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Dear Green SmoothieGirl: What should I store my green smoothie in? I've read that certain chemicals in bottled water and other plastic items leach into my food. Answer: A government study by the nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG) in Washington, D.C. recently uncovered a surprising (and unnerving) finding. The plastic lining used […]3 Comments • Continue Reading →
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stevia approved by FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just granted approval to the natural herbal sweetener stevia. You may know that I endorse stevia as a sweetener I use because it is plant-based without altered (synthetic) molecules, it has no impact on blood sugar, and no adverse health effects have been reported from its use. […]9 Comments • Continue Reading →
Q&A about raw almonds / group buys
I apologize for this impersonal way to talk to everyone who wrote asking q's about the almonds. But some of the questions are duplicative, so I'm killing all the birds with one stone. Wait, that's a bad analogy. No one likes to be compared to dead birds. Point is, I've got more emails than I […]7 Comments • Continue Reading →
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FDA finally admits fillings containing mercury may be harmful
In my local paper June 11, local dentist Michelle Jorgenson, who quit using amalgam fillings 10 years ago, is "vindicated." That's because, due to the settlement of a class action lawsuit, the FDA's site now says, "Dental amalgams contain mercury, which may have nerotoxic effects on the nervous systems of developing children and […]1 Comment • Continue Reading →
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Recently, the biggest government entity, the Department of Health and Human Services (governing the FDA and CDC) finally settled one of many claims by families whose children have been damaged by vaccines. This came after years of dodging and denying that Thimerosal (containing mercury) may cause autism. This is some of the evidence documenting […]17 Comments • Continue Reading →
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I leveraged some of this from a blog by Jason Ferruggia, one of the few bodybuilders who actually knows better than to drink whey protein shakes:Many of you know that dairy is not good for getting lean, and that consumption of dairy products has been linked to a decreased immune response. Most of us […]Leave a comment • Continue Reading →
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A friend called me and said, "Great site—but are you nuts, about the immunizations?" He pointed out that he grew up in the polio age—he's committed to the idea that vaccines are a good thing. The FIRST thing I want to say is that I acknowledge the complexity of this issue, the difficulty of […]69 Comments • Continue Reading →


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26 Aug
I noticed with Mavericks and running Bootcamp that the drivers download automatically from the Bootcamp installer are not quite complete for Windows 7 64 Bit edition. You can still manually install most of the drivers from the USB disk that Bootcamp creates but you will run into a couple that it will refuse to find.
After searching on the internet I have these drives which are for the NVIDIA chipset which adds the SMS Bus and Coprocessor / which makes the machine function properly / sleep properly / perform better :).
These drivers do not contain the NVIDIA graphic chipset. this driver can be installed and downloaded directly from NVIDIA. The Late 2008 model MacBook Pro shipped with the NVIDIA 9400M chipset, the latest drivers on NVIDIA site is best.
In a nutshell the 2008 MacBook Pro's shipped with NVIDIA graphic chipsets and with NVIDIA System Management Controller, neither seems to install with the bootcamp installer from Mavericks but can easily be added after the Windows Install.
NVIDIA SMC Installed
NVIDIA GRAPHICS Chipset on MacBook Pro Late 2008
25 Jul
With the move towards maintenance free, user friendly devices in education I have updated my image of OS X 10.9.4 in this spirit. The new image boots up quicker and logs in automatically as a student account with latest browsers, java, flash, Office, all updates, etc. This creates a lab atmosphere where the Mac labs are simply easy and effective as learning tools, no down time looking for account info, no messy word group or apple configuration device to setup individual profiles etc. Instead the machine is simplified like a Chromebook, but is capable of running much more software and is easier to deploy in large numbers. Here if there is any problem simply shut off the machine or hit restart and the machine will set itself to default state. My method is different then simply enabling "guest" mode on a mac since this mode has a few limitations and is actually a bit of a pain to configure with Mac OS X Server.
In a nutshell the process works very similar to what I wrote about in the past here Create a Mac Kiosk with using DeepFreeze
except I have streamlined and find tuned the process and login hooks a bit more. Here using Disk Inventory X http://www.derlien.com/downloads/index.html I examined the files copied back to create the cleaned student account and have reduced it from 700 megs (way to big) to under 80. The effect is the machine now boots significantly faster (does not have to wait and copy so much info) and there is no longer a side effect sometimes the copying not finishing in time for the login process to continue.
Disk Inventory X gives you a nice easy visual of where space is being used. Here I was able to find in the default student profile directory some cache folders that were not needed and a variety of other information that was not necessary to get the entire user profile directory under 80 megs. With this perfect Kiosk Mac image of 10.9.4 it will be deployed to all iMac labs k-5 and a similar MacBook Pro image will be deployed to all mobile labs K-12. (Deploy all Mac Images with Deploy Studio)
If you or anyone is interested shoot me an email email@example.com and I will be glad to share the scripts and process of creating this machine. This leaves the machine with a simplified feel like a chromebook but capaple of running lots more software and larger variety of web resources.
Here is a screenshot of cache data under the /Users/user/Library/caches/ directory. Everything in this entire directory can be deleted and is unnecessary for the kiosk setup.
(Example shows 2.6 gigs of data in cache, my older kiosk image had about 700 megs of useless data here I had missed on first go around)
20 Mar
Gone are the days of Firefox 3.x, where the release schedule was slow and stable. Firefox is on pace to change version about every 6-8 weeks and with this I find that sometimes things get a bit jumbled up. Mainly the cache seems to get corrupted and can cause some funny behavior and slow the browser down.
