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Posted on Jul 3, 2008 | by Erin Roach
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WASHINGTON (BP)--Leaders of the National Education Association continue to advance a liberal political ideology that includes support of the homosexual agenda, as evidenced by news items surrounding the group's annual meeting in Washington.
About 9,000 delegates from the 3.2 million-member teachers' union are convening in the nation's capital July 1-6.
Prior to the meeting, NEA members in California received an invitation to attend an event called "Honor Our Past, Empower Our Future: A 30th Anniversary Celebration of Defeating the Antigay Briggs Initiative." The event was sponsored by the California Teachers Association (an NEA affiliate) and Planned Parenthood, among others.
"Celebrate a key anniversary of victory and a historic year for LGBT equality," the invitation said, adding that proceeds from the reception -- $50 per general admission ticket -- would help fight "November's anti-marriage proposition" and would benefit a group working toward "electing progressive allies and fighting discriminatory propositions." (LGBT is an acronym for "lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.") A proposed constitutional marriage amendment will be on the California ballot this fall and, if passed, would reverse the state high court's decision legalizing "gay marriage." The amendment states, "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."
The invitation to the June 22 event in Los Angeles also included a letter from Bob Farran, identified as an educator, labor activist and former Los Angeles County Democratic party chair. He noted that in 1978 the Briggs Initiative appeared on California ballots as Proposition 6.
"Sponsored by a far-right state senator and a group of religious extremists, it would have required the firing of any teacher or faculty member suspected of being gay. It aimed to renew the McCarthy era of rumors, witch-hunting and discrimination that we had only recently overcome," Farran wrote. "... The good news is that Californians ultimately rejected the measure, by a margin of about 4 to 3. The bad news is the ghosts of '78 are stirring again."
NEA's ongoing support of the homosexual agenda is evident on their website, where a National Summit on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues in Education is advertised. The event, to be held in Chicago July 17-18, is sponsored by NEA.
"We must do more to close the achievement gap. We must ensure that every child is learning and succeeding in school, regardless of race, gender and sexual orientation," Reg Weaver, outgoing president of the nation's largest teachers' union, said on the promotional page.
The webpage cited statistics from a 2005 survey by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, which claimed more than one-third (37.8 percent) of students experienced physical harassment at school on the basis of sexual orientation. It is estimated that roughly 2 percent of the population is homosexual or lesbian.
"Unfortunately, safety can be an issue for children and teens who are seen as different because of their sexual orientation or gender identity," the webpage says. "From the earliest grades, students routinely use homophobic language, and verbal taunts often escalate to physical confrontations.... NEA is committed to reversing these trends and addressing the needs of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered students."
Also available on the NEA website is a School Employee's Guide to GLBT Issues, which "was developed to help Association members and staff who may confront issues involving gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) students or colleagues, or who may encounter bias based on sexual orientation or gender identity."
The Hill, a congressional newspaper, reported earlier this year that NEA "has revamped its political department and is planning the most ambitious election efforts in its history." NEA, the newspaper said, planned to spend $40 million to $50 million on presidential, gubernatorial, congressional and Senate races in 2008 "and is already considering attacks against the presumptive GOP presidential nominee."
Weaver, the association's president, told The Hill NEA plans to be very aggressive, targeting specific House and Senate races and working to strengthen its political impact.
Part of the revamp included hiring Karen White, the former political director of the pro-choice EMILY's List, as the head of NEA's new Campaigns and Elections division, The Hill said. EMILY's List seeks to "win elections to turn back the Bush Republicans and their right-wing agenda" and to elect pro-choice Democratic women to office, according to the group's mission statement.
Among the ideas White brought to NEA was a technique called microtargeting, which the teachers' association used last year in Kentucky to help Democrat Steve Beshear defeat the incumbent Gov. Ernie Fletcher. The Hill said 83 percent of the state's NEA members showed up at the polls to vote for Beshear.
"The group spent about $15 million in races last year in Kentucky, Washington and Utah, joining forces in some instances with other labor unions like the AFL-CIO," The Hill reported. "The issue that has most energized the group's membership and drawn alliances with other unions is No Child Left Behind, an anathema to the teachers' union."
At the beginning of their July 1-6 Washington meeting NEA unveiled a plan which seeks to reverse the Bush administration's No Child Left Behind policies. The plan drew praise from Sen. Barack Obama, the candidate NEA is expected to endorse for president.
Weaver told the newspaper NEA would run aggressive contrast campaigns against Sen. John McCain in key states as the presidential election approaches.
"The NEA leadership has abused its mandate and used teachers' dues to subsidize its liberal ideology, which includes everything from promoting homosexuality and same-sex marriage to contraception in schools and abortion on request," Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, wrote in his Washington Update e-mail.
FRC hosted pro-life NEA members, delegates and other groups to protest the NEA's pro-choice policies at a press conference July 2 at the family organization's Washington headquarters. They also gathered outside the NEA meeting to remind the teachers' union that "the reason for its existence is the collective bargaining power of its members," Perkins said.
"It is not the job of the NEA to issue mandates on social and moral issues. To do so is a misuse of members' dues and a misrepresentation of teachers' views," Perkins wrote.
Erin Roach is a staff writer for Baptist Press.
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Old School – Reviewing our predictions and taking a second chance
Since we just had the All-Star game, I thought it would be a great time to review our predictions from Sports Spectrum's MLB Preview issue, which is a digital-only issue that you can view here.
Sports Spectrum Managing Editor Brett Honeycutt and I collaborated on all of the predictions in the magazine, and I fully expect to be right about every single prediction. I guess you can read the sarcasm in that sentence. Let's see how we did.
AL East
|What we predicted
|Actual Standings
|Yankees (99-63)
|Yankees (52-33)
|Red Sox (95-67) Wild Card
|Orioles (45-40)
|Rays (93-69)
|Rays (45-41)
|Blue Jays (83-79)
|Blue Jays (43-43)
|Orioles (65-97)
|Red Sox (43-43)
The Yankees have done even better than expected and having Andy Pettitte back in the rotation has really helped (3.22 ERA, 58.2 IP). The Yankees are also getting production out of their bench; Andruw Jones has hit 11 home runs as the fourth outfielder.
As of now, it appears we, as well as most prognosticators, missed pretty badly on the Orioles. But to be fair, the O's only won 69 games last season and they didn't bring in a lot of new players. What has made them so successful is getting players to improve and develop, and for some to return to their 2010 form.
The Blue Jays and Rays are hanging around in the division, but much more likely to compete for the AL Wild Card. Jose Bautista leads the AL in home runs, yet again, with 27, and the Rays have found another success story in the closer's role with Fernando Rodney (0.93 ERA, 25 saves).
The Red Sox have dealt with injuries and seem to be headed toward a youth movement. Youngster Will Middlebrooks played so well in the first half that it forced the Sox to trade long-time third baseman Kevin Youkilous to the White Sox.
AL Central
|What we predicted
|Actual Standings
|Tigers (94-68)
|White Sox (47-38)
|White Sox (87-75)
|Indians (44-41)
|Indians (85-77)
|Tigers (44-42)
|Royals (80-82)
|Royals (37-47)
|Twins (77-85)
|Twins (36-49)
The Tigers were pegged to run away with this division, but it simply hasn't happened. Except for Justin Verlander (9-5, 2.58 ERA), the pitching rotation has been a complete mess. No other starter in the rotation has an ERA below 4.00.
