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Belle-Clair Fairgrounds & Exposition Center
Home to the annual St. Clair County Fair, several craft shows and monthly flea markets, the complex also includes the Belle-Clair Speedway, with stock car races and demolition derbies.
Eckert's Country Store & Farms - Belleville
This Eckert's location has a greenhouse, restaurant, Country Store, and fruits and vegetables to pick in season.
Patchwork Corner Crafts
Patchwork Corner Crafts has a wide variety of quilting and craft supplies.
Ben's Antique Mall
For over 17 years, Ben's Antique Mall has offered furniture, antiques, and Belleville items.
Braeutigam's Orchards
Blackberries, peaches, apples, pumpkins, tomatoes, and eggplant are the specialties at this orchard.
Arts & More Gallery
Arts & More Gallery offers custom framing, in-home consultations, art classes, hundreds of mats and frames, and thousands of prints. Also, original art by local, national, and international artists.
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Spinach Can Collectibles Museum
A museum inside the 1875 Opera House is full of Popeye merchandise and memorabilia.
Thomas Kinkade Gallery
The Thomas Kinkade Gallery of Belleville is full of beautiful works by Thomas Kinkade.
Sharon's Heart of Gold
Sharon's Heart of Gold has a large variety of craft booths.
Green Mount Crossing
Green Mount Crossing is lodging, restaurants, Target Store, Dierbergs, World Market, Chocolate Company, Beauty Brands & Spa, and Michael's.
Alison's Common Scents
Alison's Commons Scents is an eclectic shop with organic goods. A helpful and friendly staff is waiting to help you. Also, Dave's Homebrew sells beer and wine-making supplies.
The Healthy Nut
At Whole Body Health & Gifts, you can get back to basics with natural foods, vitamins, herbs, supplements, beauty aids, gifts, cards, and much more.
Carolyn's Cottage
Carolyn's Cottage has a large collection of bird houses, Native American art, home and garden decor, and much more.
Wicks N Country
Wicks N Country offers candles, stationary, greeting cards, and gifts for every occasion.
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Ben's Craft and Floral
Ben's Craft and Floral offers a little bit of everything including craft supplies, art supplies, toys, silk flowers, beads, picture frames, and gifts. Also, a large selection of hard-to-find candy.
Gift Box Boutique
Extreme Events offers party supplies and rentals to make your next party a success.
Moody Pharmacy
Moody Pharmacy has great gifts for any occasion.
Aunt Mary's Parlor
Aunt Mary's Parlor has a wide variety of great gifts for everyone on your list.
Krantz Floral & Gift Shoppe
Krantz has beautiful flowers and great gifts.
CITY:Red Bud
Circa Boutique
Circa Boutique features a unique blend of apparel. For over 2 years Circa Boutique features a unique blend of cozy, edgy apparel. Lines include Tulle, Kenzie, split, Free People, LTB Jeans, and She-Bible.
Midtown Floral
Midtown Floral is a great little shop located in downtown Mascoutah and offers beautiful flowers for any occasion.
Tina's Tea Room & Gifts
Tina's Tea Room is a British-style tea room located in Waterloo, Illinois.
Defrate's Picture Eye
Defrate's Picture Eye specializes in antique prints and offers custom picture framing.
The Bee Hollow Market
The Bee Hollow Market has a great selection of loose leaf tea, whole-bean coffee, spices, and wine. New wines offered monthly. So come in, relax, and enjoy the aromas of The Bee Hollow Market.


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Laparoscopic Surgery for Digestive Problems
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How Do I Prepare for Laparoscopic Surgery?
Before laparoscopic surgery, your surgeon will meet with you to answer any questions you may have. You will be asked questions about your health history and a general physical examination will be performed. Your intestine will require cleaning and you will be given a prescription for a laxative medicine to take the evening before the surgery.
All patients are generally asked to provide a blood sample. Depending on your age and general health, you may also have an ECG (electrocardiogram), a chest X-ray, lung function tests, or other tests. You may also need to meet with other doctors before surgery.
Finally, you will meet with an anesthesiologist, who will discuss the type of pain medication (anesthesia) you will be given for surgery, and you will learn about pain control after the operation.
The evening before surgery you will need to take the prescribed laxative medicine. It is important to follow the directions carefully and drink all of the laxative. This step will decrease your risk of developing an infection from bacteria normally present in the intestine.
Do not eat or drink anything by mouth after midnight the evening before surgery.
What Happens the Day of Laparoscopic Surgery?
An intravenous (IV) tube will be inserted into a vein in your arm to deliver medications and fluids before you have laparoscopic surgery. You will be taken to the operating room when it is available and ready.
When you arrive in the operating room, the nurses will help you onto the operating table. The anesthesiologist will inject medicine into your IV that will put you to sleep. After you are asleep, the nurses will clean your abdomen with antibacterial soap and cover you with sterile drapes.
Your surgeon will place a small port just below your bellybutton and advance the port into your abdominal cavity. This port is connected to sterile tubing and carbon dioxide is passed into the abdominal cavity through the tubing. The gas lifts the wall of your abdomen away from the organs below. This space will give your surgeon a better view of your abdominal cavity once the laparoscope is in place. The laparoscope is placed through the port and is connected to a video camera. The image your surgeon sees on the laparoscope is projected onto video monitors placed near the operating table.
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Some users post their questions/answers and tell their friends to upvote them in order to increase their reputation. Is this okay? If not, can we prevent it somehow, like with a reputation audit?
We highly recommend that you not ask your friends to vote for your content simply because you were the one who left it. We do recognize that people will naturally tend to vote for people they know, and only step in when this becomes a bad enough problem that it is skewing votes on questions and answers. We even have a standard message that we send out about this, which I'll quote from here:
As you can see, we try to nudge people in the right direction first, and only take more serious action if this persists. Tim Post has written about factors that can lead to targeted voting, and we try to educate about this before assuming malice.
Is it not acceptable to go around upvoting all of your friends' posts, no. Can we stop it...sometimes. We do what we can. Of course, sometimes the behavior isn't really distinguishable from real votes, but the mods and devs do what they can.
If you suspect a particular user is committing some form of voting fraud, flag one of their posts and explain what you believe to be happening and what reason you have to believe that it's going on and someone will look into it.
But it is OK to ask your friends to look at a question you have posted if you think they can answer it.
Some of them may up vote the question, others may down vote it. I have done both when a friend has asked me to look at one of their questions.
Developers tend to be antisocial creatures. Even if you have 100+ contacts among all the social networks you use combined, you'll probably only have a handful friends in your real life.
Stack Overflow has an amount of active users that is quite more than a handful[citation needed]. I believe in nearly all cases any upvotes that are awarded based on friendship should be more than offset by downvotes awarded due to a question being half-assed. No need to worry too much about that.
