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Note: Fast forward to the 2:02 point of the above video to see Shaq's award-winning dunks
Is Shaq Johnson the best dunker in the history of Georgia high school basketball? We debated that topic in a recent blog here.
Johnson, who just started his senior year at Milton High School, added to his legendary status by winning the Under Armour Dunk Contest at Venice Beach, Calif., on Friday.
The featured contestant was Derrick Williams, the No. 2 pick of the NBA Draft.
"Derrick Williams had no idea what he was getting into with Shaq there," Milton coach David Boyd said with a laugh. "Derrick Williams didn't even know who Shaq was. He does now."
The rest of the field consisted of 24 high schoolers, including Johnson, who committed early to Auburn.
The 6-foot-4 Johnson won with a windmill dunk, a high-flying dunk that cleared 6-foot-9 Tony Parker of Miller Grove High School, and a circus dunk by going through his legs and jamming left-handed.
Whatever you see on the above video does not compare to the below video. That's the one that stirred the debate about: Who is the best dunker in the history of Georgia high school basketball? We think it's Shaq, although there are a lot of old-timers that keep bringing up the name of Darrin Hancock.
What do you think? State your case below
August 28th, 2011
6:02 am
Scuse me, let me just slide into the first position here…
August 28th, 2011
6:05 am
looks like Tony Parker got teabagged!
August 28th, 2011
6:10 am
Played against Darrin Hancock in high school. Hancock was one hell of an athlete. Managed to avoid getting dunked on by him. Hancock and Shaq are different kinds of dunkers. Shaq is like Dominique Wilkins, a two foot jumper. Darrin Hancock was a one foot jumper like Jordan. Don't know who is the better dunker, they both are pretty good. But I will tell you that Hancock was probably the better athlete, he finished in the top three in the state 200m in track, at 6′6.
August 28th, 2011
6:48 am
Where do 24 high school kids come up with the scratch to spend a few days in Venice Beach? Basketball is more corrupt than the APS. I think Bill Campbell would make a great college basketball coach. He would fit right in with John Calipari and the litany of AAU scumbags.
August 28th, 2011
7:38 am
He sure will look great in CRIMSON next year.
August 28th, 2011
8:11 am
no dominique wilkins? how soon we forget.
really dont think that most of today's players can hold a candle to the old guard. tooooo many me player that concentrate on whatever strength they have and disregard fundamentals etc.
i was not impressed with those dunks sorry. they need to review some of the old timey dunks from guys like spud webb for instance.
August 28th, 2011
8:14 am
these kids already think they are privileged. lord knows they dont need any more coddling.
stars before they've accomplished a thing.
maybe j crit would have been a better human being had he not gone this route too.
August 28th, 2011
8:56 am
Ismail Muhammad…end of story!!!
August 28th, 2011
9:05 am
Ok he can dunk!! But can he shoot or do free throws? just wondering
August 28th, 2011
9:54 am
I find Hooters girls very attractive. I want to touch them.
August 28th, 2011
9:58 am
Hooters girls just get me. They look good and they bring me beer….now if I could only get them to go home with me…..
August 28th, 2011
10:07 am
I want a sandwich from Hooters right now!!!!! A boob sandwich.
August 28th, 2011
10:08 am
what contest? Not even close-appreciate the other guys showing up though.
August 28th, 2011
10:17 am
I could care less if he can dunk. Can he play defense and shoot? AAU, college basketball and these Prep schools are all corrupt. Just like alot of our society. These kids think they are entitled to stuff instead of earning it.
August 28th, 2011
11:06 am
Winning that Slam Dunk contest is a great way for Shaq to finish the summer. He went from a two star player in the Spring and not ranked to a four star player and #93. He should be set to have a great senior year for Milton. Great recognition for the state of Georgia; not everyday you beat a pro. He and Travis Leslie have a lot of similarities.
August 28th, 2011
11:31 am
Your earlier article listed his top five schools and Auburn was not among them. Has he actually committed to Auburn?
August 28th, 2011
11:35 am
who gives a rip about Shaq or the Nba.
August 28th, 2011
11:56 am
Give me the "ultimate team player" over the "human highlight film player" every single time.
August 28th, 2011
11:58 am
About the only time a dunk wins a big game against a great team is in the NBA….not in college…and the reason I watch college basketball and never watch NBA basketball.
August 28th, 2011
1:24 pm
Nique didn't play high school basketball in Georgia. But Herb "Elevator" White did …
August 28th, 2011
2:50 pm
This is on ESPNU between 2:00 and 3:00 pm. Just saw the dunk mentioned in the blog. Not bad…
August 28th, 2011
5:09 pm
Fan of the Game: yes. He can play defense and shoot. And pass. And listen to his coach. And respect refs. He is a good young man. Celebrate it. Can't wait to follow him and nolte at milton this season
August 28th, 2011
5:10 pm
Oh and he would have started on EVERY other team in the state last year – and all but a few in the country.
August 28th, 2011
6:39 pm
Don Mason, a 6 footer out of dyersburg, tn with a 50 in vertical can soar over 5 guys that are 6′9..chose a gr8 military career… Michael Wilson, 6′5, a former globetrotter out of Memphis Melrose has a vertical of 55 inches….Hancock had wings, but these guys are good….
August 28th, 2011
6:58 pm
Did the play by play on Griffin High games during Darrin's career, he was unreal. Of many dunks that I called him doing, the one that sticks out is him coming downcourt at full speed and jumping a defender that had set up for a charge and dunking. The entire gym stood and applauded what they had just witnessed. He and Kenny Walker were the two best I ever saw in high school.
August 28th, 2011
7:24 pm
Who Rock! Hancock was the bomb!
August 28th, 2011
10:20 pm
banne me new guy———————cravell————-this close to the biggest jaw-ja buuldogs game
———in 31 years and you——–looser have to write about some hood–lim—-ducking a b/ball
—————————-just saying——————-cravell——-you bamma fan you
August 28th, 2011
10:45 pm
Darrin Hancock was the best ever. When he went to Kansas for college Roy Williams said he was the best pure athlete he ever had in college and that is saying a lot. Also Hancock guarded Michael Jordan in the Bulls/Hornets playoff series and was able to fly high to keep up with MJ as well as could be expected.
August 28th, 2011
11:05 pm
Shaq did his thing! This was a dunk contest and that's what he was judged on. Yes, he can shoot. He is also a very humble young man and a team player. Shaquille did an awesome job representing the state of Georgia. Very proud of him!
August 28th, 2011
11:10 pm
Who Rock, Who Rock?!?!?
Hancock, Hancock!!!
August 28th, 2011
11:35 pm
It is funny how a simple question can go to someone questioning a young man character. The kid is a great dunker, don't know if he is the best. I have not seen them all but from what I see he should be in the conversation. They went to Venise Beach because it was sponsored by UA.
August 28th, 2011
11:38 pm
nite/nite cravell————-ps—-cravell is secretly—–tide roll———-hahahahahah
———–dunk that new guy——————–just saying————–hahahahaha
August 29th, 2011
1:16 am
you right about darrin hancock it was a must see game when they played washington
August 29th, 2011
1:48 am
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August 29th, 2011
8:32 am
This kid from Milton is extremely explosive; however being a fan of the old high school version of basketball.
Hancock Hands Down – The dunks in the game at Washington, Douglass, GA Tech Coliseum vs Westover and cannot forget the dunk vs SW Macon over Sherrod Wright and Newbill and some official called a charged.