New manager Robin Ventura has done a great job with the "Good Guys" from the South Side of Chicago and Adam Dunn (25 HR) and Jake Peavy (7-5, 2.85 ERA) are one and two in the comeback player of the year race.
The Indians are hanging around the the Central race in large part because of the consistency of All-Star closer Chris Perez (24 saves).
Unfortunately, the highlight of the Royals year likely just happened, as they hosted the All-Star game and booed Robinson Cano out of the Home Run Derby.
And the Twins are having another down year, but management has to be happy that Justin Morneau and Joe Mauer are healthy. Trevor Plouffe (19 HRs) has also been a nice surprise.
AL West
|What we predicted
|Actual Standings
|Angels (95-67)
|Rangers (52-34)
|Rangers (94-68) Wild Card
|Angels (48-38)
|Mariners (76-86)
|A's (43-43)
|A's (72-90)
|Mariners (36-51)
The Angels started slow, as did new slugger Albert Pujols, but they have fought their way back into contention in the AL West race. For a while it looked like Texas would coast to its third straight crown, but the Rangers are only up by four games at the All-Star break.
In typical Billy Beane fashion the A's have come together as a team pretty well, despite having a team that seemingly lacked the stars to be able to play winning baseball. Oakland worked their record back to .500 the last game before the All-Star break.
The Mariners have fielded another team with a terrible offense. The've been no-hit (Philip Humber) once this year, and are the only team in the American League with an on-base percentage lower than .300. I bet Seattle fans really miss the offensive barrages of the 90′s when they had Ken Griffey, Jr., Jay Buhner, Edgar and Tino Martinez, Bret Boone, and the most home runs in all of baseball every season.
NL East
|What we predicted
|Actual Standings
|Phillies (97-59)
|Nationals (49-34)
|Braves (91-71) Wild Card
|Braves (46-39)
|Marlins (90-68) Wild Card
|Mets (46-40)
|Nationals (82-80)
|Marlins (41-44)
|Mets (81-81)
|Phillies (37-50)
We thought this division would be very strong and would win three playoff spots. That could still happen, as the NL East has proven to be the deepest division in the National League and possibly all of Major League Baseball. The Nationals pitching staff has been outstanding behind Stephen Strasburg and offseason acquisition Gio Gonzalez. Rookie Bryce Harper has wowed everyone and become the youngest to ever play in the All-Star game.
The Phillies have not been able to overcome some pretty serious injuries to Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, and Roy Halladay. They are still a dangerous team, as Howard and Utley are now back in action, but you have to wonder if they dug themselves too big a hole to make a run at a wild card spot.
Atlanta has had trouble with their pitching rotation, which was supposed to be the strongest part of their team coming out of spring training. Jair Jurrjens spent a long stint in the minors, Brandon Beachy had Tommy John surgery after leading the majors in ERA the first two and a half months, and the youngsters in the rotation, Mike Minor and Randall Delgado, have struggled to find consistency throughout an entire ballgame.
The New York Mets have been led by a strong 1-2 punch at the top of their rotation in Johan Santana (who threw the Mets first no-hitter in team history) and knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (NL leading 12 wins). And David Wright has led a better-than-advertised offense.
The Miami Marlins have a hideous home run sculpture out in center field, but their baseball team has been worth watching. They could be close to a winning record if it wasn't for the struggles of closer Heath Bell, who has already blown six chances this season.
NL Central
|What we predicted
|Actual Standings
|Cardinals (93-69)
|Pirates (48-37)
|Brewers (89-73) Wild Card
|Reds (46-39)
|Reds (85-77) Wild Card
|Cardinals (46-40)
|Pirates (80-82)
|Brewers (40-45)
|Cubs (70-92)
|Cubs (33-52)
|Astros (63-99)
|Astros (33-53)
We predicted Pittsburgh would fall short of the .500 mark with an 80-82 record and clinch its 20th straight losing season. But Pirates fans will likely see their first winning season since the Braves beat them in the 1992 NLCS when Sid Bream slid in safely to home plate. Andrew McCutchen is typically thought of as a speed and doubles guy, but he's been launching the bombs (18 HRs) all season and is a big reason for the Pirates success.
Joey Votto (.348, 14 HRs, 65 BB) is putting up more monster numbers in Cincinnati, and Johnny Cueto has pitched like an ace in the first half of the season. Cueto posted a 2.39 ERA, notching 10 wins, and was shafted out of the All-Star game by Tony La Russa.
The Cardinals offense hasn't slacked off too much in Albert Pujols' absence, and they can thank Carlos Beltran for it. The switch-hitting slugger has 20 homers, 65 RBIs and eight stolen bases.
The Brewers are far from the team that won the Central last season. Not having Prince Fielder hasn't affected Ryan Braun's numbers, or even the team's offense, as the Brewers are fifth in the NL in runs scored, but the pitching has been a lot worse. Milwaukee posted a 3.63 ERA in 2011 but has posted 4.24 ERA so far this season.
The Cubs and Astros have been bad, as expected. These guys should maybe take a baseball lesson from Goofy:
NL West
|What we predicted
|Actual Standings
|Giants (90-72)
|Dodgers (47-40)
|Diamondbacks (88-74)
|Giants (46-40)
|Dodgers (82-80)
|Diamondbacks (42-43)
|Rockies (79-83)
|Padres (34-53)
|Padres (67-95)
|Rockies (33-52)
The Dodgers started strong, but only lead the division by a half game at the break. Matt Kemp's injury has been a brutal blow to the offense. At one point in the past few weeks, Jerry Hairston Jr., a career utility man until this season, was batting third in LA's order.
The Giants pitching has been great as expected, except for the puzzling decline of Tim Lincecum (6.42 ERA). The offseason signing of Melky Cabrera has proven to be a big one, as he leads the team in hitting (.353) and earned a start in the All-Star game.
The D-Backs have seen a decline from last year's division-winning season. Ian Kennedy, a Cy Young award candidate last season, has fallen off tremendously, going 6-7 with a 4.26 ERA. A lot of guys had career years last season, so maybe this is just everyone coming back down to earth.
The Padres and Rockies could also watch a little of "How to Play Baseball." The Rockies have baseball's worst ERA at 5.26, which is .40 points worse than the 29th-place team, Minnesota. San Diego is actually doing okay in that category (12th) but can't hit their way out of a paper bag (they are dead last in all of baseball in runs scored).
Oops! Our Mistake
We called Brad Lidge a top five acquisition. Lidge was signed by the Nationals to be their closer. He started out the season on the DL, but he made us look bad once he pitched. He gave up 10 runs in 9.1 innings and Washington cut him. He is currently out of baseball and plans to stay away until next season.
We said Jonny Venters was the second best reliever in the big leagues. In Venters' first two seasons, he only gave up three home runs. This season, he's already given up six (double his career total), and there is still half the season left. Venters is currently sitting out for at least 15 days with elbow soreness, so, fortunately, he can't give up any long balls there.
We said that Brian Wilson was baseball's most interesting person. Wilson has been injured since April and has been out of sight and mind.
We said that Cliff Lee was the fourth best starting pitcher and Tim Lincecum was the eight best – Lee just won his first game last week. And I just mentioned how bad of a season "Big Time Timmy Jim" is having.