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How to Sync Your MySpace and Facebook Status Using Twitter
If you've got multiple social media accounts, such as MySpace and Facebook, it might be hard to keep every account synchronized and up-to-date when it comes to your status (and let's face it, you'll just feel all out of sorts if everything isn't up-to-date). There's no magic button that will update both MySpace and Facebook at the same time, but you can update them all by using an intermediary service: Twitter.
If you haven't already signed up for a Twitter account, get one.
On your MySpace account, install TwitterSync.
On your Facebook account, install an app like Tweeter.
Update your status on MySpace and sync it to Twitter.
Your status updates on Twitter, which then brings it to Facebook. Instant harmony.
Obviously, a Twitter account is much more than just a bridge between two competitors, but it's helpful here for just that purpose.


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I recently wrote about why video production is so expensive, and in it, I consolidated video production equipment to about a paragraph. Now, I want to take it a step further and break down some of the gear, and why I would pay as much for a single lens as many people pay for their entire camera.
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I'm a natural skeptic when it comes to health trends as I'm bombarded with the latest silver bullet or one ingredient that suddenly seems to pop up everywhere (i.e. kale). My innate curiosity pulls me away from the pretty packaging and bold promises, as I take a firm 'prove it' stance. It's not the berries or leaves I'm concerned with, but the processing that renders products of nature unrecongizable and the extensive hype over watered down, pricey goods that probably won't do whatever it is they claim to. I do my homework before settling into the best form of healthy consumables in question, generally erring on the side of the simpler the better.
Eat right. Get some exercise. Take care of yourself. These are common commands we hear to promote our personal health and wellness. But they don't quite seem to be cutting it, as more than one in three American adults are currently considered obese—an epidemic that has contributed to steadily increasing health care costs.
"Charlie Bit Me," "Kony 2012," "Numa Numa," etc. Everyone wants their video to go viral, but many people don't understand what that even means, much less how to achieve it. So, let's begin with that. A viral video is a piece of audio-visual content online that becomes popular through the process of social sharing, typically through sites such as YouTube and Vimeo, social channels, and email. With the proliferation of camera phones, many videos are shot by amateues, sometimes capturing events that "go viral," such as the Battle at Kruger.
What is an audience? No longer defined by or confined to a specific time or place, an audience is merely a group of individuals who share a common affinity or activity. To optimize your business' audience experience and thereby the potential for a return, you must understand the individuals who want or need the products or services you offer, right?
Email Marketing isn't dead or outdated. We all check our emails almost religiously every minute. Smart phone technology has made it easier than ever to reach your target audience, even when they aren't in the office. However, email marketing, if done incorrectly can be as ineffective as throwing small rocks at your customer's window to serenade them. Here is an infographic from our friends over at HubSpot to help design that perfect email.
Do you remember the first time it occured to you after browsing the ostensibly endless expanse that is the World Wide Web—shopping for this odd or that end—and then switched gears to read an email or two, that the same retailers you digitally window shopping in earlier were now popping up on either side of your screen with silent but deadly ads.
Problem: Friendly cartoon characters, bright colors, quickly-moving stimuli, toy giveaways, and contests have all been employed to sell America's youth junk food with fun and excitement for several decades now. "They also apply pressure by alluding to the possibility of fitting in more with friends or distinguishing themselves, as part of a 'cooler,' more exclusive group by eating certain foods," said Daniel S. Kirschenbaum, PhD, and author of Treating Childhood and Adolescent Obesity.
I'm often asked about how long video production takes. Some people want to know how long until their creative marketing tool is complete; others just want to know how much the total process will cost in labor time. There's no one answer to these question. The truth is video production is a complex process, and so it depends. I'll break down the major steps of production, and how much time they take, for the client and a production team.
To take some of the pressure off, I'll let you in on a little secret: writing is not rocket science. Sure, a well-structured sentence takes solidified thoughts, and it may require multiple drafts to achieve the desired delivery. Truly memorable writing requires engaged readers and to get said readers' attention and trust, you must be compelling with whatever subject matter you opt to tackle. When successful, you have the ability to make a real impact, helping your audience learn, problem-solve, or feel inspired.
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I'm looking for a command line Linux distro that runs under 128Mb of RAM and works with i386. All the distros that I've looked at so far seem to be too big, don't support that old of a processor, or are GUI OSs. I've looked at Arch Linux, Tiny Core, Gentoo, SuSE JEOS, and Slitaz. It will be mostly used for running GCC, Mono, Wine, and such.
I would use Damn Small Linux, Puppy Linux, or similar. I would avoid any of the more general-purpose distros like Arch or Gentoo, purely because they are bigger. Basically, you want the sort of distro that purposely doesn't include many packages, so you're forced on an individual basis to compile and install anything not essential to the core OS's operation. That will help you keep control of the OS footprint, both in terms of RAM and disk.
Yes, both of my recommended choices include a GUI option. I think you should not use that as an immediate disqualifier, because with Linux, the GUI is always optional. If the installer doesn't give the option of disabling it, it's trivial to disable it after install: change the
I'm also aware that the specs for these systems recommend a 486+ or more RAM. You can ignore this by choosing not to use all of the features available in the distro. You've already made a big leap in this direction by opting out of a GUI. Another big step is starting with a parsimonious distro in the first place.
I don't think you'll be very successful at running mono, and specially WINE with so little memory and slow CPU regardless of the distro you use.
Anyway, if you really want to use that i386, have Linux installed and work w/o any pain, you are probably better off downloading an old distro with an old kernel. A distro from the 90s should work, Slackware 95 comes to mind. Maybe you can find the install CDs online.
Debian should be ok for that purpose - if you leave away all GUI components.
You can try to use Swift Linux, works well on Dell optiplex gx110 (128 mb ram). OS only uses 60-80 mb ram.


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Julia Morris is a Graduate Assistant in the Athletic Academic Center, joining in the fall of 2013 as a first-year Master's student at the University. She is pursuing her degree in English Literature with a concentration in European Modernism. Morris completed her undergraduate work in three years at Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor's of Arts in English and a minor in emerging-enterprises and entrepreneurship. While at OSU, she marched for the Cowboy Marching band for the 2010, 2011, and 2012 fall seasons.
She lists her hobbies as equestrian hunter jumping and she is a concert flute/piccolo player and soloist.


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OMG!!! This fragrance is unbelievably gorgeous. I've never heard of Bill Blass before until I came across this site. This smells like a lighter version of Organza which I love,but these days I really can't go off budget,(damn you tough times!!). Oh well,at least I've found another alternative so I can still feel & smell like a million bucks. Thank you,Mr. Blass.
