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There are rough upbringings, and there are rough upbringings. Ruslan Provodnikov of Russia had a doozy.
"I did not have an easy time growing up in Siberia," said Provodnikov, who tonight will defend his junior welterweight title against Chris Algieri at Barclays Center in Brooklyn (on HBO). "I don't know where my childhood friends are now. Most are probably in jail. I stole food, sniffed glue, smoked and drank. My amateur boxing coach (Evgeniy Vakuev) saved my life and helped to redirect my life toward being a productive person."
Often times when a person has overcome a lot, great success is achieved. Provodnikov is a classic illustration of that. In a rarity, he made a big name for himself during a loss in March 2013 when he moved up in weight to challenge Timothy Bradley for his welterweight belt at Home Depot Center.
Provodnikov lost a narrow decision, but he beat up Bradley over 12 rounds, decking the champion in a savage 12th round that left Bradley with a concussion.
The bout was named Fight of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America.
Showing it was no fluke, Provodnikov moved back down to junior welterweight and tore up Mike Alvarado in Alvarado's hometown of Denver, flooring Alvarado twice in the eighth before Alvarado could not answer the bell for the 11th.
Provodnikov (23-2, 16 KOs) won the title that night, and had become a star over the course of two noteworthy bouts. Again, somewhat of a rarity. But when you listen to the way this guy thinks – and know his background – it really isn't that surprising.
For example, when Provodnikov recently was talking about what else he is looking to achieve, his comments came off as both different and refreshing.
"I am focusing on a shorter, more prominent career," he said. "I only want the big fights. The fights the fans want to see. I want to make an impact and leave. I do not want to outstay my welcome in boxing.
"Money has never been my primary goal. I want to make the most out of my abilities to be my best in the ring. The respect of the fans and my achievements mean more to me than a title belt."
That doesn't mean he's foolish with the cash he does earn.
"I don't like to spend my money on frivolous things, and I haven't," said Provodnikov, 30. "My family is secure and our life has improved since I have become a champion."
He hasn't gotten cocky, either, even though it was Mike Tyson who handed him his Fight of the Year trophy at the recent BWAA awards dinner.
"Despite winning the title I still feel like a challenger and I train like one," said Provodnikov, who is trained by Freddie Roach. "The only thing that has changed for me now that I am a world champion is that I now have more responsibilities, like interviews and appearances."
With all that said, Provodnikov is an animal in the ring. He, perhaps, is becoming that fighter that others really don't want to face. Algieri, a medium hitter with a record of 19-0 with just eight knockouts, claims that is not the case with him.
"I'm not in awe of fighting Ruslan at all," said Algieri, of Huntington, N.Y. "I've watched him fight in the past and I have a very strong game plan to beat him. I've seen what works against him and just as importantly, what doesn't."
What won't work for Algieri is trading punches with Provodnikov, who is expecting Algieri won't want anything to do with a down and dirty fight.
"My job on June 14 is to chase Algieri and hunt him down," Provodnikov said. "He should be more worried about me. His style of fighting is not my favorite. I prefer an opponent who likes to engage and fight toe-to-toe, not a runner."
That doesn't mean he's worried he might have difficulty with Algieri's style.
"I don't have trouble with runners," Provodnikov said, "they have trouble with me."
(Gennady Golovkin-Daniel Geale set for July 26)
If the WBA had not granted middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin an exception to his mandatory challenger rule, he'd be fighting Jarrod Fletcher on July 26 at Madison Square Garden and not former two-time champion Daniel Geale. Also, HBO is going to televise Golovkin-Geale. It would not have televised Golovkin-Fletcher because no one knows Fletcher outside of his native Australia.
That's why Golovkin and his team were rather stoked at Tuesday's news conference in Los Angeles formally announcing his title defense against Geale.
"As a Golovkin team, we are very excited about this challenge," said Golovkin's trainer, West Covina native Abel Sanchez.
Golovkin, in his limited English, said Geale will be his toughest opponent. He likes that.
"First, he's ex-champion," said Golovkin, of Kazakhstan. "He's a very smart guy. He thinks. He's a good fighter. I think it's a great fight us and it's a big test for me.
For Golovkin's sake, he better hope this is not one of those be-careful-what-you-wish-for scenarios. Geale (30-2, 16 KOs) is no joke. He may not have the power of Golovkin (30-2, 16 KOs), but he has shown his mettle and is 5-1 in world-title fights.
"I've been in big, hard 12-round fights where I've had to dig deep, especially late, to win titles," Geale said. "And if we get into that sort of territory, then I'm comfortable with that. We'll see if he is."
Golovkin, who has knocked out his past 16 opponents, has never had to go 12 rounds.
Etc …
Demetrius Andrade will make the first defense of his junior middleweight title when he squares off with Brian Rose of England underneath Provodnikov-Algieri. Andrade, a southpaw from Providence, R.I., is 20-0 with 13 knockouts. He won the vacant title in November with a split-decision over Vanes Martirosyan of Glendale. Rose is 25-1-1 with seven knockouts. Also to be shown on this HBO teleast is the replay of this past Saturday's middleweight title fight between Sergio Martinez and Miguel Cotto, won by Cotto. … Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero (31-2-1, 18 KOs) of Gilroy will be back in the ring on June 21 when he takes on Yoshihiro Kamegai (24-1-1, 21 KOs) of Japan in the welterweight main event at StubHub Center (on Showtime). Guerrero hasn't fought since losing a wide decision to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in May 2013 in Las Vegas. … Also on that card, two-time Olympic gold-medal winner Vasyl Lomachenko (1-0, 1 KO) of Ukraine and Gary Russell Jr. (24-0, 14 KOs) of Washington D.C. will square off for a vacant featherweight title.