We left Mike Trout out of our top 10 youngsters - Oops.
Tooting our own horn
We called Yoenis Cespedes a top 10 acquisition – Cespedes has done pretty well for a rookie from Cuba, hitting 9 homers for the A's mostly powerless team, and is second on the team with 36 RBIs.
We said Bobby Valentine and Ozzie Guillen were among the top 10 most interesting people in baseball - And they were, especially in the first month of the season when both had their own controversies.
A Second Chance
At least we're not doctors. So far, it appears we missed more than we made (though three out of ten is usually pretty good in baseball and we do have half the season remaining). But now that I've had half a season to make a more educated guess, here's some predictions for the rest of the season. Hopefully these will be a little closer…
|American League
|National League
|Yankees AL East
|Braves NL East
|White Sox AL Central
|Cardinals NL Central
|Rangers AL West
|Giants NL West
|Angels AL Wild Card #1
|Nationals NL Wild Card #1
|Tigers AL Wild Card #2
|Mets NL Wild Card #2
The AL seems pretty cut and dry to me at this point. The Yankees and Rangers are too good not to win their divisions, and the Tigers can't match the White Sox pitching to overtake them in the Central. I see Detroit doing enough to get in, though, and with the way rookie Mike Trout has propelled the Angels, they should also earn a Wild Card spot.
I'm sticking with the NL East getting three teams in, but I think the Braves will find a way to win that division in Chipper's last season. I think the Giants are going to create distance from the Dodgers and the D-Backs in the NL West. There's no way Lincecum will struggle all season, and once he figures out what's been going wrong, he'll pitch like the ace he is. And unfortunately for Brett Honeycutt's favorite team, I see them slipping out of playoff contention just at the end. Sorry Pirates fans, Sid Bream has, and always will be, safe. They've even made it into a bobble head.
Here's how I see all of the major awards shaking out:
|American League
|National League
|Josh Hamilton MVP
|David Wright MVP
|Jared Weaver Cy Young
|R.A. Dickey CY Young
|Mike Trout Rookie of the Year
|Bryce Harper Rookie of the Year
|Fernando Rodney Reliever of the Year
|Craig Kimbrel Reliever of the Year
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These sweet potato fries are a real crowd pleaser. They're crispy, salty, spicy and sweet but the best part is they're jam packed with nutrients. The avocado dip offers a cool compliment to the heat of the fries.
Serves 4
4 medium sweet potatoes, unpeeled and cut into 1/4- to 1/2-inch fries
2 Tbs olive oil
2 Tbs brown sugar
2 tsp. sea salt
1 tsp. chili powder
1 tsp. cumin
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. black pepper
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
1 avocado
6 oz. fat free plain Greek yogurt
2 scallions, chopped
½ Tbs lime juice
Salt and pepper to taste
- Preheat oven to 425°. Line two large baking sheets with aluminum foil and place on the bottom racks of the oven to heat up.
- Put cut potatoes and all other ingredients for the fries into a large resalable plastic bag and shake to fully distribute the oil and spices.
- Remove the trays from the oven and lay the potatoes on them in single layers. Don't crowd the potatoes as they need room around them to crisp up.
- Return trays to oven and bake for 30 minutes, flipping each fry halfway through. After 30 minutes, flip the fries one more time, increase heat to 450° and bake for another 10 minutes or until crispy.
Blend or mash all ingredients in a small bowl. Mash if you prefer a little texture to your dip.
Spicy Sweet Potato Fries
Per serving: 185 calories, 7g fat, 321mg sodium, 30g carbohydrates, 4g fiber, 16g sugar and 2g protein
Avocado Dip
Per serving: 65 calories, 3g fat, 23mg sodium, 4g carbohydrates, 3g fiber, 2g sugar and 6g protein


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Hidden - Lead O/S - 06/Jan/12
Sam Warby - Jan/12
Wojttek - AltLd O/S - 2012 with weychan, Tomek S
Hidden - AltLd - 23/Feb/11
Hidden - Lead O/S - 08/Feb/11
Hidden - 2nd - 08/Feb/11
Hidden - AltLd O/S - 29/Dec/10
1st ice climb for 2 years, good to ease back in to it. quite snowyross duffield - Lead - 07/Mar/10 with row
Nice climb, did first and third pitches.jasonC abroad - AltLd - Mar/10
Simul-Climbed in 45 minsBorisVBlade - 2nd O/S - 24/Feb/10 with Neil Dowse
Hidden - AltLd O/S - 24/Feb/10
Hidden - AltLd O/S - 09/Feb/10
Jim Slater - AltLd O/S - 06/Feb/10 with Phil Tomaszewski
icescrew - AltLd - 06/Feb/10 with Jim slater
Nicos - Solo O/S - 02/Mar/09 with stuart mcinnes
Lead first pitch. Last ever climb with CamAlly Gillies - AltLd O/S - Mar/09 with Cam
tomdude - AltLd O/S - 24/Feb/09 with lard
Lead pitches one and three. Could be done in two full 60m pitches. Mostly easy ground, placed 9 screws in whole route excluding belays.Mr. K - AltLd O/S - 21/Jan/09 with Richard Lovelady
cham749 - AltLd O/S - 19/Jan/09 with David Jones
KevB - 15/Jan/09 with Iain M
John Roe - AltLd - 14/Jan/09 with Steve Burgon
CMCM - AltLd O/S - 11/Jan/09 with Joe
marcushorgan - Lead O/S - 09/Jan/09 with James O'Brien
Last route of the trip, scrambled first 30m the 3 pitches to the top, quite sketchy in places, i received a nicely bruised hand after a big lump of ice fell on it. Good fun though and a good way to end the trip!frankcp87 - AltLd O/S - 06/Jan/09 with Oli Burrows
jsrous - AltLd O/S - 06/Jan/09 with D Smith
Ollie B - AltLd O/S - Jan/09 with F. Carn-Pryor
alexrafferty1986 - AltLd O/S - Jan/09 with Ryan Perry
GScot38 - Lead - Jan/09
Not much ice as the sun was strong. Quite cruddy and not worth the 3 stars in that condition.Skinny Kin - Lead O/S - 27/Mar/08 with John Flitcroft
scottbecker - AltLd O/S - 20/Mar/08 with Andrew Warren
In 3 pitches, 55m, 50m, 45m. C led pitches 1 and 3. First pitch very wet, the rest good quality ice. Steady drizzle all the way up. A good route, low in the grade, a bit like a WI version of scrambling!