If your Firefox on your Apple computer is running slow or acting strange, here is a small Apple Program I wrote that simple cleans the cache, removes your browser history and resets a few minor preferences. Running the program will close firefox then do a quick cleanup and that is it, quick and easy.
Download it here Fix-Firefox-Mac
5 Mar
Time Machine is a great backup tool and usually works pretty flawlessly. One area that could be improved is in recovering iCal Calendars. To recover your iCal Calendars from a specific time you have to jump through a few hoops and do a few steps that may not seem very intuitive. Here is how:
1. Make Sure iCal is closed and not running.
2. First Connect your backup Time Machine Device and Turn off your WIFI (and disconnect Ethernet if hard wired)
3. Next Click on Finder and click on the word GO | Go to Folder
4. Type in ~/Library
5. Now Click on Time Machine and Enter Time Machine
6. Using Time Machine go back in time to the date where your Calendars were good. Now in the Finder windows find the folder Calendars and click to restore this entire folder. You can Restore it to your Desktop.
7. Exit Time Machine and Drag / Copy this folder Calendars on your desktop to your Library Folder. You can click again on Finder | Go to Folder | ~/Library if you missing the windows. (Step 2 Again).
A message will appear letting you know there is already a Calendar folder, click on REPLACE or Replace All.
7. Now Restart the Computer. Do Not Open iCal yet. You must first restart the computer or logout first and then after you are logged back in, then start iCal. Your Calendars will be back (you may need to wait a minute or it to and you may see a message saying restoring calendar events.
After Restoring the Calendar Folder and copying it to ~/Library (Replacing the Folder) Make sure to reboot the computer before starting iCal.
Thats it Calendars are restored. A bit of hassle but can be done.
24 Jan
Youtube has updated its site and Video Download Helper and keepvid.com no longer work to download many videas as mp4 files. Strangely using keepvid.com still works if you save in the webm format but not the more universally accepted mp4 format. All is not lost however as a quick Google search reveals that this add on works well.
Download YouTube Videos as MP4 – yes that is really the name.
Now with this Add On installed and working to download a video you must first play video on youtube. Now with the video playing look below the video and you will see a new option that says Download.
Notice the Download tab on the video and the option to pick MP4.
That's it. If you don't see this option first close firefox (or reboot computer) and then start it back up. Now search for a new video and you should see the little download link.
21 Oct
So perhaps my iPhone 4s is no longer operational and am awaiting a new phone, which may not arrive for a couple more weeks. To fill in the gaps in between I took my original AT&T iPhone and activated it using a GoPhone Sim Card. No Jailbreak is needed and you can do from the phone and from a computer with web access (or Phone connected via Wifi). Here is what worked for me.
1. Buy a 15$ GoPhone generic Samsung flip phone from Wal-Mart. I bought ATT because that is what the original iPhone (2007) was.
2. Open the GoPhone and discard the phone and keep the Sim card (looks like a credit card with a little chip that pops out).
3. Join your iPhone to Wifi and download this file. Mobile Config (For US AT&T carriers only)
Your phone will ask you to install the settings, just click install and choose okay.
4. Now put in the SIM card into the older iPhone (Works with Original iPhone, iPhone3g and iPhone 3gs -with older iOS)
5. Now follow the GoPhone instructions and activate the phone but using the iPhone and using the web to activate instead of the phone.
Start here. https://www.wireless.att.com/GoPhoneWeb/goPhoneLanding.do?method=activatePayGo
You will find your SIM number on the card that came with the GoPhone.
You will find the IMEI number on your iPhone under | Settings | General | About – then scroll down to IMEI.
6. Thats it now just save the phone number and put this into your iPhone settings, Settings | Phone | My Number
7. Make sure you add money to your go phone account, can do it through the phone if you reboot it, or can also put money on account via the web.
After you have money on the account, reboot the phone or just wait few minutes and your iPhone is now a GoPhone.
Note: There is no need to jailbreak or modify your phone whatsoever.
Note: Do not activate the GoPhone Sim in the generic flip phone that comes with the package. If you do the SIM gets locked to that phone for 6 months and will not work. You must activate the SIM first with the iPhone or go to AT&T and get a new SIM.
26 Jul
This summer I migrated two servers to Linux based platforms running on Dell PowerEdge R210′s. Previously a G5 Xserve was running our mail server for the last 7 years and it has done a great job. Kerio no longer supports the PPC based architecture meaning no more software updates. In addition the age of the machine itself in terms of hardware meant ready for a change. Kerio now has a true 64 bit version of their software and supports Linux natively.
Kerio Running On Ubuntu 64bit
The migration process was smooth although time consuming, with over 400 active email accounts and 300 gigs of information simply copying the info took well over 5 hours. The configuration files are for the most part interchangeable and could simply copy from old server to the new with just some minor changes to file paths. Mac uses /usr/local/kerio and Linux uses /opt/kerio.
The new version of Kerio supports jabber protocol and would like to enable this having the server handle all instant messaging, video chats and email.
In a similar move I setup another server which hosts all staff websites and it running latest version of Apache, PHP. The Windows server that these sites were previously on was 32 bit based and was starting to max out the RAM limit of 3.5Gigs. PAE extension was possible but simply running on a dedicated 64 bit server with less overhead seemed a better path. Moving the information was pretty slick in this case as well (200 gigs of website data, 70 websites). The only trouble here was correcting URL pathnames to case sensitivity (Windows not case sensitive, all flavors of Linux are case sensitive).
Both Servers are R210 Dell PowerEdge running a RAID 1 configuration with Western Digital SE4 drives. Plan to continue to reduce the number of Microsoft based servers with Linux.