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The Danone-IUCN-Ramsar partnership will be hosting a three day expert workshop on "Achieving carbon offsets through mangroves and other wetlands" from 9 to 11 November at the IUCN/Ramsar Headquarters.
In recent years there has been increasing attention, including through processes implemented under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to seeking to reduce or offset greenhouse gas emissions through projects designed to restore ecosystems, or maintain existing ecosystems, as carbon stores. Much of this attention has focused on forest ecosystems, but there is increasing attention being given to wetland ecosystems, particularly peatlands.
There is now increasing evidence, including through recent work undertaken by the Ramsar Convention's Scientific & Technical Review Panel (STRP), that some types of wetlands (both inland and coastal wetlands) are also important in the global carbon cycle, including as carbon stores – noting also that a significant proportion of the world's forests are forested wetlands. Such wetland systems include temperate and tropical peatlands, and vegetated intertidal wetlands, salt marshes and mangroves. The challenge is to fully assess and measure carbon in wetlands since for many wetlands much of their carbon is in soils rather than above ground as for forests.
In recognition of this important carbon service provided by wetlands, a number of initiatives are underway to establish and implement mechanisms for achieving carbon offset through carbon markets, including voluntary standards for wetlands. In October 2008, at the Ramsar Convention's 10th meeting of its Contracting Parties (Changwon, Republic of Korea), a trilateral agreement, the Danone Fund for Nature (DFN) was signed between the Ramsar Convention, IUCN, and the private sector Danone Group to develop and implement a mechanism for financing delivery of carbon offsets for the Danone Group through wetland restoration projects that are in line with the principles and practices of the Ramsar Convention.
The initial focus of attention under the DFN concerns the restoration of mangrove wetlands for carbon storage and offsets. IAn initial pilot project on mangrove restoration in Senegal, and funded from the initiative, is underway aiming to provide an initial test of the initiative's approach and to derive lessons learned for the further development of the initiative and its transfer to restoration projects, which may also give priority to mangrove restoration.
The November 2009 Expert Workshop will bring together those directly involved in the implementation of the Danone Fund for Nature with a wider group of experts from other organizations working in one or more aspects of wetland restoration, carbon offsets and markets, to review and advise on the further development of the Danone-IUCN-Ramsar initiative. The outputs will be relevant to further implementations of the DFN but also to the work of other organizations and processes addressing issues of carbon and wetlands.
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UPDATE: This article is about hypocrisy and duplicity-- and how Libertarian propaganda is being used to obscure a distinctly reactionary agenda-- not Freemasonry per se. Please read the whole thing --and some of the insightful comments as well-- before making your mind up one way or another. And please be aware that The Secret Sun is both a kneejerk-free zone and a dues-paying member of the Reality-Based High Weirdness Community.Well, the Clownshow's back in town and from the looks of things it going to be clownier than ever before. We have a Wall Street underling in the White House who is attacked regularly by his opposition party as a "socialist," even though intelligent (read: non-racist) conservatives acknowledge he's governing as a classic Rockefeller Republican (with all that implies for parapolitics watchers, I might add).
On the other side of the aisle the GOP leadership has put its hopes in a candidate who may well have been manufactured in Skynet's Terminator factory and is instinctively loathed by 75% of his own party. So much so that he got the scare of his life from an overgrown altar boy (with all that implies for parapolitics watchers, I might add).
Then there's the Great White Hope of the Libertarian/Neo-Confederate alliance, Ron Paul. No one is quite acknowledging it (except his son, judging from his facial expression last night), but Paul needed to win last night more than anyone else and was in fact polling as such.
Paul's mystique is built on being the supposed champion of the Silent Majority and coming in a weak third to the two of the lamest candidates in living memory-- and in a caucus where Independents and Democrats could register as Republicans and vote-- doesn't exactly bolster that image.
But caucuses aren't primaries and apparently they tend to winnow out the enthusiastic but impatient. A lot of his support on the ground were his version of Deadheads- true believers from out of state hitching a ride on the campaign trail. Most of the younger voters are attracted to Paul's antiwar and anti-Prohibition policies while tending to ignore his more problematic domestic agenda.
Even so, I'm not going to try to argue with Paul's Deadheads anymore. Why? Because I now understand the very sophisticated coded messages he's sending out there (more than they do, perhaps) and I think I better understand the powerful emotional response they instill now.
I was actually hoping he'd win so he could do maximum damage to the duopoly and expose the Clownshow for what it really is. Maybe he still will, but I feel a corner has turned. The soda's lost its fizz.
For all his talk of reason, Paul is hitting a bruised and disoriented Middle America -- particularly the white working class-- with a powerful, symbolically-charged emotional stew promising a return to antebellum Southern folkways and an America better described in the Articles of Confederation than the Constitution.
I certainly understand why this is so seductive in these days of Globalism and multiculturalism, even if I don't agree with it. But the fact remains that he's sending a different coded message to his fellow initiates.
"We're the same underneath it all"
Paul lifts McCain's Sirius logo
Paul lifts McCain's Sirius logo
I didn't vote in 2008 and I don't plan to vote in this election either so I have no clown in this show. And besides, what's much more fascinating to me is Ron Paul's almost compulsive display of high initiate secret society symbolism. Which is to say that although other bloggers have claimed that Paul is a Mason --including some Masons themselves-- he has denied it (kind of). But that hasn't exactly stopped speculation on the issue.
All I can say for sure is that if walks like a duck, talks like a duck and performs high initiate ritual like a duck....
Now, the controversy that's dogged Paul has been his newsletters, and to a lesser extent his deep and longstanding ties to extreme right sects like the Christian Reconstructionists and the Neo-Confederate underground.
In the first place, Republican criticism of the Ron Paul Newsletters is pretty rich given the language in them is identical to what's heard on the AM talk radio circuit that GOP lawmakers and power brokers work every hour of every day.
Even so, with the fanatical support Paul has in the White Nationalist community the question has been raised if Paul himself is racist. I think this is the wrong question. What people are really asking if Paul himself is a bigot or a hater. I don't think he is.
I think Paul sees himself in a long tradition of paternalist Southern conservatives who understand the way the world really works, son, and think everything will return to its idyllic, antebellum state once that pesky, outside-agitatin' Federal Government with its sissy talk about "civil rights" is done away with for good.
In this, Paul falls smack dab into the old/new (Masonic) hierarchy of the South, which believes passionately in natural orders, natural laws and especially, natural hierarchies. Unfortunately, working class whites don't figure much higher than blacks in this natural order.
But of course the Masons-- Scottish Rite Masons, to be precise-- were at the top of the plantation Pyramid. What Northern liberals never understood is that the Masonic Dixiecrats (who enriched themselves with New Deal millions and then turned around and shattered the New Deal coalition) were not drooling, foaming, bloviating racists as you might see in a Hollywood movie.
What they really hated were do-gooders and busybody outsiders who don't understand "the natural order of things."
Scottish Rite Freemasons like Albert Pike, Strom Thurmond (who kept a black lover who bore his child), Jesse Helms and Trent Lott invented the language of "state's rights" and "limited government" that Paul peddles everywhere he goes. Northerners might be totally baffled by this language but it strikes a deep and powerful chord for a lot of conservative Southerners (and now Tea Party rightists everywhere).
It means dismantling the welfare state, abolishing anti-discrimination laws and civil rights laws, dismantling separation of church and state (all of which are included in Paul's platform, of course) and all of the other innovations that shattered the idyllic bliss of the Plantation system and its direct descendants.
Paul might not tell his young, idealistic followers that's the endgame for his anti-Federal agenda, but the circles he's traveled in for his entire adult life will explain it to you at length, if you like. As would the Dixiecrats who wrote Paul's gameplan long before he showed up will as well.
The Confederate movement certainly understands the coded language Paul is speaking:
In a January 4, 2008 article on the Official Confederate States of America (CSA) Government website, it was claimed that Ron Paul was "the only candidate who might be friendly to the restoration of the Confederacy" ...The article also stated that the CSA has "known for years Ron Paul to be essentially a Confederate in his stand on the issues"But if you read his platform carefully you'll see that Paul differs from his CSA friends in that he would dismantle the entire Federal government and impose a de facto Confederate system on the North as well.
And Stormfront founder Don Black assumes the same thing about Paul that I did when he started showing up in parapolitcal literature in the 80s- he was a true blue Confederate:
"Everybody, all of us back in the 80′s and 90′s, felt Ron Paul was, you know, unusual in that he had actually been a Congressman, that he was one of us and now, of course, that he has this broad demographic–broad base of support."
But this is not about "race hate" for Paul. That's for the help. This is about dismantling the Federal system-- finishing the work begun in the Civil War-- and returning to the Feudal system that ruled the South since colonial times. The way things should be.
That Paul is a transplanted Northerner shows just how powerful this vision of the world can be outside of Dixie (no one is more committed to a cause than a converted enemy). And that this all squares nicely with Ayn Rand's Liber AL teleology shows it's not limited to America either.
But is Paul a Freemason? One fact people have pointed out is that Ron Paul's wife is Eastern Star and his daughters are Rainbow, an arrangement essentially unheard of for a man who is not in fact a Mason himself.
Lying about the secret?In this handwritten letter (note the reverse of the Great Seal) to a "Charlotte" published on his site Paul denies being a "Freemason." And here's where we come to the classic non-denial denial. A "Free" Mason is a member of the Ancient, Free and Accepted Masonic Order. There are other Orders that do not define themselves as "Free." Several, actually.
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the Masonic secrets in National Treasure
"The Secret Lies with Charlotte" was the key to
the Masonic secrets in National Treasure
And as longtime Secret Sun readers know, the Free-masons are the low men on a much bigger Masonic totem pole in which Masonic-inspired and Masonic-created fraternities and secret societies wield the true power. And here's where we hit paydirt...
Paul is a proud member in good standing of Lambda Chi Alpha, yet another Masonically-created fraternity that is classified as a "secret" fraternity. Lambda Chi traces its origins to Boston (birthplace of American Freemasonry) and Phila(e)delphia, in Paul's native Pennsylvania. Here's an obituary of Lambda Chi's founding father, John E. "Jack" Mason (seriously).
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, June 5, at the Oliver H. Bair funeral parlors in Philadelphia. Cremation and private burial were in Woodland Cemetery. Masonic services were conducted by Lodge 51, of which he was a past master, the preceding evening with his close friend and associate, past Grand High Alpha Fischer, in his station of senior warden.That Lambda Chi is in fact a Masonic fraternity and not just a drinking club is made clear by its original seal, prominently featuring a Masonic handshake. Lambda Chi also includes an inner body called "The Mason's Circle," a classic example of esoteric double-entendre.
It's current seal also features the handshake, which is overshadowed now by explicit Knights Templar (and Solar) iconography, as well as the cojoining of the cross and the crescent, which is a byword for the Order.
Let's recap:
• Is Ron Paul a Free-mason? Probably not.
• Is he a member of at least one Masonic fraternity? Without question.
• How seriously does he take the Masonic craft itself? Oh, you have no idea...
Paul's Presidential announcement should tickle the fancy of Masonic ritual watchers, for both obvious and more obscure reasons.
• First of all was the day and date: Friday the 13th. This should be obvious for most readers but for those who are not, it was the day and date of the suppression of the Templars and includes the number 13, which is sacred to Masons. Read about both here. Or just look at a dollar bill.
• Second was the physical location-- in the Exeter (NH) Town Hall, which is a literal stone's throw from the "Star of the East" Masonic lodge. More on Exeter in just a bit, since it's crucial to Masonic history.
• Third was the particular Friday the 13th he chose to announce- it was the day of a once in a lifetime planetary alignment:
In a rare planetary event, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter, will appear together (within around 2 degrees of each other) in the eastern sky just before dawn this Friday. The event will be particularly spectacular for Sydneysiders. From 5am, the four planets will be clearly seen just above the horizon in the east. The brightest planet will be Venus sitting in the middle of the group. Just above and to the left of Venus and almost as bright is Jupiter. To the right of Jupiter and slightly fainter will be Mercury. Sitting below these three planets and fainter again will be Mars.
"West" lines up with Ron Paul on Friday the 13th,
Venus aligns with Star of the East Lodge
Venus is the "star of the east."
Venus aligns with Star of the East Lodge
Venus is the "star of the east."
Whatever your opinion of Richard Hoagland, he repeatedly proved that celestial alignments were crucial to the Scottish Rite Masons in NASA, so it's doubly difficult to imagine that Paul chose this day at random.
So not only do we have acknowledged secret society initiate Ron Paul announcing on what is essentially a Masonic holy day, it's during an ultra-rare planetary alignment and takes place literally across the street from a Masonic Lodge. If that isn't meaningful to you, you're reading the wrong blog. The scope of this ritual is breathtakingly audacious. Obama-worthy, even.
But if the Masonic tradition is as important to you as it was to your direct ideological forebears, announcing your candidacy in a town named "Exeter" would have an added ritual super-charge.
Because the earliest record we have of the word "Freemason" can be found in Exeter-- Exeter Cathedral, to be exact:
"For purposes of discussion it may be assumed that even if
there had been no operative societies coming down from a
remoter antiquity, the guild system itself would have
produced them. When artisans of all other classes and
callings were uniting themselves into such groups, it would
have been strange indeed if the stone masons had not done
so also. If not a single record of their medieval existence
could be found, it still would be safe to infer they did exist. As
a matter of fact there are records of Masonic guilds both in
England and on the continent.
"The term Freemason (first) occurs
in the fabric rolls of Exeter Cathedral in the year 1396."
-- from Phoenix Masonry
Case closed.
"End the Federal Government"
Note Masonic chevron symbol in new logo
Note Masonic chevron symbol in new logo
Now will any of this sway Ron Paul's acolytes from his cult? No, of course not. It's not intended to. There's no way I can compete with this guy's multimillion dollar propaganda machine or the thousands of his alt-media sycophants.
Besides, no one understands the appeal of turning back the clock more than me (though for me it's the mid-90s). And Paul's radicalism might wake people up and inspire liberals and conservatives in northern states to realize they have a lot more in common with each other than they do with Paul's Confederate revanchists and start taking large-scale secession (and the Second Amendment) more seriously.
And you know me- I love this stuff. The Obama crew has been awfully quiet symbol-wise and I was just getting ready to tune the whole Clownshow out. And I still want Paul to be the turd in the party's punchbowl-- and wake Northern conservatives up to exactly who the hell they've been in bed with for the past 30 years.
That's the great thing about extremists- they tend to clarify issues that the more moderate can obscure.
Sidebar: For Secret Sun purposes Exeter, NH is important in that one of the most puzzling UFO flaps in the 1960s occurred there, inspiring the bestselling book Incident at Exeter. Phillips Academy Exeter is also there, the sister school to the more well-known Phillips Academy Andover over the border, the school of choice for the plutocratic elite.
For the geeks: Exeter founder John Phillips coined the phrase, "With great power comes great responsibility."
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Pope Benedict XVI departs Vatican City for the last time as leader of the billion-member Roman Catholic Church. WSJ Rome bureau chief Alessandra Galloni joins Lunch Break with details. Photo: Getty Images.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Jordan Danks atoned for a baserunning blunder in the ninth inning by hitting a solo home run in the 11th that lifted the Chicago White Sox over the Kansas City Royals 2-1 Monday.
Danks connected with two outs off Kelvin Herrera (2-3) for his first homer of the season. The White Sox avoided a three-game sweep and won for only the fifth time in 18 tries in Kauffman Stadium.
The White Sox trailed 1-0 before loading the bases with no outs in the ninth. After Paul Konerko grounded into a home-to-first double play, Danks entered as a pinch-runner at second base for Adam Dunn.
Conor Gillaspie was intentionally walked to load the bases. Alexei Ramirez followed with an infield single up the middle that made it 1-all, but Danks was caught in a rundown between third and home and tagged out, ending the rally.
Jesse Crain (1-1) pitched one scoreless inning for the win in what had been a duel between starters James Shields and Chris Sale. Addison Reed worked the 11th for his 11th save in 12 opportunities.
Shields threw eight shutout innings and handed a 1-0 lead to Greg Holland starting the ninth.
The White Sox immediately loaded the bases on singles by Jeff Keppinger, Alex Rios and Dunn, setting up the tying sequence.
Shields, who lost to Sale 1-0 on opening day in Chicago, allowed just two hits and struck out a season-best nine. He walked two.
Sale was almost as sharp, going 7 1-3 innings and allowing one run on six hits, with five strikeouts and no walks.
With two outs and one on in the sixth, Ramirez hit a drive over the fence in left field near the foul pole. It was ruled a foul ball and the call was upheld after umpires went into the tunnel to look at video replays.
Alex Gordon hit a leadoff single in the first for Kansas City and scored when Billy Butler lined a double down the left-field line.
After Gordon's two-out single in the third, Sale retired 15 straight batters until Salvador Perez doubled into the gap with two out in the seventh.
NOTES: The White Sox announced that RHP Gavin Floyd will undergo season-ending surgery in New York on Tuesday. … RHP Jake Peavy, who missed his last two scheduled starts with back spasms, is set to start for Chicago on Wednesday against the New York Mets. … This was the makeup for the game that was postponed the previous Friday because of freezing rain. … Sale threw 34 pitches in the first inning, including 12 to Mike Moustakas before he popped out on a 3-2 offering. … 3B Gillaspie made an outstanding play on a hard-hit grounder by Alcides Escobar to end the fifth. … The White Sox are in the midst of playing 15 of 18 away from U.S. Cellular Field. … With one out in the 10th, Dewayne Wise singled but was cut down by Royals RF Jeff Francoeur when he overslid the bag at second. With one out in the 11th, Rios singled but was caught trying to steal second.