Simon Caldwell - AltLd O/S - 08/Mar/08 with Carmen
Neilm18 - Lead O/S - 01/Mar/08 with michael mcghie
Did one pitch and abbed off for some fun whilst hanging aroundmichael83 - Lead O/S - 27/Feb/08 with Neil Mosgrove
Just did 1st pitch as we were a party of five.Andrew Sloan - Lead O/S - 24/Feb/08 with Helen
Hidden - 2nd - 28/Jan/08
Hidden - 2nd - 27/Jan/08
cearbhalld - AltLd O/S - 26/Jan/08 with Steve McEvoy
Abbd off early to avoid poor conditiond at the top of the climbJohn Roe - 2nd dnf - 23/Jan/08 with Ken Bibby
Hidden - AltLd O/S - 10/Jan/08
ross duffield - 2008 with row
Hidden - Solo O/S - 09/Mar/07
1st and 3rd pitch. long route about 200m, very snowy conditions, got avalanched on.Alex Mason - AltLd O/S - 02/Mar/07 with kieth poskitt
loonyclimber - AltLd O/S - 02/Mar/07 with Gary (G Unit) Johnson
Moved togetherfeilx - AltLd O/S - 26/Feb/07 with Seb
Rampikino - Lead - 25/Feb/07 with Cat
Hidden - AltLd O/S - 02/Feb/07
Hidden - 2007
A gentle re introduction to ice climbing. A nice route. I led the second and fourth pitches.Rob Oram - AltLd O/S - 26/Feb/06 with James Booth
FrankW - AltLd O/S - 24/Feb/06 with Iain H
Lead pitch 2.Smelly Fox - AltLd O/S - 23/Feb/06 with Matt Croll
French Erick - AltLd O/S - 01/Feb/06 with Jim Hall
Hidden - AltLd dnf - Feb/06
James B - Lead - Feb/06 with Rob
steven - Lead O/S - Feb/05 with Simon Dawson
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ET has learned that Chris Klein appeared in a California court today and entered a plea in his DUI case.
Klein pleaded no contest to DUI and is required to complete four years of probation, 96 hours of jail time (which he has completed) and 18 months in an alcohol program.
The star was arrested for his second DUI back in June and checked himself into rehab soon after.
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The Context Menu
From Garry's Mod
Unlike the Spawn Menu, the context menu is, as the name indicates, a context related menu. Except for the top bar and unlike the toolgun it is mainly used to manipulate parameters of ingame objects.
Open the context menu by simply pressing and holding C or whatever button you have assigned in the Game Options. You will notice that you no longer control the crosshair, but rather a mouse cursor. Choose the object you want to edit by pointing at it and then click right.
Top Bar
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The outputs I get are 0000, 0001, 0011, 0111 and 1000.I don't understand what you mean by this. With the code you posted, since you set the state of all 4 pins to the same state, I don't see how you get anything other than 0000 and 1111.
Forgive me, I did not make clear what I am doing. You are correct, the Uno is supplying 0000 and 1111. I take the output of the Uno and drive the HCC4514's 4 DATA lines. The HCC4514 acts as a latch so as it sees the 4 DATA lines change it stores the result and sends that result to its output, hence the 0000, 0001, 0011, 0111 and 1000. I should have made clear those came from the HCC4514 and not the Uno.
What I thought would happen is that using the output from the Uno would cause the HCC4514 to "count up". I thought I was on the right track as the resultant output does count up, albeit incorrectly. Currently I'm leaving the STROBE on the HCC4514 as HIGH so the chip latches whatever input it sees. The goal is to get the HC4514 to have its output (S0 through S15) count up from 0000 to 1111.
I'm going to try to further modify the "Blink without Delay" code above to add sections for each pin in the hopes that if the Uno outputs are "counting" then the HCC4514 should respond accordingly and latch more output choices. As you said earlier, my first attempt using the "Blink with Delay" code works just fine the way it is. Perhaps I should count that as progress and move on. However, I want to clearly understand what is happening here before I move on to more difficult things. I don't want to just regurgitate other people's code, I want to know and understand why things react the way they do.
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'Sell him 10, front another 10, that standard/He asked to get fronted 20 more, that's random/See the signs, cut the nigga short, thats cancer/Kill him then kiss his momma cheek, that's manners' - Pusha T
Obviously Sam Hurd's suppliers where listening to Pusha T if they couldn't front this fool 5-10 keys PLUS 1000 pounds of weed. The fuck are you selling to that you need THAT MUCH. C'mon son!
In retrospect I guess his suppliers weren't THAT smart, because you KNOW his ass is flipping State's Witness. I imagine it's gonna be like that scene in The Wire when they had Bey in the interrogation room and for a plate of chicken and a large soda he was admitting to every homicide in Baltimore. I am sure Sam Hurd will be there enjoying a nice sandwich connecting all the dots for the Chicago Major Crimes unit. SMH. File this under: When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong.
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"We live and breathe words. It was books that kept me from taking my life after I thought I could never love anyone, never be loved again. It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them."
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There's another quest that requires killing Onyxia. Part of the Scepter of the Shifting Sands questline. Draconic for Dummies, one of the chapters drops from her. Now how is this going to work? Will she still drop it, making a level 60-tuned quest have you run 80 content? or will it be gone, and no more scepters ever?!
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I hope it'll still drop. I've said it in a few posts on wowinsider already but it would be a real shame to break the best quest chain in the game just so we can have a retuned Ony. I do really like the idea of being able to revisit the fight for its 5th anniversary, and getting extra raid content in a minor patch is a real nice bonus. I just hope it doesn't come at the expense of a lot of great classic content.
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Even Blizz doesn't know wtf to do about "Draconic for Dummies". I guess they're stumped when they have a problem that can't be solved by making a level 80 version of something.


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The big sleep. A survey of recent research and work in to suspended animation. The details about what's working in labs on animals is fascinating.
The drug revolution that no one can stop. Designing narcotics online skirts the edges of legality while making overdose treatments more difficult. Super thorough article from Matter.
The Pleasure and Pain of Speed. Nautilus article that looks at whether there are biological thresholds to how fast our brain can process information. Toward the end it considers whether these thresholds are static or whether we're adapting to faster processing speeds over time.
Unreliable research: Trouble at the lab. Science relies on the replication of experiments. The concern is that a startlingly small number of published papers hold up to attempts to reproduce the results. The Economist looks at what that means for the field and for academic research more broadly.
I genuinely believe that the biggest part of the belief in a STEM shortage results from our cultural obsession with technology and our perpetual belief that it will cure all of our ills.
Why it's time to lay the selfish gene to rest. Surprise, the biology you learned in high school isn't necessarily correct.
Obama's Ethanol Policy an 'Ecological Disaster.' A story of how one borderline environmental policy can have far-reaching and disastrous consequences.
The Global Seed Vault can anchor us in deep time:
The most dramatic videos of climate change — where you can actually see it taking place — are made by time-lapse, a process that converts non-human timescales to those that fit into our narrow perceptual filters. Time-lapse reduces days to seconds, and years to minutes, but the conversion can go the other way as well. When we expand our vision of the natural world from human time to geologic time, our own individual consciousness and the consequences of our action and inaction become thin strata in a geologic archive that contains aeons.
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How To Say No, And Other Tips From Inside SRI's Venture Process
Editor's note: Norman Winarsky is the Vice President of Ventures at research and technology development organization SRI International. What have we learned over more than 65 years of invention and commercialization? There are several specific ways in which our venture processes stand in contrast to what is in vogue today. These are lessons that anyone in the business of innovation… Read More
Digital Health Funding In '12: $1.4B Raised, Up 45% Y/Y; Qualcomm Most Prolific Of 179 Investors, Castlight Takes Largest Round
As CES 2013 gets underway, it finds the Quantified Self movement to be a far more crowded market than a year ago, but as Matt Burns pointed out recently, the market is still hungry for smarter devices and "plenty of room" remains for startups for startups to push the envelope with innovation and press beyond movement and weight. With digital health data proliferating, wearable… Read More
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August Capital, the 17-year-old Sand Hill venture capital firm, is raising a new $550 million investment fund, according to documents filed this morning with the SEC. August Partner Howard Hartenbaum has since confirmed the firm's raise, which is its sixth fund to date. It closed its previous, $650 million fund in March of 2009. The firm's new raise consists of two funds, its… Read More
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Two years ago, when I first co-founded Earbits, I started frequenting various startup events like so many other first-time founders. Some of them were mixers, others were pitch competitions, and many were topic-focused panels and discussions meant to provide sage advice to budding entrepreneurs. I had reasonable experience on the ground floor of various startups but raising capital was a… Read More


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CEDAR GROVE, WI (WHBL) - The Cedar Grove-Belgium Elementary/Middle School had to be evacuated for over an hour Monday due to a carbon monoxide problem.