18 Jun
So I just finished replacing iPhone 4S screen a couple weeks ago. Just like that I was walking and literally accidentally tossed it onto the pavement and cracked it again. My white and black cow phone did not last long.
This time I replaced the back and front screen with blue covered parts off of amazon for 35$. Since this is screen number 3 I thought I would stick with just the parts and focus on cheap.
Blue phone works great .. Repair is a lengthy process.
11 Jun
Okay so the iPad 3 and iPad 4 have exceelent displays with great resolution. They are also much more fragile then the original iPad 1 and crack easily from a drop here or there. After fixing my iPhone 4S display I thought the screen repair on the iPad 3 and 4 would be a huge undertaking. Actually it is much easier then the iPhone the hardest part is simply removing the screen.
I went home and grabbed my wife's hair dryer and used this to heat up the edges of the units. Using a swiss amy pocket knife and iSesame tools included in my screen repair kit the glass eventually was removed. The adhesive holding the screen on these units is pretty tough and I found myself scrapping bits of glass here and there. On the bottom left hand corner you will find the cable the connects the digitizer to the main board of the machine.
Removing screen with Hair Dryer and Knife
Removing Screen iSesame
With the screen/digitizer removed you need to simply remove the Retina Display underneath with a small Phillips. With the Retina Display removed you will see where the ribbon cables connect and using the plastic splunger can flip open the latches and pull out the cables removing both the screen/digitizer and retina display.
Removing Ribbon Cables
With everything removed Can now simply plugin in new screen and carefully reattach. This is easy for the iPad 3 but with the iPad 4 you have one extra step. The iPad 4′s button is different and you must change out the button or use a new ribbon cable. I used the screen repair kits from iCracked.com. Also used one of the tear down videos on youtube from same company. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fJkMXQOKuU
When I go to replace another iPad screen I will likely just order the part itself and not the kit, saving 30-40$. The tools provided in the kit are good and can be easily reused.
I say 45-60 minutes is a reasonable expectation of time it takes to repair.
Whats left of the old screens
Fixed – iPad 3 and iPad 4
4 Jun
So my iPhone 4s got a bit smashed. To repair from apple is 200$ so I decided to buy a kit from iCracked on Amazon for 60$. The kits originally was 100$ but at reduced price of 60$ I thought worth the repair effort.
First off this is the most nicely packaged kits I have seen, you get the new screen and digitizer, a protective sticker pre-attached, a bumper, decent instructions, tool set to remove the strange size micro screws and a polishing cloth. I repaired an 3GS screen once and I all I got was literally the repair part and then used youtube to help dismantle the phone.
Repair Kit
The repair kit does its best attempt to make this as painless as possible but unfortunately the job is still quite involved. The instructions said allow 45 minutes for the repair, I would say allow at least 90 minutes for the repair. You literally must remove everything to get to the screen replacement, the logic board, the camera, the speakers, antenna wires, EMF shield, connectors, grounding clips (a little tricky), etc.
The only complain I had with the process besides the optimistic time for the repair was the lack of a flat head screw driver. There are two flat head screws in the iPhone that must be removed and this is the one tool left out of the kit, I happened to have a small flathead so no big deal but could have been included in the tool kit.
The size of the components is unbelievably small.
MotherBoard with CPU removed.
I liked how on the instructions were place holders to put screws and parts as you remove, making reassembly much easier.
The repair worked great except for a minor detail. I ordered a white front plate instead of black and the kit does not come with a new button. The result is now my children only refer to it as the cow phone. With the relatively positive experience with this kit if I can find good deal with same kit for an iPad 3 will also give it a shot at fixing.
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Spotlight! and Breezing webinar recordings from January are now archived!
The January 25, Spotlight! session focusing on National Library of Medicine Digital Resources, was presented by Marty Magee. It included such resources as Turning the Pages, and History of Medicine Resources, tutorials and much more! See it at: http://nnlm.gov/mcr/services/updates/spotlightresources.html
And the January 18, Breezing session included: 1) Jean Shipman, Director of the MidContinental Region and NLM Training Center, discussed potential futures for health sciences librarians and thus libraries and 2) Claire Hamasu, Associate Director, described current funding opportunities and discussed the MCR Communication Plan.
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Cranberry-Apple Pie
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- 1 (15-oz.) package refrigerated piecrusts, divided
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- 1. Fit 1 piecrust into a 9-inch pieplate according to package directions; trim off excess piecrust along edges. Brush edges of piecrust with egg. Spoon Cranberry-Apple Pie Filling into piecrust, mounding filling in center of pie.
- 2. Unroll remaining piecrust on a lightly floured surface. Brush piecrust lightly with egg; sprinkle evenly with sparkling sugar. Using the width of a ruler as a guide, cut the piecrust into 9 (1-inch-wide) strips. Arrange strips in a lattice design over filling; gently press ends of strips, sealing to bottom piecrust. Place pie on a baking sheet.
- 3. Bake pie at 400° for 45 minutes on lower oven rack, shielding with aluminum foil after 30 minutes to prevent excessive browning. Remove from oven, and let cool on a wire rack.
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By the time March and April roll around, Winter playlists are starved for fresh musical nourishment. It's the perfect time to launch the annual hunt for that new artist no warm weather playlist should go without. My roster of then-new artist discoveries of Sprintimes past, thanks mostly to early festival appearances, includes bands like Iron & Wine, Datarock, and Chromeo. This year's addition is every bit as worthy: GIANA FACTORY from Denmark.