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Release Date: 2000 |
Album Rating: 4.5Surprised these aren't more popular here. I always thought they had quite a large following even in metal circles despite being jazz. Maybe it's just because it's so difficult to find them with that sputnikmusic search bar...
Album Rating: 4.5Ach, the title's messed up somehow...
nice ampersand lolololol
nice tracklist and album cover lolololol
Album Rating: 4.5Damn. I added this review on the proper Bohren & Der Club Of Gore page, dunno what happened.
All is forgiven. I love jazz in my metal. Or the other way around.
Bands should name themselves more appropriately for the sake of the Sputnik band search.
What the band actually do though is move all the way to the other extreme in the complete opposite direction
Digging: Ray Alder - What The Water Wants
this sounds really good, checking out there myspace right now
Black Earth > Sunset Mission
Dolores is pretty good.
Album Rating: 4.5Quote:
Black Earth > Sunset Mission
Dunno, I preffer Sunset Mission over Black Earth... Meh, maybe it's because I got into Bohren through Sunset.
great review, this sounds really interesting, gonna check this out.
Album Rating: 4.5I only know Black Earth and last year's Dolores so far, but they're both awesome albums. Gonna get this one as well.
Album Rating: 4.5they're one of the very best bands to listen to while studying, btw ;)
Album Rating: 4.5
That sentence is a little redundant or at least repetitive...
Album Rating: 3.5this is absolute aaaa love this
Not sure how this is metal. I hear no metalness at all. That being said, this is really really good, if perhaps not my cup of tea. This Message Edited On 01.09.09
Album Rating: 5.0Ive written so many essays to this album. It's perfect background music at night.
Wow, just discovered this album tonight and can't stop listening. Great stuff. Exactly what I was in the mood for.
Album Rating: 4.5comus.
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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The Arts Academy at Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, Ga., offers a 12-week fall session of classes for children and adults beginning Sept. 20 and ending Dec. 16.
Private music lessons are open for registration throughout the semester, but class registration is only open until Sept. 15.
A community extension of Emmanuel College, the Arts Academy offers professional arts training for the community and focuses on quality professional instruction while integrating faith and the arts.
These are the fall classes for children and adults: Kindermusik family time (ages newborn-7), Beginning guitar (youth & adult), Kids Class Voice(ages 6-12), Musical Theatre (6-16), Sacred Dance Jr. (5-10), Sacred Dance (13-adult), Kids Art Exploration (k-5th), Drawing (adult/Sr. Adult), and Basic Digital Photography(adult/sr. adult).
Most classes meet one hour weekly on campus at Emmanuel College, and the 12-week semester tuition averages $144.00 per semester. Private instruction tuition ranges from $11-25 per 30 minute lesson depending on the level of instructor (student, affiliate or Emmanuel faculty), and lessons may begin as soon as registration is received.
"It has been thrilling to see the development of young artists in the community. We have been blessed to see our young artist grow in technique and confidence from year to year as they perform in student recitals," says Dr. Deborah Stark, Emmanuel Arts Academy Director.
Visit www.ec.edu/artsacademy for current class descriptions, prices and information. To apply, download the registration form from www.ec.edu/artsacademy or contact Dr. Deborah Stark at (706) 245-2870 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Founded in 1919, Emmanuel College is a Christ-centered liberal arts institution which strives to prepare students to become Christlike disciples who integrate faith, learning, and living for effective careers, scholarship, and service.