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Shenae Grimes brought her handsome husband Josh Beech along for the outing, paying a visit to the PUMA afterparty at Hyde Lounge.
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They're some of the most talented ladies in the industry, and last night (March 2) a bunch of beautiful and quirky cuties showed up for the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar blowout.
"Community" star Allison Brie (rocking a ring and bracelet by Dana Rebecca Designs) was gorgeous while hobnobbing with fellow NBC babes Ellie Kemper, Rashida Jones, Aubrey Plaza and Amy Poehler.
Giving fans another reason to be excited about the upcoming film "Pitch Perfect 2," Elizabeth Banks dished out some details about the highly anticipated sequel.
During an interview with Huffington Post, the 40-year-old actress discussed her role as director and her expectations.
Showing off her fresh and clean smile, Elizabeth Banks launched Listerine's 21-Day Challenge at The Children's Dental Center of Greater Los Angeles on Thursday (February 13).
The "Hunger Games" star looked adorable in a sleeveless white, yellow, and green dress as she snapped a couple of selfies while posing for pics for photographers.
Grabbing a pick-me-up beverage to jump start her day, Elizabeth Banks stopped by a coffee shop in Los Angeles on Friday (February 7).
The "Pitch Perfect" lady donned a pair of black pants and leather vest with a blue scarf as she made her way out of the store and continued her stroll through the busy city.
Having some fun while showing off their new film, several stars from "The LEGO Movie" attended a special screening in New York City on Wednesday night (February 5).
Lovely in a blue printed dress, Elizabeth Banks struck a pose withe the animated flicks poster, while her co-stars Liam Neeson and Chris Pratt clowned around with large LEGO figures in the lobby.
Stepping out to promote their newest family flick, the cast of "The LEGO Movie" attended the premiere at Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, California on Saturday (February 1).
Bringing his wife Rhea Durham and three of their children, Mark Wahlberg gave his unsure-looking kids a taste of the spotlight.
Entering familiar territory for her directorial debut, Elizabeth Banks signed on to direct "Pitch Perfect 2."
According to Universal Pictures chairman Donna Langley, "Elizabeth originated the idea for Pitch Perfect and was instrumental in making the first film such a huge success."


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|Glenilen Farm
2011 REBRAND 100 > distinction
Enterprise Rebrand
Country Base: Ireland
Industry/Sector: Food
Below: Before and After Images in Slide Show, Summary, Credits
Industry Setting
Glenilen Farm is a family-run dairy farm in the heart of West Cork, Ireland, producing a range of delicious products using highest quality ingredients. As the company grew, it needed a new brand & packaging to reflect a steadfast belief in the goodness of wholesome, natural food.
To refresh the brand in a manner that attracted new consumers to Glenilen Farm products in the face of a crowded marketplace. Also required was tone-of-voice and packaging design that allowed the genuine, simple and honest nature of Glenilen Farm to be expressed on and off pack. The brand needed to reproduce well across a wide variety of pack formats, substrates and printing techniques.
The new Glenilen Farm logo, Sally and Sue, drew provenance from Anniken and the Cows, a painting by Canadian artist Robert Duncan. The painting, which hangs in the farmhouse of Glenilen Farm, is a simple and honest portrayal of farming life and so aptly represents the Glenilen Farm brand. Pack designs and tone-of-voice were developed to reinforce the repositioning of Glenilen Farm as producers of authentic farmhouse products. The design differentiated itself through a strong typographic style, the use of simple language, packaging formats and the reinterpretation of traditional dairy colors (blue and white).
In the face of extreme economic downturn, sales rose considerably. Glenilen Farm increased their stockists throughout Ireland with the rebrand cited as a strong influencer in new stockists decision-making. The brand tested so well in Great Britain that Glenilen sought stockists there and is now sold in Selfridges (London) and Waitrose supermarkets. Public response to the rebrand was also strong, with customers referencing the new packaging in many comments left on Glenilen's website (www.glenilen.com) and Facebook page.
Client: Glenilen Farm - www.glenilenfarm.com
Brand Strategists/Designers: The Brand Union Dublin - www.thebrandunion.ie
Creative Director: Oisin Hurst
Account Manager: Demot O'Shea
Production Manager: Cathal MacDonagh


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On Saturday, to kick things off for the slate of bowl games on the day, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights will battle each other inside Yankee Stadium in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl.
Notre Dame comes into the year at 8-4, just one season removed from their undefeated campaign and subsequent appearance in the BCS National Championship Game. After having to remove starting QB Everett Golson from the team before the season due to academic transgressions, the reins of the offense were handed back over to veteran Tommy Rees.
Rees was his traditional, inconsistent self, but he was effective enough to lead this team to eight wins, also getting help from yet another great Irish defensive effort.
Rutgers comes in barely bowl eligible at 6-6, battling some quarterback issues of their own with the turnover-prone Gary Nova at the helm.
In some games this year, especially against Louisville, this team could have gotten some wins had it not been for some costly, head-scratching mistakes.
Date: Dec. 28
Start Time: Noon ET
Location: Bronx, NY
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
TV Info: ESPN
Live Stream: WatchESPN app
Odds: Notre Dame -14
Prediction: As stated earlier, both of these teams have quarterbacks that love to make some mistakes at the worst possible times, but Notre Dame has a ton more stability overall on their side. When Rees does make a mistake, they're terrific at regrouping themselves.
Rutgers, on the other hand, just lets all the wheels fall off.
Notre Dame 24, Rutgers 10
Tags: New Era Pinstripe Bowl Notre Dame Fighting Irish Rutgers Scarlet Knights


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Albums Ask Submit Other Lyrics Blogs Personal Blog
All of the other -lyrics blogs are out right now, be sure to follow all of them to be the first to see and reblog their lyrics tomorrow when they're uploaded! Here they are:
(PS all links open in a new WINDOW not a new…
(via maydayparade-lyrics)
You seriously need to help me. Which style do you guys like better?
Style 1:
Style 2:
So which one would you prefer to see? 1 or 2.
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My name is Kodi. I'm 22 years old. Seperated & a proud mom. Obsessed with Doctor Who, Merlin, The Vampire Diaries, & NASCAR. I'm a gamer nerd. Im hoping to someday meet Joey Logano who drives the 22 car in the Sprint Cup series. If you would like to know more about me, just ask me whatever you like. I'm normally a pretty open book. :)
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The scoop on coffee ice cream: Mormons, like Mitt, can indulge
The Salt Lake Tribune
Published: August 21, 2012 12:43PM
Updated: August 21, 2012 12:43PM
New York Times
columnist Maureen Dowd and now The Associated Press.
