the same hardness problem I would with high-carbon steel. Is there any particular reason that we're assuming mild-steel here? Additionally, not all steel is the same, regardless of the carbon content. Is there tungsten in it? What's the silica content? Don't know.
Actually, the video has him snapping the bars themselves, not just the welds.
Also, weld strength of steel is nearly 100% of the steel itself. It's why we weld things instead of rivet them: same strength, less weight.
I'm not 100% sure how you can claim that. There are several forms of welding and several of them include a filler metal that may or may not be as strong as the existing material. Likewise, welds can be poorly/incompletely done and if any place on a welded metal structure is going to break it will most likely be the weld.
Keep in mind that there are kinds of welding that don't use any filler, but I wouldn't expect any such process to be used on something like that. For example, I would forge weld some metals together using nothing but flux and it'd literally be like they were one piece of metal. Even then, if I left any flaw then it would be the weakness. So there is credence to saying that breaking a weld is easier than breaking a solid bar, so my objection is only with the point that the bars themselves were being shattered in the video and not just welds.
High-tech jails of the future will most likely not use bars with poor welds, especially when they have the technology to create glowing goop that drops anything it touches to absolute zero. Industrial quality welds in such a setting will be so close to the strength of the material so as to be irrelevant to the discussion.
My biggest problem with most video series on the escapist is the lack of genuine screen presence, personality and general public speaking skill that seems to persist when someone hops in front of the camera. That said, your show does NOT have any of those problems. You guys are genuinely interesting to hear speak, clear and concise as to what you are saying, very presentable and on top of all that seem very comfortable and genuine in front of the camera. Nothing you say or do feels forced, and that is really the biggest mistake most people will make when trying to be affable and entertaining, overdoing it.
Of course I'm not trying to take anything away from any of the other series on this site, as I generally watch and enjoy them all, but something about this one says "born entertainers" more than the others.
So yeah... keep up the good work.
I'd like to point out that poor quality welds have been found inside Nuclear reactors. So, no, I suspect even future prison will be built by the lowest bidder.
Secondly, a weld does not have '100% of the strength of steel' and quickly loses strength if the temperature increases of decrease too much, as the metals involved expand and contract at different rates, leading to breaks in the weld.
*sniff* Does.... does..... anyone have a tissue? *sniff*
SirJeffofShort, your post really made my day... thanks for the ultimate compliment. Colby and I set out to make sure we did not come across awkward or unnatural as much as we could help... although we couldn't rid ourselves of the awkward part because of who we are, I still do hope we seem natural and real. This is how we really are in real life. If you come to the Expo, you will see no difference in who we are in person versus who you see on this show. Our earlier episodes were toned back some and were certainly less natural than these later episodes... but we definitely set out to just be us on camera and I am glad you see us that way. I hope others feel the same way.
Thanks again for watching the show and for your unbelievably kind words about us and the show.
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We all have the ability but it is the developing of it that frustrates most of us. It's having patience.
I suggest that you read about developing your psi abilities and practice some of the exercises that are suggested.
I do agree meditation is the most important thing. You have to find out how you can raise your own vibrational energies in order to become more in touch with yourself. Find your own quiet place. It could be inside, outside, in a room, a closet, lying on the bed, or in your car, in a hammock or on the beach. Somewhere you won't be disturbed by the world and it's noises around you. A place where you can listen..... Don't talk, just listen. Relax yourself and breath in and out. Put your thoughts away. Each time a thought comes into your head put it in a box, a jar or whatever you design to put those thoughts away until you come back.
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Thanks for your input, Seer! Reading about the different psychic abilities that people can wield is very interesting. I find that my mind is prone to negative thoughts or bad memories...haha, so I think that meditation should help with that.
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The shadowy network, which gathers once a year under total secrecy, is composed of more than 100 of the most powerful people on Earth — the real "establishment." Royalty, top bankers, CEOs, military chiefs, key central bankers, heads of state and government, media power houses, and other elites are all among the attendees.
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Unsurprisingly, euro-zone finance bosses and publications represented at the 2011 Bilderberg meeting — most notably the Economist in an article early this year — began a coordinated campaign promoting Draghi for the ECB post. And they succeeded.