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Houston's Screamworld upgrades as it awaits millionth guest
Houston's longest-running and arguably best haunted house is hoping to terrify its millionth screaming customer this Halloween season.
Screamworld opens for its 25th season at 8 p.m. Sept. 20, at 2225 N. Sam Houston Parkway, West, about a mile west of Interstate 45.
The high-intensity attraction will be open through Nov. 2, primarily Thursday through Sunday, except the last week of the season, when it's open every night, Oct. 27 - Nov. 2.
That's a lot of screaming.
Based upon ticket sales in the previous 24 seasons, owner and creator Jim Fedderly estimates that Screamworld's one millionth customer will enter the gate mid-way through the 2013 season. It could be sooner if the show is especially busy, he said.
"I wasn't even thinking about the millionth customer," he said this week. "I was just trying to see how many people have come through."
A hands-on owner who got into the haunted-house business after visiting one in St. Louis in 1987, Fedderly said he loves his work.
"We work so hard on this, you can't imagine," he said. "I'm not getting rich off it because I've reinvested so much in the business."
Screamworld has three indoor features - The Skull Cave, Jake's Slaughterhouse and Edge of Darkness - and two outdoor sites - Maze of Maniacs and Zombie Graveyard.
Jake's Slaughterhouse, patterned on an old-style meat processing plant, got some major additions for this season, including "a few things no meat market should ever have," according to Screamworld's website (www.screamworld.com), where much of the copy is written by marketing director Randal Breaux.
Zombie Graveyard has new lighting and props, Fedderly said.
"We put an air cannon in the pond out there, and when it blows, it shoots water up about 15 feet," he said. "It will get them a little wet."
As good as the five featured sites are, Fedderly said he's as proud of the "preshow," an unadvertised attraction to keep people entertained while they're waiting in line.
This year, during October, it will feature the Braggart Family Freak Show. Their tricks include swallowing swords, lying on a bed of nails and "chopping up" a person, Fedderly said.
Something else new this year is the Fanatics Package. For $100, you can visit the show as many times as you want and receive perks such as an invitation to the after-season party with actors, Breaux said.
All the proceeds from the Fanatics Package will go toward building new features for next year, he said.
"People would be surprised at how much we have to spend on it," said Breaux, who has an undergraduate degree from Harvard University and a master's in business administration from Tulane University in New Orleans.
On a busy night, Screamworld employs as many as 132 actors, Fedderly said.
The show isn't recommended for pregnant women or people with weak hearts.


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History You Take For Granted... Right Under Our Noses
On an early gloomy and rainy Sunday morning, I made my way down to the Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor although that wasn't my intended destination.
As I was driving there, images of what "it was like" started stirring up in my coconut shell and there was no way in the world that I would have been able to come close in imagining how it would have been with bombs, explosions and sun scorching infernos blasting on that day, December 7, 1941.
Movies and pictorials was all I had to fall back on trying to envision that disastrous day - but that wasn't enough. Walking on the hallowed grounds, standing above the memorials and taking a moment - several moments - to reflect, respect and remember what happened nearly 70 years ago wouldn't fit into one day let alone a week.
NEO, a history major and a devoted Kwonic, was extremely gracious enough to stop by - on his day off nonetheless - and be our personal tour guide to one of the most iconic treasures in not only World War II history but in the world itself, the great USS Missouri or more commonly known, the Mighty Mo'.
A very educated history buff with information, facts and stories up the wazoo, it's amazing his head didn't explode from the wealth of knowledge stored up in his noggin'... and he didn't hold back. I was extremely impressed with his thoroughness and passion for not only the Mighty Mo' but for history itself.
As we toured the great ship, NEO painted a vivid picture of how it was like being on board. Simplistic things we take so granted in this automated electronic day was literally "man-handled" back then but with amazing precision and efficiency. Pictures will never do it justice as it is a monument that needs to visited and experienced first hand.
In tribute to all our service men and women (past, present and future) this Memorial Day, follow along as WWD! humbly honors one of the United States greatest treasure resting where it all began in our waters at Pearl Harbor,
E Komo Mai Mighty Mo'!
Two amazing sights... Battleship USS Missouri and the Arizona Memorial
The newly renovated - and still renovating - Pearl Harbor Historic Sites is at the very least, very renovated. It has a very modern and ecological redesign as well as making sure not to lose the ambiance of the historic site.
The only way to the USS Missouri is by shuttle for civilians as it's docked on Ford Island
All 50 state flags line part of the dock in the order of joining the union
Some of the massive fire power on board the Mighty Mo'
Artillery shells - empty of course - come 6ft tall
Hard to see but that little speck in the middle is a boat that will gun you down if you dare enter Pearl Harbor without permission. They even keep an eye out on the Mighty Mo' visitors for any suspicious activity.
Under the massive guns the Mighty Mo' is known for and they are hugemangeous! A total of nine 16-inch guns, each equipped with a 65-foot-long, 116-ton barrel that could fire a 2,700-pound shell 23 miles in 50 seconds with pinpoint accuracy - basically from Pearl Harbor to Haleiwa as NEO says.
The number signifies how many rounds have been fired from this specific turrent and the map shows the location of hits
A very interesting story about the dent made along the railing. Check it out by clicking here.
The model is hard to see through the reflection but under each turrent is four levels of mad efficiency. Back in the day, the sailors assigned to the turrent could load all three turrents in less than 30 seconds. Today? In under 15.
Tactical command central
The view for the tomahawk missles
Looks pretty old school huh?
Future Captain and XO?
The view from the upper deck
Check out the maze of wiring
I didn't chance it
The navigation bridge seemed pretty "plain" considering the firepower that was below it
😀 Do you "see" anything?
Notice the bubble level? If the bubble passes "60" on either end, the boat capsizes - not a good thing when you're at sea.
I'm guessing this was installed after the war
Captain's cabin
Damage control
Damage control crew
Pretty tight quarters
The view back then at the time of surrender
The view today
There are two instruments of surrender signed - one for the Allies and one for Japan. On the Japan copy, Col. Lawrence Moore Cosgrave from Canada signed his name on the wrong line and thereafter everyone else had to cross out their own name and resign on the succeeding line thereafter. 😳
Chicken skin speech
It is and will always be an eerie site of the USS Arizona still leaking oil
The Mighty Mo'
Check out the website by clicking here, http://www.ussmissouri.com/
For those planning on visiting Pearl Harbor - a word of advice. Don't try to do both the Arizona Memorial and USS Missouri on the same day unless you have a super sized stamina tank. Even though they are virtually near each other - besides becoming exhausted walking all over - you really do a disservice by "rushing" through.
There are two other attractions to visit (with paying admission) while you're there, the USS Bowfin (attack submarine) and the Pacific Aerospace Museum.
Muchos Mahalos again to NEO for coming down on your day off and sharing your mana'o, mo'olelo's and your passion for such an iconic piece of history.
We soon may not remember..... but let's never forget.
God speed to all the service men and women of all of our armed forces.
Hint hint........ Stay tuned for June 1st's blog entry
Hint hint........ Stay tuned for June 1st's blog entry
Hint hint........ Stay tuned for June 1st's blog entry
Did I mention to stay tuned for the June 1st blog entry? 😛