Why, oh why, can't journalists wrap their minds around the fact that caffeine is not against the Mormon health code?
The most recent culprit is Charles Babington, an AP writer in Massachusetts, who wrote a
whole story
implying that Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting Mitt Romney was a tad less religiously orthodox than his peers for eschewing coffee but having a few bites of coffee ice cream.
"Romney joins other observant Mormons in shunning alcohol and coffee," Babington wrote. "He apparently draws the line at ice cream."
In fact, the LDS Church's health code, known simply as the "Word of Wisdom," forbids the use of wine, strong drink, tobacco and "hot drinks," which have been defined by church authorities as tea and coffee.
Nowhere does it mention caffeine. Or ice cream. Or Coca-Cola. Or Mountain Dew. Or Dr Pepper.
As former Utah Gov. Olene Walker, a Mormon, once told comedian Bill Cosby: "Caffeine is fine as long as it's cold."
Apparently, more than a few Mormons are also confused about what is forbidden.
"I'm a practicing Mormon and I have my vices. I drink Dr Pepper," Von Fugal told
The Salt Lake Tribune
's Mike Gorrell on Monday. "I know I need to look at that."
No, he doesn't.
Peggy Fletcher Stack
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Alzheimer's Disease Health Center
Dementia - Treatment Overview
Some cases of dementia are caused by medical conditions that can be treated, and treatment can restore some or all mental function. But most of the time, dementia cannot be reversed.
Treatment when dementia can be reversed
Sometimes treating the cause of dementia helps the dementia. For example, the person might:
- Take vitamins for a deficiency of vitamin B12.
- Take thyroid hormones for hypothyroidism.
- Have surgery to remove a brain tumor or to reduce pressure on the brain.
- Stop or change medicines that are causing memory loss or confusion.
- Take medicines to treat an infection, such as encephalitis.
- Take medicine to treat depression.
- Get treatment for reversible conditions caused by AIDS.
Treatment when dementia can't be reversed
If the cause of dementia cannot be treated, the doctor will work with the person and caregivers to develop a plan to make life easier and more comfortable. Care plans may include:
- Tips to help the person be independent and manage daily life as long as possible. For more information, see Home Treatment.
- Medicine. While medicines cannot cure dementia, they may help improve mental function, mood, or behavior.
- Support and counseling. A diagnosis of dementia can create feelings of anger, fear, and anxiety. A person in the early stage of the illness should seek emotional support from family, friends, and perhaps a counselor experienced in working with people who have dementia.
Planning for the future
If possible, make decisions while your loved one is able to take part in the decision making. These are difficult but important conversations. Questions include:
- What kind of care does he or she need right now?
- Who will take care of him or her in the future?
- What can the family expect as the disease progresses?
- What kind of financial and legal planning needs to be done?
Education of the family and other caregivers is critical to successfully caring for someone who has dementia. If you are or will be a caregiver, start learning what you can expect and what you can do to manage problems as they arise. For more information, see Home Treatment.
Treatment as dementia gets worse
The goal of ongoing treatment for dementia is to keep the person safely at home for as long as possible and to provide support and guidance to the caregivers.
Routine follow-up visits to a health professional (every 3 to 6 months) are necessary to monitor medicines and the person's level of functioning.
Eventually, the family may have to consider whether to place the person in a care facility that has a dementia unit.
- Alzheimer's or Other Dementia: Should I Move My Relative Into Long-Term Care?
Taking care of a person with dementia is stressful. If you are a caregiver, seek support from family members or friends. Take care of your own health by getting breaks from caregiving. Counseling, a support group, and adult day care or respite care can help you through stressful times and bouts of burnout.
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I just want everything to go back to the way it was a few weeks ago. Please.
This must be love
Bring you some wings on your lunch break
Like, 'baby how's your day'?
Twelve piece, fried hard… it's all for you
:) my fave part
Love them and that part!
I wish I had female friends that loved hip hop as much as I do.
after The Lion King came out, people called me Timon for awhile.
fuck, people.
That still happens, Idiot: "Oh Timon like the Lion King?" Me:"No like SIMONE, jeez!"
SIMONE-Status is important to you and your ability to achieve success and earn money. You have a need to be noticed and seek status. You are relatively demonstrative in your affections. You enjoy being stroked verbally and physically. You are always involved with projects and things to do. You have a great deal of loyalty to those you love. You have much inner strength. You can handle details well. You have a methodical mind. You can be quite inventive and quite curious.
partially quite true
Mmm yes to 60% of that.
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Lung Disease & Respiratory Health Center
SARS Future Still Not Clear
"Quarantine would be voluntary -- as long as there is compliance," Cetron notes. "If not, then it becomes mandatory. These are pretty Draconian public health tools. It hearkens back to the smallpox days."
More modern ways to control SARS simply don't yet exist, notes John Jernigan, MD, of the CDC's division of healthcare quality promotion. Jernigan notes that doctors still don't know the best way to treat SARS cases. However, he does know of one good way to keep from getting the disease.
"Airborne SARS transmission has been overrated," he said at the Emory meeting. "When the epidemiology is all done and settled, I think we are going to find that true airborne transmission contributes very little to transmission of this illness. Good old control techniques that don't require high-tech personal protection equipment -- like hand washing -- are going to be the most important thing."
Jernigan says that new alcohol hand gels are likely to be very effective in fighting SARS. Why hand washing? He thinks most transmission comes from large droplets coughed from the lungs of an infected person. These large droplets don't stay in the air -- but the virus can live for a day or more by clinging to hard surfaces.
What about a vaccine to prevent SARS? Coronavirus expert Mark Denison, MD, of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., says some animal coronavirus infections can be prevented by vaccination. Unfortunately, vaccination worsens infection with other types of coronavirus. He thinks it may be possible to create a harmless live coronavirus vaccine, much like the polio vaccine. But testing such a vaccine would take years.
One problem with the SARS virus is that it is unlike any other known virus. CDC researcher Steven Oberste, PhD, is part of a team that today announced it had deciphered the genetic code of the SARS virus. Speaking at the Emory event, Oberste said the SARS virus is a type of coronavirus never before seen.
"It really has come from somewhere we don't know about," he says. "In fact, this virus is absolutely distinct and unique."
Finding where the SARS virus came from Oberste says, would be a big step toward finding an effective vaccine or drug treatment.
Whatever happens with SARS, Hughes warns that it is just a warm-up for the next really big epidemic.
"Remember that we are sure we are going to face another worldwide epidemic of influenza for which we are not real well prepared," he says. "This is a loud, loud wakeup call to be prepared for that epidemic."
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Isn't life beautiful
Things I like . Most of these photo's are not mine.
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Shiny! A Swissair DC-3 in all her glory at Biel Airfestival 2014, Switzerland. Photo by Peter Gronemann.
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Ever since Ronald Reagan's Executive Order 12291, conservative Republicans have been some of the staunchest defenders of Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA), and progressive Democrats have been some of its most vocal critics. But does the identity of the party controlling the White House actually affect the quality or use of RIAs?
Jerry Ellig and Patrick A. McLaughlin are senior research fellows, and John Morrall is an affiliated senior scholar, at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. This post draws from the authors' forthcoming article, "Continuity, Change, and Priorities: The Quality and Use of Regulatory Analysis across US Administrations," in Regulation & Governance.