1990 McDonald's All American and Dunk Contest Winner at the event.
This is an easy answer.
August 29th, 2011
9:43 am
He can dunk but ask him to shoot fro 10 feet out and he can't handle it. Also his defense is average at best. Talent but unrefined to say the last.
August 29th, 2011
10:31 am
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August 29th, 2011
11:10 am
And he played 6 minutes in the championship game as they lost to Norcross.
August 29th, 2011
11:47 am
love to see the kid from Georgia REPRESENT! Go Shaq, even if you're not playing for the Dawgs!
August 29th, 2011
11:57 am
Hancock out of Griffin could jump out of the gym Griffin produces so many athletes it is unreal something in the water in that old mill town. I think his son just signed with fort valley state would not be surprised if he inded up in the NFL like so many Griffin kids do that go to small colleges but with hard work they make to the league. Watch out for Bobby Rainey out of Western Kentucky from Griffin High is the senior RB at WKU and will be a third round draft pick this year was second in the NCAA to CAM Newton in total yards and second to the Oregon RB in rush yards He did that with no help and with two less games he is that whole team would be at a big time program if he would have had the grades. THis kid will come out of nowhere next draft season and people will be like who is this kid repping G-town
August 29th, 2011
12:40 pm
Come to Athens…. become a loser!
August 29th, 2011
7:16 pm
[pronounced / foosh le duke]
I've heard about a white kid in N.Ga. by the name of Bishop.
It bears looking into.
Georgia state high jump champion 7′ 4″.
National Champion high jumper at North Carolina 7′ 7″.
I understand he was the best dunker ever and not just HS.
He stood, supposedly, 6-2, with a seven ft, plus wingspan,
and had hands similar to Dr. J.
I've heard stories or legends;
that he could palm a basketball with only his thumb and little finger.
Also, that he could sit in a chair and tie his shoes without bending over.
All adding up to an impressive formula for a dunking machine.
August 29th, 2011
7:24 pm
[pronounced / foosh le duke]
*follow up:
Whether this man is myth, fable or actual history;
I do not know ?
If anyone has info or if he is an urban myth – chime in ?
Supposedly he played in the 80's or 90's maybe ?
August 30th, 2011
8:31 am
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Archive/RSS/Ask/SubmitMusic · Some Of the Challenge Stuff · Stuff I Blah · Hey :D
I'm Julius. 16. Awesome as fvck. Whatever Julius says you must do, Okay?
There is nothing to blog about.
My life is nothing but a roller coaster of gravely exaggerated reactions to failures in math long tests mixed with long hours of mid-day sleep and daily sessions of multiple, eventually snoozed rendering them senseless alarms.
I know that made no sense. Lol.
She had some trouble with herself
He was always there to help her
She always belonged to someone else
I drove for miles and miles
And wound up at your door
I've had you so many times but somehow
I want more
I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
She will be loved
Tap on my window knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful
I know I tend to get so insecure
It doesn't matter anymore
It's not always rainbows and butterflies
It's compromise that moves us along, yeah
My heart is full and my door's always open
You can come anytime you want
I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
I know where you hide
Alone in your car
Know all of the things that make you who you are
I know that goodbye means nothing at all
Comes back and begs me to catch her every time she falls
Tap on my window knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful
I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
[in the background]
Please don't try so hard to say goodbye
Please don't try so hard to say goodbye
I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Try so hard to say goodbye
No questions asked, best M5 song ever.
Gravity Falls animations
I did some stuff for the Disney show Gravity Falls. It was awesome fun to work on and I got to go nuts with ridiculous animation and videogame references. It's a pretty sweet show so check it out.
(via fuckyeahgravityfalls)
Yep. I may be shifting.
1. BS Actuarial Science 2. BS Aeronautical Engineering 3. BS Agricultural Chemistry 4. BS Agricultural Education 5. BS Agricultural Engineering 6. BS Agricultural Extension 7. BS Agriculture 8. BS Agronomy 9. BS Animal Science/ Husbandry Development 10. BS Applied Mathematics 11. BS Applied Mathematics major in Computational Science 12. BS Applied Mathematics major in Mathematical Finance 13. BS Applied Physics 14. BS Architecture 15. BS Biochemistry 16. BS Biology 17. BS Botany 18. BS Ceramic Engineering. 19. BS Chemical Engineering 20. BS Chemical Engineering. & Chemistry 21. BS Chemical Technology 22. BS Chemistry 23. BS Chemistry minor in Business Studies
24. BS Chemistry with Computer Engineering
25. BS Chemistry with Materials Science & Engineering 26. BS Chemistry Teaching 27. BS Civil Engineering 28. BS Clothing Technology 29. BS Computer Science 30. BS Community Nutrition 31. BS Computer Technology/ Engineering 32. BS Electrical Engineering/ Technology 33. BS Electromechanical Technology 34. BS Electronic Design Engineering 35. BS Electronics Technology 36. BS Electronics and Communications Engineering
37. BS Environmental Management
38. BS Environmental & Sanitary Engineering
39. BS Environmental Science
40. BS Fisheries 41. BS Fisheries Technology 42. BS Food Technology
43. BS Forestry
44. BS Forest Products Engineering 45. BS Foundry Engineering Technology
46. BS Geodetic Engineering
47. BS Geology/Geophysics
48. BS Health Science
50. BS Human Biology 51. BS Industrial Engineering 52. BS Industrial Design 53. BS Industrial Management Engineering minor in Service Management
54. BS Industrial Pharmacy
55. BS Information Technology
56. BS Life Science**
57. IntarMed 58. BS Management Engineering
59. BS Management of Applied Chemistry
60. BS Management Information Systems
61. BS Manufacturing Engineering
62. BS Manufacturing Engineering & Management
63. BS Marine Engineering
64. BS Marine Science/Biology
65. BS Materials Engineering 66. BS Materials Science & Engineering 67. BS Mathematics 68. BS Mathematics Teaching 69. BS Mechanical Engineering /Technology
70. BS Metallurgical Engineering
71. BS Meteorology
72. BS Mining Engineering
73. BS Molecular Biology & Biotechnology 74. BS Nutrition 75. BS Packaging Engineering
76. BS Petroleum Engineering
77. BS Pharmacy
78. BS Physics 79. BS Physics Teaching 80. BS Physics with Chemistry Teaching 81. BS Physics with Computer Engineering 82. BS Physics minor in Economics/ Finance 83. BS Physics with Applied Computer Systems 84. BS Physics with Math Teaching 85. BS Physics with Materials Science & Engineering 86. BS Physics with Medical Instrumentation 87. BS Physics & Technology Teaching 88. BS Plant Pathology 89. BS PreMed Physics
90. BS Public Health
91. BS Soil Science
92. BS Software Engineering
93. BS Statistics 94. BS Veterinary Medicine
95. BS Zoology
Or something else not on this list. Yey. Or ney.
You Make My Dreams Come True
is an awesome song by Hall and Oates.
I haven't been doing a lot lately. I'm a lazy bum. HurrDurr o3o
RE-BLOGGED RE-BLOGGING TONS OF ADVENTURE TIME STUFF. MOSTLY CROSS-OVERS, MASH-UPS AND WHATEVER. CHECK THEM OUT WHILE THEIR HOT ON MY OTHER, OTHER BLOG HERE. Yey.
Hey! Hey! Hey!
I don't like walking around this old and empty house
So hold my hand, I'll walk with you, my dear
The stairs creak as I sleep, it's keeping me awake
It's the house telling you to close your eyes
Some days I can't even trust myself
It's killing me to see you this way
Because though the truth may vary
This ship will carry
Our bodies safe to shore
Hey! Hey! Hey!