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After finishing Joi Ito's post Reading the Dictionary, I was reminded that I actually did enjoy reading the dictionary, in same way Seymour Papert liked playing with gears. But, to Joi's point, I didn't set out from aardvark and press on until zebra. Instead, I realized today, the dictionary was my first true hypertextual experience.
Since I'm still on winter break, I took the better part of today to mess around with my new (well, secondhand) Kinect. I used the excellent freenect library and its Python bindings to whip up this simple little demo.
There's a lot here that is very similar to how we work in SMALLab, especially how we deal with a "buttonless" interface. Using the Z-axis (forward and back on the Kinect, up and down in SMALLab) makes for a pretty nice way of changing from active to inactive state.
I'm looking forward to playing with this some more in the future. It's not the most response system in the world, but I can see simple and casual uses for this kind of interaction in schools, public displays, etc.
If you picked up a copy of an actual newspaper this weekend (I had to make a special trip for it), you may have seen the cover of the New York Times Magazine with an odd pie chart on it. This is SMALLab, one of the research projects that I've been working with for a long time alongside other Parsons faculty and students.
The whole issue is fantastic and the reference to SMALLab is in the middle of an article about games in education, much of which focuses on Katie Salen's Quest2Learn school. Definitely worth reading.
I thought I'd add a small contribution by breaking down what's on the cover here for posterity. In the top right, Kees is holding one of the mocap controllers that the students made in the classroom at the beginning of last year. It's a big Styrofoam ball with four chopsticks poked into it. Each chopstick is topped with a retroreflective ball, which is what we use to track the position of the controller when we shine infrared light on it from each of the twelve cameras in our OptiTrack system.
We loved these controllers so much that, instead of being temporary tools for teaching about the system, we've kept them for over a year now and have even moved them into Quest's new location with us. If you look very closely, you can see the first name of Claudio Midolo, another of SMALLab's researchers who helped design the controller-building exercise (and helped put this one together--hence deserving his name on it.)
In the bottom right corner is an example of one of the custom controllers we've made to handle a variety of scenarios in SMALLab. This one is a paddle I designed and built for the Raft scenario. It's one of a series of controllers that Claudio and I made, which also included forms that looked like pumps and metal detectors.
The whole projection image is something Kyle Li put together. It's not actually a real scenario--he built a fully functioning one that is much more interesting to look at (as well as being playable and fun.) But the Times had this gigantic photography rig over the SMALLab mats on the day they shot, so the motion tracking wasn't going to do much of anything with that hulk in the way.
Anyway, that's just of bit of the back story behind the image you see there. We're continuing to develop things with all new controllers and additions to the technology, in many new and exciting subjects, so expect our next SMALLab cover model to be even cooler.
That's right, Backchatter is now free software! After my colleagues and I at Local No. 12 wrapped up the game the Game Developers Conference this spring, we made the whole thing open source. You can find it on our SourceForge page. And check out our freshly completed documentation.
The Local No. 12 crew had a blast running our game, Backchatter, at GDC 2010! As we mentioned in our blog post, the game code is now open-sourced! You can find it in our project on SourceForge.net.
Great panel session at SXSW! I presented "Playing with 140 Characters" alongside my Local No. 12 colleagues Colleen Macklin, John Sharp, and Eric Zimmerman. We had a very positive reception on the session's twitterfall, which is always gratifying. A really nice end to a busy week up in the air.
So, the Android Market had a Drupal app for updating sites like this. Since I'm doing a lot of work these days on connecting sites to other entry points, I thought I'd give this a whirl.
Just finished the first seminar for the Jetpack for Learning competition. I was inspired to try out a quick-and-dirty take on our "notebook" idea from the original concept. If you have Jetpack installed, drop this in the Develop editor window and try it out.
jetpack.future.import('selection'); jetpack.future.import('slideBar'); jetpack.selection.onSelection(function(){ var html = jetpack.selection.html; jetpack.slideBar.append({ html:html, width:300 }); });
The internet is a potentially powerful tool for enhancing learning environments. However, the unstructured nature of it can present a challenge to both students and teachers. For example, students may lack the ability to pursue a learning goal strategically and therefore find themselves overwhelmed by the amount of information at their fingertips and wandering aimlessly. Teachers, on the other hand, may be at a loss of how to assess students' learning in such a setting and unable to understand the connections that students' are making.
Reflecting Pool (see attached interactive PDF) aims to improve internet-based activities for students by increasing metacognitive awareness (i.e., planning, monitoring, and control of thinking) and for teachers by giving them greater access to the thought processes of their students. Furthermore, it offers a unique opportunity for all to understand and explore the collective knowledge of the class.
Here's another pass at some more of the 9/11 Pager data that was released by Wikileaks this week. I did some work earlier that explains most of what I'm doing. This time, I tried to improve the visualization. I'm also using a directed graph of domain names that appear in the messages as they relate to the unique pager numbers.
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Wasted Cakes
If there's one thing I've learned from this blog, it's that there's a cake for everything. Vasectomies, divorces, fecal triumphs - bakeries come through where even Hallmark is left speechless. So for those of you reading this through squinted, blood-shot eyes, nursing a killer migraine, and wondering if God was actually paying attention to your 4AM porcelain-throne confessional this morning: cheer up; there's a cake for that.
Binky here is part of the new "scare 'em sober" line of cake kits. Nothing says "drink in moderation" quite like a deceased flattened clown with charred lumps for feet, right? "And that's why it's important to remember "stop, drop and roll" when doing flaming shots, boys and girls!"
Look familiar? I hope not; anyone who keeps a big mass of string cheese in their bathroom has serious hygiene issues. I'm glad the guy is labeled a "Party Animal", though: otherwise you might think this was celebrating the flu or food poisoning.
(Bonus Side Tangent Competition: Who can be the first to find me an actual cake celebrating the flu or food poisoning? C'mon; you know they're out there!)
And then there's Charlie, who shows us once and for all that you're never too old to party:
Charlie apparently likes to rock the Casbah with a couple of redskin potatoes shoved down the back of his pants. He also has a gargantuan toilet with a joystick on the seat, which he doesn't like to talk about.
[whispers] Shhh. He's sleeping. That pink shag rug and the smell of 2000 Flushes gets him every time. Aren't they just the cutest when they're dreaming?
(Yes, it's "professional". What, don't you trust me?)
Well, Happy New Year, everyone! Here's to a Wrecktastic 2009.
Thanks to Sarah N., and Stefani H.!


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PORTLAND, Ore., March 17 (UPI) -- LaMarcus Aldridge fired in 31 points and heated up down the stretch Saturday in the Portland Trail Blazers' 112-101 victory over Detroit.
Aldridge got 13 of his points in the fourth quarter and also collected 12 rebounds as the Blazers finished a three-game home stand with a 2-1 mark.
J.J. Hickson (18 points, 15 rebounds) Wesley Matthews, Nicolas Batum (17 points each) and Damian Lillard (14, seven assists) also reached double figures for Portland.
Detroit's Rodney Stuckey struck for 32 points but left the game with a cut above his right eye after colliding with Lillard.
The Pistons tumbled to their eighth straight loss with Will Bynum's 23 points their best offensive performance.


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|Ros N Haywood
But one of my goals is to post more frequently and regularly here. There are lots of memes to participate in, the Family History Writing Challenge in February, Rootstech, and writing about Fearless Females in March . Followed by the A-Z Challenge in April, webinars to attend and courses to study - genealogy will be at the forefront of my priorities!
Thank you to all my followers and readers who have stuck with me during 2013 - and I wish you all the best for 2014.


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Acting icon Robert De Niro and crooner Michael Buble were honored for their philanthropic efforts at Muhammad Ali's Celebrity Fight Night on Saturday.
The 20th annual event attracted stars from movies, music and sports to the Phoenix, Arizona gala, which raises funds in support of the legendary boxer's fight to find a cure for Parkinson's disease.
The Raging Bull star was given the night's big prize, the 2014 Muhammad Ali Celebrity Fight Night Award, which was handed to De Niro by his Analyze This co-star Billy Crystal.
Singer Buble was also presented with the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award by country artist Reba McEntire, who served as the host for the evening.
Ali himself was not able to attend his event due to a stomach bug, but other celebrities, including Sex and the City's John Corbett and politician Robert Kennedy, Jr., were on hand to support the cause.
Country music siblings The Band Perry took the stage to entertain attendees, while Buble, McEntire and Kenny Rogers also performed.
A live auction was also held during the event, where a VIP treatment package at the premiere of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 sold for $15,000, while two lucky bidders each paid $500,000 to have dinner with McEntire in her home. But the biggest draw of the night was a dinner with De Niro, Crystal and former New York Yankees general manager Joe Torre, which went for $1 million.
Over $8 million was raised during the event, boosting the total raised in the 20 years of Celebrity Fight Night to $95 million. Funds will benefit the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center and Medical Center's Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, as well as other charities.
Acting icon Robert De Niro and crooner Michael Buble were honored for their philanthropic efforts at Muhammad Ali's Celebrity Fight Night on Saturday.


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Gasoline Prices Higher in 2012 Than Any Year on Record
It is now official: the average price of a gallon of gasoline was higher in 2012 than any year on record, according to data from the American Automobile Association, or AAA.
The national average price of for the year was $3.60 a gallon, a significant jump from the previous record of $3.51 set in 2011. While 2008 is famous for a huge summer spike that drove the average above $4 a gallon, price weren't as consistently high as this year, leaving 2008 in third place overall at $3.25.
"Record high gas prices have made this the most expensive year yet for motorists," said AAA spokesman Avery Ash. "Factors as volatile as major hurricanes, refinery outages and tension in the Middle East resulted in significant frustration for people filling up their cars."


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The Painted Cake Cometh
This cake is absolutely stunning - kind of like a sharp blow to the head. I know that I was forced to stare in stunned silence for a moment when I first saw it: the thought of eating that much Pepto-colored paint put me in cerebral lock down.
Still, if ever a herd of curly teal amoebas were to migrate across a shockingly pink desert, I imagine it would look something like this. (They even sent the little ones on ahead, see?) And I'm sure it can't be easy to get something edible to look so glossily non-edible, so props where they're due and all that.
But the plastic grad caps - why? No, seriously, for the love of all things cakey, why?
And I'm not going to even mention the spacing, except to say that someone should be staying after class again.
Hey, while your retinas are still smarting, check this action out:
Now, I don't know if it's because orange is my favorite color, or because those giant pillow-y swirls look so softly smooshable, but all I can think about when I look at this is how much I'd like to attack this bad boy face-first, T-Rex style. RawrMmmmmmmm.
Yep, nothing brings out the carnivore in me quite like sugary baked goods. (Oh, wait...)


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A Death Penalty Lesson From Illinois
It's a strange quirk of politics that, with the death penalty coming to the fore as an issue in the 2012 presidential race, the incumbent president is from Illinois while the frontrunner for the Republican nomination is a Texan.
Texas, as we've all come to know of late, is America's capital punishment capital, with a record 234 inmates executed during the Rick Perry administration. Illinois, on the other hand, just recently abolished the death penalty. A spate of 13 overturned death sentences at the beginning of last decade succeeded in bending the conscience of then-governor George Ryan, also a Republican, who suspended all executions and commuted the sentences of the remaining 167 death row prisoners to life. The state passed a series of reforms, and Gov. Pat Quinn (D) signed the ban into law in March.
For the media reporting on last night's U.S. Supreme Court-mandated stay of execution for Texas inmate Duane Buck, Illinois' struggles with capital punishment should be instructive.
The court is reviewing Buck's original sentencing hearing, during which an expert witness for the state, Walter Quijano, testified that Buck was more likely to be dangerous in the future because he is black. Texas has already retried six other death penalty cases in which Quijano testified. Despite a growing chorus of calls to reconsider Buck's case (including a plea from one of the prosecutors) the state of Texas repeatedly rejected Buck's attorneys' requests for a new sentencing hearing.
If Buck's death sentence is overturned, his case will be just the latest indication that the Texas system for doling out death is plagued by prejudice and ineptitude. The Perry administration has already seen the exoneration of at least five death row inmates. The 13 overturned death sentences in Illinois sparked sweeping reforms to the state's death penalty system that led, ultimately, to its abolition. In Texas, how many more will it take?
The prisoners freed from death row in these states had allies and advocates working doggedly on their behalf -- and they also had remarkable good fortune. It's inconceivable, with so many exonerations over the past decade, that there aren't more wrongly condemned prisoners whom the system has failed awaiting executions they don't deserve because they lack representation.
Duane Buck's ultimate fate is still up in the air, but last night's Supreme Court action, the example of Illinois, and the slow stream of innocent men walking out of death row make clear that the system of capital punishment in Texas is a tragically corrupted enterprise in desperate need of reform. And it's time the media start taking note of that.