A few weeks ago, while my Skullcandy compadres were busy documenting a Wu Tang Clan show in Austin, I hit Sixth Street, stopping in front of every venue showcasing discernable live music, hoping for something I'd never heard. It can be a quick process – with 2,000 SXSW bands in town that week, most of which are good - sifting requires focus. After about an hour, the sound of something different drew me into a bar called Vice. I liked the first song enough to film the next one, which turned out to be the end of the set. But that sampler was convincing. After an impromptu post-show conversation with the band; several full trips through the promo CD they gave me; and eventually a spontaneous all-night soiree with Team GIANA and a few dozen other musicians and cultural ambassadors, ALL from Denmark except Dominique Keegan of Plant Music and band The Glass; and I'm sold.
GIANA FACTORY are three Danish women with the presence and avant garde personal style of seasoned runway models; and a unique sound that evokes the electronic darkness, atmospheric guitar, and beat-laden vocal melodies of Siouxsie & The Banshees, Clan of Xymox and The XX. The sensibility melds thoughtful, mysterious and suspenseful with familiar, airy and uplifting. It's almost like a musical version of the teeter-tottering seasonal transition between Winter and Spring, a topic not-surprisingly referenced in lyrics by these residents of the frozen North. To clarify, however - GIANA FACTORY's sonic balance is more a welcome equilibrium, and much easier to plan weekends around than Mother Nature's apparent support of a complex economy based on twisted jive like weather derivatives.
GIANA FACTORY's original recipe is the result of both nature and nurture. In 2008, vocalist Loui Foo debuted her musical chops in front 20,000 people while standing in for her older sister Sharin, who was on maternity leave from her own band, The Raveonettes. That exposure led to an invitation for GIANA FACTORY's triumvirate of talent - Sofie Johanne (bass, synth), Lisbet Fritze (guitar) and Loui Foo (vocals, drum pads) - to support the band Glasvegas throughout Europe. They've since risen to every opportunity to impress crowds and win both fans and friends. Their first EP Blood Game generated acclaim from both Pitchfork and Nylon Magazine. The band's 2010 album Save The Youth (co-produced by Tomas Barfod), released in Denmark, is no less praiseworthy. And - a side note to the official record - I personally witnessed these ladies verbally fillet fellow Danes from the band Who Made Who in a heated freestyle rap battle so technically sophisticated, that Skullcandy's Danish street linguists are still translating it for a future post.
Visit GIANA FACTORY online at www.gianafactory.dk. Also on MySpace, Facebook and Twitter.
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Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) is an American pop rock singer, songwriter, and occasional actress. Clarkson made her debut under RCA Records after she won the highly publicized first season of the television series American Idol in 2002. She was originally marketed as a pop musician with her debut album Thankful (2003). With the release of her multi-platinum second album Breakaway (2004), Clarkson moved to a more pop rock-oriented style of music, and won two Grammy Awards. Clarkson's third album, entitled My December, was released on June 26, 2007. Clarkson has sold over 16 million albums worldwide.
While on tour in Europe in 2006, Clarkson began writing and composing songs for her third album, My December. During the Addicted Tour, Clarkson debuted two of her songs: "Maybe" and "Yeah". Recording commenced on the album in the summer of 2006. The first single from My December was "Never Again", which made its radio debut on April 13, 2007. The song was released on iTunes on April 20, 2007, but was taken down and replaced with a notice that said that the song was not available until April 23, 2007. The single peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at #8 and on the Pop 100 at #5. Following "Never Again", Clarkson released "Sober" as her next single from My December on June 6, 2007. The singles were promoted with appearances on Saturday Night Live and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Clarkson also returned to American Idol on the May 23 2007 season six finale for the first time since its third season, performing "Never Again" and "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" with Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry during a Beatles medley.
The song "Chivas" is a hidden track which can be found after the song "Irvine." Clarkson wrote the song on bar napkins before going to a concert by Los Angeles based cover band Metal Skool where she was famously seen drinking a bottle of Chivas Regal in a popular YouTube video when she was brought on stage to sing with the band.
Clarkson parted with her management, The Firm, on June 11, 2007, after the controversy surrounding My December. Clarkson would then sign with Starstruck Entertainment, run by Narvel Blackstock - the husband of Reba McEntire - on July 2, 2007. On June 14, 2007, Live Nation announced that Clarkson's summer tour her first nationwide arena tour has been cancelled due to underwhelming ticket sales, to be rescheduled after the release of the My December album at smaller, more intimate concert environments.
Clarkson has reinstated plans to tour the US this year - with a much smaller tour than the one she cancelled in June. Clarkson began her My December Tour on October 10 in Verona, New York in venues significantly smaller than those previously booked.
My December was officially released in the U.S. on June 26, 2007. On the date of the album's release, Clarkson appeared on Good Morning America to promote her new album. Clarkson performed songs from this new album, including the single "Never Again". Despite the controversy surrounding My December, the album debuted at #2 in the U.S. with 291,000 albums sold. This is a slightly higher debut than Clarkson's previous album, Breakaway, which debuted at #3. My December has been certified Platinum in Australia, indicating that 70,000 copies have been shipped
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Wow ! Never Have I had so many troubles with flash before, first music problems, then size problems followered by freeze problems !!! Everything solved by breaking the movie up into 2 parts, belive me ! You don't want to see it before I broke it up !
The madness continues, 8 Ninjas fights in a tournament to win a trophy (WOW, A PLOT !....or..) But again... isn't that what "The Art of Fighting" is all about ?