There's an old voice in my head that's holding me back
I tell her that I miss our little talks
Soon it will all be over, buried with our past
You used to play outside when you were young
Full of life and full of love
Some days I feel like I am wrong and I am right
Your mind is playing tricks on you my dear
Because though the truth may vary
This ship will carry
Our bodies safe to shore
Don't listen to a word I say
The screams all sound the same
Because though the truth may vary
This ship will carry
Our bodies safe to shore
Go, go, go away
I wish you'd disappear
All that's left is a ghost of you
Now we're torn, torn, torn apart
There's nothing we can do
Just let me go, me against you
Now wait, wait, wait for me
Please hang around
I see you when I fall asleep
Don't listen to a word I say
The screams all sound the same
Because though the truth may vary
This ship will carry
Our bodies safe to shore
Don't listen to a word I say
The screams all sound the same
Because though the truth may vary
This ship will carry
Our bodies safe to shore
Because though the truth may vary
This ship will carry
Our bodies safe to shore
Because though the truth may vary
This ship will carry
Our bodies safe to shore
Male Female Both (I didn't bother the "Hey"s)
A Milk Tea Rant
Apparently, at least for me, a lot of things. Unlike half of the global population, I'm not much of a milk tea fanatic.
Red velvet cupcakes? Well, I could say yes to that! The roots of my milk tea disdain doesn't have much basis though. I only tasted it once (or twice?), but shunned it forever. What fueled it more is the infuriating impressions that the darned bottled C2 milk tea gave me after I felt the urge to give milk tea another chance. Since then, I have never ever bought milk tea for myself. Sometimes I see photos of people on my news feed showing off their milk teas and whatnots, and I feel a bit of a pinch inside. I don't know how they are able to stand such weirdness.
Milk tea shops are the Starbucks of today. I'm certain that these tea and milk hybrids won't be replacing excessively priced coffee anytime soon, but to them people it's a healthier alternative. I don't know what makes milk tea an awesome experience to a lot of people, but it's a shame that I don't feel such magic. If anyone ever comes to successfully convert me into a milk tea fueled human being, I give to you my most esteemed praise and salutations. You have done what any man has never done before. Very much like the moon landing, you may have thought it was impossible, but they were wrong along. You'll never know. Convert me if you can bub. MWAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA.
Terrible Things - Mayday ParadeBy the time I was your age, I'd give anything
To fall in love truly, was all I could think
That's when I met your mother, the girl of my dreams
The most beautiful woman, that I'd ever seen
She said, "Boy can I tell you a wonderful thing?
I can't help but notice, you're staring at me.
I know I shouldn't say this, but I really believe
I can tell by your eyes that you're in love with me"
Now son, I'm only telling you this…
Because life, can do terrible things
Now most of the time, we'd had too much to drink
And we'd laugh at the stars and we'd share everything
Too young to notice, and too dumb to care
Love was a story, that couldn't compare
I said, "Girl, can I tell you a wonderful thing?
I made you a present with paper and string.
Open with care now, I'm asking you, please.
You know that I love you, will you marry me?"
Now son, I'm only telling you this…
Because life, can do terrible things
You'll learn, one day, I'll hope and I'll pray
That God, shows you differently
She said, "Boy can I tell you, a terrible thing?
It seems that I'm sick and I've only got weeks.
Please, don't be sad now, I really believe
You were the greatest thing that ever happened to me"
Slow, so slow
I fell to the ground, on my knees
So don't fall in love, there's just too much to lose
If given the choice, then, I'm begging you, choose
To walk away, walk away, don't let her get you.
I can't bear to see the same happen to you.
Now son, I'm only telling you this…
…Because life, can do terrible things
We were infinite. ∞: It's Time→
September 21, 2012
New York, Los Angeles
September 28, 2012
Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Portland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC
Do you see it? DO YOU FUCKING SEE…
Chbosky is a fucktard.
Summit Entertainment is a fucktard.
STOP STAHP MAKING A FOOL OUT OF US. JUST STOP STAHP. FUCKING STOOOOOP STAHHHHP. TAKE DOWN THOSE POSTERS, THEY'RE JUST BITTER EVIDENCES OF PACIFIED HOPES (This sounds stupid lol).
The Egg By Andy Weir
You were on your way home when you died.
It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. The EMTs tried their best to save you, but to no avail. Your body was so utterly shattered you were better off, trust me.
And that's when you met me.
"What… what happened?" You asked. "Where am I?"
"You died," I said, matter-of-factly. No point in mincing words.
"There was a… a truck and it was skidding…"
"Yup," I said.
"I… I died?"
"Yup. But don't feel bad about it. Everyone dies," I said.
You looked around. There was nothingness. Just you and me. "What is this place?" You asked. "Is this the afterlife?"
"More or less," I said.
"Are you god?" You asked.
"Yup," I replied. "I'm God."
"My kids… my wife," you said.
"What about them?"
"Will they be all right?"
"That's what I like to see," I said. "You just died and your main concern is for your family. That's good stuff right there."
You looked at me with fascination. To you, I didn't look like God. I just looked like some man. Or possibly a woman. Some vague authority figure, maybe. More of a grammar school teacher than the almighty.
"Don't worry," I said. "They'll be fine. Your kids will remember you as perfect in every way. They didn't have time to grow contempt for you. Your wife will cry on the outside, but will be secretly relieved. To be fair, your marriage was falling apart. If it's any consolation, she'll feel very guilty for feeling relieved."
"Oh," you said. "So what happens now? Do I go to heaven or hell or something?"
"Neither," I said. "You'll be reincarnated."
"Ah," you said. "So the Hindus were right,"
"All religions are right in their own way," I said. "Walk with me."
You followed along as we strode through the void. "Where are we going?"
"Nowhere in particular," I said. "It's just nice to walk while we talk."
"So what's the point, then?" You asked. "When I get reborn, I'll just be a blank slate, right? A baby. So all my experiences and everything I did in this life won't matter."
"Not so!" I said. "You have within you all the knowledge and experiences of all your past lives. You just don't remember them right now."
I stopped walking and took you by the shoulders. "Your soul is more magnificent, beautiful, and gigantic than you can possibly imagine. A human mind can only contain a tiny fraction of what you are. It's like sticking your finger in a glass of water to see if it's hot or cold. You put a tiny part of yourself into the vessel, and when you bring it back out, you've gained all the experiences it had.
"You've been in a human for the last 48 years, so you haven't stretched out yet and felt the rest of your immense consciousness. If we hung out here for long enough, you'd start remembering everything. But there's no point to doing that between each life."
"How many times have I been reincarnated, then?"
"Oh lots. Lots and lots. An in to lots of different lives." I said. "This time around, you'll be a Chinese peasant girl in 540 AD."
"Wait, what?" You stammered. "You're sending me back in time?"
"Well, I guess technically. Time, as you know it, only exists in your universe. Things are different where I come from."
"Where you come from?" You said.
"Oh sure," I explained "I come from somewhere. Somewhere else. And there are others like me. I know you'll want to know what it's like there, but honestly you wouldn't understand."
"Oh," you said, a little let down. "But wait. If I get reincarnated to other places in time, I could have interacted with myself at some point."
"Sure. Happens all the time. And with both lives only aware of their own lifespan you don't even know it's happening."
"So what's the point of it all?"
"Seriously?" I asked. "Seriously? You're asking me for the meaning of life? Isn't that a little stereotypical?"