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Dear Slice: Northern VA/DC Notes
Slice mail answered.
Reaching in to the Slice mailbag, we've got some tips from the D.C. area ...
Just a few items I thought worth noting.
1. Aside from Pizzeria Orso, in other Northern Virginia/D.C. pizza news, the couple behind Pupatella, a Neapolitan pizza cart you mentioned a couple years ago, finally opened their full restaurant a couple weeks ago. It is also called Pupatella, and I've been twice now, and while they are still getting the operation in order, the pizza I had most recently was fantastic. Probably better than 2 Amys, which is their only real D.C.-area competition (the others are mediocre at best). But I guess I will have to compare it with Orso.
2. I never saw this mentioned on Slice, but it was posted on Serious Eats a few weeks ago. The losing dish on Top Chef Masters a few weeks ago was Tony Mantuano's grilled pizza. Worth checking out.
3. Colony Grill's new Fairfield, Connecticut branch opened last week. I haven't been, but I've heard it is very similar to Stamford. I have heard the crust isn't 100% there yet but is pretty close.
All the best,
Isaac G.
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Pituophis melanoleucus
25-80 inches. Overall dark brown to nearly black with a row of large black blotches down the back, and with light markings on chin; young snakes are paler, with the dark spots being more distinct than in the adults; tip of snout pointed; scales keeled and in 27-32 rows.
Pine snakes occur in dry, open, mature pinelands. Their behavior and food is similar to that of the rat snakes, although they do not climb. They lay from 6-13 eggs.
There are two records from Washington Parish, one from the 1920s and one from 1964.


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If this is the wrong place/way to post this Dave please remove it - or tell me and I will. And it is not German but.....
A long past due update. Seems a little wordy but covers a lot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVjzWcJE2Qk&t=20s
The way to get on the list is here: smggunsstore.com Just click on "DP series" under firearms parts and accessories. No they are not finished but getting very close - like it states on the vid. Thanks! And no, we are not sold out, still putting names on the list and only taking a 100 non refundable deposit.


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Simpler, Lighter, And More Reliable: ISIS Multiplexing Electrical Technology Is Now Available For The Performance Market.
In an effort to improve reliability, reduce costs, lighten cars for improved mileage, and ease diagnostics, new-car manufacturers are radically redesigning their electrical systems, embracing a technology known as multiplexing. Thanks to solid-state microcontrollers and logic devices, wiring engineers are able to design a multiplexed system wherein multiple analog or digital inputs are combined (or multiplexed) at one master logic center, transmitted over one pair of wires to a remote module, and then distributed (or demultiplexed) for output to various electrically operated devices. The new ISIS (Intelligent Silicon Integrated System) brings the same technology to the aftermarket for hot rodders and racers alike in a user-friendly, reprogrammable package.
Why Multiplexing?
Fuel injection, electric fuel pumps, electric fans, cruise control, multistage nitrous systems, antiskid brakes, high-zoot sound systems, electric power steering, and power windows, seats, and door locks have vastly increased the complexity of many modern hot rodders' wiring needs. Even with a more basic old-school hot rod or race car, the number of remote relays and daisy-chained circuits and controllers takes up space and adds weight-from all the add-ons, as well as from the added weight of the heavy-gauge wiring needed for their interconnection. And no matter what the application-from no-frills to power everything-custom wiring is one of the most time-consuming and expensive parts of any project, requiring days to lay out wires from separate control switches to components, routing power lines, and testing and troubleshooting circuit integrity.
With ISIS, wiring becomes dramatically easier because multiple wires no longer run all the way from an electrical switch, through the fuse box, and out to each individual accessory. It takes the average weekend mechanic about 40 hours to wire a car. ISIS maintains that its system cuts that time up to 70 percent. And with shorter and fewer wire runs, you're looking at about a 40 percent weight savings compared with a traditional wiring harness. That's a big deal in a weight-conscious race car.
How It Works
ISIS' original architecture was designed for mission-critical, cannot-fail police, fire, and emergency vehicles, so it's tested to a reliability standard far beyond most typical hot rod parts. The basic system consists of a Mastercell control unit, which can be mounted behind the dashboard or inside the passenger compartment, and at least one slave unit or Powercell installed at a point near a cluster of electrical components. A Controller Area Network (CAN) bus cable connects the Mastercell unit to each subservient Powercell. One Mastercell can control and coordinate up to 50 inputs and 50 outputs. Each separate Powercell can power up to 10 components. You can run up to five Powercells installed at different remote locations.
Each Powercell can support up to 125 amps overall with each of the 10 fused outputs rated at 25 amps. If a current-drawing component eats more than 25 amps (typically, electric cooling fans or high-output electric fuel pumps), an available Mastercell and Powercell input and output circuit may still be used to control the low-current side of an external relay. For just about all other circuits, separate relays and high-current-capable bulky switches are no longer needed, as the Powercell itself acts like a relay but with lower inherent resistance and degradation over time than a traditional mechanical unit because the solid-state ISIS has no moving parts.
Instead of the usual practice of running battery current from a switch, through the device, and then to ground, on the ISIS the typical circuit path operates in reverse: Low current flows out from the Mastercell to a switch or sensor and then on to ground. Based on its programming and the sensor or switch position, the Mastercell communicates through the CAN cable to a Powercell to activate or deactivate the component (such as lighting or ignition). With the switches or sensors now located on the low-current, ground side of the circuit, their amp rating is no longer critical. It takes less than 1 milliampere to turn on an input to the Mastercell. Switch life is virtually unlimited, and you can use miniswitches for even the most electrically demanding consumers. If the alternator or battery fails, ISIS still operates on just 5.5 volts. Special order options include the ability to selectively and hierarchically disable noncritical electrical components or enable a master disconnect in the case of a low-voltage condition.
Unlimited Versatility
The ISIS system can perform special functions beyond simple On/Off circuit control. Because of their solid-state, MOSFET architecture, Mastercells can cycle hundreds or even thousands of times per second, allowing pulse-width modulation or varying-intensity lighting schemes. Mastercells can accept 0-to-5-volt analog input for proportional control of an output: The same light can be set to blink as a turn signal or stay lit as a running light. Interior lighting, the headlights, and the cooling fans could be set to stay on for a set amount of time after you leave the vehicle. Daytime running lights could be set up so the headlights are allowed to illuminate at different intensities depending on the ambient lighting conditions.
There is no longer a need for separate time delays on a staged nitrous oxide system. You won't need any turn signal flasher modules, LED taillight load resistors, daisy-chained ignition system retards, or race car fuel pump primers, either. With ISIS, the potential control possibilities are limited only by your imagination. As long as the circuit is controlled by a switch or sensor, functionality can be integrated directly into ISIS.
Diagnostics and Security
Electrical troubleshooting is easy with ISIS. In a traditional wiring system, each separate electrical circuit must be painstakingly diagnosed point to point with a multimeter and test light. ISIS builds self-diagnostic capability directly into the system.
A separate security system is no longer needed. The optional inLINK wireless control module and its associated key fob allows the owner to lock out the fuel pump, the ignition, and the starter-not at the switches or devices, but through the Mastercell itself just by pressing a button on the key fob. Hot-wiring the ignition switch does nothing. InLINK can also be used to control remote actuation of courtesy lights, parking lights, or a horn panic button.
There is yet another available option: About the size of a handheld GPS unit with a portable touch screen, the inTOUCH wireless device offers even more remote functionality than the basic inLINK key fob. It snaps into a dash-mount cradle for recharging and vehicle control, but the vehicle owner can take the portable unit with him when leaving the car-which means he essentially has all the vehicle switches with him as well.
The basic programming that comes with the kits will cover a majority of vehicle applications. If the end user desires some special function or control, it can be accommodated at the factory before the system is shipped. By the time you read this, end users will be able to generate their own code via ISIS' Internet-based programming interface that allows the use of virtually any Web-capable platform: a Windows-based PC, a Macintosh, a Geek's Linux special, JPL's mainframe, or even a Smartphone. But at least initially, a Windows-based PC plus an optional inCODE interface module will still be needed to send the new code to the Mastercell's programming header.
Typical Installation
Most hot rods will probably end up with one Mastercell plus two Powercells-one at the front and one at the rear-as shown in the photos of Bruce Douglass' custom '57 Chevy 210 hardtop being wired by McMillan's Speed & Fab. This high-end, no-compromise car features a Car Creations custom frame with Corvette C5 suspension front and rear, a 6.2L LS2 engine, and a 4L70E auto trans. The headlights, parking lights, front turn signals, engine computer, electric fan, windshield wipers, horns, HVAC (heating and air conditioning), electro-hydraulic brake power booster, and gauges are connected to the front Powercell. The rear Powercell outputs to the audio system, taillights, license plate light, interior lighting, rear turn signals, electric fuel pump, fuel level sender, door latches, and power windows.
The typical three-cell starter kit used to wire the '57 Chevy goes for $999 as this is written, plus another $179 for the inLINK key fob. Compare that with a roughly equivalent conventional wire harness ($450) and a typical antitheft system ($200), and it's seemingly about double the outlay to step up to ISIS. But that's not the whole story: Extra heavy-duty switches, relays, time delays, and analog ignition and boost-control devices found on many of today's sophisticated hot rods can easily raise the price up near the cost of an ISIS unit. And then there's the time and labor savings, both during installation and later in diagnostics. Early ISIS adapters simply love the unit. We'd say if you have the bucks, it's well worth the price.