Before moving further up the ladder of power, Draghi served as an executive director with the World Bank in the '80s. Then he became the director general of the Italian Treasury, where he remained for about a decade. He has also served on the boards of several private banks and worked feverishly to concoct global regulations. "In the euro area we need a stronger economic governance providing for more coordinated structural reforms and more discipline," Draghi proclaimed in an interview calling for a "European economic government."
Draghi has been close to central banks — the real centers of power — for much of his career, too. He became governor of the Bank of Italy in 2006, where he remained until last month. That job put him on the Governing Council of the European Central Bank.
At the same time, Draghi was on the board of directors of what may be one of the most powerful and secretive institutions in the world: The Bank for International Settlements. In his landmark book Tragedy and Hope, former President Bill Clinton's mentor Professor Carroll Quigley described the institution as the real seat of global control. "The powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole," noted Quigley, who was given the opportunity to review the elite's secret documents. "This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert by secret agreements arrived at in frequent private meetings and conferences."
And the machine Quigley described — along with its overall plan he said he agreed with — would be operated out of the Bank for International Settlements: "The apex of the system was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basle, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world's central banks which were themselves private corporations."
Where the EU "bankster coup" goes from here remains to be seen. But according to critics, no matter what happens next, taxpayers and citizens will be the big losers. Elite bankers, meanwhile, will be winning big.
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SlickDeals.net, featured on Wise Bread's Best Deals, has one of the most active forums. Their "Hot Deals" sub-forum has accumulated in excess of 300,000 threads and 4.2 million posts, with multiple ways to sort for the good stuff. Certain posters like Selma and SP33DFR34K have accumulated legendary status, their 1,000s of contributions resulting in many reputation points being heaped upon them. "Repping" a post, clicking a link then commenting (similar to eBay feedback), is one way to show appreciation. Repping may be done in gratitude for the OP (Original Poster) of a massive deal thread, or may be given to someone within a thread who offers sound advice. For example, Ned wonders if Daisytron Pies are any good, and Charlotte mentions they're mostly tasty — but stay away from the strawberry flavor. Through repetitive repping, trust is formed, friendships are bonded, and close-knit tribes arise.
This is important for a number of reasons, such as: with deals in sight, unscrupulous scammers try to take advantage of others. To counter them, "haggle hordes" are virtual vigilantes, thumbs-downing threads in clusters and sinking them to the where they won't get exposure. The scammers can also be abuse-reported, and ultimately, excommunicated from the community for being jerks. Giving thumbs-up or -down is another way of expressing yourself socially, and on SlickDeals, it can only be done for threads, not individuals.
The tides can turn red in a matter of days, or hours. For example, SP33DFR34K recently claimed a 1TB external hard drive would be US$70. Hopefuls (including myself) lined up, reloading pages persistently and hoping to catch a sight at this live deal in the wild. Others expressed faith and devotion because of SP33DFR34K's excellent history, but like a cult gathering to see a UFO that never showed up, the hours dragged on, skepticism started to bubble forth, and then… the crowd tore into a jagged rage. The level of conversation descended to near-YouTube comment lows, anger or biting sarcasm present in just about every post. Tough crowd — even the best OBHs do make mistakes!
Just hours before, the thread had scored a 5-thumbs-up rating (the highest possible). But this descended as "Cyber Monday" stretched out, no deal in sight, eventually sinking beneath the weight of the grumbling mob to a 5-thumbs-down. To add injury to insult, the accompanying wiki post — found under the first post in the thread and is edited to post updated deal info — declared this an "EPIC FAIL", signifying how many hopes & dreams had been crushed in the aftermath.
Amidst the madness, some dealhunters — like cultists who kept their faith alive despite the UFO no-show — tried to rationalize and devise alternate ways of getting a low price, including eBay cashback from another store and other schemes. None were as compelling, but they braced the trampled spirits.
My colorful recounting isn't deriding anyone, for I consider myself an OBH. I, too, once was content to browse the front pages and read the headline summaries, but then, like New York's subway system, I learned about legends of lower prices which compelled me to investigate. So I descended into the forums, and from time to time, I live amongst the OBHs, sharing my experiences with defective products, feeling like the winning Super Bowl touchdown everytime there's a Woot-Off, and commiserating with fellow OBHs who just missed the window on something they desired.