"Well it's a reasonable question," you persisted.
I looked you in the eye. "The meaning of life, the reason I made this whole universe, is for you to mature."
"You mean mankind? You want us to mature?"
"No, just you. I made this whole universe for you. With each new life you grow and mature and become a larger and greater intellect."
"Just me? What about everyone else?"
"There is no one else," I said. "In this universe, there's just you and me."
You stared blankly at me. "But all the people on earth…"
"All you. Different incarnations of you."
"Wait. I'm everyone!?"
"Now you're getting it," I said, with a congratulatory slap on the back.
"I'm every human being who ever lived?"
"Or who will ever live, yes."
"I'm Abraham Lincoln?"
"And you're John Wilkes Booth, too," I added.
"I'm Hitler?" You said, appalled.
"And you're the millions he killed."
"I'm Jesus?"
"And you're everyone who followed him."
You fell silent.
"Every time you victimized someone," I said, "you were victimizing yourself. Every act of kindness you've done, you've done to yourself. Every happy and sad moment ever experienced by any human was, or will be, experienced by you."
You thought for a long time.
"Why?" You asked me. "Why do all this?"
"Because someday, you will become like me. Because that's what you are. You're one of my kind. You're my child."
"Whoa," you said, incredulous. "You mean I'm a god?"
"No. Not yet. You're a fetus. You're still growing. Once you've lived every human life throughout all time, you will have grown enough to be born."
"So the whole universe," you said, "it's just…"
"An egg." I answered. "Now it's time for you to move on to your next life."
And I sent you on your way.
Skinny Love - Birdy
Come on skinny love, just last the year
Pour a little salt, we were never here
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer
I tell my love to wreck it allCut out all the ropes and let me fall
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, myRight at the moment this order's tall
And I told you to be patient
And I told you to be fineAnd I told you to be balancedAnd I told you to be kind
And in the morning, I'll be with you
But it will be a different kind
'Cause I'll be holding all the tickets
And you'll be owning all the fines
Come on skinny love, what happened here?
Suckle on the hope in light brassiere
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, mySullen load is full, so slow on the split
And I told you to be patient
And I told you to be fine
And I told you to be balanced
And I told you to be kind
And now all your love is wasted
Then who the hell was I?'Cause now I'm breaking at the britches
And at the end of all your lines
Who will love you?Who will fight?Who will fall far behind?
Come on skinny love
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, myMy, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
More Random Stuff
7. Most recent picture in your camera/phone/etc.
I tweeted about how weird the original Adventure Time pilot was that's why I have this photo.
But seriously guys, look at how weird they look. It looks much too different from the AT that I really, really love right now. It still is pretty awesome though. Oh never mind.
3. A picture of your current desk - don't clean up or change anything.
I'm such a messy person. Look at all the trash scattered on the table. Look at it! Look at it! D: D: D;
8. A picture of your computer
It was the present my parents gave me on my 15th birthday. I'm turning 17 soon. It's begging for a replacement.
17. Screenshot of your desktop/anything on the screen of your computer
I hate my messy desktop. My wallpaper is awesome. Whut? Whut?
Adventure Time and my PC has been the main theme of this post. All the photos are very, very connected. It makes no fine sense that I decided to put up two photos for no.s 3 and 8 when I could have placed 1 photo only. Gee, I'm a messy person. D:
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Discuss the DataObjectManager module, and the related ImageGallery module.
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Translatable and Data Object Manager
15 June 2009 at 2:31pm
Hi UncleCheeze!
Sites that enable translation won't work with Data Object Manager.
The main problem is that the locale parameter is not propagated in most requests.
Anyway, I found a work around, and I think you might be interrested to include those changes in your trunk!
First, I need to enable translations for all the classes (SiteTree, all classes using DataObject), and also for the DataObjectManager and DataObjectManager_Item classes. For those two last, I know it's bad, but it's the work around I found.
so, in my _config.php, I have :
Object::add_extension('SiteTree', 'Translatable');
Object::add_extension('Performer', 'Translatable');
Object::add_extension('DataObjectManager', 'Translatable');
Object::add_extension('DataObjectManager_Item', 'Translatable');
After /dev/build, you'll see there's a Locale DB field add for DataObject classes (Performer, in my case)
Then, in the Performer Class, i need to add an hidden field :
function getCMSFields_forPopup() {
$fields = new FieldSet();
$fields->push( new TextField( 'FullName', 'Nom' ) );
$fields->push( new TextField( 'Tagline' ) );
$fields->push( new TextField( 'Web' ) );
$fields->push( new HiddenField( $name='Locale', $title='Locale', $value=Translatable::get_current_locale() ) );
return $fields;
It would be good if the the field would add up itself... But I didn't have the time to work on it...
After, I needed to edit you DataObjectManager.php :
Modify getQueryString method :
protected function getQueryString($params = array())
$per_page = isset($params['per_page'])? $params['per_page'] : $this->per_page;
$show_all = isset($params['show_all'])? $params['show_all'] : $this->showAll;
$sort = isset($params['sort'])? $params['sort'] : $this->sort;
$sort_dir = isset($params['sort_dir'])? $params['sort_dir'] : $this->sort_dir;
$filter = isset($params['filter'])? $params['filter'] : $this->filter;
$search = isset($params['search'])? $params['search'] : $this->search;
$locale = $this->hasExtension('Translatable') ? "&locale=".Translatable::get_current_locale() : '';
return "ctf[{$this->Name()}][per_page]={$per_page}&ctf[{$this->Name()}][showall]={$show_all}&ctf[{$this->Name()}][sort]={$sort}&ctf[{$this->Name()}][sort_dir]={$sort_dir}&ctf[{$this->Name()}][search]={$search}&ctf[{$this->Name()}][filter]={$filter}".$locale;
Modify the AddLink method :
public function AddLink() {
$currentLang = ($this->hasExtension('Translatable')) ? '?locale='.Translatable::get_current_locale() : '';
return $this->BaseLink() . '/add'.$currentLang;
And add thoses methods for the DataObjectManager_Item class :
public function EditLink() {
$currentLang = ($this->hasExtension('Translatable')) ? '?locale='.Translatable::get_current_locale() : '';
return parent::EditLink().$currentLang;
public function DeleteLink() {
$currentLang = ($this->hasExtension('Translatable')) ? '?locale='.Translatable::get_current_locale() : '';
return parent::DeleteLink().$currentLang;
So it works for a has_many relationship. I think I gonna have to work a little more for a many_many relationship. Thank god, I don't have to use a FileObjectManager !!!
For now I broke the code, so I can't get (easily) in sync with your trunk!
I know this issue involves a lot of work... And thanks for your good work!
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Re: Translatable and Data Object Manager
16 June 2009 at 5:21am
Looks interesting. Thanks for looking into this. Is there a better way to do this? I'm not sure what the Translatable extension is, but how are other modules adapting to it? Does this information have to be passed through the request?
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Re: Translatable and Data Object Manager
16 June 2009 at 5:44am
I'm not sure how to handle it correctly... but for sure the 'locale' parameter must be passed for requests that deal with translated objects.
Maybe you'll have to get a look deeper about multilangual content : http://doc.silverstripe.org/doku.php?id=multilingualcontent
You can try to setup a small site using a has_many relationship (testimonials, for example). Enable translations like the doc says, and starts translating a page that has a DataObjectManager attached to it.
Maybe SS team would help!
Good luck!