Written by Cutie Patootie on May 12, 2014
Bill Blass,I'm in love with this delightful fragrance. I got the EDT for Christmas last year and it was beyond my expectations. I swear that this is heaven in a bottle and Mr. Blass, god rest his soul certainly got it right. Love the retro design,it has a classic look and feel to it.
Written by Trinigal on January 17, 2014
This fragrance Bill Blass is da' Bomb, y'all!!! I was a little worried it might smell "old lady-ish" on me but it didn't, in fact, it helped me gain a bit of confidence in one particular situation where I had to interact with a rather grouchy bank clerk. Not only did my sassy charm worked, but the soft scent of Bill Blass literally softened him up. On leaving, he stopped to ask about it and I told him what it was, then he exclaimed; "That must be some exotic love potion you got there, cuz I'm hooked, Wow!!" LOL.
Written by Sassy sista on September 11, 2013
Bill Blass is truly a light,elegant fragrance. I got it for my mom as a Mother's Day gift and she could not be any happier. I agree with the reviewer who says it smells like Charlie,in fact,mom had used that when she was younger. But now with her asthma & sinus problems, she has to go easy on this one. Love it!
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The 5 Most Spectacularly Failed Attempts at Heroism
Deep down, we all want to be heroes. Not a single one of us hasn't imagined a scenario wherein some grave injustice is being committed and we burst through the door in a whirlwind of face-punching, baby-rescuing fury to set things right. However, some people want to be heroes a little too much and end up forcing their assistance into situations where it is neither wanted nor appreciated.
#5. A Man Mistakes a Porno for Sexual Assault, Comes to the Rescue
James Van Iveren was minding his own business in the apartment he shares with his mother when he heard the telltale sounds of a woman being attacked coming from the floor above him. Luckily, every action movie from the early '90s had taught him precisely what to do in this situation -- Van Iveren grabbed his cavalry sword (evidently he used to be a soldier in the 19th century) and went blazing upstairs to kick in the door of his neighbor's apartment and rescue the distressed woman. After all, justice won't wait, fortune favors the bold, and he couldn't call the police because he didn't own a functioning telephone.
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Rescuing damsels in distress is more of a Mountie thing anyway.
So, he exploded through the locked door of Bret Stieghorst's apartment, brandishing an antique but still very stab-worthy sword, to discover that there was nobody there but Stieghorst. The man had simply been watching some thunderously loud pornography, and Van Iveren had mistaken the cries of a furious prerecorded orgasm for the desperate pleas of a woman in danger. The only thing being assaulted in Stieghorst's apartment was his penis.
How much volume do you really need for porn?
However, Van Iveren was brimming with too much avenging gallantry to immediately accept his mistake. He stood his ground and refused to leave until Stieghorst showed him every room in the apartment to prove that it was indeed empty and then played the clip from the porno DVD that had triggered Van Iveren's spider sense in the first place to prove that it was in fact a porno he had heard.
"Now step out of the room for, like, 10 minutes or I'm calling the police."
In many ways, we appreciate Van Iveren's brash decision (because what if someone really had been in trouble?), but imagine sitting in your apartment trying to blast one out to Sex Yodelers 14 when some crazy-eyed moon beast suddenly dropkicks the lock off of your door and comes barreling in waving a Civil War relic like the time-traveling morality police. You would never masturbate again. And quite frankly, that is not a world any of us are prepared to live in.
#4. A Superhero Maces a Bunch of Dancers
In case you haven't already heard of him, meet Phoenix Jones, Guardian of Seattle, who invested heavily in the Batman Forever style of presculpted flex armor on his quest to rid northwestern America of villainy.
Phoenix Jones is about as close to an actual superhero as we're ever going to get. He wears a costume, he fights crime, and he formed his own dime store Justice League called the Rain City Superhero Movement (also known as RCSM, which is only a few vowels away from "RACISM," which is Phoenix Jones' archnemesis). Basically, he runs around the streets of Seattle, doing his best to terrify the rape and mugging out of every outlaw he sees.
Phoenix was out on patrol one evening when he stumbled upon a group of people locked in a violent brawl. Summoning every ounce of his superhero training, Phoenix sprang into action, sprinting full-tilt toward the angry mob to unleash a stinging cloud of pepper spray like a cat dousing a new futon with a mist of spiteful urine. The unruly crowd was quickly pacified, nobody was seriously injured, and Phoenix had succeeded in protecting the citizens of Seattle from their worst enemy -- themselves.
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He could probably take his mask off and just sing Kid 'n Play songs to defuse any confrontation.
... is what we would have said had that group of people actually been locked in a brutal gangland fistfight. What they were really doing was dancing. As in engaging in the rhythmic expression of emotion via bodily movement accompanied by music. And Phoenix Jones Maced the shit out of them.
See, it was a group of friends walking to their car on their way home from a nightclub, being loud and dancing around and causing a bit of a scene -- you know, things people do when they're enjoying each other's company. Phoenix saw the playful commotion and mistook it for a street gang powder keg on the verge of brass-knuckled, jawbone-powdering detonation, so he came speeding over on the falcon wings of justice to blind every single one of them before any serious harm was done.
Stand back -- this could turn violent at any second.
Phoenix was arrested and unmasked on live television, which as we all know is a crippling blow for a superhero. In addition, he was fired from his day job as a life skills instructor for autistic children and received an official letter from the Department of Social Services banning him from ever working with children again. Yeah, that's ... a little different from how it plays out in the movies.
#3. A Man Saves Some Kids from a Shark, Loses His Job
According to this news report narrated by British Jessica Rabbit, a man named Paul Marshallsea was vacationing on a beach in Queensland, Australia, when a 6-foot shark came swimming drunkenly into the shallows like it had forgotten where its car was parked. Marshallsea decided that the beast was getting too close to a group of children playing in the water, and rather than do the sensible thing and get the kids out onto the beach, he strolled into the waves to drag the shark the fuck back out to sea.
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So, a 62-year-old man strode purposefully into the ocean to put himself between a bunch of kids and a man-sized murderfish, grundle-punched the shark back out into the East Australian Current, and got put all over the international news as a result. And his name is Paul freaking Marshallsea. It's like he was born to police the ocean. All in all, it seems like it was a thoroughly badass vacation.
"Next year I'm thinking we go to Africa and assault every character from The Lion King."
Except Paul Marshallsea wasn't on vacation. He was on sick leave. And when the video of his daring shark battle went viral, footage of his globe-trotting exploits made it back to his employers, who could see that he was most certainly not sick, unless he had come down with a fierce case of sharkpunchitis. So they did what any self-respecting organization would do when catching one of their employees in a lie and fired the shit out of him. From Marshallsea's official termination letter:
"Whilst unfit to work you were well enough to travel to Australia and, according to recent news footage of yourself in Queensland, you allegedly grabbed a shark by the tail and narrowly missed being bitten by quickly jumping out of the way."