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[ ] You have a hardy nature
[ ] You're a born leader
[ ] You're a charmer
[X] You have a great singing voice
[X] You love reptiles
Total: 2
[ ] You have a jolly nature
[X] You are kind
[X] You love all animals
[X] You can keep a beat
[ ] You are true gentleman/lady
Total: 3
[X] You can be hot-headed
[X] You are short tempered
[ ] You go into a rage when you're mad
[ ] You hate going swimming (flsefhlLOVESWIMMING)
[ ] You're the bad boy/girl type
Total: 2
[X] You love to swim
[ ] You have a lax nature
[ ] You are a strong swimmer
[X] You like soft jazz music
[X] You can dance
Total: 3
[X] You can take a hit or two
[X] You like shiny things
[X] You love/loved gems/metals
[ ] You have a bold nature
[X] You have super hard bones
Total: 4
[ ] Your head is always in the clouds
[ ] You have a hasty nature
[X] You love flying
[ ] You can be intimidating for your size
[ ] You always feel like you're flying
Total: 1
[X] You love to play mind games with people
[ ] You don't like to fight
[ ] You have a docile nature
[X] You love to play games
[ ] You often run away from things
Total: 2
[X] You are strong
[ ] You are vain
[X] You don't give up so easily
[X] You love to fight
[ ] You have a bold nature
Total: 3
[X] You love the shadows
[ ] You don't get out much
[ ] You have a bashful nature
[X] You like to scare people
[X] You love scary movies/shows
Total: 3
[X] You are a lone wolf
[ ] You have an impish nature
[ ] You're not a social person
[ ] You don't get along with people
[ ] You listen to heavy music like metal or hard rock
Total: 1
[x] You know a lot of things
[] You have a naive nature
[X] You stand out easily
[x] You love all music
[x] You can do anything if you put your mind to it
Total: 4
[X] You have a relaxed nature
[X] You love bugs
[ ] You like country music
[ ] You can play a stringed instrument
[ ] You're peaceful
Total: 2
[ ] You have a serious nature
[X] You can play a drum like instrument
[ ] You're hard headed
[X] You're big
[ ] You have/had a solid relationship
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[X] You love cold weather
[X] You love cold food/drinks
[X] You've broken someone's heart
[ ] Someone has broken your heart
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[ ] You don't listen to that much music
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[ ] You often hide in the shadows
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1) What's the color of your shirt?
Blue - I'm in love with your cat
Red - Our affair is over
White - The rainbow hedgehogs want to destroy you
Black -Our romance is over
Green- Our socks don't match
Grey - You're a leprechaun
Yellow - I'm selling myself for candy
Pink - Your nostrils are insulting
Brown - The mafia wants you
No shirt - I'm joining the Convent
Other -I dislike your eyelashes
2) Which is your birth month?
January - That night you picked your nose
February -When I quoted Forrest Gump
March - When your dwarf bit me
April - When I tripped on peanut butter
May - When I threw up in your sock drawer
June - When you put cuffs on me
July – When I saw the purple monkey
August - When you smacked my ass
September - When we skinny dipped in the bathtub
October - Last year when you peed your pants
November - When your dog humped my leg
December - When I finally changed my underwear
3) Which food do you prefer?
Tacos - In your apartment
Chicken- In your car
Pasta - Outside of your office
Hamburgers - Under the bus
Salad – As you were eating Kraft Dinner
Lasagna - In your closet
Kebab - With Jean Chrétien
Seafood - In a clown suit
Sandwiches - At the Elton John concert
Pizza - At the mental hospital
Hot dog - Under a street light
Annat- With George Bush and Stephen Harper
4) What's the color of your socks?
Yellow - Ignore
Red - Put whipped cream on
Black - Hit on
Blue - Knock out
Purple - Pour syrup on
White - Carve your initials into
Grey - Pull the clothes off
Brown - bit of
Orange - Castrate
Pink - Pull the pants off of
Barefoot - Sit on
Other - Drive over
5) What's the color of your underwear?
Black - My boyfriend
White - My father
Grey - The Catholic Priest
Brown - The Montreal Canadiens' goalie
Purple - my corned beef hash
Red - My knee caps
Blue - My salt-beef bucket
Yellow - My illegitimate child in Ghana
Orange - My Blink 182 cd
Pink - You are "My Little Pony" collection
Other --The elephant in the corner
6) What do you prefer to watch on TV?
One Tree Hill - Senile
Heroes- Frostbitten
Lost - High
Simpsons- Cowardly
The news - Scarred
American Idol - Masochistic
Family Guy - Open
Top Model - Middle-class
Annat - shamed
House- Sterile
7) Your mood right now?
Happy - How awful you are
Sad - How boring you are
Bored - That I get turned on only by garbage men
Angry - That your smell makes me vomit
Depressed – That we're related
Excited - That I may pee my pants
Nervous - The middle-east is planning their revenge on you
Worried - That your Ford sucks
Apathetic - That you need a sex-change
Silly - That I'm allergic to your earlobes
Cuddly - That Santa doesn't exist
Ashamed - That there is no solution to you being a dumb kid
Other - That your driving sucks
8) What's the color of your walls in your bedroom?
White - Your toe ring
Yellow - Your love letters to me
Red - The pictures from Vegas
Black - Your pet rock
Blue - The couch cushions
Green - Your car
Orange - Your false teeth
Brown - Your nose hair clippers
Grey - Our matching snoopy underwear
Purple - Your old New Kids on the Block blanket
Pink - The cut toenails
Other - Your balls
9) The first letter of your first name?