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Re: Translatable and Data Object Manager
15 July 2009 at 8:19pm Last edited: 15 July 2009 11:20pm
I am having the same problem with my site Johnny, but I do not understand the exact location of the files that you edited.
I also have translatable enabled. I have a french translation side to my site. The image gallery works great until I switch to my french language translation side to my site, every time I try to upload a photo... I get nothing in the popup window - acutually where I should have the option to upload a photo in the popup window it gives me the error page on my site.
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Re: Translatable and Data Object Manager
20 April 2010 at 11:44pm
is there a defined way to use the DataObjectManager with Translatable?
Johnny's recipe doesn't work for Silverstripe 2.3.3
I always get an error
DataObjectDecorator->setOwner(): Trying to decorate an object of class 'DataObjectManager' with 'Translatable', only Dataobject subclasses are supported.
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Re: Translatable and Data Object Manager
22 April 2010 at 7:27pm
The easiest way of fixing this is to edit CMSMain.php and store the locale in the session.
The ticket is here along with a patch for the fix.
In all my testing I have never gotten this to work properly in the 2.3.x branch but the fix works properly if you run on the 2.4 branch from the SVN like I'm doing right now. The responsible method for this should be the Link method in CMSMain.php but modifying that has pretty far reaching consequences so it's not recommended trying that.
If anyone wants to go the DOM route like Johnny does then I would recommend extending the classes you need and overwriting the methods so you don't touch the original code. However I would really recommend using the CMSMain patch since it's so much simpler and it shouldn't be up to the DOM to keep track of locale variables.
Simply download the patch and apply it to CMSMain.php. If you want to update via SVN simply revert the file, update from SVN and then apply the patch again. I personally have a couple of modified files in the core and having all my fixes in a patch makes updating so much easier.
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With winter weather setting in for the long haul, it's sometimes tough to get motivated to go to the gym. Dr. Mehmet Oz is well aware of the problem, but he says Chicagoans actually have an exercise advantage over a lot of other people in cold climates. Because so many of us live or work in high rise buildings, all we have to do, he says, is take our work outs step-by-step, literally.
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"See you at the top!" Saxenmeyer responded, and with a group shout of, "Go!" they all began their climb.
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This climb all came about at the suggestion of Dr. Oz, when the quest began to help FOX staffers and viewers eat right and exercise more nearly one year ago.
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A few health and fitness challenge participants raised their hands.
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A few flights in and the panting began, but the participants kept positive.
"You feel that, totally," said Lily Borich a FOX Chicago viewer and health and fitness challenge participant, as she heaved herself upwards.
Freeze, a veteran stair climber, had warned the group before they started.
"No matter what kind of shape you're in, if you're in good shape or not so good shape it's always difficult," Freeze advised. "Climbing stairs puts you at immediate oxygen deprivation. So anybody over the first couple of flights you're going to lose your breath. It's natural."
"Forty-nine flights, six minutes, 32 seconds," Freeze declared when she reached the top first.
FOX Chicago News Senior Web Producer Kirsten Miller finished next, at 7:40.
"Nice!" Freeze congratulated her with a high five.
At 11 minutes and 15 seconds Saxenmeyer made it to the 49th floor.
"I would have been up a lot sooner but I had to wait for her," said Saxenmeyer with a laugh as he and Borich reached the top.
As the group grew, they cheered on each new arrival and debriefed each other with their experiences.
"I'm winded," Freeze said. "I could feel it in my chest for sure."
"But you're not even sweating," Saxenmeyer said to her, commenting on her "flawless" make-up.
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Freeze finished in just 6 minutes and 5 seconds. Miller was not far behind with 6:49.
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In just under nine minutes Saxenmeyer reached floor 49 for the second time, and just like each of his fellow climbers was greeted with cheers of support.
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Biscuits are very personal, but most British people will agree that to drink biscuits with tea requires dunking potential.
Thicker, more solid biscuits that can survive immersion in hot liquid are therefore preferable: in my house, old fashioned English shortbread is the tea dunk of choice, but McVities Chocolate Hobnobs (available at Myers of Keswick and Tea and Sympathy) run a close second.
Of course, more delicate biscuits are just as tasty, but they require some skill in being able to swoop and dip without losing the biscuit in the tea where it will sink to the bottom in an unsalvageable mush.
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Hobnobs are delicious. We at them in London last year. Beware--they are so delicious that you may be tempted to eat many of them in one sitting. This will have some dire consequences, about half an hour later. Let's just say three women in one hotel room with one bathroom was a little dicey for a while.
Addictively delicious, and I believe filled with partially hydrogenated oils--so, eater beware . . .
I found an inexpensive resource for McVities Digestives: Chinatown! Believe it or not, Pearl River Mart carries them for about $2 a pack. Usually just the plain ones though, not the yummy caramel kind. Hobnobs are definitely sturdier for dunking. Darn, now I'll be craving them all day...
When I lived in London in the early 70s I discovered these cookies, er I mean biscuits. They weren't called Hobnobs but man are they addictive. The ones I used to eat came in a simple cellophane wrapper kind of like Hits cookies. I have to say these are my all-time favorites cookies EVER and would walk a mile to get them. Good to know they're sold here.
Back in college my friend did her junior year abroad in Ireland and came back with Hobnobs. I've been hooked ever since!
gingernuts win hands down over hobnobs.
You can get Hobnobs (and tons of other British foods) at Village Farm Deli at 9th Street and 2nd Avenue. Some is out, and some is displayed behind the registers.
I love a Hobnob!
As an English woman and experienced biscuit devourer, I would suggest you get your hands on some McVities Milk Chocolate Digestives. Hob Nobs are great but they are a very poor second to the chocolate digestives, and dunking is a must!
Capitol Hill dwellers, you can get them at good ol' Rolands, at 3rd and PA SE. They also have McVittie's Digestives, but not in chocolate.
When I was living in Australia we had to have our TimTams with tea - to do a TimTamSlam of course. Never mind the ponciness of a little nibble - this was about biting off diagonally opposite corners of the rectangular biscuit, dipping one end in the tea and sucking madly for about 2 seconds until the tea came up the biscuit. Then, slam the whole thing in your mouth before it completely disintegrated. Now THAT'S having a nibble with tea.
Too bad they're REALLY hard to find here in Toronto.
as a young boy i enjoy the dippind of biscuits and the hobnob is a preferable biscuit i also find that some music helps too- christina milian's dip it low is a truly great song can any one else think of good dipping songs??


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Tomorrow's Times to offer 25% discount voucher for Evans Cycles
Times teams up with cycle store to offer savings
Every little helps and 25 per cent off helps quite a lot so if you're planning some shopping soon and you've got a branch of Evans near by it might be worth grabbing a copy of the The Times tomorrow.
The word is that tomorrow's edition of the paper is offering a 25 per cent off voucher to its readers which it reckons could save you up to £1,300… mind you you'd have to be spending £5,200 (yes we can do simple sums) to save that amount… so you're going to have to go higher than one of those new fangled Trek Domanes at £3,700 to get the full amount. Oh, and as far as we can tell the discount only applies to selected ranges of bikes, so not sure if you can have a Domane… but hey, if you don't ask.
Mind you Evans are already offering up to a third off of all their road bikes so the potential saving on list price with another 25 per cent off for a bike could be pretty big – they've got big reductions on other stuff too.
Presumably you don't have to spend the voucher tomorrow too but it probably wouldn't be a good idea to save it for Christmas.
Presumably the voucher can't be use with any other offer. Most retailers don't let you stack.