The above is a mere glimpse — hence the "Part I" in the title — and since OBHs camp on the dunes of the economy looking for an oasis, this saga is far from over. Let me know in our comments if you want the tale to continue, and may the discounts be with you.
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Within 2 years of landing into US, I now consider myself deal-hunting pro. I keep scouring the net for mail-in-rebates, cashbacks, discounts and other bargains. My skeptical husband has often found himself shaking head at the prices that I have managed to get on some of the things that we needed. He used to hate coupons once, now he asks me for coupons before we head out to buy something.
But I still wonder whether the savings are worth the time one has to spend to find the absolute best price, or is there really something like the absolute best price. I'm still not sure if its worth it. I'm addicted to it nonetheless.
I LOVE bargain hunting. It is an addiction...I get a high from it. I always love something more if I know I got a good deal on it.
Oh and...I LOVE slickdeals. The best forum out there.
Altho I have occasionally dipped into the internet world of bargains (great for books! and some facial care items, etc.) - I usually find that the SHIPPING cost destroys the bargain. My idea of a bargain is a great quality rayon jersey top for $2!!
So in that sense I am an obcessed bottom feeder! I have found that if I look between the cracks of consumerism some rock bottom values are out there - that's what I go for.
@Learning the ropes: I've found at first, like just about any skill, it takes time to clip coupons and spot savings. But that accumulatively pays off (hee hee) over the long run, and you get better and quicker at it.
@Christina: I check SlickDeals compulsively sometimes, as even with alerts, there are deals that fall outside my scope that I'm surprised by.
@Pamela: So true. I often see "fake free shipping" which is infact an inflated price. A very good point to keep in mind.
Never stop bargain-hunting!
Personally, I think OBH is another way to spend money without feeling guilty.
I'm always reminded of my brother's statement to his OBH: "It's still not a bargain if we don't need it."
I think bargain hunting is great for something I have decided to buy. Unfortunately, I think most of it is used as an excuse to buy, at a lower cost.
Finally a great post on the mother of all deal sites - Slickdeals! I've been an avid reader of the hot deals forum for years and have saved thousands (I wish I would have kept a spreadsheet!).
I'm looking forward to reading the next chapter - and I'm sure many Wisebread readers will visit SD and never turn back - it's an addiction.
@Lizzie: Then, I'd say that's just plain wasteful — not OBH. After all, like your brother said, it's *not* a bargain. More like Obsessive Buying Stuff That Clutters Up The House, or OBSTCUTH — not as catchy. ;)
@Kirsten: That sounds like a great story in itself — or a user testimonial for SlickDeals.
One thing I've spotted missing out there with deals sites are more which focus on professional segments of equipment, like pro audio gear. I'll catch starter guitars and the like on sale, but it's tough to find bargains on stuff that's MUCH higher-priced to begin with. Still, an elevated ceiling is no reason to avoid saving.


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Liverpool defender Daniel Agger claims he has considered retirement at times
Liverpool defender Daniel Agger claims that his fitness struggles over recent years have led him to consider retirement.
By Kent Hedlundh
Last Updated: 07/05/13 6:39pm
The Denmark centre-half has endured wretched luck on the injury front during his time at Anfield, taking in regular spells on the sidelines.
He has, however, made more Premier League appearances this season than in any of his previous seven on Merseyside.
The 28-year-old insists he is enjoying his football again and is feeling 'fine'.
Agger is, however, prepared to admit that he considered hanging up his boots during the dark days on the treatment table.
He told Danish newspaper BT: "I do not have a long time left.
"I have considered ending my career some times. I have had some serious injuries, and at times I have considered retiring.
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Roya Johnson's Holiday Cake Roll
Cake Roll:
* 4 eggs, separated
* 3 / 4 cup granulated sugar, divided
* 1 / 4 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1 / 2 cup flour
* 1 / 4 teaspoon salt
* 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar, for dusting
Whipped Cream Filling:
* 1 1 / 2 cups heavy whipping cream (Land-O-Lakes recommended)
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1 / 2 cup sugar or to taste
* 2 cups thin-sliced fresh strawberries, plus more for garnish
* Fresh blueberries, for garnish
* Fresh raspberries, for garnish
To make cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a jelly-roll pan with no-stick cooking spray and line the bottom with parchment paper. Spray the paper with no-stick cooking spray; set aside.