A/B - Your virginity
C/D - Your photo with the moustache drawn on it
E/F - Your neighbors dog
G/H - The oil tank from your car
I/J - Your left ear
K/L - The results of that blood-sample
M/N - Your glass eye
O/P - My common sense
Q/R - Your mom
S/T - Your collection of butterflies
U/V - Your criminal record
W/X – Your sucide note
Y/Z - Your credit cards
10) The last letter in your last name?
A/B - Get sick when I think of your feet
C/D - Always will remember the pep talks
E/F -Never will forget that night
G/H – Will not tell the authorites that you stole the whale from the backyard.
I/J – Mocked you behind your back constantly
K/L - Hate your cooking
M/N - Told in my confession today about the moose poaching
O/P - Told my psychiatrist about the bruises
Q/R - Always wanted to break your legs
S/T - Love your sweet, sweet ass
U/V - Will try to forget that you broke my heart
W/X - Haven't showered in a month
Y/Z – am better off without you
11) What do you prefer to drink?
Wine- Our friendship is ruined
Soft drink – I love Oprah
Milk - The apartment building is on fire
Water – I'm scratching my butt as you read this
Cider– I have a passionate interest for mice
Juice – You ruined my attempts at another world war.
Snapple/Vitamin water – You should get that embarrassing rash checked out
Hot chocolate – Your Cucumber-fetishism is weird
Whiskey - I'm off to lead a new life as a lemon
Beer – Thanks for the Cocaine
Other – you should stop picking your nose
12) To which country would you prefer to go on a vacation?
Thailand – Warm tingly sensations
France - Love always
Spain - With tears of sadness
China – You make me sick
Germany – Please don't hurt me
Japan - Go milk a cow
Greece - Your everlasting enemy
USA - Best of luck on the sex change
England - Go drown yourself
Italy - Please, don't lick my inner thighs anymore


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Hi all,
I work in a secondary school and one of the teachers is asking if its allowed to install the FREE software Microsoft Visual Express on a number of computers on our school network.
Its a long shot but does anyone have some insight?
Pretty sure that is allowed, unless the licensing has changed in recent years. We certainly looked through very carefully when we installed the 2008 versions back in the day. Another option is to sign your school up for DreamSpark which allows you to install the Professional versions in your labs and students can also download and install at home. On the website there is a fee listed for it ($99/year) but this was being waived for EES customers last time I checked.
To be honest a bigger challenge will be working out how to deploy it as I don't think there is a silent deployment option, and for the free versions you have to do the serial numbers individually.
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I can adore without wanting to capture, but when being with that person is more important than being by yourself or others, well, that means something is changing. That would be my first clue, that, and when the "benefit" part was over, he wants to stay for breakfast. Another big clue.
He's probably thinking of the last time you two had sex.

Don't mistake a guy's lustful gazes for those of love.
If you have to ask this question you haven't
Call him on it.
Is there anything stopping you two frim having a relationship?
So if the fwb arrangement turns into a relationship, it'll be better for both of you, or not?
Silly!

A FriendsWithBenefits agreement, IS a real Relationship!

...adoration is NOT incompatible within a FWB context.
Fwb is their way of having an escape when its convenient. It doesn't work out.not in my experience anyway
If you don't have a wedding ring on your finger, you're a ****...Get married or cross your legs....
Far more than judgmental,a pea brained,religious zealot- hypocrite about covers this sad jerk :)
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Worth the money to keep you happy till the next season.
It's also different, but it makes you want to keep going.
No real tell of what to do. You just figure it out on the go.
You're what I think …a creature in the water growing by "eating" and once you've finished you can continue being something else. Like some sorta circle of life.
The controls threw my off though! You have to rotate your controller to more in the direction you wanted to. Gosh darn sore arms in the morning… or maybe that's just me and my horrible turning.
Anyways it's fun! Credits are too! Makes you wanna read em the way they set it up.
Enjoy if you play!
You needa get the soundtrack it's lovely.
It's not a typical game it's more of a relaxing journey. Not hard, not easy but beautiful. Even if you can't choose who you co op with. It's exciting to find one person and just keep going.
It's different.
It's a good thing.
I love it you guys. I'm keeping it like this for a while now!
was heartbreaking and you seem to need to adapt to what's going on now even when the past was so well comforting. I dunno about the new people, I don't know how we'll deal losing anyone else. Will people spiral into madness? Makes me think of the comic book more.
Clem is still hoping to find her parents. I dunno how to respond to that every time I don't have the heart to tell her they are probably dead D: Especially her dad. There's no doubt in my mind that he isn't gone. Though her mom… you never know…
Untill next chapter I guess.
and so we begin ;)
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Virginia Tech's (11-11, 2-7) Erick Green poured in 29 points to go with three steals as the Hokies lost their fifth consecutive game. Cadarian Raines added 14 points, shooting 7-of-13 from the floor.
After both teams shot below 35 percent from the field in the first half, Virginia Tech carried a 27-24 lead into the break.