Yeah, but you can get PROPER bargains from Evans if you use their price promise, find a cheaper one and get 10% off and free delivery
Sir Velo
One word - CANYON. Knocks the shit out of every other retailer.
Yeah but they don't sell them at Evans.
But if you want, one other word: R-I-B-B-L-E
Sir Velo
Agree Canyon makes some nice bikes. So does Focus. Try getting a proper fitting on web-only bike brands, though.
Try getting a proper fitting at Evans, come to think of it...
Anyone got the Times today & know what bikes the 25% discount is on?
Has anyone got the Times voucher code for Evans by any chance? I have been looking at a Saracen Tufftrax for a while and this would seem a great excuse to go ahead and buy it! Thanks.


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Facebook's feed changes, the effect on KICKSTARTER, and what we can do about it.
Facebook has recently lowered the volume on users' posts to encourage paid and promoted posts. They are doing this to generate more advertising revenue for shareholders now that the company is publicly traded.
Posts are now estimated to reach only 10% to 30% of friends' Facebook feeds.
This article on 'Dangerous Minds' by Richard Metzger is an informative read explaing the changes to the Facebook feed.
The dilemma for the KICKSTARTER COMMUNITY is that we heavily rely on Facebook's 'SHARE' and Twitter's 'TWEET' buttons to promote and to get the word out about projects. These two buttons are highly effective and powerful tools for creating healthy Kickstarter projects.
My Kickstarter advice has always been, "Don't pressure or guilt your friends to buy your book. Ask them to share and post about your project. Support and reach have more value than a single sale. The 'Share' and 'Tweet' buttons when Kickstarter projects are concerned are currency."
The great thing about the share feature is that friends only need to take five seconds of their time to hit the buttons and post something personal and nice about the project. Their post goes into their friends' feed, their friends check it out and pass it on, creating a ripple effect and expanding the reach a project has by getting it in front of an interested and supportive audience.
The Facebook share was revolutionary for growing healthy Kickstarters.
WAS revolutionary.
Those days may be over for all of us on Kickstarter.
Facebook giveth and Facebook taketh away.
The Facebook 'share' feature has now been lobotomized. It's returned from the doctors, but it's not the healthy and whole feature we once knew. The share feature has been broken intentionally so that now we can pay more money to go back to the doctor again and again to get it working as it should from time to time.
Let's say you pay for the promoted post, now what?
You're one person doing a promoted post. That's it. Your post works once, but your friend's posts will not have the previous effect.
*I also feel like using promoted posts is rewarding bad behavior. But it might become a necessary evil if we don't fix this problem.
Now if your friend, who had your back before, hit the share button, their post is only reaching 10% of their audience. It's not reaching the full audience and it's at a LOW broadcast frequency. The only way for their post to reach the full potential is if they pay the fee for the promoted post.
That's probably not going to happen OBVIOUSLY, unless it's your best friend or your mother or father who love you and are awesome.
For a business, you might have advertised on Facebook to build your brand, and expected your posts to reach your full audience, only to find that the terms have changed. Retention really is key with Facebook pages. It was looking good for a bit for for Facebook pages because when people hit 'LIKE' they would get updates in their FB feeds with with new posts.
All the time, work, and money you have put into cultivating your page with Facebook's tools to reach your audience has all been forfeit.
There's been a debate with regards to Facebook advertising, if it's better to steer people towards a Facebook page or an external site. With this new action Facebook has answered that question.
If you use a Facebook page for your business instead of a site, you're on their property, and you don't own the page. If you're a business on Facebook you should steer people towards your own site & RSS feed, and come up with ways to retain customers.
Whoever fixes this problem and finds a way to recreate the Facebook share experience externally is going to be very rich. If you're a business you need to go outside the box onto real estate that's your own because the landlord can change the rules as they see fit.
Now we know that Facebook is not to be trusted. It's not wise for a business to keep their audience inside Facebook's framework. Facebook can change it up at any time and make them start over again. They'll want you to pay again and again to milk as much as they can out of you.
Remember the 'Golden Rule', "Those who have the gold, make the rules".
It's never been more true in this instance.
The cold hard truth is that we don't own facebook (unless you have some stock, then technically you own a little bit of facebook).
There's been a lot of talk in the United States these days about entitlement. We have zero entitlement when it comes to Facebook. Let's face it, Facebook is not ours. Our profile isn't ours. Our posts are not ours.
Facebook has made is more apparent than ever before that we're just squatters with this new feed mutilation (soon to be renters lining up to pay regularly). It's a business and they can and WILL change the rules and take anything back as it benefits them.
If your landlord starts doing ridiculous stuff, what do you do?
You move of course.
You can own your own land. You can make your own rules. And I don't think Facebook is going to go away, but we can generate support for a feed that gives us what we want and that's not compromised.
I think the real sting is the dishonesty of Facebook. They gave us valuable tools and then took them away. We now see having those tools and abilities as our right. Without the change there was a huge potential for authors and artists to grow their audience, to have reach, to support each other, to be heard, and to build a true community that supports the arts.
One solution might be a $200 yearly Facebook flat fee, that gives full access.
Or a fee for each Kickstarter project, that takes down any walls for the Facebook feed and gives projects good circulation.
I'm not proposing a boycott or abandoning Facebook, because in all likelihood that's never going to happen. Your mom is on Facebook, and it's impossible to get her to make a switch. So we need to be realistic about that. But we can create something new where people go for information like a site, or that's specifically tailored as a feed service to them, with the social and share functions.
I do believe we can make or even encourage a rival (Like Google) or startup tech company (Like Tumblr) to come up with something better. We need something that replaces the valuable tools that Facebook gave us and then took away, and that makes them more powerful for the creative community to share and benefit from.
I personally think this will be a feed that's a combination of GOOGLE READER, GOOGLE+, and a bit of the Facebook experience. In Google Reader people plug in sites that relate to interests, so the internet comes to them. If this RSS Feed was mixed with the community media experience, where people can share, comment, and interact with others we have a winner because the Facebook Feed doesn't have the RSS feature.
Then it's important for people to be able to send out posts that can travel further and further around the internet.
Google needs to educate people that Reader exists, make it really easy to use, and make it easy to put sites that people like into it, and make it easy for friends to recommend sites. They only need to update it more and make it sexy because it's kind of blocky. Another problem is that Google Plus and Google Reader are both buried deep in Gmail. These things need to be brought in together, in a central place and not hidden.
Google has it if they created a central launch point where people log in and have options and different places to go for gmail and for the feed. Or a startup can pick up the ball and run with it.
An honest Social RSS can kick FBs butt if they're letting their guard down and going backwards.
There is a million dollar opportunity here for any tech company that wants to step in and create a full and honest feed experience without limitations.
It's time to get the Kickstarter community mobilized and to come up with solutions to this problem, so that we all benefit. We need to replace these tools that have been taken from us with more powerful new ones that encourage growth for the arts and give projects vast circulation on the internet.
We must replace the Facebook 'share' button with something honest that gives as much or more push. Or have the replacement alongside it on the Kickstarter page as a safeguard. I think it can be done, have the sticky factor, and be more interesting and engaging than the FB feed.
We've identified the problem, no complaining because that never does any good, now we need to put our thinking caps on, we need to focus and come up with viable solutions, and then we take action.
What do you think?
We don't want our voices to be muted. We want to be heard as artists, and we want to broadcast and connect with our work to the largest audience possible.
We need to start a discussion and rally the Kickstarter and creative community towards action.