They claimed that his international shark wrangling was a serious breach in trust and dismissed him, offering him no congratulatory remarks for his heroics or any COBRA contact information to make sure the medical coverage on his giant iron balls didn't lapse. We're amazed they didn't end the paragraph with "Nice try, dickhead. Next time, let those kids get eaten."
"Don't forget to put on your 'sunscreen' before you get in the water, kids!"


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PITTSBURGH - Gulfport Energy reached a preliminary production level of 20 million cubic feet of natural gas per day from a Belmont County Utica shale well - and EnerVest Ltd. is extracting natural gas liquids from Ohio.
"I suspect that in Ohio, once we get the right completion method, we will have oil wells flowing," said John B. Walker, president and chief executive officer of Houston-based EnerVest, as he spoke during the Wednesday Developing Unconventional Gas East Conference and Exhibition in Pittsburgh.
Walker acknowledged his comments seemed to contradict those recently made by Chesapeake Energy Chief Executive Office Aubrey McClendon, who noted drillers may not be able to extract much oil from Ohio. Mentioning the partnership between the two companies for some of the Ohio acreage, Walker said he believes EnerVest's 1.2 million-acre leasehold in the Buckeye State will pay large dividends.
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"A year ago, we could not say the (natural gas liquids) window would work. Now, we can," he said of the portion of the Utica shale that produces ethane, propane, butane and pentane, in addition to the dry methane. "We are still making improvements, but there are some terrific wells."
Much of this NGL window - based on EnerVest's maps - includes western Belmont, Harrison, Jefferson and Monroe counties. This includes the Belmont County area known as Egypt Valley, home to the productive Gulfport well located on property in the name of Shugert.
"We are really pleasantly surprised by the results," said Jim Palm, chief executive officer of Gulfport. "We do still have a lot to learn. We are doing our best to science it out every day."
Many Belmont County residents who originally signed leases with Wishgard LLC or Tri-Star Energy have seen those contracts turned over to Gulfport, while Gulfport also signed many county landowners to their own leases. Terms of the leases can range widely depending on when they were signed and a multitude of other factors. However, some property owners have received at least as much as $5,900 per acre, with as much as 20 percent of the production royalties.
Information provided by Hart Energy, the conference's organizer, stated lease payments in Ohio may have reached as high as $8,000 per acre. Trevor Rees-Jones is the founder and chairman of Chief Oil and Gas - the company which sold its Marshall County assets to oil giant Chevron last year.
"I am here to thank you on behalf of every citizen of the U.S.," Rees-Jones said to his fellow gas and oil executives for their work to help the U.S. achieve energy independence.
"We do work here in the Marcellus that cannot be done by a guy on a phone in India. You have to be here," he added.
In addition to the speakers, hundreds of vendors showcased their wares at the exhibition. Everything from drilling bits to fracking valves to a 2011 Chevrolet Camaro that runs on compressed natural gas could be found on display.
Those attending the conference today may find some anti-fracking protesters chanting outside the convention center. According to the group, Marcellus Protest, there will be a gathering at 11 a.m. to voice concerns regarding the duties of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Michael Krancer, who is scheduled to address the conference at that time.
"DEP chief Michael Krancer should resign and make way for a regulator who will protect the people of Pennsylvania," the group said in a statement Wednesday regarding their plans for today.
During the 2010 conference, a large crowd of anti-industry protesters gathered outside the convention center to express their opposition to the fracking process, claiming the process contaminates groundwater.
Two years later, some of the same concerns remain. Reports of methane possibly contaminating a Marshall County residential drinking water well caused some local residents to wonder how safe the drilling process is.


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February 19th, 2012 (see other dates)
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Discussion Questions for Reading 1What are some of the new beginnings you have made in your life? What difference did these new beginnings make? Why do we need new beginnings in our life of faith?
How does the sacrament of Reconciliation help us to hear God saying to each of us, "Your sins I remember no more?"
Reading 1 Isaiah 43:18-19, 21-22, 24b-25
Reading 1 ReflectionIn this reading we hear the Lord announce, through the prophet Isaiah, a new exodus by which God's people will return home. They have been in exile in a pagan land. But now they are to forget their former sinfulness that was the cause of their exile. "See, I am doing something new!" the Lord promises. He will make a smooth path for them and they will once again be free to worship him in their own land.
Like the Israelites before us, we rejoice over God's merciful words: "Your sins I remember no more."
Discussion Questions for Reading 2How do you respond when someone does not keep his or her word to you? Why? Whose word can you always count on? How do you know?
What does it mean for you to always be "Yes" to God's
word? Who or what might help you to be that "Yes?"
Reading 2 2 Corinthians 1:18-22
Reading 2 ReflectionOnce again Paul is writing to the Christians at Corinth to straighten out some misunderstandings between them. Some have accused him of changing his mind about his commitment to them. However, Paul insists that he, like God himself, is faithful. Like the Son of God's message, Paul's message is always "Yes" to God's word.
By their Baptism, the Corinthians have received the Holy Spirit. Therefore, they too can say "Yes" to the truth of God's promises.
Discussion Questions for GospelHow have you sometimes used your imagination and your skills to help others? Who has helped you in a way that you will always remember? Why is it important for followers of Jesus never to give up on trying to help others?
Why do you think Jesus forgave the man's sins before he healed his body? If you had been there, what might you have said to the authorities who criticized Jesus?
Gospel Mark 2:1-12
Gospel ReflectionFour friends of a paralyzed man in today's gospel story prove that "Perseverance pays off." Jesus is surrounded by such a crowd that the only way to reach him is through the roof. The friends lower the man through a hole in the roof and deposit him on a mat at the feet of Jesus. Their efforts are rewarded when Jesus not only heals the man but also forgives his sins.
The religious authorities accuse Jesus of blasphemy because God alone can forgive sins. But Jesus assures them that he "has authority to forgive sins on earth." They are temporarily silenced. The crowd, however, loudly praises God for Jesus' healing power.
Proclaiming Faith Activities for Primary Grades
Sealed by GodIn the second reading, Paul tells us that God has put his seal upon us, that we belong to him. As a reminder of this, have the children make seals. Give each child a circle cut from white construction paper or tag board. Write the word God in the center of the circle. Have the children decorate the seals with markers and crayons. As you pin on each child's seal, say, "(Child's name), you belong to God."
A Gospel PlayIn the gospel, we hear a miracle story of how Jesus heals a man who cannot walk. Have the children act out this story using craft-stick characters. Give each child two craft sticks. Have them draw faces on each one. Tell them to select one to be Jesus and one to be the paralytic. Provide small squares of fabric or paper to be used as the paralytic's mat. Read the gospel, having the children act it out with their props as you read.