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How about a steak like this one, well marbled steak, finished on grass!
Savior Magazine page 46 in January 2011 - wrote about the steaks.
What's for dinner?
Grass-fed Red Poll Steers healthy & quality meat.
The fat is butter like says those who have eaten their steaks.
Raising your own beef?
Have a small ranchette?
Looking for easy to handle, calm animals?
Need outcross genetics for crossbreds to add hybred vigor?
Want strong inherited traits like efficiency(40%),Grade on grass(44%), ribeye size(69%), tenderness(60%)?
Do you want to run more cows, so you have more calves, so you get more pounds?
Want more pounds, a means to more profit, but you need to do it on the same pasture land you now have?
Red Poll Steers gained as a group averaged 2.88 pounds a day weaning to slaughter for one steer customer in 2012.
Do you think grass finishing genetics could be important in the future?
Did you know DNA testing indicates some Red Poll have extraordinary feed efficiency?
Do you think there is a trend for grass finishing as a healthier protein option?
Did you need animals that even a novice can work or handle?
Do you think moderate sized beef cattle fit sustainable operations or do better in range or rotational pasture systems?
Here is a history published by Red Poll Association 1 Pages click Here to view file.
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(Use your back arrow or button to return here if you open the links on other websites like cattlerange.com)
We will have red poll weaned steers for sale and a yearling bull in the fall.
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Guess who just drank an entire wottle of bine?
My beard is so shiny
I just wanna lay in bed. Why does work have to happen?
What I actually look like.
I was about to sneeze
this guy right here did absolutely nothing for his birthday today. Well nothing super exciting. I've just been trying to work out the kinks of this puppy linux on my mom's little netbook… all day.
Oh hai (( ))
I heart.
then I got some work done on my face.
Got glasses.
I made Elvis crepes. Bananas, peanut butter sauce, and the butter is in the crepes.
I wish I made more text posts. I have trouble communicating with people, even through the internet. I feel like the only time I share on here is when I have deprived myself of sleep, and then force myself to stay awake to that point where you start hallucinating. It's very hard for me. Like right now since I am sleep deprived and having visual and auditory hallucinations. I messaged more people right now that I have in the past six months. Well I hope everyone has a swell day. snoogans
i want people to like things i like but i don't because they're my things
i have finally found a text post that sums up my entire life in a sentence
like this should be my senior yearbook quote
no it's my thing
(Source: rareity)
the universe is conspiring against me having a beard. I just started growing it out again, and I have to shave it. AHHHH!


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Categories > Celebrities > My Chemical Romance > A Day in the Life of a Platinum Hitman
A Day in the Life of a Platinum Hitman1 Reviews
What happens when you mix two hitmen together?
I sat at the bar, miserable about being in a stupid, claustrophobic (but fabulously first class) train through the Alps. As you could visibly tell from the bags that hung from my lower eyelids and my more than droopy smile, my life wasn't exactly fitting to my tastes.
So, as I sat, drinking my miserable 'on the house for a handsome man' Pina Colada, in miserably cold Austria, I watched him walk over.
The word him swirled in my mind, as I knew and could already tell that this was an extraordinary man. He had his sights on me the whole time I was sitting at the bar, which admittedly made me very paranoid per usual. It was as if he was mustering courage to approach me, but I wasn't that fond of myself to be thinking so.
Although this man looked entirely Italian with his sexy, strong jaw structure and the very brown tint of his hair, he had an American accent to rival mine, the only American on the train besides myself.
"Can I get a Harvey Wallbanger, please?" they mysterious Italian-American man asked the bartender, with perfect English and a perfect American accent as previously described.
"Buon pomeriggio, Mr. Way. A drink, at this early hour?" The bartender, the name engraved on the shiny plastic tag on her white button up shirt read: Natalia.
"You know how I am," he said, almost in a boasting manner, pushing his glasses higher up on his nose.
"You come here often?" I asked the Italian, Mr. Way according to Natalia, sipping my drink as I watched him intently.
"Yes, unfortunately," he said with a light chuckle, leaning towards me slightly as if to share a secret. "I travel for work."
"So do I," I laughed, shaking my head and gulping a mouthful of the sugared-down drink, ignoring the brain freeze that invaded my head.
"Ah," he said in empathy, "what do you do?"
I did have a fake job for the sole fact that you don't run around, telling people that you're a hired gun. But for some reason, I didn't want to lie to this strange man. I had to anyway, whether I liked it or not.
Ah yes, I am a soldier of fortune. You'll hear more about that later on.
"I'm a photographer," I said happily, my lie as smooth as always. I still made extra sure that I added any small detail to add to the effect.
His eyebrows scrunched up momentarily, no doubt picking up some sort of sense that I was lying. If he really did, it would mean that either he was some sort of FBI or CIA agent. Because I'm that good at lying.
"Hmmph," he said calmly, sipping his drink as he reflected my words. I nodded my head and played along with my charade with absolutely no indicators that I was lying. "And how long have you been doing this… photography?"
He knew I was lying. Somehow, he was as good as me or better. The pause before photography told me that he knew I was trying to hide my real profession.
"Since high school," I said, and since lying was no longer useful in this situation, I changed the subject. "What do you do?"
He chuckled. "The same thing as you."
Natalia looked up from cleaning a glass cup to stare at Mr. Way intently. I looked back and forth at the both of them.
"Photography?" I asked innocently, placing my drink on the bar just in case things got messy. I added a slight furrow of my eyebrows to touch off the innocent tone.
Mr. Way looked at Natalia and nodded. "How about we go somewhere else," he whispered, the strong Italian accent startling me, "privately."
The Italian man set down his glasses, clearly fake now, and walked towards the sleeping quarters of the train. To avoid any suspicions of fellow train riders, I followed him into the train car, but I got my fists ready in case he was out to kill me.
He stopped at the room before mine, suspiciously one room to the left of room 22,and he swiped the hotel-like card through the reader, and held the door open for me.
I stepped inside, instantly aware of every piece of furniture, every sprawled out piece of clothing on the floor, every step he made from behind me.
"You're not much of a cleaner," I commented, stepping over a pair of boxers to reach the plush couch outfitting the wall with the window.
"I'm not much of anything, signore," he said, with a particular bitterness I couldn't quite place my finger on.
It was now time to turn on my assassin charm.
"Don't be so hard on yourself," I sneered, placing both arms across the back of the couch.
"You're being quite casual for this serious situation, darling."
"It's what I got trained to do, and if this is what this actually is, I believe you've been taught the same."
"Well, if that's what you think," he said, snickering and biting on his thumb nail. "But, you know, you're forgetting something key."
"And what is that?" I asked, my innocent tone dispersing into a harsher vibe.
"Never trust other assassins," he said, lunging for my neck. Before he reached me, I shot out a foot, hitting the middle of his chest with accuracy to rival a scope. As he recoiled from the move, I jumped up from the couch and high kicked him into the nearest wall.
"The rooms are soundproof," I said, sashaying over to him like a lion stalking its prey, "lucky me, huh, Italian boy?"
If I've learned anything about Italian's, it's that they despise being called boy.
"How ironic," he spat back, a smirk that I couldn't help but find sexy spreading across his face, "a hit man trying to kill a hit man."
He lunged again, this time successful, drop kicking me onto the ground and making me hit my head on the wood edge of the couch.