Always, if need be…
We can Kickstart this thing! :)
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In the morning hours of Nov. 4, Deandrea Little, 22, and Markquis Little, 20, allegedly demanded money from a priest in a church in the 4700 block of South Damen Avenue, police said.
The two had a history of asking the priest for money, and police estimate that the priest had given the alleged robbers approximately $10,000 in "numerous previous occasions."
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Local exploitation of multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities in the X.Org X server, as included in various vendors' operating system distributions, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the X server, typically root.
Vulnerable code exists within multiple functions in the XInput extension. By sending specially crafted X11 requests, an attacker is able to corrupt heap memory located after their request data. This results in a potentially exploitable condition.
Exploitation allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. In order to exploit these vulnerabilities, an attacker must be able to send commands to an affected X server. This typically requires access to the console or access to the same account as a user who is on the console.
If an X Server is configured to listen for TCP based client connections, and a client is granted access to create sessions (via the xhosts file), then these vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely.
iDefense has confirmed the existence of these vulnerabilities in X.Org X11 version R7.3. Previous versions may also be affected.
iDefense is currently unaware of any workarounds for this issue. The XInput extension is normally compiled into the X Server; as such, it's not possible to disable it from being loaded in the configuration file.
The X.Org team has addressed these vulnerabilities with the release of Xserver version 1.4.1. Additionally, patches for versions 1.4 and 1.2 have been made available. For more information, consult the X.Org advisory at the following URL.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the name CVE-2007-6427 to this issue. This is a candidate for inclusion in the CVE list (http://cve.mitre.org/), which standardizes names for security problems.
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Yellow Squash Soup By A Palatable Pastime 09/04/14 17:54 Creamy and delicious, this smooth squash soup is among the first of the autumn soups, enjoying the last of the summer squash harvest. Yellow Squash Soup by Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime 9.4.14 I'm a locavore. And I don't just … Continue reading → Add to my recipe book
Curried Butternut Squash Soup with Coconut Milk By Salad in a Jar 02/22/14 22:31 A smooth and creamy butternut squash soup with curry and coconut leading the flavor parade. Add to my recipe book
Creamy Thaï Squash Soup ▲ Coconut Milk, Kaffir Lime & Ginger By Cuisine Addict 01/22/14 06:00 Preparation: 10 min - Cooking: 20 min There is still plenty of pumpkins on the market stalls so we took the opportunity to have fun with a delicious soup full of vitamins and freshness. Just to give a little originality to my squash, I chose to make my soup "Thai way" with coconut milk to bring... Add to my recipe book
Butternut Squash Soup By IndianRecipe4U 12/20/13 03:03 It's always a yes-yes for a hot-hot soup in such cool-cool winter. I am right may be not so hot but a warm.., delicious soup in a cold evening.. imagine how satisfying it could be. Getting on some soup recipes these days. That's the best, easy and healthier... Add to my recipe book
Butternut Squash Soup with Yellow Moong Lentils By WholeYum 12/18/13 05:10 Butternut Squash Soup with Yellow Moong Lentils! This soup makes up for the lack of sunshine in winter and is perfect for a cold day! Add to my recipe book
Soupe à la courge et au curry / Curried Squash Soup By Les Recettes Du Panier 11/27/13 06:00 Et oui, voici encore très tardivement la recette correspondant au panier de la semaine 47! J'ai une recette très alléchante de rutabagas sous le coude mais je n'ai malheureusement pas eu le temps de la réaliser! Ce sera pour une prochaine fois… Voici donc... Add to my recipe book
Start with — Butternut Squash Soup with Cider Cream By Cooking with Barry & Meta 11/19/13 15:54 This soup makes a great starter for a fall menu. The addition of an apple and cider provides a nice balance to the vegetables and creates a mellow and pleasing flavor. The Cider Cream is a nice addition. Since we use it as a starter, I cut the recipe in... Add to my recipe book
Thai Red Curry Coconut Kabocha Squash Soup By Wild Greens and Sardines 11/12/13 13:07 Thai Red Curry Coconut Kabocha Squash Soup...that's a bit of a mouthful. In keeping with my pumpkin/winter squash theme (after the recent last pumpkin/winter squash-related post), decided to do a savory dish this time around. What better way to embrace... Add to my recipe book
Red Kuri Squash Soup #Healthy Eating #Weekly Menu Plan By Simple Living and Eating 11/11/13 06:00 Red Kuri Squash is my new favorite squash. Why you might ask? Well, not only is it delicious… it less sweet more nutty, kinda chestnut like, compared to butternut squash…but what makes me the most excited about this vegetable is that you can bake it and... Add to my recipe book
Butternut Squash Soup By Nostalgic Food 10/26/13 14:07 A real winter warmer, a bowl of this soup can really provide a sense of harbor, relaxing and soothing the soul. Directions below use 500ml of stock if you prefer your soup less thick please add more stock. Ingredients 400g Butternut Squash 400g Sweet Potato... Add to my recipe book
Thai Butternut Squash Soup By The Word Magician's Kitchen 10/25/13 15:31 "Turning Forty and Going Strong"should be the tag line for today's post, which commemorates the quadragenarian birthday of the renowned Moosewood Restaurant in Ithaca, New York. This unpretentious, collectively owned business is responsible for igniting... Add to my recipe book
Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Asiago Cheese Crouton By More Savory Less Sweet 10/13/13 19:54 If you didn't know fall was here by chilly evenings then you certainly would know by the markets being filled with fabulous, and sometime freakish, squash. There are few things as warming and comforting as this creamy squash soup. There is a little heat... Add to my recipe book
Roasted Butternut Squash Soup By Cook Eat Paleo 09/19/13 23:57 Cook Eat Paleo - Simple recipes for gluten-free, grain-free living This is one of my favorite go-to soups. With just three essential ingredients, it is so simple. It's thick and rich and satisfying without any flour or cream — a perfect gluten-free, dairy-free,... Add to my recipe book
Butternut Squash Soup and Back to School - Finally By Inside a British Mum's Kitchen 09/11/13 02:18 What a couple of weeks its been - the frenzied back to school shopping, whoops of delight or groans of despair when the schedules arrived, then finally there it was lumbering down the road - the school bus. I decided since it was back to the classroom for... Add to my recipe book
Butternut Squash Soup By Turnips 2 Tangerines 08/19/13 17:00 This soup is wonderful! It is a great way to use vegetables that are in an abundance this time of year~ The beautiful orange color of this soup didn't shine through in the pictures~ It is a wonderful, creamy and tasty soup with a great orange color:) 3... Add to my recipe book
Summer Squash Soup (Farmers' Market Friday) By A Clove of Garlic, A Pinch of Salt 08/10/13 02:41 Being out and about this summer was great. I got to do things I have never done before: stay in a B&B in the Rockies, hike the Appalachian Trail, watch Brazil play against Japan in a Brazilian bar in NYC, walk the Freedom Trail in Boston... And then I got... Add to my recipe book
Zuppa di zucca / winter squash soup By briciole 04/07/13 16:25 [cliccare il link per andare alla versione in italiano] creamy winter squash soup Being a winter squash hoarder means I still have "raw material" (materia prima) for soup, though the calendar says it's spring (primavera). Am I really the only one still... Add to my recipe book
Butternut Squash Soup By Authentic Vegetarian Recipes 03/30/13 00:31 As I mentioned yesterday, my son's friends were having dinner with us today and the menu for today was chosen by my son. We had butternut squash soup with French bread and Potato cakes as a starter. The soup was very quick and easy to make and didn't need... Add to my recipe book
Butternut Squash Soup, Hazelnut Cream & Sage Dumpling Recipe By BANG Restaurant Dublin 03/18/13 16:32 Chef Philip Yeung's recipe for warming Roast Butternut Squash Soup Butternut Squash Soup 2 large squash 1 spanish onions 1 med carrots 1 sticks celery 2 cloves garlic 2 sprigs thyme 2 sage leaves 1 tsp ginger 2ltrs litres light chicken or veg stock 200ml... Add to my recipe book
Roasted Butternut Squash Soup By The Adirondack Chick 01/29/13 18:24 Warm, homemade soup on a cold, winter day is one of those feel-good, comfort food moments that makes everyone smile. It's even more warming, when you don't have heat in your house. Yup, that's what happened to me on Saturday. I woke up with a frozen nose... Add to my recipe book


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Big Wave Charger Clark Abbey shares his memories and photos of his beloved friend Mel Kinney. We celebrated his legacy Saturday 3.10.12.