Proclaiming Faith Activities
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Sandy Koufax
- Position(s):
- Nicknames:
- The Left Arm of God
- Born:
- December 30, 1935
- Bats:
- Right
- Throws:
- Left
- Height:
- 6' 2"
- Weight:
- 210 lbs
- Major League Debut:
- 6-24-1955 with BRO
- Allstar Selections:
- 1963 BR, 1963 CY, 1963 ML, 1963 MVP, 1963 TC, 1963 TSN, 1963 WsMVP, 1964 TSN, 1965 BR, 1965 CY, 1965 ML, 1965 TC, 1965 TSN, 1965 WsMVP, 1966 CY, 1966 HA, 1966 TC, 1966 TSN
- Hall of Fame:
- 1972
Southpaw Sandy Koufax earned a place among baseball's greatest pitchers with a dominating performance between 1962 and 1966. During that span, he won 111 games and lost 34, led the league in ERA each season (averaging under two earned runs per game), paced the NL in strikeouts (1963, 1965, and 1966) and shutouts (three times), and pitched four no-hitters, including a perfect game in 1965. At the height of his career, traumatic arthritis in his elbow threatened permanent disability and hastened his retirement after the 1966 season.
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#32 (1955-1966)
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"I think more than anything, I probably remember the last two innings simply because I probably had better stuff, better control those last two innings than I ever had. I went out there and struck out the last six hitters. I don't have any great memory of it that that and the fact that we had to win." Koufax on his perfect game
"I knew every pitch he was going to throw and still I couldn't hit him."
— Willie Mays
"Trying to hit him (Sandy Koufax) was like trying to drink coffee with a fork." --- Willie Stargell
"I can understand how he won 25. What I can't understand is how he lost five."---Yogi Berra, after he faced Koufax in the 1963 World Series.
"He didn't. We lost them for him."---Maury Wills, Dodgers shortstop, told of Berra's comment.
Koufax's own quote on teammate Tommy Davis, who won the NL batting title in 1962 and 1963: "For two years Tommy was the best hitter in baseball. He just didn't get the recognition. He was part of a team that had a lot of good parts to it."
"It's no disgrace to get beat by class."---Bob Hendley, the losing Chicago Cubs pitcher in Koufax's perfect game, after Koufax sent him a gift to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the game---a 1965 NL baseball signed, "What a game!" plus a small handwritten note: "We had a moment, a night, a career. I hope life has been good to you. Sandy." Hendley himself had allowed only 1 run in the game, and nearly matched Koufax.
"A guy that throws what he intends to throw, that's the definition of a good pitcher."---Sandy Koufax
"You are part of an entertainment, but you are not really an entertainer. But I enjoyed it, probably more than people enjoyed watching it. I thank the fans for enjoying it with me."---Sandy Koufax, reviewing his playing career to Washington Post sportswriter Thomas Boswell, in 1979.
"In the end it all comes down to talent. You can talk all you want about intangibles, I just don't know what that means. Talent makes winners, not intangibles. Can nice guys win? Sure, nice guys can win - if they're nice guys with a lot of talent. Nice guys with a little talent finish fourth, and nice guys with no talent finish last."---Sandy Koufax
"Pitching is the art of instilling fear."---Sandy Koufax
"Show me a guy who can't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser."---Sandy Koufax
"The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so. You don't have to ask anyone or play politics. You don't have to wait for the reviews."---Sandy Koufax
"The only time I really try for a strikeout is when I'm in a jam. If the bases are loaded with none out, for example, then I'll go for a strikeout. But most of the time I try to throw to spots. I try to get them to pop up or ground out. On a strikeout I might have to throw five or six pitches, sometimes more if there are foul-offs. That tires me. So I just try to get outs. That's what counts - outs. You win with outs, not strikeouts."---Sandy Koufax
"Either he throws the fastest ball I've ever seen, or I'm going blind." --- Richie Ashburn
"He throws a 'radio ball,' a pitch you hear, but you don't see." --- Gene Mauch
"Koufax--he'll never amount to much." --Tommy Lasorda, after pitching his last for the Brooklyn Dodgers
"I don't know if cortisone is good for you or not. But to take a shot every other ball game is more than I wanted to do and to walk around with a constant upset stomach because of the pills and to be high half the time during a ball game because you're taking painkillers, I don't want to have to do that." ---Sandy Koufax at a 1966 press conference explaining why he chose to retire from baseball following the 1966 season.
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Best Season
The left-hander went 26-8, with a 2.04 ERA, eight shutouts, and 27 complete games. Koufax set a major league record with 382 strikeouts.
Sandy Koufax posted records of 26-8 and 27-9 in his final two seasons. Therefore, he was 18 games over .500 each season. Since 1950, no other pitcher has put together back-to-back seasons of as many as 16 games over .500, let alone their last two seasons in the game.
In 1965, Sandy Koufax pitched 323 innings and did not hit one batter. That is a big league record.
Fastball and curve.
Early in his career he had a lot of difficulty with his control. According to Lou Brock: "Koufax couldn't field bunts well or hold runners on base too well. Trouble was, nobody got on base too often."
Some experts have speculated that had Koufax not been forced to retire due to arm ptoblems, he would have topped 300 victories and 4,500 strikeouts.
- Koufax threw four no-hitters, including a perfect game in 1965...
- August 27, 1955: Dodger bonus baby Koufax fans 14 Redlegs in a 7-0 win, as the two-team total of 23 strikeouts ties a record...
- June 22, 1959: Koufax fans 16 Phillies, to set a new record for a night game, and wins 6-2...
- August 31, 1959: Koufax breaks Dizzy Dean's NL mark and ties Bob Feller's major-league record of 18 strikeouts in a game against the Giants as 82,974 fans watch. He also totals 31 Ks for two consecutive games to set a new ML mark.
- September 6, 1959: Koufax runs his streak to 41 strikeouts in three games, for another ML record...
- September 15, 1961: With 10 strikeouts in an 11-2 win against the Braves, Koufax has 243 strikeouts, most ever for a NL lefty...
- September 27, 1961: Koufax fans seven Phils in the course of a 2-1 win to set a NL record for strikeouts in a season with 269. This surpasses Christy Mathewson's 267 in 1903, which was accomplished in 367 innings pitched, as opposed to Koufax's remarkable 255.
- April 24, 1962: Koufax ties the modern ML record he shares with Feller by fanning 18 Cubs in nine innings...
- October 2, 1963: In the World Series opener, Koufax fans the first five Yankee batters he faces en route to a WS record 15...
- April 18, 1964: Koufax fans the side on nine pitches in the 3rd inning, becoming the first pitcher to do it twice...