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Kansas City Star "James Shields knows how to make an entrance. When Shields checked in Saturday at the Royals' complex, two days ahead of schedule, he also ponied up for the cost of sandwiches to feed his new teammates. The club can't provide meals until official workouts begin. The Royals' unofficial..." February 10
Kansas City Star "In the Santa Clarita Valley, a sprawling swath of Southern California suburbia, they still talk about the best high school baseball game they ever saw. It happened nearly 13 years ago, but Jim Ozella, the baseball coach at Hart High School, still keeps the scorebook numbers just a few clicks away..." December 16
Tampa Tribune "The Tampa Bay Rays executed the biggest trade in team history Sunday night, sending pitchers James Shields and Wade Davis to the Kansas City Royals for four minor league players, including outfielder Wil Myers, the Royals' top prospect. The Rays also received right-handed pitcher Jake Odorizzi,..." December 10
Dallas Morning News "The speculation of the moment at the Gaylord Opryland is that the Rangers are so far into talks with Josh Hamilton that they've started pursuing a complicated deal to land a starting pitcher in place of expensive Zack Greinke. MLB sources said the Rangers have been in discussions with Tampa Bay..." December 05
Twinkie Town "According to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe, the Twins have already checked in on Rays starter James Shields: "James Shields, RHP, Rays — We suspect the Rays will field a lot of calls on him in the coming weeks. Whether they pull the trigger in order to obtain offense remains to be seen. With..." November 04
Hardball Talk "The Twins had one of the worst pitching staffs in the majors this season, finishing with a combined 4.77 ERA that ranked 28th out of baseball's 30 teams. It was a given that they'd try to do some patchwork this winter, but could a big splash be on the way? According to Nick Cafardo of the..." November 04
Tampa Tribune "There is a report out of Los Angeles that the Dodgers have targeted Tampa Bay Rays pitcher James Shields as their top offseason priority. For Shields, it's just part of life as the highest-paid member of the team. The Rays made that official Wednesday when they picked up the 2013 options on..." November 01
SB Nation "The A's ruined a lot of things this year. They ruined the Rangers' and Angels' seasons, for example. They ruined the safety net of low expectations that a couple of low-revenue franchises have tried to maintain. For the purposes of this article, though, we'll focus on how they ruined the..." October 31
Hardball Talk "According to Mark Saxon of ESPN Los Angeles the Dodgers are looking to add another veteran starting pitcher with Chad Billingsley and Ted Lilly both question marks health-wise, and their "No. 1 target" is Rays right-hander James Shields. Tampa Bay picked up Shields' option for 2013, because at..." October 31
Hardball Talk "In one of the biggest no-brainer calls of the offseason, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports that the Rays have informed right-hander James Shields that they'll exercise his $10.25 million option for 2013. Shields is a tremendous bargain at that price after bouncing back from a rough..." October 30
D-Rays Bay "As fun as the Rays' win streak has been over the last few weeks, there's been one major downside to them being in the hunt for the playoffs right up until the last moment: I haven't had nearly enough time to process that the season is coming to a close, and that after tonight, there will be no..." October 03
Tampa Bay Times "Closer RHP Fernando Rodney was named team MVP in the annual voting by members of the Tampa Bay chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Rodney, who has 47 saves and a reliever record 0.6053 ERA, received five of the eight first-place votes, finishing ahead of 20-game winner..." October 02
Baltimore Sun "Tampa Bay right-hander James Shields, who will start Tuesday night's pivotal game against the Orioles, is wrapping up a very successful 2012 season that – so far – has featured a 15-9 and a solid 3.62 ERA. That's almost proportionately consistent with his career numbers in 23 career starts against..." October 02
Tampa Tribune "RHP James Shields makes his 33rd and final start of the regular season tonight, and, possibly, his final start with the Tampa Bay Rays. Shields is due $9 million next season (with a $1.5 million buyout), and given the team's payroll constraints plus its need to upgrade at several positions,..." October 02
Tampa Tribune "Tampa Bay RHP James Shields said he would like to take one of his jerseys and one from LHP David Price, cut them in half and sew them together so each jersey is a combination of the two. Shields said that might be the best way to commemorate Price and himself joining an exclusive 200-200..." September 27
New York Post "Curtis Granderson has faced James Shields more than he has any pitcher during his major league career. Going into Saturday, he had 56 at-bats against the Rays right-hander, and he had failed in 50 of them. "I know [my history's] not very good," Granderson said. Whether the Yankees center..." September 16
Tampa Tribune "RHP James Shields said he had his best pregame bullpen session of the season Sunday. While that doesn't always translate into a good outing, it did for Shields. Shields held the Rangers to two hits and tossed his second complete-game shutout of the season in the Rays 6-0 victory. "I felt..." September 10
Tampa Bay Times "It would take a lot to top James Shields' powerful performance Sunday, a two-hit shutout of the majors' most offensive team. And B.J. Upton did, hitting a team-record-tying three home runs in a 6-0 win over Texas. Upton, speaking softly in his corner of the Rays clubhouse, insisted Shields was..." September 10
Tampa Tribune "The Rays lost by one run again. They lost 1-0 again. They wasted another outstanding night by a pitcher again. They had their scoring chances but let too many of them slip by again. And to sum it up, manager Joe Maddon used the word "frustrating." Again. "The pain factor," Maddon..." August 29
D-Rays Bay "As well as the Rays have been playing they couldn't drop a home series to the Royals, right? Right. James Shields earned his twelfth win of the season, pitching seven and two-thirds innings, allowing three earned runs and striking out seven while walking just one. It was his fifth consecutive..." August 22
Tampa Tribune "Tampa Bay RHP James Shields wasn't as sharp as he had been in his previous two starts, but he managed to get the big outs when he needed Sunday in the Rays' 7-3, 10-inning victory against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field. Six of those big outs came in the sixth and seventh innings after the..." August 13