Whisk the egg yolks with 1 / 2 cup sugar until pale yellow. Whisk in the vanilla and the flour until just combined. Set aside.
Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the egg whites and salt until soft peaks form. With mixer running, slowly add the remaining
1 / 4 cup sugar and beat until stiff peaks form. Whisk about one third of the egg whites into the yolk mixture and then gently fold in the remaining whites with a spatula.
Spread in the prepared pan and bake 15 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean; the cake will feel somewhat spongy to the touch.
Immediately after removing from oven, dust with confectioners' sugar and run a knife around the edges of the cake to separate it from the paper.
Cover the cake with another piece of parchment paper and invert the cake onto this piece of paper. Carefully peel off the original piece of parchment. Roll the cake starting at the short end with the new piece of parchment still in place and set aside to cool completely.
To make filling: When the cake is cool, use an electric mixer on medium speed to beat the cream with the vanilla and the sugar until stiff peaks form.
Unroll the cake and leave it on the piece of parchment. Spread a layer of whipped cream on the top of the cake. Top with sliced strawberries. Carefully reroll the cake into a log using the paper to help you lift and roll the cake. Place seamside down on a plate; remove the paper. Cover the whole log with the remaining whipped cream mixture. Garnish with the raspberries, blueberries and strawberries. Makes 8 servings.
Per serving: 352 calories, 48 percent calories from fat, 19 grams total fat, 11 grams saturated fat, 154 milligram cholesterol, 43 grams carbohydrates, 1 gram total fiber, 35 grams total sugars, 42 grams net carbs, 5 grams protein, 155 milligrams sodium.


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Google Ambushes Facebook Flack With 'Catchpas'
Brandee Barker couldn't use her competitor's search engine; Brad King was called a 'nerdy dipshit;' and Karl Lagerfeld got tired of having to defend himself. The Twitterati were wryly war weary.
Someone sent journalism professor Brad King a message in a cyberbottle. (Warning: Never open cyberbottles.)
Designer Karl Lagerfeld isn't being defensive, YOU'RE being defensive.
Virginia Madsen wants to know where she can stick her iPhone. She should be careful who she asks.
Wired editor Chris Anderson's fantasy about the future utterly failed to account for jet-pack usage. Tsk, tsk.
Just because Facebook flack Brandee Barker isn't being paranoid doesn't mean Google isn't out to get her. (Also, "catchpas" is our new favorite word.)
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TCM Classic Film Festival 2012 draws stars and fans
From Thursday night's world premiere of the newly restored "Cabaret" to the closing-night screening of "Annie Hall" on Sunday, the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood was packed with stars, fans, media and movie experts. "Cabaret," which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, opened the fest. The red-carpet event at Grauman's Chinese Theatre drew stars Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey and Michael York.
Other luminaries included: Kim Novak, Bob Mackie, Debbie Reynolds, Norman Jewison, Rhonda Fleming, Peggy Cummins, Marsha Hunt, Rose McGowan, Richard Anderson, Thelma Schoonmaker, Robert Evans, Robert Towne, Robert Wagner, Kirk Douglas, Stanley Donen, Tippi Hedren, Angie Dickinson, Tina Sinatra, Tony Roberts and Walter Mirisch.
And fittingly, since the fest's theme was style, there were film noir screenings as well as events devoted to both noir and fashion. The Film Noir Foundation's Eddie Muller programmed the classic noir offerings, Shannon Clute and Richard Edwards of noircast.net led a panel discussion and author Foster Hirsch was on hand to interview Walter Mirisch, whose first foray into producing was 1947's "Fall Guy" by director Reginald Le Borg.
I'm still recovering from so much delightful viewing, but here are a few photo highlights, courtesy of the fest.
All images courtesy of TCM Classic Film Festival/photographers Jason Merritt, Edward M. Pio Roda, Mark Hill and Adam Rose.


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Saturday, June 29, 2013
World Camera Day
June 29th is Camera Day! DRC loves that we can provide photos of so many special moments each and every single day of the year. We love to see pictures our supporters send us and hope that you all enjoy the photos we post for you. Don't forget to snap as many memories as you can.
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Friday, June 28, 2013
Happy Birthday Kilo!