- October 2, 1965: Koufax's 2-1 win against the Braves clinches the NL pennant for the Dodgers. With 13 strikeouts, Koufax ups his modern ML single season record to 382...
- September 29, 1966: Koufax pitches a four-hitter, beats the Cards 2-1, and becomes the first ML pitcher to achieve a third 300-strikeout season since Amos Rusie in 1890-1892.
Pitchers Who Struck Out the Side on Nine Pitches in the First Inning
Sandy Koufax, June 30, 1962 Pedro Martinez, May 18, 2002 Rick Helling, June 20, 2006 Source: Trent McCotter
According to research done by SABR member Bill Deane, Koufax had a 1.37 career ERA at Dodger Stadium. His ERA in other parks (including L.A. Coliseum and Ebbets Field) was 3.38.
Sandy Koufax Teammates
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Nine Other Players Who Debuted in 1955
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Hall of Fame Voting
Year Election Votes Pct
6/30/1962: For LA (N) vs. NYM (N), 5-0 at LA. 9 innings pitched.
5/11/1963: For LA (N) vs. SF (N), 1-0 at LA. 9 innings pitched.
6/4/1964: For LA (N) vs. PHI (N), 3-0 at PHI. 9 innings pitched.
9/9/1965: For LA (N) vs. CHI (N), 1-0 at LA. 9 innings pitched.
Post-Season Appearances
1959 World Series
1963 World Series
1965 World Series
1966 World Series
Post-Season Notes
Koufax pitched a complete game, three-hit shutout in Game Seven of the '65 World Series against the Twins.
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There were plenty of positives to take out of this game, but also one huge negative that had absolutely nothing to do with this game that I'll mention in the next paragraph. We'll start with the good, which is the only way to describe the way the W's bench responded after being called upon early and often. Klay Thompson didn't match-up with Kobe as well as he did last week in Oakland, as Kobe scored 40 on the rookie and put him in foul trouble that kept him on the floor for just 27 minutes. Still, Thompson played a decent 27 minutes, despite not being able to do much to slow Kobe, I mean, after all, he's Kobe and when he's on, nobody can stop him. The Warriors even threw Dominic McGuire on him when Thompson was on the pine and he couldn't keep up with the quickness of the future Hall-of-Famer. Kobe put on a clinic, and Sessions did exactly what the Lakers brought him to LA to do, but the Lakers key big man, Andrew Bynum, went down after 10 minutes of play, which gave the Warriors an opening. They attacked with David Lee, who finished with 27 points, and then had him kick out to the shooters, Robinson (17 points/26 mins), Richardson (16 points/25 mins) and Rush, and finished up with a season high 7 assists. It almost gave you a taste things to come next year when Bogut is in uniform and both he and Lee are in the post either taking it to the hole or kicking out to the snipers on the floor.
At the same time, I couldn't go a WRD post without saying at least something negative, and the thing I'm talking about is the same thing that made me livid last week when Larry Riley and the Warriors brass just expected J.J. Hickson to clear waivers and land on their laps in New Orleans where he was all set to sign a deal with Golden State if he did clear waivers that day. Fact is, the Warriors are stupid for not claiming the big man when they had the chance, as they had first dibs before Portland. All the 23 year-old, 6'10, 250 pound big had done in Portland has averaged 16.8 points and 7.9 boards in 28 minutes of play. Don't say I didn't warn you guys. I was saying all along that Hickson was in-properly used in Sac and would go off with whatever team he next signed with and what do you know, he's doing the same thing he did in 2010 with Charlotte. The kid can play and the Warriors missed out on a chance to get a impact player for basically nothing, and a big-man at that, which should have sealed the deal. I mean, this team is signing the Earl Barron's of the world, but they don't claim a good young big like Hickson? That just makes no sense to me whatsoever. Not sure if it was a roster space thing or what, but the fact that Hickson wanted to go to the Warriors, could have gone to the Warriors and should have gone to the Warriors is blowing up in Larry Riley's face right about now!
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indeed, all the stupid moves freaking Larry Riley has done should be blowing up on his freaking face right about now, but this recent one has to hurt the most besides losing Jeremy Lin, losing out on JJ Hickson has to hurt the most, because that's the position where we have been most vulnerable for quite some time. Is time for Larry Riley to see that the writing is on the wall, that he is gone, Larry Riley's repetative gambling bad habits have to go along with him. Larry Riley you got it go, I've been saying and yelling out loud. Owners don't want to dump him, we the fans are going to boo him out every single remainder game. we are shouting "LARRY RILEY GOT IT GO" "THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL LARRY RILEY" (I'M FUMING!!!)
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I don't know Hickson's contract status after the year now? Probably a restricted FA and will return to Portland, but he seems like a nice 3rd big man target for this team if they don't land one in the draft this summer.
- April 3, 2012 at 11:31 AM
Jeremy Lin that you waived had beaten laker and scored 38 pts.Look at this article about Lin's stat:
His 10 start game (stat) is in history book now--the best. His crunch time efficiency is second only to Chri Paul, but better all other elites.
Another article stated the stat after his 16 pts alone in 4th quarter beatin Philly game, saying his crunch time stat has the highest successful rate 58% beating that of Bryant, Rose, and other elite PG.
You said it is a correct to waive him over Jenkins. It is rather irrational thoughts
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Interestingly, when I tried the "Sawtooth" test, as recommended by John H. and others, the result was slightly different from what the "aim the camera straight down and center the target in the viewfinder" method gave me. Is that because of a slight de-centering of the viewfinder in a camera that's not set up for 100% view?
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Not that I know of, though I'm no functional programming expert.
It seems pretty difficult in principle, because values returned from functions may contain references to other values that were created (on the stack) within the same function, or might just as easily have been passed in as a parameter, or referenced by something passed in as a parameter. In C, this issue is dealt with by allowing that dangling pointers (or more precisely, undefined behaviour) may occur if the programmer doesn't get things right. That's not the kind of solution that functional language designers approve of.
There are potential solutions, though. One idea is to make the lifetime of the value a part of the type of the value, along with references to it, and define type-based rules that prevent stack-allocated values from being returned from, or referenced by something returned from, a function. I've not worked through the implications, but I suspect it would be horrible.
For monadic code, there's another solution which is (actually or almost) monadic too, and could give a kind of automatically deterministically-destructed IORef. The principle is to define "nesting" actions. When combined (using an associative operator), these define a nesting control flow - I think "XML element", with the left-most of the values providing the outer begin-and-end-tag pair. These "XML tags" are just defining ordering of monadic actions at another level of abstraction.