Tampa Tribune "RHP James Shields has been a different pitcher since his talk with pitching coach Jim Hickey before his July 31 start in Oakland. The subject centered on fastballs. Hickey wanted to see more of them from Shields. In his first 21 starts, Shields threw his fastball 27.7 percent of the time,..." August 12
Tampa Bay Times "RHP James Shields enters tonight's start against the Blue Jays with the tough task of topping his last outing, a three-hit shutout against the A's. But Shields has experience providing encores, including three consecutive complete games in June 2011 during his All-Star season. "I've done it..." August 07
Tampa Tribune "As the ball settled into B.J. Upton's glove in center field for the final out Tuesday night, James Shields turned toward the guys sitting down in the bullpen and fired a "This was for you" point. On a night when the Tampa Bay Rays bullpen needed a breather, Shields provided just that, throwing..." August 01
CBSSports.com "Interested teams are starting to wonder how just serious the Rays really are about trading James Shields. The Rays are said to be seeking "north of Greinke," referring to the three-prospect package the Brewers got for star pitcher Zack Greinke, who is a free agent after the season. So if they..." July 29
Tampa Tribune "David Price watched a handful of reporters approach James Shields on Friday afternoon as Shields sat in his corner locker inside the visitor's clubhouse at Angels Stadium. "Shields is off limits," Price yelled. Not so much to reporters inquiring about the latest trade rumors, Price meant,..." July 28
CBSSports.com "The Marlins are asking for teams' top two or three prospects in exchange for Josh Johnson, tweeted ESPN's Jerry Crasnick. Those prospects -- think Texas' Jurickson Profar, Baltimore's Dylan Bundy and/or Manny Machado, and Toronto's Travis d'Arnaud -- are "just to get talks moving," Crasnick also..." July 27
Tampa Tribune "Although disappointed with the outcome, Rays manager Joe Maddon wasn't necessarily displeased with the performance of starting pitcher James Shields. Shields, on the other hand, wasn't thrilled with his performance. Baltimore scored five times in the fifth Thursday as Shields loaded the..." July 27


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INDIANAPOLIS | State Rep. Charlie Brown, D-Gary, watched last week as his dream of a statewide indoor smoking ban transformed into a nightmare, as exemption after exemption was added to his proposal to improve Hoosier health.
But while a smoking ban that permits smoking to continue in bars and taverns and a half-dozen other places keeps Brown up at night, it also appears likely to become state law.
As House Bill 1149 heads to a House-Senate conference committee this week, legislative leaders seem inclined to pass any smoking ban no matter what exemptions are included.
"We've been fighting this fight for a long time; no one has fought harder or been more passionate about it than Rep. Brown, but I've been around here long enough to know we do things very incrementally," said Senate Democratic leader Vi Simpson, D-Ellettsville. "I believe it's worth getting whatever we can get."
House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, agrees.
"Something, even something with holes, is better than nothing," Bosma said. "To reject even a partial smoking ban at this point would be a mistake."
The legislation approved Wednesday by the Republican-controlled Senate bans smoking in all indoor public spaces except gaming facilities, bars and taverns, private clubs, tobacco shops, cigar manufacturers, home-based businesses and residential care facilities for seniors, veterans and the disabled.
Senate President David Long, R-Fort Wayne, said places where only adults are permitted to enter should have the right to decide whether smoking is allowed. That sentiment is shared by many state senators.
But Brown is absolutely opposed to exempting bars and taverns because thousands of Hoosiers working in those places will be forced to continue breathing secondhand smoke.
Brown said he will not sign a conference committee agreement that includes an exemption for bars and taverns.
"This is a very delicate balance in terms of how we proceed," Brown said. "If in fact we cannot come to that middle ground there is the possibility of no legislation passing."
All four members of the conference committee must agree to a compromise version of the legislation for it to return to the full House and Senate for a final vote.
If Brown is unwilling to compromise, Bosma has the authority to replace him on the committee.
State Rep. Eric Turner, R-Marion, the other House conferee, said he is willing to do what it takes to find the exemption "sweet spot," enabling the smoking ban to pass the House and Senate and go to the governor.
"I feel strongly that we should have a pure bill, but I know I'm not going to get a pure bill," Turner said. "So I'm trying to find that right balance and we've got a week to figure it out."
Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels has urged lawmakers to send him a smoking ban with as few exemptions as possible.
But Daniels pointed out Friday that no previous smoking ban made it as far as a conference committee, and said supporters are better off getting an imperfect ban than nothing at all.


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Scott Snodgress held the Mississippi Braves scoreless over 8.0 innings Thursday night, but the Barons were unable to put any runs on the board, falling by a score of 1-0 in front of an Independence Day crowd of 8,500 fans at Regions Field.
Both teams traded zeroes for the first eight innings of the ballgame in front of the fifth sellout crowd of the season at Regions Field. Recently named All-Star pitcher Snodgress lived up to his billing over 8.0 scoreless frames, allowing just three hits and striking out three in his best outing of the season.
However, M-Braves starter Mitch Atkins matched him inning for inning, scattering seven hits over 7.0 scoreless frames.
All-Star pitcher Taylor Thompson (3-2, 4.56) relieved Snodgress in the 9th but a leadoff error by second baseman Marcus Semien on a ground ball by Mycal Jones set the stage for the M-Braves to take the lead.
Jones would move to second on a sacrifice bunt by Dan Brewer and advanced to third on a passed ball by catcher Michael Blanke. The M-Braves would take a 1-0 lead a batter later on a sacrifice fly by Christian Bethancourt. Thompson was the tough luck loser on the night, picking up the loss despite not allowing a hit.
The Barons were unable to mount a rally in the ninth, as Pat Egan (3-1, 2.25) retired the side in order as the Barons fell to 52-34 on the season and 8-8 in the second half. Egan tossed 2.0 scoreless innings in relief of Atkins.
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