Happy Birthday to our main man Kilo the sea lion! This handsome guy turns 12 today. When Kilo isn't barking at his two girlfriends, he loves to play slip and slide and perfect his boogie skills. Happy Birthday Kilo. We love you!
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Thursday, June 27, 2013
Sunglasses Day
Happy Sunglasses Day! Whether you wear your shades to protect your eyes, accessorize or to hide from the paparazzi make sure to rock them with as much style as Tanner today.
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Monday, June 24, 2013
New Study Reveals Dolphins' Flexible Problem Solving While Imitating Blindfolded
|While wearing eyecups, Tanner still successfully imitates DRC Co-Founder Mandy Rodriguez's "shark" behavior.
In 2010, Dolphin Research Center (DRC), a leader in dolphin cognition research, scientifically demonstrated that dolphins can imitate without using their eyesight. A recently published follow-up study now not only reveals that these intelligent marine mammals achieve this task by using sound, but that they employ a deliberate, problem-solving approach to imitation. In the original study, a dolphin wore soft, latex eyecups to block its vision and then imitated another dolphin. To determine if sound was indeed used to accomplish imitation, for this new study the "blindfolded" dolphin was asked to imitate a human's movements in the water. The study, called Switching Strategies: A Dolphin's Use of Passive and Active Acoustics to Imitate Motor Actions appears in the online edition of the journal Animal Cognition (February 2013). A video produced by DRC about the study can also be viewed at DRC's YouTube channel by clicking here.
"We had to change the way that behaviors sound to a dolphin to see if that affected his ability to imitate," explains Dr. Kelly Jaakkola, DRC's Director of Research. "Clearly when a person moves in the water, he sounds very different from another dolphin." Throughout testing the human modeled a variety of motor behaviors such as bobbing up and down, swimming while kicking feet together, spinning in a circle or even swimming like a fish with legs and feet moving side-to-side. The dolphin, a young male named Tanner, successfully imitated the behaviors with a high rate of accuracy.
Confirming that the dolphin did indeed use sound was exciting in itself, but how he used sound was even more intriguing. During testing, in addition to visual observation and video recording, the research team also used a hydrophone – an underwater microphone – to record what happened beneath the water's surface. "When imitating a dolphin, Tanner recognized the characteristic sound of the behavior, much like people might recognize the sound of hands clapping. When imitating the less-familiar behavior of a human in the water, he switched strategies and used echolocation a whole lot more," Dr. Jaakkola elaborates. "Dolphin echolocation is not typically on. It requires a decision on the part of the dolphin to activate it, which shows that Tanner wasn't just mindlessly acting. He was flexible enough to change his approach to gather the information he needed. In other words, he actively problem-solved."
Realizing this provides new insight into the dolphin mind, but the implications are even more far-reaching. "Scientifically, studies like this are really important because so far, only humans and dolphins have shown this kind of flexible skill with imitation. But humans and dolphins are separated by about 90 million years of evolution. This means they must have evolved these skills separately. So exploring imitation in dolphins and humans can teach us not only about each individual species, but also has the potential to fill in crucial information about why the ability to imitate ever evolved at all," believes Dr. Jaakkola.
Dolphin Research Center's research continues to add to the world's knowledge database on dolphins. In addition to this study and its predecessor, Blindfolded Imitation in a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) which appeared in the International Journal of Comparative Psychology (Volume 23, No. 4), DRC's research demonstrated for the first time that dolphins can understand numerical concepts and explored what dolphins understand about hidden objects. Throughout the years, the center has been involved in numerous other observational, cognitive, and husbandry research projects and papers, both on its own and in cooperation with other well-known scientists and institutions. These include studies on immunology, DNA fingerprinting, metacognition, language research, signature whistles, calf independence and others.
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Happy Anniversary Molly Moo
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Help The Dolphins From Home
Eat eco-friendly fish: If you eat seafood, eat fish that is harvested in a sustainable way, which means eating species that that have a healthy population, and whose harvest minimizes bycatch... and impacts on the environment.
Lessen your carbon footprint: Reduce global warming by taking simple steps that will likely save money in the long run - drive less, walk more, use less electricity and water. Don't forget to reduce, reuse, and recycle!
Participate in a Cleanup: Help clean up a local beach, park or roadway and pick up that litter before it gets into the marine environment. Even trash hundreds of miles from the ocean can eventually float or blow into the ocean.