At some point (at the right hand side of the chain of associative composition) you need some kind of terminator to end the nesting - something to fill the hole in the middle. The need for a terminator is what probably means the nesting composition operator isn't monadic, though again, I'm not entirely sure as I haven't worked through the details. As all applying the terminator does is convert a nesting action into effectively a composed normal monadic action, maybe not - it doesn't necessarily affect the nesting composition operator.
Many of these special actions would have a null "end-tag" step, and would equate the "begin-tag" step with some simple monadic action. But some would represent variable declarations. These would represent the constructor with the begin-tag, and the destructor with the end-tag. So you get something like...
Translating to a monadic composition with the following execution order, each tag (not element) becoming a normal monadic action...
Rules like this could allow C++-style RAII to be implemented. The IORef-like references cannot escape their scope, for similar reasons to why normal IORefs can't escape the monad - the rules of the associative composition provide no way for the reference to escape.
EDIT - I nearly forgot to say - there's a definite area I'm unsure about here. It's important to ensure that an outer variable can't reference an inner one, basically, so there must be restrictions one what you can do with these IORef-like references. Again, I haven't worked through all the details.
Therefore, construction could e.g. open a file which destruction closes. Construction could open a socket which destruction closes. Basically, as in C++, the variables become resource managers. But unlike C++, there are no heap-allocated objects that cannot be automatically destructed.
Although this structure supports RAII, you still need a garbage collector. Although a nesting action can allocate and free memory, treating it as a resource, there's still all the references to (potentially shared) functional values within that chunk of memory and elsewhere. Given that the memory could be simply allocated on the stack, avoiding the need for a heap free, the real significance (if there is any) is for other kinds of resource management.
So what this achieves is to separate RAII-style resource management from memory management, at least in the case where RAII is based on simple nesting scope. You still need a garbage collector for memory management, but you get safe and timely automatic deterministic cleanup of other resources.
If you consider C++ to be a functional language (it has lambdas), then it is an example of a language that doesn't use a garbage collection.
I have to say that the question is a bit ill-defined because it assumes that there is a standard collection of "functional languages". Almost every programming language supports some amount of functional programming. And, almost every programming language supports some amount of imperative programming. Where does one draw the line to say which is a functional language and which is an imperative language, other than guided by cultural prejudices and popular dogma?
A better way to phrase the question would be, "is it possible to support functional programming in a stack allocated memory". The answer is, as already mentioned, very difficult. Functional programming style promotes the allocation of recursive data structures at will, which requires a heap memory (whether garbage collected or reference counted). However, there is a pretty sophisticated compiler analysis technique called region-based memory analysis using which the compiler can divide the heap into large blocks that can be allocated and deallocated automatically, in a way similar to stack allocation. The Wikipedia page lists various implementations of the technique, for both "functional" and "imperative" languages.


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9 Insane Cities You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped
We've delved time and time again into the annals of urban planning, only to discover that humans are infinitely creative and resilient, and that they will live in exotic locales that challenge the limits of logic and/or sanity. Here are nine real communities that make basically every other city out there look like the sleepy suburbs between East Borington and New Doodlyfuckshire.
#9. The Filipino Cemetery Town With a (Living) Population of 10,000
Via Deconcrete.org
Barring the demographics of thrill-seeking stoners, out-of-the-closet necrophiliacs, and ghosts of the damned who read Cracked, none of you have ever looked around a graveyard and wondered aloud, "Gee whiz, I could really see myself putting down roots here."
Sadly, the 10,000-plus residents of Manila's North Cemetery don't really have any other options.
AFP via Intellasia.net
At least they're not living in a crematorium.
Because of overcrowding in the slums of the Filipino capital, entire families attempt to carve out living space in any crypt or mausoleum that they can jam themselves into. They've turned this cemetery into a village, complete with restaurants and shops. A few well-placed bribes even score residents some electricity.
The cemetery's economy makes use of its environs, with residents paid to maintain tombs and children working as pallbearers for a pittance. But Manila isn't the only city where people live among the dead.
Via Bahag, Vice.com
Yep, that's a mausoleum.
Via Bahag, Vice.com
And that's a dude setting up his karaoke machine between two caskets.
Via Bahag, Vice.com
And this is when a photographer said, "Here, hold this. It'll look creepy and make an awesome picture."
In Cairo's el-Arafa suburb -- aka "The City of the Dead," as it was originally built as a necropolis -- anywhere from 250,000 to 1 million people make their homes among rows of tombs and mausoleums. And just in case you think this is a neighborhood of quiet rustic charms, know that el-Arafa is right around the corner from the city of Manshiyat Naser, which is better known as "the slum where Cairo throws away all of its garbage."
#8. The Blue Town of Morocco
When visitors stop by the Moroccan town of Chefchaouen, reality switches over to Smurf-O-Vision. Was this the site of the most epic Crips versus Bloods showdown of all time? Well, no. Jewish residents of Chefchaouen painted the town a soothing shade of blue in the 1930s, a tradition that keeps vacationers rolling in to this day.
Mark Fischer, reibai, thequirkytraveler
Their military is often mistaken for the Blue Man Group.
Chefchaouen is also located squarely in Morocco's marijuana country, so the pleasing hues will also prevent hashish-crazed day-trippers from thinking that they've died and gone to hell. We guess Chefchaouen's azure walls will not help those stoned souls who jump to the conclusion that the underworld is made out of blue flame. ("Cuz, like, blue's the hottest, brah.")
Via Completemorocco.com
Although we're pretty sure that giving directions in this town would be a bitch.
#7. Portugal's Boulderville
For centuries, residents of Monsanto, Portugal, have lived in houses built under massive boulders. These rocky roofs give their village the aesthetics of a Tolkienesque hamlet, or perhaps a medieval town that incurred the wrath of a stone giant with severe bowel problems.
Via Amusingplanet.com
"My bad!"
Tabling all discussion of the scatological habits of fantasy megafauna for the rest of this article, it's good to know that Monsanto is committed to preserving these strange houses for future generations, so that they too can stay awake all night, fear-sweating over that one hypothetical weak stone in the masonry.
"Wait. Hold up. Do ... do you smell what that thing is cookin'?"
#6. Australia's Underground Town in the Middle of Fucking Nowhere
Via Journey-Mart
Coober Pedy is one of the most inaccessible towns in all of Australia. And -- as anyone who has ever glanced at an atlas knows -- Australia is one of the most inaccessible places in the whole damn world.
Via Nachoman-au
"Go get the jackhammer. I want to hang this new picture on the wall."
Using the transitive property, we can determine that no one in their right mind would willingly settle in Coober Pedy, but the discovery of a rich deposit of opal in 1915 brought with it an onslaught of miners. These miners soon realized that temperatures exceeding 110 degrees Fahrenheit are nothing to mess with, so -- to escape the testicle-melting heat -- they went underground.