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It's been a week, WoW fans. A week and we've already gotten our teeth deep into 4.3. I have been enjoying myself, especially now that I can enjoy a patch that offers me gear, dungeons and not have to worry about raiding much on top of that. This is my first new content patch where I haven't been raiding since Burning Crusade started. It is a weird feeling, to be honest. Thanks to the efforts of my social-but-very-enthusiastic guild, we've been working on retro raids for transmogging gear, achievements and even stepping foot in Firelands to get me siphoned essences to finish my legendary*.
Overall, I've been having fun and have a lot of thoughts to what 4.3 has offered us thus far.
I have always relished the idea of transmogrification. Even though I never played any MMORPGs prior to WoW, where such things as vanity layers or costume layers existed, I have been deep in my heart a fashion nerd and roleplayer. I like having appropriate clothes for the occasion, especially since my real life self is a little too self-conscious and destitute for such things. My earliest memories of gear on my mage was that they "all matched" and being chided gently by guildies that I needed gear that was better than what I had on, rather than just all was the same color. (You can't take my Mistscape Wizard Hat of the Owl AWAY FROM ME!)
However, when given the world of armor to play with, I found myself falling a little short on ideas (No gnome jokes, please.) Everyone else had must-have sets and creative uses of color, style and theme. With the exception of my priest, even my RP character concepts didn't lend themselves to "iconic" gear for their personality. I had reams of gear in the bank saved because of how it looked and memories it held, but I'm still not sold on most things to wear. It has been fun to play with and to disguise horrible gear in the case of my shaman, who had a lot of trollroic armor. So while transmogging is quite possibly the best thing to happen to WoW in a long time, I feel so disappointed that I'm not taking advantage of it as whole-heartedly as everyone, even if I am the perfect person to do so. I will endeavor a little harder to come up with pretty sets, but I am glad that Blizzard implemented the feature anyways.
5 Man Dungeons – End Time, Well of Eternity and Hour of Twilight
In a word: exciting (and I get to be TALL!)
While I feel that some of the trio are less exciting than others, when taken all together, they are a very nice mixture of new boss mechanics, immersive storytelling and gameplay. The very obvious standout is Well of Eternity, which I have a feeling was supposed to be part of the rumoured War of the Ancients raid. It feels so complete and filled to the brim with interesting things that it feels almost a little out of place with the other two dungeons, which are still laid out around Wyrmrest on familiar ground. They also aren't nearly as punishing as heroics have been immediately upon release, unlike in the past. Sure, I've seen a few PUG groups wipe on Tyrande, but nothing like the hours of frustration from trying to learn Ozruk.
Most of the dungeons feel fun and invigorating for a couple of reasons, I believe. First – less trash and it is more pragmatic and directed. In End Time, you basically make a big ring to clear out the boss area, or push forward to where the boss is, not long twisty hallways to get to a small room. It feels like a progression, not a crawl. Secondly, there's a better mixture of mechanics designed to mess with ranged vs. melee, healers versus tanks, and some that just require smart use of mechanics that can be done by most group compositions. Not every fight requires heroism, not every fight requires 3 ranged. Most people have decent interrupts now and while some have been given longer cooldowns, most of the casts that need to be interrupted are on timers that don't feel impossible to catch. There's lots of stuff to not stand in, but it isn't a 360-degree chain cleave, nor tons of puddles out at ranged while the melee gets to whack on the boss. Everyone feels responsible for their own mortality in some ways. Third, newness in both the fight mechanics and scenery. There's things here we haven't played with before – such as the hourglass feature on Murozond. It is commonly remarked as the most fun boss fight so far out of the three dungeons just because of it. I have even brought people back to life using it and I find that a little liberating, especially to people who are newer healers and feel pressured to keep everyone alive.
Additionally, there's lots of nice new gear to be had in the dungeons and gotten with a minimum of fuss. You clear all three dungeons in roughly an hour and a half and due to less trash and less ridiculous bosses, it never feels like a slog. I've already managed to VP cap my mage and shaman for the week, which will make quick work of gearing up the other 85s I never play (due to heroics being boring as hell.) My only bone of contention is how limited the loot tables are for each item slot in your armor class. There's not a lot of leeway for you if you only gear yourself via heroics, but I think that's because of…
Looking For Raid
Now featuring Yor'sahj the Unpuggable!
Admittedly, my experiences so far with the Looking For Raid feature have been small. Last night, a small group of 8 or so guildies and I dropped ourselves into LFR (one of them as the main tank). We breezed through every boss (including said Yor'sahj) with nary a death or a wipe (until we lost a couple of people to the ice wall on Hagara) and finished in an hour and a half. This stands in stark contrast to some of my boyfriend's exploits via the finder, which include every group wiping to Yor'sahj, but I digress. LFR seems like a reasonably good idea. It gives people the ability to legitimately see raid fights in a smaller, more forgiving environment, as well as collect gear and valor points. As my friend the main tank put it, "It is like pugging a heroic but with 24 other people." I think that he had the right of it as well; while there may be more people, the atmosphere is roughly the same. Most people are quiet participants, there are occasionally boisterous and unhelpful ones and overall the experiences can vary. But it seemed to us last night that if you mix in a little bit of your own social group, that it can go quite smoothly and make it very fun to participate. One of us got two very good loot drops and I got to test my hand at raid healing without the stress of trying to learn Firelands fights or freak out that no one was directing assignments. Granted, I think our positive turn at the LFR was mostly due to a lucky bit of competency out of the raid (the other tank, most of the healers, DPS knowing how to target swap), but I think overall, this has the potential to ease people into raiding or give people end-game choices. I know some people who have long maintained that PUGging and casual raiding has ruined WoW, but I think my ability to have fun last night is more important than their opinions on the matter.
The Darkmoon Faire
Finally, after testing it extensively on the PTR, the faire is here. So far it is exactly what it promised to be – fun dailies, lots of vanity items like mounts and pets to acquire, as well as added mysteries and bonuses that you can gain while doing PVP and dungeons. Ticket generation seems a lot slower than I'd like for a week-per-month event, but as Rickiep00h from Something Awful posited:
If it were permanently open, it would be Molten Front 2. Enjoyable at first, but ultimately another annoying grind.
It's a compelling point, and not just because of the fact that Molten Front fails in all the ways that DMF succeeds – the rewards are not meaningful to progression in quite the same way that MF put them at the time, especially to casual players. However, they are meaningful to people as much as they want to make them. People who enjoy vanity rewards or transmogging sets for gear make them purposeful and have value, those who do not enjoy them do not have to participate. It helps both alts and mains in different ways – one way is via trade skill points (imagine getting 5 points once a month to get you around a tricky spot between 285-300) and one is money and loot. This means you have different goals and reasons to bring more than one toon to the Faire, unlike doing the same dailies for the same thing in the Front. It also lays out the path of tasks very concretely and without much effort – the quests are short, fun, and require very little exertion in terms of killing mobs, even the Grisly Trophies quest. It doesn't consistently open more and more dailies to keep you occupied, like in a hallway full of infinitely opening doors that lead to nowhere. DMF is a return to a lot of the old fun seen in earlier quest design and development before Titan was a thing – anyone remember Isle of Quel'danas? Sure, not quite the same carrot-on-a-stick there but I can feel a familiar tingle of the fun. The Faire seems to hold fast to the idea that it is a magical, mysterious and slightly sinister fair in the woods. Molten Front gave us an illusion of choice and individuality and left us with nothing but a bad taste in our mouth.
So in short, get out there and fish yourself up a Sea Pony. I got both it and my rare fish achievement in the same hour. Many more are reporting the same thing with the Steelscale Crushfish, so get yourself closer to Salty!
*Art courtesy of Aly Flock.