Never release balloons: They are a danger to wildlife, who can swallow them accidentally, mistake them for food, or get tangled up in their strings. After your party, pop the balloons and throw them in the trash instead of releasing them.
Stay involved and informed: Most people do not understand all of the issues. A great resource is the website for NOAA Fisheries at www.nmfs.noaa.gov. Click on "Protecting Marine Species" and then click on "Marine Mammal Conservation".
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Aleta Gull
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Monday, June 17, 2013
Item of the Week!
Check out this beautiful Kelli's Dolphin Necklace With Velvet Box. Perfect for the little princess in your life!
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Sunday, June 16, 2013
Happy Father's Day
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Monday, June 10, 2013
Item of the week: Tail Flukes
When you walk around DRC you probably notice many staff members and volunteers wearing a unique piece of jewelry. These "fluke-prints" are a replica of a dolphins tails. Custom made by Florida Keys artist Terry Drouin of Custom Tails Jewelry, this distinct piece of art is a real conversation starter.
Get your own here: https://dolphins.org/CubeCart/index.php?_a=product&product_id=12
*Also available in small silver, small gold, and large gold.
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Saturday, June 8, 2013
Happy Birthday Talon!
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U.S. Coin Dealers
Find numismatic dealers specializing in U.S. coins in the business listings below.
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London Coin Galleries of Newport offers an eclectic and diverse inventory that you are sure to find interesting. Offerings will satisfy the novice and experienced collector alike.
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Lacy MacAuley is a media activist with a passion for amplifying voices of those working for a better world. With a BA in International Relations specializing in World Development Studies, she is committed to promoting local, living economies that place people, planet, and principle before profit. Lacy's creative passion was ignited while working as news editor for her college newspaper and stoked by helping found the DC Resistance Media Collective in 2005. Keeping the flame burning, Lacy joined the Institute for Policy Studies in 2011.
Lacy came to IPS after doing communications for a variety of progressive organizations through the progressive PR firm Massey Media LLC and as a single contractor. She has done media relations work with groups such as Project Vote and ACORN, United for Peace and Justice, Jubilee USA, Mountain Justice Summer, the IMF Resistance Network, and the Solidarity Center (international affiliate of the AFL-CIO). Locally, she has facilitated communications for organizations such as the DC Humanities Council and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, as well as for projects such as Tent City DC. Lacy was chosen as "Reporter/Activist of the Year 2010" by Press Action for her work at the Toronto G20 Summit. She serves on the board of the Washington Peace Center.
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Sterling Silver Men's Claddagh Ring With Trinity Knot Cuffs in a Gift Box - Max Width
The Claddagh rings legend comes from a story about a fisherman Richard Joyce from a village called "Claddagh" on the west coast of Ireland. He was captured by pirates and sold into slavery to a Moorish goldsmith where we learnt the trade. Many years later when freed he returned to "Claddagh", to marry his childhood sweetheart and started manufacturing Claddagh Rings. As Irish people started to travel the world, so the legend of Claddagh rings spread.
Irish Claddagh Rings Meaning?
The traditional Claddagh Celtic Symbols - heart for love, hands for friendship and crown for loyalty.
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Right hand with the heart pointing outwards = Fancy free
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19-year-old dies following Highway 51 crash
Two vehicles involved in crash
TOWN OF DUNN, Wis. — A Stoughton man who was seriously injured in a crash Tuesday morning has died.
Charles T. Stabler, 19, died at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison as a result of injuries he sustained in the two-vehicle crash on Highway 51 in the town of Dunn, the Dane County Sheriff's Office said.
Just before 8 a.m. Tuesday, Dane County sheriff's deputies, McFarland police and Stoughton Fire and EMS responded to the crash.
Stabler was traveling southbound on Highway 51 in his Volkswagen Jetta. Stabler failed to yield to northbound traffic while turning left onto Halvorson Road and struck an oncoming GMC Sierra pickup truck, sheriff's officials said.
Stabler was ejected from his vehicle and transported by Med Flight to UW Hospital with serious injuries. Deputies believe he was not wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash.
The pickup driver, a 48-year-old Stoughton woman, suffered minor injuries. She was transported to a local hospital by Stoughton EMS.


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