After literally seeing stars, he climbed over me and grabbed me by the hair (which I both died it black and grew it out to my shoulders that year), repeatedly slamming my head into the plush carpet. It did everything but relieve the impact the slightest.
At the realization that he was very seductively straddling my hips, even though I was getting the shit beat out of me, I had just enough consciousness to spit, "If I knew you were advancing on me, Mr. Way, I would've made better appearances."
The second I finished my sentence, he punched me square in the jaw, knocking me out cold.


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Is Audi missing the boat?
I just got this from one of my euro-contributors. apparently Hartge Tuning has done a full-house hotrod based on the BMW 135i. Eventually this car will square off against the new M3. I've always loved cars like the 135i, the highly tuned ones especially so. So why is it that BMW has become the darling of the turbo tuning scene? It used to be Audi's territory. I like to think of Audi as the leader in forced induction. At the moment however, the folks in Ingolstad seem to be in love with normally aspirated cars. The S5 and RS4 are gorgeous, no question. But I can't help think a highly tuned turbo setup would be more fitting. In any case, this Hartge 135i is making like 450hp and just as much torque. Talk about a giant-killer


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I got some walmart, $20, wrangler, all cotton, all blacks that work for me.
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I got some walmart, $20, wrangler, all cotton, all blacks that work for me.
Ya I wore some jeans once when I was to lazy to do laundry one day. Well I wont do that again, thank god it wasn't in the middle of summer either.
a slightly more affordable option.
Pretty stylin' pair of pants! $125.00 is still kind of spendy,no?
Chef Wear "scrubs". Light weight, thin elastic band with draw string. I cut mine short for for extra ventilation.
Ive been looking at the chef wear pants for a while now, they seem to be the best option for me! Those camo options are cool! Hadnt thoughtnof scrubs, its a good idea!
I also wear their 3/4 length but I'm a little leary of the exposed shins. I just cut the length of the scrubs to the "high water" mark.
I recently got a pair of these.
they are skulls, and people can't say much about them either, they are just cool looking.
Either dickies, cheap wrangeler cargo pants from wally world, or La police gear tatilite pants. The third probally being the lightest and most breathable, and pretty cheap as well.
I wear the fitted happy chef pants. I don't like baggies, and these are cheap. Though I do wear shorts most days, and a short sleeve jacket, even in the winter. Had my girl hem them up to short length


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Alicia Keys' Newborn Baby Boy Brings 'Bliss'
Alicia Keys is "Fallin'" for motherhood!
The gorgeous Grammy-winner, who gave birth to her son, Egypt, on Thursday, took to her Twitter page to share her maternal joy.
"There is no word to properly describe LOVE, to describe BLISS, to express a FEELING like this!!!" Alicia Tweeted on Sunday.
"Thank U 4 your love, support & prayers! ;-)," she added.
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, a representative for Alicia said the star gave birth on Thursday night in New York. Alicia and her husband, rapper-producer Swizz Beatz, have named their son Egypt Dean.
Egypt is the first child for the 29-year-old superstar and the fourth child for Swizz, whose real name is Kaseem Dean. The couple married on July 31.
Swizz, 31, took time to Tweet about his son's arrival on Friday, calling the arrival another blessing.
"I'm so thankful for everything I been blessed with in my life wowwwwww!" he wrote.
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"Adorable card! I was even able to have a mini photo shoot outside with my son for this invitation. I had him cup his hands around his mouth and pretend to shout "All Aboard" and it fit perfect in that first photo slot with the caption. Very pleased with this selection!"
"The card is beautiful, but i though it was going to look bigger. It is a 4 x 6, so pay attention to this. I thought it was 5 x 7, but it was my mistake. As far as that, the card is beautiful and elegant as described."
"Like most parents I'm sure, a child's first birthday is a huge deal to the parents more than a kid! I wanted to make sure I found the perfect cards to express the tone of this occasion; celebrating the best years of our lives and a huge milestone for our son! I started looking around with the generic glossy rectangular cards in mind. I just happened to notice the link for tiny print at the top of shutterfly's website. I am SO over the top about these invitations. The colors are perfect. And I love that it comes in thick cardstock. It feels more expensive than it is. I have already recommended this site to 3 people, and will continue! If you want cards that stand out from the norm, than this is the site for you!"
"Thank you Tiny Prints for printing a wonderful 80th Birthday Card for my Grandmother. I chose photos throughout the years of her life. I also used the matching labels and it all came together wonderfully."
"I found five pics of my son from the past year and added captions then uploaded them to the design. This was simple and easy! We love the result! the colors are perfect! I love that you can also add another pic to the back of the card! So smart!"


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Brian Freeman
St. Martin's Paperbacks
In the quiet town of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, a baby vanishes from her bedroom in an opulent lakeside home. Was she abducted—or does her father have a terrible secret to hide? That same evening, a young policewoman gets lost in the fog and stumbles into the middle of a horrific crime…only to be drawn into a deadly game with a sadistic killer. Now it's up to Lieutenant Jonathan Stride and his team to do double duty to save a child and stop a vicious killing spree.
But with each twist in the investigation, Stride is drawn deeper into an elaborate web of deceit and desire. As fear grips the frozen winter farmlands, Stride knows that every snow-covered field may be the next burying place—and that his biggest obstacles may be the very people he's trying to help…
Praise for Brian Freeman and
"Crisp dialogue, steady suspense, and a cast of original characters drive this fifth entry in Macavity Award-winner Freeman's excellent series." —Booklist
"With a whopping surprise solution, Freeman's latest packs quite a punch from cradle to grave."
—Kirkus Reviews
"My discovery this year has been the Edgar-nominated crime writer Brian Freeman....Fleshed-out characters, high tension and terrifying twists put Freeman up there with Harlan Coben in the psychological crime stratosphere."—Daily Mail
"The suspense driving this novel is palpable from opening pages that are as gripping as any I've read in a thriller this year." —Star Tribune
"Just when you think an author couldn't possibly take it up another notch, you read a new outing like this. Freeman goes the distance, and then some....providing an almost unbearable dose of suspense and tantalizing questions that makes the reader tempted to go straight to the end to see where all the answers lie. And Freeman's vibrant detailing of the wind and snow-covered environs of Minnesota add even more to this already deliciously chilling read."—New Mystery Reader
"Freeman begins dropping explosive revelations early in The Burying Place, while saving a series of major ones for the climax...don't even think about starting to read it without blocking out several hours. You won't want to put this one down without finishing it."—Bookreporter.com
"Powerful storytelling with loads of suspense"—Deadly Pleasures
"Although a police procedural powers the mystery facet of The Burying Place, buried emotions that put characters on the edge fuel the heart of Brian Freeman's fifth novel about Minnesota police detective Jonathan Stride."—South Florida Sun-Sentinel
"Addictive and intelligent... The Burying Place, with its darkly nightmarish title, is right up there with [Freeman's] best"—The Mercury (Australia)
"If by Chapter Fifteen you believe that you already know what the outcome of The Burying Place will be, by about Chapter Fifty you will have begun to realize that your assumptions were all wrong—you had absolutely no clue where this story was headed, what secrets have been buried. Nothing about these crimes is as simple as it first appears to be. And this sense of belated discovery on the part of the reader is one of the hallmarks of a truly great mystery novel."—Gumshoe Review
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