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Autism is a pretty big part of my life, being that one of my fantastic kids happens to be autistic. :) My second child was diagnosed with autism when he was three. Life with my sweet boy is always an adventure. His development is one of peaks and valleys, with the valleys being low points that are riddled with frustration and questions, and the peaks being such great highs that our hearts explode with pride and joy! Parenting a child with autism is not a bleak and hopeless task, it is a journey you walk on a different path, with alternate scenery, but it can be just as beautiful, and certainly, without a doubt, the most rewarding. :)
I wanted to share a photo of my gorgeous boy, but when I attempted to take his picture yesterday he had other ideas:
You just never can tell with him. :)
But, wait, the title of this post is "a happy bento for Autism Awareness Month"!
Well, I've wondered for several weeks about how I was going to incorporate Autism Awareness into bentos. I needed a tie-in. A friend suggested making Gluten-Free and Casein-Free bentos, as a lot of children with autism are on a GFCF diet, but I am wholly inexperienced with GFCF foods and even if I managed to make a couple I wasn't sure my kids would want to eat it. :) (My hat is off to parents maintaining a GFCF diet for their kiddos - it's not easy!).
I got lucky and stumbled across a cool tool that would give me just the kind of tie-in I had hoped for. As you may know, the standard logo for autism is a puzzle piece......
My little girl's preschool bento today has puzzle pieces of peanut butter & honey sandwich with a fruit leather heart and a cereal bar; strawberries, cucumber slices with hummus, and organic yogurt covered raisins.
Puzzle piece sandwich bites! Cool, right?!
This cool sandwich cutter set has four different puzzle cutters, by The Lunch Punch. I love it!!
You will be seeing LOTS of puzzle pieces in bentos this month. ;-)
Supplies used to make this lunch:


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Meet My Mother In Law
Mature lady Nikki calls her daughter's husband, Billy, at her home to "fix her computer". The innocent guy has not idea of what she has in her slutty mind. She places him on her bed, takes his clothes off and shows her amazing blowjob skills. Next, she takes off her own clothes and surprises Billy with her great body. He admits she gives better blowjobs than her daughter and finally he gives her a facial cumshot.


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Related to wool: cotton
The hair of the sheep; sometimes, when defatted, used as a surgical dressing.
Synonym(s): lana
the natural fiber produced by the skin of domesticated sheep, characterized by its quality of felting together by virtue of its imbricated surface.
wool ball
see trichobezoar.
black wool
inherited coat color in sheep.
wool blind
the state of having excess wool growth around the eyes to the point where the sheep is unable to see.
break in wool
see wool break.
carding wool
wool suitable for the woollen trade.
carpet wool
coarse low-grade wool, used in the manufacture of carpets.
wool classing
see wool classing.
clean wool
the basis on which the price of wool is set; scoured wool less charges and loss incurred in scouring.
combing wool
long-fibered wool suitable for processing in a combing machine. Used in textile manufacture, especially worsted.
colored wool fibers
naturally colored fibers in a fleece.
dead wool
wool plucked from a sheep which has been dead for some time; usually heavily contaminated and of little value.
dense wool
staples carrying many fibers per unit area of skin surface.
wool depigmentation
see achromotrichia.
doggy wool
unevenly or poorly crimped wool; found in old sheep.
wool eating
eating of rabbits' wool by other rabbits, or wool from garments by cats causes intestinal wool balls and obstruction of the gut. May be a manifestation of pica due to boredom.
wool fat
see lanolin.
wool fiber abnormalities
includes straight, steely wool, wool break, pigmentation, achromotrichia in black sheep.
wool fiber diameter
thickness of the fiber; wool is sold on the basis of the average fiber diameter of the wool in the lot as determined by a machine and quoted in microns (micrometers); a more sophisticated classification is made on the basis of the average fiber diameter and the variability of the diameter.
greasy wool
wool in its natural state, after removal from the sheep and before any commercial processing; contains yolk, suint, moisture, extraneous soil and vegetable matter.
wool hairs
the soft undercoat fibers in most cats and dogs, interspersed with the longer guard hair; the predominant fiber type in sheep.
hogget wool
first fleece from a 10 to 14 month old sheep which has not been previously shorn.
hunger fine wool
wool with a finer fiber diameter than expected for the sheep's age; caused usually by poor nutrition.
wool industry
includes sheep farming, shearing, wool sales, wool processing and fiber and fabric manufacture.
wool maggots
see cutaneous myiasis.
wool picking
pulling at the wool of another sheep. It may be a vice due to over-confinement, or to an unspecified nutritional deficiency. Biting of another sheep as occurs in rabies may be confused with wool picking but not for long.
plain wool
straight wool lacking crimp and character.
wool processing effluent
liquid effluent from wool processing; has been a source of infection with anthrax.
wool pulling
pulling by the sheep of its own wool, usually an indication of itchiness. See also psorergatesovis.
wool quality
the British standard for wool quality is based on the Bradford Spinning Count System and the wool qualified as to its Bradford Count. This originated in the 19th century and is based on the number of 560-yard worsted skeins that can be produced from one pound of clean wool; larger numbers mean finer wool.
wool rot
see fleece rot.
wool rubbing
the sheep rubs its fleece against a hard object. Usually an indication of itching caused by external parasites or to a systemic disease with manifestations in the skin. See also scrapie.
wool slip
alopecia of housed ewes that are shorn in winter. The wool is lost over a large area of the back. There is no systemic illness and the wool regrows normally. The cause is unknown but the condition appears to be related to a high level of serum corticosteroids.
straight-steely wool
wool sucking
a vice of cats, particularly Siamese and Siamese crosses, in which they suck or chew woollen objects. Believed to be an extension of sucking behavior.
tender wool
wool which will break during the combing process in manufacturing.
wool wax
see lanolin.
wool weight
see fleece weight.
wool yield
the percentage of raw wool that can be retrieved from processing in a state suitable for the particular type of production which is in hand, e.g. carpet making.


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the premise is simple: eat a sandwich in under 30 minutes and you get a t-shirt and your picture on the wall.
simple, unless the sandwich is this monster:
behold, the dagwood from the ohio deli and restaurant. consisting of a whopping two and a half pounds of meat, a huge bun and accompanied by a hearty pile of fries. jim from cmh gourmand met the challenge and blogged about it here. his feat of strength and endurance got the folks at columbus underground talking and soon an event was born.
shortly after the competition began, we asked the waitress who held the record for eating the dagwood and she brought us this picture. 6 minutes?!?!?
11 competitors began this challenge, only 7 finished. sufficed to say, this was an amazing spectacle.
after finishing his sandwich, the fries and a piece of pie, this guy got a bloody nose. you heard it here: the dagwood may cause internal bleeding. jim, sporting his third "i defeated the dagwood" shirt.


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From Automotive Retailing Today...
A lubrication servicer performs oil changes and lubricates moving parts of vehicles while in training with skilled technicians.
As with all positions within dealerships, lubrication servicers are expected to uphold the highest ethical standards.
The duties of a lubrication servicer include:
Lubrication servicers should possess mechanical aptitude and knowledge of how automobiles work. Experience working on motor vehicles in the Armed Forces or as a hobby is also valuable.
A valid driver's license with a good driving record is needed for this position.
People working within the automotive retail industry often have to work extended hours, evenings and weekends to achieve their goals.
Most employers regard the successful completion of a National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF)-certified technical training program in automotive technology at a high school or at a community college as the best preparation for entry-level positions.
Focusing on the following coursework may be useful to those seeking a career in automotive service: computers/electronics, automotive service and technology and courses that teach analytical skills.
Lubrication servicers can move quickly to entry-level service technicians and then advance to mid-level technicians after a few years of experience and at least one specialized certification from the National Institute of Automotive Service Excellence (ASE).
The average annual earnings of lubrication servicers are approximately $24,000 to $31,000. Earnings vary depending on experience, and the dealer's geographic location and size.
Please click here for more information about average salaries.
Benefits vary by employer, but most dealerships offer on site training, health insurance, retirement plans, and other benefit options. Talk with the specific dealer human resource manager about benefit packages.
Working in the automotive industry can be physically demanding. Certain positions require employees to spend most of their workday on their feet and to carry heavy and awkwardly sized items. A reasonable level of physical fitness and flexibility is beneficial.


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Soft and Pure (simplified)
1. Soft and pure, the light that flows from candle flame,
Not too bright, but light enough to clearly see
He who comes to earth this night,
Clothed in meekness, hope, and light,
Savior of all fallen creatures He will be.
2. Soft and pure, the love that flows from Mary's heart
For her newborn son come down from God above.
She who magnifies the Lord,
Faithful to His ev'ry word,
Showers her dear babe with tender mother's love.
3. Soft and pure, the holy infant all adore.
Though the Son of God, He sleeps in arms obscure.
Miracle of hope and love,
Priceless gift from heav'n above,
Come at last to cleanse our hearts from sin and make them soft and pure
Text: Raymond Cook
Music: Raymond Cook
Artist: Cook
Album: Music Published in the Church Magazines: New Era
Composition Date: 2006-12
More Info: New Era


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Just released for 2012 and now available at the KnifeCenter are the three limited edition Kershaw Blurs. These include two DLC coated models with a Purple or Green spider web pattern handle and a Carbon Fiber model with a beautiful stonewashed finish. The 154CM steel blades come razor sharp and fly open with just the slightest pressure to the tapered thumbstuds. Light jimping on the spine and frame, paired with an ergonomically curved handle make this knife extremely comfortable to use for extended cutting tasks. Limited production of 700 Pieces for the Green, 550 pieces for the Purple, and 850 pieces for the Carbon Fiber – get these highly collectible and ultra cool designs before they're all gone. Available at www.knifecenter.com.
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