Via Coober Pedy
"I bet you're a huge Minecraft fan."
A century later, Coober Pedy remains an oddly popular tourist destination, even though it's at least eight hours away from the nearest real city. This makes it the perfect vacation destination for sadistic parents who enjoy insisting to their progeny, "Pish posh, of course there's a Disneyland in the middle of the Australian Outback."
#5. Yemen's Cliff Towers
Via Pixgrove
Throughout the history of the Arabian Peninsula, marauding bandits have posed a problem for people who enjoy owning things. So to prevent roving bands of thieves from running roughshod over the mountainous regions of Yemen, the Ottoman Empire built vertiginous cliffside villages. History does not record how many drunken tenants plummeted off a thousand-foot drop trying to find their front door, but we're going to guess it was a lot (do YOU see any fences up there?).
Via Ai@ce
"Each year, our schools score higher and higher on aptitude tests. We don't know why."
One of these villages, al-Hajjarah, has existed since the 11th century. These days, the only invaders are wheezing tourists, hiking from vista to vista while secretly praying they don't get kidnapped by an al-Qaida affiliate group.
Via yeowatzup
But if we have to die, we wouldn't mind doing it while ramping a motorcycle off this shit.


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Today in Tweet Beat, Toni Braxton is interested is getting "tastefully" nude, while Adrianne Curry is interested in having a baby. Plus, celebrity dogs!
Of course it will be tastefully done :-)
My new years resolution is to stop letting people bore me with their new years resolutions.
So, the summer of this year will signal the beginning of my trying to get pregnant. scary and exciting. going off the pill in june
this is crazy, just didnt envision myself feeling the "want" for a child so strongly. I wont try, I'll just live&if it happens, it happens
Francesca and sharkey in the back seat. Ghengis the chow is sitting on top of them so happy http://twitpic.com/3my0px
Just ran into @giggythepom in Beverly Hills! :-D http://plixi.com/p/67885579
I am not the "thug in the cocktail dress" :)
Hey fuck you, Statler and Waldorf. Those other muppets are busting their asses for you.
THE VIEW on at airport. Realize I've never actually watched it. You're supposed to want to murder the hosts, right?
When people tell you they like 3D, d'ya sorta look at them like if they said their grandfather smoked and he lived until 103?
http://twitpic.com/3n2ggs I love Miu Miu
Strawberry sundae topping. Doubles as a good blush for my cheeks. What other food would be good makeup?
Lindsey Lohan checked out of rehab and David Arquette checked in. As they say, wherever God closes a door, he opens a bottle of vodka.


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Some Japanese websites have no problem addressing me as Amandaさん, but how common is this in human-produced Japanese? Under what circumstances would someone refer to someone else as Amandaさん, בועזくん, or Екатери́наちゃん instead of アマンダさん, ボアズくん, or エカテリーナちゃん?
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Non-Japanese names are usually written with Japanese letters in Japanese text, but it is not rare to see them written with the original letters, too. I do not think that use of honorifics is related to whether foreign names are spelled in kana letters or in the original script.
It's used quite normally. My business emails, spam mail, post from the bank or government are all normally addressed to
I can only speak to my personal experience, but my Japanese coworkers usually refer to us as [English First Name]さん (like Michael さん), even though we sometimes sign our emails in Katakana.
Perhaps it's because the Katakana isn't always exact (in fact, some names sound completely different in Katakana because the syllables don't exist in Japanese). By using the original language, they can write your name as it was meant to be written instead of a foreign adaption of your name.
Both of my language partners call me William-san all the time on the phone and in written communications in both English and Japanese.
I only use 'san' in Japanese when speaking to them, though. (English is my native language.)
Perhaps unrelated, but my Japanese teacher though told us to learn the katakana version of our names, always calls me by Joseph-さん
while taking attendance she calls everyone by [name]-さん so I was thinking the katakana version of our names is just for fun/show


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The citizens of Weirton always have found a way to step up and help those in need, and recent weeks have been no different.
Following the devastation from Superstorm Sandy that stretched along the East Coast and included Southern West Virginia, a campaign called Weirton Cares was organized with the hope of collecting various items needed to lend a hand to those affected by the storm. Plans for weekly deliveries to those communities have been made, and area residents are encouraged to pitch in if they are able.
Currently, the focus is on blankets, toiletries and other daily supplies. Money also is being collected to purchase MRE's - ready-to-eat meals often used by the military.
Donations can be dropped off at Marsh Pipe and Supply, WEIR-AM and the Millsop Community Center. An account also has been established at First Choice America credit union to handle financial contributions.
Among the early contributions to the campaign were 20 boxes provided by the employees of Tri-State Pharmacy. The boxes, containing items such as shampoo, soap, paper towels and baby wipes, were presented to city officials Monday.
We also should note the recent trip made by Chester's Pat McGeehan and other area residents to make a delivery of much-needed supplies to Monmouth County in New Jersey.
Although not part of the Weirton Cares campaign, the contribution deserves to be recognized.
Thousands have been facing hardships as a result of this storm, with many left homeless and needing a helping hand to get back on their feet.
We know things are difficult for many of us, especially this time of the year. However, if there is any way you can help, we hope you will be willing to do so.


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Western Kentucky University and the city of Bowling Green are discussing transferring ownership to portions of several streets near campus that could result in lower traffic speeds and other changes.
The agreement goes before the city Board of Commissioners on Tuesday.
Reports say the agreement would transfer ownership and maintenance responsibilities for a portion of the streets between College Heights Boulevard and Regents Avenue from the city to the university, but requires a portion of the streets to remain open for public use.
The agreement also states that any change to a one-way design on the road would require city approval.
If the agreement is approved, the first phase of the project should begin in the summer with new lighting.


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BELLMEAD (February 28, 2013)--Bellmead police were made an arrest Thursday after a man stole a car and other valuables from another man with whom he was riding.
Gerald Harvey, 41, was arrested Thursday at a house in the 400 block of Campground Road in Bellmead, police said.
He was taken to the McLennan County Jail, but his name did not appear on an online listing of inmates late Thursday afternoon.
The 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse two-door sedan stolen Wednesday hasn't been recovered, but police said they found another stolen vehicle at the residence where Harvey was arrested.
The victim told officers he was giving another man a ride Wednesday afternoon when he stopped near the Bush's Chicken, at Loop 340 and U.S. Highway 84, Bellmead police Detective Michael Miller said.
When the driver stopped, Miller said, the passenger pulled a knife and demanded the victim's wallet, cash, cellular telephone and his car.
The victim got out as the man drove the car away.
There were no injuries, Miller said.
The victim described the suspect as a heavy-set white man who was wearing a black T-shirt and had dark facial hair, Miller said.