Mel cutting back into eternal bliss at Diamond Head.
Please enjoy a few moments with Clark Abbey....and join Mel's family and friends at Kaimana Beach this Saturday 930a-5p...as 'the saga continues'...
Hawaii has lost one of their beloved Native son, Melvin Kanaulu Kinney , he was 57 years old. On February 1, 2012 while watching the waves right off the bike path of Sunset Beach Mel suffered a heart attack. He fell into the arms of his best friend Chuck Andrus, less than 20 minutes before then he was surfing perfect 6-10 ft Sunset for 2 hoursI heard he was the standout. Mel passed on at St. Francis Hospice in Honolulu on February 14, 2012.
From 1968, at the age of 13 Mel's face appeared in the opening sequence of Hawaii Five 0. In 1976 he was part of the first crew of the Voyaging Sailing Canoe, Hōkūle'a to sail it back to Hawaii from Tahiti.
He was born and raised in Waikiki. Mel's sister, Leimana DeMate reflects on their family living and surfing in Waikiki, "Our family has generationally come from Waikiki – our father was born at home in 1929 where Lemon Street is now. We were in Waikiki and our family (the Holt's) were on the land where Lemon St. is now and where the zoo is to the beach from before Captain Cook's arrival until the overthrow. And, although we lost the land we couldn't leave Waikiki. Everyone in our family surfed. Our Uncle Lemon Holt was a renowned surfer from the early 1900's. Our grandmother, Hanakaulani Holt surfed with Duke Kahanamoku and taught the kids in our family, as well as Mel, how to surf when we were really young. Mel first got on a surfboard when he was about 5 yrs. Old. He learned on our grandmothers 12-ft. wooden surfboard (with no skeg). It took 3 of us to carry it to the beach when we were kids. He learned to surf the traditional Hawaiian way by spiritually knowing and respecting the ocean."
Mel always wanted to be a doctor. He had great compassion for people, was fascinated by the mysteries of healing and went to pre-med school at UH. Unfortunately (or fortunately), his love of surfing and the ocean took precedence over school. He had to have the ocean on him and could not resist being a part of it whether it was surfing, paddling, or voyaging. Mel was spiritually connected to the ocean.
Mel hanging out for a moment on his 1976 Hokule'a Voyage...
Mel was in the forefront of Long Board Surfing in Hawaii leading the way and setting the bar for the next generation of Long Board Champions. He was a surfing competitor in the HLSA and HLF.
In 1996 Mel landed a cover shot on Longboard Magazine.
Although a fierce Long Board competitor it was his passion and dedication to riding Giant Surf that separated him from all the rest. He was considered a "Big Gun" in the line up. For those who knew and surfed with him, he was humble, soft spoken, polite and very happy. He never bragged about himself or about his accomplishments. He was a standout at Sunset, Waimea Bay, Laniakea and Makaha, taking off on the biggest waves and riding them perfectly. He was one of the Core Surfers at Waimea Bay and considered one of the All Time Surfers of the Bay. I remember surfing 20+' with him back in the 80's and he would encourage me to ride in front of him. He was one to share and knew how to ride big waves with his friends. I certainly learned how to surf this way because of Mel. He has been on the Qicksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau Invitee List many times. He competed in the 1990 Eddie Aikau, the year Keone Downing won it. Ten years back I asked Mel to write to me in his own words, "what is it like to be a Big Wave Surfer", he wrote it in his own hand writing and I kept it with me. This is what he wrote, "Surfing big waves is about RESPECT. Respect for Waimea Bay and for the fellow big wave riders that came before us. To ride big waves you need to prepare. There is a before, during and after process involved. First, you need to be mentally, physically, spiritually and emotionally ready before you go out. Second, you need to be responsible for yourself and fellow big wave riders. Third, after the session you should be humble because at anytime your life can be taken. After all that considered you just want to enjoy the moment and have fun. Its one of the greatest thrills anyone can experience. You deal with speed and G forces and it all happens so fast that you don't have time to think; you just react."
If you ever surfed with Mel then you knew that there was laughter surrounding him. In the heaviest waves he always made you laugh and could tell a good joke before a huge set would appear. His sense of humor in the line up was contagious and it left you with a "no fear" attitude. There is an empty spot in the line up that cannot be filled. Hawaii and the Surfing World has lost someone special but Heaven has gained our loss. RIP Melvin Kanaulu Kinney.
He left behind two sisters, one brother and his father.
Written by: Clark Abbey in honor of Melvin Kanaulu Kinney


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I applied online - interviewed at International Speedway in July 2013.Interview Details
From my initial communication with the HR dept to the outcome of the face to face interview was 2 weeks. The initial part of the process was online, sending my resume and cover letter. Approx 1 wk later I received a phone call from HR explaining details of the job. An interview was set up for the following week which consisted of interviewing with 5 (yes 5) of the "team" :
9:00 – 9:30 – Project Director
9:30 – 10:00 – Executive VP
10:00 – 10:30 – VP, Architecture & Design
10:30 – 11:00 – Senior Director, Construction
11:00 – 11:30 – Project Control Manager
After this interview it took 10 days to get an answer.Interview Questions
No OfferNeutral ExperienceAverage Interview
- It seemed that they did most of the talking. Maybe it was because they weren't interested but I got the feeling they just wanted someone who fit in with their team. Answer Question
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International Speedway Corporation (ISC) doesn't believe in slow and steady. The company is the top motorsports operator in the US with more than a dozen racetracks hosting more than 100 events annually. Its race facilities include Daytona International Speedway (home of the Daytona 500), Talladega Superspeedway, and Michigan International Speedway. In addition, ISC operates the Daytona 500 EXperience theme park and museum and it owns 50% of motorsports merchandiser Motorsports Authentics with rival Speedway Motorsports. Former CEO James France and his family own about... More


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By Mamma Eagle
from Lubbock, Texas
About Me Short Term User
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Comments about Mealtime Protector:
Neck opening is not large enough for a LARGE Person. I had to add a velcro strip for the person I bought this for.
Bottom LineYes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Adequate and perfect fit
By Paul who is tall
from St. Louis, MO
About Me Arthritic, Elderly
A good fit always. Saves my shirts from constant cleaning. Still new to me and haven't had much use for the pocket.
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Works great
By loving daughter in law
from HSV, AL
We use this for my father in law during all mealtimes. He has a lot of difficulty eating due to his Parkinson's disease. Frequently he drools or spills food/drinks on himself. This is long enough to cover his lap and keeps him dry. I would highly recommend.